[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

I like Persona in that it goes against the grain and strays from Tolkein or industry-meet-magic RPG just by being set in the modern day. There's still magic and a mix of swords and other weapons, but its more for strategic purpose than to fit the theme. Then for all the talk there is about "mature" games, here's one that actually fits the meaning by behaving in a mature way.

These feel like kids with realistic problems and face the issues within themselves more than pin everything on some evil empire. The characters also feel quite supportive of each other and this is reflected not only from within the story, but combat as well. They also boldly thrust the structure of a dating sim in there and tied it to other facets of the gameplay to make it feel more natural. You choose the friendships the hero will build and it affects how party members contribute to combat or can strengthen they kinds of Personas you take on. Here the story is a huge part of the game rather than something external placed on top of the game.

It still has it way out-there concepts. There's always a weird "The Ring" -like urban legend that the story spins out from.

SMT game also just have a habit of meeting Japanese and Western RPG conventions right in the middle. You get these nice story driven games that you can have multiple outcomes to or different experiences with in each playthrough. Sometimes these choices lead to totally different endgames, too.

[Tickmeoff]

I heard P4 made some nice changes as compared to P3, but I did't find 3 enjoyable at all and actually regret spending money on it so I never touched 4.

I may give them another try when they hit the PSP, but only because if it's on a handheld it's free.

[Icemage]

Originally Posted by Tickmeoff

I heard P4 made some nice changes as compared to P3, but I did't find 3 enjoyable at all and actually regret spending money on it so I never touched 4.

I may give them another try when they hit the PSP, but only because if it's on a handheld it's free.

As a paying customer, please take my advice and die in a fire. Painfully.

Thanks.


Icemage

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Always tasteful to say "I pirate" in a thread about a game that didn't meet sales expectations.

[Feba]

is it inappropriate to compare games with terrible figures to stillborn and or disabled infants.

[tsukuku]

xbox original<PS2<PS3<Xbox 360

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Originally Posted by tsukuku

xbox original<PS2<PS3<Xbox 360

Great, you just here to spam/necro the topic or did you have something actually important to add here?

The Persona series has only appeared on Playstation systems to this day. Preference for 360 doesn't enter into the discussion until Altus one day decides they want to put the series there, not that the 360 crowd has an appreciation for JRPGs that I'd call genuine.

[Firewind]

Originally Posted by Icemage

Not guilty.

I own Persona 4 for PS2.
I own Valkyria Chronicles for PS3.
I own Eternal Sonata for PS3.
I own Persona for PSP.
I own Cross Edge for PS3.

I'm considering buying Demon's Souls for PS3.

What more do you want from me?


Icemage

Pretty much the same here except for Persona. I don't even think we have a release date announced for the Persona remake. We had to wait 2 years for Persona 3, roughly a year and a half for P3 FEW and about a year for Persona 4 so yeah I don't think that game will be hitting the UK any time soon. Importing games tend to be a pain in the UK since customs tends to tax stuff imported from outside the EU very heavily.

Really though if a game bombs in the US it's highly unlikely that we will ever see it in the UK despite the fact that RPGs actually sell extremely well over here, especially any RPG by Square Enix (who also have the rights to publish Atlus and Nippon Ichi games in the UK which is why we get to see more of them), Bethesda or Bioware. Persona 4, Disgaea 3 and Valkyria Chronicles actually sold very, very well in the UK and they all appeared in the mainstream game charts for at least a few months after release.