You might not keep in mind that if you stay in North America, since it didn't come out here at that moment. It has been a strong two console generations now, but lovers of the first Phantasy Star Online will soon enjoy the sequel. The game is currently in PSO2 Meseta open beta, so we will not give it a critique score before it completely releases. However, even in beta form, PSO2 is an action-filled, hack-and-slash-and-shoot adventure with an extensive equipment system along with an unobtrusive premium money component.

PSO2's notion is straightforward. The huge shuttle Oracle is investigating the stars to find habitable and resource-filled planets. You're part of ARKS, Oracle's frontline task force to scout these planets and ensure they're secure. That's pretty much the entire excuse the game gives before allowing you to establish a character. You'll take your character through various dangerous environments, fighting monsters and collecting loot along the way. The character creation system supplies a generous quantity of customization options. You may select from four different races, each with male and female types: Humans, Newmans (distance elves), Deumans (distance dark elves), and CASTs (robot people). After establishing those traits, you can personalize your face and body by means of a variety of characteristics. You could also add different accessories and tweak add-on details like facial hair, scars, jewelry, and clothes. Most of these tweaks are completely cosmetic, however, the race you choose can impact certain stats from the game to some minor extent.

In addition you pick from seven starting classes. The Hunter is a melee-focused tank, the Fighter is a damage-focused, close-quarters warrior, the Ranger is a mid-distance firearms expert, the Braver is a combination archer and katana swordfighter, the Force is a wizard-like class that can use special photon (the game's version of magic) skills, the Bouncer is a close-quarters melee fighter and photon power user, and the Summoner uses pets to execute a number of combat purposes. Two additional classes, Gunner and Techer, are unlocked afterwards as you play.

I played a Ranger from the beta, a course equipped with an assault rifle, a launcher, and a melee-focused gunblade. The assault rifle is a beneficial burst-fire weapon kind that pushes bursts of bullets at enemies, or can fire specialization aimed and homing shots for more precise power. The launcher is a explosives-shooting weapon which fires more slowly compared to the assault rifle, but packs a big punch with crowd-hitting splash damage. Each weapon has its own selection of skills and abilities, triggered with the X, Y, and appropriate bumper buttons, together with a secondary pair of 3 abilities brought by holding down the left trigger to get a total of can you buy meseta on pso2 six at one time. I could switch between weapons by tapping up and down on the direction pad also, which was useful for quickly adjusting to situations.