Phantasy Star Portable begins a few months after the conclusion of Phantasy Star Universe (2006) and its expansion, Ambition of the Illuminus (2007), in which an alliance of humans, newmans, beasts, and CASTs of the Gurhal star system drove off alien invaders known as S.E.E.D. The peace is short-lived, however. Vivienne, a newly constructed CAST android, and her partner (the player), discover that some SEED remain, and are causing trouble. Vivienne and her partner work to save the Gurhal system—and, in the process, learn more about humanity.
Gameplayedit
The player begins by choosing one of four races and three character classes. The character design is adjustable through several variables: face model, eye color, eyebrows, eyelashes, ears, head type, body color, proportion, jacket, pants, shoes, voice type, and voice pitch.
Players are assigned missions in which they must kill all opponents in the area; many of the levels conclude with a boss battle. Along the way, players collect weapons, armour, money, and other helpful items.
Charactersedit
Player character
The player character is a newly trained member of the GUARDIANS, a security force that protects the Gurhal star system. S/He lives in a GUARDIAN space colony, and is a shy person who rarely speaks in the game.
Vivienne
Vivienne is a newly constructed CAST (an android created by the humans of Gurhal). Like the player, she has just completed basic training, and is now a hunter assigned to be the player's partner.
Laia Martinez
Laia is a hunter-class beast with the GUARDIANS. She is also the instructor who trained the player character. She accompanies the player on some missions.
Mina
Mina works at the mission counter at the headquarters of the GUARDIAN space colony. She gives the player and other GUARDIANS their mission assignments.
Helga Neumann
A woman who works with the Illuminus. Although she appears to be in her mid-twenties, she is actually 43 years old. She says that she died and was revived by the SEED. She caused the spread of the Remnant SEED and the creation of another HIVE.
The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[1] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one nine and three eights for a total of 33 out of 40.[5] James Mielke of 1Up.com gave the game an A− stating, "The truly neat trick that Portable performs is that it is not only an excellent distillation of the Phantasy Star Online/Universe experience, but it makes me want to go back and give Ambition of the Illuminus another shot, even if it's just to reinvestigate that game's offline mode."[2]
In its first week on sale in Japan, the game sold more than 342,000 units.[13]Phantasy Star Portable was the 14th best-selling game in Japan in 2008.[14]
Referencesedit
^ ab"Phantasy Star Portable for PSP Reviews". Metacritic. from the original on April 14, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
^ abMielke, James (March 8, 2009). . 1Up.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012.
^Edge staff (June 2009). "Phantasy Star Portable". Edge. No. 202. p. 97.
^Parkin, Simon (April 17, 2009). "Phantasy Star Portable". Eurogamer. from the original on April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
^ abAshcraft, Brian (February 10, 2009). "Famitsu's Best PSP Games of 2008". Kotaku. from the original on April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
^"Phantasy Star Portable". GamesMaster: 78. June 2009.
^"Phantasy Star Portable". GamesTM: 116. June 2009.
^Clements, Ryan (March 5, 2009). "Phantasy Star Portable Review". IGN. from the original on April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
^Yin-Poole, Wesley (April 23, 2009). "Phantasy Star Portable Review". VideoGamer.com. from the original on April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
^Luster, Joseph (August 7, 2008). "Phantasy Star Portable Tops Charts, Wrecks Lives". Otaku USA. from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
^Parfitt, Ben (January 9, 2009). "JAPANESE 2008 MARKET REPORT". MCV. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
phantasy, star, portable, ファンタシースターポータブル, fantashī, sutā, pōtaburu, action, role, playing, game, developed, sonic, team, alfa, system, published, sega, playstation, portable, sega, released, game, japan, july, 2008, other, markets, 2009, developer, sonic, team. Phantasy Star Portable ファンタシースターポータブル Fantashi Suta Pōtaburu is an action role playing game co developed by Sonic Team and Alfa System and published by Sega for the PlayStation Portable Sega released the game to Japan in July 2008 and to other markets in 2009 Phantasy Star PortableDeveloper s Sonic TeamAlfa SystemPublisher s SegaDirector s Tatsuya NagataProducer s Satoshi SakaiTetsuya SasakiArtist s Akikazu MizunoWriter s Yasushi OtakeComposer s Hideaki KobayashiTaihei SatoKenichi TokoiSeriesPhantasy StarPlatform s PlayStation PortableReleaseJP July 31 2008NA March 3 2009AU April 16 2009EU April 17 2009Genre s Action role playingMode s Single player multiplayer In addition to the game s single player