![]() In addition to swapping out their heads and clothing colors, you can also tweak your character's height and build. But Blue Burst offers a few new options (over its console cousins) as to how you can customize your character's appearance. Newman characters have exaggerated clothing (like tall, puffy hats), and androids have a slick, metallic look. ![]() As you might expect from a game originally created by one of Japan's most well-known development teams, the appearance of all characters, along with the rest of the game, is reminiscent of the Japanese "anime" cartoon style. All characters are different from each other, not only in terms of their crazy profession names (you can play as an android HUcaseal, a human RAmarl, or a newman FOnewm), but also in terms of how well they use physical attacks, "techs" (the PSO version of magic spells), and traps. Like with later versions of PSO, Blue Burst will let you choose to explore the futuristic, sci-fi world of Ragol as one of 12 different professions from three different types of characters: hunters, rangers, and forces, and from one of three races: humans, androids, and "newmans" (the latter excel in non-physical combat). An updated version of the game, entitled Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst is on its way to PCs, and we've had a chance to sit down with it.Įnemies far and near will tremble before the might of Robo Frank, the level 2 HUcast. ![]() Since then, Phantasy Star Online (or "PSO," as it's usually referred to) has appeared on other console platforms, and it has gone through a few revisions by adding new content and new characters to play as. But while online games like this have generally only been found on PCs, Sega brought one of the first online console RPGs to the public with Phantasy Star Online for its Dreamcast console back in 2001. ![]() The term "online role-playing game" usually suggests games that you play in an online world in the company of other players, hacking away at monsters to gain treasures and experience levels, and shooting the breeze with your fellow adventurers in the meantime.
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