Phantasy Star Online 2 To Hit North America, Europe In 2013

Written by: Jason Winter (@winterinformal) | July 10, 2012 12:30 pm

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Phantasy Star Online 2 launched in Japan last week, and its servers are getting hammered — but not by Japanese players. Apparently, English-speaking players eager to play the first true sequel to a game that launched way back in 2000 for the Dreamcast are jamming the servers to the point that new character creation has been severely limited.

Those players won’t have too long to wait until a localized version is available to them, as Sega has announced that PSO2 will be launching in North America and Europe in 2013. The free-to-play MMO will be a PC-only release at launch, though Sega does plan to expand it to the iPhone, Android, and PlayStation Vita. In fact, characters from the PC version will be portable to the Vita.

Phantasy Star Online 2 seems to be keeping pretty close to its predecessor, gameplay-wise, with the same three classes and races and little in the way of details on its site beyond the promise of “challenging boss encounters” and “intense real-time combat.” Do you think you’ll give PSO2 a shot?

Phantasy Star Online 2 To Hit North America, Europe In 2013

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http://www.kaiketsu.enjin.com/ Corey “Crimzen”

Phantasy star online was def one of my favorite MMO’s. Was a big fan when it originally launched for dreamcast and then re launched for gamecube. I feel like it’s more of a niche title over here in the US and probably won’t see the numbers you see from GW2, or WoW etc but I’m sure there will be plenty of old fans willing to pick it up. I think I heard them say in the hit it was free too? So if that’s the case then I’m willing to bet that new comers will at least try it out when it launches.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Brandon-Carpenter/100003272493739 Brandon Carpenter

Remember playing PSO episode 1 and 2 on the gamecube when I was like 12 hehe, Good times.
J Reyna

FINALLY we got some confirmation about this been playing the crap out of the Japanese version. It may be “old school” in the sense that all gameplay is instanced but the action combat really got an overhaul from PSO and PSU. Character creation is just…. breathtaking and overall the game is just alot of fun to play casually. On top of that its FTP so I could see this going a long way over here in the states.
- saxophone15
  
  You’re right…the instanced gameplay may be a little old school (it’s really just dungeon crawling when I think about it) but the combat is decent enough. You can double tap to dodge and you can use some attacks while moving. Unfortunately you cant use magic skills while moving.
  
  There is also the appeal of the anime style. I know some people hate it but there are others who love it. I wish there was an mmo with the quality of something like Guild Wars 2 but with an anime style.
http://twitter.com/HarmonBlues Harmon

Dreamcast homebrew is still going. I never got an internet connection to my dreamcast so I never enjoyed PSO as a multiplayer title on it. However they did port the X-Box version of PSO to the PC as PSO: Blue Burst and I eventually got to enjoy it as an MMO. PSO had quests and action combat, so I don’t believe it felt anything like the Asian MMORPGS that came out after it.
http://twitter.com/nemesisnick33 nick

WhERe DoWnloAD WaNt PLAY!! HNNNNG
- http://twitter.com/nemesisnick33 nick
  
  i downloading it right now :3
Zach Long

Servers are down right now.
http://www.facebook.com/james.walters.9028 James Walters

OH HELL F’IN YES!! This game was my 1st Online experience (I had the Gamecube version & in Junior High School) and I get a chance to go back.. Sadly PSU was not to be but glad they made a direct sequel to the 1st game. PSO was great fun and great community, with tons of fond memories for me.. This seriously just made my day
Wolfdreamer101

Finally getting an official announcement on this game coming west was a huge fist pump for me, and I know it is for a lot of others. I’m in the same boat as some commenters here where I played PSO on GCN with the internet connection and loved every moment of it. Thank you GBTV for making a quick hit on this awesome news. Now to go back and enjoy the JP servers some more until its released here.
http://twitter.com/just_izumi Izumi

Wow, the game looks pretty nice.
Jado Cast

I’ve been playing the Japanese Beta, and personally I would have been okay with just an English patch. Americans have basically taken over Ship 2 and Ship 10.