Hiku said:
No I haven't, but I've been interested in it for a long time. Always hear good things about it. On what system are you playing it, and anything in particular about it that makes you love it? Right now I am about to continue my Persona 5 playthrough, and just finished Nier: Autmata which was fantastic. |
I play the DS cartridge on a 3DS. First of all, the story is very good, it tries to catch the worries, fears and goals of young people quite well, I think. The whole setting has a very vibrant feeling. There's a mechanic that lets you read other peoples minds and listen to what concerns them, for example. And I believe these are things that many real life people worry about as well like paying debts, health, jobs, school and so on, although some is also rubbish like chasing trends, fashion, popstars, etc. Then there's the music. Stylish beats, catchy tunes. Fits the trendy youth culture theme very well.
The main story focuses on very deep themes. It deals with questions about existence, motivation, the meaning of society. The characters evolve during the story pretty much, and there are lots of plot twists.
But the best thing is how it manages typical rpg tropes like grinding, for example. It allows you to grind because that way you can get lots and lots of pins. Pins are equivalent to attacks / bonus effects during battle. But on the other hand, it's not mandatory at all since you get enough pins on your way through the story by default. Enemy encounters can be skipped most of the time. The difficulty setting can be changed on the fly, and the game does not punish you for doing so. In fact, it rather incentivises difficulty swapping since many enemies drop different pins based on the current setting. And to top that even more, you can adjust the player level on the fly as well. So in order to spice up the difficulty a little or to give you a little challenge even when playing on easy, you can lower your level. And this is also incentivised as it affects the enemy pin drop rate.
I can highly recommend it, to sum it up.
