![]() And, GOD DAMN, is his story arc with the male protagonist, the absolute drizzly worst shit imaginable. He sucks, and anyone who complains about Yosuke in Persona 4 or Yusuke in Persona 5 for being "annoying" or a little "extra" has never had to listen to one of Ken Amada's MANY insufferable sob stories about why he's a poor sad boy that wants to kill someone important in your party. I don't care if that last phrase is a sentence fragment because that's all I need to say. It also doesn't help the game's story is the slowest burn of the last three numbered Persona titles and does not get its shit together until its sixtieth hour. That boss battle against Jin and Takaya may be one of the most BURTAL gear checks in franchise history. It will crush your spirit and motivation to continue if you don't fully understand how to maximize the characters efficiently and get the most out of the fusing mechanic. Second, Persona 3 has a mid-game difficulty spike that comes out of nowhere if you are not ready. First, Tartarus sucks complete and total ass, and how it limits what you can do to progress the game's story wasn't fun at the time, and it is doubly less fun today. There are three primary reasons for this. Nonetheless, it was until recently a game I had only completed from beginning to end once. Persona 3 was and is a special video game to me. And don't forget, the female protagonist is 1000% better! And Persona 3 perfectly captured that sense of moving toward what I perceived as an unavoidable calamity while dealing with a growing sense of alienation and disillusionment. Likewise, while the game's monotony is a common complaint for many, the high school of Persona 3 feeling like a blur defined by irrelevancy felt deeply connected to my own experiences. Much like the dungeon of Tartarus, it was me against the world, and no one else understood what I was going through or thinking, and the best remedy was to continue to have little adventures that staved off reality biting at my heels. Something about Persona 3's bleak world and outlook and how outside forces are always out to get you resonated with me more than I can adequately put into words. I was getting ready to transition to college and was dealing with bouts of depression and anxiety stemming from my life undergoing a massive metamorphosis. That aside, despite being slightly late to the party, even then, it caught me at the right time and place. While remembering where I've put my keys remains arduous, this memory has always stuck with me. I know this because I was stuck on a boss when my parents revealed they had made reservations for me to attend my now-deceased grandmother's birthday at a local Black Angus. ![]() I played Persona 3 in high school and finished it the year Jeff Gerstmann was fired from GameSpot. No, I want to discuss why Persona 3 remains my "pick" despite its stark flaws and review what those quibbles might be. However, this blog isn't about me waxing poetically about Atlus and its history. ![]() And how many companies besides it, Enix, Nippon Ichi, and Falcom, have remained this steadfast in honoring their roots and staying within their lane? Atlus is an aberration, which is why people seek out their experiences. It's a humbling thought exercise if you ask me, especially when you consider Atlus has been able to accomplish all they have in recent memory as a wholly-owned subsidiary and having started as an RPG mill that spawned during the 1980s Japanese asset price bubble. What is a more worthwhile exercise is thinking about which game broke the dam in terms of the series becoming the ubiquitous role-playing game hallmark we now know and Atlus becoming a company with a global cache of credibility. Thanks to the Endurance Run, many of you think the best pick is Persona 4, and for millions today, the answer is Persona 5, which is turning seven the year of this blog's publishing date. It's Pokemon or Mario Kart Rules but for a non-Nintendo property. The foremost game in the series you invested 100+ hours into is most likely to be your pick as the high-water mark for the series. That's because I have a personal theory that everyone's favorite Persona game is whichever game you first sat down with and played all the way through. However, I have given up trying to plead the case for the game. ![]() If you were to press me on the matter, I'd cite Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 as my favorite in the franchise. Ma41 Comments WARNING: THIS BLOG CONTAINS SIGNIFICANT SPOILERS PERTAINING TO PERSONA 3! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! Preamble One of these games is not like the other. It Was Rough Going Back To Persona 3, But I'm Glad I Did It!
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