Viola of the Abyss
Member
Since I'm yet to do a formal introduction, I believe it's time for me to say something about myself.
My first contact with Persona was the first Japanese trailer, it was love at first sight. I was immediately attracted by characters, design, music, gameplay, setting and atmosphere. I remember being particularly impressed by the dual gameplay (school life and social link building during the day, dungeons and fighting at night) and needless to say I was very happy when the English localization was confirmed and imported it on the day of release (I live in Italy).
To this day it remains one of my favorite Ps2 games, its positive impression still lasting.
The things I liked the most about the game were the characters (Aigis and Mitsuru above all), the battle system playing as the MC, the setting and sci-fi undertones of the story, the daily routine (go to school, shopping at the mall, praying at the temple, hang out with SL, walk the dog then study and go to sleep).
It was also my first Atlus RPG. I never played a Shin Megami Tensei (or one of the earlier Personas) before so I remember it being particularly difficult compared to other JRPGs.
Of course it had its share of negatives, including the repetitive dungeon, the dumb ally AI, Yukari Takeba and some not so interesting villians.
Most of those things were luckily corrected in its sequel, Persona 4.
Which amusingly enough didn't attract me at first like P3, so I ended up playing it much later than release.
When at last I started playing I couldn't stop. All the negatives about P3 were gone, the dungeons were not randomly created, they changed backgrounds and music, much more tied to the story, there was no more Yukari and
Curiously enough, even if I ended up liking the cast of P4 more than P3 on average, there wasn't anybody I liked as much as Aigis, Mitsuru, Fuuka or Shinji. Everybody was nice or good, but nobody (except maybe Kanji) was GREAT or AMAZING!!
But that's just me
A note about the setting, whenever talking about games somebody asks me "In which JRPG town/world would you like to live?" I always reply with Iwatodai or Inaba. Amazing setting for both games.
I still need to play the original Persona trilogy of P1, P2IS and EP... wait... 1+2+2 = 5!! Persona 5 is coming!!!
*ahem*
I was saying... I have the PSP versions of P1 and IS and I'm buying EP soon. I'll be playing it in Japanese, helping myself with some guides. If I get stuck I'll definitely come here to ask for your help, ok?
Other than that, outside of Persona I'll just say that I play a lot of games, I'm about to become very busy as I'll move to Japan next week to study the language, I can't wait for Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts 3 and I think that pineapple pizza is a sacrilege and nobody should eat it.
That's all!
My first contact with Persona was the first Japanese trailer, it was love at first sight. I was immediately attracted by characters, design, music, gameplay, setting and atmosphere. I remember being particularly impressed by the dual gameplay (school life and social link building during the day, dungeons and fighting at night) and needless to say I was very happy when the English localization was confirmed and imported it on the day of release (I live in Italy).
To this day it remains one of my favorite Ps2 games, its positive impression still lasting.
The things I liked the most about the game were the characters (Aigis and Mitsuru above all), the battle system playing as the MC, the setting and sci-fi undertones of the story, the daily routine (go to school, shopping at the mall, praying at the temple, hang out with SL, walk the dog then study and go to sleep).
It was also my first Atlus RPG. I never played a Shin Megami Tensei (or one of the earlier Personas) before so I remember it being particularly difficult compared to other JRPGs.
Of course it had its share of negatives, including the repetitive dungeon, the dumb ally AI, Yukari Takeba and some not so interesting villians.
Most of those things were luckily corrected in its sequel, Persona 4.
Which amusingly enough didn't attract me at first like P3, so I ended up playing it much later than release.
When at last I started playing I couldn't stop. All the negatives about P3 were gone, the dungeons were not randomly created, they changed backgrounds and music, much more tied to the story, there was no more Yukari and
the search for the culprit was thrilling, even if once I discovered who it was I was a bit disappointed :/
Curiously enough, even if I ended up liking the cast of P4 more than P3 on average, there wasn't anybody I liked as much as Aigis, Mitsuru, Fuuka or Shinji. Everybody was nice or good, but nobody (except maybe Kanji) was GREAT or AMAZING!!
But that's just me
A note about the setting, whenever talking about games somebody asks me "In which JRPG town/world would you like to live?" I always reply with Iwatodai or Inaba. Amazing setting for both games.
I still need to play the original Persona trilogy of P1, P2IS and EP... wait... 1+2+2 = 5!! Persona 5 is coming!!!
*ahem*
I was saying... I have the PSP versions of P1 and IS and I'm buying EP soon. I'll be playing it in Japanese, helping myself with some guides. If I get stuck I'll definitely come here to ask for your help, ok?
Other than that, outside of Persona I'll just say that I play a lot of games, I'm about to become very busy as I'll move to Japan next week to study the language, I can't wait for Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts 3 and I think that pineapple pizza is a sacrilege and nobody should eat it.
That's all!
