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Shin Megami Tensei: Persona (Sony PSP, 2009)

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Coming out in 1996 as a playstation game, Persona, with its unique, dark atmosphere and challenging gameplay, captured the hearts of many gamers. 13 years later, the ancestor of the franchised is ported to the PSP with upgrades, such as an expanded soundtrack, event scenes and in game movies, now, the younger generation can taste the gloom of youth that only the Persona series can provide.The system has proved to be one of the most difficult part of the game and this is now readjusted to ease some less experienced gamers into the intriguing world. One has to remember, however, that although teenagers are protagonists, instead of having sunny, cheerful school lifes plus adventure, the game focuses on the hardship and inevitably cruel choices that young people have to face as they grow up.

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The first entry in Atlus' modern role-playing franchise, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona finds players in control of a group of high schoolers who use multiple personalities to combat demons and prevent their town from slipping into another dimension. While playing a children's folklore game, the teenage characters are struck unconscious and greeted by a man named Philemon, who imbues within them the ability to summon different personalities known as personas. These phantasm-like personae serve the role typically assigned to mages or wizards, unleashing a variety of different magic attacks on enemies, while the main characters can use traditional melee weapons for close-quarters combat or modern guns for ranged attacks.

Gamers need to manage and improve all of these skills, as the SEBEC Corporation's newest invention seems to be inviting a constant stream of demons from another dimension. Battles present players with an isometric viewpoint of the action, while the dungeon-crawling aspect of the game switches to the first-person perspective. Combat helps characters level up, but physical violence is not always the best course of action. Each character can use four different conversational techniques to coax items from the demons, and new personas can only be acquired by convincing demons to relinquish their spell cards.

This updated remake of Revelations Series: Persona marks the debut of the Shin Megami Tensei series on North American PSPs, and it features a revamped interface, new dungeon layouts, new cut-scenes, multiple difficulty levels, a two-disc soundtrack, and the previously unavailable "Snow Queen" scenario.

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Publisher
Altus
UPC
0730865600090
eBay Product ID (ePID)
56263023

Product Key Features

Rating
T-Teen
Genre
Role Playing
Video Game Series
Persona Series
Platform
Sony PSP
Game Name
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona

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Release Year
2009
Number of Players
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
USA
Control Elements
Gamepad/Joystick
LeafCats
139973
ESRB Descriptor
Fantasy Violence, Language, Partial Nudity, Simulated Gambling, Suggestive Themes

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4.6 out of 5 stars based on 22 product ratings

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2 out of 5 stars
by unrignulnaemJan 10, 2010
not much of an improvement
I've played the original Revolutions: Persona, and the PSP update sports mostly superficial changes. Despite the all new cut scenes, new sound track (why?), the new world map, Mark being white, a new difficulty selection, and putting the Ice Queen quest back in the RPG aspect has remained unchanged. Not a good thing. Compared to the newer games in the series, Persona 1 is antiquated posessing common old-school jRPG flaws that hurt the game's enjoyment: there's a high encounter rate, you'll sometimes need to grind experience, and the graphics are dull and repeptitive in addition to a lot of really bad design choices made for this game. there is a bright side to the remake though: Atlus did two things to make this game less painful. One is a feature that allows you to fast forward battles. The other is a difficulty select. The original PS version had a brutal difficulty where enemies would ambush you constantly and lots of them would instant-death you or status effect you to death. The normal difficulty for this update seems too easy in comparison. As for Persona itself, being an older game it has a lot of poor design choices that make playing it annoying or burdensome. For starters, to make persona you have to negotiate with enemies for their cards to use in the velvet room. Negotiating with enemies is a guessing game and its extremely annoying trying to get these cards. Another issue is Persona's levelling system is needlessly complicated. Each character has a persona level in addition to their own normal level and the experience for both is split depending on how you fight battles. Each persona you make has its own level restriction, so if your character has persona level 24 you cant use that persona level 25 until you level up. Leveling up your persona involves spamming persona attacks during battle. Another problem is Personae have set skills and these skills are unlocked as you rank them up during battle. This is annoying for a variety of reasons. First many persona have garbage skill sets. The other is you rank up personae by spamming their abilities in battles. Finally the absolute worst thing about Persona is the battle system. Battles take place on a grid and each character's weapon and persona have an area of effect. If an enemy is outside your target range, guess what? You can't do anything to them. Its really annoying! Since I originally wrote this review, my opinion has since changed. Persona hasn't aged well. At all. Its not fun. Its annoying and cumbersome to play. And there's that key moment mid-game where if you make the wrong dialoge choice you get stuck with the lame ending. Persona 3 and 4 have ironed out a lot of what didn't work for this series. That being said, I wouldn't recommend this game unless you want to experience an old style and stale feeling jRPG.Read full review
4 out of 5 stars
by camdeworral0Feb 21, 2017
Fantastic Game even though it's Old
The Game is phenomenal! It's an old game but it's worth a try if you like story, long games, and JRPG elements. A must collect item!
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5 out of 5 stars
by hsal_w_kwuiyhlsDec 14, 2021
You get what you pay for
I'm just one of those crazy enough to buy a game that is needlessly expensive. I love the Persona series, this was the lowest price. It is what it is. Game at least was in great condition. I just wish it was easier to get games like this without the loss of both an arm and a leg.
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4 out of 5 stars
by pvnt26DXTNW@Del...Dec 27, 2009
Old school J-RPG fun
This is a good old school style RPG. The isometric controls take a little getting used to but once you're used to them they aren't a problem. I like how the battle system is set up and how it makes you pick your moves in a strategic fasion. There are MANY random battles but you'll be used to that if you're in to old school J-RPGs. It's not perfect but it's really good and the story re-write makes a big difference from the original. If you are a Mega-ten fan, this is a must have.
5 out of 5 stars
by ninjaf_39Jun 27, 2020
I love this game persona is awesome
It's a great rpg series and especially hard to find now for the psp
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