The dungeon design is horrible, the gameplay is overcomplicated, and the whole experience just shows a weird lack of thought. No, I can trace the piece that enraged me so much back to one specific moment.Įven if you play it bereft of context, the game’s still not very good.

It wasn’t the old school design, the weird experimentations, or the excuse plot, although those certainly didn’t help. Then came Revelations: Persona, which managed to insult me on a personal level.Īnd no, it wasn’t the bad translation that did it. Persona 2 showed me an odd style of gameplay I never would have thought worked, but they actually managed to make a great offering out of it. Persona 3 had its odd gameplay choices, but the story and characterization were both very strong and the game itself was quite fun to play. Working backwards from there was a joy as well. That game still remains the best JRPG I’ve played, and has a strong position as one of my favorite games. I love that game so much, I’d marry it if US law would let me. I was blown away by it, falling in love with its world and characters, finding myself completely immersed in its strategic gameplay several steps above what most JRPGs were offering, and being incredibly drawn in by the games characters. Years ago, I was just about ready to give up on JRPGs altogether, when I found my way to Persona 4. I wasn’t kidding when I said the Persona series is special to me. All the games in the series are strong, except for… the first… one… euuuuuuuuuugh. The Persona series is one of my absolute favorites. Of course, that does mean that I actually need to retrospect these games, for the magic to work. Four new Persona games, all as a result of me putting my powers to good use. The very month I posted my introduction for the Persona Retrospective, Atlus announced the next games in the series.

Yes, you could easily write off the fact that I started writing a retrospective series about Saints Row, only for Saints Row IV to release, as mere happenstance. Then again, I don’t think there’s much call for a superhero with the power to make developers release more games by writing huge amounts of words about a series.ĭon’t give my that look. Maybe I’ll be a superhero, using it to make the world a better place. Right now, I’m just not sure what to do with it. I’ve got a power, something no one else has. And no, it’s not my incredible good looks. I’ve got something that makes me different. I suppose some part of me has known it all along.

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