[EDITED FROM ORIGINAL TO CLARIFY THINGS, such as which Clarissa it was that Persona took with them into the time loop] Heavy spoilers for the Base Game to follow - it's a brief history of the Clarissa weapons of PSO2. There are THREE of them, so I thought we should clarify things a bit. Notes: There are THREE Clarissas, and I think all of them are considered "Cosmogenic Arms", the latter to a lesser degree. Clarissa I (I think this one is referred to as "Clarissa the White" sometimes) is Matoi's original weapon, passed down from the previous (not-so) dead and martyred Alma (the original and previous "Klariskrays", a title and a traditional name belonging to a Force member of the Trio of Heroes, three-person subset of the Council of Six. The Council of Six are basically the six most powerful and influential ARKS members, each armed with a different Cosmogenic Armament). Clarissa I had a yellow core for Alma and a blue one for Matoi, so we're seeing it glow as it did for Matoi; it was also a direct link to Xion, I believe, who talked through it to give Matoi directions in Ep. II's time travel sequence. There were two other Clarissas - Clarissa II, "the Ashen", a copypasta weapon that Luther made and mass-produced for his clone army of Klariskrays IIIs (as well as the main Klariskrays III). It was formidable, but less so than the original, and had a darker look, hence the name; Luther used its talking feature to manipulate its powerful but young user, and it immediately fell silent once he decided to dispose of her (by way of the other clones). Clarissa III, "the Bright" I think it was, is a non-talking replacement weapon made for Matoi after Episode III's ending, where Persona uses the original to bind the Profound Darkness to themself, before yeeting themself, Clarissa I, and their prisoner into a time loop (the canonical reason why you can do the Profound Darkness UQ multiple times XD). Zig is the only weaponsmith left in all of the Oracle Fleet capable of working on Cosmogenic Arms, and on top of reassembling the original Clarissa I when you brought him the pieces in Ep. 1, he also repairs Labrys (the Partisan Cosmogenic Arm used by Maria) and creates "Cosmogenesis" I think it was, a "katana" (really the size of at least an otachi) for Regius after he shatters his old one, Yonohate, delivering a single, swift deathblow to Luther (we will not see him get to use Yonohate more than once until the final battles of Episode 6, where not-so-dead Alma restores it for the closing battle of the Photoner War). Either way, that's a brief history of Clarissa, before you see a giant Clarissa I being at the core of the Nameless City. Clarissa I is most heavily associated with Matoi, the ability to pull the Profound Darkness out of someone else and into yourself, and the ending battle of the Base Game, for which it, and Xion, return a final time. It will be curious, to say the least, to see how it behaves now that Xion is gone, or at least extremely unlikely to return into play. A little more context on the Klariskrays line of succession - I have no clue how they select people for the role, but you have to be very good at blowing Falspawn up with a big stick. Alma, Klariskrays I, "dies" sealing the Dark Falz [Elder] the Gargantuan away in a giant tree on Naverius before the player character enters the picture at all (she kinda returns in photonic form for Episode 5). Matoi is Klariskrays II, and upon being found, is thought to be "imprinted" on you since you were one of her closest friends 10 years ago, except (due to time travel shenanigans) you don't know her until you go back in time to 10 years ago in Episode II. Gonna need more than a TARDIS to straighten this timeline out... long story short, when you defeat Falspawn and Dark Falz, which Matoi was very very good at, some of their corruption (F-factor) builds up in you, and Matoi had done enough of that to become the new host of the Profound Darkness. Oops. [Persona]'s entire thing is to try and kill her so that the Profound Darkness never takes over and never emerges - they are a version of yourself from a previous cycle of a time loop who failed to save Matoi and now settles for trying to euthanize her. However, 10 years ago with a present-day (Base Game Episode 2, 1000 years before NGS) you as witness, Matoi uses Clarissa as a giant power tool and impales herself with it, ultimately failing to kill either herself or the Profound Darkness, but delaying its return to the events of the present day (let us just say that it isn't as simple as killing the host). Klariskrays III is a result of Matoi having sent Clarissa I on an escort mission to protect a young Sarah, I think it was? I don't recall if this is what made Sarah a powerful Photon user, but either way, this made her catch the attention of Luther, who would replicate Clarissa I to make the copypasta Clarissa IIs, and would experiment on Sarah until she could no longer use any Photons at all. Then he made a clone army of her, one member of which became Klariskrays III. Another side note: Matoi is powerful enough that normal weapons literally begin to melt in her hands. Only a Cosmogenic Arm can handle the sheer photonic power she used. While Clarissa I is on an escort mission protecting Sarah, Matoi fights [Apprentice], a battle in which she keeps burning out every weapon she touches and can only use each weapon once or twice. As to where she got all those weapons lying around? DEAD PEOPLE. Dark Falz had managed to break into an ARKS City and there were plenty of dead ARKS to go around. ARKS has a SERIOUS PROBLEM with literal daemons being able to easily break into their civilian centers... I have lots of complaints about ARKS tactics, I'll spare you the rundown, but if your mech suits can get shot down by WWII-era Imperial Japanese fighter jet recreations, YOU HAVE A MASSIVE PROBLEM (granted though they are basically generated by an out-of-control Green Lantern ring, except as a tablet, so they were most definitely stronger than the originals).
In the ending of base game, there is a time line (bad end) where we took all the negative photons into ourselves and jumped back into the distant past where nothing existed yet so we could bring no harm to anything. I believe this is the identity of vael, our main character from base game who failed in that timeline and reappeared 500 years ago as the new profound darkness, except more powerful having been cooked in negative photons since the beginning of time. This could explain why vael took over 909 clone body so easily as it's based on our data.
the bad end is actually a time loop. You get bad end, you reset the universe. There is nothing beyond that. Elmir and Shiva already foretold that the universe is stuck in a timeloop due to MC who they're called as The Vessel of The Universe kept sacrificing themselves by sending themselves back to the beginning of existence, becoming the base memory for the Akashic Record and follow all the events that involves the MC to an almost 100%, even the existence of the Profound Darkness itself. The entire climax is literally to defy the repetitive fate with the will of everyone in the entire existence to see beyond the loop.
In PSO2, cryostasis/cryosleep DOES degrade your memory - it did in the Base Game (at the very beginning of Ep. 4). You could not recall being put into cryostasis, or the events between the sealing of Apprentice on Lillipa and you entering cryostasis. So, when you exit cryostasis, you're kinda in a state of bewilderment, and Xiera has to fill you in. This was like a two year cryonap compared to your 1000-odd year sleep between PSO2 and NGS. Very heavy DOOM Slayer in the coffin/Master Chief at the end of Halo 3 vibes here - they put you, the Guardian (and hopefully the other Guardian too, and some of your friends!) into cold storage in case they need you again ("Wake me, when you need me", I believe was Chief's line). Knowing what 2 years in the pod did to your memory, it's safe to say that 1000 years in the pod would mess you up more XD
As Matoi is a powerful photonic user, her presence could be crucial in harnessing the technology and knowledge within the Nameless City to combat newer threats (as we've seen in EP6 True Ending of PSO2). The fact that Clarissa (the original weapon) is seen in the Nameless City suggests that Matoi might not be far behind. Her return could be the key to unlocking the true potential of the city's secrets and the Genesis Weapons whereabouts or perhaps a way to forge new weapons. The overarching narrative of PSO2/NGS often revolves around a cycle of resurrection and combating universal threats. The return of Matoi could signify the awakening of a greater threat that requires both her and the Guardian's combined powers (or who knows even Risa, Quna, Regius and all the Council of Six). The Nameless City might hold the key to unlocking ancient photonic technology or even new Genesis Weapon that could tip the balance in our favor imo Hariette, Hime-sama and Xiao might still be around in the galaxy, at least I hope so. And just to refresh everyone's memory: Alma can still re-present herself to us, since we're one of the only ones who can see her. Xiao have universal knowledge, and was able to predict a catastrophe, only in a limited way, as we were shown in PSO2. Time travel is possible. We can use it when we have the necessary requirements, i.e. since Vael took the copy of 909, maybe it was something that already happened and made another mess in the past (but that's pure speculation on my part in this case).
