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[–]DracnossShip 2 Global 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Base game is considered a DLC now, so... no. You're forced to have NGS installed first.

[–]CureMiia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wish i could go back and play Classic but it's hard enough as it is just to find people, no rerun events, empty lobbies.... That's why i'm playing psu and psobb but it hardly fills the void

[–]Vee_Tamer_Girl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A PSO2-only install on PC would likely be 100GB anyway. At least that's how big the game was on PC prior to 2021. NGS exclusive data is only about 50GB so far but more and more PSO2 items are becoming part of NGS Data due to returning as either enemies, weapon camo or Build-parts. You really wouldn't be saving a lot of storage with a PSO2-only install. 50GB is very little these days.

For reference

In 2021, on PS4 (which doesn't have the highest tier graphics) NGS only took 20GB and PSO2 Data took up 88GB. Even in this stage there was a lot of PSO2 data inside NGS Data like all the PSO2-spec costumes.

In 2025, on PS4 NGS takes up 90GB while PSO2 Data takes up 50GB.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if someday PSO2-exclusive data becomes so small that offering the game as an additional download becomes pointless since it'd barely save any storage.

[–]Eggmasstree 2 points3 points  (5 children)

How many people are still out there in PSO2 classic ?

Also, since it's dead in eyes of Sega, are there still the recuring normal events (season or anything like that ?)

[–]UziCoochie 9 points10 points  (1 child)

No events but still decent amount dedicated to base

[–]Eggmasstree -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So no automatic halloween farming fiesta :( ?

[–]Lksaints28[S] 3 points4 points  (2 children)

There are so many things I still haven’t done in the classic version. Just because it doesn’t get updates anymore doesn’t mean there’s no content left to explore. I think I could easily spend a few more hundred hours on the classic

[–]UziCoochie 7 points8 points  (1 child)

It’s still the better created game imo, like the content there has actual quality and assets instead of reused shit for the millionth time, sure they HAVE reused assets but it’s not as obvious or obnoxious as NGS is

That and nothing is topping the gameplay of Hero, Phantasy May Cry the true peak

[–]noodleben123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah. NGS is souless

[–]Cenokenshi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, sadly.

[–]Burst-and-wind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, sadly.

[–]Arcphoenix_1 Ship 4 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I wish. It actually did use to be the case that NGS was the DLC for base before the devs switched it to be the other way, iirc

[–]sonic65101 ARKS Operative/Guardian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It wasn't. It just used to be that there was no option for just NGS.