Atlus Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES - PlayStation 2

Bought new from Amazon, and surprisingly enough in 2019, it is an actual brand new, shrink-wrapped copy of P3Fes. It does have a different case from my other PS2 games, which is clearly cheaper and more of a dark blue colour — possibly due to being more recently produced? Regardless, it works fine in my PS2 and is a great JRPG. Definitely recommended.

I received four copies for some reason, can't wait to play the game.

Persona 3 FES being the upgraded version of Persona 3 is a underrated masterpiece. There are many draws in the game, the main ones being it's incredibly deep physological story and characters. But the anime style and clearly Japanese soundtrack add so much aswell. I've played thousands of game and this one stands as my favorite, it's still just as worth playing as the day it came out Gameplay is really fun, it has unique One more! battle system where if you attack a monster with it's weakness you get to attack again. And you can scan an enemy and get to see it's weakness without wasting a turn which is a nice change from usual. But the monsters get the same advantage if they attack you with one of your weakness'. It feels a little like you're cheating because you can wipe out the enemy before they ever even get the chance to move if you know what you're doing, it's a lot of fun once you get it down, it becomes almost like a rhythm You also collect personas (it's like an adult version of pokemon in many ways) which you can get by winning them in a card shuffle at the end of a battle or fusing ones you don't want anymore together to create a new stronger one But thats only half the game, the other (arguably even more enjoyable half) is essentially a social sim, You go to school get asked questions decide what friends to make, get in a relationship, play sports, meet new people who react in different ways depending on what you say to them, or just shop and play at the arcade to raise your stats. Theres about 20 different "social links" (basically friends) you can have and as you spend time with them you're rank increases. When it goes up you get more powerful fused personas and if you max any or all of them out you can incredibly powerful personas. Its got a lot of charm and theres so many different types of social links, from someone whos about to die to a school friend to an elderly couple or even potential lovers. It's capable of making you laugh or cry because these people feel very real. This version contains the 20 hour epilogue titled "The Answer", and if you like Persona 3 then this really is essential. It adds so much to the game. It has some of the nicest animated cutscenes I've seen in a game. It provides much needed closure without being overly final. The ending is really beautiful, it had me crying from sadness at the same time as I was smiling. It also adds a new social link which is very touching, lots of cool new Personas, and new requests from Elizabeth along with a secret ultimate boss into the original game Voice acting is some of the best in the business, and the character design is amazing especially if you like anime. I highly recommend the artbook to go along with it, the huge soundtrack is worth getting aswell. Don't forget to try the similar Persona 4 if you like 3, and you could even try Persona 1 and 2 though they feel very different The story is very dark (even the color scheme was made to reflect this) and will probably make you cry (I sure did). Finally one of the coolest aspects is that you have to commit pseudo suicide (part of the psychology I mentioned earlier) to summon your persona, each character has a different way of doing it and even after hundreds of hours it never gets old. If you like JRPGS and/or anime and or social sims or just a game that's great all around then get this, you won't be disappointed

Be aware that this is an NTSC-U copy of Persona 3 FES. In order to play it on consoles from other regions, you must modify your PS2. Considering this game in my region (PAL) is well in excess of AU$350, an NTSC-U copy for AU$85 seems like a total bargain. I was skeptical coming into it but it is totally legit! Comes with the manual and disk in incredible condition, and with a bit of finesse to get my PAL console modified, I was able to play the game no problem!

Dieses Spiel gibt es leider nur auf Englisch mit Untertiteln. Du bist definitiv eines der coolsten RPG`s diese gespielt habe. Vielfältige Möglichkeiten seine Stärken und Schwächen zu entwickeln und er sehr toll aufgebaut des kundenbasiertes Kampf- System. Mega coole story line, sehr schöne Grafik und zudem auch unselige neben Quests die man einfach abseits der story noch erledigen kann – oder auch nicht wie man gerade hat.