Thanks for all the support on this video! Just a few updates / errors I want to cover: - HUmar isn't much of a beginner class, and is actually one of the harder Hunters to use later on! - On Ephinea now, if someone makes a party for you and then leaves, the game will revert to your ID. So if you want to play on another ID, the game maker needs to stay. - Level requirement for Ultimate on Ephinea is 80 across the board. 90/100/110 was on Sega servers.
If I can get one more person to go back and try PSO, it's worth it! I've spent years with the game and have so many great memories with it. Thanks for the kind words!
I just joined a couple days ago. I'm hooked for life!! I have no joke over 1000 hours in the GameCube version. BB is like a dream come true with all the new content and active player base.
BB isn't perfect by any means, but it's definitely the best way to play PSO now (especially if you want the playerbase for multiplayer). I tend to jump back and forth between BB and GC and love both versions. Hope you have fun in BB!
The countless nights playing this with family and friends 4player split screen back in the day will always be comforting… love PSO man they need to port this to new consoles man.
I played this till my Dreamcast died when it very first came out. Haven't touched it since. Until recently, when I heard about Ephinea. Now I'm hooked all over again.
I know the feeling! I seem to cycle back around to PSO every few months (just to play it, not even for videos!). It's such a special game and no doubt I'll still be playing it in another 20 years 😂 I've just uploaded a guide to Ultimate difficulty and more PSO videos will be coming soon!
FyI if the problem is it reading disks it's pretty easy to fix. I honestly just messed with he laser (don't touch the actual laser). I think I just slid mine back and forth and it started to read disks. I didn't need to get the laser fixed 10+ years later but it's best to check that fixed if so. I might have watched some guide on small things you can try before getting a new one
Some of my greatest gaming memories as a teen was playing PSO all night after getting home from hanging with friends. Countless nights passing out to music to this game 😂
Great video, I love that this game is still around. I probably logged 4-5k hours on GameCube across a couple memory cards, so even just hearing the music is a big hit of nostalgia. Thanks for posting!
Sounds like you've played about as much as I have! PSO is just one of those games I keep coming back to, even though I've been playing it since 2003. I imagine I'll still be playing it in another 20 years 😂
I remember years ago me and my friends plugging our Dreamcasts into the phone jacks at our homes and playing PSO for the first time using dial up. Everyone together, online?! What?! Every night we would play we couldn't get enough and now I get to do it all over again!
Thanks a ton for this. I'm looking into getting into PSO for the first time and was leaning toward console versions to get the "purest" experience possible, but after watching your video I'll definitely just stick with BB. Looking forward to hopefully seeing you in-game.
BB is definitely the best-supported version now. Gamecube is my personal favourite version for nostalgia reasons but it's so much easier to find an active playerbase on BB. If I can get one more person to check out PSO then this video's done its job! Thanks for watching!
Yeah i suggest you to play psobb on ephinea server which is the most popular and true to the roots vanilla server. They even recently added a Japanese dedicated sever and now we are hitting almost 200 active players everyday, which is an impressive number for a 20+ old game imho. Nice video BTW
I played base PSO2 for like half a year or so with some online friends when it came to Steam and stopped playing a while after NGS released, bloating the game size forcing me to download a game I couldn't care less for (and in my disgustingly honest opinion, have worse aesthetics aside from the character faces). And so I started looking for alternatives such as playing the Portable games on PPSSPP, but then I found out about this and it's seems to be exactly what I'm looking for. Didn't think it was possible to feel nostalgic for a game I played just a few years ago, but it feels really nice recognizing the same old familiar sound effects that I used to hear all the time in PSO2 as I was watching your video. Will definitely give this a try.
Sega tend to use the same sound effects quite often across these games, so I'm not surprised it reminded you of PSO2! Glad you're thinking of giving PSO a try; it can be a little weird to get into at first if you've not played before but if you stick with it you should have a really good time!
@@SectionSkyly thank you for the heads up! Thankfully I play old games quite often and emulate some dreamcast games (I love Tokyo Highway Challenge 2) from time to time so I have a decent tolerance to old game quirks. Currently going through your channel watching more guides on the game and they're very informative, I think I'll start with RAmarl class. I might drag some of the people who played PSO2 with me back then to try this out as well if things worked out.
so stoked to find this in 2023. i have been looking for the game for years now, and i have to make a loop of the character select music for my current project and the only copy i have was created 15 years ago and the quality is not good. Thank you so much for where to find the servers.
