Phantasy Star Online 2 cover

Phantasy Star Online 2

Critic score3 critics
First release
Jul 04, 2012
Publisher
Sega, AsiaSoft
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure · Sandbox, Action, Fantasy, Science fiction

Embark on a never-ending assortment of missions with fellow operatives and experience unparalleled character customization and action RPG combat, completely free to play. Explore numerous worlds with a party of up to four friends or exclusive multiparty areas where up to twelve players can play simultaneously! Originally released in Japan and Asia in 2012 and 2014 respectively, The game makes its Global debut in 2020 with a North American launch on Xbox One and Windows 10 before eventually releasing on Steam and across 33 countries. The Global version features the latest balances and patches from the Japanese version while also slowly unlocking new content and features; starting out with the game's first three Episodes, Nine classes and several features introduced in latter major updates. Aside from that, the game supports cross-platform multiplayer and uses a Free-to-Play model with in-game purchases; players can experience a lot of what the game has to offer with no upfront fee.

Also known as 夢幻之星Online2, PSO2, Phantasy Star Online 2

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Storyline, release dates, time to beat, age ratings, modes, links, keywords

Storyline
Home to four species - Humans, Newman, CAST and Deuman -the fleet known as "Oracle" has traversed numerous galaxies and discovered countless worlds. To further their purpose, groups known as ARKS were set up to explore and research newly discovered planets. However deep in space, a deadly threat would surface: the Falspawn. Spreading like a virus, Falspawn have infected inhabitants of various worlds. With the discovery of their weakness, Photons, ARKS gained a new purpose- to protect the universe from the Falspawn.Read more

Home to four species - Humans, Newman, CAST and Deuman -the fleet known as "Oracle" has traversed numerous galaxies and discovered countless worlds. To further their purpose, groups known as ARKS were set up to explore and research newly discovered planets. However deep in space, a deadly threat would surface: the Falspawn. Spreading like a virus, Falspawn have infected inhabitants of various worlds. With the discovery of their weakness, Photons, ARKS gained a new purpose- to protect the universe from the Falspawn.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Jul 04, 2012
PlayStation Vita
Feb 28, 2013
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Mar 29, 2014
All 7 release dates
PlayStation 4
Apr 20, 2016
Xbox One
Apr 15, 2020
PC (Microsoft Windows)
May 27, 2020
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Aug 05, 2020
Age ratings
ESRB MPEGI 16
Game modes
Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Co-operative, Multiplayer
Perspective
First person, Third person
Keywords
magic, death, robots, androids, online
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At a Glance

Critic Score
77

Overview

Multiplayer

  • Online multiplayerIGDB · 27 Oct
  • Online co-opIGDB · 27 Oct
  • Co-op campaignIGDB · 27 Oct
  • Drop-in, drop-out co-opIGDB · 27 Oct

Feature data: IGDB