P3 PSP, or, Please Atlus have more of my money
By DJ_Lae 2 Comments
I got Persona 3 shortly after launch due to a bit of trading with the brilliant Mr Supina, as the game was exceedingly hard to find in my area. I played up until the arrival of Fuuka and stopped shortly thereafter thanks to her character and voice and other games at the time.
I preordered and picked up Persona 3 FES on launch, too, because I did enjoy what I had played of the original game and wanted/needed an excuse to pick it up again. Why not get the definitive version? So I did, and I played maybe 8 hours of it before getting distracted by something else. I've since tried to play it again, but unfortunately that playthrough happened after I had finished Persona 4, which made the inability to control my party members intolerable.
Now we've got the PSP version of Persona 3 coming out, and sure enough, I've preordered that as well (not for the silly hat, just because I want the game). Again, I figure that having a fresh copy with new material (and wonderfully streamlined non-Tartarus stuff, which sounds nice) will give me an incentive to play through it again. I want to finish it, I know it's a good game but something just keeps me from it.
If my previous purchases are any indication, of course, I probably won't finish it. But having a portable version that I can just pick up and play whenever is appealing, as is being able to experience the game with a slight twist by playing a female character. Then again, since I haven't even finished it once maybe I should stick with a male protagonist, but the chances of me finishing it twice are even more slim.