Persona 3 Portable!!!

[Aydin]

It's only been a few days since the game came out and I want to hear your first impression of the game! Especially the female protagonist's version! I'll start...

It's awesome because you get the epicness of the original story with a touch of femininity! It's like the perfect game for a gay nerd such as myself!!!!!!!!!!

[Laddy]

Want.

[qwertysaur]

I've been playing it a lot and it is FANTASTIC Just beat up the Hierophant and Lovers Shadow arcana. Lovers is so much easier now that I can control my party members, so having the MC become charmed doesn't completely screw over the entire party.

I was a little thrown off with some of the social link changes though. Like Akihiko being the Star social link.

[Jessweeee♪]

ARGH I NEED MONEY

[Vermachtnis]

I'm too poor to get the game, so I started up my file of The Answer instead. Figured it's about time I get around to actually beating it xD

[Zeromus_X]

"Hey there's a new harder difficulty option, why don't we try it out-

6X COMPENDIUM PRICES

=("

The addition of manual control and guarding really adds a lot to this game; I'm having so much fun even though I've already played it a bunch of times (well, the female MC and the changes on her path help a bit too). I love MShe's battle theme.

I was skeptical at first, but I do like the new point-and-click "visual novel" interface. I could skip through the first week of the game in under ten minutes, whereas in older P3s you'd have to sit through all the model animations and walking around to get where you want just to get through the beginning. I do miss the anime cutscenes though, Orpheus's awakening just isn't as epic without it.

[Wolf Kanno]

I'm broke so it may be awhile before I can play it. Sad to hear the anime cutscenes are all removed but oh well...

[Jessweeee♪]

Yeah, that's kinda lame but I think the portability more than makes up for it! Plus there weren't very many to begin with. The first one and the one just before Nyx are the ones I'm gonna miss the most.

[Wolf Kanno]

What about the whole ending sequence? It will be interesting to see how they do that.

[Levian]

I kinda want to try a Persona game. Which one should I start with? do I have to start with the first or is there a better one that's independent from it?

[Wolf Kanno]

The games are very loosely connected so it really doesn't matter which entry you start in. The first game is pretty old school and sticks more to the traditional MegaTen roots. It has a bit of a love/hate relationship among people who play it. I love P2 but since the first half of the game is still in Japan and getting a legitimate copy of the second half can be a bit pricey for a PS1 game it would be better to emulate. You can't go wrong with P3:FES or P4, though these entries are radically different from the rest of the series and from a lot of RPGs in general. Course, they are far more Newbie friendly than the earlier titles and they have great stories and cast of characters so its not hard to get into them.

[NeoCracker]

Also, due to the PSP version apparently not coming with The Answer, I highly suggest the PS2 FES edition over all others.

And I very much dislike the female design in the PSP version, and since one of the things I love about P3 was it's art direction, that bothers me greatly. :P

[Mirage]

You don't need to be gay to want to play a female character. :(

[NeoCracker]

I'm playing a female in DQ IX, and I did in White Knight as well.

[Mirage]

yeah but in WKC it's like, entirely irrelevant, it seems. The little I played, it was basically just like being a guy with tits.