Persona 3 Coming to Europe in February
By Stephany on Thursday, January 31st, 2008 at 4:05 PM PST In Game Companies, Game Consoles, Gamer Life, Games, Sony
KOEI has announced that European players dying to get their hands on Persona 3 will finally get the opportunity when it hits the PS2 on February 29th. The game where you get the chance to experience life in a Japanese high school plagued by creatures of the night received critical acclaim in the US and it is about time that our European brethren get their time with it as well.
Although part of the Shin Megami Tensei series, Persona 3 is a standalone entry in the series requiring no previous knowledge of Shin Megami Tensei games and has no connection to previous scenarios or characters. Set in a completely new fictitious city Persona 3 recreates an authentic Japanese school setting right down to the relationships that the player can make and break throughout an entire school year. During the day, players get to experience high school life whilst also getting the chance to enhance their character’s abilities with the choices they make throughout the school day. By spending their time wisely during the day players will get the opportunity to enhance their abilities in battle and expand the variety of Personas which they can summon.
Not only will players have to contend with the day to day challenges of life in a Japanese high school but there’s also the matter of the demons who lurk within the hidden hour that lies between one day and the next. Personas come into play during the night when they can be summoned to fight the demons and protect you from an untimely death. As your relationships with fellow students grow so will your mastery over your Personas. Different Personas can even be combined to produce even more powerful creations that await your command. It’s gonna take a lot more than a fountain pen and a compass to survive a full year in Persona 3.
Commenting on the release of Persona 3 on PS2, Naoki Katashima, Executive Vice President of KOEI Europe and KOEI US, said,: “Persona 3 is one of the most highly regarded RPGs of recent times and we are delighted to be able to bring this renowned title to European gamers. We look forward to continuing to work with Atlus to bring the very best Japanese RPGs to Europe.”
Persona 3 is the latest installment from Atlus in the Megami Tensei series that has entertained gamers in Japan for many years. The previous three Persona games have sold over 1 million units in Japan and the various games throughout the series have taken gamers from present day Japan to unique periods in history.
Via: Press Release
I’m currently about 45 hours into this game. It’s got it’s flaws, but overall it’s a lot of fun. The setting is a very welcome change from the RPGs we American gamers are used to.
This is on my pile of shame, and certainly something I plan on playing at some point this year.