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>> No.5696389

>>5696367
PSII has an excellent theme song

>> No.5696390

>>5696367

>TFW Phantasy Star IV was my first Phantasy Star.

Nothing will ever match it, I was so hype for a Phantasy Star to rival the PSX Final Fantasy's and then PSO is what I got. I get that people like PSO but I will forever be disappointed.

>> No.5696397

>>5696390
Pso is fucking great tho.
I dont know how they could continue releasing "classic" phantasy star games, the story ended pretty well with 4. Maybe prequels?

>> No.5696403

>>5696390
I know this feel.

Well actually I rented PS1 when I was 5 or 6 and didnt know what was going on. I played someone's save and probably ruined it but he had the spaceship and I loved just taking off and pretending I was flying it or something.

Much later I played ps4 on emu and loved that then went back and got like 70% through ps1 before I got sidetracked. Lost all my 11x17 graph paper maps years ago I think

>> No.5696404

>>5696397
Wouldn't have been the same anyway. You just know that a Phantasy Star 5 would have been a semi-nauseating experience like Shining Force 3 or Shining the Holy Ark.

>> No.5696406

>>5696389
The whole series has great music. Tokuhiko Uwabo on the first two, Izuho Takeuchi on III and Masaki Nakagaki joining her on IV. Great lineup, great musicians.

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5696413

Phantasy Star 4 is a game I randomly played in one of the Genesis collections back in the 2000s. Neither myself nor any close friend ever had a Genesis back in the day and I only played stuff like Sonic and Golden Axe, didn't know these games existed. Absolutely loved it.

Then I played 2 and was blown away. What a great experience, the dungeons are amazing. Also for you synthwave fags, this game is literally that aesthetic.

1 and 3 do nothing for me.

>> No.5696415

What we need is a new Phantasy Star collection that includes the 4 mainline games, the 2 game gear games and the text adventures.

>> No.5696423
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5696423

Does anyone have a translated version of the PSIV sequel audio novel?

>> No.5696484

>>5696367
Patrician taste, anon. Phantasy Star IV is my favorite game of all time.

>> No.5696490

>>5696423
The one where Chaz dies and Rika's a single mother? I think it's at PSCave.

>> No.5696512

>>5696490
is canon tho?

>> No.5696527

>>5696512
It's an official Sega release but I don't know if it's canon.

>> No.5696537

>>5696415
Those text adventures were really cool. I think Josh had the best one.

>> No.5697203

>>5696397
PSO2 is great as well if you like stories that are chuuni as fuck.

>> No.5697606

>>5696512
He dies of old age. Rika is a Numan, so she lives much longer than normal humans.

>> No.5698729

>>5697606
I guess she's a different model from old Nei back in PS2 since she seemed to age rapidly.

>> No.5698748

>>5698729
Yeah, they're two entirely different species. The word 'numan' only ever appears in Rika's stat page, translated Japanese material uses the terms Neitype and Faltype (Fal is Rika's Japanese name). Neitypes are abominations of science accidentally created by Motavia's bio plant going nuts. A mixture of human and biomonster DNA. They have a life span of about 2 years. Faltypes, on the other hand, were designed to breed with humans and create a race of supermen suited to the hostile envornment of post-apocalyptic Motavia. Though only one was produced she has a long lifespan presumably to facilitate the raising of the hybrid children.

The numans of PSO seem to take some influence from the Neitypes (questionable lifespan, dialogue suggests they don't age but can just drop dead one day without warning) but that is dropped in all later spinoffs where they're just plain old space elves.

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5701190

Posting for the sole purpose of keeping this thread on the board. You could say I am 'nudging' it, or perhaps 'bumping'.

>> No.5701223

>>5701190
I'd bump her until she needed to use a res technique, if you know what I'm saying.

>> No.5701324
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5701324

>>5701190
That's not nei.

>> No.5701360

If you could create a compelling PS side story without using Dark Force, how would it go?

>> No.5701514

>>5701324
I'm not positive on why Neifirst even tried to stop you on Climatrol. Wouldn't she die a few minutes after she killed Nei, anyway?

>>5701360
Cute space elven girls with high-cut leotards. Expand from there.

>> No.5701987

>>5701514
I think neifirst was kinda like a power source to nei, so killing her would kill nei, but if nei died she would live.

>> No.5702006

>only had four traditional games
>two are crap

There's nothing to appreciate. Phantasy Star died for a good reason.

>> No.5702357

>>5702006
I liked them. Some good ideas but I can give you the series feels a bit generic.

>> No.5703978

>>5702357
There's many criticisms one could throw around but I am very surprised to hear 'generic'. I think even at the lowest points in the main series Phantasy Star remained unique.

>> No.5706252

I want to collect rappies like pokemon.

>> No.5706367

I recently finished the Sega Ages port of Phantasy Star. I enjoyed experiencing the origin of this series. But I will say that's partly only because of the quality of life additions in this port. I'm a bit hesitant to player the other 3 games.

>> No.5706394
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5706394

>>5706252
What are you going to do with them? They can't fight each other.

>> No.5706397

>>5706394
They will once the Neifirst alteration machine is invented! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!

>> No.5706398
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5706398

>>5706367
If you need your hand held, and I don't mean that in a shitcunt way, don't hesitate to play PS4. It's very beginner friendly and easy to get into. You won't need maps of any sort for that one.

>> No.5706402

>>5706367
Phantasy Star 3 is kind of easy, but boring. The maps aren't too complex and grinding (which is a bit boring) fixes pretty much everything. It's not a great experience, but it is an experience.

>> No.5706403

>>5706367
Do you like bashing your head against the wall?
Do you like looking at a map and praying for death?
Then PS2 is the game for you!
Visit: insane dungeons made by people who punch kittens and puppies!
Watch: best girl die off too soon!
Encounter: the worst spaceport known to man!
Wish: for another game to spend time with.
Phantasy star 2 has it's moments, but it's a monster.

>> No.5706416
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5706416

>>5706403
>Visit: insane dungeons made by people who punch kittens and puppies!
Can't argue with that. Have some support imagery to go with.

>> No.5706420

>>5706416
Don't give me PTSD flashbacks, son.

>> No.5706440

>>5706402
The generation thing in the 3 is pretty interesting and cool. It gives it some replay value. For it's time this a great feature, but now a days that we're not paying 70 dollars for one game, it's not doing much. I do appreciate it for that. The differences in the end can be major or minor, but I will always at least defend the game for doing this. Game doesn't do much else.....but at least it did something a little unique among RPGs. among Phantasy star games...eh

>> No.5707324

>>5706440
I agree with that. I also liked the overworld music that would change depending on how many party members there were. That was a damn fine touch.

>> No.5707817

>>5706416
So all those numbers represent pitfall floor tiles?

Is dungeon exploration not first-person "3D" like in the first game?

>> No.5707834

>>5707817
Nope. Enjoy top-down horribleness. PS3 and 4 are okay, but this one suuuuuucks.

>> No.5707851

>>5706416
I have to admit that, while I navigated almost every dungeon in PSII by myself, I had to look up maps for all the final dungeons (the ones where you get the magical items). Fuck that tower in specific.

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5708295

>>5707817
Yep, many, many holes and only one way back up to start the blind falling all over again. It is infuriating.

>>5707851
I played through blind with no maps except for that one dungeon, which I gave up on and used a map. That very map. Ikuto is pure cancer, fuck it in every one of its 93 holes.