• Phantasy Star Online 2 Official Alpha Videos

    The PSO2 website has been updated recently with a new section. Currently, two videos have been posted with footage from the recent alpha tests. They run fifty-one minutes in total and are narrated by Producer Sakai and Arisa Noto. An upcoming third will present a battle with the dragon. Embeds of the first two videos along with lists of highlights follow.

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYYXGeRsu3w[/ame]

    • 7:40 - character creation
    • 18:05 - item shop
    • 20:45 - skill counter
    • 22:40 - quest counter
    • 23:10 - item storage
    • 24:00 - block select
    • 25:20 - chat
    • 25:50 - cut-in chat
    • 26:40 - lobby animations


    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsoz25rRLUo[/ame]

    • 2:50 - quest counter
    • 3:20 - ship warp
    • 4:00 - field warp
    • 4:25 - jumping
    • 4:50 - battle start
    • 8:45 - initiate events
    • 10:05 - clear events
    • 10:40 - telepipe
    • 10:55 - quest rank
    • 12:00 - auto-chat
    • 13:15 - lobby warp
    • 14:00 - weather
    • 14:20 - hovering


    Discussion is ongoing at the forums in this post of Mizunos's.

    Update: The third video has been posted to the website and is twenty-five minutes in length. An embed and list of highlights is directly below.

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F31bfG3DIGg[/ame]

    • 3:40 - footage start
    • 4:30 - multi-party quest start
    • 7:30 - boss encounter
    • 10:25 - item healing
    • 11:15 - environment trap
    • 11:20 - new quest
    • 12:15 - rappy encounter
    • 12:30 - boss encounter
    • 16:15 - in-air shooting
    • 18:30 - quest complete
    • 19:45 - mass lobby swarm
    Comments 18 Comments
    1. TheSai2012's Avatar
      TheSai2012 -
      i think they should change the dance moves and the put hand 2 hand combat back on here.
    1. S-T-H's Avatar
      S-T-H -
      The PSU lobby animations are supposedly temporary. They say that they will be adding new ones in the future.
    1. Alcadias's Avatar
      Alcadias -
      Apparently rappies dont fake death anymore? Aww :P
    1. Omega_Weltall's Avatar
      Omega_Weltall -
      the boob slider makes smile. Also you can pick say HUmarl like in the vid but give her the FOmarl costume?! Awesome! Picking FOnewm and giveing him FOmarl costume
    1. lostinseganet's Avatar
      lostinseganet -
      Yea it seems like they are ducking for cover??
    1. Aki_Yoruno's Avatar
      Aki_Yoruno -
      Wow, weather affects you! Getting jolted by lightning, what a shock!
    1. Tech Romancer's Avatar
      Tech Romancer -
      I caught that too! I really hope they really "go to town" with the weather system. Such as Snow, Hurricanes with strong wind, and fog. Fog would make so happy haha, going through a forest level with dense fog and monsters attacking out of no where would be so cool!
    1. kyuuketsuki's Avatar
      kyuuketsuki -
      I'm not sure they let you cross-dress, but then again...
    1. DoubleCannon's Avatar
      DoubleCannon -
      I read on here that it said the difficulty would greatly vary when played over and over and i think it said the monster levels would be different not all constant same level. Is this still hold true?
      "Due to the wide range of enemy levels you will encounter, expect drastic changes between difficulty levels."
      ^ That is what made me think during runs you would fight monsters that vary in levels like aka. hildebear lv 2 and a hildebear lv 4. but video showed all monsters being lv 3.
    1. Shade_Koopa's Avatar
      Shade_Koopa -
      nice vids; really hope this game comes to NA.
      On a side Note: Does Anyone know if the HUnewm and the HUmarl are character types you can pick in PSO2? Will there be any new character types?
    1. yoshiblue's Avatar
      yoshiblue -
      CASTs can now be force users. All PSO classes are there.
    1. Omega_Weltall's Avatar
      Omega_Weltall -
      lol I meant to say FOmar, cause i just DESPISE the FOnewm suit
    1. Aki_Yoruno's Avatar
      Aki_Yoruno -
      I wish she'd chill the freak out or he'd genki the freak up. It's hard to hear what he says unless I turn it up, but then she freakin' squeals so loud. Maybe it's just me? But I do have a sleeping newborn... Also, I do get tired of some of the Japanese girls doing their fake "honey" voices.
    1. gelasius1's Avatar
      gelasius1 -
      Aki you speak truth can't stand those voices ahhhhhh life is not an anime
    1. TheColdZephyr's Avatar
      TheColdZephyr -
      Ok, deep breath.
      (1.) Is it just me, or was that Racaseal reloading her assault rifle after every 3 bursts of 3 rounds? It's nice that the 3 attack setup is being kept in favor of limited ammo, a la Universe, but a 9 round clip, really? A 3, 3, 3, pause, 3, 3, 3, pause, 3, 3, 3, reload rhythm would be more realistic (not that realism is huge, but still).
      (2.) It seemed like regular attacks were speeding the recovery of pp, which is used to power the underslung grenade launcher (squee!) and other special attacks.
      (3.) I was underwhelmed by the hovering animation. It seems like a way to just give Casts a unique form of running when their weapons are holstered. If those jets continue to pulse while attacking or shooting in midair however, I will be happy.
      (4.) The jiggling in the first video was getting a little disturbing. I'm curious to know what the woman was saying while the character's breasts flew around. To paraphrase X-Play, 'Sega, you are thinking of gelatin, not breast tissue'. Will Casts also fall victim to jiggle physics, or will their entire body be more synthetic and firm?
      (5.) Looking forward to seeing the gunblades from Zero and the Whip...Dagger things from Universe. It was a nice touch to see the character deactivating the photon blade on her gunblade to take advantage of the gun function. Curiously, she holds it like an extremely unwieldy pistol, with her free hand bracing the handguard, rather than as a rifle, where she might hold it by the barrel. Apparently weapons will be extremely light for their size in the future (how else could anything use a two-handed sword?).
      (6.) Saw a scope on top of the assault rifle. Does that mean a dedicated Rifle will be dummied out in favor of keeping encounters fairly close up? Finally getting to snipe could be fun. Also, will the combination of Rifle and Mechgun spell the end of dual wielding submachine-guns as well? I hope not. Didn't really see a pistol at any point, either.
      (7.) Overall looking forward to the game. Desperately hoping for a lifetime subscription option as an alternative to monthly payments. I know it sounds like I'm being really critical, but I do love what I've seen.
    1. Shade_Koopa's Avatar
      Shade_Koopa -
      That's cool, so I can still be my Newman Hunter
    1. KaffeKane's Avatar
      KaffeKane -
      If this does not come to the US, I WILL NOT BE HAPPY.
      This...looks...amazing. And they're only on Alpha.
    1. slave2pso's Avatar
      slave2pso -
      God, I'm in love with that girl, she's so cute!
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