Phantasy Star - generation:1 is a remake of Phantasy Star. Phantasy Star is a pioneer in the role-playing game genre. Alis is the fearless female protagonist out to avenge her brother's death at the hands of cruel dictator King Lassic. Players must guide Alis and her troops through the sprawling environments of the Agol solar system in an attempt to defeat King Lassic and liberate the people of Agol. Engage in dynamic turn-based combat with dragons, ghouls, giants and magicians by using unique weapons such as glowing daggers, crossbows and magic spells.

The remake retains many cardinal aspects of the original, including story, characters, basic battle system, and first-person 3D dungeon navigation. However, the remake has a noticeably more linear progression, generally not allowing free-roaming and exploring locations outside of the order prescribed by the plot. Typically, specific dialogues are now needed to trigger an event that would lead the player to the next destination. Instead of one dungeon key that allows exploring any dungeon, each one has a particular key that has to be obtained in a unique fashion. Also, several locations that were optional in the original game are now mandatory.

There are some gameplay-related changes and additions: there are more weapons, more levels to gain for the characters, additional items and spells, as well as combo attacks which can be performed by equipping various crystals in addition to a specific weapon. Other changes include updated graphics (pre-rendered for towns and overworld, real-time 3D for dungeons) the graphics from the backgrounds to the characters and beasts have been completely redrawn, , as well as more dialogue and characterization. It is now possible to talk to companions and engage in longer and more varied conversations with the NPCs in towns. The dungeons are now fully textured scroll by at sixty frames per second. The game now uses high-res animated stills for key story sequences, from the opening moments of the game to your first encounter with your speaking feline companion. Music is also CD-quality now.

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Alternative Titles

Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 1: Phantasy Star Generation: 1

Platform

PlayStation 2

Developer(s)

Sega

Publishers(s)

3D-AGES

Genres(s)

RPG

JP Release Date

August 28, 2003

CERO Rating

CERO A

MVGL User Score

7.3 by 6 user(s)

MVGL Difficulty

-

Composer(s)

Tokuhiko Uwabo

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9 User(s)

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