After whipping out my good old Dreamcast to see what Phanstay Star Online is like, It left me wondering what people still talk about it! I'm actually disappointed and I would see why all these private servers are popping up. Sega pretty much knew that Phanstay Star Online was one of the ways that Sega would make good use of the Dreamcast life span and did everything they can to make sure it was capable for online, they did a good job however with all these MMOs popping up and shutting down, it's so dated that I wouldn't want to run it again!
One thing I didn't like was the guns. At it's time, FPS and Multiplayer FPS were huge and it took me a while to understand why guns are so slow in Phantasy Star Online. It turns out it meant to reduce lag in online mode. I found this confusing!
The Phastasty Star Online series took me a while to figure out! It's not just any RPG. Any Sega fans of the 90s would know that if you had a Sega, you were cool! So cool that RPG wasn't a nice way to live life, so Sega pulled out the Phastasy Star series, a way to make fun of RPGs so players can enjoy RPGs in a way that other hardcore D&D or Ultima RPG or Dragon Quest series wouldn't. That's how it stands out. Even wiki it if you have to if you don't mind the spoiler.
Phantasy Star Online is worth the keeper thou for a while and I really hope Sega would make bring this MMO back again if the Phantasy Star Online 2 series is successful! I believe it can be worked out.