In particular, the science fiction of PSO2 is almost a retro variety, still possessing a a core of optimism instead of the cynical visions of the future that have come to shape the genre. :OĪmusingly, I recognized some of the characters because they also appeared in the earlier PSO2 anime (which is based on Episode 4 of the game, while this series apparently will cover episodes 1-3). Aside from Ash and the trainer, I didn’t see any kills from the anyone in their squad. Despite having fighting skills, their lack of familiarity and experience resulted in poor to nonexistent teamwork, panicking, and zero combat effectiveness. Even veterans would have been hard-pressed to fend off a surprise attack by numerically superior enemies with recruits who’ve just literally signed up, it’s just impossible. I myself was surprised at the near-total party kill, but in hindsight, I shouldn’t have been. Oh wait, there was Gundam Thunderbolt too, but the sometimes-inappropriate jazz music detracted from the grittiness, and made their deaths not really memorable as a result. Haven’t seen this many fresh recruits get slaughtered since Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse and the first season of Shingeki no Kyojin. Hopefully it’ll have enough to keep up with the competition.ĮD: 「Timeless Fortune」by 有坂美香 (Arisaka Mika) This was actually a solid pilot, especially compared to how much I made fun of it the first time around. COnsidering how much fantasy there is this season already, PSO2 probably needs all the edge it can get. That’s why our three-race combo has mecha people instead of dwarves. In fact, it’s probably going to be this interplay between science fiction and fantasy that will keep PSO2 interesting. Sure, there’s hints of conspiracy already but there’s still evil alien things to kill and it doesn’t matter too much whether they’re bug creatures or orcs. And fantasy tends to be able to play a good vs evil struggle with a far straighter face than science fiction does. It’s got wizards with cryptic prophecies. It’s got giant trees and a girl falling from the sky (this is where I can talk about Miyazaki influencing an entire generation of Japanese media but we can save that for another time). What really balances PSO2, though, it’s that it’s also fantasy. I didn’t actually expect that it’d end up being all of them, which was an effective way to keep us from being too complacent, but then all the dead were replaced by a brand new cast basically on rotation so I guess we’re not supposed to miss those chumps. So when they went down to the planet I was already picking out the redshirts from amongst minor character. So much so that during all the opening exposition I could almost hear Picard telling me that these were the voyages of the starship Enterprise. This kind of retro quality is not that uncommon in videogames but in anime it’s rather nostalgic, and perhaps this adaptation is even deliberately playing it up. I mean, multiple races living together in one giant fleet instead of killing each other on sight? Get out of here. I suppose to actual reason why the denizens of Phantasy Star Online 2 is that it’s science fiction and it really wants you to know that it’s science fiction and apparently it’s the rule that in the future everything has lights attached for no real reason. Humans are diurnal creatures! What are you doing sparkling at night like you are in bizarro Twilight? Do you want to wake up covered in moths? No, if you want to glow all the time then you’ll have to do it the normal way. ![]() Yeah, I know, some people sleep fine with the lights on but you know what? Those people are freaks. Sure, it probably does wonders for traffic safety, and perhaps you’ll save a tonne on Christmas decorations, but how do you do normal things like… sleep? You’ve got lightbulbs on your neck. I mean, not just when you’re trying to hide out in a cave. It must be really inconvenient to have glowing clothes.
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