Considering Matoi is very likely alive since we saw cryopod being there. We will likely will go to Gate Lobby that is exact same looks from base but upgraded graphically. Quna, Dudu, Monica, and all others are likely to be found too. I have a feeling Quna will definitely return to sing for us.
Us = Guardian Naderah = Quana clone Ayna = Matoi clone Vael = luther(the consciousness/soul transfer ability gave it away) Starless = coruppted photoners Im shocked nobody noticed that the wall liquid thing zephetto's clone body was in. Was the exact same thing xions consciousness was originally in. Also it was inside mothers ship and on planet amduskia. The god of that planet is inside of the liquied wall thingy.
So considering the Nameless City appears to be inside a sphere I assumed it was the Moon... Like the Moon may be a Disguised ARKS Ship, or at least the DOME SECTION of it... Like a One-Way Hologram...? Because the Moon from Halpha looks spherical like Luna is to Earth, but it's also Tidally Locked, meaning the same side faces the planet at all times, and if thats the case, that mean a Hemispherical DOME of an ARKS Ship could very well be disguised as Halpha's Moon. Imagine that the ARK Ship is covered in a few miles thick of solid rock, all to hide the Photonic signature as to not draw the attention of the Starless. It could also just be a bastion of sorts, like unrelated to an ARKS Ship... but that's the less-cool option in my opinion.
The Clarissa resemblance is one thing, but the sheer size of it makes me think more about... how the oracle fleet was made. the first ship was built around the planet Xion, which was a sentient primordial sea of knowledge ocean planet etc etc. Now that one's long dead, but Xiao was a successor of sorts and basically the same thing, an ocean planet with a ship built around it for movement. If this is indeed the arks ship from chapter 5, then it would make more sense that this would be... Xiao's original remains. Remember what happened to his original body...The disk around the sphere part reminded me of where we fought Luther when he tried to get Xion. Or maybe we're all wrong and this is just a power source with a vague resemblance because blueprints or something.
Just a few corrections about OG story. Spoilers for NGS-only players The "Clarissa" wielded by Matoi in base PSO2 from EP 4 onwards(and in the EP5 cutscene) isn't a "replica", it's a completely new Genesis Arms that inherited the Clarissa name(Clarissa III), since it was Matoi's way of memorializing Xion(the original Genesis Arms are linked to Xion originally, which is why Regius's [World's End](世果) broke after going full power: it no longer had the support from Xion, because _Luther_ ). It's been implied that both Clarissa III and Regius's new Genesis Arms, [Genesis](創世), have a much smaller drawback thanks to Sig and Xiao. The "replica"(as in, fake) Clarissa is Klariskrays III's "Clarissa II, the Ashen", which Luther used to manipulate Iris(K III. "Klariskrays" is an inherited name) As for the original Clarissa, they didn't "lose it", per say, as it's just straight up _GONE_ . Clarissa, unlike the other Genesis Arms, was the only one directly linked to Xion when in Matoi's possession(when she was Klariskrays II). After the "good end" of the "Oracle arc"(EP 1~3), Clarissa "dies" with the last echoes of Xion that resided within it, helping Persona to save Matoi.(as shown by it fading away in the credits).
A couple of clarifications- the original Clarissa's voice WAS Xion, and after she was gone, the original Genesis weapons lost their unlimited power. When Regius uses the Yonohate to kill (you know who), it breaks because it no longer has Xion's power behind it. At the end of episode 3, the Clarissa also gets used (by you, technically) and the ending credits show it disintegrating (just like the Dark Flow in Ep.2 of the first PSO). So this should be a device designed after the Clarissa. After all, it's the size of a building. But yeah, unless this thing somehow channels Xion from beyond, you won't expect to hear her talking through it again. -Zephetto never said the Oracle Fleet was entirely destroyed. He spoke of the initial fleet of ARKS Research vessels that encountered the Starless, then the destruction of his own anti-Starless squad, but he also talked about how after the Starless vanished 'everyone' just wanted to forget about the massacre, and he later collected a full ship of like-minded ARKS. I think the Resurgent ARKS ship is basically a rogue ARKS vessel. The rest of the fleet just wanted nothing to do with their plans or fighting at all. -Finally, I dunno if you noticed this, but I didn't hear you comment on it: Garoa's weapon is a Genesis weapon. It's not one we know, but check out the textures on the inside next time you go by it. I've been interested ever since the first story update where it was placed there to know how he got a Genesis weapon. It might be a replacement for Labrys (Maria's weapon).
I've finish the base pso2 years ago [JP] and willing to share all of scenes I've recorded which global pso2 have removed. If some of you who decided stays only in NGS and not knowing the story from the base game, you can search and watch some of mine in my channel, old and replay both. Don't worry all of my scenes are translated to English.👍✨
My theory is xiera is the one who launched us being basically an AI she could be trapped in the ships systems she kept zeph from opening our pod cas she could tell vael was there she made zeph think we were 909 so he wouldn't investigate a random launch and she is hiding matoi's pod I'm pretty sure they said the ship came "alive" as we entered maybe xiera started turning on the lights for us and played the music as some kind of attempt to communicate sorrow
Maybe I'm mistaken, somebody correct me if I am, but isn't the original Clarissa part of Xion? From what I remember, Clarissa is the name of the scientist that Xion took over when she awoke? And then when Clarissa is talking to Matoi she is speaking in Xion's voice? Not to mention that Xion refers to Maoit as her daughter? I am wondering.....Is that version of Clarissa maybe Xiao? Or maybe even Xion being reborn?
Clarissa was the first person Xion saw, so they took her form. And yes, Clarissa the White was Xion's way to communicate with Matoi. I think Xion is gone gone, since she "dies" in that last fight against Luther and Xiao takes over. But, if Amduskia is still around, there might be a chance that Xiao's still around.
@@Xan_JL Thank you for correcting, yes she took Clarissa's form when she saw her. But to be honest, I'm not sure I believe that anybody is capable or powerful enough of knowing whether or not Xion is truly dead and gone for certain, even though it is said several times. Also, looking at it now, it is stated part of Xion's consciousness is in Clarissa, it was more than simply a means of communication. Clarissa loses it's power after Xion "dies", but so do ALL the other cosmogenic arms. But we do know that the Profound Darkness was formed from Xion, and the Profound Darkness cannot be killed. Even after defeating the Profound Darkness, it still has entities like Dark Falz running around until it returns. I think Xiao could be a manifestation similar to that. Not the real thing, independent of the real thing, but also not capable of encompassing the real thing either. Like the Profound Darkness, Xion could simply be a matter of having enough light photons around to reform her manifestation, and that might be what we are seeing in the sky that looks like a new "Clarissa". It has been 500 years after all. I think it is wholly possible Xion cannot actually be killed either, and if any of the photonic power in Clarissa, or ANY of the cosmogenic arms were to return, it could very well be a sign that Xion has also returned as well.
I have not beaten the base games story (I'm halfway through ep 4) but when you was talking about there being an easter egg from he video where you was talking about how good the new chapter was and what the nameless city actually is, I had a brief idea of what this easter egg could have been. There was so much lore drop when going through ch7 that it made me more confident that I could be right about what the nameless city actually is. I'm really looking forward to where sega continues to take the story and one day I hope they will reunite us with matoi...
