Now don't get me wrong I'm enjoying the game but the encounter rate is SO HIGH and the dungeon design is atrocious, with dead ends and endless teleporters and worthless chests (30 mesetas, antidotes: YAY) and the Blaster enemy is just plain malevolent. Otherwise, I'm invested in the characters, world and story and determined to play through until the end.
What did you NOT like about the game?
Took a looooong time as I tried my best to avoid using any outside help. I did end up using *a bit* (e.g. I thought I'd covered everywhere in Palma so I looked at a map to piece it all together... that's how I found out where to get the gas shield) but majority was covered by me, with badly drawn maps and my notes with all the info I got from NPCs, so I'm rather chuffed with myself :P.
I do need to completely some other RPGs properly but this is definitely the best 8-bit game I've played so far. There's a few obscure bits but aside from the soft ice on Dezoris, there was noticeable little 8-bit jank. Really felt like the game rewards you for properly listening to everyone and it was so satisfying to see all the notes on the different required items come together to see the dark castle appear over Baya Malay with the music change.
Visually the game was amazing, loved the sci-fi setting, felt really varied across the 3 different planets. What lacked in gameplay in battles (which, tbf, I find is just a general symptom of games in that era) was made up with general exploration I felt. Part of me wishes there was a modern remaster to flesh out the story because it would be cool to see characters like Alis and Odin have full character arcs but in the context of a late 80's game, I was really impressed by this.
Gonna get started on Phantasy Star 2 soon, plan is to go all the way to 4 (which I know is generally considered the best, so simultaneously excited and agonised that I still need to go through 2 and 3 to get there). My only complaint is there's not much to explore again in the game (the only item I missed was the magic key since I vibed through Baya Malay) but I suppose the assortment of fan art and writing will have to do for my post game indulging :P
Edit: okay, forgot to mention, I should admit I used a lot of save states (not too fussed about that, since saving was available everywhere in game so I was just saving a little time) and A LOT of speed up (will admit that was moreso cheating - goodness the encounter rate could be awful)
Instead of having ' Roboman ', I am installing some, Wren's Android siblings as ennemies.
Wren.489 is one of the ' Wren Type ' model, that I did put.
Wren.489 Stats
HP 489
ATK 288
DEF 540
SPD 255
XP 9999
MST 9999
I cannot give more than 9999 XP, many monsters.
For example, Gardians, SHOULD give, in my patch, 36000 XP each. BUT, as compensation, I give AS MUCH mesetas, as you have XP with many monsters.
That's why, Robomans, give 9999 Mst, or Guardians give 9999 Mst, instead of 1 meseta.
More money for more curative items. Moon Dews, Sol Dews and Star Dews will be avaliable, at some point of the game.
Moon Dew = Res Lv 255, ?
Sol Dew = Rever Lv 255, 65535 mst
Star Dew = Gires Lv 255, 65535 mst
XP Value: 9690
<img src="https://huguesjohnson.com/ps3/images/enemies/monster\_guardian.gif" alt="Guardian"/>
So I'm playing every PS game, classic and online, at the moment I finish PSI which I really liked and I also playing PSO, and now I finish this one which I think it's really good they are so many things I like, I think as a Sequel this game its perfect, the way the algol system change, the conflict a narrative of this one feels so natural after the first one, still a very good message today, love all the inmersive world it have, the clone labs, the people the world.
Only thing I don't like and you can imagine, the dungeons, so I have to use a guide for that, I mostly don't like to use it, but I take in account, I'm pretty sure originally when you buy the game I think the manual was included and inside was just a walkthrough because the dungeons were too hard, so I just assume using a guide was not so different of the people experience in the 80s ans 90s
So the plot twist was something that I really like, I already know about the Nei stuff so doesn't take me by surprise, I also think it's very funny the fight with Dark Falz in this game very out nowhere, inside a box, pandoras box?? So what does this implied? Love the way Mother Brain looks in the final fight, I was like: oohhh so mother brain it's the two women of the main menu (? Kinda (?
Btw, someone notice how mother brain just looks like Sephiroth before the fight? (Pic 3)
But yeah the plot twist I liked because I didn't expect it, and honestly doesn't feel like retcon or anything, I can imagine that being the case, and it's really badass finishing a game and then they put earth as the secret final bad guy, just to have a credits sequence of the heroes kicking our ass, sadly we can't see what happen next but I think as an ending its very strong.
At the moment in ranking, S tier: PSO; A tier: PSII and PSI, they are not so different but I think I vibe with II a little more
In the future I will continue with PSIII and I could check out PSU (the offline story game)
I am giving names to some NPCs.
Rhy's Father Name, is Kain.I find that King really cold, so, I did give to him, the Japnese Translation, of the name ' Rhys '.
