Phantasy Star Thread

[Leon]

I love the cover but 70 bucks, ouch.


I still remember the first Dark Falz battle: instead of fading to white like most normal battles you see the screen turn red with a boss theme different from the usual, it really felt tense and this one looks like the first game's design (PSII and III's had a different look).

I'm wondering who was the person who turned into a Falz in this place.

Spoiler

The Falz design hints at it's origin, same with the second one, the first one was likely some form of bacterium or monster like lifeform that somehow got onto kuran though it should be pointed out that falz can also infect androids so it could also be one of the machines, the second falz was likely some kind of spider natural lifeform, falz doesn't have to only infect humans, any lifeform can become a falz though it tends to prefer humans if 1 and 3 is anything to go by.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Spoiler

The Falz design hints at it's origin, same with the second one, the first one was likely some form of bacterium or monster like lifeform that somehow got onto kuran though it should be pointed out that falz can also infect androids so it could also be one of the machines, the second falz was likely some kind of spider natural lifeform, falz doesn't have to only infect humans, any lifeform can become a falz though it tends to prefer humans if 1 and 3 is anything to go by.

Come to think about it:

The first Dark Force fight had a blue tint like Phantasy Star I's, the second fight is greenish like Phantasy Star II's and finally the third one has grey/purple like Generations of Doom. Maybe each Falz are supposed to reference each previous episodes of the trilogy

And yes, Dark Force/Falz can infect both the living and non living (such as machines) which is why Phantasy Star Online also hinted at that with Callus telling that something is calling him despite that he's not a life form and how Vol Opts became crazy .

Of course, the lore may change between two games and while PSU also had Dark Falz the first final boss was called "Dulk Fakis" and was using Magashi (who has fallen into the A-Photon reactor in the HIVE) as its host.

I forgot about the lore of PSO2 but Photoners are ancient civilisation members that are partly responsible for Dark Falz to exist apparently and each ones have a host (like Double looking like twin children).

 

[Leon]

Come to think about it:

The first Dark Force fight had a blue tint like Phantasy Star I's, the second fight is greenish like Phantasy Star II's and finally the third one has grey/purple like Generations of Doom. Maybe each Falz are supposed to reference each previous episodes of the trilogy

And yes, Dark Force/Falz can infect both the living and non living (such as machines) which is why Phantasy Star Online also hinted at that with Callus telling that something is calling him despite that he's not a life form and how Vol Opts became crazy .

Of course, the lore may change between two games and while PSU also had Dark Falz the first final boss was called "Dulk Fakis" and was using Magashi (who has fallen into the A-Photon reactor in the HIVE) as its host.

I forgot about the lore of PSO2 but Photoners are ancient civilisation members that are partly responsible for Dark Falz to exist apparently and each ones have a host (like Double looking like twin children).

PSU does have a dark falz, unfortunately it was in episode 3, which was online only, so unless you were playing the game online you never got to face it.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

PSU does have a dark falz, unfortunately it was in episode 3, which was online only, so unless you were playing the game online you never got to face it.

I would like to ask why they made a villain with a similar name that isn't actually them.

Maybe they wanted to cook Dark Falz for the finale of the story.

 

[solnK!]

Is PSO2 New Genesis worth playing? Im curious about it.

 

[Leon]

Is PSO2 New Genesis worth playing? Im curious about it.

As a fan of the series, it's hard to say if you'll like it or not.

Is it worth a try? yeah sure, the problem is while the combat system is similar to pso2's battle system, everything else about it is more similar to a traditional open world mmo, 1 planet, average cookie cutter biomes and the story feels phoned in, i say this as a mega fan of phantasy star (almost used a rune walsh avatar for the site), pso2 new genesis plays and feels like a different series entirely compared to pso, pso2 and psu and imo it's not for the best, it's to the detriment of the series.

I should point out that i played pso2 new genesis up until just before the third major area unlocked.

 

[solnK!]

As a fan of the series, it's hard to say if you'll like it or not.

Is it worth a try? yeah sure, the problem is while the combat system is similar to pso2's battle system, everything else about it is more similar to a traditional open world mmo, 1 planet, average cookie cutter biomes and the story feels phoned in, i say this as a mega fan of phantasy star (almost used a rune walsh avatar for the site), pso2 new genesis plays and feels like a different series entirely compared to pso, pso2 and psu and imo it's not for the best, it's to the detriment of the series.

I should point out that i played pso2 new genesis up until just before the third major area unlocked.

I think the og PSO2 is on NG IIRC

 

[Leon]

I think the og PSO2 is on NG IIRC

If i remember right they separated old school pso2 and NG, but yeah, if this was about old pso2 hell yes, great game.