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Phantasy Star Online 2.
Gameplay:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH1azqx1fD4
Boss Fights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bNjIqUPJVg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4qnsy-JnZ4
Character Creation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiUmRujYUrA
Housing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpWEITrGjjg
Symbol Art:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p4XgYdDZbk
Japanese version currently in full release. Western version slated for Q1 2013.
F2P with cash shop. Stand-alone items, licenses, and gachas (random lottery cash shop).
The cash shop has no game-breaking features. It offers aesthetics (outfits, accessory tickets) and some upgrade items for equipment enhancement / customization. Upgrading is, in itself, wholly unnecessary, and (in my opinion) actually makes the game feel too easy.
Housing, auction house *sales*, and trading are off-limits to free players. There are monthly licenses in the cash shop for housing and listing items in the auction house. There's also a premium option that grants both of these, trading, and other perks. Currently, there's only one method for those outside of Japan to purchase cash shop currency, and the markup is high.
There are various guides online for those interested in signing up for the Japanese version. Visit bumped.org or PSO-World's forums if you happen to be interested. Otherwise, keep an eye out for the Western release.
Chao.
Comments
"For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,
And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed:
And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill,
And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still!"
~Lord George Gordon Byron
Phantasy Star Online 2 nice you have my attention
Here the Wikipedia acticle:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantasy_Star_Online_2#NPC_Hack_Incident
I played it for a few weeks on the jap servers.
Did not like it as much. Too few maps...Umm...The dynamic events were decent but the lack of maps put me off..
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For me it was lack of weapons/classes...im so used to all the stuff that Phantasy Star Universe had....
Bought. It took me back to PSO on the Dreamcast.
True. The game does feel as if it's just getting out of beta now (content-wise). Updates have been constant, though, and the developers have mentioned adding non-dungeon content (mini-games and such) in the near future. It'll take a bit, but their track record has been good.
Since when is Tuesday a direction?
There is some kind of english beta in progress or about to start soon for the Vita. I know there is a thread with information @PSO-World forums.
IMHO, you probably won't have a choice when there is a US release. Sega doesn't really have any reason not to implement a regional block, or at the very least implement a regional block for new accounts.