Hello! - stream schedule info!
As some of you may already know, I started streaming my playthrough of Persona 3 as a lead up to Extra Life 2014. I have been streaming in the morning every day for a week now, and I realize 8am is kinda too early for a lot of people to tune in, also there is a very large majority of people who are sane and work during the day. I, however, am not sane and work an overnight job, hence the weird stream time.
So here's my idea:
Since I have two nights off a week, I decided that I will stream in the evening on those nights, instead of in the morning. This week the evening streams will be :
Tuesday Sept. 16th @ 8pm CST - DAY 9
Friday Sept. 19th @ 8pm CST - DAY 12
Every other day I will still be streaming between 8am - 12pm CST (sorry I'm crazy!)
My stream will be here: http://www.twitch.tv/meatsoevil
and if you would like to donate please do so here: http://www.extra-life.org/participant/luismartinez
I intend to do a weekly recap of my experiences in Persona 3, and If I can get the time I will make a video of some my favorite moments in the game so far. Also thanks to those of you who have tuned in to watch, and I hope more of you guys can join me.
That being said, here is a bare bones recap of my past week with the game:
Displayed play time: 10hr 23m
Player Level: 13
Day 1
The first thing I noticed in Persona 3, aside from the large amount of front-loaded animated cut-scenes, was the tone of the game. It has a much darker tone than Persona 4, which is my only context for Persona. The voiced acting is superb, and the translations are really well done. The music is so fantastic, and I can definitely see a ton of similarity between Persona 3 and 4.
I didn't really have a name for my dude lined up, so i started to name him Gilgamesh, but didn't have enough room, and then realized that I was giving a LAST name first. Joe is in honor of my friend Joe who let me borrow his PS2 and copy of Persona 3.
Very similar dungeon crawling system, but the difference here is that it is one single dungeon that you slowly ascend through the course of the game.
The combat system is interesting, and it is easy to tell where they tried to improve certain aspects of it in Persona 4. The major difference is you can only control your character. The rest of the party is controlled by AI, and can be given orders on how to act, i.e Heal/Support, Conserve SP, etc. Also if you get downed it takes an extra turn to get up, and that suuuuuuucckksss.
Day 2
I do love all of the characters introduced so far, though some of them aren't likable (like Kenji here) they are well written and well voice-acted. One of the main themes in Persona 4 is the idea that each character is very flawed in their own ways, and that also seems to be true in Persona 3.
Day 3
If there is something I should've learned from the Vinny Caravella handbook on playing video games is that you should always be saving.
Day 4
In Persona 4 the constant time crunch of the weather and fog stuff was a great way to force you to make progress in the dungeons. Here the time crunch is the time until the next full moon, where some stuff will happen.
Day 5
Taking the dumb tests is silly and fun, and it's pretty funny when you get a question wrong because you weren't paying attention to lectures from the start of the game.
Day 6
Lots of combat, and fusing personas and stuff, which is what I expected to see in a Persona game. Also, I think the story is pretty cool so far, it has been very vague so far, which I like.
Day 7
Though the tone of the game overall is fairly dark, there is definitely a goofy side with the interactions with characters, and dialogue.
Thanks for reading!
-Luis
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