What do you love about phantasy star?

[Shad79]

It can be anything. From what games you liked what got you into the series what games you played maybe invested time into maybe a memory you have with it maybe just something very specific about the games themselves if you loved og PS RPG systems and story or the world feel and gameplay of the online games
also don't talk smack about where the series currently is or NGS as I strictly want this to be as positive as possible!

Personally? There's too much I love about the series as a whole to say, but I really love the characters of phantasy star 4, I love the atmosphere, world and OST of PSO ep1-4 when you explore everything about it that you have to go out of your way to find like the story pieces, almost everything about portable 2 lol and just the cool factor of pso2 original and its characters
Of course PSO ep1-2 is an irreplaceable online experience for me as it was one of my first online games I played so just playing with other people and talking with them was so cool to me too

 

[MemeAlert]

Phantasy Star Portable has a better mission structure than Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII...also it plays better.

 

[moonbits]

sci fi elf girls

 

[UnDubious]

I got into the original series via Phantasy Star IV. I loved the sci-fi aspect, which was rare at the time in Japanese RPGs (especially in English), I liked that it had all this backstory and lore to the Algo star system, the characters, the various races. Most RPGs have an independent story from game to game, but this one referred to events from the first three games, spanning two thousand years, with characters from past games having become legends. I also loved the stylishness of the manga cutscenes and the speed of the battles.

Post-OG series, Portable has a solid battle system and it's just a fun action game with light RPG elements.

 

[bigstinkie]

phantasy star online's music, art direction, group play, kissing hugging friends love happiness
i still play the game today

there is a lot of love to be found in the game even now
if you ever see me in game you will be showered in the rains of a million sweet little lives that once inhabited, inhabit, and will always inhabit the game
you have been virtually smooched by me by existing in the same universe as me

 

[JackNoir413]

i like the sci fi girls

 

[bigstinkie]

the friend i am dancing with
i do miss him
oooooooOOOOoooooooo cheeseburger

 

[Shad79]

phantasy star online's music, art direction, group play, kissing hugging friends love happiness
i still play the game today

there is a lot of love to be found in the game even now
if you ever see me in game you will be showered in the rains of a million sweet little lives that once inhabited, inhabit, and will always inhabit the game
you have been virtually smooched by me by existing in the same universe as me

"i still play the game today" yeah me too on ephinea
its incredible how much fun this game is so many years later

 

[bigstinkie]

"i still play the game today" yeah me too on ephinea
its incredible how much fun this game is so many years later

i am also doing the playing on the ephinea
if we ever meet in the world of phantasy star online
i will give you a swagburger

 

[csanjuro]

my favorites are Phantasy Star IV and PSO ep 1 & 2 on gamecube

 

[χKai]

It can be anything.

The fact I don't play it.

 

[nobitakun]

I recently played Phantasy Star and I am dreaming with this song:

It has something that sucks you in and you can't escape listening to it over and over.

 

[The Prince of Misery]

Phantasy Star Portable tem uma estrutura de missão melhor que Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII...e também é melhor em termos de jogabilidade.

 

[Adrastia]

I like the combination of sci fi and fantasy. You've got swords and magic and spaceships and aliens. Wizards that put themselves into cryogenic hibernation. Insane AI apocalypse. And sandworms.

 

[AncientBehemoth]

Lore, aesthetics, OST. I started with the third game and LOVED it. It influenced my taste in games and music. I know many other people dislike PS III and its OST but I loved it.

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

Phantasy Star 3 on the SEGA Genesis/MegaDrive is my first rpg experience.

 

[Sunnyside]

My first entry was PSO I&II on the 'cube. And what I love is the music, the world design, the sci-fi/fantasy aesthetic, and THE MUSIC. Nothing compares to the nostalgia hit from hearing Forest Theme. My offline group of three likely played 100+ hours in splitscreen. Then I played Schthack a few years until the server exploded. Moved to Ephinea and have been there ever since, though I lost my account info last year and haven't gotten around to restarting. It's tough going back to square one.

Also played PSU, PSZero, PSO2 Global and NGS. Clementine is the best of all those, second only to Blue Burst. I need to play Portable 2 Infinity one of these days. Never had a PSP.

 

[kuroro]

Nostalgia, music, color/style, unusual setting, characters that look kind of like adults instead of all SD like most sprite based RPGs.

Post automatically merged: Jun 29, 2025

phantasy star online's music, art direction, group play, kissing hugging friends love happiness
i still play the game today

there is a lot of love to be found in the game even now
if you ever see me in game you will be showered in the rains of a million sweet little lives that once inhabited, inhabit, and will always inhabit the game
you have been virtually smooched by me by existing in the same universe as me

Playing PSO (offline) as a teenager was formative for sure. This song is tattooed on my nervous system, every single note of it. I still hop on the existing servers to get a taste of it every now and then.