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Phantasy Star Online 2 Cloud Coming to Switch
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Azure Phoenix
Member
Oh please. I've been playing it for years from the UK, even having to use a hacky VPN for some of that time - it has less noticeable lag then when I used to play Runescape on a non-UK/EU server and about the same amount as Phantasy Star Universe had.
The game is mostly client side - damage calculations, other player movements and stuff like boss phase transitions are handled by the servers so even during a huge lag spike you can continue playing unhindered. And even those are rare, I haven't had one in about a year.
pretty done
Member
I tried it over a year ago and so much stuff like items weren't translated.
The lag was the worst offender. Buddy of mine would be across the map on his screen but right next to me on mine. Not sure if it's lag or server "de-sync" but either way it's stupid in a co-op game.
DarkLegion
Member
Sega... Come on..
texhnolyze
Banned
Well, latency is indeed a glaring issue. I guess playing from NA the lag would be noticeable. Luckily for me, the latency is still pretty low, like below 100 from Southeast Asia.
But in my experience in other games, pve is rarely affected by latency. I mean, I do play online games with NA server every time, with The Division and Destiny 2 with the most recent ones. Maybe it's depending on the game too.
There is on PC and I've sunk so many hours into it,spent money on it but it's not the same as just having it in English. I've jumped back in here and there but when that whole lockout thing happened I stopped enjoying it because I wasn't willing to invest anymore into it if that can happen again and most of my friends I played with bailed on it at that point.
I invested years into this franchise between PSO and especially PSU.I hate when these topics pop up I'm always bothered about the fact they didn't bring it here and it's a shame because the game is so damn good lol. The dream is dead though but honestly I'd drop everything I'm playing right now if it came to the US.
Hitlersaurus Christ
Banned
Localizing it for the West now would mean translating and localizing 5 years' worth of content... I'm not sure why anyone would expect it now if all times but people seem shocked anyway.
ryanofcall
Member
Well.... let's tweet them and ask them to bring it to EU/USA ?!
And if they didn't bother to do it for the PC and PS4 version there's no reason they would do it for the switch.
It's clearly Sega, they don't even sell their games on Steam in Japan. That said Capcom takes the cake for making boneheaded decisions.
Attack You
Member
Aww. I was really hoping for a native Switch port seeing how the Vita version exists. I can't imagine streaming this outside Japan in any playable fashion. PC version remains my portable PSO2 fix for now.
Garou
Member
So to summarize:
Download-only
Free-to-play with microtransactions.
Players won't have to download any game-data and will be able to play "wherever they have a stable internet-connection"
Client streams what looks to be the PC-version (like OnLive/DQX 3DS/...)
I wonder if they Geo-block the access to the streaming-server.
Download-only
Free-to-play with microtransactions.
Players won't have to download any game-data and will be able to play "wherever they have a stable internet-connection"
Client streams what looks to be the PC-version (like OnLive/DQX 3DS/...)
I wonder if they Geo-block the access to the streaming-server.
Hero of Legend
Member
If a native port was basically never going to get localized, a CLOUD-streamed version makes that beyond impossible. Pretty worthless announcement honestly, and I wanted PSO2 on Switch badly, but not like this. 
DQ Builders 1 was a better announcement, and that's coming to NA (and EU I assume).
DQ Builders 1 was a better announcement, and that's coming to NA (and EU I assume).
Enigmatic Rainbow
Member
This was actually announced last month in a Weekly Famitsu IIRC. Cool that they released a short trailer now though.
The game is around 50~60GB on PC, PS4 version is close to that as well, and since the game is gonna keep getting updated, space needed is gonna keep going up, so I guess maybe they opted for streaming because of this?
Sriracha_X
Neo Member
I'm really happy the Switch is getting PSO2 in one way or another, but having it being played over the cloud concerns me a little. PSO2 is a full-blown action game so responsiveness is important. It would be bad going in on an Emergency Quest like Zephyros, Mother, etc. knowing you've got, say, a 200ms delay on your actions due to the cloud. I haven't seen it in action, nor do I know the tech behind the cloud infrastructure Sega will be using, so maybe it won't be a problem at all.
