Death of a Game: Phantasy Star Online

Рет қаралды 429,922

2 жыл бұрын

Download Opera GX for free here: mtchm.de/e8b5k
Editor's note: We're dealing with a very old game here. A lot of the footage won't be good quality. Some of it was recorded on VHS!
Cheers
Join this channel to get access to perks:
/ @nerdslayerstudioss
Merch: teespring.com/stores/nerdslay...
Patreon: / nerdslayer
Amazon: www.amazon.com/?tag=nerdslayer...
Humble Bundle:www.humblebundle.com/monthly?...
Twitch: / nerdslayerrr
Twitter: / nerdslayerg
Discord: / discord
Music for Opera GX Sponsor:
'Chillstep' by Bransboynd
Supplied by Envato Elements with license
#DOAG . Death of a Game is a series dedicated to uncovering the mysteries surrounding the death of a game or company. nerdSlayer defines the term "death" in the context of the show as either... 1. Literally dead. 2. Had a mass exodus of players and never recovered (expectations etc). 3. The company ceased to exist. We follow a timeline of events, to uncover clues concerning why a game or company doesn't do well, and attempt to put it all together at the end for a deduction explaining how or why the game failed based on the evidence gathered.
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantas...
retrocdn.net/images/e/ec/ODCM...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuji_Naka
www.ign.com/articles/2000/12/...
www.ign.com/articles/2000/11/...
www.ign.com/articles/2000/11/...
www.gamespot.com/articles/pso...
www.pso-world.com/content.php...
www.pso-world.com/content.php...
www.gamespot.com/articles/pha...
www.ign.com/articles/2004/04/...
www.gamespot.com/articles/100...
www.gamespot.com/articles/seg...
www.gamesindustry.biz/article...
www.wired.com/2007/12/sega-sh...
venturebeat.com/2015/12/22/ph...
www.forbes.com/sites/jasoneva...
www.pcgamer.com/phantasy-star...
ephinea.pioneer2.net/about-ep...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantas...
www.gamespot.com/articles/mic...
www.ign.com/articles/2004/01/...
phantasystar.fandom.com/wiki/...
web.archive.org/web/201107130...
www.metacritic.com/game/gamec...
www.ign.com/articles/2003/04/...
www.gamespot.com/articles/son...
www.pso-world.com/content.php...
www.gamespot.com/articles/pha...
www.ign.com/articles/2002/10/...
www.ign.com/articles/2002/10/...
www.ign.com/articles/2002/03/...
web.archive.org/web/200212081...
www.metacritic.com/game/dream...
www.ign.com/articles/2010/09/...
www.ign.com/articles/2001/02/...
retrocdn.net/images/4/48/Vide...
www.gamespot.com/articles/pso...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isao_Okawa
www.ign.com/articles/2000/12/...
web.archive.org/web/201511191...

Пікірлер: 1 800

@nerdSlayerstudioss 2 жыл бұрын

Download Opera GX for free here: mtchm.de/e8b5k Thanks for sponsoring this video Opera GX! And thank you for the continued support, detectives :).

@garlicbleach4781 2 жыл бұрын

But pso2 isn't dead I hope ur talking about the older games (I think u are talking about the older games..... I hope oh u are imma be honest the title of this video in my recommeded scared me thank goodness it wasn't what I thought)

@bigblockman11 2 жыл бұрын

i just hit teen age when i frst saw it from my father's friend's son playing it on the cube its was a joy to watch for my little mind back than, and i would not say pso2 is "dead" along with its ngs counterpart but its not quite what it once was compare to the older games

@akaimizu1 2 жыл бұрын

Take note, the Gamecube versions of the game live on with many of the same servers as PC's Blue Burst. (And oddly Dreamcast v2 has a server or two). Additionally Episode 1 & 2 Plus was another GC release that added in quite a few new things not present in the original release of it (mainly offline playable versions of some of the online missions and has the GBA-link downloadable extra games on disk now all playable offline). Released along the same year as Blue Burst.

@nerdSlayerstudioss 2 жыл бұрын

The video is literally called Phantasy Star Online. Not Phantasy Star Online 2.

@garlicbleach4781 2 жыл бұрын

@@nerdSlayerstudioss yeah I should have known sooner tbh

@prinnydood 2 жыл бұрын

It is nice to see a game on the channel, that has peacefully died of old age.

@realdomdom 2 жыл бұрын

If only there wasn't a pso2...

@SnackJar 2 жыл бұрын

It's not technically dead there's still people playing on private servers

@TheAyanamiRei 2 жыл бұрын

I rather liked the Sequel and the PSO2: New Genesis

@gefehede7783 2 жыл бұрын

@@realdomdom too bad it's shit. Nah it's alright. But pso had that atmosphere, and that vibe you know.

@ericksullivan3372 2 жыл бұрын

Peacefully died due to age my ass. Check out clementine

@sblade123 2 жыл бұрын

This "Death of a Game" is less an autopsy of a victim, and more a eulogy of a dear friend. Man, I had forgotten how much I loved PSO back in the day.

@TCGSammler 2 жыл бұрын

I still play it on a gamecube !

@kimano117 2 жыл бұрын

Losing your favorite weapons to the second boss was such a rite of passage.

@y0av359 2 жыл бұрын

Pso 2 exist

@connor_lockwood 2 жыл бұрын

@@solblackguy yeah I've got a list of issues with NGS. Starting with the story making me want to play with a fork and a socket, just so I can feel something about the game.

@wolfx.2546 Жыл бұрын

There are still servers around

@Bristecom 2 жыл бұрын

Isao Okawa was an absolute legend and doesn't get the attention he deserves. He gave everything to keep Sega going because he wanted the world to be a happier place! RIP

@aaronperez09 Жыл бұрын

Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 & 2 is by far my favorite video game of all time. The joy that I still reminisce about when playing this game with friends and family, nothing else compares to it for me personally. It’s one of my fondest memories and simultaneously one of the most bittersweet ones as well, since we’ve all grown up now and gone our separate ways. But this gem still sees play from time to time, just to take in the nostalgia and feels lol. 10/10 Masterpiece

@Rain1 Жыл бұрын

Same thing here man. All 4 of us playing split screen going to beat dark falz.

@emissara6512 7 ай бұрын

Should check out private server then. Just Google Pso Ephinea or KZfaq it.

@stayingfitandfocused 18 күн бұрын

you should check out the two private servers Ephinia BB for pso episode 1 & 2, and clemintine for phantasy star universe.

@Grimmay 2 жыл бұрын

One of the few "Death of a Game" i would not even call a death, an Honorable Passing / still Alive Legacy since so much of it still exists in its original form and in the form of new games still being made to this day

@thomasm9876 2 жыл бұрын

Should've been called "Life of a Game"

@Dewclaw7787 2 жыл бұрын

Think the private server is going at least.