The KING is cold like Kain, and his son, Abel (Rhys), Is a Really Kind Gentlemen. Abel suits him better.
The Queen, you'll see her name, if you use the Escapeipe ... XD It is not anymore ' Queen nobody ', and ' Cold King '.
Abel is the friend of his loyal soildier ... for a Royal, it is uncommon, REALLY, to be friend with peasants.
I hope that I'll have the energy and the drive, to be able to change a lot of Scripts.
I listen to someone that did give to me, translated names.
King Kain, Prince Abel (Rhys), Miyu (Mieu), Rain (Nial), Ein (Ayn), are some of the translated names
One of Abel's Guards's nam,e is Rolf [...]
I really like this game, but it’s so forgotten nowadays 😭
Phantasy Star Zero is a prequel to the original Phantasy Star Online, and it was released on the Nintendo DS back in 2008. The story is set on the planet that Pioneer 1 and 2 left behind before heading to Ragol in PSO. The gameplay is pretty similar to PSO, but with a few elements borrowed from Phantasy Star Universe.
I’m not gonna lie, the gameplay feels a little dated now. Since the Nintendo DS didn’t have analog sticks, the movement is pretty stiff (characters can only move in 8 directions) and the camera controls are a bit clunky. But despite all of that, I still love this game and always find myself coming back to it.
I love basically everything about it: the art style, the character designs, the soundtrack, and the story. Honestly, the story is where PSZ really shines compared to the original PSO.
Don't get me wrong, I love PSO, but as a fan of the original Phantasy Star series, I was always a bit disappointed by its weaker story presentation since the game focuses so much on gameplay. PSZ, on the other hand, puts a lot more emphasis on the narrative. We get way more character interactions, anime cutscenes, and each of the three playable races actually experiences the story a bit differently.
This game is just so charming 😭
I am missing 4 monsters. Tentacle is in the lava field before the tower and refuses to pop for me. Horseman is somewhere on Dezo, after the white dragon cave. Still haven't found them yet. Elephant is on an island with Abion and Loar. This one also refuses to pop up.
If there are better place to hunt those 3, LMK please
Green dragon is another one I need but I have no idea where to find it. I'm told it's in a dungeon but which dungeon?
This time ... I couldn't see the damage numbers, into a combat. Too much numbers, I did so ... I still kept all my data and ... I'll add text. Techniques are Not magic techniques. Flaeli is magic, Foi is Physic.
The House of Laya or, The House of Orakio will be, without knowing it, demon worshippers. Some knows how tu use their Life Force, in order to influence the Physical World. Atoms of Oxygen will be transmuted, into 🔥 Foi. Techniques themselves, never been magical. If Phantasy Star did change route, I won't. Using hand sings, channeling the Energy of your Spirit, in order to use Oxygen, to transmuted it into 🔥 ⚡ 🌊, to influence Gravity (Gra).
That's " Naruto-like ", but, a Ninjutsu, is supernatural, most of the time, not a technique, Never. 😁
Also, the game will use a language that I will have to explain, in the game. Like using the term Ba'al, not associated with paganism, But, it's Original meaning: Master.
Bosses are "Ba'al", some human have too much power. Without being a god, Elon Musk, as an example, is A Powerful One: an Elohim. Power is indeed, not necessarily physical or supernatural ; money is an example, a source of power.
Ba'al and Elohim have their roots into paleo-hebrew, terms as old as the myths.
I keep also the really good idea of you: to change some names, to get some that are better translations, instead of interpretations ; the meaning of words themselves, not some felling-interpratation ; things are what they are (reality).
I don't put those Images to Shine.
I had difficulty to find, PSIII Character's Pictures, at MAX Level, on the Internet ; I want to put some, because this data, is really absent.
I did put some. It is Because of the Emulator's Super Speed that I could " naturally ", without cheats, Boost all my Characters to Max Level.
Adans use ' Wat ' Technique, instead of Tsu, Shinb, instead of Rimit, Seals instead of Shiza, and Rimit, instead of Deban.
Hello all! I am trying to track down a copy of Phantasy Star for my SMS collection. If anyone knows where or is interested in selling it for a reasonable price. I have been dying to find this game. I’ve tried many different places local that and none of them have it. Though I think 200 for it is a steep price… though if anyone can help out would be appreciated! Cheers!
I'm not talking only about online, but because exist a translation of Phantasy star portable 2 infinity, I never played these game but I want to know if it is kinda like PSO ver. 1 and then PSO episode 1+2 plus, both are the same game, but the later includes more and more content, but I don't lose anything for no playing the OG
Is PSP2i like that? If I play this version I don't need context of PSP2 or something? With the story mode and stuff
But if you think there is a reason to play PSP2 OG before infinity I would like to know!
