"that probably ate all my cereal while I was away" is the best diss directed to a bad house guest ever. Thank you for sharing this review on a game that, at least from my perspective, was a hot mess. I'm pleased to be the 100th like! :)

Damn girl, you just slaughtered my childhood 😆. I promise you, this game was the greatest thing ever in the late 80’s!

I LOVE Phantasy Star IV. It’s a shame this series has been left dormant for so long.

I've a feeling Phantasy Star II was rushed out the door to be an early Mega Drive release when it came out in Japan.

This channel is so underrated it needs more support

I hear ya, sister. Rose-colored glasses make this game appeal more to people, but it gets stale quickly and can bore you to tears.

The game was revolutionary for RPGs back in the day. The only thing that we complained about was the lack of backgrounds in the battles like the first game had. It took months to beat without a hint book, which was viewed in a much different light than today’s games that hold your hand and the tutorial lasts the first five hours of the game. You felt a sense of accomplishment reaching the Dam Sections. Because that is where a lot of people ended their play throughs. That’s probably why the plot really turns and gets you excited for the second half of the game. Because, if you thought the first half was hard, they turned it way up in the second half. 😅. I remember being heartbroken when PS3 came out that the finale of 2 was left unresolved. PS4 should have been PS3.

When I bought this game new, I was satisfied with it, even the ending when I beat it. Your dislike is more a sign of the time and evolution of game design. This game was great back when it was new! Few RPGs age well after 30 years.

I was a kid when this game came out and was probably my first RPG experience. It blew me away. I was enamoured by the story and the characters. When you're a kid and this type of RPG is all you know, it's a life-altering gaming experience. If you're a seasoned gamer who has played many other RPGs prior, this is a grindy, confusing game.

The ridiculous amount of level grinding made this game unnecessarily difficult. HINT: there is a trick to to prevent enemies from attacking you.. take step, hit menu button, hit back button, take step.. repeat

Oh goodness, not Phantasy Star 2...

"I steal because it makes me feel something."

"You know what this dungeon needs?....Another dungeon!"

I’ve been waiting for this review. This has to be the most savage review you’ve done yet. I guess we can say you were “hungry” for a better game.

Finally got to watch this review I've been looking forward to for a long time having spent an enormous amount of time with this game!

I really like your content, Hun. I never had a SMS or Genesis, and most of my friend didn't either. Learning about these games is a lot of fun. Thank you.

This was a great video. It sums up a lot of my feelings and thoughts in solid way.

I can’t wait for you to start streaming your world record speed run attempts at Phantasy Star 2. It’s 35 minutes and 28 seconds. BTW, I’m not being serious.

The funny thing is that while I agree with the majority of what you argue here, I still recall enjoying this game immensely as a kid. I used to rent the game whenever I could save up the money. I thought that the music was really amazing and was very evocative of the "high tech society that is in crisis setting." Also, I think we were a lot more inclined to trial and error back in that time, and a good example of this was how my siblings and I thought it was too much fun taking Shir to every imaginable place and seeing if she'd steal something (which is how we found the save-anywhere device). Lastly, I think there were many games that really expected you to use your imagination and which distributed the story, world building, and details across media forms, whether it is the guidebooks for Genesis rpg's like PS2 or Sword of Vermilion, or perhaps Wizardry on NES. All in all, Phantasy Star 2 was one of many people's favorite games back then, but it is a hard game to revisit without realizing how much better the fourth game and most later really are.

Great review love this great classic game