Have you ever had that feeling when you're down? You know the one, where you feel a clawing void in your stomach and it just doesnt go away and you just want to stay inside and drown your sorrow in whatever comfort you have to hand? That is how P2:IS's gameplay makes me feel. This is the only game I have ever played whose gameplay made me feel physically bad.
This is particularly strange given that Persona 1's gameplay was fine? Nothing amazing but you could automate most of it to make the obnoxious encounter rate more amenable. No such luck in Innocent Sin, everything has to be done through excruciating, asinine slow menus designed by some sort of trickster god to punish gamers for their sins. Even just using the fusion spells which is what I ended up just spamming the pace is absolutely horrendous and still takes too many clicks, especially if you need to change spells which require having different personas equipped. Even worse the bosses and general difficulty is absolutely braindead so you have the dull + unchallenging combination to put me to sleep
Maybe this game wouldnt occupy such negative space in my mind if it didnt constantly get overhyped by the community as being "the best persona game!" "the best story in a persona game" and you know maybe its the gameplay that has soured me but quite honestly THE STORY AINT EVEN THAT GOOD. Now admittedly I have not finished this game because of the aforementioned reasons but I really dont see what the hype is about. The whole rumour theme is intriguing and the characters have good chemistry and all that but its really not all that special? We just sort of stumble across the villains constantly and foil their plans like they are team rocket and we get some tragic backstory stuff through typical cutscenes but thats about it. Maybe people really like it if they're into conspiracy stuff and hitler shows up but honestly even the greatest story ever told wouldnt be worth the punishment that is the gameplay. Still though, best Persona story? Frankly I disagree, Ive seen shonen animes who've done this shit better.
I tried pushing through on 3 separate occasions before dropping it again and I think its a mark against any game where I go "Im just too fucking bored to keep going" at the point where Hitler shows up with his robot army from Hell.
Its come to my attention when sharing this opinion that the slow frustrating combat is more of a feature of the psp remake rather than the original. The problem though is that the original was never released in the west and as such has no official translation. More importantly however, if this unhinged essay hasnt clued you in, Im quite soured on this game, and Im not very inclined on trying it again any time soon
This is particularly strange given that Persona 1's gameplay was fine? Nothing amazing but you could automate most of it to make the obnoxious encounter rate more amenable. No such luck in Innocent Sin, everything has to be done through excruciating, asinine slow menus designed by some sort of trickster god to punish gamers for their sins. Even just using the fusion spells which is what I ended up just spamming the pace is absolutely horrendous and still takes too many clicks, especially if you need to change spells which require having different personas equipped. Even worse the bosses and general difficulty is absolutely braindead so you have the dull + unchallenging combination to put me to sleep
Maybe this game wouldnt occupy such negative space in my mind if it didnt constantly get overhyped by the community as being "the best persona game!" "the best story in a persona game" and you know maybe its the gameplay that has soured me but quite honestly THE STORY AINT EVEN THAT GOOD. Now admittedly I have not finished this game because of the aforementioned reasons but I really dont see what the hype is about. The whole rumour theme is intriguing and the characters have good chemistry and all that but its really not all that special? We just sort of stumble across the villains constantly and foil their plans like they are team rocket and we get some tragic backstory stuff through typical cutscenes but thats about it. Maybe people really like it if they're into conspiracy stuff and hitler shows up but honestly even the greatest story ever told wouldnt be worth the punishment that is the gameplay. Still though, best Persona story? Frankly I disagree, Ive seen shonen animes who've done this shit better.
I tried pushing through on 3 separate occasions before dropping it again and I think its a mark against any game where I go "Im just too fucking bored to keep going" at the point where Hitler shows up with his robot army from Hell.
Its come to my attention when sharing this opinion that the slow frustrating combat is more of a feature of the psp remake rather than the original. The problem though is that the original was never released in the west and as such has no official translation. More importantly however, if this unhinged essay hasnt clued you in, Im quite soured on this game, and Im not very inclined on trying it again any time soon
Dieggster
1 year ago
I found myself engaged enough but around the end I was like hmm not sure what people are on about with it being the best.
I think it’s very charming like alot of ps1 games I have to say