Yeah I'm guessing our "weapon" that we need to un-freeze is Matoi herself. This makes me hope that the others are still alive, DAM- YOU SEGAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Lol. I hope we get it that far. It would. be nice. I am tired of the same planet in views and just going back to place to place again and again. So hopefully this does happen and we don't have to wait two years for it to be released. God forbid we had to wait two years for a 30 minute story.
Can't wait to see the ARKS lobby in NGS specs. I'm ready for that nostalgia wave (even though I can go there right now)! My personal theory is that Clarissa appeared in the Residential district of the ship is because Matoi is there as well. That cryopod that Zephetto couldn't open likely houses Matoi. After all, Matoi is also a Guardian, so you'd need pretty high credentials for her. Perhaps only Guardian or admiral level access. I wouldn't put it past it that Clarissa and Xiao were behind sending the Guardian to Halpha. And about Halpha, I don't think it will be put behind storywise, maybe it stops being the main hub area, but I think in the future it will serve as the base for the next ARKS mothership. If that's the case, a new entity like Xion and Xiao would emerge of planet Halpha.
1 thing to keep in mind is the final level cap isnt going to be level 100 like the base game no no we will be going aaall the way to level 200 just like in Phanatsy Star'Universe'... but its not like anyone will see this post anyway lol
to further support "us" being "our" character from base, Xiao did mention that Memory loss is a con of cryo sleep esp if done too long back when we wake up in ep 4. and Stratos might be Aina's DNA base as they look quite alike. Vael "might" also be a corrupted xiao.
to clarify : the 2nd generation are clones which lived in the golden days of Kvaris , the modern Arks are their grandchildren or great grandchildren. about the 1st generation : All the casts (with the exception of Bruder ) are their direct decendants , since they lived the same sympthoms just like the Birth Casts in OG-PSO2. To finish, dont think Aina have any relation with Matoi , but i do believe her grandmother could be Stratos(the 1st Hero) clone. Also dont forget Matoi involment in IDOLA , in my headcanon that game happened a few decades before NGS. Just image: Halpha Arks finally incurtion to space and we meet Vandor Arks who also just incurtion to space as well , realizing both factions have diferent powers (Haplah with photons and Vandor with the Law and chaos powers)
Matoi, as far as I know, went on indefinite space-time trip or something after IDOLA: Phantasy Star Saga. Means she might be jumping through space and time all this time and maybe it might be her who swapped original Guardian pod with 909. It would make sense since Zeph and Ko. failed to open the pod due to lack of access privilege.
SEGA would bring back The legendary weapons from de Phantaay Star Verse, like The Nei Weapons, the Psycho Wand, The Elsydeon Sword and The Aero Prism...And also brings back The menace from Dark Planet Rycross, tua Profaned City of Lashute and The Void from Profound Darkness...
There's a little plothole in the story like the Guardian is basically a godlike character, He can easily clap vael but instead put it in deep sleep so it's still a mystery if we are a clone or the original unless we thwarted the pod
I believe that, just like in PSO2 Base, the Oracle Ship is the main Hub and the other planets are the Dungeons, so it's going to be the same thing with New Genesis. But it would be great if Namaless City became a Main Hub in the future, and the Planets (Halpha, for example) became the Dungeons themselves, with gigantic maps. But then it would require a lot of game development and also a lot of space on the hard drive. I don't believe SEGA will go down this path! She'll rather play it safe. Just imagining 100GB for every explorable planet hurts my hard drive!!!!😂
Finished PSO2 based story since 2019, and now just finished the latest story..... It was mind blowing when I saw that easter egg. Edit: I mean look at that giant globe in the nameless city, it is eerily resembles Clarrissa.
Our character being the original from PSO2 due to having taken an extended and unexpected nap would make sense. The conclusion I reached is that Matoi is still in her cryosleep pod and that is the one that Pharia was discussing. I admit that I could easily be wrong as well. And given Clarissa's size, Matoi could easily be the one in the nice glowing center of it, because she is bullshit like that. Not to mention that stubborn and determined. She did express her undying love to you in the PSO2 Episode 6 epilogue, after all. As for what comes next, I actually wouldn't be too surprised if we leave Halpha and they go more along the lines of Base PSO2 with the ship being a hub area. There are definite hints that SEGA has at least considered that, and let's be honest, our first major fight against Vael is not going to necessarily go in our favor. If we win, it will be a pyrrhic victory. With us holding the line long enough to drive him off or buy everyone time to GTFO. Think of Vael as an enemy on the level of Shiva, who we didn't get a decisive victory against until the very end, and even that was a desperate assault. And given the Dark Falz class Starless we have engaged so far, Solus and Dalion, who bear striking similarities to Luther and Gemini respectively, I wouldn't be surprised if we face one or two more Dark Falz class Starless who share too many similarities to Apprentice and/or Persona. Hell, Vael can easily be a Persona-like fight. Both on the personal level. And on the UQ level. SEGA seems to be drawing more from the cyclic nature of things that was in the original Phantasy Star Tetrology, it seems.
From reading the comments and watching your vid, I think the new weapon they're cooking up will take this Clarissa into consideration. Perhaps they might even craft a housing for this giant Clarissa to make it "wieldable" by someone. As you said, it can wipe out the starless, it can maybe even purify the negative-photon-drenched body that Zephetto is in, mayne that's why he seems so confident that "we have the power." I think our three girls will try to use this supposed Clarissa weapon, but won't be able to truly wield it, and this Clarissa will be all too willing to explain that. Our character has the best shot of using Clarissa, and like series tradition, we will be getting cooked by negative-photons. Perhaps during this scene, we will begin to remember (more of) everything, and to save us once again, Matoi comes to the rescue, now no longer settling with a replica, since she can finally use the real Clarissa. I think in that pod is [The Guardian] but we've slept for so long that by the time we woke up, the best course of action was to go back in time, and something went wrong, so we forgot everything. Maybe Base Guardian will wake up in some upcoming battle to tell us our past?
While I dream of a helldivers type PSO, I simply don't believe Sega has what it takes to pull it off. We still have to "deal" with the Veal bad guy, in the climatic battle, likely next chapter. If SEGA wants to introduce any refugees or other factions, that will be the best time to do it. The problem with NGS is wasted space and potential of exploration zones. Only combat zones had level scaling when dynamic level scaling has been a thing for years now. Sega needs to figure out how to properly scale old content to keep larger portions of the map relevant. And not only maps fighting for relevance but gear, characters and narrative all fight for relevance. The EX augs were a good start towards customization but they're all still just complete upgrades. The gear treadmill is one of the largest aspects that just kills this game, and SEGA needs to learn the arts of "side-grades" that slows the progression of power creep. Once we leave halpha, what will tye narrative be? Folks need to feel invested and a dead empty city isn't it. It needs to be filled with old halphians and impacted by the players. Anyway is all just dreams, what we'll get is some silly end game bad guy with a new armor tier and then radio silence for half a year as SEGA suits wonder how to squeeze in one last AC scratch before jumping ship.
This with the new action system could be a Dark blast of eredim photons and you get power from it, if you don't know, clarissa shines on that pse burst like when you have to collect points in nameless city. I don't know what plans they have but with all the comments I saw, they have a lot of good ways the story and the game could go.
the strange things is ... in NGS the Stia UQ alert goes off when your in the nameless city also no matter were you are in accept the nameless city quest on Halpha you end up in the Stia camp.. if the oracle ship theory is true then the ship might be located just above Stia right ?
I think it's likely that it's just the next part of the rotation and that's why they decided to stick it in that block. After the regions were all released we went back and did something in all the other ones except Stia. Think of where leciel was and all the harder dark falz fights, none of that had anything to do with Stia so I think they just wanted to relegate it to a zone that already existed.
