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It's been great so far.

But a problem outside of the game has arisen for me.
I could be completly wrong about how well this game is selling, which I don't really know, but I'm sure it's the best sales a SMT title has gotten. If the game sells a lot, that'll be great. Atlus will most likely port more SMT titles over. But with that, I hope they don't tone the quality of the stories, content and difficulty down to catter to the large (RPG sense large, since JRPGs aren't the biggest genre in the US) crowd. I just hope they get sales and they keep the same level of quality I've seen so far in Nocturne, DDS1&2 and in what I've seen in Persona 3. I have faith that Atlus wouldn't do that.

By the way, how many prints of Persona 3 is Atlus planning to run? If they've said anything about it.

I have a question for anyone who has the deluxe edition. Is it even worth it? The only thing that interests me from it is the soundtrack, and I don't think that warrants a big price jump.

I don't understand why people buy strat guides instead of just going to gamefaqs. Can someone tell me the difference? Or do people just not like reading all that text?

Man this game is great. I can finally put my full attention to it now that I'm content with DDS2. Damn Shiva, Vishnu and Seth just didn't die:P, took me a whole day and trained up to level 91, when I wanted to just finish it off at 80. But, man, was that a cool saga.
Anyway, Persona 3 is great. I'm no fan of the musical direction, but I do catch myself bobbing my head. Cool how Atlus managed to pull me in on music I'm not even fond of.

And Yukari would have to be my favorite character as of now.

Now that I think about it; ever since I played SMT titles, especially Nocturne on hard for my first time=p. Most of the RPGs I look back to, that aren't SMT titles, were really easy. I never really walked around in any other RPG series thinking "Man, I could easily get destroyed in the next battle, and I haven't saved for an hour.... Shit. Where the hell's the save!??"  I haven't died in Persona 3 yet, but I remember reading that it gets harder. So, thanks goes to Atlus for kicking my ass, and making me like it after>_>...

There's a drink in the game called Cielo Mist. And it's imported straight from Jamaica XD.

Yeah, but when I started DDS2 I didn't think Heat would do a 180 for most of the game. I thought he'd be the same hard ass, but more rebellious since he wasn't in the junkyard anymore. But, yeah, I'm just jumpy on spoilers since some games got ruined for me that way. Thanks:P I need strategy, not luck. :P Unless I'm fighting Satan or Demi-fiend, then I need a shit load of luck. Which I'm not, so I'm good.

Dude:P put some spoiler blocks on those XD. Yeah, I'm at the final dungeon. Training to beat Shiva, Vishnu and Seth, then I'll end it. I'm not even gonna fight Satan. After leveling 15 levels, with Item find, I've barley seen any datas to max stats. No way am I leveling that much to beat one dude. Same goes for the demi fiend.

My fat PS2 died of excessive FF11 and leaving it on all the time:P

Lol, I want to play Persona 3 right now. I do have it, but I wanna finish DDS2 first. :P

You should've just said that. You came off like you were just against teen rated games and were placing SMT on an extremely high pedistal, although they are incredible games. My bad, it was 1 am and I was pissed at Shiva for not dying:P. I do agree with you on 13. It's going to get good reviews like all normal final fantasies do, but in reality it's going to suck. Also, mature doesn't mean intellectually complex. CERO rated Nocturne all ages, USK and PEGI rated it 12+. While ESRB is the only rating company to rate it mature. It's just a different take on the content. A teen rated game can have a complex story.

And I wasn't scrutinizing you about SE.:P I dislike SE right now as well, I just didn't like your idea of M versus T games.

Also, SE is the most well known RPG makers. Final Fantasy is the iconic image most people get when they hear RPG. Square Enix aren't following the sucky trend of by the books RPGs. They basically are the trend.

I've never seen a game rated M, in USA, for "Intellectually Complex"

But sorry if I came off like a jerk. I just didn't like where you're coming from on ratings.

Edit:

I find Atlus,Nippon ecchi, and Nautilis are the only rare companies that make me excited about releases anymore. I know that is opinionated but alas I'm only human.

I was really pissed when I found out Nautilis was disbanded. I love the Shadow Hearts series. I've only heard of Nippon Ecchi, so I can't really comment on them.

So, I just played it for about an hour. And I am really liking the vibe I am getting from this game. It certainly is different. Although I really dislike listening to hip-hop and rap, the music kinda of fits. Though, if what I heard in the lyrics of the dormitory song is right, I really believe they should've rethought all of it. Better yet, they should have just left out the lyrics to that song. Other than that, the songs bring me in to the game, and that's what really matters. Being an anime fan I also like the style this game has.

^Lol
First off, sticking to teen ratings doesn't mean a game is bad. Although I agree that SE was and is going down hill, I however have liked their games to the twelfth title. You just seem like you take pride in the fact that SMT only gives M titles and isn't 'mainstream'. I wonder what you'd say if Atlus suddenly started shelling out teen rated SMT games and suddenly got more attention.

Plus, KH 1 & 2 are cheesier and suckier than FF13 probably will be. Although I highly doubt 13 will be good. I'm not going to be buying it so why the hell should I care. The only reason I would want a PS3 now is MGS4, and I'm not all that pumped to shell out 560 dollars for a system and one game. When most games on that system will go cross platform onto another system I have. This is to hoping my brother gets a PS3 and lets me play it sometime when he comes back to visit from college. :P

Believe it or not... mainstream, teen rated video games.. can be good. I know, it's incredible. I never thought it could be true.

On the other hand mainstream music just sucks.  

On-topic: Yes, Persona 3 Fes has bonuses that the original doesn't. Most likely you could've read this thread to figure that out anyway.

I was wondering, if I equip two skills like Item Find or Atma Bonus on two active members, would the chances the skills give me increase? Or does the amount stay the same regardless of how many characters its set on?

Yeah, it is hard to not play a new game. While I was playing Nocturne, I had DDS2 sitting on my shelf. Although Nocturne held me because it was such a cool game, I couldn't help but wonder how DDS was. But I held out, also because I wanted to play it in order. Which was almost a month later when I managed to get DDS1.

If I wasn't anywhere near the end of DDS2, I wouldn't even play Persona 3 till I got near the end of DDS2. I'm kinda weird that way:P So I'll probably beat DDS2 while switching between that and Persona 3.

You have a lot more patience and a stronger will than I do, I can tell you that lol.

Lol, what do patience and will have to do with it? XD I just really liked these games. On par with how much I liked Nocturne.

I'll probably start playing Persona 3 later tonight, as I just began the final dungeon about an hour ago. Of course I wouldn't have beaten DDS2 by then>_> gotta train a bit to take down the three optional bosses (Shiva, Seth and the other boss I forgot the name to)