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Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis

Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis

|Japan|Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

6.9 /10

Okay

Very hot

24.6k ratings
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Steam · Player score6.9/1024.6k ratingsIGDB · Player score6.0/1012 ratings
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Why play it

Commemorating Phantasy Star Online 2's 20th Anniversary, Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis is a major update to Phantasy Star Online 2 and the next installment in the Phantasy Star Online series. With an overhaul on game systems and graphics, New Genesis offers an enhanced character creator, combat system, and a new seamless open-world experience.

Story and worldbuilding

1,000 years have passed since the events depicted in Phantasy Star Online 2. A new generation of ARKS settled on Planet Halpha. For decades, ARKS has been dealing with a new threat known as the DOLLS, creatures whose origin and purpose is unknown. Joining ARKS are also Meteorn, individuals arriving from outer space through pods. Meteorn possess no memory of their life prior to arriving but regardless possess skills that make them effective against the DOLLS and join sides with ARKS to fight against the DOLLS.

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Rating momentum

Okay: 6.9/10 across 24.6k ratings. Decent score — check if the gameplay loop clicks for you.

Play style

This is a Expanded game leaning into Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Shooter. Confirm the form and fantasy before you commit.

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DestructoidChris Carter · 8 Sep, 2021
7.5/10

I’m not sure if New Genesis is going to live up to the nine-year-and-still-going legacy of PSO 2, but it’s a start.

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RPG FanScott Clay · 21 Jul, 2021
6/10

In short, Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is a potentially incredible and enjoyable MMO that is ruined by archaic gameplay systems, poor monetization practices, and a total lack of content. Hopefully, in the future, a lot of these things will be fixed, but at launch, New Genesis is what it is: a game released in 2021 that’s stuck in bad practices from 2012.

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MMORPG.comSteven Weber · 8 Sep, 2021
7/10

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is the most impressive game in the series.

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