Topic: shocking PSO news?

[theRPGFreak]

According to cube.ign.com, a magazine in Japan next month with some "shocking" news on the Phantasy Star Online series. Can you say PSO4?

[Ian Sane]

This could be anything.  It might even be that PSO is being released on the PS2.  PSO4 is likely but I don't know how "shocking" that would be.  Unless it did a complete overhaul of the formula like PSO3.  It's worth mentioning that IGN makes no mention of this being Cube news.

[theRPGFreak]

They already announced that PSO3 was the final chapter, but a PSO4 is still a possibility.  

[Mannypon]

I'm hoping its an original rpg like the old phantasy star.

[Bill Aurion]

That's what I'm thinking...Sega said that they would discontinue Phantasy Star ONLINE...I'm betting on a return to the traditional RPG... ^_^

[Mannypon]

I hope they keep the character creation and expand upon it.  I think thats a huge feature that is not taken advantage of on console rpgs.  

[Pale]

With the recent re-uprise of MMOs, I think RPGFreak's theory from the other thread like this is probably it.  WoW is getting stellar reviews, FFXI is a hit, new Everquest is on the horizon...   I just hope that if this is the case, it will be developed from the get go as a console title.  That way we won't have any of the resolution issues that FFXI is having on the ps2...

[Mannypon]

that would be great but they did say that pso3 is to be the last.  By makin a mmorpg of it , it'll basically still be another pso since its online.  Speakin for myself though, I dont think I'll ever get into mmorpg merely becuase of the fees and required playtime.

[Uglydot]

I would love an FF:CC style PS game.  I know they are offline playable with 4 players, but the gameplay gets boring.  I want to see a larger world, more of a story involved.   Wouldn't suprise me if it was the shocking return of the O though.

[Mario]

I'm thinking every Phantasy Star ever made, plus a new game, is going to Xbox or PS2 (or PSP =o) with enhancements and no more Phantasy Star games will be released on a Nintendo System ever again. Wait, that wouldn't shock me at all...

[CaseyRyback]

Is the shocking news the thing in the gaming life in Japan section over at IGN or is that old?

[nitsu niflheim]

PSO3 could just be the final chapter in the story that was told in 1&2.  If they do a PSO4 then they would just be doing a new storyline.  But I see the PS series returning to an offline only kind of game.

[anubis6789]

Sonic Team did say that PSO Episode 3 was the last Part of the story ark, so a PSO2 is very possable, Just don't count on a PSO episode 4.

If anything though I think this "shocking" news will just be more info on Blue Burst, the PC version of EP1&2.