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Replaying Phantasy star 4
Jan 21 2015 10:35 PM
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    By far the best in the numbered series. Game was a standout among other titles for its time. Which was 1993. Sega did this game so dirty with its horrible localization. 3 years it took to get this game to the west. And back then game design was moving at break neck speed. Game designing was improving by the same leaps and bounds as graphics and sounds for the era. 3 years may as well have been an eternity.

    By the time it made it stateside, it was going toe to toe with games 3 years...
    Jan 22 2015 01:55 PM
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    3 years newer, with 3 years more experience.

    PhS4 was ahead of its contemporaries. It blew away ff3 and ffV. And those were good games.

    But unlike squares RPG's, sega tok years to localize phantasy star, and the game that was ahead of its time in 1993
    it was going against games that werent just ahead of their time in 1995, they were time defining. Sega sent it against chrono trigger and ff6. It never had a chance. I truly think to this day, if Sega had gotten...
    Jan 22 2015 01:57 PM
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    Sega had gotten 4 out west when it was ahead of its time, its impact would have changed the landscape.
    Jan 22 2015 01:58 PM
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