The official Japanese Phantasy Star Online 2 Web site has received a massive makeover following today's press event. Lots of new information has been released about the game, though a date for the alpha test was curiously not given.
Among the things we now know for sure about PSO2:
Officially a PC-exclusive game. This was probably a foregone conclusion at this point. In case you weren't sure, a trailer shown at the media briefing stated "for Windows PC" explicitly. Also, I'm not entirely sure how you would be able to use PSO2's character creator on a console.
In-depth character creator. We finally got a glimpse of PSO2's character creator, which seems to allow players to edit a character's appearance in just about every way. Most features can be changed using a clever "wire-box" slider which allows players to simply click and drag to create the desired look. Each slider provides a zoomed-in look of what the feature looks like. Female characters get a boob slider, too!
Large party areas. Phantasy Star Online 2 isn't going the open world route, though it does allow multiple parties to team up in designated areas. PSO2 one-ups Phantasy Star Universe by allowing up to 12 people to play together at once.
Back to basics (sort of). The Beast race, introduced in Phantasy Star Universe, appears to be absent from PSO2. The class system appears to be limited to Hunter, Ranger, and Force.
Videos of the media event, as well as additional screenshots, have been posted in a topic over at PSO-World. Lots of new screenshots have been posted on the official PSO2 Web site, too. So far, so good... looks like this game is on the right track!
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