story mode Phantasy Star Portable has a cooperative multi player mode that supports up to four players The 2009 sequel Phantasy Star Portable 2 takes place three years after the events of Phantasy Star Portable Contents 1 Plot 2 Gameplay 3 Characters 4 Reception 5 References 6 External linksPlot editPhantasy Star Portable begins a few months after the conclusion of Phantasy Star Universe 2006 and its expansion Ambition of the Illuminus 2007 in which an alliance of humans newmans beasts and CASTs of the Gurhal star system drove off alien invaders known as S E E D The peace is short lived however Vivienne a newly constructed CAST android and her partner the player discover that some SEED remain and are causing trouble Vivienne and her partner work to save the Gurhal system and in the process learn more about humanity Gameplay editThe player begins by choosing one of four races and three character classes The character design is adjustable through several variables face model eye color eyebrows eyelashes ears head type body color proportion jacket pants shoes voice type and voice pitch Players are assigned missions in which they must kill all opponents in the area many of the levels conclude with a boss battle Along the way players collect weapons armour money and other helpful items Characters editPlayer character The player character is a newly trained member of the GUARDIANS a security force that protects the Gurhal star system S He lives in a GUARDIAN space colony and is a shy person who rarely speaks in the game Vivienne Vivienne is a newly constructed CAST an android created by the humans of Gurhal Like the player she has just completed basic training and is now a hunter assigned to be the player s partner Laia Martinez Laia is a hunter class beast with the GUARDIANS She is also the instructor who trained the player character She accompanies the player on some missions Mina Mina works at the mission counter at the headquarters of the GUARDIAN space colony She gives the player and other GUARDIANS their mission assignments Helga Neumann A woman who works with the Illuminus Although she appears to be in her mid twenties she is actually 43 years old She says that she died and was revived by the SEED She caused the spread of the Remnant SEED and the creation of another HIVE Reception editReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreMetacritic64 100 1 Review scoresPublicationScore1Up comA 2 Edge4 10 3 Eurogamer7 10 4 Famitsu33 40 5 GamesMaster71 6 GamesTM5 10 7 IGN7 10 8 PlayStation Official Magazine Australia7 10 10 PlayStation Official Magazine UK6 10 9 PlayStation The Official Magazine nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 11 VideoGamer com7 10 12 The game received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic 1 In Japan Famitsu gave it a score of one nine and three eights for a total of 33 out of 40 5 James Mielke of 1Up com gave the game an A stating The truly neat trick that Portable performs is that it is not only an excellent distillation of the Phantasy Star Online Universe experience but it makes me want to go back and give Ambition of the Illuminus another shot even if it s just to reinvestigate that game s offline mode 2 In its first week on sale in Japan the game sold more than 342 000 units 13 Phantasy Star Portable was the 14th best selling game in Japan in 2008 14 References edit a b Phantasy Star Portable for PSP Reviews Metacritic Archived from the original on April 14 2017 Retrieved April 13 2017 a b Mielke James March 8 2009 Phantasy Star Portable Review 1Up com Archived from the original on November 7 2012 Edge staff June 2009 Phantasy Star Portable Edge No 202 p 97 Parkin Simon April 17 2009 Phantasy Star Portable Eurogamer Archived from the original on April 13 2017 Retrieved April 13 2017 a b Ashcraft Brian February 10 2009 Famitsu s Best PSP Games of 2008 Kotaku Archived from the original on April 13 2017 Retrieved April 13 2017 Phantasy Star Portable GamesMaster 78 June 2009 Phantasy Star Portable GamesTM 116 June 2009 Clements Ryan March 5 2009 Phantasy Star Portable Review IGN Archived from the original on April 13 2017 Retrieved April 13 2017 Phantasy Star Portable PlayStation Official Magazine UK 95 June 2009 Phantasy Star Portable PlayStation Official Magazine Australia 71 June 2009 Review Phantasy Star Portable PlayStation The Official Magazine June 2009 p 81 Yin Poole Wesley April 23 2009 Phantasy Star Portable Review VideoGamer com Archived from the original on April 13 2017 Retrieved April 13 2017 Luster Joseph August 7 2008 Phantasy Star Portable Tops Charts Wrecks Lives Otaku USA Archived from the original on September 24 2015 Retrieved February 14 2012 Parfitt Ben January 9 2009 JAPANESE 2008 MARKET REPORT MCV Retrieved April 13 2017 External links editOfficial website in Japanese Phantasy Star Portable at MobyGames Portal nbsp Video games Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Phantasy Star Portable amp oldid 1196481397, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
