Is this game worth playing?

[DroncitBabe]

Whilst I like the character creation it seems that the concurrent playerbase nowadays is barely scratching 1,500... is it worth playing?

[Just Life]

It is worth playing. There are plenty of things to do as a new player. The game does have a bit of a learning curve but reading/watching some guides will get you up to speed. There are a lot of console players so Steam numbers doesn't show the whole game population.

The most important thing when starting is picking a Ship(server). Ship 1 and 2 where popular and holds a good amount of the player base, ship 3 has a very stable population and a small tight knit community, ship 4 has the least population.

If you need more to do, you can play Base PSO2 which is it own finished standalone MMO. You can use your PSO2:NGS character and cosmetics in Base PSO2. Also, what ever cosmetics you get in Base can be used in NGS.

No equipment/armor carries over to either game, same with class levels.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2251110/Phantasy_Star_Online_2_New_Genesis__PSO2_Data/

[Cat_Heads]

Absolutely not. The game is massive in filesize, and you'll likely only keep it installed for a week tops. The combat is extremely basic, and the world itself is content barren. You'll play the story, reach the endgame, and then realize that there is nothing else to do at all.

Base PSO2 is a good game, but it has been entirely gutted in its current state and is not worth playing unless you have friends.

[Milhiore]

nope

[DroncitBabe]

Thanks guy :)

[Neray]

Alliances aside, the game is mostly designed around small groups content or even solo play, so population numbers don't affect gameplay much. In-game economy, perhaps, and the game's future itself. I wouldn't worry too much about either of those unless you get really invested. If a filesize isn't an issue, give it a shot, stuff's pretty fun.
As for combat being extremely basic, I find it bullet hell challenging at times, so that comment might be coming from someone with rich experience in action combat mmos.

[based]

The filesize issue would've been easily solved by jettisoning the old baggage with no players in it anymore. Maybe one day.

[Gilver Redgrave]

If you really have absolute positively nothing better to play then go for it. That being said i give you like a month and you leave again.

[Crystal Sharrd]

Originally posted by based:

The filesize issue would've been easily solved by jettisoning the old baggage with no players in it anymore. Maybe one day.

What they should have done is made NGS's assets an optional DLC alongside the base game's, and only include the launcher and shared assets in the main install.

[Arthurz Le Blur]

Originally posted by Gilver Redgrave:

If you really have absolute positively nothing better to play then go for it. That being said i give you like a month and you leave again.

I give them a week. I've taken like 3 big breaks and the games legit feels the same...

I used to help new players about a year or 2 ago when I was active they never lasted more than 2 weeks partly do to the fact that every time a new player asked how to make money everyone would send them to burnout hell.. I mean Combat Zones once they saw how annoying it was to grind for the most shown off reason to play the game fashion they pretty much quit.

[Magic Tofu Cat]

this one time i started playing.. as was like its just grind but 3 months later i finally hit 30.. and there was a story i did not know about anyway. (it sucks doe)

[Gilver Redgrave]

Originally posted by Arthurz Le Blur:

I give them a week. I've taken like 3 big breaks and the games legit feels the same...

I used to help new players about a year or 2 ago when I was active they never lasted more than 2 weeks partly do to the fact that every time a new player asked how to make money everyone would send them to burnout hell.. I mean Combat Zones once they saw how annoying it was to grind for the most shown off reason to play the game fashion they pretty much quit.

I was generous with my estimation because Christmas Events.
But yes i share the same experience. I had 5 friends i wanted to play with but none of them even survived NGS horrible launch week for obvious reason. After that i managed to persuate 2 to come try again back when Retem released and after a week they asked me what to do now on max level.......they didnt like my answer.

[Naqel]

They had a great "dungeon" based game in PSO2 that the soon to be legends like Warframe then ripped of shamelessly and brought to a western audience.

Instead of competing in that space, one of which they were already masters over in Japan, they decided to switch over to a semi-open MMO.

This could have worked, have they not decided to play it brutally safe, and gutted any form of challenge or depth from the game.
No amount of course correcting can help that, because the fundamentals are flawed.
It's a gear-check grind simulator, not an actual action game.

What could have been a modernized version of a classic, ended up being an undercooked dress-up that's nice to look at but barely has gameplay outside of that.

[mateorendon1]

if it doesn´t crash on you at startup is a pretty fun game

[Sagara]

Considering it is sadly alas an unoptimized POS... no
If they dont care to make the game better and do nothing with it.... why bother with it

[based]

So true sister, this is what challenging action combat is all about. They don't make em like they used to anymore.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3382966196