(02-06-2015, 03:31 AM)Kamome Wrote: Do you guys have a quick 'sell' for someone who has never played the Persona titles? I personally just never liked the art style, so never got into one. What's the series' greatest strength?~I will buuuuuuuuuuurrrrn my brrrreeeaaaaaadddd drrrrrrrreeeeaaaaaaaad~!
My intro to the Persona series was P3P, with the Female Main Character (FeMC), after months and months (... years...) of insistence from a friend. I regretted not picking it up sooner.
The story is good.
There is filler content (pop-quizes, mid-terms and finals, anyone?), but that can and does have an effect on things you can get and your social skills.
While some of the characters can be a bit... cliche... the relationships (Social Links) you build do a really good job of getting you to care for characters.
The story is good.
Humor.Â
Akihiko is adorkable. Doesn't matter if you're male or female IRL, you'll find him adorkable.
The story is good.
There is a LOT of stuff to do, and unless you're playing with a guide next to you the whole time, you're not going to get everything done the first run through. So lots of replay value (I think my current save is for my fifth play-through, and I'm still not 100% on my compendium or Theo's requests).
Now... P4, it was good. I won't ever deny it. I think P4 has more humor and it really did a good job with the Social Links and making it really obvious that your bonds with your team-mates made a difference. To be totally honest, though, I only did one play-through using my husband's New Game Plus just so I could get the story, and that was enough for me. I just really, REALLY like P3 better.
