Persona 3 Fes

Sorry I've been missing posts left and right I'll be getting back on track today or yesterday lol

So this weeks random game is Persona 3 Fes for the PS2! Persona has to be my favorite RPG series of all time and it all started with the original Persona 3. The funny thing is I just randomly picked it up at Best Buy one day after reading a review on it, it seemed interesting so I picked it up I must have been 13 at the time and it was my first hardcore RPG. I think it took me well over a year to beat the game and then I learned about Persona 3 Fes about to be released that would explain the rather vague ending.

Persona 3 Fes is a add-on to the original adding new content such as the answer story where you play as Aigis, Which takes place after the main story. Also adding in new social links, personas, events, and a new difficulty setting making an already challenging game even harder.

Persona's gameplay is a very unique hybrid of RPGs and Dating Simulators and they mix really well surprisingly. You take control of the Main Character who you get to name and is silent for the whole game asides from the battle grunts. Your just an average high school student until strange things happen at your dormitory and at midnight monsters called shadows appear and one attacks you. This sets up the mix of RPG and Dating Sim as during the day your just an average student but at night your the field tactician.

The graphics are good for the PS2 but what carries the game is the art style, impressive personas and attacks, and the anime stills for the characters. And the gameplay is unique and fresh enough that it doesn't get old because once you get bored of the action you can go check out social links for a while. And speaking of social links, social links are the dating sim aspect. Social links power up your personas so they're essential to beating the game it's basically you hanging out with friends and wooing girls but its much deeper then that as I actually cared about the characters i was talking to.

Now the Persona's get there own section,. Persona are your other self and they let you fight the shadows every party member you meet has one persona with strengths and weaknesses. But the main character is different he can use multiple persona allowing you to fight in any situation given you have the right persona for the job.

Now the meat of the game the battle system. The battle system is very fast paced and on higher difficulties will just outright destroy you if you go into the fight wrong. fights are turn-based and the main goal of fights are to exploit your enemies weaknesses while covering your own, There are multiple benefits of exploiting the weaknesses. First you deal more damage, Second it knocks down the enemy skipping his turn, Third you get to go again, and Fourth if you knock down all the enemies you get to use the All Out Attack which is a devastating attack to all your enemies. This also applies to you so be careful and if your character dies it's instant game over.

And last but not least the story. The story is very atmospheric and dark and the setting is very modern which is good. Its a relatable story full of drama and the occasional comedic moment. But here is the first and possibly only downside to the game the pace of the story can be a little slow especially in the beginning but it picks up and gets really serious about halfway through the game.

So this is probably one of my favorite games and because it is I give it a 10...but I'll be professional. I give it a 9.5 if you like RPGs you have to try this game out. You can download it off of PSN for 30-40$ I can't remember and for those who don't know Persona 3 is getting a full length movie that I hope the U.S. gets.

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