@GELTONZ 2 жыл бұрын

@@Dewclaw7787 More than going! There were 187 people on Ephinea last weekend. Usually somewhere between 40-50 on at any given time of day, which I notice since I usually play around 3AM. And that's just one of a number of private servers. PSO is surprisingly spry for a dead game.

@akaimizu1 2 жыл бұрын

@@GELTONZ Yeah. I actually have a Wii, modded to be able to do Gamecube games online. It still plays Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 & 2 Plus on the private servers. Always nice when it is one of the famous rare games rescued by fans. So unlike what this video states. PSO never died completely for Consoles. It lives on with Gamecube copies of the game (Dreamcast v2) and PC. (Including those who are running it with the Wii in Gamecube mode). The only console release that I believe lost all online was Xbox, due to its reliance on the old original Xbox Live service to connect. Tying the hunters license to the old defunct service.

@Tsukiru 2 жыл бұрын

@@Dewclaw7787 Several still going honestly

@Hornswroggle 2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes we detectives are called to a scene to find that this individual died of natural causes and after a long and fulfilled life.

@Gilhaney 2 жыл бұрын

I feel so fortunate to have been a part of this game's history on Dreamcast, Gamecube, and PC. It was my first online game and my god the memories and nostalgia. The text bubble conversations, the hunt parties for rares, gasps when a red box dropped, grinding TTF for exp, hours wasted in the lobby in those glowing chairs, etc. That kind of happy farewell and musical fanfare when you beat Dark Falz and the party disbanded. That song that plays after you get the character victory pose screen after beating episode 1 still gives me chills. I'll always cherish this game and the memories it created. I'm glad more people are recognizing what a treasure it was.

@IRUKANJI 2 жыл бұрын

Got a new player into PSO this very year and we put a good 20 hours or so in so far. Best online community ever.

@moofey 2 жыл бұрын

Oddly enough this coming out a time where people are questioning the staying power of PSO2:NGS. Otherwise, PSO was a victim of its own success in a way, but its legacy lives on.

@Knuspermonster 2 жыл бұрын

Yea i play NGS and they rly need to add more content since.....there isnt rly so much to do......

@matshbocks 2 жыл бұрын

I'm holding them to their promise of huge content updates each 6 months. If it's what they claim. I'll see what they have. I still got friends to chill with on there regardless.

@Tsukiru 2 жыл бұрын

@@matshbocks I never heard of this promise but honestly that makes a lot of sense actually

@matshbocks 2 жыл бұрын

@@Tsukiru yeah. Hiro(the showcase guy. NOT the director, says it on an interview

@Mostbaleia 2 жыл бұрын

For me, zero, the game is like playing a big demo.

@TheAverageGatsby2 2 жыл бұрын

I was fixing to say, "how is this a DOTG" Then I realized it was more of a recounting of how revolutionary this beautiful game ended up becoming. I'm a bit sad that PSO2 has so much lag issues, hopefully they will fix it up a bit more because I love the series as a whole.

@dreww1459 2 жыл бұрын

I won't say it's always perfect, but they've got most of the lag ironed out. Nothing like the first 2 days anymore. At least for me anyways.

@siveon298 2 жыл бұрын

@@aorimiku It's true. I know NS may not cover this since it's not super in his ballpark but I'm willing to elaborate what you're talking about. NGS has taken many steps to simplify many of the bloated systems that was featured and added onto in PSO2. Gameplay: NGS has taken a lot of steps to make the gameplay more dynamic. Enemies react to your hits, the movement is a lot more structured thanks to the universal movement glide mechanic. However, they simplified and took away many moves from the base classes. In normal PSO2 many classes did have extraneous and useless moves in the skill-trees, but they removed some of the nuance which can make some classes a no-brainer. Which leads onto another problem Grind: The grind in PSO2 was pretty bad in Japan. It was practically removed in most of the NA release save for the controversial augment system which wasn't very intuitive at all. It was good that they got rid of the old augment system, but the new system is too dull. Or, rather, the new system is running around one area killing monsters. This is a measure of a lack of content, mostly, as you don't really have much to do and what you're gunning for is basically just stat boosts. There's no tricky/interesting augments really. F2P: This is just a flat-out worse product in that regard. They severely limited the player market by requiring a sub to sell items, which means cosmetics (which is 70% of the game tbh) is inflated and makes buying cosmetics a lot harder. The worst part about NGS though, is just the striking lack of content there is at the moment. The open world is too small, not much in it, little things to do with your friends (no rooms or guild halls) and just a lack to mess around with. It's disappointing, since as a base it does feel better to play.

@TheAverageGatsby2 2 жыл бұрын

@@aorimiku yeah PSO2.5. The release just felt very empty with a super low level/content cap, massive latency issues (NA), and a world that feels more closely aligned to an MMO than its predecessor PSO2. Hopefully I can come back in the future but as it stands currently I'm not super eager to throw another several hundreds of hours into a game that (at the time of release) had at most 20 hours to offer excluding all the time spent grinding already dead mobs that had not updated client side.

@yourface2464 2 жыл бұрын

@@aorimiku Here to back you up. Played PSO2 for thousands of hours, both on JP and on the global release via steam. Didn't play NGS for much more than 10. It's exceedingly shallow and poorly made, and decided to time lock grinds and force players to be active instead of just logging on for EQs? I wouldn't despise NGS as much as I do if they at least didn't hamper the actual PSO2 experience in the process. But they just keep making stupid decision after stupid decision. Can't even play with half of my old friends because they can't go through the entire NGS tutorial, which is now mandatory to play PSO2 for some reason.

@cypherusuh 2 жыл бұрын

They already fixed lag problem on both network and gameplay. The only problem about NGS is extreme lack of content + pay2win shift from base PSO2, especially due to removal of free shop pass.

@markasaur 2 жыл бұрын

Damn. Just came across this. Almost teared up a bit. I miss those days. I was a clueless kid who bought the game based on the cover/back before i even had a dreamcast. F'in brings me back man.

@theresnothinghere59 Жыл бұрын

I am a V1 oldschool guy... how to forget that game..

@tvbuu 10 ай бұрын

if you play on PC check out the Ephinea PSOBB private server. A lot of players and you can still enjoy the good ol days

@R.DeMora Жыл бұрын

What Isokawa did is just astounding. That dedication and commitment to an idea is admirable, and the fact he sacrificed his own wealth to keep that dream going is amazing. Makes me have much more appreciation for a company that was such a benchmark in video game history. Amazing.

@andreou5711 2 жыл бұрын

16:45 “Sonic Team can’t do any wrong”. Oh, how I yearn for those days, when the Sonic Team logo was a seal of quality.

@HollowRick 2 жыл бұрын

This ^

@musicaleuphoria8699 2 жыл бұрын

I distinctly remember my older brother playing this when I was little, and being fascinated by it. I thought it was a fever dream, til I rediscovered it.

