Phantasy Star Online Ep.3 - A Worthy Direction?

Posted by simoniker on Sunday October 5, 2003 @10:20PM from the i-draw-the-rappy-joker dept.

Thanks to Kikizo for their article discussing Phantasy Star Online Episode 3: C.A.R.D Revolution's showing at the Tokyo Game Show, where it was "one of the most popular playable games." PSOWorld has a detailed FAQ page on this forthcoming GameCube RPG, which offers "strategic combat using a turn-based card system." They also carry news of a special PSO Online Trilogy box set in Japan, and confirm that on PSO Ep.3's November Japanese release, the monthly subscription fees for the other Phantasy Star Online titles "...will carry over and work for PSO Ep.3, meaning no additional fee for Ep.3." The same may be true for the US release in Q1 2004, although Western response seems muted thus far - is this where you want to see the Phantasy Star series going?

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Re:unless by Delita · 2003-10-06 07:37 · Score: 2, Informative

Unless they release a free server that players can connect to after they take their servers down, all they're getting from me is two middle fingers. Seriously, if I buy an online game, I expect to be able to play it online for several years at least, not taken down like the PSO1 servers.

That might be a valid arguement... if the Dreamcast PSO servers weren't still up. C Mode in particular is still as lively as it is on the Gamecube at times.