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Message: [QUOTE="UnDubious, post: 48728, member: 4030"] The problem for me with Phantasy Star is that the Japanese RPG genre had not progressed enough overall to really do the first three games justice. 4 is the best because it was made late in the Genesis' life, when they had access to enough ROM space to really tell a story and develop characters, and had learned to keep things moving at a quick pace. 2 could have been on the same level but they let the dungeon design run wild and those dungeons are just too damn long, plus the encounter rate is too high/battles are too slow. It's still a pretty cool game, especially for 1989 (it was competing with NES RPGs, not SNES), and it's got some great story elements. But with PSIV's gameplay speed, pacing, and more fleshed out (but still not overly wordy like modern RPGs) story and character, it could have been a true classic. PS3 is similar, with more time on it and had it come out a year or two later, it would've probably been great instead of just kind of good. [/QUOTE]

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