jesus christ what have I gotten myself into

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Expect the review in 3 years. Sorry, length RPGs aren't really my forte, I think I need to take my time with this one for the review.
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RichardTheKing
Ah, Persona 2-1. Nice; never heard much about this one, or Persona 2-2 (Persona Tutu?).
I'll be eagerly waiting for that review!
 
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@RichardTheKing The enthusiasm is encouraging, but this one my take a while. I'm guessing I'll have 2 or 3 other reviews out before I finish this game. It isn't just because RPGs are long, but also I have tiny attention span. Turn-based combat can only keep me hooked for so long, at least without anything else happening in my life. This isn't the game's, or even the genre's, fault, but my own. I'll have a blog poll sometime soon on what of those 2 or 3 games that people want me to try to (try to) emphasise in my schedule.
 
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Also, its Persona 2 Act 1.5 Final Mix HD Remix/2 Asses
 
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Silent_Gunner
The PSP version of this game has some QoL fixes over the PS1 version, and the quality of the translation's about the same. The only thing is that the PSP version's censorship has to do with a certain endgame spoiler that I can't talk about here. And its not like you can import your Innocent Sin JP save over to Eternal Punishment US on PS1, either. One of the other benefits is that some things are a bit easier in the PSP version, especially when endgame starts coming around the corner.

I mean, it's ultimately up to you what version of the game you want to play, at the end of the day.
 
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@Silent_Gunner Normally I would look at both versions (if they are as different as this), even if one is the focus, but this is a fucking RPG. Just NO.
 
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Silent_Gunner
@HylianBran Either way, this is an RPG more in the vein of the original SMT games; it's not a social sim like the modern Persona games, so as long as you're strong enough to make it from point A to point B and aren't too reckless, it's not going to be like Persona 5 where some of those cutscenes when doing palaces can start to drag on for various reasons and also have the grind of having to "live" the "life" of a high schooler who can apparently only do, like, three activities in a day when the game has entries for other parts of the day other than daytime, nighttime, and "MemenTartarusVision" time.
 
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RichardTheKing
...Atlus needs to rerelease both Persona 2s in some form of combined collection...ugh. Preferably without censorship or Americanised content changes.
 
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Silent_Gunner
@RichardTheKing Without saying what the spoiler is, all I'll say is that nowadays, people would be going crazy about it on Twatter. Just play through Persona 2 Innocent Sin and make it to, like, the last third of the game and you'll understand what I mean! XD

To tell you the truth, you could play Eternal Punsihment without having played Innocent Sin you could eventually understand what's going on.

As far as "Americanized" content changes are concerned, some names are off for some characters in the PS1 version of Eternal Punishment, but that's about it.
 
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RichardTheKing
@Silent_Gunner By "Americanised", I was talking about recolouring a dude to be black (blackwashing?), like they did in the original Persona 1 - "Mark", I think it was. That was freaking dumb.

And...I think I know what the spoiler is -
Hitler
? In which they removed a mustache?
 
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Silent_Gunner
And gave him shades?

As for Masao, he only is in the first game, and after Eternal Punishment is when ATLUS took the task of localizing these games over here more seriously.

@BlueFox gui I'm afraid you can't. This is a very different RPG, made before SMT Nocturne was even a blip on the team's radar!
 
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