Release Date: September 23, 2004
A third-person perspective action game with RPG elements, developed by Yukio Futatsugi – the creator of the popular Panzer Dragoon series. This is a remake of the 2005's game released on the first Xbox console, which features brand new visuals along with refurbished gameplay mechanics. The action takes place in a post-apocalyptic world of the future, in which the surface of the planet is covered in a mysterious dust.
A remastered edition of Phantom Dust, first released in 2004 on Xbox, which gained popularity through a unique combination of a few game genres: action, strategy, RPG, and card game. The refreshed version developed by Microsoft’s studio was supervised by the author of the original – Yukio Futatsugi, also known for popular Panzer Dragoon.
The action of Phantom Dust for XONE takes us to the post-apocalyptic realities in which Earth is wreathed in the titular, harmful dust, which makes people go underground. Among normal humans, suffering from amnesia because of the dust, there is a group called Espers. They can not only control the dust, but also derive supernatural powers from it. You assume the role of one of Espers who is found in a mysterious capsule, hidden deep in underground ruins. During gameplay, the protagonist will have to uncover details concerning his past and try to bring back the natural order on the Earth.
Gameplay has a few main layers. While in the underground metropolis, you mainly explore and chat with independent non-character players who can give you +300 missions. During exploration, you also find memory boxes and discover or purchase new special abilities symbolised by special cards. While carrying out missions, you are on the surface of the planet, where primarily you have to fight the wandering mutants. Combat is similar to that in card games and during fighting you can use abilities acquired before, which are divided into a few groups. There are typical offensive and defensive skills, but also ones that e.g. change enemies’ abilities or grant you the power of flying or teleportation. After RPG games, acquired abilities are gradually developed in the progress of playing.
Upgraded to HD, visuals in the remastered version of Phantom Dust published on XONE really stand out. As more than a decade past since the release of the original, creators also introduced some changes in mechanics, so as to make them more similar to contemporary productions and trends. Just like the original, the title also features multiplayer in which four users can play on a split screen display or via Xbox Live.
Platforms:
Xbox September 23, 2004
Xbox One cancelled
Developer: Xbox Game Studios / Microsoft Studios
Publisher: Majesco Entertainment
Age restrictions: 12+
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System Requirements for Phantom Dust Video Game:
Xbox
Supports:
Xbox Live
Game Ratings for Phantom Dust Video Game.
TheXboxHub: 3 / 5 by Paul Renshaw
Phantom Dust is the very definition of a game of two halves. The underground hub sections are dull, with little in the way of signposting or hand-holding to make the time spent there as small as possible. The overground mission sections are fast paced, tactical and, above all else, fun to play with a myriad of ways to approach the missions. Add to this the online fight options and the scales come down on the fun side.
Destructoid: 2.5 / 10 by Jed Whitaker
The story threatens to be interesting, but is laughably bad, as is the dialogue in the game (such as the lady who constantly talks about being "punished"). I'll give it this, it has a pretty cool version of Moonlight Sonata as part of its soundtrack. At least Phantom Dust dared to try something different, which is more than can be said for most AAA games these days.
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