God, I loved this game as a teen. Had both 1 and 2. Did my own little chronicle through the Universe series as a Beast named Neera, since PSP2 let you port your character over from the first game. Also made her in the PS2 version of Ambition of the Illuminus.

I remember when my best friend and I would play local co-op in school till we beat just about everything and reached lv.200 What an amazing experience

First Dungeon Theme playing, I'm already feeling nostalgic

Great video. This is my favorite out of all the phantasy star online/universe games so far (not including Infinite cause it’s not officially released outside of Japan) and about Mika, I don’t think she was a goddess. If I remember correctly, she was instead part of an ancient race that put their consciousness in…something, so they could come back later. And this game felt so much more balanced (to me anyways) in terms of story, gameplay, and customizations.

Sega is da 🐐 of gaming💯 Enjoyed hearing a bit of your history with the PSP and the Phantasy Star Portable Series. Great video🤘😉

Great review. This game added some great mechanics. The shield and dodge roll. The whips. Hell yeah.

Man phantasy star portable 2 was my favorite all accept for the Missing DLC add on sequel infinity. But hopefully sega will give phantasy star portable 2 infinity the remake treatment. But to make sure add infinity onto phantasy star portable 2 onto it as the next Gen consoles which includes switch 2, ps4 and PS5, and Xbox which ever sega can with which ever the easiest.

Holy crap this game looks amazing and full of quality. Plus the story segment you explained coupled with your outfit was giving me massive Ichigo vibes and I'm all for it. Definitely giving this game a try when I get the chance. Btw this video is really well done, and very much like a retrospective meets review and I'm personally all for that. Seeing you talk about all the different qualities of the game while showing off customization, combat, and an actual player lobby area you can navigate has me really excited to play this soon, although I'm gonna play through PSPortable 1 first. So far been liking your vids alot too so I'm definitely Subscribing. I look forward to future content from you. (oh btw, just like how there's Clementine for Universe, there's one for Blue Burst, bringing back the original PSO game, incase you wanna check that out, I personally haven't played it and can't remember the name, but I believe Anamana! Has a video on the different games incase you wanna check it out.)

PSO2 AD ON A PSP2 VID, FUCK YEAH! i'm not even supposed to be here, I'm sick right now but I couldn't help it !

I really want a Portable 3 on Switch!

Interesting plot, it has to be inspired by the Star Trek Next Generation episode of similar flavor. It definitely stinks we didn't get the updated version here in the West. If this was ported over to a PC client i would play online every day lol.

Honestly, Portable 2 is one of my favorite RPGs on the PS and one of my favorite in the greater Phantasy Star series. Of the Universe sub-series, it's my favorite. Plus, major props to the fan translators for letting us play Infinity! Also, Mika's 'not' a goddess... more like a ghost.

So, I'm 2/3 of the way done with Epiaode 2... and Emilia's past explains why she is the way she is and cements her as one, if not the most, tragic protagonists in the entire Phantasy Star series, past or pr4sent. Cuz, I mean.... jeezys did this poor girl not catch a break. I remember an earlier optional scene with Vasque, that dark knight looking CAST commenting on her birthday and how the way she reacted... and her backstory just.... hits you in the stomach with the reveal and the cruel reality of just how messed up the GUARDIANS' were at their lowest point. Yeah. I really don't think ANYONE had wished her a happy birthday in her entire life before that scene.... and, I can kinda relate. It wasn't my whole life, but there were long strethces in my own life growing up and even into adilthood where practically nobody wished me a happy birthday. Her character really resonated with me bc she was so understandably flawed and fragile. It made being her most important partner really worthwhile. Another kudos for PSP2I was also its homage to the old school PSO with its smaller pool of tried n true 4 classes and throwbacks to enemy possession by Datk Falz or a jetkass digital ghost, depending on the episode. No pure fantasy here. To quote famous science fiction author, Arthur C. Clarke. “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" Mika wven straight up says that she, despite her supernatural flavoring, is still just a program. Incidentally, this logic is also the rationale behind Technics in the series too. Another example of this is in the Xenosaga trilogy, at least as far as the actual tech and skills go. That series actually did touch on the supernatural. Universe, as a series, largely doesn't have overtly pronounced supernatural elements. They're there, but mostly in the background and uber downplayed, if not subverted. Overall, this game is damn good. Even the NPCs comment on events as the story goes on and you learn a few surprising details about them and the main cast. Yeah, I just can't say enough good things about the game.

Never knew phantasy star actually had a story. I only knew about the mmo versions tho i guess

my childhood

Wish SEGA would make phantasy star universe 2 or Phantasy Star Portable 3! PSO2 doesnt really do it for me. thanks for the clip. like seeing love for these games 👏

I wish they released single-player/multi-player PS games again... A revival is looong over-due.

I've played this on the PSP before but only on single player and it was fun af lol

soo PSO2 and NGS Gunner's Chain trigger were its incarnation of PSPo2's Chain mechanics

I put the game on psp but I could t get the extra content working ): does anyone know what to do?

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Wait, now that I think about it- did PSO2 Cloud ver. ever get the NG update? Considering that it's cloud based, that would kind of work- and be the PSO3 on Switch, right?

I wish Granblue Fantasy Relink manage to revive the itch of PSO players. The online hub-centric coop game like Monster Hunter needs something a proper rival. Or even better, a new Phantasy Star Portable should happen.