Probably still dormant inside of us Guardians. Thats probably the reason they couldn't find the original genome/genotype to create pure Falspawn. They were locked away with us.
Hope it is a new city or something, sometimes I wonder if we do move will everyone still move because the new players will never experience what we all experienced from day one ngs.🤔
If you are in the official NGS discord for global, I'd love to talk about lore with you and bounce ideas around. A lot of what you said was very out there and I just want to share my ideas with you as well.
Well tbh Garoa is part of the 2nd Generation ARKS clones, and them are able to just exist normally on Planet Halpha and actually have children like normal which in resulted Aina, I don't think that Garoa is any 909 clone or anything, it's just that 2nd and 3rd generation ARKS are much more safely cloned in comparison to 1st gen, hence why they are able to defend against DOLLS and eventually catch up to us and are able to even deal with the Starless(albeit in a squad). This is why Aina is the most matured one out of everyone because she had a Strong Father figure like Garoa who stood up alone even against a Dark Falz class DOLLs. She had grown up in a normal family and hence she had also more compassion for even the worst of the worst like Zephetto. Manon did attempt to be like her but she had to go through alot to be stable again, as the whole Lecielan decree is still there. Since 909 is literally just sleeping in the pod as shown by Zephetto, it is most likely we are the original character that was Cryoslept and somehow managed to get the thawing process completed. That is still kinda sketchy as they did say that the security to unlock the Cryopod is just too hard to crack. But who knows, maybe we got jumbled up when the scientists were fighting against each other and we got smuggled from the original pod as 909 and sent down as just another 3rd Gen ARKS Meteorn. So far Zephetto didn't disclose more than 1 Cryopod yet, but it is very likely that some are still there dormant probably. As it would be weird if just we are being Cryosleep and the the rest just leave us alone and live till old and fulfilling lives lol, I doubt Matoi is going to allow that. With that being said, IF the security on the Cryopod is way too hard to crack even for the Resurgent ARKS, I bet the whole Nameless City actually being the only accessible part of the whole Oracle Ship, which is most likely cloaked to hide from the Starless and DOLLS, is unbeknownst to us at the moment, and this could explain why Central City had Oracle Fleet designs on the Tactical Screen somehow. Eventually we'll need to find out why a huge Clarissa is stuck there and had Photon Excitation Properties from time to time too. Maybe it is the key to designing Anti-Starless weaponry too.
The only arguement vs this I could see is "but Aina isn't a techcer." But IIRC Matoi swapped through at least two classes before being a techter and using a rod Also kero, Most likely the ship could be used to reach the different islands that aren't apart of the creation spaces.
... so there a chance Elder, Luther, Apprentice and Gemini still reside in our mind??? anyway i dont know what happen with them after we defeat primordial darkness
Sega really like "you like base so much? HERE TAKE IT" xD For real though, this is the video I was waiting for! Question, I thought Clarissa basically cleansed negative photons and as a result, you lost your memory? I think that happened to both the player and matoi in base. I could be misremembering though.
i dont mind going planet hopping to find the starless world/area that they have gripped for themselves. being on 1 planet for 10 years in game or even 3 years out of game can still get dull. if the city becomes the new hub that fine because that means the starless n dolls took over halpha for themselves.
You figure you would write yourself a note into your cryro sleep chamber lol Yeah, that would make sense if we were the original. Yeah, that does look like Central Aelio lol
ones for sure, we are the original cuz our clon pot never opened cuz of a error which zephetto mentioned. Aina and matoi? hmm would be a good explanation why Aina isnt the brightest candle on the cake xD i mean... Matoi kille me in the last fight against shiva in the story like.... hey shiva got a shild on her letz smash that thing and ended in a oneshot for me xD
Aina does not look like Matoi, I would say more like Stratos, the rep for the Hero Scion Class Also you mentioned someone doing a Lore Dump before doing this video, in a previous one, Can you give a Link in the description.
iirc, its lacking so it doesn't cover the whole story, only the earlier parts. So either you could download pso2 base and play it out or just find spoiler stuff here in youtube since that games has a LOT of story. Plus the gore on the anime seems kinda misplaced.
I didn't finish Pso2, by the time NG came out on Play Station, NG was already up and running . The old pso2 was so old outdated I couldn't tolerate playing the old pso2
Would like to add, and this is just a "would be cool" thought, is that Halpha could become an actual "training" planet. You start there and progress through there maybe until 30+ or something. Then you graduate and move to the ship/fleet. However it would still have some use. The UQ's on Halpha could be training simulations of the endgame, not so great rewards but slow and instructed so you can see all of the mechanics of the boss. Or instead of using UQ's, allow players the activate a UQ sim at any time, whether solo or grouped, so that they can see how the fight could/would happen.
Matoi is button tier waifu....top tier is shiva xD Dozer had told us in a mini episode that there is a spaceship is in the air. the cryo capsule with high securety was ours and in the 909 pot is an other one, not ours. Matoi is in the 909 capsule. Sephetto has set up a death flag " take care of your planet/home"
Hmmm, or Matoi became the prime starless, refusing the cryosleep procedure and continued to eradicate evil photons so you, her “star”, would not have to do it again, losing herself in a process… but that’s just a theory
Don't know what's going to happen in the future, but like I said, they need to change it up. It is getting boring to look at the same scenery and things over again. I would be love to be able to go to like AA payment that's Japanese themed or one that's. themed of other Eno countries or something. This is part of the same planet basically. Here's hopies Sega does something good. If wondering waves comes to PS5 and then when. the first descendant is released on July 2nd. I don't think they're going to have much of a base fan base if they keep going the way they're going. Here's hoping Segig takes their heads out of their ****
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[EDITED FROM ORIGINAL TO CLARIFY THINGS, such as which Clarissa it was that Persona took with them into the time loop] Heavy spoilers for the Base Game to follow - it's a brief history of the Clarissa weapons of PSO2. There are THREE of them, so I thought we should clarify things a bit.
Notes: There are THREE Clarissas, and I think all of them are considered "Cosmogenic Arms", the latter to a lesser degree. Clarissa I (I think this one is referred to as "Clarissa the White" sometimes) is Matoi's original weapon, passed down from the previous (not-so) dead and martyred Alma (the original and previous "Klariskrays", a title and a traditional name belonging to a Force member of the Trio of Heroes, three-person subset of the Council of Six. The Council of Six are basically the six most powerful and influential ARKS members, each armed with a different Cosmogenic Armament). Clarissa I had a yellow core for Alma and a blue one for Matoi, so we're seeing it glow as it did for Matoi; it was also a direct link to Xion, I believe, who talked through it to give Matoi directions in Ep. II's time travel sequence. There were two other Clarissas - Clarissa II, "the Ashen", a copypasta weapon that Luther made and mass-produced for his clone army of Klariskrays IIIs (as well as the main Klariskrays III). It was formidable, but less so than the original, and had a darker look, hence the name; Luther used its talking feature to manipulate its powerful but young user, and it immediately fell silent once he decided to dispose of her (by way of the other clones). Clarissa III, "the Bright" I think it was, is a non-talking replacement weapon made for Matoi after Episode III's ending, where Persona uses the original to bind the Profound Darkness to themself, before yeeting themself, Clarissa I, and their prisoner into a time loop (the canonical reason why you can do the Profound Darkness UQ multiple times XD). Zig is the only weaponsmith left in all of the Oracle Fleet capable of working on Cosmogenic Arms, and on top of reassembling the original Clarissa I when you brought him the pieces in Ep. 1, he also repairs Labrys (the Partisan Cosmogenic Arm used by Maria) and creates "Cosmogenesis" I think it was, a "katana" (really the size of at least an otachi) for Regius after he shatters his old one, Yonohate, delivering a single, swift deathblow to Luther (we will not see him get to use Yonohate more than once until the final battles of Episode 6, where not-so-dead Alma restores it for the closing battle of the Photoner War). Either way, that's a brief history of Clarissa, before you see a giant Clarissa I being at the core of the Nameless City. Clarissa I is most heavily associated with Matoi, the ability to pull the Profound Darkness out of someone else and into yourself, and the ending battle of the Base Game, for which it, and Xion, return a final time. It will be curious, to say the least, to see how it behaves now that Xion is gone, or at least extremely unlikely to return into play.
