These two are way more endearing than their anime-trope design would suggest. Credit: Atlus
These two are way more endearing than their anime-trope design would suggest.
  • Atlus
  • These two are way more endearing than their anime-trope design would suggest.

As of this morning, Atlus’ Persona 3: FES landed on the PlayStation Network Store for the insanely low price of $10. Why should you care about a rehashed PlayStation 2 game?

Two reasons: First, that $10 price point. You’ve likely got that kind of scratch between the cushions of your couch (and if you don’t, you should probably look for a better couch).

Second, and more importantly, Persona 3: FES is arguably the best roleplaying game of the last two console generations. I’m willing to admit that its sequel (the aptly titled Persona 4) might improve on it in some ways, but this Wired review makes a solid argument as to why everyone with even the faintest interest in the genre should own the game.

Fair warning though, the game is long and incredibly deep. Expect to drop a minimum of 100 hours into it before you reach the end. And don’t be surprised if, after playing, you immediately seek out the other half-dozen games and off-shoots in the series.

6 replies on “Got $10? Got A PS3? There’s Something You Need To Buy, Like, Now”

  1. Fair warning though, the game is incredibly tedious and shallow. Expect a minimum of 100 anime cliches.

    SMT Nocturne > SMT Strange Journey > Persona 2 > Devil Survivor > SMT2 > P4 > P3

    SMT is my favorite game series and I was looking forward to P3 for the longest time. I remain unhappy with the direction the franchise has taken, not the least of which is the loss of Kazuma Kaneko as lead artist.

  2. “but this Wired review makes a solid argument as to why everyone with even the faintest interest in the genre should own the game”. Also written by Earnest “Nex” Cavalli.

  3. @cat & beard: Granted, it does include anime cliches, but given that it’s a roleplaying game set in a Japanese high school, would you really expect different?

    And there’s an entire Megami Tensei purist argument on the quality of the most recent Persona titles (and, for that matter, of the Shin Megami Tensei games as a whole), but that doesn’t detract from the fact that, objectively speaking, Persona 3 is fantastic.

    @dfsa987: Well, yeah. Why would I want to promote the work of others? I write for a living. Obviously I’m a narcissist.

    But if you don’t want to take my word for it, here’s a stupid-huge selection of my colleagues who feel the same way: http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation…

  5. @ c.o.: I agree, though the later Suikoden games started falling off a bit in terms of quality. As is, I’ve got the first two games on PS3 hard drive.

  6. I kept Suikoden 5 around as I felt that one brought back the quality the early games had. We will not speak of 3, for it was an abomination and 4 was mostly forgettable.

Comments are closed.