Some humans are Espers, gifted with the ability to control the dust, allowing them to survive the surface for limited periods. In Earth's far future, the surface has become an uninhabitable dust-ridden wasteland, forcing the remains of humanity to take shelter underground. Phantom Dust supports multiplayer through split-screen (on the same console), System Link or over Xbox Live, allowing up to 4 combatants to battle with an Arsenal based on their progress within the game. An Arsenal has a maximum of 30 skills and will have a limit on the number of Schools represented by the Arsenal for example, a player will start the game with an Arsenal limited to 2 Schools, but can later gain Arsenals that can utilize more Schools. Surviving combat can earn rewards such as in-game money that the player can use to improve their Arsenal. If the player falls in combat they will have to retry the mission. However, some skills have two or more uses and other skills can be used indefinitely. Skills are generally one-shot once the skill is used, it is removed from the combatant's loaded skills and lost for the rest of the match. Skills themselves fall into 5 Schools describing the type of damage or effect they do, and the amount of damage that they deal or protect against each School has general strengths and weaknesses to other Schools. Skills include attack moves, defensive moves, restorative elements, and buff and debuffing skills. When a skill is used the Aura is temporarily drained from the player but will recover slowly up to the maximum capacity. The player starts with minimal Aura but can increase their maximum capacity by collecting and using Aura Particles from their spawn point. Skills typically require 1 or more Aura points to activate. In combat, the player, their ally, and their opponents use various skills, powered by Aura, that are collected around the level as the match proceeds in order to take their opponents' health bar to zero. The player may have the opportunity to select a non-player character to assist in combat. The game is divided between combat stages and non-combat gameplay that includes interactions with non-player characters, reviewing and optimizing the Skills in their Arsenal (the equivalent of cards in a collectible card deck), and obtaining missions that lead to combat situations. The players takes the role of the unnamed protagonist, an Esper that can control the Dust that covers the earth to use in combat. Phantom Dust is a video game that combines elements of third-person shooters with collectible card games. A remastered version of the game developed by Code Mystics was released in May 2017 for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One. However, due to monetary issues, Microsoft decided to cancel the remake, leading to closure of Darkside. At E3 2014, a Phantom Dust remake was announced for the Xbox One, to be developed by Darkside Game Studios. The game remains a cult hit, with Phil Spencer, president of Microsoft Studios, and Ken Lobb, the creative director at Xbox Game Studios, being strong proponents for the game, believing that it was released ahead of its time, while Yukio Futatsugi stated Phantom Dust as his favorite directed video game of all time. Phantom Dust was generally well-received, but was not a commercial success. Later, it was decided to localize and release for Western markets. Microsoft sought to use Phantom Dust to draw in a larger market in Japan for the Xbox, bringing in Yukio Futatsugi, director of Panzer Dragoon, to design and produce the game. The game also included a multiplayer mode, allowing players to compete against each other using their arsenals. The player collects numerous skills by completing missions, which are used to assemble customized "arsenals" that they take into battle arenas against enemies. Throughout the game, the player takes missions to collect artifacts of the past to help piece the past together, and where they face off in battles with other non-player characters. Taking place in a post-apocalyptic Earth, the unnamed player-character must interact with the few human outposts that remain, all who have suffered a form of amnesia, to understand what has happened to the planet. Phantom Dust is an action/strategy game with elements of digital collectible card games. The game was released in Japan on Septemand in North America on March 15, 2005, licensed for release in North America by Majesco Entertainment. Phantom Dust ( ファントムダスト, Fantomu Dasuto) is a 2004 real-time strategy action video game developed and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox console.
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