Phantasy Star Online Version 2 (Dreamcast)

So the controls have been tweaked slightly, as have the visuals, but it's still exactly the same game - albiet a few changes to the general gameplay.

If you've got the original, definitely leave this well alone, unless your a die-hard fan. if your a first timer, however, there's plenty of reason for you to give this a go - but plenty of reasons not to as well.

Despite the fantastic new modes, since the 2nd version has everything the first version has and a bit more, it’s almost not worth the money, but if you’ve anticipated its arrival like me or you haven’t played the first version and want to play it from the beginning with all the new features, you’ve got to get it!

But now we have version 2 which has injected a new lease of life into this game, sort of. The updates are nice, new monsters, new items, new weapons (bunch of flowers and a games mag?!?!), new online play modes which have new levels. But... there have been too many PK'ers, weapon thieves and item dupes in the past which has now resulted in people not trusting each other and lots and lots of locked games online. This is sad and not what PSO should be about. Sega have tried their best but where there's a will, there's a way and people like to be complete to$$ers and cheat and generally be idiots.

Still, find some people that are fun, friendly and trustworthy and this game is excellent!!! It's just a shame that most people would have owned this game a long time before anyone buying the UK version, I found playing on-line was like being a level 1 character again... nice!