@yOOjisinthefrig 2 жыл бұрын

Such an amazingly impactful experience on my life. I still have my gamecube memory card with my characters and play every now and then when I see my neighbor that I played with when growing up. Some of the best coop gaming I've ever had.

@christon1200 2 жыл бұрын

That is pretty cool! I still play mine too, but my brother's whom I used to play with don't want to play anymore.

@bigto88 2 жыл бұрын

Love the video! Quick correction: 10:40 Cast are unable to use techniques therefore cannot be a Force class. They made up for this in their ability to use traps, having natural immunity to some poisons/debuffs and higher base physical stats.

@striker0 2 жыл бұрын

In the sequel CASTs can use techniques, but only certain classes. But you are right otherwise.

@koenwebb4157 Жыл бұрын

@@striker0 To be fair iirc everyone had to have a tech class to cast techs

@striker0 Жыл бұрын

@@koenwebb4157 Not in PSO. Even the non-tech classes could cast techniques, just not past a certain level. It was the CASTS that were unable to.

@soldatheero Жыл бұрын

its so dumb how they made casts use magic and anyone can just do anything in the new ones. it had more of a lore to it when the world has rules.. like even how the weak human magic female had horrible attack power buyt amazing healing, that made sense. kinda dumb seeing a little girl having huge atp with a massive sword

@EricSanAltarez Жыл бұрын

However they are incredibly OP when they get those daggers that casts Shifta/Deband randomly.

@ryanwing9665 2 жыл бұрын

still play on private servers once in a blue moon, thank you for making this, this game was my childhood.

@AJ-ed7mx 2 жыл бұрын

You mean once in a blue burst? Tehe

@rakeril7866 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like I should say you are extremely lucky to be able to. I'm jealous.

@AJ-ed7mx 2 жыл бұрын

@@rakeril7866 how come you can’t? Im genuinely curious, i want you to play this game too

@rakeril7866 2 жыл бұрын

@@AJ-ed7mx No console for it and looking through on my switch, nothing comes up. Only have a ps4 and phone. Switch is my wife's.

@AJ-ed7mx 2 жыл бұрын

@@rakeril7866 where are you from my friend, usa??? Sega dreamcast can still be found for 50 dollars and under used here where im at, that could be a cheap way in for you to play again

@psyhodelik 2 жыл бұрын

One of my most memorable gamer experience evar ♥

@stefanswiss3760 2 жыл бұрын

What ? Je m attendais pas du tout à ce que tu pop sur une vidéo PSO. PSO est génial et j ai investi des milliers d'heures dedans, est ce que tu étais sur les forums de blue-rappy ou psoworld à l époque ? Raa nostalgie (secrètement j espère aussi qu'une suite aux RPG solo de fasse mais pas sur que les gens connaissent)

@oliveteo8160 2 жыл бұрын

Same for me ! Je chill un peu sur Ephinea pour la ration de nostalgie mensuelle 😁

@gateauxq4604 2 жыл бұрын

I was on PSO World too. Great times.

@Hitodesigner 2 жыл бұрын

J'avoue, level 400+ here ahahah

@HamsteroidOver 2 жыл бұрын

Je suis toujours déchiré entre mon envie de jouer à WoW, SWG et PSO sur les pservers. Je crois que PSO recommence à reprendre le dessus ces derniers jours. Je devrais peut être repartir à neuf sur Ephinea bientôt. :)

@razzyrazberries 5 ай бұрын

Gosh. Being a little teen back in the 2000s, sneaking on my GameCube dialup at 1am, playing online with my first internet friends. Every time I hear about PSO I tear up. I always wonder where those friends are today. If they are still alive 20+ years later. Sheesh. I feel so old now. Thanks for the nostalgia trip. This game is the one that got me into RPGs and co-op games, and influenced my life for all time.

@KiamKweli 2 жыл бұрын

I remember playing this game on a Sega Dreamcast through a free NetZero internet connection. Back when the internet talked before dial-up gaming.

@Xizax41325 2 жыл бұрын

We are reaching nostalgia levels previously unknown. Rip in peace my level 200s. You served my high school life well.

@bllllood 2 жыл бұрын

go back torture yourself and lvl 3 lvl 200 to manage to find 1 of each lvl 30 tech disks XD

@mikoto7693 2 жыл бұрын

I remember I really wanted PSO as a child, but don’t remember why I never I got it.

@SoSaucedRL 2 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace in peace

@medievaltrap7285 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikoto7693 bro you could still get it the servers are still online the developers even have a discord server for phantasy star online fans

@EricSanAltarez Жыл бұрын

Same 2001 - 2004

@captc0ck5lap60 2 жыл бұрын

Played about 16 years ago, the music was some serious nostalgia. I still have a Gamecube with the save files on a memory card somewhere. Good times.

@cyberbeep5187 2 жыл бұрын

when my GameCube died, I used my wii for the longest time. now I have PC, but now all my friends I played with moved on. RIP.

@dbrikashabukshan8673 2 жыл бұрын

@@cyberbeep5187 rip, I use the dreamcast version on sylverant, people on emulators and real hardware meet and play frequently still.

@dbrikashabukshan8673 2 жыл бұрын

Also on sylverant you can see gamecube and blue burst users in the lobby and dreamcast v2 users can play with the non blue burst pc port as it's very similar to dc version

@bllllood 2 жыл бұрын

only found the spaceship....Olga(during elevator) osts decent XD.....both intro...and ep 2 ending ost too...with that said....each ost had fitting theme for each areas so at least got that redeeming side

@rauls2083 2 жыл бұрын

Ever since I’ve been WFH I’ve been listening to PSO music in the background at least once a week. Brings back so many good memories.

@amazeke4851 2 жыл бұрын

I didnt have access to the online segments of the game, but i have hundreds of hours logged in the offline splitscreen. Staying up late with friends trying push into the VH to ultimately get to ultimate. Fond memories.

@simonmilner Жыл бұрын

Complete the same story as yours, so many good memories.

@vilesyn 2 жыл бұрын

Great send-off! By far one of my favorite games. I will say that a good portion of the PSO downfall could be attributed to the constant hacks from bromop (MOP for short). Lobby crashes, inventory hacks, and item trade thefts pushed a lot of people away in the franchise. They found ways to make player’s lives miserable with every online PS game in the franchise (PSO/PSU being the worst). I remember the lobby getting quieter and quieter as people would get fed up with these constant hacks as they would persist over months of time with Sega showing no signs of fixing it (at least not until DC PSO was down, putting an “anti-hack” agent on BB). Anyways, I just wanted that to be known, since it was certainly a contributing factor. You can find a wealth of information on the topic online if you want to know more.

@graalcloud 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I used to constantly lose my save file on the Gamecube version due to hackers. Years later I realize I should have backed it up to avoid that.

