Despite continuing the story of Phantasy Star Online, the gameplay here shifts to a competitive turn-based card game. Back in the day you could play the game offline against computer opponents or ...

This brings us to a very important point in our appraisal of Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II: the cost for the total package. Purchasing the game, a keyboard, a modem or broadband adapter ...

To find out what was (and wasn’t) essential to the game, we probe Nishiyama on his role in PSO’s development, suggestions from producer Yuji Naka that he soundly ignored, and regrets he may ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Easily one of Sega's biggest games this year, Phantasy Star Online is the first massively multiplayer game ever to hit consoles. Developed by Sega ...

Can you please explain your role on the PSO team? I know you were responsible for the theme songs, but were you responsible for all the sound in the game? There was a sound director who decided ...

Although the setting is extremely different, the closest comparison to Phantasy Star Online 2 (aside from previous games of course) is probably Diablo. You’ll likely want to go for Diablo III ...

In my opinion, Phantasy Star Online is one of the greatest titles Sega ever produced, and it clearly inspired other games. Remember Sonic Unleashed’s Egg Dragoon? Its shape and battle arena (a ...

It leaves people that loved PSO with really high and unmet expectations ... He loves first-person shooters, role-playing games, and massively multiplayer online games. His work has appeared ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Despite the fact that Sega's Phantasy Star series only had four installments, the last of which was released in 1993, the franchise has had a ...

While the original Phantasy Star games were more traditional RPGs, recent iterations of the franchise have turned towards the online multiplayer landscape --most notably with the release of ...

Check out how we test and review games here The similarities are startling. Five years ago I had my life slowly devoured by the Dreamcast’s seminal Phantasy Star Online, easily clocking up 500 ...