I dont really agree
Phantasy Star 1, for its time was a great game. Compared to what was around back then, it had a far better combat system and graphics and sound wise it was better than most RPG's.
It does have it flaws. Yes its a bit too hard really. After you get the Luveno and are able to travel to Dezoris what are you suppost to do next? Your suppost to wander around and figure it out. But how many people have the patience for that? Three whole planets is a lot of roaming around. Palma is easy enough to explore, as is Dezoris. But Motavia is hard. There isnt many towns there and they are pretty far apart. You will wander around that planet for hours wondering if you will ever find anything at all.
Its also very easy to miss a key item and end up facing Madusa without even hearing about a mirror shield. You would think she is impossible to beat. If you didnt happen upon Damor you also would be without the crystal and Lassic would own you too. To actually find Dark Falz would be a complete fluke or an insane amount of time exploring a rather small dungeon. It wouldn't be fun at all. I would bet loads of players never even saw Dark Falz.
I actually like the fact that Dark Falz can beat you, even at level max. It adds to the final battle in my opinion. But others might hate it.
So PS1 is far from perfect.
But I still love it.
I honestly didnt like Generation 1 however. Its really just Phantasy Star 4 with ps1 characters. I feel it is a huge missed oportunity by SEGA to create a Final Fantasy killer. FF13 has been getting very harsh reviews and all the FF fan boys seem to hate the games too. 14 is a dull WOW clone so Square are ripe for the plucking. Universe isnt going to dethrone them.


