PlayStation customers in the west are finally getting their version of Fantasy Star Online 2, more than a decade after the game’s original release on Windows PC in Japan and more than six years after the online role-playing game’s launch on PlayStation 4 overseas. Sega announced on Friday that the current version of the game Fantasy Star Online 2 New Genesiscoming to PS4 on August 31st.
fantasy star Online 2 New Genesis is already available in North America and Europe on Xbox platforms and Windows PCs, partly due to a push from Xbox boss Phil Spencer, who brought Sega’s game to Xbox’s E3 2019 stage show. The PlayStation 4 version of PSO2 New Genesis will be cross-platform compatible with the Windows PC and Xbox One versions.
Like other existing versions of the game, the PS4 version will be free to play.
The original PSO2 was playable on a variety of platforms, including PC, PlayStation Vita, and Nintendo Switch, which is playable via the cloud. Fantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis takes place 1,000 years after the events of the original PSO2and builds on the action, combat, and character customization of that game.
The Phantasy Star Online series was released on Sega Dreamcast in 2000. Inspired by Blizzard Entertainment Diablo and Sega’s classic 8-bit and 16-bit RPGs, the Original Fantasy Star Online took players online to the planet of Ragol, where they met up with other adventurers to explore dungeons, complete quests, earn loot, and level up with a variety of classes and races. Fantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis takes place in the open world of Halpha and pits players (ARKS) against a new enemy threat called DOLLS.
Fantasy Star Online 2The journey west was difficult. Sega originally planned to bring it to the US “early 2013” and even brought a playable PC version to PAX in 2012, but it was delayed indefinitely. It wasn’t until 2019 that a firm plan to release outside of Japan was confirmed.