Played this game with my brother back in the day, dread to think how many hours we had logged on our Gamecube with this game!! Played a little bit with him since on the Ephinea servers and its really great to see that people are still keeping this game alive! This was an awesome starter guide, also taught me the concept of timing your attacks better, I used to just hit as fast as possible and trade blows with the enemies like an idiot lol God Battle go brrr!!
Haha, glad you found it useful! Timing the attacks and knowing when it's safe to do a full combo help a lot in the later difficulties for sure! Everybody face-tanks the enemies to begin with 😅
Thank you i feel like a noob again going back to this game but im so excited and feel nostalgic. Its gonna be so fun!! Hehehe 605th subscriber love it ill share your videos my friends will love em thank you so much 🥰
This is a video I needed. There's people putting this on Steam Deck, which I have. Good info on the differences between previous versions of PSO. 😎 Edit: Subbed to channel!
Akiko's Frying Pan, I remember that! It's one thing I love about PSO; the premise of the game is serious but you can rock up with a frying pan or a literal guitar 😂 Glad you found the video useful!
I do have another BB video coming mid-week that covers some aspects of mid-end game! Definitely plan on doing more classic PSO content going forward; thanks for the support!
Wait, people still play this game?! Omg no way, im going to start playing again tonight! Man, i havent played this game since high school! Im so excited!!!!
The server I play on (Ephinea) usually has between 100-200 people online at most times of the day! I'd imagine there's still healthy communties on other servers too. Definitely check one out if you want to get back into PSO!
@@SectionSkyly I will do so. Thank you very much for this video, just scrolling thru my feed and then I randomly see this video. W for RU-vid algorithm!!
I remember my brother playing this when it was still officially running. I never had the chance to play it but the music (thanks to the .ogg files) stuck with me ever since. I am glad private servers are running to this day. Makes me want to finally experience it. Thanks for this guide, I will keep note of this when I do start.
Yo Appreciate this so much I just found Ephinea etc (Always knew of PS but never dabbled) and this is exactly what I needed, subbed and will check out your other vids
@SectionSkyly hahaha I knew it as soon as I heard it! We are in two minds to which version to play. We originally played the GC version but the one we've downloaded seems to be older. What would you recommend ?
Definitely Blue Burst! It's got by far the biggest online community and is a newer version of the game than GC was. It's basically GC with an entire extra episode and quality of life improvements. For server I would recommend checking out Ephinea. Usually 150-300 people online!
Glad you're enjoying it! I can understand it taking some getting used to; PSO does feel very old-fashioned now but if you can get past that it's still really fun!
@@SectionSkyly oh yes got past it pretty fast. And then all the memories started flooding in. I am surprised at how much I remember about this game. But also how much I have to learn.
I'd love to see another video on PSU. I tried playing on clementine but I have no clue what to grind or do! I used to play PSU offline on ps2 and that knowledge does not transfer well.
I do actually plan on doing a similiar video to this one but for PSU, I'll be recording it soon so keep an eye on the channel! I remember that offline PSU is very different to online so can understand why you're a bit lost online.
I played blue burst like 3 - 4 years ago and had a good time, using this to hopefully get back into it! MAGs always kind of confused me for some reason.
Mags are definitely one of the more confusing parts of PSO for a new player.I do have a beginner's guide to mags on the channel if you need any help with them!
On GC I played as FOmarl. I mostly used a Talis and Double Saber to steal TP back. The only thing that made me sad is that I couldn't play a FOcast. Child me loved the idea.
Yeah, at least Sega gave you the FOcast option in PSU! I guess they didn't do it in PSO as a balancing thing since having traps and techniques would be busted
@@SectionSkyly For balance purposes, I would have given traps to all hunters and rangers. Since they can't use techniques above level 15 and they're not as potent from lack of MST.
I recently heard about this for Steam Deck and made my nostalgia flare up. One thing tho, and you kinda addressed it, but HOW does one actually put items/spells on the number bar? I have been trying to see someone explain it on a PC so I can use whatever keys correlate to it for use on Steam Deck, but haven't seen anyone explain it.
Don't worry, the game doesn't explain how to do it! If you open your main menu and go to Customise, select any slot and it'll show you everything you can assign. What you do then is find whatever it is you want to assign to the bar, highlight it and then press the number key you want to assign it to. So if I wanted Shifta on key number 1, I would find Shifta in the list, hover over the icon for Shifta and press 1 on the keyboard. If it works, you'll see a number appear next to the icon which correlates to the number key you pressed. If it still doesn't work, check your input options (you can switch between controller and keyboard options, sometimes this can interfere with using the number key pallette). Hope that helps!
