Back in January, news broke of yet another set of expansion content coming to the Japanese version of Phantasy Star Universe. A few glimpses of new content were shown at the time, but no specific details were provided about the update.
However, a Web page has now appeared on the Japanese PSU Web site offering actual screenshots of the new content, dubbed "Update 3rd" and slated to hit the Japanese PC servers beginning this month.
Of particular interest are the new environments being added. I, for one, was happy to see that an actual beach level is finally being added to the game. It will be interesting to see what kinds of enemies will inhabit these areas. Hopefully we'll get to see some actual new enemies with new moves and abilities, instead of boring reskins. In any case, I must say that this is actually making me want to play on the Japanese servers!
Of course, these updates are made possible because the Japanese version of PSU has finally been freed from the shackles of console support. With the shutdown of PS2 support imminent, Sega / Sonic Team can now theoretically release as much genuinely new content as they want for PC players to enjoy. In fact, Sega has indicated that the content pictured on the Web page is only the tip of the iceberg.
If this had been done earlier, could the US/EU PC servers have been saved? Nobody will ever know. However, if this is the kind of support we could get for PSO2, then I sincerely hope that a console version of that game never sees the light of day.
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