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Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode4 Reborn

The fourth major update to Phantasy Star Online 2 as well as the first major update for the Global version, Episode 4 introduces new enemies and environments, new classes and a wide array of several new…

27 January 2016

Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode4 Reborn is an adventure developed by Online Entertainment R&D, released 27 January 2016 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode4 Reborn is

Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode4 Reborn is an adventure game developed by Online Entertainment R&D and released in 2016. It was published by Sega Games. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Four years after the events of EPISODE 3 and one year after the events of Phantasy Star Online 2 The Animation, the player is revived from stasis by the operator Xiera to accompany a new recruit named Hitsugi, a young boy, who is suspected to have ties to an internal invasion of fake ARKS members. During the mission, Hitsugi is attacked by a mysterious black mass; the player attempts to purify Hitsugi, but Hitsugi disappears prematurely. "Hitsugi" is revealed to be a high school girl from Earth playing the video game Phantasy Star Online 2, who finds a strange boy with her avatar's appearance in her room after the fiasco. Hitsugi names the boy "Aru". The player is subsequently sent to…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and science fiction. It supports multiplayer for up to 12 players online, and includes co-op. Available modes: Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) and Multiplayer.

Where it sits in the Phantasy Star series

Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode4 Reborn is the 38th of 51 entries we hold in the Phantasy Star series. It arrived a year after Phantasy Star Nova. The next entry was Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode5 Heroes in 2017.

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What it launched against

Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode4 Reborn launched on 27 January 2016, within three weeks of The Witness, Firewatch, XCOM 2 and Yakuza Kiwami. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Witness, Firewatch, XCOM 2, Yakuza Kiwami.

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Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode4 Reborn — frequently asked questions

When did Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode4 Reborn come out?
Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode4 Reborn was released on 27 January 2016 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
Does Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode4 Reborn have multiplayer?
Yes. Phantasy Star Online 2: Episode4 Reborn supports multiplayer, including co-op for up to 12 players online.

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