Persona 3 for PlayStation 2 Reviews by Gamers

Wow, first this is the longest RPG I've ever played.

I've played persona games before, and I have to admit in the past they have been too hard and frustrating, but this one nails it. The different game modes offers a perfect contrast to keep things rolling and rarely do you get bored. When you have to go and be social at school to make better persona's available to you its more fun than it sounds and very rewarding. Battle is often a very intense all or nothing struggle to exploit the enemies weakness. The tension at some points in the game is very high. The difference between a perfect win and agonizing defeat might only be who went first. So its important to catch the enemies off guard. You can do this with consistency because each group of monsters is represented by a shadowy avatar in the game world that you can surprise or be surprised by, it just takes a bit of clever running around and timing to avoid getting surprised, though laziness will still cause it to happen and you might even die!

All the main characters have rich personalities that in general are not totally stereo typical. The complete immersion into japanese culture is a learning experience and actually pretty interesting.

At the end of battle you often get to choose from shuffling cards to win new persona masses of extra experience, items or money. Carefully selecting what card you want is a bit of a mini game in itself and helps keep the pace exciting during long dungeon runs.

FUN FUN FUN, but I will mention my only complaints now.

The Graphics are acceptable, but really not very interesting. The dungeon, while it might have some psychedelic backgrounds that look cool is pretty much a blank empty space where monsters run, not very interesting at all.

Rarely you will end up with too much social networking time and no one to network with so you will just have to sleep through your day.

Bottom line, 132 hours of gaming, 125 of them were fun.