Always by your side...
this is a fucking dogshit game (at least the psp version) but an amazing story. genuinely fucking amazed the persona is not the slop they force down peoples throats with the newest games and that this spinoff series is capable of having heartfelt stories and a cast of characters that is not only likable, but also feels like friends.
im kind of at a loss for words for this game, it has one of my favorite stories ive ever experienced and its fucking insane how well it tells that story. the group of characters (excluding maya) that you control in this one is probably one of my favorite rpg parties ever. not only do they actually feel like teenagers but they feel like actual friends with a group dynamic and who actually care about each other. the gameplay though is actually horrendous to the point where i just turned on cheats to make it a visual novel because i could not get myself to invest time into it otherwise. i hear the ps1 version is better in that regard but oh well, ive never been a fan of persona's gameplay compared to mainline smt anyway.
i guess to close off this nothing-review with some mild spoilers, that ending is one of the most devastating conclusions to a video game i've ever seen, it was all for nothing but its an experience that im going to treasure and i'll never feel like that time was wasted. i don't even feel the tragedy in a way thats tangible, i just feel empty and at a loss for words and i just want things to be different but they wont be. phenomenal
also hitler is there. he doesn't really add anything to the story by being there? it makes sense why he's there in universe but they didn't really have to have him? it doesn't even particularly bother me that much it's just weird.
this is a fucking dogshit game (at least the psp version) but an amazing story. genuinely fucking amazed the persona is not the slop they force down peoples throats with the newest games and that this spinoff series is capable of having heartfelt stories and a cast of characters that is not only likable, but also feels like friends.
im kind of at a loss for words for this game, it has one of my favorite stories ive ever experienced and its fucking insane how well it tells that story. the group of characters (excluding maya) that you control in this one is probably one of my favorite rpg parties ever. not only do they actually feel like teenagers but they feel like actual friends with a group dynamic and who actually care about each other. the gameplay though is actually horrendous to the point where i just turned on cheats to make it a visual novel because i could not get myself to invest time into it otherwise. i hear the ps1 version is better in that regard but oh well, ive never been a fan of persona's gameplay compared to mainline smt anyway.
i guess to close off this nothing-review with some mild spoilers, that ending is one of the most devastating conclusions to a video game i've ever seen, it was all for nothing but its an experience that im going to treasure and i'll never feel like that time was wasted. i don't even feel the tragedy in a way thats tangible, i just feel empty and at a loss for words and i just want things to be different but they wont be. phenomenal
also hitler is there. he doesn't really add anything to the story by being there? it makes sense why he's there in universe but they didn't really have to have him? it doesn't even particularly bother me that much it's just weird.
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the encounter rate is ridiculous imo and the emulator i played it on didnt have fast forward that i could find (ppsspp on the switch) so it was easier for me to just use cheats
Ah i'm only am acquainted with the pc version of the pppsspp and i know how to do it there. Yeah if i couldn't fast forward battles i would remove them by cheats 100%, now i get it.
on hitler - considering nyarly hints that he turned himself into hitler solely to troll people and show how people are capable to believe in the most batshit stuff possible, he's there purely for the shock factor. it doesn't deliver at all since the topic of people believing in outlandish things isn't explored further in p2 is.
ah that makes sense! i figured that mightve been it but i wasnt sure
Rensie
1 year ago