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Sleepyprince on 25 November 2013
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Scisca said:
Sleepyprince said:

So, can someone resume me the quality of the Persona serie ? Everyone keep talking about it and I never tested one in my life. From far away, it looks correct for this type of game, so what it's quality ? Is there a similar western game I can compare it to ?

I think you have all understand that I'm not an anime fan at all, but I still like some of them. For example School Rumble is one of my all time favorite. Does Persona games looks a little like it (since it's at school and all). 

What's so good about those games ? 

I really, REALLY liked Dragon Quest VIII. Does Persona games can keep up the comparison in terms of quality ? 


Since we have a very similar taste in games (it was proven a couple times already, like when you told me Sound Shapes suck, other people said it's cool, reviews are very good, I bought it and... it sucks xD ), you can trust my opinion about it.

Persona is awesome, I have never played anything quite like it. I have mainly played Persona 3 FES, not Persona 4 (wanted to finish the 3rd one before I move to the next one, but never managed to finish it, cause I find it harder and harder to sit down to my PS2 ), but the games are quite similar (P3 is a bit darker, since they "shoot" themselves in the head, people turn into coffins, etc.). They have wonderful, catchy music, likeable characters and a good, original story. The gameplay is divided into two parts. During the day you are a school kid, you attend classes, study, write tests (you have to give the answers!), talk to other students, walk around the city, play games, do sports, eat, build relationships with your friends, rest, etc. Just a typical Japanese school simulator. During night you explore dungeons and fight enemies. The battle system is very similar to FF X (turn based, you can attack by yourself or summon a Persona, which is a huge monster like Aeons in FF X). What you do in the day part influences how well you do in the night part, as your decisions may improve the strenght of your Personas, so the two worlds are connected. There is also a crafting element, cause you can fuse your Personas to get stronger ones.

To sum up... it's really awesome. It's not batshit crazy like some Japanese games, it's totally acceptable and understandable for a Western gamer. I recommend the games without a doubt. Personally I'm very sad that in Europe we have just one Persona 2 on PSN and that there is no P3 FES on PSN, but most importantly - I want P3G on Vita!!

Who should we twitterbomb to get P3G?

Ok mate, I will give it a try. I will have it for free from Sony, so don't worry. Even if I find it crap, I'll not blame you about the money I lost ^^

And yeah, Soundshape sucks. It looks good and all, but from a playful point of view, it's a fraud. And it doesn't look good enough to make up for the 0 game play. Journey has 0 gameplay but it looks really impressive.