Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 (PS2)

[Shiba-Kun]

Anybody else getting it?

I'm a softie for high school RPG titles, so I'll be pre-ordering it!




Link to the Atlus website:
Official Persona 3 FES Website

[blackdelsol94]

Looks like a pretty interesting title.

Why is it taking so long to reach the U.S.?

[Shiba-Kun]

Atlus is pretty good at bringing "quirky" Japanese games. I got think that made their translation peeps must be working under a pretty heavy load.

[blackdelsol94]

Originally Posted by Shiba-Kun

Atlus is pretty good at bringing "quirky" Japanese games. I got think that made their translation peeps must be working under a pretty heavy load.

Is that why it takes them so long?

[blackdelsol94]

It's getting very positive reviews, press average is currently 88/100.

Originally Posted by IGN

Closing Comments
Persona 3 featured a lot of replayability and tons of depth. Persona 3 FES blows that out of the water, with hours upon hours of additional content, redesigned gameplay and an epilogue that fully concludes the story. While it still suffers from some of the same battle issues that plagued the original and the epilogue tosses many of the social links and date sim elements aside in favor of hardcore dungeon crawling, the large amount of additional content far outweighs these negatives. The fact that you're getting both the original and its virtual sequel for thirty dollars is a steal that no PS2 RPG fan should be without, and you're not likely to see such an excellent collection on the system again.

IGN Ratings for Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES (PS2)

9.0 Presentation
Expanding on the culture set up in the original with new dialogue, social links and plot points, FES overall is a much deeper role playing experience.

8.5 Graphics
It retains the visual style of the original while adding in a number of new Personas, cutscenes and other visual elements.

7.5 Sound
Dialogue, for the most part is still as good as it was. While the music is still extremely repetitive, especially in The Answer, the addition of new music helps.

8.5 Gameplay
New additions to the life/dating sim of The Journey and the inclusion of The Answer make an already deep game even more layered with extra content.

9.0 Lasting Appeal
New personas, tons of tweaks to The Journey, a new mode that answers the story of Persona 3 – you're going to be playing and replaying both for an extremely long time.

8.8
Great OVERALL
(out of 10 / not an average)

[tienlude]

i dnt get its point

[blackdelsol94]

Basic summary:

Originally Posted by IGN

Players take on the role of a nameless junior transfer student that's arrived in Tokyo to attend the institution of Gekkoukan High School. While everything seems fine at first glance, your character quickly finds out that things are horribly wrong at the school and in the city of Tokyo. Apparently, every night at midnight, the world finds itself stuck between other dimensions in a phenomenon called The Dark Hour. At this time, humans are transmogrified into coffins and strange beasts known as Shadows roam the land looking for people to feed upon. However, a select group of people (including your character) can avoid this imprisoned fate at midnight, fighting the Shadows from attacking people using special abilities known as Personas, manifestations of a character's psyche. Fortunately, this group also attends your high school and is known as S.E.E.S. - The Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad, whose entire purpose is understanding and eliminating the Shadow threat from the world.

[Shiba-Kun]

It's been released. I put it in my pile of other games I've bought yet not opened yet (along w/ MGS:EG ).

[Shiba-Kun]

Originally Posted by blackdelsol94

Is that why it takes them so long?

I think I read that it actually had to do with printing probs with one of the insert booklets.

[blackdelsol94]

Started playing Persona 3 yesterday, and I absolutely love it.

Now if you will excuse me, I'm going to return to playing.

[Shiba-Kun]

I'm closing in on 40 hours (38+ I think).

I'll need to wait to see how far you've gotten before I start asking questions.

Don't for get to study & go to your club activities!

[blackdelsol94]

Originally Posted by Shiba-Kun

I'm closing in on 40 hours (38+ I think).

I'll need to wait to see how far you've gotten before I start asking questions.

Don't for get to study & go to your club activities!

I'm about 10-12 hours in. It's the middle of May, and I just beat the monorail boss a few days ago. I joined the track team and student council, and I've been trying to boost my academics and charm (besides getting to the level of ordinary, I've been ignoring courage).

At this point I'm trying to balance my relationships with studying/training at Tartarus.

I haven't been this into a game in a long time, I'm really enjoying it.

[Shiba-Kun]

^ I'm in the early/middle of august.

As far as school activities are concerned:

- School Student Body
- Kendo Club
- Art Club



As for Tartarus:

- Character level 37
- I'm waiting for the next level to open up, I think it's the 5 block, level 85 or so.