Retro Game of the Week

Welcome to my 2nd retro game of the week post. This week will be about retro game Phantasy Star Online.

Phantasy Star Online or PSO is a Dreamcast original turned pc game that came out with the dreamcast. It is often credited as one of the first console online games.

Graphics- The graphics came out in the late 90's early 2000's so the graphics are not top notch for todays time.

Gameplay- An Offline/Online Hack n Slash game with swords, guns, and other things to kill with makes the gameplay feel very familiar. The Hub of the game is a ship called pioneer 2 with all sorts of shops and a Hunters Guild where you can take up quests to further the story and your character. The fighting and questing takes place in 4 areas in episode 1 and 4 in episode 2. Forest, Ruins, Mines, Caves, and all the VR testing areas make up the questing and fighting. The bosses consist of cutscenes showing off massive bosses before fighting them making boss fights feel epic and shows the boss to be pretty bad ass.

Nice Vicious Giant as all Get Out Dragon

Sound- The sound is fitting to the game and all the areas making the sound good. It can be a bore at times with the constant loop but other wise good.

My Opinion- This game has sucked so much time from me and will keep sucking time from me. It has fun combat and keeps me entertained for hours especially with the online. Nothing beats finding 3 other old friends and us hitting up PSO for a night of leveling and such. The community suprisingly is alot more mature than other games and still has a good following. The sound problematic looping is averted when i put my own soundtrack on and listen. Honestly i like this game alot and I recommend you all try it.