Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium

Phantasy Star IV, sorti au Japon sous le titre Phantasy Star : The End of the Millennium (ファンタシースター 千年紀の終りに), est un jeu vidéo de rôle sorti sur Mega Drive/Genesis au Japon en 1993 et en Europe et en Amérique du Nord en 1995. C'est le quatrième et dernier jeu de la série Phantasy Star originale, concluant l'histoire du Système Stellaire Algol. Le jeu a également été rendu disponible sur la Wii Virtual Console au Japon le 24 juin 2008, dans les régions PAL le 14 novembre 2008, et en Amérique du Nord le 22 décembre 2008, au prix de 800 Wii Points. Phantasy Star IV fait également partie de la Sega Genesis Collection sur PlayStation 2 et PlayStation Portable, ainsi que sur Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection pour Xbox 360 et PlayStation 3. Phantasy Star IV a conservé de nombreux éléments de gameplay du jeu précédent, y compris des combats au tour par tour, une exploration en vue de dessus et des sorts magiques. Le jeu a reçu des critiques mitigées à sa sortie, mais a fait l'objet de rétrospectives critiques très positives.

Phantasy Star IV takes place 1,000 years after the events of Phantasy Star II. After an event called the Great Collapse, much of the once-thriving planet Motavia has been reduced to desert, and life has become progressively more difficult for the planet's inhabitants. To make matters worse, there has been a marked increase in the numbers of the "biomonsters," a catch-all term for the strange and violent aberrations of Motavia's flora and fauna. Keeping these creatures under control is the job of "hunters". During an investigation into such an outbreak, Chaz Ashley, a young hunter, learns of the relationship between the biomonster problem and the planet's ecological crisis. The planet is in the process of returning to its original desert state as the climate and biosphere-controlling devices installed over a thousand years previous begin to fail. The reasons behind the malfunctions are clarified as the plot unfolds, relating directly to the events of Phantasy Star II. Chaz and his allies connect the world's troubles to a cult leader called Zio, "The Black Magician," whose aims appear to be total annihilation, not only of Motavia, but of the whole Algol solar system. The heroes stop Zio in order to restore the computer systems maintaining Motavia. However, it soon becomes clear that Zio is merely the vanguard to a much larger enemy, long buried in the past. The secrets of the Algol star system are revealed as Chaz and company discover both the nature of the threat to their worlds as well as the safeguards placed in a time long forgotten.

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