http://www.siliconera.com/2007/07/06/summer-school-is-in-session-a-look-at-persona-3/#more-5287%20is%20a - preview by Spencer from siliconera. I was positively surprised by this fragment:
On nights that you don’t go to Tartarus you may get a phone call from one of your classmates to hang out on Sunday, the only day where you don’t have school. You can accept or reject invites, but if you turn someone down your social link may reverse and you have to repair the friendship. If you choose not to hang out with anyone you can spend Sunday playing Innocent Sin, a faux MMO with references to past Persona games. In Innocent Sin you will meet a friend who goes by Maya and build the Hermit Social Link. Very funny Atlus. Maya speaks in internet talk with smiley faces, misspelled words and slang like “lol”. I had to point this out because the localization of internet lingo and most of Persona is spot on. Persona 3 goes so far to include elements from dating sim games. You can take out girls like Yuko, the manager of the track team and Chihiro, the shy class treasurer. If you max out your stats you can even date fellow Persona users.
« Last Edit: July 07, 2007, 12:52:41 PM by Tetsuya »
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I love cameos, even though I've never played the game.
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Yeah, I've not honestly even heard of that before. That's a pretty cool touch.
It's nice to read a preview that actually goes somewhat beyond the surface for once. So far a lot of these I could have gotten from reading the back of the box lol
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Hey ardent MegaTen fans Spencer from Siliconera here. Thanks for the link back to the post also I just want to clarify that you don't "play" Innocent Sin. You watch as your character talks to Maya and build the Hermit Social Link. Still a neat addition and there were references to the Jokers and such. Also Maya helps gives the main character "Tatsuya" as his online name. I'm sure most of you get that reference!
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That's a shame, it would've been a cool mini game...
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But I guess is just wonderful that Persona 3 connects in some way with the other Persona games, so that means the relation is never losed. In other words Persona 3 is not a different story, and in this way it has some connection with the character from prevoius persona games. For me is just cool.
And of course it would be a cool mini game!
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That's cool they kept the same design as the japanese site...I still like the shadow figures with the guns to their heads,but that's just me.
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Orpheus sounds cooler in Japanese :\
Only 2 more weeks!
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Yeah, two more weeks...
Heh, I wish they released it sooner - I know it's impossible but I really can't stand the wait. I've tried to play DDS in order to kill time but this game is shit compared to P3. ;/
« Last Edit: July 11, 2007, 02:36:37 PM by Tetsuya »
Labyrinth of sympathy in which I'm lost and can't leave
And too much truth overshadows the lime lies
Cos' what lies beneath the clouds is an
Altered perception and I'll pay for sanity
But sanity don't come cheap
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I would have to agree about Orpheus' english voice...but it's not all that bad.
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Logged Enid has 272 Posts (+11/-0 Karma) |
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I'm playing Persona: Revelations and Riviera to pass the time, both are really fun games.
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How lucky you are, I guess I'll need to wait a lot more, until I got money, for the game. But since I waited like a year I can wait a little more.
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Pretty average review, but nice score.
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