Misc Where should i start with the Phantasy Star series?

[Xdqwerty]

I only played phantasy star zero believing it would be a prequel or something like that.

Post automatically merged: Nov 8, 2023

it wasnt

 

[Dondonuts]

Pso2 was good back then but it was an mmo, it still alive today, but probably in poor state now

 

[Quore]

Pso2 was good back then but it was an mmo, it still alive today, but probably in poor state now

Yeah, PSO2 isn't a good game to start thw series

 

[Jayro]

Start with Phantasy Star on the Sega Master System, and go from there.

 

[Quore]

I only played phantasy star zero believing it would be a prequel or something like that.

Post automatically merged: Nov 8, 2023

it wasnt

Well mate, i played i few of them, but i can't already recommend some. These are that I've played

• Off-line games

- Phantasy Star Portable 1, 2 and Infinity (this one is japan only, but you can find a English patch on google)

- Phantasy Star Universe and AOTL (it's a update to PSU but released as a standalone game)

• Private servers

If you want to, there's also online private servers for old phantasy star games (both Pc only)

Ephinea PSO (the original phantasy star online)

Clementine PSU (the online mode for phantasy star universe AOTL)


Hope you enjoy these games, unfortunately Sega is focusing Phantasy Star as a full online game and forgetting the offline single player games, but I hope they change it in the future


Aah, just a quicky honorable mention

There's a Phantasy Star for the PSVita called Phantasy Star Nova, it has the base PSO2 gameplay but it's a single player game and offline too, but this one I never played, unfortunately

Post automatically merged: Jan 3, 2024

Start with Phantasy Star on the Sega Master System, and go from there.

I don't think it's a good game for a newcomer to the series, it's gameplay hasn't aged that well

 

[Jayro]

I don't think it's a good game for a newcomer to the series, it's gameplay hasn't aged that well

...But it's the first game.

 

[Quore]

...But it's the first game.

I know, and he will probably get confused about how the game works or something.

I'd still recommend the Portable 2 for any Phantasy Star beginner, it's easy to catch up, it has the best Phantasy Star aesthetics imo and the characters are really nice.


Like Final Fantasy, the very first game is not the best for a newcomer to play

 

[the_spensa]

Didn't Phantasy Star 1 & 2 get remaded for the PS2, how are those to start off with?