@WitcreamMedia 2 жыл бұрын

If current PSO2 NGS Players would see this video, I think it would spread more appreciation and positivity towards the community. Literally almost shed a tear hearing about all this despite my first entry to this franchise being PSO2 NGS. It's great to know the history of this franchise even if I spent most of my life on PC games compared to consoles. What a beautiful video. Thanks for this!

@confusedkemono 2 жыл бұрын

I started with NGS this summer. Knew about PSO as a title and nothing more for a awhile. When I mostly ran out of anything to do I started playing base PSO2. As I go further back in history and talk to friends who've played PSU and the first ever PSO I more and more understand of what a big thing it was and now it's never going to be the same.

@ayojunya 2 жыл бұрын

I remember playing blue burst on a private server years before PSO2 came to the west I play the hell out of NGS now but I always wished I couldve been born sooner to play the OG PSO

@MajoraKamen64 Жыл бұрын

Trust me, just Uninstall that trash game which is NGS and come join us on Ephinea PSOBB to enjoy the true phantasy star online.

@KL4D4pso Жыл бұрын

If NGS took anything from pso it should have been the weapons, they are beyond lame rn.

@Hue_Sam Жыл бұрын

@@MajoraKamen64 NGS can be summed up in these 5 terms: Grind Heavy as hell Wild as fuck insensitive community Content Drought Sinking Ship Battle Power/Combat Power wall Yeah, it has that very insulting acronym for a reason.

@wiltedcypress3940 2 жыл бұрын

I played this game for years and have stuck with the entire sub-series (including Universe) ever since. Heck, I’m listening to this DOAG while farming in New Genesis.

@Seority 2 жыл бұрын

Private servers for both PSO and PSU are out there if you ever want to revisit old memories ❤

@wiltedcypress3940 2 жыл бұрын

@@Seority I did play on Ephinea and Clementine prior to NGS’s release but my schedule hardly lets me play them these days

@Seority 2 жыл бұрын

@@wiltedcypress3940 I feel ya. Glad you know tho ❤

@thedarkflowkiller Жыл бұрын

One of the greatest games ever made. Also the game that made me want to litterally die when it corrupted my memory card on GC after playing over 1350 hours over 3 characters.

@Rain1 Жыл бұрын

Ouch...

@soldatheero Жыл бұрын

Same.. my cousin deleted my characters to start a new one thinking it didnt matter

@zackwaffen9210 Жыл бұрын

@@soldatheero that happened to my 151 pokemon save file on pokemon red lol.

@derekmoore1612 9 ай бұрын

You had to delete your guild file, then you would be able to open your save. Was a semi-common thing on GC. I have about 5,000 hours on the game in various platforms and characters.

@thedarkflowkiller 9 ай бұрын

@@derekmoore1612 not all memory card issues could be solved like this. First corruption I had was a shut down during saving.

@vimbert 2 жыл бұрын

Ah, the nostalgia... I was never able to play this online due to living in the sticks where we barely had dial-up, but even offline single player, this was a blast. I've waded into the private servers a little, and it's still a delight these many years later.

@AscendantStoic 2 жыл бұрын

I suppose we should thank PSO for having FF14 today, specially the console version.

@nerdSlayerstudioss 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! And really Sega/Okawa/Naka in general. Of course the whole Sonic Team, and Japanese developers in general.

@AscendantStoic 2 жыл бұрын

@@nerdSlayerstudioss Indeed 👍

@mrblackjacker32.03 2 жыл бұрын

So we have to thank PSO for giving Monster Hunter. We owe one to SEGA

@AscendantStoic 2 жыл бұрын

@@mrblackjacker32.03 Yeah, I was going to mention Monster Hunter too but I wasn't sure about how their release dates line up, then after watching the video to the end it confirmed that PSO indeed inspired MH and paved the way for FF11/14. But in an ironic twist PSO was inspired by the original Diablo, then it went ahead to inspire FF14 (which was partially inspired by WoW) and now FF14 is carrying the legacy of all those games into the future.

@kyotheman69 2 жыл бұрын

well PSO was more a hub game, i think this game more helped us to get Monster Hunter instead, FF14 was mostly influence by WoW, literally dev's played Wow when they scrapped version 1.0 and played wow for long time, then started working on 2.0

@martinezstephen 2 жыл бұрын

Can confirm how AMAZING this was back on the Dreamcast! Got by with the basic chat for the longest time but eventually invested in a used DC keyboard. The investment was warranted by the amount of hours I put in to the game. It also helped out in the high level runs with geared groups rampaging missions. Thanks for the flashback, cheers!

@Bristecom 2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention Typing of the Dead was the most fun keyboard game ever! Those keyboards were only $20 if I remember correctly. I got super fast at typing because of those games!

@CranberryFo 2 жыл бұрын

This video has caught the attention of a lot of Phantasy Star Online players from back in the day. I've gotten quite a few messages from people that watched it and recognized my character in some of the footage. Especially the footage from my Level 200 party. I consider it "Fair Use" and I have no objections to my appearance. I think it's really cool that I cameo in this!

@nerdSlayerstudioss 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for stopping by and thanks for letting us show off your great footage.

@CranberryFo 2 жыл бұрын

@@nerdSlayerstudioss The footage was actually filmed by pinkkittyrose but no objections to my character appearing here. *thumbs up*

@HansHackfress 2 жыл бұрын

Make no mistake Cran, you are a bit of a celebrity when it comes to western PSO players, at least to those who were around in the earlier days. Can't remember for sure, but weren't you a GM on Schthack? Though as I check your footage you seem to have been more of a PSOGC person. That 1vs1 punchout against the Mericarol was ace :D

@CranberryFo 2 жыл бұрын

@@HansHackfress Aye, I was the Schthack GameCube GM for about 7 years or so.

@robbyiss 2 жыл бұрын

I remember picking this up for the gamecube and it was so much fun playing splitscreen with my cousins and friends. might have been our first "mmo"like experience

@Michael-fm8xx 2 жыл бұрын

It's nice to see a happier ending for a game, when a lot of others seem to implode or crash and burn, this seems to have done its job and pass on the hat to others it helped bring along

@richiep3520 2 жыл бұрын

This game got me through my horrible school days. It will always have a place in my heart.

@yonkonomi5706 Жыл бұрын

Man what a blast of nostalgia! Loved playing this with my younger brother and friends all the time back in the early to late 2000s

@ryanberman5314 2 жыл бұрын

Pso is the most memorable game that I played the least of. I dont remember how I was able to play it but I do remember playing very small snippets of the game and it really opened my eyes to what gaming could be at the time

@Banderpop 2 жыл бұрын

Naoto Ohshima was Sonic's character designer. Satoshi Sakai was a monster designer and animator on Panzer Dragoon Saga, and his work on that game helped PSO to have character customisation as well as some great monsters. But he was still pretty new to Sega and the games industry. (small edit, meant to say PSO rather than PSO2)

@nerdSlayerstudioss 2 жыл бұрын

Could you post a source as well? Thanks for mentioning.

