Quote Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno View Post
Fair enough, we won't argue the details, but I actually like that there is no "good" choice cause it's not about the people involved it's about what these factions represent. I mean even if you were to make them into political factions, Law is basically a Police State, Chaos is the collapse of society, and Neutral is just some form of government that lies in between. All three have their good and bad points cause the police state is kind means people will not have to worry about crime or violence at the cost of personal independence, chaos grants personal independence at the cost of security and the constant threat of violence, and neutral is a nice balance but it utterly imperfect and will eventually lead to the forces believing in the other two paths to rise again. Having to witness all three in their worst point makes the choice harder but genuine. The world is not black and white or good and evil, it's mostly just filled with ideas that some people created to make the world better and others use to make it worse for the rest of us. I can get behind that.
I agree with most of this. I just can't agree with where Yahweh and the heavenly host are placed on that scale, nor can I agree that mankind is better off without God.

I think that's part of why I love Persona so much more. All the forces, for good or ill, are human. The battles are with how humanity views the universe and copes with both the world and humanity's place in it. In addition to having what I consider better writing overall, I also much prefer this philosophical focus.


I also have to agree with Wolf that Persona IV does a lot better at breaking up the repetition of the setup than Persona 3 does. But I personally don't think the plot is as strong. It might be worth checking out the new Persona 3 movies when they're imported.