A little more context on the Klariskrays line of succession - I have no clue how they select people for the role, but you have to be very good at blowing Falspawn up with a big stick. Alma, Klariskrays I, "dies" sealing the Dark Falz [Elder] the Gargantuan away in a giant tree on Naverius before the player character enters the picture at all (she kinda returns in photonic form for Episode 5). Matoi is Klariskrays II, and upon being found, is thought to be "imprinted" on you since you were one of her closest friends 10 years ago, except (due to time travel shenanigans) you don't know her until you go back in time to 10 years ago in Episode II. Gonna need more than a TARDIS to straighten this timeline out... long story short, when you defeat Falspawn and Dark Falz, which Matoi was very very good at, some of their corruption (F-factor) builds up in you, and Matoi had done enough of that to become the new host of the Profound Darkness. Oops. [Persona]'s entire thing is to try and kill her so that the Profound Darkness never takes over and never emerges - they are a version of yourself from a previous cycle of a time loop who failed to save Matoi and now settles for trying to euthanize her. However, 10 years ago with a present-day (Base Game Episode 2, 1000 years before NGS) you as witness, Matoi uses Clarissa as a giant power tool and impales herself with it, ultimately failing to kill either herself or the Profound Darkness, but delaying its return to the events of the present day (let us just say that it isn't as simple as killing the host). Klariskrays III is a result of Matoi having sent Clarissa I on an escort mission to protect a young Sarah, I think it was? I don't recall if this is what made Sarah a powerful Photon user, but either way, this made her catch the attention of Luther, who would replicate Clarissa I to make the copypasta Clarissa IIs, and would experiment on Sarah until she could no longer use any Photons at all. Then he made a clone army of her, one member of which became Klariskrays III.
Another side note: Matoi is powerful enough that normal weapons literally begin to melt in her hands. Only a Cosmogenic Arm can handle the sheer photonic power she used. While Clarissa I is on an escort mission protecting Sarah, Matoi fights [Apprentice], a battle in which she keeps burning out every weapon she touches and can only use each weapon once or twice. As to where she got all those weapons lying around? DEAD PEOPLE. Dark Falz had managed to break into an ARKS City and there were plenty of dead ARKS to go around. ARKS has a SERIOUS PROBLEM with literal daemons being able to easily break into their civilian centers... I have lots of complaints about ARKS tactics, I'll spare you the rundown, but if your mech suits can get shot down by WWII-era Imperial Japanese fighter jet recreations, YOU HAVE A MASSIVE PROBLEM (granted though they are basically generated by an out-of-control Green Lantern ring, except as a tablet, so they were most definitely stronger than the originals).
Reading this lit up a bunch of lightbulbs in my head remembering these plot points. Goated comment lol
In the ending of base game, there is a time line (bad end) where we took all the negative photons into ourselves and jumped back into the distant past where nothing existed yet so we could bring no harm to anything.
I believe this is the identity of vael, our main character from base game who failed in that timeline and reappeared 500 years ago as the new profound darkness, except more powerful having been cooked in negative photons since the beginning of time.
This could explain why vael took over 909 clone body so easily as it's based on our data.
That’s an awesome theory
the bad end is actually a time loop. You get bad end, you reset the universe. There is nothing beyond that. Elmir and Shiva already foretold that the universe is stuck in a timeloop due to MC who they're called as The Vessel of The Universe kept sacrificing themselves by sending themselves back to the beginning of existence, becoming the base memory for the Akashic Record and follow all the events that involves the MC to an almost 100%, even the existence of the Profound Darkness itself. The entire climax is literally to defy the repetitive fate with the will of everyone in the entire existence to see beyond the loop.
In PSO2, cryostasis/cryosleep DOES degrade your memory - it did in the Base Game (at the very beginning of Ep. 4). You could not recall being put into cryostasis, or the events between the sealing of Apprentice on Lillipa and you entering cryostasis. So, when you exit cryostasis, you're kinda in a state of bewilderment, and Xiera has to fill you in. This was like a two year cryonap compared to your 1000-odd year sleep between PSO2 and NGS. Very heavy DOOM Slayer in the coffin/Master Chief at the end of Halo 3 vibes here - they put you, the Guardian (and hopefully the other Guardian too, and some of your friends!) into cold storage in case they need you again ("Wake me, when you need me", I believe was Chief's line). Knowing what 2 years in the pod did to your memory, it's safe to say that 1000 years in the pod would mess you up more XD
As Matoi is a powerful photonic user, her presence could be crucial in harnessing the technology and knowledge within the Nameless City to combat newer threats (as we've seen in EP6 True Ending of PSO2). The fact that Clarissa (the original weapon) is seen in the Nameless City suggests that Matoi might not be far behind. Her return could be the key to unlocking the true potential of the city's secrets and the Genesis Weapons whereabouts or perhaps a way to forge new weapons.
The overarching narrative of PSO2/NGS often revolves around a cycle of resurrection and combating universal threats. The return of Matoi could signify the awakening of a greater threat that requires both her and the Guardian's combined powers (or who knows even Risa, Quna, Regius and all the Council of Six). The Nameless City might hold the key to unlocking ancient photonic technology or even new Genesis Weapon that could tip the balance in our favor imo
Hariette, Hime-sama and Xiao might still be around in the galaxy, at least I hope so.
And just to refresh everyone's memory:
Alma can still re-present herself to us, since we're one of the only ones who can see her.
Xiao have universal knowledge, and was able to predict a catastrophe, only in a limited way, as we were shown in PSO2.
Time travel is possible. We can use it when we have the necessary requirements, i.e. since Vael took the copy of 909, maybe it was something that already happened and made another mess in the past (but that's pure speculation on my part in this case).
Considering Matoi is very likely alive since we saw cryopod being there. We will likely will go to Gate Lobby that is exact same looks from base but upgraded graphically. Quna, Dudu, Monica, and all others are likely to be found too. I have a feeling Quna will definitely return to sing for us.
Nadereh meeting Quna will be interesting :)) and other og pso2 base characters I'm so excited !
I love how you end the talk about 909 situation topic at 09:09. What a timing 😂
Waiting for Zephetto to possibly name-drop the Akashic Records concept from base game as his 'source code', lol
Us = Guardian
Naderah = Quana clone
Ayna = Matoi clone
Vael = luther(the consciousness/soul transfer ability gave it away)
Starless = coruppted photoners
Im shocked nobody noticed that the wall liquid thing zephetto's clone body was in. Was the exact same thing xions consciousness was originally in. Also it was inside mothers ship and on planet amduskia. The god of that planet is inside of the liquied wall thingy.
omgg i totally missed this!! so glad you made this video kero tyty~
The helldiver reference is hilarious
For anyone who found his lore explanation interesting. I highly recommend watching the anime! I loved it!