@Banderpop 2 жыл бұрын

@@nerdSlayerstudioss I don't think viewers can post links? But besides the credits of Sonic and Panzer Dragoon Saga, there's a Wikipedia page on Naoto Ohshima. And Satoshi Sakai's role in Panzer Dragoon Saga and Phantasy Star Online is detailed in interviews that Polygon did for the 20th anniversary of these games in 2018 and 2020 respectively.

@benjaminpryer8215 2 жыл бұрын

Me reading the video title: “Don’t you dare say anything bad about this gem of a game!” Me after watching the video: “oh thank god, I got worried for a second… thought we were gonna talk bad about PSO for a second.”

@Dahxelb 2 жыл бұрын

I can't really describe the literally physical reaction my body has from hearing the music from the game. Especially at 12:36.. this really hit hard. I loved this game SO much, and still do.

@Rain1 Жыл бұрын

Yup. That start screen music hits hard.

@spydr78 2 жыл бұрын

This series is pretty much the reason I became a gamer and purchased multiple other consoles, even built my first pc for it. All after playing it originally on the DreamCast. The memories and friendships I have made and still have to this day because of PSO is just really crazy to think about what a franchise can do. Thank you for tickling the nostalgia scratch for sure.

@Serevarno 2 жыл бұрын

“Sonic team could do no wrong” US DC PSO 1 players know this is wrong lol. JP players got so many quests and items we never got access to in the US. I’m also surprised the mass “hacking” that took place with gamesharks and code breakers wasn’t mentioned. That pushed a toooon of people off the game too. Also, Casts couldn’t be Forces. ;P

@Damienx247 2 жыл бұрын

Those hacks allowed us paying costumers to access the same region locked gear that Sega denied us.

@Serevarno 2 жыл бұрын

@@Damienx247 I wasn’t talking about those particular hacks. I was specifically talking about the ones people could use that would corrupt other peoples characters, or the ones that could be used to mod weapons that they’d then pass off to other people that could also corrupt saves on the vmu/memory card.

@ProfiteerProphet 2 жыл бұрын

Shush it about hackers or I will turn you into Nol and you will lose your AAA Spread Needle ;D

@Serevarno 2 жыл бұрын

@@ProfiteerProphet XD

@OrochiSaffron 2 жыл бұрын

@@ProfiteerProphet I made a FOmarl named LON (after the Lord of Nightmares from Slayers) and was wondering why I had such a hard time getting teams when the NOL hack was just getting big. XD

@DrDrystal 2 жыл бұрын

okay hearing this melody after so long brough tears to my eyes. PSO my first ever ORPG..on GameCube..and still couch co-op was grand.

@PlayJAKPlays 2 жыл бұрын

Great Presentation, Never realized how HUGE PSO really was. Never got a chance to play PSO but I got to play PSU for a little while before it died.

@gokenji1194 2 жыл бұрын

The sound only made me cry. Thanks for the Vid.

@Kayem237 2 жыл бұрын

"... and Yuji Naka who left the company after the failed launch of PSU in 2006." Ah yes, I'm sure no other games developed around that time had anything to do with that...

@nohrianscum9791 2 жыл бұрын

"Sonic Team can't do anything wrong." Poorly aged statement of the decade

@cliffturbo2146 2 жыл бұрын

Because they've never *ever* done anything wrong.

@l3rvn0 2 жыл бұрын

This was kind of true before Sega went third party

@Reialine 2 жыл бұрын

Well it got renamed PHANTASY STAR TEAM after PSO2. Due to the parting of the two founding members leaving only Sakai alone in the team with PSU being the last game that had SONIC TEAM credited. Thou in reality he was just using his name as part of the OG SEGA team to raise credit to this team, Sakai is nothing more than an overglorified manager and most of its work is driven by a new generation since the production.

@emikochan13 2 жыл бұрын

The music just gets me right in the heart every time

@miyumorjiana 2 жыл бұрын

I never played the online portion of PSO before it got shut down, but this game is still one of my favorites of all time. I'll always hold the memories of playing this co-op splitscreen with my younger brother for hours on end. And I'll always be grateful to my friend for introducing me to the series, it really stood out to me when I was a kid and truly felt like something that was unique from other games that were available at the time. The Gamecube version is the one I played on and might be my most played game on the console. Grinding through the various maps, searching drop tables online, and feeding MAGs in 10 minute intervals while watching TV inbetween all stood out to my younger self. It's amazing to hear how much this game inspired, I had always thought it was a small success for SEGA and unknown to many. Thanks for the great video, the history of the game in interesting for sure!

@DemonicAkumi 2 жыл бұрын

I did not know you were a PSO Vet as well. Nice to bump into them every so often.

@Apocalypso64 2 жыл бұрын

This is literally my FAVORITE game of all time, so seeing anything that gives it more exposure nowadays is a must-watch! I have so many memories with this game, and the reason I love it so much is primarily nostalgia, as I grew up watching or playing it.

@Tzill 2 жыл бұрын

The music gives me goosebumps everytime, such an amazing game. Hours upon hours spent split-screening this game with my brothers on GC, spent hours farming rare monsters with telepipe glitches, wiped a few saves trying to duplicate rare items through glitches too lmaoo, just to do it all over again man what a awesome time it was

@scottgrasser9737 2 жыл бұрын

yea its nice there are private servers that let you still play the game

@ThatJustHappenedProd 9 ай бұрын

It's 2023 now and I'm just now finding out about Ephinea. I'm about to spend a lot time grinding this game again and couldn't be more excited.

@TearTheRoof0ff Ай бұрын

Same, my dude.

@nathannorth675 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video! GC PSO made up a huge part of my high school years and is still a fond time I bring up with my best friend. This game deserves more love and respect than it gets.

@jimjones9631 2 жыл бұрын

It's heartbreaking. Especially when you look at the state of PSO2 NGS. The franchise could be as big as final fantasy in my opinion but when you look at NGS you see how SEGA doesn't respect it.

@nerdSlayerstudioss 2 жыл бұрын

They lost the original lead developer and producer. In fact I think the previous art director is running the franchise now. But don't quote me on that I'm on my phone.

@jimjones9631 2 жыл бұрын

@@nerdSlayerstudioss I think you're right. Your video hit the nail on the head with how legendary and influential PSO is. Its so hard to see how the franchise went from legendary into twitching and barely alive. I can't wait to see the sequel video on PSO2 and NGS.

@Dewclaw7787 2 жыл бұрын

@@jimjones9631 I mean PSO 2 had a good run in Japan at least. I had some fun with it before NGS but it had some real bummer issues in how it sells basic features that leave a sour taste in your mouth. I still need to at least try NGS though.

@suzuya0 2 жыл бұрын

@@Dewclaw7787 PSO2 ending up being one of the best f2p mmos before ngs came out. They butchered the franchise man. NGS is not worth your time. It's been out for 4-5months and the level cap is still 20.