@@SectionSkyly Really appreciate the reply, worked like a charm. Although I did first try it using control slots which put it on different number bar that i could see while holding control, but was easy to fix by redoing it using the first slots. Now my force can really pop off lol
Yeah, it is a bit clunky and unrefined, but the reason I came back to it is I had an itch for a game where I can progress steadily, the gameplay loop is fun/interesting (to me), I can play online and I can put as little or as much time in as I want and still have a satisfying experience. If I had known there were PSO private servers I probably wouldn't have put so much time into PSO2 and NGS! Not that I regret the time in those games, I absolutely love the hunter gameplay in PSO2, endgame fights are a blast with the right gear. However, the original is beautiful in its simplicity and the progression feels great.
Definitely, PSO's progression is fantastic and you always feel like there's something to do. Later games somewhat lost this, so even though PSO does feel dated now it's still incredibly fun and rewarding.
I'm working on making my own server just for fun and maybe create some quests. Good learning experience and fun to play on. I also play Sylverant on GCN but need to get back on Ephinea.
@@SectionSkyly Its so cool! Will probably push me to learn C# and C++. I've managed to join from my GameCube and Dolphins emulator so far. It's impressive. Talented devs out there.
I had no idea about Section IDs... I played Episode 1 on GameCube back in the day without knowing this, I guess I was Lucky to get loot for my character 😂
It's something the game doesn't really explain, and a lot of people probably weren't aware of how it works. Sounds like you picked a decent ID at random 😅
In the original Dreamcast version I suppose it wasn't as bad having a poorly matched Section ID. There were only the four Ep. I stages, very hard difficulty cap and level 100 cap. The "end game" was much easier than ver.2. Still, if one only played offline it would have sucked being a Pinkal hunter.
Could you maybe do a video on what is the goal or like sort of a fun way of playing the game that isn’t just grinding for levels? Is there an objective or story to complete in co op?
Honestly, the way the story is in PSO is quite obscure. A lot of it is gathered from the message capsules you find. That said, I do plan on doing some lore videos for those interested in PSO's story. As for the goal? Red boxes. Always red boxes. 👀
Incredible Video! Just thought About playing pso again and found your Video. I have About 4000+ hours on the gamecube Version and think About starting blue burst, just got a single question. Do i get it right that, the item stats like special weapons, Armor and stuff like enemy HP/Boss HP is identical to the gamecube Version (v3) What im trying to ask: Is pso:bb identical to the gamecube Version, with just Episode 4 added and some extra Armors/weapons/enemys/quests? Thanks alot!
Thanks for watching! ☺️ BB is very similar to GameCube/Xbox, and I'm fairly confident that the ep1&2 gear is the same stats. Blue burst is basically v3 with an extra episode, new gear etc. It does have some quality of life changes too, such as the palette you can bind to your keyboard number keys. Not sure about boss HP but as someone who played a ton of Gamecube PSO, BB feels very similar. Dropcharts are very similar to v3 as well, there's just a few changes to accommodate the new items.
this video explains the core concepts, maybe we can get another explaining mid-game and end-game content? Maybe explaining how photon drops are/were like currency for rare items, and how they're able to be burned by using them in quests. And the effects of all weapons and how they work with special attack.
Hi! I'm making a new force char, but I can't figure out how the TP regeneration mechanic works. Do I need any of the TP regen items for it first? or should it be native to the character as a passive skill? Because my force chars (albeit new chars) won't recover TP yet.
TP regen is only native to FOnewm and FOnewearl (the newman forces). FOmar and FOmarl don't regen TP at all. At lower levels the TP regen for newmans is very slow too. Generally it's not something you'll rely on, it's just a nice bonus to have. There are items that regen TP (usually units, but certain rare frames do it too). TP regen also only works while you're standing still.
Hi old GC player trying out this Ephinea server out. These videos are amazing please keep them going! How do you move items between multiple characters? It was mentioned in this video that the bank holds items for multiple characters but that doesnt seem to be the case for me. Any one out there know how to set that up?
If you type /bank in game, your bank will switch between character storage (the one you're playing) and shared storage. You drop items in the shared storage, then access that on another character. Hope this helps!