So considering the Nameless City appears to be inside a sphere I assumed it was the Moon... Like the Moon may be a Disguised ARKS Ship, or at least the DOME SECTION of it... Like a One-Way Hologram...? Because the Moon from Halpha looks spherical like Luna is to Earth, but it's also Tidally Locked, meaning the same side faces the planet at all times, and if thats the case, that mean a Hemispherical DOME of an ARKS Ship could very well be disguised as Halpha's Moon. Imagine that the ARK Ship is covered in a few miles thick of solid rock, all to hide the Photonic signature as to not draw the attention of the Starless. It could also just be a bastion of sorts, like unrelated to an ARKS Ship... but that's the less-cool option in my opinion.
Yay PSO2 lore talk! :D
The Clarissa resemblance is one thing, but the sheer size of it makes me think more about... how the oracle fleet was made. the first ship was built around the planet Xion, which was a sentient primordial sea of knowledge ocean planet etc etc. Now that one's long dead, but Xiao was a successor of sorts and basically the same thing, an ocean planet with a ship built around it for movement. If this is indeed the arks ship from chapter 5, then it would make more sense that this would be... Xiao's original remains. Remember what happened to his original body...The disk around the sphere part reminded me of where we fought Luther when he tried to get Xion. Or maybe we're all wrong and this is just a power source with a vague resemblance because blueprints or something.
Just a few corrections about OG story.
Spoilers for NGS-only players
The "Clarissa" wielded by Matoi in base PSO2 from EP 4 onwards(and in the EP5 cutscene) isn't a "replica", it's a completely new Genesis Arms that inherited the Clarissa name(Clarissa III), since it was Matoi's way of memorializing Xion(the original Genesis Arms are linked to Xion originally, which is why Regius's [World's End](世果) broke after going full power: it no longer had the support from Xion, because _Luther_ ). It's been implied that both Clarissa III and Regius's new Genesis Arms, [Genesis](創世), have a much smaller drawback thanks to Sig and Xiao.
The "replica"(as in, fake) Clarissa is Klariskrays III's "Clarissa II, the Ashen", which Luther used to manipulate Iris(K III. "Klariskrays" is an inherited name)
As for the original Clarissa, they didn't "lose it", per say, as it's just straight up _GONE_ . Clarissa, unlike the other Genesis Arms, was the only one directly linked to Xion when in Matoi's possession(when she was Klariskrays II). After the "good end" of the "Oracle arc"(EP 1~3), Clarissa "dies" with the last echoes of Xion that resided within it, helping Persona to save Matoi.(as shown by it fading away in the credits).
I am on chapter 4 in the base game so it'd take a while to see this option myself.
Interesting theory none the less.
A couple of clarifications- the original Clarissa's voice WAS Xion, and after she was gone, the original Genesis weapons lost their unlimited power. When Regius uses the Yonohate to kill (you know who), it breaks because it no longer has Xion's power behind it. At the end of episode 3, the Clarissa also gets used (by you, technically) and the ending credits show it disintegrating (just like the Dark Flow in Ep.2 of the first PSO). So this should be a device designed after the Clarissa. After all, it's the size of a building. But yeah, unless this thing somehow channels Xion from beyond, you won't expect to hear her talking through it again.
-Zephetto never said the Oracle Fleet was entirely destroyed. He spoke of the initial fleet of ARKS Research vessels that encountered the Starless, then the destruction of his own anti-Starless squad, but he also talked about how after the Starless vanished 'everyone' just wanted to forget about the massacre, and he later collected a full ship of like-minded ARKS. I think the Resurgent ARKS ship is basically a rogue ARKS vessel. The rest of the fleet just wanted nothing to do with their plans or fighting at all.
-Finally, I dunno if you noticed this, but I didn't hear you comment on it: Garoa's weapon is a Genesis weapon. It's not one we know, but check out the textures on the inside next time you go by it. I've been interested ever since the first story update where it was placed there to know how he got a Genesis weapon. It might be a replacement for Labrys (Maria's weapon).
Original PSO reference 🔥 🔥 🔥
I've finish the base pso2 years ago [JP] and willing to share all of scenes I've recorded which global pso2 have removed. If some of you who decided stays only in NGS and not knowing the story from the base game, you can search and watch some of mine in my channel, old and replay both. Don't worry all of my scenes are translated to English.👍✨
My theory is xiera is the one who launched us being basically an AI she could be trapped in the ships systems she kept zeph from opening our pod cas she could tell vael was there she made zeph think we were 909 so he wouldn't investigate a random launch and she is hiding matoi's pod I'm pretty sure they said the ship came "alive" as we entered maybe xiera started turning on the lights for us and played the music as some kind of attempt to communicate sorrow
Craziest part is it doesn't matter if you completed base on a different character on the same ship, you get the third option across all characters
Maybe I'm mistaken, somebody correct me if I am, but isn't the original Clarissa part of Xion? From what I remember, Clarissa is the name of the scientist that Xion took over when she awoke? And then when Clarissa is talking to Matoi she is speaking in Xion's voice? Not to mention that Xion refers to Maoit as her daughter?
I am wondering.....Is that version of Clarissa maybe Xiao? Or maybe even Xion being reborn?
Clarissa was the first person Xion saw, so they took her form. And yes, Clarissa the White was Xion's way to communicate with Matoi.
I think Xion is gone gone, since she "dies" in that last fight against Luther and Xiao takes over. But, if Amduskia is still around, there might be a chance that Xiao's still around.
@@Xan_JL Thank you for correcting, yes she took Clarissa's form when she saw her. But to be honest, I'm not sure I believe that anybody is capable or powerful enough of knowing whether or not Xion is truly dead and gone for certain, even though it is said several times.
Also, looking at it now, it is stated part of Xion's consciousness is in Clarissa, it was more than simply a means of communication. Clarissa loses it's power after Xion "dies", but so do ALL the other cosmogenic arms. But we do know that the Profound Darkness was formed from Xion, and the Profound Darkness cannot be killed. Even after defeating the Profound Darkness, it still has entities like Dark Falz running around until it returns.
I think Xiao could be a manifestation similar to that. Not the real thing, independent of the real thing, but also not capable of encompassing the real thing either. Like the Profound Darkness, Xion could simply be a matter of having enough light photons around to reform her manifestation, and that might be what we are seeing in the sky that looks like a new "Clarissa". It has been 500 years after all.
I think it is wholly possible Xion cannot actually be killed either, and if any of the photonic power in Clarissa, or ANY of the cosmogenic arms were to return, it could very well be a sign that Xion has also returned as well.
Wow now I get the urge to go thru the game again for the lore 😃
meh dead game won't last long
@@hezrondharma9669 it's a pretty good game tho, and bruh how did you get 1.5k subs with no video?
I really hope the Nameless hub area come true and that we get a concert there!
I have not beaten the base games story (I'm halfway through ep 4) but when you was talking about there being an easter egg from he video where you was talking about how good the new chapter was and what the nameless city actually is, I had a brief idea of what this easter egg could have been. There was so much lore drop when going through ch7 that it made me more confident that I could be right about what the nameless city actually is. I'm really looking forward to where sega continues to take the story and one day I hope they will reunite us with matoi...
Yeah I'm guessing our "weapon" that we need to un-freeze is Matoi herself.
This makes me hope that the others are still alive,
DAM- YOU SEGAAAAAAAAAA!!!
Lol. I hope we get it that far. It would. be nice. I am tired of the same planet in views and just going back to place to place again and again. So hopefully this does happen and we don't have to wait two years for it to be released. God forbid we had to wait two years for a 30 minute story.
Can't wait to see the ARKS lobby in NGS specs. I'm ready for that nostalgia wave (even though I can go there right now)!
