29 out of 30(97%)reviewers recommend this product.
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PoisonGamer
One Of The Best RPGs Of All Time
PostedAugust 20, 2012
Atlus, I salute you to infinity AND BEYOND! Persona 3 FES is a fabulous, marvelous, extraordinary addition to the beloved Persona series. It takes you on a journey, and makes you feel emotions that you've never felt before. It also feels like you're truly there with the characters, experiencing the pain and hardships, as well as the happiness and joy, with them. Believe me, not many games can do that. If you are at all a gamer, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND, no, I DEMAND you to play this game! You will not be disappointed. You will laugh, cry, and be taken to a world that is beautiful.
This game is amazing. Atlus makes the best games. They never let the fans down. Persona 3 is on of the best games. Hard yes, but so very addicting. The music sometimes gets annoying if you play for hours, but thats nothing to how amazing the story line is. If you love RPG's and never played this. get it. It will blow your mind away
I saw a uncompleted walkthrough of this game (about 80 parts that were 15 mins. long) and this game blew my mind. It was so amazing that I begged my parents and I'm getting a PS2 tomorrow. I love the voice actors (except Fuuka) and the script for each character is well written. In short words, this game is arguebly the best and funniest RPG out there.
Persona 3 FES is an Anime-Inspired Supernatural-ish Japanese High School RPG. Yeah, it's a little unusual in terms of what you'd expect from an RPG but it immediately became one of my top 5-10 games I've ever played. For a PS2 game the graphics are wonderful, the sound and music are among the best I've ever encountered, the gameplay requires a little level/item grinding (at least on Hard mode, which is the only way I've played it) but both the combat side and the everyday-life-in-high-school sides of the game are both masterfully done and highly addictive and entertaining. Persona 3 FES is also a very long game..... I'm not done with my first play-through but I'm at about the 50-hour mark and I've still got quite a ways to go. The difficulty can be rather hard, especially in the very beginning. Grinding is pretty essential in the very early-going in order to establish your first few skills and Personas (these are like summoned creatures in the game's lore.... they effect both your skills and basic statistics). This is more of an older-school RPG in regards to the fact that you might hit a boss that absolutely DESTROYS you until you grind up a couple of levels or find a certain Persona that will give you a skill that gives you the upper hand. This becomes less pronounced in the mid-game (where I currently reside) but in the beginning you'll have to devote more time to leveling up. As I said above, aesthetically this game is great, wonderful music, great graphics. The subject matter is mature despite it being a game where the characters are high schoolers (similar to many animes). The game has much depth.... I believe more-so than Persona 4 in many ways.... weapon crafting and persona-modifying.... I never played the original Persona 3 and thus can't compare Persona 3 to Persona 4.... but Persona 3 FES (which is a special edition of Persona 3) has more MEAT to it than I found in Persona 4 (which is still an AMAZING game and makes advances in the series regardless.) On that note, DON'T pick up the original Persona 3. The FES version has more goodies in the actual, playable main game as well as an extra campaign called "The Answer" which according to what I've read ties up some loose ends to the main game. "The Answer" is much shorter... I've read it clocks in at 30-40 hours at different estimates....not bad considering there are many good games out there that clock in at that time or under IN THEIR ENTIRETY. (Mass Effect 1 was amazing and I believe I finished it in 30-35 hours.)
Persona 3 FES is a must own game..... old-school RPG fans will LOVE it and non-RPG fans just might be converted. It is similiar in form and scope to Persona 4.... though from what I've read some of the other Persona games are a little different. If you own a PS3 I believe there may be a version on the Playstation Network so you might want to read up on that..... I'm still rocking my PS2 to play old RPG gems like the Persona series and Xenosaga. This is a must-play game and I cannot recommend it enough..... though if you arn't into or familiar with Anime the visual style might take a slight adjustment.
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