PERSONA 3 PORTABLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

CuccoLady · 07-08-2010, 01:14 AM

If you liked the original, you'll love this. GUARANTEED. <333

Soooo, most of the new material in the game comes from controlling a female protagonist as opposed to the original dude. This opens up craploads of new social links [including Ryoji, and all of the guys on your team], leads to slightly different story events [like when the guy protagonist would be at a sports meet, the girl protagonist visits Inaba with teh frendz], and also has a lot of surprisingly well thought-out changes in the game's main, non-social-link-related dialogue.

Like, rather than blatantly hitting on you, Yukari gossips with you like she would to a fellow high-school dudette. Stuff like that. The changes they made in the social dynamics within your group are very believable.

However, since it's on the PSP, a lot of things [graphically/aesthetically] had to be sacrificed. You don't appear on the map at all, you just point and click at what you want to talk to/interact with, and a lot of animated cutscenes are changed to either voice acted talking faces or they are acted out with the 3-D in-game models.

So, aestheticwise, it isn't as good, but gameplaywise [they added a lot of P4-esque gameplay tweaks, without blatantly copying it] it is greatly improved, and the female protagonist allows P3 fans to re-play the game while still experiencing something that feels new and fresh, and very well-done.

Honestly, it IS playing Persona 3 with a new perspective. It doesn't feel like a port or remake or whatever, it feels like the game itself, and yet it also feels very original. Win.

Now I just have to convince myself to not touch it tomorrow so I can have the most gameplay possible for my plane trips to and from France. No guarantees.

**Loot** · 07-08-2010, 01:33 AM

So what about us that have never even played a Persona game before?

CuccoLady · 07-08-2010, 01:37 AM

Then I pity your existence?

I still say get it, because if you play as the male MC it's pretty dang close to the original, then you can play as the female if you like it enough to get an original re-play.

Speed · 07-10-2010, 09:04 PM

Pre-ordered for the Junpei Hat.

Win.

heh · 07-11-2010, 05:48 PM

i want this.... but it would require getting a psp. whoops

also p3 isn't as good as p4 so whenever i play it now i feel like i'd rather play p4 instead :/

**Loot** · 07-11-2010, 11:14 PM

Om nom nom PSP nom nom Peace Walker nom nom

... There's... other... good games on the PSP... just can't think of them. Yeah, that's it.

If P3 is on PSN, I'll get it. Should have enough space on my memory stick.

heh · 07-12-2010, 12:08 AM

pfft i don't have to get a psp for peace walker my friend has it :smug:

Speed · 07-25-2010, 10:54 PM

RANDOM P3 COMIC

RELEVENT

CuccoLady · 07-25-2010, 11:33 PM

Just finished the trippy love hotel full moon. Akihiko was in my party.

Lolz were had. x{D

^Also win

07-08-2010, 01:14 AM	#1
CuccoLady Anime and Cartoons Mod Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: THIS LOCATION REMINDS ME OF A PUZZLE, LUKE Gender: Posts: 8,457 Thanks: 2,666 Thanked 1,076 Times in 725 Posts	PERSONA 3 PORTABLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE If you liked the original, you'll love this. GUARANTEED. <333 Soooo, most of the new material in the game comes from controlling a female protagonist as opposed to the original dude. This opens up craploads of new social links [including Ryoji, and all of the guys on your team], leads to slightly different story events [like when the guy protagonist would be at a sports meet, the girl protagonist visits Inaba with teh frendz], and also has a lot of surprisingly well thought-out changes in the game's main, non-social-link-related dialogue. Like, rather than blatantly hitting on you, Yukari gossips with you like she would to a fellow high-school dudette. Stuff like that. The changes they made in the social dynamics within your group are very believable. However, since it's on the PSP, a lot of things [graphically/aesthetically] had to be sacrificed. You don't appear on the map at all, you just point and click at what you want to talk to/interact with, and a lot of animated cutscenes are changed to either voice acted talking faces or they are acted out with the 3-D in-game models. So, aestheticwise, it isn't as good, but gameplaywise [they added a lot of P4-esque gameplay tweaks, without blatantly copying it] it is greatly improved, and the female protagonist allows P3 fans to re-play the game while still experiencing something that feels new and fresh, and very well-done. Honestly, it IS playing Persona 3 with a new perspective. It doesn't feel like a port or remake or whatever, it feels like the game itself, and yet it also feels very original. Win. Now I just have to convince myself to not touch it tomorrow so I can have the most gameplay possible for my plane trips to and from France. No guarantees.

07-08-2010, 01:33 AM	#2
Loot whelp I'm a bloody moron Join Date: May 2001 Location: LEGITIMATE BUSINESS Gender: Posts: 12,524 Thanks: 226 Thanked 1,168 Times in 612 Posts	So what about us that have never even played a Persona game before?

07-08-2010, 01:37 AM	#3
CuccoLady Anime and Cartoons Mod Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: THIS LOCATION REMINDS ME OF A PUZZLE, LUKE Gender: Posts: 8,457 Thanks: 2,666 Thanked 1,076 Times in 725 Posts	Then I pity your existence? I still say get it, because if you play as the male MC it's pretty dang close to the original, then you can play as the female if you like it enough to get an original re-play.

07-10-2010, 09:04 PM	#4
Speed Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: If there's a bright center to the universe I'm on the planet it's farthest from Gender: Posts: 3,723 Thanks: 1,595 Thanked 319 Times in 223 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Pre-ordered for the Junpei Hat. Win.

07-11-2010, 05:48 PM	#5
heh Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: lo-ca-tion; Noun- 1. a place or situation occupied: That house is in a fine location Gender: Posts: 9,766 Thanks: 706 Thanked 946 Times in 619 Posts	i want this.... but it would require getting a psp. whoops also p3 isn't as good as p4 so whenever i play it now i feel like i'd rather play p4 instead :/

07-11-2010, 11:14 PM	#6
Loot whelp I'm a bloody moron Join Date: May 2001 Location: LEGITIMATE BUSINESS Gender: Posts: 12,524 Thanks: 226 Thanked 1,168 Times in 612 Posts	Om nom nom PSP nom nom Peace Walker nom nom ... There's... other... good games on the PSP... just can't think of them. Yeah, that's it. If P3 is on PSN, I'll get it. Should have enough space on my memory stick.

07-12-2010, 12:08 AM	#7
heh Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: lo-ca-tion; Noun- 1. a place or situation occupied: That house is in a fine location Gender: Posts: 9,766 Thanks: 706 Thanked 946 Times in 619 Posts	pfft i don't have to get a psp for peace walker my friend has it :smug:

07-25-2010, 10:54 PM	#8
Speed Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: If there's a bright center to the universe I'm on the planet it's farthest from Gender: Posts: 3,723 Thanks: 1,595 Thanked 319 Times in 223 Posts Blog Entries: 1	RANDOM P3 COMIC RELEVENT

07-25-2010, 11:33 PM	#9
CuccoLady Anime and Cartoons Mod Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: THIS LOCATION REMINDS ME OF A PUZZLE, LUKE Gender: Posts: 8,457 Thanks: 2,666 Thanked 1,076 Times in 725 Posts	Just finished the trippy love hotel full moon. Akihiko was in my party. Lolz were had. x{D ^Also win