![]() Which, to be fair, was a fault with a lot of early RPGS (as I just mentioned, FF1 is guilty of this, as is Dragon Warrior/Quest). It is punishingly difficult at times, and without a walkthrough/strategy guide it's very easy to get lost and flounder due to the insufficient in-game direction. As with you, I enjoyed III quite a bit more (though that is partly because I owned III before any other PS game). That's not to say Phantasy Star II isn't without fault, of course. Not even getting into the horrible magic system and total lack of direction for much of the game. Jacked up encounter rates, attacking empty space, and no indication of who can equip what when shopping. The game has been remade so many times that now there are perfectly good versions to play, but that doesn't make the original release any less painful. The original Final Fantasy, on NES, holds up FAR worse IMO than Phantasy Star II. See which one designwise holds up better. If it's just a case of nostalgia, then I encourage you to play it and then play Final Fantasy 1. Why do you like it so much? Why does everyone claim to like it so much? Am I missing something? So I'm asking you, fans and defenders of Phantasy Star 2: This was easily my least favorite entry in the series. I feel like this game is designed in a cruel and backwards way even for its time, what with the tedious menu design and general unpleasantness at every turn. I think those two are fairly evenly matched as masterpieces. I could understand if you compared Phantasy Star 4 to Final Fantasy 4. Of course it's Final Fantasy 4! It's not even a fair comparison to make! Except inside I saw a whole lot of people who preferred Phantasy Star 2. Now I've come across a thread online titled "Phantasy Star 2 or Final Fantasy 4?" and that seemed ludicrous to me. People like to retrospectively look at what it did for the genre, but it really didn't do a whole lot that it hadn't already done in Phantasy Star 1. ![]() Two games, which (speaking objectively) are decidedly more fair and playable. I felt like the story and world in 1 were more fleshed out too.Īt first I figured it was just a case of it being 1990 and people didn't have much to go by - except both Dragon Quest AND Final Fantasy 1 were out by that time. I actually had a great time with 1, which surprised me because I've never been big on first person dungeon crawl. I had a much better time with 3 than I did 2. The Dark Force fight is a slap in the face, and the game constantly pulls "gotcha" moments that are equivalent to Sonic's trap springs - of course it gets you because there's no way to know it was coming.Īdd some of the most twisted, insane, and not fun level designs ever into the mix and you've got a game designed to be hard even with the strategy guide. At every turn, the game takes an opportunity to hate you. The sole exception being Phantasy Star 2. I've recently played through the four original Phantasy Star games and had a pretty good time. I said in my comment that the game doesn't hold up well today. I made a comment about this game somewhat recently and didn't think much of it.
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