@Dewclaw7787 2 жыл бұрын

@@suzuya0 I heard they have made PS02 worse now that it's tied to NGS, and removed shop passes -_-

@DtemplarK 2 жыл бұрын

One of those games that wasn't really "murdered" but more of a game that lived properly and died of natural causes. The clock is ticking for NGS though. PS: Casts are still cool.

@UndyingEnergy Жыл бұрын

One of the things that makes PSO unprecedented, even to this day, is the fact that, even after the servers went down, people were able to maintain their data and their characters within the offline mode (with the exception of Blue Burst, which was online only). What this means is that, not only were players able to keep the experience alive offline with their friends, but years later when they would discover private servers, they could bring those same characters back into the online experience like nothing had ever changed. This is practically nonexistent elsewhere in the online gaming landscape. I was a HUGE fan of PSU when it came out and sunk over 1000 hours into the game. But when those servers ended, all of our character data went along with it, and there was no way to go back and relive those memories like there was with PSO. It was that experience that pretty much soured me on any online RPG experience ever again because, to me, part of the joy of games is being able to come back and relive the fond memories. I realize that nowadays PSU has its own budding private server community, but having to start all over from scratch in a game that already requires hundreds of hours of investment just is not the same as being able to retain your characters on a memory card. I realize why this is the case. The connectivity between offline and online opens up the door for rampant hacking and abuse. And for any game that aims to have a monetization method, that is a huge no-no. But because PSO existed in that unique time and space and didn't adhere to the online RPG norms we have today, it resulted in being something truly special and one of a kind. The fact that I can boot up the game and use the same characters, with the same gear, with the same friends I played with twenty years ago is just magical. No other game captures that feeling.

@BruneSixtine 2 жыл бұрын

My first "MMORPG", and it was on Dreamcast console (a so good console...), I had a cable linked between the console in my 2nd floor bedroom and the office's phone socket at 1st floor. In the end of the month I had to pay the bill, several hundred Francs, all my savings + a loan my parents accorded me. With a school friend I played with, we spent our evenings to find and trade and duplicate all the rare weapons. I still have everything saved on my Dreamcast's memory card. Good old times...

@theactualTVB 2 жыл бұрын

Now do Family Guy Online

@Grandmothers 2 жыл бұрын

never heard of family guy online. I guess the game was never popular

@Roule_n_Scratche 2 жыл бұрын

lmao what?

@theplayer2545 2 жыл бұрын

An approved comment indeed my good sir

@derpyfan5261 2 жыл бұрын

This but unironically

@heonthehedgehog 2 жыл бұрын

No way that’s true

@lucariomew365 2 жыл бұрын

No one every really talks about the Phantasy Star Universe series-Phantasy Star Universe, Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus, Phantasy Star Portable, Phantasy Star Portable 2, Phantasy Star Portable 2: Infinity. PSU takes a lot of influences from Phantasy Star Online, and later influenced nearly all of the updated mechanics and style of Phantasy Star Online 2.

@Tzill 2 жыл бұрын

Something about PSU felt idk... like it was missing something, to me at least. I really enjoyed PSP and PSP2 though

@Deezz1212 2 жыл бұрын

Google PSU Clementine.

@stefanswiss3760 2 жыл бұрын

To me the PSU had à weak protagonsit in ethan Weber whose hair cut and style didn't cut it for me. Also the dialogues in the CG were too long, when you launch the game offline you took much to long to really play the game. In my country where you didn't have cheap internet back then, offline mode was what I played the most and PSU Wasn't à fun experience. PSO was fun from the get go.

@vla1ne 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to the madlads at gametemps, PSP2i is fully translated, and i'm getting in all my nostalgia from the emulation of that game, instead of the foolishness that is the microsoft launch of PSO:NG.

@ponderingForever 2 жыл бұрын

I imported PSP2i for my handheld since it's not region locked. Gosh even without translations it's pretty good. Grabbed another copy for my partner and we spent so many hours on it- while reading the translations for the story online. Really great title.

@Courier_Seven 2 жыл бұрын

This game was such a massively influential part of my childhood and I never got to play online, just the glory days of couch multiplayer with the boys and my brothers growing up. As someone who's just now getting into phantasy star universe it's depressing to see the lack of videos, footage, or even info on these particular Installments. Thank you for making unquestionably the best video on one of my most cherished childhood games. These kinds of games need more love

@Rooster128 Жыл бұрын

Arrrrrrgh hearing that theme music gave me goosebumps. Thank you for doing this one!

@poptheweasel100 2 жыл бұрын

I was born a few months before PSO v1 released, and only recently picked up the game on GameCube 2019 after enjoying PSO2 and finding a complete Xbox copy at a store. Sure, I had the BB PC release, but playing on a console just sounded amazing to me. A trip to Ebay and 2 weeks later, I got a GC copy and went online for the first time. I still remember my first time online, just got my first job interview, it was a success, and I got online once I got home and setup Devolution on my Wii. Met 2 people dancing in lobby, joined voice chat, complained about them letting my die and not giving me buffs, and got some small rare items. I continued offline, learnt the lore, got better equipment, ran Challenge Mode which solidified my main as a HUcaseal, fell in love with the endgame combat, the unique GC quests, the hunt for rares, and the amazing community. After 2 years, PSO has become my favorite game of all time. Unlike others, I can always go back to the game and never get bored everytime, take a break and come back, nothing is lost, no power creep, all my items are as good as ever. I love PSO, and I hope it stays online for as long as it can.

@BrandonFoy 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for covering this. PSO often gets forgotten in the conversation of online games from the early 2000s. Happy more people might discover this beautiful game through your video.

@TheCrawl 2 жыл бұрын

Aside from being another excellent video from y'all, it's pretty cool seeing my own FFXI video footage included and referenced in this.

@pogopope 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video man. Thanks for your content! Been a fan for a couple years now. You have to cover Phantasy Star Universe!

@MegaTrolleybus 2 жыл бұрын

Fans never left PSO. It was always SEGA pulling the plug. We would still be playing on official servers if they existed. I'm glad unofficial fan servers for Blue Burst still exist (Ephinea) and it can be experienced today by everyone (on PC) I have 5k hours on PSO2 and i still play BB every now and then. Fans never gave up on classic PSO, SEGA did. I hope we won't see NGS here anytime soon.

@Seority 2 жыл бұрын

There's PSU private server as well 😊

@Folkhen89 2 жыл бұрын

@@Seority really? How 😮

@joshuamcrae6819 2 жыл бұрын

There are servers for every version of pso except Xbox I think. I still regularly get on gc servers

@purplecube420 2 жыл бұрын

glad you filling in everyone on how OG pso really was

@posterpackrat 2 жыл бұрын

Exceptionally well done! 👏👏👏 Thank you for making this mini documentary for one of my favorite games. I have a ton of PSO posters that I'll be showing eventually but again Ty!! You're spot on about many things but I'd like to add the design in PSO for its characters, world, enemies etc. is so much better than the mess we've seen since. Also the music was better.

