Shin Megami Tensei-Persona 3: C'est Magnifique!Wow...this game is good. Lol. It's for the PS2, and those who have a PS2, love RPGs and have yet to try it out...well, what're you waiting for?!
Anyway the game works like a cross between a dating sim and a standard RPG. You'll get to live out a life of a japanese high school boy, making friends, studying for exams and checking out the shops by day and fighting creepy shadows by night! ...any more descriptions on my part would be totally fanboy-ish, and frankly, i can't be bothered to elaborate.
But in any case, i've already spent about 120 hours on the game (probably 150, given the restarts and all that), i haven't completed it yet...and my attention hasn't been lost! Amazing! =D (not like The Witcher, which was a very good game too, although i suddenly lost interest in it after a few days of playing) The characters are great, the story's pretty smashing, the fighting's fun, and the fight preparations (persona fusions, etc) are both frustrating and engrossing at the same time.
The best thing about it, though, has got to be its soundtrack, and a tv show or game's soundtrack tends to have a HUGE influence on how much i'd come to like it. Some of my most favourite anime - RahXephon, Noein, Slam Dunk, Claymore, etc, have very good and very original soundtracks as well.
Frankly, i'm sick of all that Hollywood-style music in movies, western TV shows and games - you know, the orchestral type of pieces that sound totally boring when they're listened to on their own. And thankfully, Persona 3's got enough electric guitar pieces, lush sounds and electronic works of art to bring me to musical heaven. Although, of course, people who're only accustomed to the standard pop/rock fare and who don't listen to game/background music wouldn't be very impressed.
Anyway, i give the game *5 STARS*! This game is definitely among my top ten favourite games of all time! (which is actually REALLY high praise! Lol!)
