Underplayed Gems

Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II Plus (2003)

Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II Plus cover
Developer
Sonic Team
Publisher
Sega
Platforms
Nintendo GameCube
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Rating
4.2 of 5, 8 player ratings
Where to get it
Website

How it feels

A frenetic sci-fi action RPG blending hack-and-slash combat with online co-op loot hunting across alien worlds.

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About

SEGA re-released in 2003 an updated version of Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II for the Nintendo GameCube in 2003 called Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II Plus. Early in the effort to run unsigned code on the GameCube, people found that when playing PSO and connecting to a server using the GameCube Broadband Adapter, a regular PC could be made to pretend it was a server which would fool the game. After making the connection, data could be streamed back to the GameCube, making it easy for hacking and false servers. Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II Plus was created in mind to fix this problem. Along with this problem, SEGA included extra content for offline with this game including: - Episode II Challenge Mode, which was perviously only online. - Perviously Online only quests, Seat of the Heart, West Tower and East Tower are now available offline. - Central Dome Fire Swirl, a downloadable quest for the Xbox, is now available offline. - The downloadable goods from Fake in Yellow quest are now available offline. Aside from some extra cheat protection, Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II Plus ran exactly the same as the original version and all data from characters, items, ect, can be swapped between the two instantly.

Screenshots

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