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Old 26-05-17, 21:55   #1541
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So I'm interested in playing the Persona franchise, starting with the main series. I was looking at what consoles they got released for, I saw that the first game was remade for PSP and the second one got released in the for the PSP. So after that, I saw that I can purchase the third game on PSN, but it has FES in the name. So according to Wiki, it's just a version that contained updates. So with this, I don't need to play the regular version, do I?
Start with Persona 3.

Persona 3 FES is the PS2 director's cut with a few new social links and Personas. Nothing too amazing, but if you're gonna play on PS2 then go down that route. It also has a bonus epilogue that takes places after the story that I don't like, but it's worth playing for the story value.

Persona 3 Portable is a different beast altogether. It doesn't include the FES content but it does have the option to play as a female, which completely changes the social links in the game, and changes the music. This version also eliminates the free-roaming of the city and replaces it with a menu system.

There's not really a 'right' choice in which version you pick up, but my recommendation is to start with FES.

But you don't want to start with P1 or PS2. While they're not bad games, they're separate entities entirely, and are more traditional Shin Megami Tensei affairs than the later Persona games. When you see people brag about Persona, it's usually P3, P4 and P5 they're talking about.

EDIT: I didn't really answer your last question. No, if you play FES then you don't need to play the original vanilla P3. It has all the content that has plus more.

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Old 26-05-17, 22:08   #1542
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Thank you for the answer, Domino. It was just what I was looking for. I guess I might be purchasing it on PSN. Once again, thank you

EDIT: Forgot to ask. How much does doing in game socialising affect your game?

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Old 26-05-17, 23:08   #1543
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Thank you for the answer, Domino. It was just what I was looking for. I guess I might be purchasing it on PSN. Once again, thank you

EDIT: Forgot to ask. How much does doing in game socialising affect your game?
A bunch.

For minor spoilers about game mechanics: There are a bunch of types of Personas that have different strengths, weaknesses and individual stats. For example, Personas of the Magician Arcana favour fire magic, and are often weak to ice.

So somewhere in the world, there's a character with a social link associated with the Magician Arcana. By talking, hanging out and socializing with him or her, you can level up your rating of the Magician Arcana. Levelling that up boosts the amount of XP your Personas get when you fuse them to make new ones. Maxing out a social link near the end game can yield you an extra ten free levels at times, and levelling up obviously grants Personas new skills and stat increases.

So you if you make a regular Persona that has an Arcana with a highly levelled social link, you can immediately get an XP boost that would give it new moves and stats you would have to work for otherwise.

In FES, there are more social links, although I'm not sure of the exact number. Basically it gives you new character storylines to explore, and new types of Personas to level up.
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Old 27-05-17, 06:56   #1544
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Cool. Thanks for the response again, Domino.
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Old 03-10-17, 20:40   #1545
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Once again I'm enjoying very much being a male Japanese student who has a secret persona.

Persona 5 is just as much fun as Persona 4. Although I maybe liked being a country student a little bit more.

I'm at about 100 hours and on the final stretch. But I'm hoping there is a happy ending for Morganna at the end of it all. Forget the crime mystery, the mystery of the cat is what's most been on my mind from the beginning.... and whether it's a girl or a boy.

I do wonder whilst I playing this if it would be possible to make a UK school / student version of this type of game and whether it would be as fun.
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Old 03-10-17, 21:45   #1546
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If they fictionalised UK school life as much as they have Japanese school life, I'm sure it would be.

Persona represents the general view of school in anime and manga - that's very far removed from actual school life in Japan.
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Old 04-10-17, 05:03   #1547
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I do like seeing these slices of Japanese lifestyles that the Persona games show. I don't think the Persona team would tell as good a story with those strong cultural themes surrounding it if they told a story about a culture other than their own.

Not saying they can't, but it would require a lot of research, maybe spending a year in the UK to learn more about it.
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Old 04-10-17, 08:58   #1548
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I expect a different developer would have to take charge!

I agree that they probably wouldn't do another culture as well as they do the one they portray. I don't think a year abroad would be enough to glean the nuances of UK culture for them to pick it up and make it as engrossing.
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Old 04-10-17, 17:46   #1549
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I suppose they have fictionalised Japanese life... although as someone who has never been there, I have no idea to the extent of it.

I love the... formality and politeness of it all, the senpai and Fred-san, etc. And the orderliness.

And omg, do they really go to school 6 days a week?

It seems completely alien to how UK schools are, as I remember mine being anyway. In Japan you're popular if you're in the top 10 exam results, in the UK, you're likely to be called a swot! Generalising of course. But I do think the emphasis on things is slightly skewed from the overall UK kind of mindset at that age. And I did think if this was in the UK, there'd have to be more Ryujis in the group... And more overt rebelliousness / sulliness with authority figures, and more acceptence of that rebelliousness I think........
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Old 02-10-18, 04:05   #1550
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Thread revival yo.

Just playing through P5 for the first time, enjoying the heck out of it. Also wondering if anyone's planning on picking up PQ when it comes out.
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