Phantasy Star Online 2‘s getting on a bit, isn’t it? Sega’s huge ol’ sci-fi MMO may’ve solely formally come to the West this Spring, but it surely’s been huge in Japan for the higher a part of a decade – and boy, does it present. Announced throughout in the present day’s Xbox Games Showcase, New Genesis is making ready to alter all that with a large overhaul to the MMOs visuals.
Sega flaunted PSO2’s new appears to be like with a flashy new trailer. Gone are slender corridors and claustrophobic fields – as an alternative, we’re taking a look at huge open plains that coulda come straight outta the likes of Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
Described as merely “updating PSO2’s game system and graphics engine”, New Genesis appears to be like to utterly revamp components of the MMOs open-world monster smashing. Frankly, it appears to be like like an entire new game, with large beasts to take down in sprawling open fields. Parts of PSO2’s DNA stay (I’d recognise these floating rollerskate-kicks wherever) but it surely’s all wanting fairly a bit extra trendy.
What’s rather less clear is how this all suits in with PSO2 because it exists in the present day. Where the trailer description calls it an replace, the PSO2 twitter account calls New Genesis a “brand-new title”. If I needed to speculate wildly, I’d reckon sure zones and lots of interface parts will discover themselves changed by these glowing new visuals. There’s a decade of content material to grapple with, in spite of everything – I wouldn’t anticipate them to re-do it multi functional go.
What is definite is that North American gamers will acquire entry to New Genesis similtaneously their Japanese counterparts (nonetheless no phrase on a European launch, soz). Expect the replace, or enlargement, or no matter that is to reach someday subsequent 12 months – and hopefully, someday after Sega bring PSO2 to “more PC platforms”.
Whatever you name it, hit our E3 2020 tag for extra from this summer time’s blast of gaming bulletins, trailers, and miscellaneous advertising. Our E3 stream schedule will let you know what to look at and when. See all the PC games at the PlayStation 5 show and everything at the PC Gaming Show, for starters.
