Phantasy Star 0
Phantasy Star Zero takes place on an alternate Earth 200 years after the Great Blank, a massive war that has reduced the once-prosperous civilization to almost nothing. The sole surviving Humans have worked…
Phantasy Star 0 is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Sonic Team, released 25 December 2008 on Nintendo DS.
What Phantasy Star 0 is
Phantasy Star 0 is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Sonic Team and released in 2008. It was published by Sega. It is available on Nintendo DS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game features three different main stories, starting with Humans, CAST and Newmans. Each storyline is different, but in the end they all are connected.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and science fiction. It supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online, and includes co-op. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Phantasy Star series
Phantasy Star 0 is the 26th of 51 entries we hold in the Phantasy Star series. It arrived 9 months after Sega Ages 2500 Vol. 32: Phantasy Star Complete Collection. The next entry was Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection in 2009. Its critic score of 70 is almost exactly the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Phantasy Star Online at 90.
How it was received
Phantasy Star 0 holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 39% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Phantasy Star 0 launched on 25 December 2008, within three weeks of Spelunky Classic, Crayon Physics Deluxe, Dissidia Final Fantasy and Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Spelunky Classic, Crayon Physics Deluxe, Dissidia Final Fantasy, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor.
Official trailer
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