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Topictransience's top 100 games -- please insert disc 2.
transience
12/30/19 8:33:26 PM
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28.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T85-Obx9iE8

2010
PSP

I love Personas systems. Persona 3 is the only game that really lets the system be the focus of the game. Other games largely focus on the relationships between the main characters and the main narrative. Persona 3 Im not convinced it really has a core narrative until you get about 4 months into the school year, and I like that a whole lot more.

This narrative space allowed by the game lets the game flourish through its basic dungeon crawling and its social links. I love just getting sucked into the black hole that is watching the numbers go up as I get more social links and better stats.

It also lets the games tone shine through a little bit more. Persona 3s tone is brilliant and it becomes the star of the game in the absence of a lingering plot thread. The drums of Tartarus and the dorm song gives this game a mood that I just really enjoy. Its also my first Persona game which I think helps a lot - I think the first one you play sticks with you in a lot of RPG series, and Persona fits that bill.

And yet, despite Persona 3 not really having a standout story for the first half of the game, the story comes on in the last few months and actually shines. Persona 3 is the only game of the three that actually ends strong. Both 4 and 5 drop the ball, but 3 actually soars during its climactic ending and exhilarating (and exhausting) final boss. I like Persona 4 and 5, but I really adore Persona 3 and come back to it all the damn time.

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