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Favorite Games

The World Ends with You: Final Remix
The World Ends with You: Final Remix
Wild Arms 3
Wild Arms 3

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Super Mario RPG
Super Mario RPG

Dec 26

Fire Emblem Engage: Divine Edition
Fire Emblem Engage: Divine Edition

Feb 05

Tactics Ogre: Reborn
Tactics Ogre: Reborn

Jan 09

Shin Megami Tensei V
Shin Megami Tensei V

Nov 24

Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy III

Sep 15

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there's some maybe interesting thoughts here but they're held back by an exhaustingly large dungeon and dice rolls upon dice rolls upon dice rolls

admittedly didn't get suuuuuuper far but the slog's gone on long enough i can't see it getting any better, especially with my significant issues with its systems (the large amount of highly random damage, floors being big and uninteresting, heavily encouraging skipping around and thus just... not engaging with the actual gameplay). overall 0/10, play Etrian Odyssey instead

Definitely on the simpler side for an RPG (though tbqh I'll take this over the more complicated action commands its progeny can have), but still an enjoyable adventure, imo. I like the overhauled mechanics a bit, but the fact that most of the game was not designed with them in mind can make them fall a bit flat...

I think my main complaint is that some of the sidequest stuff still shows its age in being rough and kinda unfun, though I'll admit this is at least partially because I'm not actually the greatest at reflexive stuff.

Game is definitely a treat visually. I feel like they knew when it'd be best to show off the new possible capabilities (ex. boss intros, certain cutscenes) while otherwise still being charmingly faithful.

Pretty easily the best Persona 5 spin-off, imo. The gameplay goes incredibly hard (even if it is kinda easy :U), adapting both Persona 5's general combat concepts and the whole "phantom thieves" idea to the strategy RPG genre really well. The only big issue is that most of the bosses... don't really capitalize on what's fun about the battle system. (This is a recurring Persona problem, to be fair. The boss that DOES engage with the battle system more is my absolute favorite.)

The story is fairly good, I think. The main antagonist is probably one of the best Persona's done - its philosophy feels like something people actually act on, and it's so irritatingly frustrating and hypocritical you absolutely want to tear its head off. In general, it's also focused more on one person, which allows the game to flesh out his character more - and seeing how the Phantom Thieves relate to his various plights is also good and interesting.

The DLC is... somewhat middling. It introduces a new mechanic that's potentially interesting, but not always applicable in an appreciable way. It goes a long way to making most of the boss fights more interesting, at least. (Though the final boss is... absolutely atrocious.) The plot of the DLC isn't bad, per say (though you could argue it doesn't utilize Kasumi and especially Akechi to their fullest), but its main antagonist is incredibly underwhelming compared to the main game's. All in all, I don't regret grabbing it, but I also won't fault you if you choose to pass it up.