@grimwald 2 жыл бұрын

Loved me some PSO. De Rol Le is still one of my more memorable boss fights as a child. Game had a lot of soul.

@SwordgunnerM92 2 жыл бұрын

PSO still remains as my favorite game to this day. It's impact is just so massive

@Bristecom 2 жыл бұрын

Same. I actually equate it to a drug. The "high" PSO gave me could not be matched by anything that came after. It was such a mind-blowing experience back in 2001 that I could hardly believe it was even real and I got totally addicted which basically turned me into an insomniac from then on. But it was totally worth it. PSO and the Dreamcast era was the peak of my life as lame as that may sound.

@priestmorrison6564 Жыл бұрын

!!YOU!!! *need to Play...PSO Nova....my GoodNess You'll....Never Come Back....

@jigzyonline 10 ай бұрын

@@priestmorrison6564PS Nova is awesome.

@rept7 2 жыл бұрын

PSO: Revolutionary pioneer of online gaming. PSO2:NGS: A wonkily launched online RPG with the best combat and movement in an online multiplayer RPG I've seen and not much else. What happened here?

@silverdededestruction2197 2 жыл бұрын

I honestly miss PSO2 prior to the NGS release. Mainly cause the specs became too much for my PC to run it, but also because the community started to collapse on itself on both the competitive and fashionista sides.

@witchilich 2 жыл бұрын

Destiny is also very heavily inspired by Phantasy Star Online. Ask CammyCakes Gaming who also commented here.

@SushiLord89 2 жыл бұрын

This brought back a lot of memories and honestly? I miss this game a lot. It meant so much to me as a kid. I've tried playing it again, but I've had trouble getting back into it for some reason maybe I'm just spoiled. I remember hunting for rare item drops back in the day, doing event quests, and trying my best to find the rarest items. I think I had a ranger on gamecube. It was all going well until I ran into a guy named "Optimus Prime" and he crashed my game. Corrupting my data. A point I'm surprised you didn't make because it was really easy to do that at least in the GC version.

@mikoto7693 2 жыл бұрын

Similarly FF11 was my first MMO. I have a lot of fond memories and the soundtracks. But perhaps it’s no surprise I eventually moved on to FF14 after trying various other MMOs.

@kyris0 2 жыл бұрын

I was so excited to show this to my wife. Downloaded a private server link and everything and promptly died to the first Booma. I'll miss you, PSO.

@bllllood 2 жыл бұрын

to a booma ?........my first death was on vol opt i think back as a noob :S or maybe garanz....too long ago......never died to a booma once tough XD(the worse they managed was on ultimate(stun lock for age b4 i could kill them)....never again did i let them surround me XD screw stun lock lol

@AlexAshpool 2 жыл бұрын

@@bllllood The private servers are usually online only, so the difficulty is way higher. Dropping down to Forest with a fresh LVL 1 you can absolutely lose pretty quick.

@bllllood 2 жыл бұрын

@@AlexAshpool pso-world show 106 atp for online and 80 atp for offline.....dont think it make much of a difference in term of survival..their hp got a drastic increase though.....well unless they can kill in 1 hit online i dont think should be dying to them on normal where their attack speed is super low......unless those priv serv modified the parameters much highter than shown on pso-world for online

@GELTONZ 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah happened to me too. When making a room choose Single Mode as it makes the enemies MUCH easier. Also, if you can't kill it in a single combo, drop the combo after two hits and you can run away and evade an attack.

@AlexAshpool 2 жыл бұрын

@@bllllood The private servers aren't necessarily using vanilla values for Blue Burst. All I'm saying is I don't think this guy died to a single player Ep 1 type Booma.

@123hattan 2 жыл бұрын

Seeing this whole history, it is really a bummer how PSO2: New Genesis turned out.

@TakRathen 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah... I honestly enjoyed PSU once I finally came around to accepting it as not actually being a sequel to PSO, but PSO2 is even further from what made PSO special in the first place.

@123hattan 2 жыл бұрын

@@TakRathen PSO2 actually has A LOT of charm. It is so wacky and crazy and all over the place. Each planet you visit shows you that. But then PSO2: New Genesis barely respected the pre-established universe it had and tried making a PSU/Monster Hunter Game while borrowing the name of PSO2. Which is still not that bad but the game itself just has no direction and is obviously an Alpha-Game pretending to be a Full Game.

@chileanguyfleegman1908 2 жыл бұрын

@@123hattan pso2 will never be as good as PSO. Unfortunately.

@dannaylor8716 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely one of my all time favorites. Every Saturday 4 player split screen with friends in high school... The best times. I think one thing you left out was the music, it will forever be my favorite gaming soundtrack :)

@Blitz1Blacktail1 2 жыл бұрын

This game just drags me back everytime. Even without online functions I keep coming back to it, sometimes with older chars, sometimes just starting completely anew. Now I've been playing on Ephinea for around 1 year and a half, and I'll likely be a regular for years to come. That server not only rekindled my nostalgia but also my passion in this game.

@SeiferA2001 2 жыл бұрын

So glad you made this video. Phantasy Star Online was a big part of my teen years when it was released on Dreamcast in 2001, and it also allowed me to communicate with people from Japan for the first time. I have many memories, albeit a bit cloudy at some points, but the music always hits this absolute nostalgic feeling. Probably one I resonate with the most. In that regard, it makes me happy that the music composer for PSO1 sticked around for PSO2 and New Genesis since those same beats are heard in those games too

@MultiNihil 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I have watched a lot of your programs and this is the first I actually played my self. Looking forward for it!

@ookamibear8071 2 жыл бұрын

This was my first online game ever on the Dreamcast it took me till the 360 till I got back into online gaming so many great memories even playing in local with friends on the GameCube will never forget this game

@maxAGI 2 жыл бұрын

I'll remember how addicted I was to all 4 episodes! These where my first online games.

@3xchrisx3 2 жыл бұрын

And now sadly you can easily do one about PSO NGS......oh how they're killing that game so quickly

@HippyDipps 2 жыл бұрын

I think it's a bit too early to say that. besides.. We're in a pandemic. Even though I don't like the direction Sega's been headed in so far with NGS Sega also doesn't have the same development cycle as they usually do. Just wait it out a bit, and eventually the game will be much better, just like how PSO2 was around its launch period. (And it became a great game!)

@negentropyagent7337 2 жыл бұрын

@@HippyDipps copium lol

@vegitohaze2081 2 жыл бұрын

@@negentropyagent7337 people said the same shit in pso2 episode 5 then episode 6 happened with a new director and it was a complete reversal. For some reason they brought back the episode 5 director for ngs year 1, we can only hope the bring the episode 6 director back for year 2.

