Persona 3 (2006)
- Developer
- Atlus
- Publisher
- Atlus USA, Atlus, Koei
- Platforms
- PlayStation 2
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
- Rating
- 4.6 of 5, 123 player ratings
- Main story
- about 105 hours
- Completionist
- about 138 hours
- Where to get it
- Website
How it feels
A haunting rhythm of ordinary school days and midnight monster-hunting that builds into a deeply melancholic meditation on mortality and connection.
melancholicatmosphericemotionally heavymethodicalbittersweetcontemplativetensegrind-heavy
About
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 is a role-playing video game developed by Atlus. In the game, the player takes the role of a male high-school student who joins the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad (SEES), a group of students investigating the Dark Hour, a time period between one day and the next that few people are aware of. During the Dark Hour, the player enters Tartarus, a large tower containing Shadows, creatures that feed on the minds of humans. To fight the Shadows, each member of SEES is able to summon a Persona, a manifestation of a person's inner self. In addition to the standard elements of role-playing games, Persona 3 includes elements of simulation games, as the game's protagonist progresses day by day through a school year, making friends and forming relationships that improve the strength of his Personas in battle.
What players say
Players describe a darker, more melancholic and somber RPG than later Persona entries, built around themes of death and what it means to live, blending high-school social bonds with profoundly heavy emotion. Despite (or because of) its depressing tone, fans regard it as a deeply human, emotionally resonant cult favorite.
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