Phantasy Star II
| Phantasy Star II | |
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North American cover art
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| Developer(s) | Sega |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Director(s) | Akinori Nishiyama |
| Producer(s) | Yuji Naka |
| Designer(s) | Rieko Kodama |
| Programmer(s) | Yuji Naka |
| Artist(s) | Toru Yoshida Naoto Ohshima |
| Writer(s) | Akinori Nishiyama |
| Composer(s) | Tokuhiko Uwabo |
| Series | Phantasy Star |
| Platform(s) | Sega Genesis |
| Release date(s) | |
| Genre(s) | Role-playing video game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 85% |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
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| Dragon | |
| EGM | 8/10 |
| IGN | 8.5/10 (iPhone) |
| Aktueller Software Markt | 56/60 |
| HonestGamers | 10/10 |
| 97% | |
| 95% | |
| Raze | 90% |
| VideoGames & Computer Entertainment | 9/10 |
| Zero | 89% |
Phantasy Star II is a role-playing video game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It was released in Japan in 1989, and in North America and Europe in 1990. It was later ported to a variety of different platforms. An updated remake, Phantasy Star Generation 2, was released for the PlayStation 2 in 2005 in Japan.
Phantasy Star II is the second installment in Sega's acclaimed Phantasy Star series and serves as a sequel to the original Phantasy Star for the Master System. Phantasy Star II takes place 1,000 years after the events of its predecessor and follows the journey of a government agent named Rolf and his friends, who are on a mission to discover why the protector of the planet Mota, Mother Brain, has started malfunctioning.
Phantasy Star II was the first video game to use a 6 mega-bit cartridge, making it the biggest video game on a console at the time. Since its release Phantasy Star II has been the subject of critical acclaim.
Gameplay is similar to the original Phantasy Star, the first game in the series. Its battle system is turn-based, allowing the player to choose commands for their party of up to four characters. Each of the eight characters has a different set of preferred weapons and armor, as well as techniques, suited to the character's job. The player must defeat enemies in the overworld and in dungeons to advance in the game.
The game abandoned the first-person view that the first game used for dungeons and battles. Phantasy Star II instead uses a top-down perspective for exploration and a third-person view in battles.
The series' primary antagonist, Dark Force (known as "Dark Falz" in the first game), the embodiment of evil, returns as one of the main enemies the player must defeat. Mother Brain, a computer system built to control and maintain the Algo Star System, has begun to malfunction, and the main character, Rolf, must determine why. Another character, Lutz, also makes an appearance in the middle of the game.
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