Phantasy Star Online 2!

[Raziek]

LIFE IS COMPLETE!!!!!!!

http://www.segabits.com/?p=4309

Quoted from the article:

"So I’m watching Sega’s TGS live stream which currently is just playing trailers for their upcoming games while no press conference is going on. I was just happily playing it in the background as I catch up on some work while minding my own business.

Suddenly I head something that fills me with nostalgia and fond memories. Pioneer 2, Spread Needles, Rappys and beautiful Caves 3 come flooding back; It’s the main (vocal) theme of the original Phantasy Star Online! What the?


I quickly Alt-Tab to the stream and what do I see? Phantasy Star Online, the original, what is this? Then it shows PSOv2 and proceeds to go though each game in order of release right up to the very newest announced game, Phantasy Star Portable 2: Infinity. I’m excited about the game so I continued watching but that wasn’t all. Right at the end… My mind was blown."


My social life is officially doomed.

 

[finalark]

HOLY ****ING ****.

HOLY ****ING ****.

SEGA FINALLY LISTENED TO ME!!!!!!!! I've been begging for this ever since God only knows how long!

 

[Sharky]

**** you did beat me to it lol. But I don't mind, cause HOLY **** IT'S PSO2!!!!

 

[Raziek]

EXACTLY! I just hope they retain most of the features from the original PSO. Make it something we can enjoy again, not that PSU sillyness.

 

[Octave]

I read this and had to change my pants.




































Twice.

 

[finalark]

Sorry for the bump, but I'm in a very PS-ish mood and I didn't get a chance to link this a way while back when it was deciphered. In the background of the trailer these phrases were seen:

# "Action" and "RPG" re-connected
# Increased variety of client orders
# Map functions changing in real time
# User-created story
# New interface for environmental interactions
# Global support
# Thorough racial balances
# Full user participation events
# Seasonal changes
# New chat system
# New mail functions
# Drastic item synthesis overhaul
# Even wider variety of ways to raise your character
# New direction of event scenes
# Approach from NPCs (possibly a new approach to NPCs?)
# Silhouette changes by add-ons (obscured)
# New photon arts (obscured)
# Community supported content (obscured)
# Additional character customization
# Category-based weapon training system (obscured)
# Implementation of asynchronous communication
# New party system
# Improved enemy AI / cooperation
# Limitless content
# New approach to the game client
# Implementation of a new "life work" (obscured)
# Daily surprises
# "Trump card" system
# Mutual interaction functionality for new and veteran users

Source: http://www.pso-world.com/news/new-topics/pso2

It sounds to me like they're trying to modernize what was awesome about PSO. Can't wait for this.