SEGA Reveals Phantasy Star Nova w/ Single Player Offline (New TGS Pics Added)

[King_Rappy]

So we can most likely assume that one of the Arks ships crashed (if you looks carefully the lasers seem to come from the planet and it's on fire) since otherwise you'd send down a Campship.

New character doesn't look like anyone we know...yet. However it is stated in PSO2's intro that they have operations across many planets.

They appear to be a short way away from Gigantes.

The planet has a moon.

Someone's going to or already has died based on that tombstone.

The ARKS Ship is shot down by a "mysterious attack" while investigating the planet (Machia)

[gigawuts]

What...what's this? A new Phantasy Star game? In the same universe of an active online game they are currently supporting? I don't get it...why not just add whatever it is that's going to be in this game to PSO2 as more content?

I mean I'm sure I'll buy it anyway but...I just don't get it.

/confused

My guess is the offline factor. We're all familiar with what happened to PSO1 when you could go offline at will.

By separating the two games they remove the possibility of editing saves and all kinds of other hacking issues running rampant. The offline game is distinctly separate, and worst case scenario? Some kids share their hacked items via local multiplayer on what seems to essentially be a large promo for PSO2.

Anyway, from what I was able to tell in the video this is basically Phantasy Star: Voyager? Because I won't complain if it is.

[The Walrus]

Seems like this might be worth an import...since we'll never see it over here ;_;

[Ezodagrom]

Posted in the bumped comments:

The story from the trailer: During an investigation of the planet “Machia,” the ship’s crew crashes due to a mysterious attack. Aside from some words like “even more despair” and “an unsurvivable adventure” that’s basically it.

http://bumped.org/psublog/phantasy-s...#comment-55415

[The Walrus]

So PSNova = SO5

[Vashyron]

"Phantasy Star Ocean"

[gigawuts]

Posted in the bumped comments:

http://bumped.org/psublog/phantasy-s...#comment-55415

Oh, I was getting excited.

[Railkune]

Now that I can fully see that creatures design, it's nothing too exciting. Guess I'll have to wait on more gameplay or something.

[Emp]

So only offline? No online play like psp2?

[Mike]

So only offline? No online play like psp2?

Probably so one Phantasy Star game doesn't have to compete with another but who knows. The later distribution of a patch that adds an online mode, like what Ragnarok Oddessy or whatever it's called, did could be a possibility.