I feel that the Switch could easily handle a game like PSO2 since it runs on toasters, but the main thing holding it back is the storage. As others have pointed out, PSO2 takes up about 50-60GB of space on PC, so I can see why they've decided to go the streaming route.
Items definitely were translated...I've been playing PSO2 on and off since the middle of Episode 2 (about 3 years ago) and I remember the vast majority of items being translated at that point. The English patch translates almost everything needed to play comfortably (items, mission names, menu things, client orders, etc.). Things like superfluous NPC text, story dialogue, and so on are the things that are left untranslated.
I'd guess that "de-sync" issue is a connection issue. I've seen plenty of cases where other people have to "catch up" on my client. They'd look like they're fighting against empty air and then all of a sudden they snap to where they're supposed to be. It isn't a very common thing for me though, and it tends to happen when my internet goes crazy. Sometimes you get into a laggy MPA and all sorts of weird stuff happens.
I feel that the Switch could easily handle a game like PSO2 since it runs on toasters, but the main thing holding it back is the storage. As others have pointed out, PSO2 takes up about 50-60GB of space on PC, so I can see why they've decided to go the streaming route.
Items definitely were translated...I've been playing PSO2 on and off since the middle of Episode 2 (about 3 years ago) and I remember the vast majority of items being translated at that point. The English patch translates almost everything needed to play comfortably (items, mission names, menu things, client orders, etc.). Things like superfluous NPC text, story dialogue, and so on are the things that are left untranslated.
I'd guess that "de-sync" issue is a connection issue. I've seen plenty of cases where other people have to "catch up" on my client. They'd look like they're fighting against empty air and then all of a sudden they snap to where they're supposed to be. It isn't a very common thing for me though, and it tends to happen when my internet goes crazy. Sometimes you get into a laggy MPA and all sorts of weird stuff happens.
NegativeCero
Banned
As someone who hasn't ever played PSO I'd really like to understand the reverence people who have for this. Guess that's not gonna happen.
franklyshankly
Member
Damn this is the type of game I desperately want for the Switch. So of course it will never come to NA.
Zombegoast
Member
Metal Khaos
Member
Just twist the knife even deeper there Sega.
Shadow Broker
Banned
Will this be one of those Japanese region games but also has English subs in the game?
Metal Khaos
Member
I wouldn't count on it.
Shadow Broker
Banned
I'm always surprised how many people don't know you can play the Japanese version on PC with a perfect english translation patch and an english community. Lag wasn't an issue from North America for me. Also, you guys probably don't want a localized version anyway because it would be so far behind the japanese version at this point.
That said, last I played the game, it wasn't as good as similar games in English to be honest.
That said, last I played the game, it wasn't as good as similar games in English to be honest.
I dont know about perfect. Last few times i tried to play, there was a lot of dialogue that was untranslated. When people say perfect, i expect everything to be translated. Menus and weapons with everything else in japanese is not "perfect" for me.
I wonder if I can use my character from 2 years ago. That'd be dope and I could easily play through the JP version after playing the English translation for over a year.
Still waiting on an official version here though :/
The rumblings have been that this is never coming to NA because of contracts that SEGA signed with a Chinese company preventing release on Steam. Even if that makes it so that they have no intention of doing a PC release, maaaaybe it being on Switch alongside PS4 will make them consider doing an English translation for consoles...?
100% chance of them releasing a PSO3 before an NA PSO2.
In fact, don't be surprised if they announce PSO3 next year or the year after and there's still no announcement of a Western PSO2 release.
Waffle Burger
Member
According to Sega they want PSO2 to last 10 years, we're on year 5.
KCroxtonJr
Member
Attack You
Member
I'm expecting PSO3 on Year 8, or at least its announcement.
RoseBell69
Member
It's like Sega is afraid of money.
ShinMaruku
Member
This game is never coming to NA and how 5hey cocked it up, it is a blessing.