My personal theory is that Clarissa appeared in the Residential district of the ship is because Matoi is there as well. That cryopod that Zephetto couldn't open likely houses Matoi. After all, Matoi is also a Guardian, so you'd need pretty high credentials for her. Perhaps only Guardian or admiral level access. I wouldn't put it past it that Clarissa and Xiao were behind sending the Guardian to Halpha. And about Halpha, I don't think it will be put behind storywise, maybe it stops being the main hub area, but I think in the future it will serve as the base for the next ARKS mothership. If that's the case, a new entity like Xion and Xiao would emerge of planet Halpha.
Love the lore dive and speculation, please do these more often!
1 thing to keep in mind is the final level cap isnt going to be level 100 like the base game no no we will be going
aaall the way to level 200 just like in Phanatsy Star'Universe'... but its not like anyone will see this post anyway lol
Yeah I think pso2 might actually be the outlier in this case. Can't you get to 200 in PSO as well?
to further support "us" being "our" character from base, Xiao did mention that Memory loss is a con of cryo sleep esp if done too long back when we wake up in ep 4. and Stratos might be Aina's DNA base as they look quite alike. Vael "might" also be a corrupted xiao.
to clarify : the 2nd generation are clones which lived in the golden days of Kvaris , the modern Arks are their grandchildren or great grandchildren.
about the 1st generation : All the casts (with the exception of Bruder ) are their direct decendants , since they lived the same sympthoms just like the Birth Casts in OG-PSO2.
To finish, dont think Aina have any relation with Matoi , but i do believe her grandmother could be Stratos(the 1st Hero) clone.
Also dont forget Matoi involment in IDOLA , in my headcanon that game happened a few decades before NGS.
Just image: Halpha Arks finally incurtion to space and we meet Vandor Arks who also just incurtion to space as well , realizing both factions have diferent powers (Haplah with photons and Vandor with the Law and chaos powers)
Matoi, as far as I know, went on indefinite space-time trip or something after IDOLA: Phantasy Star Saga. Means she might be jumping through space and time all this time and maybe it might be her who swapped original Guardian pod with 909. It would make sense since Zeph and Ko. failed to open the pod due to lack of access privilege.
The negative photons we absorbed in base game became alive, waiting to enter the perfect vessel, 909 clone
SEGA would bring back The legendary weapons from de Phantaay Star Verse, like The Nei Weapons, the Psycho Wand, The Elsydeon Sword and The Aero Prism...And also brings back The menace from Dark Planet Rycross, tua Profaned City of Lashute and The Void from Profound Darkness...
We already got Nei Claw, Psycho Wand and a few others from PSO, as Weapon Camos in Exchange Shop.
There's a little plothole in the story like the Guardian is basically a godlike character, He can easily clap vael but instead put it in deep sleep so it's still a mystery if we are a clone or the original unless we thwarted the pod
I believe that, just like in PSO2 Base, the Oracle Ship is the main Hub and the other planets are the Dungeons, so it's going to be the same thing with New Genesis. But it would be great if Namaless City became a Main Hub in the future, and the Planets (Halpha, for example) became the Dungeons themselves, with gigantic maps. But then it would require a lot of game development and also a lot of space on the hard drive. I don't believe SEGA will go down this path! She'll rather play it safe.
Just imagining 100GB for every explorable planet hurts my hard drive!!!!😂
Finished PSO2 based story since 2019, and now just finished the latest story..... It was mind blowing when I saw that easter egg.
Edit: I mean look at that giant globe in the nameless city, it is eerily resembles Clarrissa.
Our character being the original from PSO2 due to having taken an extended and unexpected nap would make sense. The conclusion I reached is that Matoi is still in her cryosleep pod and that is the one that Pharia was discussing. I admit that I could easily be wrong as well.
And given Clarissa's size, Matoi could easily be the one in the nice glowing center of it, because she is bullshit like that. Not to mention that stubborn and determined. She did express her undying love to you in the PSO2 Episode 6 epilogue, after all.
As for what comes next, I actually wouldn't be too surprised if we leave Halpha and they go more along the lines of Base PSO2 with the ship being a hub area. There are definite hints that SEGA has at least considered that, and let's be honest, our first major fight against Vael is not going to necessarily go in our favor. If we win, it will be a pyrrhic victory. With us holding the line long enough to drive him off or buy everyone time to GTFO.
Think of Vael as an enemy on the level of Shiva, who we didn't get a decisive victory against until the very end, and even that was a desperate assault. And given the Dark Falz class Starless we have engaged so far, Solus and Dalion, who bear striking similarities to Luther and Gemini respectively, I wouldn't be surprised if we face one or two more Dark Falz class Starless who share too many similarities to Apprentice and/or Persona. Hell, Vael can easily be a Persona-like fight. Both on the personal level. And on the UQ level.
SEGA seems to be drawing more from the cyclic nature of things that was in the original Phantasy Star Tetrology, it seems.
From reading the comments and watching your vid, I think the new weapon they're cooking up will take this Clarissa into consideration. Perhaps they might even craft a housing for this giant Clarissa to make it "wieldable" by someone. As you said, it can wipe out the starless, it can maybe even purify the negative-photon-drenched body that Zephetto is in, mayne that's why he seems so confident that "we have the power."
I think our three girls will try to use this supposed Clarissa weapon, but won't be able to truly wield it, and this Clarissa will be all too willing to explain that. Our character has the best shot of using Clarissa, and like series tradition, we will be getting cooked by negative-photons. Perhaps during this scene, we will begin to remember (more of) everything, and to save us once again, Matoi comes to the rescue, now no longer settling with a replica, since she can finally use the real Clarissa.
I think in that pod is [The Guardian] but we've slept for so long that by the time we woke up, the best course of action was to go back in time, and something went wrong, so we forgot everything. Maybe Base Guardian will wake up in some upcoming battle to tell us our past?
While I dream of a helldivers type PSO, I simply don't believe Sega has what it takes to pull it off. We still have to "deal" with the Veal bad guy, in the climatic battle, likely next chapter. If SEGA wants to introduce any refugees or other factions, that will be the best time to do it.
The problem with NGS is wasted space and potential of exploration zones. Only combat zones had level scaling when dynamic level scaling has been a thing for years now. Sega needs to figure out how to properly scale old content to keep larger portions of the map relevant.
And not only maps fighting for relevance but gear, characters and narrative all fight for relevance. The EX augs were a good start towards customization but they're all still just complete upgrades. The gear treadmill is one of the largest aspects that just kills this game, and SEGA needs to learn the arts of "side-grades" that slows the progression of power creep.
Once we leave halpha, what will tye narrative be? Folks need to feel invested and a dead empty city isn't it. It needs to be filled with old halphians and impacted by the players.
Anyway is all just dreams, what we'll get is some silly end game bad guy with a new armor tier and then radio silence for half a year as SEGA suits wonder how to squeeze in one last AC scratch before jumping ship.
i'm speechless.. you cooked and i hope you are right with everything!
This with the new action system could be a Dark blast of eredim photons and you get power from it, if you don't know, clarissa shines on that pse burst like when you have to collect points in nameless city. I don't know what plans they have but with all the comments I saw, they have a lot of good ways the story and the game could go.
I am so glad to finally realize that I got the easter egg without even realizing that it was one after all.
Zeppeto calls you "Guardian" when I read this my mind blow up
As someone who didn't play PSO2 Base. Thank you so much kero bro for this detailed lore explanation! I LOVE PSO2 MORE NOW!! YUS!
the strange things is ... in NGS the Stia UQ alert goes off when your in the nameless city
also no matter were you are in accept the nameless city quest on Halpha you end up
in the Stia camp.. if the oracle ship theory is true then the ship might be located
just above Stia right ?
I think it's likely that it's just the next part of the rotation and that's why they decided to stick it in that block. After the regions were all released we went back and did something in all the other ones except Stia. Think of where leciel was and all the harder dark falz fights, none of that had anything to do with Stia so I think they just wanted to relegate it to a zone that already existed.
