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I've been playing through the series in the originally intended order by the developers (5-3-4),

What?

That is what is called a joke, since I obviously played the games in the wrong order.

- Normal difficulty chosen, but can I say how weird it is that the options are laid out as Normal-Beginner-Expert instead of Beginner-Normal-Expert?
- "Please sit back and enjoy the game," this is an odd way to open the game.
- Whenever I see one of these "purely a work of fiction" title screens, I always think of Assassin's Creed 1's talking about how the team that made the game is diverse.

- Igor and his attendant (who looks like an adult-ass woman, as opposed to Elizabeth and the Twins) are on a train? I didn't expect he'd be the first thing I see in the game, that's a change from P3 and P5.
- I notice Igor gives me the opportunity to name myself before I get to see the P4 protagonist, is this some kind of meta thing?
- Like Brent Johnson and Frank Svensson before him, so now begin the adventures of Greg Carlson.
- Igor pulls out some cards and tells me that a terrible catastrophe is imminent. Well I didn't need the cards to tell me that, the game has to have some kind of plot about a godlike creature ending humanity, this is a JRPG, after all. He tells me there'll be a misfortune and mystery at my destination, hm. After I enter into a contract, I'll return to the Velvet Room. I wonder what counts as a contract in the Personaverse. Isn't using a credit card technically a contract with whomever you're using it with?
- The assistant is Margaret, and she does indeed look way older than Elizabeth and the Twins.
- An anime cutscene starts by immediately thrusting teenage boobs in my face. This turns out to be a commercial for soda.
- We learn that Greg transferred to a new school a little while ago. He also owns a modern-looking smartphone, that's not bad for 2008.
- We learn that there's a politician who's having an affair, and this is apparently major news? I've gotta say, that seems incredibly stupid. I guess it's Japan and not America, are affairs taken that seriously over there?
- Greg gets off the train at a dumpy-looking station (apparently by himself) and meets an older guy named Ryotaro Dojima and his little daughter Nadako. He tells Greg that he's his uncle, but uh, wouldn't Greg already know that?
- We get a little cutscene of the area, and it's definitely less glitzy than P5's areas, though I'm not sure about P3's.
- Japanese gas stations have attendants who fuel up your car?!
- "There's so little to do, I'm sure you'll get bored fast. You'll either be hanging out with your friends or getting a job." This was true in Tokyo in P5, too, though!
- Finally we reach Dojima's house and have dinner sitting on our knees on the floor. That looks really uncomfortable. Dojima says we'll have a toast, but then we drink without toasting to anything in particular. Dojima says it's rough to be stuck in this town because of his parents' work right next to his daughter.
- Dojima gets a call. Just from the tone of voice and his tie, I'm guessing he's a cop. I ask Nanako about it and she says he's a detective, nailed it!
- "You can save the game by using the calendar in the living room." Jesus Christ, even in 2008, no one used wall calendars and you damn well know it.
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Started: July 6, 2005