Phantasy Star Online 2, the sequel to the first online RPG to ever grace consoles, is coming to the Xb🌠ox One in Q2 2020, but that doesn't mean that you have to wait that long to give it a try - players can .
To sign up, players will need to install the Xbox Insider Hub on your Xbox One or Windows 10 device, select "Insider Content" from inside the app, and then find "Phantasy Star Online 2" under the "games" section. Selecting "join" 🌃will register you for an early sign-up to the closed beta.
Even though the free-to-play game has been running since July 2012, nobody ever bothered to release the game in the U.S. in the last 7 and a half years, despite being the successor to a landmark title that introduced online g൲aming to those of us who didn't have the luxury of a gaming PC at the turn of the millennium.
Microsoft's choice to release Phantasy Star Online 2 in the States could breathe new life into a s♋eries that was at risk of being fo🌊rgotten this side of the Pacific.
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The game itself has players taking up the role of ARKS Operatives, who are tasked with exploring inhospitable planets looking for signs of a dark corruption called the Falspawn. In practice, this means players joining together to explore multiple planets, using characters with customization skill sets to battle monsters and massive bosses. The landscapes and enemies are all randomized, meaning that even when you replay the🍃 same missions, you'll have a different experience each time.
The fact that Phantasy Star Online 2 has been around for so long does mean that the graphics look a bit dated, so it won't pay ඣto go into the game expecting to be blown away by next-gen graphics - this is last-gen stuff at best. However, the fact that the game has been around for so long means that players won't have to suffer through the growing pains that plagues just about every new MMORPG to hit the market.
The U.S. release of this game has been a long time coming - plans to bring it stateside were announced as far back as 𒈔2013, and an English version of the game has even been available in southeast Asia in 2014, though that version disappeared two y༒ears ago.
Whether there are enough fans of the old game or interested newcomers to make the stateside release wortꦆh Microsoft's time is somethinꦏg that remains to be seen.
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