RyougaSaotome
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THIS THREAD NEEDS MORE HYPE.
Come on GAF. Where are the gifs at?!
Come on GAF. Where are the gifs at?!
Eight from XIV is dead and gone. So is ship 02 the one everyone is gathering at?Lol eight. Abandoning X|V?
Yes! This will be running online 24 hours a day minus the possible maintenance if anything goes wrong. However, if it did there's a possibility that the beta would be extended like it has been in the past with Alpha 2 and Closed Beta.Is this 24/7 kind of deal?, I sure hope so, those 5 hours playtime last beta ended too quick!
Yes, just click on this link and click the first image to start the downloader:So...I grabbed a Sega ID, all we do now is wait till the 21st or is there a client that can be preloaded now?
SadnessEight from XIV is dead and gone. So is ship 02 the one everyone is gathering at?
Video from the pre-open beta desert quest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kk49HjwRjg
I usually don't have problems with the big darker enemies (the ones with a weak point in the back), but at one point of the video I started to accidentally dodge. This is the only problem I have with the keyboard/mouse controls, double tapping WASD works as a dodge, which results in occasional accidental dodging.Nice video, you play pretty good. I'll just suggest one thing. Lock onto the weak point of the dark monster. I'm not sure if other enemies that have glowing red parts of their take more damage this way.
Huh, I never saw quicksand holes. Cool.
Not only it takes the good parts of PSO, it also takes the good parts of Phantasy Star Portable 2, and improves them.PSO2 takes what was good in PSO and expands on it as well as modernizes it.
It's no PSU thats for sure.
Huh. I'm not in either one of those pictures...Oh, I'm right out of view on the second one. About when was the first one taken?
I guess there was that many people that it couldn't even show that all of them were even there.
What will the microtransactions entail? Just cosmetics or things that also affect gameplay?
XP boosts and Room access as well as cosmetic items. You will NOT be able to buy ultra powerful weapons so nothing game breaking and everyone gets to experience PSO2 in the best way possible.
So you have to pay to have rooms or are there better ones you could upgrade to?
Rooms are more like personal spaces that you can design and invite friends over for.
Yeah, rooms are only accessible through the cash shop, and it's a monthly subscription.Yeah I know and I really liked them in PSU I was just wondering is there like a base room you can get or is it mandatory to pay for any kind of access just curious.
While an english version hasn't been announced, it's highly unlikely there won't be an english version of PSO2.I might willingly spend money on this. I just got to know for sure if a US release is confirmed or denied.
Basically, the best thing that could happen given prior mismanagement of the franchise is if Japan just handles everything. They're obviously aware of overseas interest in the game, especially since they bothered to patch it so the old translation patch wouldn't work. I get the feeling it's something that's being worked on, but isn't quite ready just yet.
Is there even enough staff left at SoA to handle operating an online game of this scale?
Basically, the best thing that could happen given prior mismanagement of the franchise is if Japan just handles everything. They're obviously aware of overseas interest in the game, especially since they bothered to patch it so the old translation patch wouldn't work. I get the feeling it's something that's being worked on, but isn't quite ready just yet.
Is there even enough staff left at SoA to handle operating an online game of this scale?
I remember how cheap PSU translation was, the text were fine, but all the character sound effect, such as well you resurrect someone, the character will say "thank you" in Japan. There are also other voices from other actions from you character, in the US version all the voices just replaced with "ahh" "yay" "hah" etc.
Did they ever announce PSO2 for US?
Sega will probably announce the game after the PSU servers shut down in September. It makes the most sense and it jives with the rumored Winter release from another anonymous 4chan user claiming to be a Sega employee. It is definitely coming. The English Phantasy Star Twitter account has started tweeting daily after 6 months of inactivity and it's teasing something which is probably a PSO 2 announcement. I'm sure that announcement won't come for months though.
Sega will probably announce the game after the PSU servers shut down in September. It makes the most sense and it jives with the rumored Winter release from another anonymous 4chan user claiming to be a Sega employee. It is definitely coming. The English Phantasy Star Twitter account has started tweeting daily after 6 months of inactivity and it's teasing something which is probably a PSO 2 announcement. I'm sure that announcement won't come for months though.
The one in the closed beta had a very decent amount of stuff translated, so no worries.How much stuff can I expect the inevitable English patch to translate? I want to get into this, but I don't know if I'm hardcore enough to play a lot if the translation is patchy.
You click the big blue button and it downloads the setup of the game.Is there a guide somewhere that translates the PSO2 Sega PC Downloader seen above?
Wonderful news, thanks!Yes! This will be running online 24 hours a day minus the possible maintenance if anything goes wrong.
Tougher battles require you to learn enemy patterns and there are various weapon types with different gameplay styles.So for someone who has never played any Phantasy Star games, but has heard the comparison a TON, how similar is this game to Monster Hunter?
Thanks for all the kind words.
Anyway, I have one question - was anyone able to use the Japanese IME from Google without a Japanese keyboard?
Microsoft IME is working fine, but I can't get the Google one to work. Wrote about this on the official forums and it seems that the Japanese players don't have this problem.
Which button do you use to switch the input method to hiragana? ` doesn't work in game for me.Great op!
and no i don't have any problem typing Japanese without jpn k/b with google's IME
What class/race combo is everyone going to play?
As much as I love my wizards in all (MMO)RPGs I play, Force doesn't seem that appealing to me in PSO2. For some reason this is the only online RPG where I'm going to go with a melee class and choose a Cast Hunter.
Weapon of choice? Easy, Wire Lances, which let me annoy the hell out of my party by constantly throwing enemies around.