![]() Learning how to use all of the game’s new features was also a very interesting experience. Thankfully I was very wrong and I spent my entire time with the beta pushing forward in anticipation of discovering new weapons, areas, and enemies. While the amount of content was great it would only last as long as the desire to play it and I do have to admit that I was concerned that this would be another Phantasy Star Universe type of burn out. Even all of the game’s classes were available to play with skill trees and subclasses to boot! About the only thing that was missing was the real world money system to buy cosmetic items that will be in the final game. Multiple story missions were available and side quests given by NPC’s. There were multiple mission areas you could complete to unlock others. There was the main gate, shopping area, cafe, and a casino to explore. Everything I tried to get access to let me do it. That wasn’t really the case here in PSO2. I remember doing the old online beta test on Xbox 360 for Phantasy Star Universe and there were tons of things that were just closed off to players. ![]() I have no idea how much of that content was actually in the beta and available to all of us but it felt enormous. Finally, I was playing and completing the tutorial and hopping into the wider world of PSO2! When the full game launches here in North America it is supposed to include all of the content released for the game to date. The servers did come back up around 10:30 PM PT and I hopped in as soon as I could. I gotta say, the number of kind responses was not what I expected to see from the internet, so it gave me a bit of faith in humanity. Thankfully the PSO2 team was very active on Twitter and was providing updates on the status of the servers. Needless to say, I was bummed about the way things had started with this beta. I went with something super easy just because I wasn’t sure if I would get booted again, but I think the design works great for me! Again my luck didn’t hold out long as the servers were then completely shut down to let the team fix their authentication system. It would take another 45 minutes before I completed the character. Sadly I couldn’t finish making a character before the server decided it was time to boot me out again. A second server was then brought online to help account for the increased number of players trying to get in.įinally, I was able to get my Player ID and watch the character creation cutscene. I kept trying to log in for the next 30 minutes and was greeted with a Japanese error screen each time. I logged onto the game at 5:03 PT and was greeted with a wonderful server full notification. Waiting for something really sucks as I am sure you all know! But the time finally arrived and the beta was officially underway! Except that it wasn’t because apparently there are a number of you out there who were just as excited as I was, and when 5 rolled around we completely destroyed the servers. The beta date was set and the pre-load was complete, the only thing left to do was wait. Yes, I cried during the reveal I have been waiting a long time for this! It was back at E3 2019 during the Microsoft press conference that the game was finally announced to be coming west on Xbox and PC with cross-platform play supported. This taste came courtesy of the PSO2 closed beta test on Xbox One. This past weekend in February 2020, North America finally got its first official taste of Phantasy Star Online 2, nearly 8 years on from its original Japanese release. Boy was I wrong… The game originally launched in Japan back in July of 2012. I figured it wouldn't take long for the game to make it west, so I would just wait. A fan translation pack eventually became available but for whatever reason, I could never get it to work on my PC and I eventually gave up. Unfortunately, the game never made it west in any official capacity. This was finally going to be the continuation of the franchise I wanted! Well, at least I hoped it would be. ![]() When Sega announced that they were finally making a proper sequel for PSO I was super excited.
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