Phantasy Star Online 2 now has a launch date for western players on PC

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Phantasy Star Online 2 finally made its official way west, after many years of hopeful waiting from its fans. The Xbox One version of the game already managed to release last month, but now it's time for PC players to get on the action too, since SEGA has just announced the launch date for the platform. On May 27th, Phantasy Star Online 2 will head to the Windows 10 Microsoft Store as an exclusive for PC. While there was a Steam version planned at some point, there's been no word on when or if the game is still planned for that launcher. This release features both text and voice acting in English, with four races and nine different classes to choose from. For Xbox One players, a crossover event with the Hatsune Miku series will be taking place starting today.

ARKS (soldiers of the Oracle colony fleet in the Phantasy Star Online 2 series) are invited to join together online to explore numerous worlds with friends and experience PSO2's unparalleled action combat and character customization. Choosing from four unique races and nine classes, players can join forces with up to eleven other operatives at a time to experience unforgettable battles and boss fights.

"We're thrilled to announce the long-awaited arrival on PC," said Fred White, PSO2 TEAM North America's Head of Marketing. "There's a loud and passionate PC fanbase who has been patiently waiting for the North American version – we can't wait to welcome them in. There will be login bonuses waiting for them with more surprises planned in the coming months."

The North American version of Phantasy Star Online 2 includes fully localized text and character voices in English, spanning three years of content. In addition to the immersive original PSO2 story, the NA version also features the most-up-to-date balancing and quality-of-life improvements from the Japanese service. Players can choose from four races and nine classes while tackling various missions. They can also take a break from questing by playing one of the many Casino mini-games, chilling in the Alliance Quarters, competing in the new ARKS League or attending all-new live stage events. And for the first time they will be able to do all of this with friends on both PC and Xbox One thanks to cross-platform play.

SEGA also announced Phantasy Star Online 2's first in-game collaboration to come to North America – Hatsune Miku! Special items are available starting today on Xbox One in the Scratch Ticket Terminal. Players can use Arks Cash Scratch Tickets to get stylish clothing and accessories. This AC Scratch features collaboration items from Hatsune Miku, Megurine Luka, as well as Kagamine Rin & Len. Represent at the main stage like never before with these unique outfits and get ready for the vocaloid performance of a lifetime!

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"Windows 10 store" exclusive huh? Guess we will see if that move is more hated than "Epic store exclusive" :ninja:
They both suck, but ethically I'm choosing Windows over Epic. It's free, anyway. My main gripe with the store is that I never download faster than a tenth of my internet speeds

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This is too late.

And the game looks like a letdown anyway. At least graphically.

Back to Schthack I go.

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Youre expecting a game that was released back in 2012 to look good? Delusional as hell
I mean that it looked unimpressive and a letdown in 2012.

I am very very fond of PSO1 and I aways wanted a PSO2 to be epic.

Unrealistic, I know. Like this cheapo Shenmue 3 that came out. Sure, it is a way to have a Shenmue 3. But it is like a fan-made project. Not a blockbuster by any means.
 
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I mean that it looked unimpressive and a letdown in 2012.

I am very very fond of PSO1 and I aways wanted a PSO2 to be epic.

Unrealistic, I know. Like this cheapo Shenmue 3 that came out. Sure, it is a way to have a Shenmue 3. But it is like a fan-made project. Not a blockbuster by any means.

When the game came out, it did look pretty good. I remember downloading the character creator demo before it's official release and being surprised at how in-depth it was and how good the characters looked. It has been nearly a decade since then though.
 

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Did they ever say that the game will be region locked to the US? Haven't seen anything in that regard.

I would like to know this, too.
Not a big fan of fan translations (even though they are doing a good job) so I was hoping that I can just play the US-Version from Europe (just like I could play the JP Version here).

The game itself has no lock - but can I even access the US Windows 10 store from Europe to download the game?
 

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lol @ everyone saying it's too late ...PSO1 and PSU still have a fairly large loyal playerbase 21yrs/13yrs (respectively) on.
The fact that this 8yr old game that's been relegated to one region for 99% of it's existence and is still getting major support speaks volumes about the community that enjoys the PS games.

Just a shame that Playstation will be the last platform to get this in the west, when it was the launch platform for it when it came out. I still play the Vita version (thanks to the Arks-Layer patcher) occassionally.
 

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lol @ everyone saying it's too late ...PSO1 and PSU still have a fairly large loyal playerbase 21yrs/13yrs (respectively) on.
Yeah it's obvious by how many players WoW continues to retain that MMOs don't need to have cutting-edge graphics. It looks like an N64 game and people are still willing to pay a monthly subscription fee for it, lol.
 
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