Live Blogs Jung complexes and icy masks: Let's Play Persona (PSP)

phoenixdaughterAM2012-07-14 15:25:10

Welcome one and all to my very first Let's Play. Today is the first of many days that we shall venture into this strange and Cash Cow Francise starting series called Persona. But what is Persona?

First up, the Persona series is a spin-off of the Shin Megami Tensei franchise. It's intent was to be a more accessible game within the franchise since all of the games are considered Nintendo Hard. This appears to be a big sucess as this spin-off franchise is now extremely popular within the RPG gaming sub-set. Persona 3 is noted for being Atlus big success and breakthrough into the western gaming market.

But what of this game? What of the first installment? In Japan it is regarded as pretty good and did well. The US...let us just say that Atlus didn't get their famed Wooyleism status without going through hell first. Which was one of the big marketing points Atlus USA made for the re-release, which is what we will be Let's Playing. After the success of Persona 3 and Persona 4, Atlus decided to remake the original game for those who did not have the chance to originally play these games.

While I have played Persona 3 Portable over and over and over and over again and have taken on Persona 2: Innocent Sin, this game will be my first playthrough. Note I didn't say blind. I did already watch a walkthrough for plot reasons, meaning that while I know what's going to happen, I have no idea what's the optimal situation for it. So let's dig into Shin Megami Tensei: Persona and see what terror and tough bosses await for us!

Comments

Otherarrow Since: Dec, 1969

Jul 14th 2012 at 10:34:47 PM

It's not mentioned unless you talk to them when they are NP Cs during these early stages of the game, but the reason Brown is so sure of his bet and the reason Eriko and Ayase support him is because they have done it before. This is also the reason why they don't join the rest when you go to the hospital, as they weren't knocked out by the lightning.

EndarkCuli Since: Dec, 1969

Jul 14th 2012 at 10:54:17 PM

Tips? Uh...if you're going for the main story path instead of the titular 'icy mask' path, now's the time to start your preperations if you want a certain character to be available to join you. You've just begun, and already there's missable sidequesting to be done; such is the way of an Atlus title, I suppose. Oh, and when you reach the Arcade, I found it really easy to profit from Hi-Low as long as I didn't get too ambitious and go for a long win streak.

Other then that, may I once more wish you the best of luck on this journey!

Phoenixor Since: Dec, 1969

Jul 15th 2012 at 4:30:20 AM

Doing great so far. Really looking forward to more. Will you be taking on Persona 2 after this as well, or shall you just be going along with this one?

phoenixdaughterAM Since: Dec, 1969

Jul 15th 2012 at 11:57:53 AM

I plan on taking on Innocent Sin after this. Hopefully by then Eternal Punishment will be released and I'll take on Portable and then Golden after that.

Yep, I'm doing a handheld Persona series run. SPREAD THE WORD!