@legobricknator 2 жыл бұрын

@@negentropyagent7337 lmao look at this dude doomposting and circlejerking😳

@UmbraWeiss 2 жыл бұрын

@@vegitohaze2081 The game needs a solid 1-2 years to be something you can play, if they put in content, that is... If all they do is more scratches and idiotic time capped content, and new classes, the game will die for sure, they literally make all the free2play players to quit ,because this game literally hates f2p players in every way possible, and without those players, after some time the wales will quit the game to, so it's not entirely bullshit when they say, the game will die, because so far all they did and even the roadmap is showing a slow death, even with the december update, the game still will be an empty shell. So until i don't see any changes on the direction, i just log in and out after i do the daily things, and won't put any $ in the game, because it's not worth it

@sgtrinity4047 2 жыл бұрын

This used to be my favorite game on Dreamcast. I played it well after the system was dead.

@flameninja_ 2 жыл бұрын

I know this was recommended to me because of the fact that I watch a lot of content about the pso franchise but I'm glad I was able to see a recent video about honestly one of my favorite games. I might not have been able to play it when it was officially out (born in 2004) but I have played it on multiple fan servers and I absolutely love the game. I was also able to play the global version of pso2 after its steam release and I loved it aswell. I've recently started playing PSU and PSPo2i and I've loved every second of my life that I've spent on this game up until now. I really appreciate content about this series because of the family I've created online with players of this series. Sorry for the ramble, really great video btw. I'll definitely go check out some moreof your content.

@HansHackfress 2 жыл бұрын

I think it's cool that you played the game "despite" not being born before 2004. Well, a lot of us started playing video games at a young age. I started when I was 7 (but this was in the early 80s, when gaming wasn't mainstream yet - yes, I'm an old geezer) so if you started at about the age I did, PSO must have already looked a bit out of date graphically, yet it still grabbed you :)

@flameninja_ 2 жыл бұрын

@@HansHackfress Yea, I really loved how you actually had to he attentive about your spacing between you and your enemy and at the time i started getting back into it (played it before with some friends before ngs launch) ngs started slowing down for me since I did all the content so fast. It was a nice breath of fresh air and I definitely enjoyed all the time I spent in the game. Same thing with PSU, it was so much fun to learn how the game differed from pso2 and ngs and its unique functions.

@Tsaier Жыл бұрын

fantastic video! I just got my DreamPi working, and logged into PSO Ver.2 on the DC on Jan 1st 2023. There were hunters online!

@iv4nx3 2 жыл бұрын

I remember having this game way back in the earlier 2000's on my Dreamcast, I had no clue on how to play the game and even on how it worked, I tried several times but I think I was too young to understand it, I was 10 at the time. I had no clue on what online game where, even less on what's a MMO.

@Military81 2 жыл бұрын

man, MAN OH MAN. I do so miss this game, could play 4 player split screen when it was on the X-Box.

@0NEOFONES 2 жыл бұрын

That menu music when you get to it and log in and get that first high pitch tone sent chills down my spine

@TanegiHoneydew 2 жыл бұрын

Being a fans of the series for multiple years but never knowing how amazing its legacy actually has been, this video was really an eye opening experience for me. I got introduced to the series by Phantasy Star Portable on PSP and spend shit tons of my playtime in PSO2 / PSO2:NGS, but I never really get a chance to know about their original predecessor PSO "1". I never know that its legacy also heavily affected the other 2 games, one I always has been in love with (MonHun) and the other I experienced just for a little bit but still can tell it is a really amazing game (FFXIV). Such great franchise, kinda sad that PSO2:NGS is quite in a rough position atm. But eventually Sega probably gonna find a way to make it work ig, just like what happened in PSO2 EP3 and EP6. Thanks for making this documentary video, I really love the format and how you presents these informations to me as a viewer. This really is a quality content. Edited: Oh yeah, I almost forgot this. The blue balls part totally caught me off-guard, I can't help but laugh at it lol

@andriypredmyrskyy7791 2 жыл бұрын

"Nintendo's Nintendo and super Nintendo" Hmm, maybe should take a second look at that line.

@nojuanatall3281 2 жыл бұрын

Famicom and super famicom are such better ways to address those consoles.

@milkymoo3999 2 жыл бұрын

Shout outs to the OGs who own PSO Plus on GameCube with the incorrect spine label and had to print it online

@vincentthekeeper2163 2 жыл бұрын

Played my PSO on Dreamcasts online services

@novaomega7337 2 жыл бұрын

Coop 4 player split screen was my childhood.

@Grandmothers 2 жыл бұрын

I only played pos a few but I seen ppl selling body pics for coins every time on the 2nd floor

@feiwong3634 2 жыл бұрын

This touched my heart in some ways, i played PSO since the very beggining, the very first day of release to the final days of Blue Burst and then Universe and now PS2, i spent 1000s of hours onto these games and i still consider them my all time favorite online experiences. Hell, i still keep my Dreamcast Keyboard with its burning stains from cigarettes in all those all nighters i pulled in. So much memories of Pioneer, meeting and chatting, discoverying that there was another real final boss, getting those Special weapons, being excited as a kid for the upcoming Version 2......those were the best times of my life.

@cammycakesgaming 2 жыл бұрын

i cri

@Syndicate_01 2 жыл бұрын

Hearing a friend's older brother talk about playing this online when that capability first opened up was the first time I'd ever heard of someone I'd met play a console game online. Later on a group of friends and I played the crap out of this on GameCube. Also, the description of this video ("we're dealing with a very old game") makes me realize how long ago this was. I still consider "very old" to mean NES or earlier. I've been meaning to replay the original Phantasy Star on Sega as well actually.

@ObscenumLoL 2 жыл бұрын

Man, watching this bring tears to my eyes... Time really flies..

@Hevensxj 2 жыл бұрын

This is me right now

@CssZogga161 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video man, awesome as always.

@BadGeometry 2 жыл бұрын

PSO is one of the most influential games I've ever played. I spent hundreds of hours on the Xbox and PC versions and hundreds more on the sequels. This was an excellent video as always. Great work!

@mikoto7693 2 жыл бұрын

For me it was FF11.

@forren2955 2 жыл бұрын

This was really an interesting watch, loved the presentation, thank you for giving me insight into PSO, I never played it, I only played PSO2 and NGS, but everything about sounds fantastic. A legendary franchise

@RichL57 Жыл бұрын

Pso 1& 2 was my life for about 2 years back in my mid teens. I absolutely adored this game and IP

@Soundwave001 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my God, 28:52 that's me. Those are my friends. Edit:I don't know who BigJake is, but that brought back a lot of memories. I was there for a good portion of the GameCube run. I remember Cranberry and Pink were mine and Black Raidens level 200 game. I remember being there for Cranberrys 200 party, they did their run offline. Sage, Brimada, Rinoa, UltraMagnus. So many friends I had in that game. Thanks for making the video. If only newer games were just as simple and fun as Phantasy Star Online was. PSO 2 is out there, but it doesn't have that spark the original had.