Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis Vs Classic: Is it worth my time?

Here I'm stepping into the unknown once more and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by some of this. In other places I had my expectations met but the downsides for me were a matter of taste and not quality.

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[nkozi]

Classic actually used to look a lot better. When they released NGS it had a massive lighting overhaul that COMPLETELY changed how every. Single. Scene. Looked. It was literally night and day.

[DripGxd_Cam]

I just got into this game last month with some friends and we have been having a blast, never played base except for once when global first released. I highly recommend giving it a fair shot. I think most people will be pleasantly surprised.

[DiscountYT]

classic has a far slower start to get to the actual *meat* of the combat, with new moves for each weapon and more complex classes being unlocked as you progress. new genesis gives you what you stick with for pretty much the entire game, leading to it feeling very stale later. in my opinion, classic ends up offering more overall in terms of fun-factor and variety in its gameplay because new genesis doesn't have enough meaningful class progression that would make me excited to get stronger.

[RubyRoseStacia]

Honestly both are still really fun to me, currently just leveling classes in pso2 and farming the heck out of aegis and Solus in ngs.

[jordy]

Fun fact, Oranje is the Dutch (proper) spelling of orange

[hemangchauhan]

Classic looks like highly ungraded Dreamcast version

[shadowlazers]

Dont underestimate cooking ..u get crazy stats 12%damage..5%health and damage reduction 12% mana

[solblackguy]

If everything in the game consistently breaks except for the cash shop, then you know the studio's intentions. Also, they shut down the official forums because too many people had FFXIV avatars and the domain kept running FFXIV ads

[mendics]

LOVE the intro LOL, dont want to be a hater and all, but this is so true, mmos were fun when we were kids that had all the time in the world, as you grow older, you realize how much they don't respect your time. The grind, the rngs, were all designed so you keep playing unhealthily (not to mention the p2w). This game design is outdated and has aged poorly, there's still a market and space for them but they will never get the mainstream they used to have before. Other genres have took their spot, mostly the mobile market, and other liveservice games that are funnily enough more Massively multiplayer than MMOs. There are exceptions to the trends of mmo like ff14 which has all what people know of mmos but respects your time. It shows that the genre can adapt, but it's definitely not without risks to do so, in which is probably the driving force of why we haven't seen a lot try. It's expensive to try making it big on the mmo scene (which isn't that big anymore) and also a huge risk, so not surprised why the top mmos are still the mmos recommended since a decade ago. It's a stagnant genre, with jaded niche playerbase. Also f2ps are not actually cheap, they're made to make money, and while yes you can control your fomo for it, game features WILL be designed around it and will frustrate you, they will make it grindier, more rng, create problems and sell the solution. Player market will be a whales game and you will always be 2nd class citizen on it. Bots will ruin the economy and immersion. I much prefer the sub based one if i can avoid all of those, even if i much prefer the f2p model myself.

[GameGod]

First of all, love your sense of humour, you make some cracking jokes, Gromit.

Secondly, it's actually reassuring to me to hear from someone playing on mouse and keyboard that new genesis feels like it's made for controller, as I'm considering downloading it for PlayStation at the moment.

[ForsakenWolf]

I would love a remake of phantasy star portable 2 and dlc. The pacing of story and gameplay was balanced, i wish that was around.

[graveyardqt]

Id love you to try a Tales Runner Private Server. It will change what a MMO can be to you.

[TwilightWolf]

As someone who started playing NGS around the time when it came out and got back after the third expansion hit, I can say with confidence, NGS sucks and the base PSO2 is the better experience!

[lesleymcfarlane]

Fabulous!…
& hilarious!
That eyelid thing 😂

[opusfluke]

Think I'll still with Guild Wars 2, thanks. Me Necromancer! Me smort! Me hit fings! Me now Reaper! Me hit fings wiv Big Sword! Bu--er, died again.

[MrTea]

It's not the question of 'Is it worth your time?', you played it at the wrong time.
Plus the "Classic" PSO2 is based on the Original Classic PSO which is how it supposed to play but more upgraded.
NGS is made for mainstream and the lazy.

[zerofighterfairy]

It is not worth of the time, good one if you play occasionally. People always say contentless but it got content alright (trainia, ordinal, race) it just rewardless to do. But at least the creative space can keep you busy.

[mikokun]

Bro Max's Out Commentator stats in Every MMO. Seriously This Guy woah 😂

[shadowlazers]

Is there better combat in any other mmo? As of may 2024 the game still lacks meaningful content..the chapter 5 story has evolved into something good good and is showing promise..but it's the gliding and combat system that have me hooked..so fast and over the top..i recently installed jedi survivor..and tried to fight with my pso ngs mentality..I failed.pso is go go go counter go go go counter..a jedi must have patience and not be the aggressor

[danielmaxwell]

Next game recommendation: Blade and Soul! It's also free!