I got a feeling that Akashic record have been re opened. Can't wait what comes to the future.
I mean look at the globe thiny it look like matoi bonk stick
Matoi Royal Guards in ship 1 global, assemble! (CV: Tyrande Whisperwind)
I hope they bring back casino.
Zephetto calling us Guardian is making me wonder where tf did our Dark Blast shenanigans go?
PS: Won't it be funny if 909 is Persona? kek
Probably still dormant inside of us Guardians. Thats probably the reason they couldn't find the original genome/genotype to create pure Falspawn. They were locked away with us.
Episode 5..? Wasn't that the fantasy elf planet episode? Matoi was hardly in that one.
"Kind of"... you mean she is best waifu :p
I'm glad that we're finally coming full circle.
Hope it is a new city or something, sometimes I wonder if we do move will everyone still move because the new players will never experience what we all experienced from day one ngs.🤔
So do the halphians have no concept of what outer space is?
They basically explained why we play the same character in both base and NGS.
If you are in the official NGS discord for global, I'd love to talk about lore with you and bounce ideas around. A lot of what you said was very out there and I just want to share my ideas with you as well.
Well tbh Garoa is part of the 2nd Generation ARKS clones, and them are able to just exist normally on Planet Halpha and actually have children like normal which in resulted Aina, I don't think that Garoa is any 909 clone or anything, it's just that 2nd and 3rd generation ARKS are much more safely cloned in comparison to 1st gen, hence why they are able to defend against DOLLS and eventually catch up to us and are able to even deal with the Starless(albeit in a squad). This is why Aina is the most matured one out of everyone because she had a Strong Father figure like Garoa who stood up alone even against a Dark Falz class DOLLs. She had grown up in a normal family and hence she had also more compassion for even the worst of the worst like Zephetto. Manon did attempt to be like her but she had to go through alot to be stable again, as the whole Lecielan decree is still there.
Since 909 is literally just sleeping in the pod as shown by Zephetto, it is most likely we are the original character that was Cryoslept and somehow managed to get the thawing process completed. That is still kinda sketchy as they did say that the security to unlock the Cryopod is just too hard to crack. But who knows, maybe we got jumbled up when the scientists were fighting against each other and we got smuggled from the original pod as 909 and sent down as just another 3rd Gen ARKS Meteorn. So far Zephetto didn't disclose more than 1 Cryopod yet, but it is very likely that some are still there dormant probably. As it would be weird if just we are being Cryosleep and the the rest just leave us alone and live till old and fulfilling lives lol, I doubt Matoi is going to allow that.
With that being said, IF the security on the Cryopod is way too hard to crack even for the Resurgent ARKS, I bet the whole Nameless City actually being the only accessible part of the whole Oracle Ship, which is most likely cloaked to hide from the Starless and DOLLS, is unbeknownst to us at the moment, and this could explain why Central City had Oracle Fleet designs on the Tactical Screen somehow. Eventually we'll need to find out why a huge Clarissa is stuck there and had Photon Excitation Properties from time to time too. Maybe it is the key to designing Anti-Starless weaponry too.
The only arguement vs this I could see is "but Aina isn't a techcer." But IIRC Matoi swapped through at least two classes before being a techter and using a rod
Also kero, Most likely the ship could be used to reach the different islands that aren't apart of the creation spaces.
... so there a chance Elder, Luther, Apprentice and Gemini still reside in our mind??? anyway i dont know what happen with them after we defeat primordial darkness
Sega really like "you like base so much? HERE TAKE IT" xD
For real though, this is the video I was waiting for!
Question, I thought Clarissa basically cleansed negative photons and as a result, you lost your memory? I think that happened to both the player and matoi in base. I could be misremembering though.
i dont mind going planet hopping to find the starless world/area that they have gripped for themselves. being on 1 planet for 10 years in game or even 3 years out of game can still get dull. if the city becomes the new hub that fine because that means the starless n dolls took over halpha for themselves.
You figure you would write yourself a note into your cryro sleep chamber lol
Yeah, that would make sense if we were the original.
Yeah, that does look like Central Aelio lol
ones for sure, we are the original cuz our clon pot never opened cuz of a error which zephetto mentioned. Aina and matoi? hmm would be a good explanation why Aina isnt the brightest candle on the cake xD i mean... Matoi kille me in the last fight against shiva in the story like.... hey shiva got a shild on her letz smash that thing and ended in a oneshot for me xD
Lore about NGS interesting
i would be so fking hyped if they brought back matoi. best girl!
Clarissa Explains It All
I do hope they bring back Phaleg... for reasons
So maybe Sega will remake PSO2 in NGS, and possibly remake Sodam / Gomorroth boss fights? Those were epic times.
One of the best parts of those fights is the abilities we had, which we have none of at the moment.
Aina does not look like Matoi,
I would say more like Stratos, the rep for the Hero Scion Class
Also you mentioned someone doing a Lore Dump before doing this video, in a previous one, Can you give a Link in the description.
Why do I do story quests And there were only two answers to choose from ?
He explained it already: You only get that third option if you've fully completed the story (and thus would have that memory) in Base PSO2.
Completed all old PSO2 stories with true ending.
Where is Phaleg!?
We know she's still somewhere a thousand years for her is nothing
plot twist, i am the rod XD
(my name is clarisse)
Is the anime worth watching to get some back story?
iirc, its lacking so it doesn't cover the whole story, only the earlier parts. So either you could download pso2 base and play it out or just find spoiler stuff here in youtube since that games has a LOT of story. Plus the gore on the anime seems kinda misplaced.
they cooking but cook too slow imagine playing as a college and now graduated but still didnt feels playing Pso2 yet
I didn't finish Pso2, by the time NG came out on Play Station, NG was already up and running . The old pso2 was so old outdated I couldn't tolerate playing the old pso2
You can always just find da cutscenes on RUclips, if you want.
I would be happy to leave Halpha
Would like to add, and this is just a "would be cool" thought, is that Halpha could become an actual "training" planet. You start there and progress through there maybe until 30+ or something. Then you graduate and move to the ship/fleet. However it would still have some use. The UQ's on Halpha could be training simulations of the endgame, not so great rewards but slow and instructed so you can see all of the mechanics of the boss. Or instead of using UQ's, allow players the activate a UQ sim at any time, whether solo or grouped, so that they can see how the fight could/would happen.
MATOI❤
It's Matoi.
Matoi is button tier waifu....top tier is shiva xD
Dozer had told us in a mini episode that there is a spaceship is in the air.
the cryo capsule with high securety was ours and in the 909 pot is an other one, not ours. Matoi is in the 909 capsule.
Sephetto has set up a death flag " take care of your planet/home"
Io is bae. Matoi is like a sister bro. at least to me.
Is an ARKS Ship owo
Hmmm, or Matoi became the prime starless, refusing the cryosleep procedure and continued to eradicate evil photons so you, her “star”, would not have to do it again, losing herself in a process… but that’s just a theory
Don't know what's going to happen in the future, but like I said, they need to change it up. It is getting boring to look at the same scenery and things over again. I would be love to be able to go to like AA payment that's Japanese themed or one that's. themed of other Eno countries or something. This is part of the same planet basically. Here's hopies Sega does something good. If wondering waves comes to PS5 and then when. the first descendant is released on July 2nd. I don't think they're going to have much of a base fan base if they keep going the way they're going. Here's hoping Segig takes their heads out of their ****
I just realized your character's hands are as big as your head..
PSO2 NGS V3
Present!!! 🐼🥰🐼🥰🐼
The game needs super weapons an armor or sooner or later it will get boring playing with the same types of weapons over an over.
Wtf is this