i've been doing a bunch of tartarus runs in reload lately, and it got me thinking about how i miss certain ways FES's clunky gameplay can characterize minato… (ramble about the great clock mechanic + leveling up party members in reload vs fes under the cut)
when i got to yabbashah block in tartarus (block 3), i remember commending the developers for adding the great clock mechanic. it's a much more convenient way to keep party members at the protagonist's level- so when you think about p3 from the perspective of trying to make it easier for people to play, the mechanic succeeds in this respect.
but now that i'm in adamah block, and that i've done lots of my once-a-month tartarus runs… i think that i got a little too dependent on it, and the way that i played through reload feels like a vastly different experience from how i played FES.
in reload, my party's levels are very lopsided. minato, yukari, akihiko, mitsuru, and fuuka are all level 90+, meanwhile junpei and aigis are at level 79, and then… poor ken and koromaru are at 71 and 64 respectively. (i never got to have a great clock for them…)
meanwhile, in FES, my party's levels were much more evenly distributed and were at least level 90. i did all of this manually for every monthly tartarus run because i enjoyed having options available for the taratarus guardians and monthly operations.
with how i perceive minato, i feel that the way i played FES feels more in-line with his character than me dawdling around waiting for the great clocks in reload.
FES's gameplay loop left me with the very strong impression that minato has to work twice as hard as everyone else in SEES does. it makes sense because, yeah, he's the leader, but something about having minato run through tartarus multiple times with different groups of people just to make sure that they are adequately prepared speaks volumes about his character, to me.
and while the tired mechanic is present in reload to some degree, most notably with allowing you to freely raise your courage stat when you visit edogawa after school… the tiredness system doesn't hit the same way that FES does, i think.
the way your party members in FES will call it quits when they return to the entrance floor at tartarus when they're tired, versus minato, in spite of all his tiredness and sickness, still pushes through tartarus because it's his responsibility…. idk!!! i miss that! i feel like this really hammers home the difference between minato and the rest of SEES, how minato doesn't really see himself as a human with needs worth respecting as long as he's useful to someone.
i don't think that tartarus being tedious (in FES especially) is not what most people would describe as fun, and i can respect people thinking it's a slog. but, regardless of how it feels to play, it doesn't change that FES's gameplay loop is a fundamental building block in how i perceive minato…
of course, i do recognize that you can just opt to NOT use the great clock in reload (and it's great when players are offered the choice to not partake in mechanics)! i definitely think that if someone really wanted to, they could manually level up party members, but i do feel that kind of playstyle isn't necessarily "incentivized" to the type of people who are into playing games for Having a Good Time. it's kind of like… "why would you do that when there's a much more convenient option available to you."
in any case! despite my woes, i do want to emphasize that i'm glad that reload has a much more smoother gameplay loop than the original P3 did, because it does make the game more accessible to people. having played both FES and reload, it feels very strongly apparent to me how the core gameplay formula of persona has really been refined in the past 18 years (to think og p3 was 2006 and reload is 2024.. time flies!). and reload has made revisiting a story that i love so dearly much, much easier because the gameplay just bops!
at the same time, due to my "i miss characterization informed by weird and dated FES gameplay quirks" woes, i still think that playing FES is worthwhile. (really, i feel this way about all iterations of p3! i think it's worthwhile to see what each version and side media has to say even if it doesn't Land™ for you.) but i also understand why people wouldn't want to play it, so i will keep writing posts about things i liked from FES's gameplay because i'm still very fond of FES (especially in respects to minato. these mechanics are so telling about him!!!) 💪
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Excuse me, ma'am, may I take the time of day to provide to you thoughts of hopeless young and in love Oscar Pine witnessing for the first time the sight of Ruby Rose in a lovely ponytail?
If hearts could flutter, his would be flying beyond the galaxy.
omg I forgot to answer this
There is something very magical about the idea of Mistral Farm Boy Oscar getting all blushy and shy because Ruby's hair is pulled up 😳 and Oh, he doesn't think he's ever seen the back of her neck before. and wow that's a weird thought aha why did he have that hahaha 💦 at least this way he can see her pretty eyes better since some of the hair is out of her face and- don't think about how pretty Ruby is, don't think about how pretty Ruby is, don't think- 😳😳😳😳
The sequel to "combat gear looks good" can go so many different ways. I think it'd be cute if Oscar blushed with his ears about it tho ehe
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drama and phys instrument: let's not arrest klaasje she looks so scared. it would be horrible let's just leave and stop pushing her
then a volition check lets you basically slap "sense" into drama and it changes its mind immediately, that klaasje should be arrested. and going down all the dialogue chains shifts the mood of talking to klaasje- where she told you mixed lies, suddenly harry is pushing the point that the police call was fake, with drama goading you on despite the other voices chiming in with the fact the evidence does line up that she made the call...
they frame it as klaasje fucking with the int. side of harry's skills and volition says they (logic, rhetoric, especially drama) are not to be trusted, and when the seed of doubt is planted suddenly all your dialogue choices become "she lied about this specific thing that i corroborated with kim over being true, regardless i will keep threatening arrest over this". drama even pushes that she lied about mundane shit like the beauty pageant.
on the flip side, if you fail the volition check, drama stays adamant that you shouldn't pursue this. which, it isn't entirely wrong, she IS lying about things.
but what is arresting her even going to help, or demanding her fear of your badge. your skills can be straight up wrong or misinterpreting the situation, but harry thinking he's correct leads to, for me, one of his worst displays of abusing his status as a cop. here's a woman you've cornered and you're punishing her for lying to you. arrest her for getting in the way. and kim is jingling the handcuffs the entire time he wants it too. how fucked!
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