[PS2] SMT: Persona 3 (The RPG to keep talking about, since :awesome:) Now with more PEZ.

Finished this today. What an amazing game, definitely one of the best console RPGs of this generation (the best, in my opinion; way superior to Final Fantasy XII). Great localization too, and the voice acting was actually better than in the Japanese original, from the clips I've seen on YouTube (especially Aigis's gradually disappearing 'synthesised' voice effect).

I know that, wishful thinking aside, there's pretty much no chance of Fes ever coming outside of Japan, but if it did, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Or maybe I'll just download the Japanese ISO. Hell, I already want to replay it on New Game+, and I've virtually never wanted to restart a game right after finishing it, before.

Makes me regret that I never completed Persona 2 (I actually dropped it right after the first boss, for god knows what reason). At any rate, now I have to at least check out the other Megami Tensei games on PS2.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Gechmir

Aard, I'm still a ways off from beating it thanks to intervention due to work... But what did you clock at in the end (how long did it take you to beat it)?

I'm not really sure. I had 105 hours on my last save file, but it's not accurate because there were a bunch of times when I couldn't be bothered to go to a savepoint, so I just left the game on overnight or for the better part of a day. The actual time should've probably been closer to 60 hours, plus about ten more hours of unsaved time, considering how often I died in this game. So ~70 hours of actual playtime sounds about right.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Yes, Fuuka's definitely pretty bad, she sounds very strained at some (many) parts. It was one of the few voices that I didn't like.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Mori

Why do games nowadays have to be built that it's impossible to get a complete playthrough without using FAQs?

You can complete Persona 3 well enough without using walkthroughs or guides, and it's definitely much more enjoyable that way. Yes, you probably won't be able to get everything the first time you play (i.e. complete all the social links), but if you want to do that, New Game+ is there. ALSO, OCD completionism in games is dumb anyway. Big ups to Square for the Zodiac Spear.

Edit: also, I can't really imagine the game without a day limit. Managing your time and choosing who you want to spend time with, or if you would rather study or go to Tartarus, that's an integral part of it. With unlimited time, it would be a different game.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

It's October, I think.

And yes, if you use the [spoil] tags, please indicate what the spoiler refers to, so that people wouldn't have to guess whether it will spoil something for them or not.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I have to say, the new box looks like shit. The original Japanese covers look very lush and nice, and there was plenty of other good Persona artwork to choose from for the American release, so I dunno why they went with a silhouette and some gay-ass pentagram on an ugly gradient background. Then again, fucking up American box art is nothing new, obviously. I'll definitely be getting the game regardless.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?