I just started playing this and figured I'd post it here for anyone interested, I remember this game from back in the day but never got a chance to play it much, there's also a lot of active players on this server.

PSO is a multiplayer online RPG game with fast-paced action combat. Movement and attacks are all done in real time. You can play with a keyboard or a gamepad.

You can meet up with other players in the lobby, chat, form a party, prepare on Pioneer 2 and head down to Ragol, the planet the game takes place on, to adventure to your heart’s content.

Demolish your foes, discover rare items, solve many side quests and mysteries all while trying to find out what happened to the people of Pioneer 1, a colony sent to colonize the planet of Ragol who suddenly vanished after a massive explosion rocked the entire planet.

Phantasy Star Online first debuted on the SEGA Dreamcast at the end of 1999. It’s gone through several iterations, across many platforms, with Blue Burst, on the PC, being the final one.

This game holds a special place in many player’s hearts and when SEGA decided to no longer host a server for it, the PSO community took matters into their own hands.

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[–] 6 points 8 months ago*

Been playing it for a while. The side quest where a girl gets catfished by a computer was ahead of its time

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    My favorite game of all time besides the original PSO2.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    oh god so many late nights playing pso at university <3

    i doubt it still works (and i dont even have my dreamcast) but i love to think my FOmarl is happily enjoying retirement on my memory card in my drawer.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    I've been playing Ephinea off and on for a few years. My RAmarl reached level 120 today! Now she can wear the Stealth Suit - 0 defense, but 300+ evade, the highest in the game. I did "cheat" a bit; trading Photon Drops for some other nice gear.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    I loved the Dreamcast version then I tried a relatively modern PC version and it just didn't have the same feel. Is this different?

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Seems like the DC version as far as I can remember it... But it does have some new features like camera control and other QOL updates that make it a bit less clunky

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    I'm not sure what would be different. The Dreamcast version was marred by jerks hacking in various ways, most notably negative-level Resta so they could "heal" you (killing you) and stealing your weapon.

    You don't drop your weapon on death in this server.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (3 children)

    Oh cool! I remember losing my Egg Blaster all those years backs!

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Oof. I looked it up and it's even worse. Some hackers were even Resta-killing and dropping glitched money in the lobby. Picking up glitched items (black cube) or getting killed in the lobby can corrupt your save file so you lose your characters.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    Oof damn, that is brutal! But how did they get the items in the first place? Lol.

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