Following PSO2 ’s reveal, SEGA announced plans to bring it to the rest of the world. In 2012, Phantasy Star Online 2 came out and quickly became one of SEGA’s highest grossing games…in Asia, that is. 2006’s Phantasy Star Universe released to less overall praise than the previous entries, but was the series’ first proper massively multiplayer online game. The PSO series lasted for years as the de facto SEGA RPG in people’s minds. Additionally, Online featured action-RPG gameplay instead of classic Phantasy Star ’s more traditional RPG elements. It proudly boasted online multiplayer functionality, a then-nascent concept for this medium. As its name implies, PSO was not exclusively a single-player experience. Phantasy Star Online, a name that is synonymous with early online experiences for many, marked a paradigm shift and gave players a glimpse into the future of gaming. The series saw moderate success in its infancy, but upon making its way to the SEGA Dreamcast, everything changed. Unlike other RPGs of its era, Phantasy Star features a science fiction world, mixing elements of interplanetary travel and aesthetics of more traditional fantasy. Having started as a series of role-playing games on the SEGA Master System, the brand has changed a lot over the years.

The Phantasy Star series is one of SEGA’s longest running, yet most underrated franchises.

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