Story:
At the very center and core of the story is Maki Sonomura, who’s the literal subject of multiple Jungian Archetypes, the Self (real Maki), the Shadow (Aki & Pandora), and the Persona (ideal Maki) it is later revealed in the story that through a connection with the DEVA system, Maki created her “ideal” perfect world, but as Jung said “A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them. Whenever we give up, leave behind, and forget too much, there is always the danger that things that we have neglected will return with added force.” Maki’s shadow selves manage to emerge and wreak havoc upon Maki’s ideal world, and now the team’s forced to face the reality of the situation after defeating Kandori, they go through more dungeons and eventually reach the soul world, which is yet another literal manifestation of Carl Jung’s idea’s, the Collective Unconsciousness, it’s where the ideal Maki confronts and changes the real Maki, who’s revealed to be a pessimistic loner, but that pessimism eventually manifests itself into Maki’s most dangerous incarnation, Pandora, who wishes to destroy the world and everyone in it, but fortunately is defeated by Ideal Maki & Co.
Ultimately Persona 1’s story is one of self-discovery and hope, hope for the present, hope for the future, and hope for humanity.
Gameplay:
It is incorporated into the essence of the story in such a manner that can only be deemed as genius, requiring the usage of multiple Persona’s to overcome difficult encounters, alluring to the Jungian Archetype of the same name.
It’s easy to get into and very addictive, the grid system is my favorite JRPG gameplay mechanic, allowing you to further strategize by having the placement of characters matter to what they can and cannot hit, demon negotiations are as fun as ever and perhaps my favorite in P1, each character has 5 dialogue options to choose from, while the demons possess 4 main emotions you can trigger, it all makes for varied and fun negotiations
Graphics:
Due to its strong art direction (god bless Kazuma Kaneko) it manages to still hold up to today, with impressively colorful and emotive character sprites, decent animations, and a not-so-bad world
“The smiles you wear are no longer false masks, you may find yourselves troubled or suffering or lost in the future, but there is nothing to fear, look to your soul for your true self, no matter what trials you may face, that will be enough for you to weather the storm, now go forth, into your bright futures”
At the very center and core of the story is Maki Sonomura, who’s the literal subject of multiple Jungian Archetypes, the Self (real Maki), the Shadow (Aki & Pandora), and the Persona (ideal Maki) it is later revealed in the story that through a connection with the DEVA system, Maki created her “ideal” perfect world, but as Jung said “A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them. Whenever we give up, leave behind, and forget too much, there is always the danger that things that we have neglected will return with added force.” Maki’s shadow selves manage to emerge and wreak havoc upon Maki’s ideal world, and now the team’s forced to face the reality of the situation after defeating Kandori, they go through more dungeons and eventually reach the soul world, which is yet another literal manifestation of Carl Jung’s idea’s, the Collective Unconsciousness, it’s where the ideal Maki confronts and changes the real Maki, who’s revealed to be a pessimistic loner, but that pessimism eventually manifests itself into Maki’s most dangerous incarnation, Pandora, who wishes to destroy the world and everyone in it, but fortunately is defeated by Ideal Maki & Co.
Ultimately Persona 1’s story is one of self-discovery and hope, hope for the present, hope for the future, and hope for humanity.
Gameplay:
It is incorporated into the essence of the story in such a manner that can only be deemed as genius, requiring the usage of multiple Persona’s to overcome difficult encounters, alluring to the Jungian Archetype of the same name.
It’s easy to get into and very addictive, the grid system is my favorite JRPG gameplay mechanic, allowing you to further strategize by having the placement of characters matter to what they can and cannot hit, demon negotiations are as fun as ever and perhaps my favorite in P1, each character has 5 dialogue options to choose from, while the demons possess 4 main emotions you can trigger, it all makes for varied and fun negotiations
Graphics:
Due to its strong art direction (god bless Kazuma Kaneko) it manages to still hold up to today, with impressively colorful and emotive character sprites, decent animations, and a not-so-bad world
“The smiles you wear are no longer false masks, you may find yourselves troubled or suffering or lost in the future, but there is nothing to fear, look to your soul for your true self, no matter what trials you may face, that will be enough for you to weather the storm, now go forth, into your bright futures”
softcoregamer
1 year ago