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Revelations: Persona (1996)

Revelations: Persona cover
Developer
Atlus
Publisher
ASCII Corporation, Atlus
Platforms
PlayStation
Genres
Role-playing (RPG)
Rating
3.5 of 5, 28 player ratings
Where to get it
Website

How it feels

A brooding, deliberate JRPG where high schoolers navigate unsettling supernatural events through turn-based combat and eerie dungeon crawling that feels both archaic and distinctly haunting.

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About

Revelations: Persona is a role-playing video game developed and published by Atlus. It is the first entry in the Persona series, itself a subseries of the Megami Tensei franchise, and the first role-playing entry in the series to be released in the west. The game has been ported to Playstation Portable with the title of Shin Megami Tensei: Persona and featured new cutscenes and a redone localization. The story focuses on a group of high school students as they are confronted by a series of supernatural incidents. After playing a fortune-telling game, the group each gain the ability to summon Personas, the multiple selves within them. Using this power under the guidance of Philemon, a benevolent being representing humanity's subconscious, the group face off against multiple forces that threaten the world. Gameplay revolves around the characters navigating environments around their town and fighting enemies using their Personas. During the course of the game, the player can create new Personae for battle using spell cards gained in battle or by talking with enemies.

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