Persona 3
Since this is a story review blog, the reviews will be based more on storyline instead of gaming features...
Suitable for who?
* Maybe "Bleach" fans~ Actually I think these 2 are almost alike, but both series has stand alone themes.
* Slice of life. Like "Fantasy X Reality".
Intro
HEAVY SPOILERS!!! If you haven't play the game and intent to play it one day, DON'T READ THIS YET! This game has minor story plots, so a little spoilers will destroy the entire fun of this story... SERIOUSLY!!!
I played this game at the year 2012... Man, the year where the end of the world is predicted~ ha! (Homo Sapiens' still living on Earth, though.) The intense feeling on playing this game increases dramatically as 21 Dec coming~~
**Above statement's out of topic, this story takes place at the year 2009-2010. Heheh~**
Storytelling techniques:
Settings: (9/10)
Complexity of Storyline: (1/10)
Unexpected Events: (8/10)
Characters' Development: (5/10)
Characters' Characteristics: (10/10)
Characters' Fame: (9/10) *Oh! Of course, that Minato! One Minato alone could score 9/10!!! (*sobs* Now his name is Makoto...) *
Actions: (5/10) *Although being a RPG, there were sufficient events to keep you from boredom.*
*Ever wonder what these vocabulary mean? Find out more here
Actually I never planned to play "Persona" series games, but after I took a sneak peek at "Soejima Shigenori"'s illustrations, I became curious on trying it~ His artworks are SO awsome! SO AMAZING UNTIL IT CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS BY EVEN LOOKING AT IT! (The very 1st art in p3 review section is one of his...) His "Persona 3" artworks contain mainly the 2 characters,
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| Arisato Minato(Left) Aigis(Right) |
This means that these 2 characters has main role in Persona 3? After playing it, the answer is 'yes', main story lines DO take place around these 2~ But it was a bit weird, it ended with Aigis being the main character after all, somewhat.
Must play rating: (10/10)
Sounds ridiculous, is it? But this is my rating. It's too awsome! Even though it has minor plot lines, the character characteristics (although not as good as Persona 4) and theme stands out a lot.
The Good
The Bad
Too simple story line. If you looked at it overall, it was only a story where high school kido with special power fighting with monsters, and save the world... Luckily this was a RPG game, or not... But I was certainly impressed that the way this story draw viewer's(or players, in this case) attention was not the complexity of the story, but instead, other interesting minor factors where most stories, both anime and games, would not risk it.
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| Yo, remember the first thought when you saw your first animation in P3? |
Settings
I would review this in a different way. It was not like the "place where the event took place", but more to "the theme of this story". Settings was not limited to "place where the event took place" only, ya?
