Man, I loved PSO. Played it for years by myself on Gamecube, and then rediscovered it again on PC several years later and got to actually experience multiplayer.

Does PSO2 manage to capture any of the original game’s magic? I haven’t dipped my toes into it yet, but I wasn’t super impressed by some of the newer Phantasy Star games after Ep 1/2.

I still play this, on Ephinea! Ephinea’s fairly true to the original game and there are other servers focused more on new content.

I consider PSO to be like a more relaxed Diablo, although I’m finding that at higher levels, it’s nearly as hectic with the monsters moving so much faster.

Context:

FO refers to this character being a Force, basically the mage class. Other classes are RA (Ranger) and HU (Hunter), although all questers are also collectively referred to as Hunters. (e.g. Hunter’s Guild is a job center for all classes.)

Newearl refers to a female of the “mutant”- or “esper”-like race, physically weaker but magically gifted. A male of this race is a Newm; others are Mar/Marl (M/F humans) and Cast/Caseal (M/F androids).

Her neck emblem indicates she is of Section ID Pinkal. A Hunter’s Section ID determines what items will be dropped by monsters they slay.