I was just telling some friends about PSO. They have never heard of it before. Is it possible to begin group activities as Level 1's? I think this would be fun to start with a new group! Is this server still active/running?
Not sure if you asked this on stream (I got asked the same thing there!), but yes this server is still active (usually between 150-300 people online)! You can run anything (besides the solo-only side quests) with a party!
I need advice: I've got two other friends that are willing to play the GC version with me. We're all noobs to PSO, but way back in the day we dreamt about having broadband adapters on the 'cube and playing this. We intend to be three party only and never, ever play with randos. What would be a good party that could last through the end-game?
You honestly should be fine with most classes; if you want to make things easier though I'd recommend one person be a Ranger (Spread Needle/Frozen Shooter crowd control), possibly an android to make use of traps. Obviously having a Force is going to help because of the Lv30 buffs and debuffs. Third slot is flexible, you could go with a Hunter for big damage or roll another RA/FO if you wanted. Honestly though, for most areas any 3 classes will work fine if you have the right gear and know how to play them! Edit: Probably worth deciding on your Section IDs if you're not playing with randoms. You want complementary IDs that will find good gear for all 3 of you!
I remember watching my brother play this on the Xbox, I then played it years later after him on the Xbox, than again years later on the pc, now I'm thinking is it time to jump back in with my fiance?
Emulated GC should still be really fun. BB would be my choice if you're looking to play with others though, and it has some big quality of life improvements over GC too.
My Discord is here: discord.gg/gZdbePw2 It's only small at the moment but that's one option. Ephinea also has their own discord (on ephinea.pioneer2.net/) under the community tab. Hope that helps and welcome back to PSO!
I have for a few years now on and off played psobb on the Ultima server. Is the server in this video better? It was the first psobb server to come up on a Google search years ago, so I just went with it. I know that back then, I read online a lot of not so good things about the Ultima server, but I don't know if any of those things are still true.
I'm not that familiar with Ultima honestly, so I can only give my opinion on Ephinea. Ephinea is very close to how PSOBB was on the official servers. There are extra quality of life adjustments and some custom content but overall the game is very similar to the Sega servers. It also has a very healthy population, so well worth checking out!
@SectionSkyly I downloaded it tonight and started a character. I will probably continue to play on this server to get a better idea of what the game used to be like. I never got to play Pso back in the early 2000s because I didn't know it existed back then.
Unfortunately there's no way of increasing your inventory. 30 slots is the maximum for a character. If you're running out of bank space you can use other characters' storage, but as far as inventory goes you're stuck at 30 slots. Later in the game you can afford to drop some items from your inventory anyway (Monomates, Monofluids are pretty useless in later difficulties for example).
I don't think you can. You can however switch character banks by typing /cbank then the number of the character bank you want to switch to (for example /cbank 1 will show your first 4 characters, /cbank 2 will show characters 5-8). This is an Ephinea BB thing. You'll always go back to the title screen when you quit though as far as I know.
@@SectionSkyly yup,I tried that, but why have that command line option when you still need to exit all the way out the game and the drop down menu on the top right has the char bank switch.
The command line means you don't have to quit the game fully, you just go back to main menu after entering it and when you load back in you'll see 4 different character slots. Without the command line you have to actually close PSO and select the slots in the launcher to load another character bank.
You just hit Quit Game and that takes you back to the main menu screen. I mean that by using the /cbank command you don't need to actually close the game and go back through the launcher to switch character banks.
This game is more immersive and has more replayability content than PSO2 NGS, 20 years later. Unbelievable, how could SEGA mess up their formula so bad? 😂
I can't argue with that, as sad as it is! I do like NGS but when you're logging off NGS to play PSOBB something is wrong. Hopefully Sega get back on track, but at least we have PSO to fall back on.
I don't know how many people play on Sylverant (never tried it) but i'd imagine it's fairly small compared to BB servers. Still, if you're wanting to play GC online it might be your only option. Hope it works out!
@@SectionSkyly give us a shout out sometime, we are struggling a bit with engagement and need some new players. i would play on ephenia if i hadnt already put like 8 years on ultima lmao. i think i even made an account there once but not sure if i ever logged in. how many players do you guys average? sometimes we get as low as 10-20 players and as high as 60 but its rare
The basic stuff is pretty easy to get started with. Hardest part is getting from 40 to 80. Odds are you'll find enough pds otw to ult to buy a mag or a couple weapons. Come to ephinea. We have snacks.
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