To be totally fair, it was monetized worse, supported worse, way behind on upgrades, altered key vocabulary that was well established for the series, and closed down a couple of Phantasy Star Online 2 Meseta years back. Additionally, region locking is normal practice for SEA. Japan, too, and occasionally Korea.The sad thing is, they'd have made money by actually following through with the american western release, and that would have allowed them to keep the English version active and updated, but SEGA was just too devoted to creating the worst decisions potential back then.

It is pretty cool that they're taking resources and the time but I would still like concrete confirmation or refusal of account migration. I would be stoked to play with the NA version without having to take care of the several downsides of the fan patch, but I got a reasonable amount of resources and time in that, and many of my cosmetics are things that haven't been rerun.On the other hand it's more enjoyable for everyone to begin on an even playing field rather than needing to be worried about catching up on everybody who's already played 1000 hours.

That is a fair point. It's definitely an unfortunate part of a localized version so late: you either start fresh and you do not get the veterans which have been playing for a long time since they don't wish to shed years of progress, or you let them maintain that advancement and risk alienating the new crowd. I would be fine with starting over, but like I said, I have some stuff that is not really available anymore other than other players (most especially my Neptunia collab outfit). The solution for this is to permitting players to take over cosmetic items rather than levels/equipment, but that.

The fan patch misses some bits and pieces mid to tutorials. I had no clue how to use mechs when I started because none of its tutorials were translated. It is mostly stuff that older players will not notice (since they don't need tutorials), but players who finally don't get to end game will not see (tutorials that appear after gamers that weren't interested in Phantasy Star Online 2 stopped playing). It's only an ongoing enthusiast translation project's weakness: things slip through, and they need to prioritize what to work on next. Nobody is currently gon na say the Emergency Code voice overs are worthy of translation compared to actual story content.

PSO takes place millenia after the first series. The story there via single player missions as well as missions that are online. Additionally, it is told through weapon text. The last boss is Dark Force(Dulk Falz). There is plenty of references to the older titles here and there. And that episode 1. The main story follows the player character moving through dungeons discovering notes left from the Ship's leader's Daughter who left to explore the planet. As you unlock new dungeons and follow her clues and proceed through you find out she's been murdered and assimilated to buy PSO2 Meseta deliver on Dark Force's newest incarnation.