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phoenixdaughterAM2012-10-09 14:35:47

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Hiya. phoenixdaughterAM here. And while I do enjoy the Persona series, I figured I should start again on my Let's Play's with a different game. Yes, I do plan on eventually getting beyond Persona at some point but...right now, with a hostile environment at home, I don't plan on making more progress. Therefore, let's get into my personal favorite game of not just the series, but all time...

Persona 3 Portable is the remake of the original Persona 3 for the Play Station Portable. Some things were lost in this translation, such as 3D graphics for the main world and cutscenes. However, the tradeoff is a new Female Protagonist for the game. She mostly exists to easily bring about the improvements to the system to the Social Links that Persona 4 gave, such as all team members being links and the optional romancing of them. A combat “improvement” was also made in that the characters can be controlled by the player optionally. Personally I didn't have too much problem with the AI (expect for Mitsuru Mind Charging) but...it does work well on saving MP and I am a conservative type of person.

Our protagonist is going to be Female on Easy difficulty. (Still a wuss here) I plan on doing a New Game Plus of the Male afterward in a different liveblog after this. There are going to be some small help here. I shall consult a guide for fusion and other requests but otherwise, this shall be a clear playthrough by me. Also to note that, similar to Pulse's LP of Persona 4, this shall be written in first person perspective. I do dabble in fics on occasion and I did always want a long playthrough-ish one, I just never had the ambition too. Also note, I do have a love interest in mind here and for those of you who know my shipping preferences, you already know it. Don't spoil it for those that don't know.

So with all of the intro's out of the way, let's begin Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable!

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Phoenixor Since: Dec, 1969
Mar 26th 2013 at 5:16:51 AM
Mark danced crazy! Love it. A good thing to read first thing in the... afternoon, now. Either way, great update, hun.
phoenixdaughterAM Since: Dec, 1969
Mar 25th 2013 at 7:43:44 PM
A thing I have to note while typing wise is that story-wise, while I do like that we get the exposition, I do NOT like the fact that it's fueled because of Yukari's mistrust of Mitsuru when the player has little reason at all to dislike her. Note the fact that Yukari mostly did this because Mitsuru "forced" Fuuka to join the team, which is in no way the case.

It does little but to put Yukari as a Jackass.
Otherarrow Since: Dec, 1969
Mar 25th 2013 at 9:27:12 PM
Yeah, Yukari is a bit of a jerk.

...OK, this has nothing to do with the post itself, but it does kinda bug me. The MC has no reason to notice Tanaka on the female route. On the male route, he is warned about him beforehand by "Maya" and that is probably what, in universe at least, perked his interest, but on the female route, she just sorta...takes interest in a random guy at the mall. I guess one could justify it with "oh, hey, that guy looks like the guy from the shopping show", but still. (I am surprised you didn't mention that btw. Or did Minako just not notice yet?)

Interesting thing with the letter to Maya and all.

All and all, I think you handled all the plot stuff in this post pretty well. Good job.
phoenixdaughterAM Since: Dec, 1969
Mar 26th 2013 at 6:59:39 AM
Classmates noticed him at school. It's about as logical as noticing a "club" in a club.

And Minako doesn't watch the shopping channel much to notice Tanaka much. She'll realize soon.

And thank you all. Thr comments are really what keep me moving on
Otherarrow Since: Dec, 1969
Mar 26th 2013 at 10:06:32 AM
That still seems like more of a stretch than in the male route. Minako didn't hear about him personally, so why should she care about gossip about a random guy? I mean, I like Tanaka, but the prompt to start his link here seems...random.

Sorry, I'll stop complaining.
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