An expanded game of Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II
Phantasy Star Online Blue Burst, a port of the Xbox version, was released for Microsoft Windows in 2004 through digital distribution, featuring both Episode I and Episode II, and adding a new Episode IV, NPCs, quests, team system, and server-side saving system. The Phantasy Star Online titles are a sub-series of Sega's Phantasy Star series of games that began in 1987. With the exception of Episode III, the PSO games themselves are hack and slash role-playing games where the player slays monsters, levels up, buys new equipment, etc. The online Phantasy Stars differ from the previous games of the series by offering a real-time – rather than turn-based – approach to combat, seamlessly integrating this with exploration and plot developments.
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Very grindy if you're into that sort of thing. I've been playing since the original Dreamcast release, and this is a strict upgrade on that IMO. It has two expansions along with bug fixes and QoL tweaks, especially if you play on modern private servers (I play on Ephinea, but there are others that have their own tweaks and custom items/quests)