The Persona Series,or Musings of a Geek

 

Hi, Renxkyoko Iglesias here.

 

I’m currently playing the video game Bloodborne.   I only have one word to describe the gameplay…….. Dooooooood  !

 

But , I’m not quitting, no matter what.   Those who have played this  know exactly how hard this game is. It’s twice nastier  than Lara Croft fighting an army of samurais  at the final boss battle , which I just finished , by the way.

 

My love for gaming has been revived.  It’s now official. I don’t know though if that’s a good thing, because life, you know.

 

 

Speaking of which, I’m sure all gamers know Persona 5    is out…..  9 years after Persona 4, and 10 years after Persona 3 FES.  About P3FES……. this game has totally traumatized me, and still haunts me to this day.  Why so ?   I believe I hold the record  of  playing a game the longest , about 1000 hours, and yes, the game actually records the number of playing hours.  My first game was just a little over 100 hours , without playing The Answer yet  (  the game is supposed to be a 105 – 110 hour – game , 75 for the main game called Journey and 30 for the additional game called The Answer.)   I hated the ending and  tearfully blamed my brother  for not telling me  my efforts would  all be for naught because ………  oh, for heaven’s sake, Ren, just say it.  The game is, after all, already 10 years old.  So, okay,   the main character dies.  Then, my brother told me the game had a glitch and if  I could max out the levels and statuses of every thing and every one in the game (  my persona, all 99 of them,  the 6 crew members’ , and max out all my media links …… 12  characters  ), I could actually ” save ”  the main character.  Oh, and Ren,   there’s a secret boss  you  can meet  if you  play The Game +, meaning play the game again from beginning.   My brother lied. That lying ass !  (  There was a secret boss…. that, at least was true )

 

I  literally went down on my knees, bawling my eyeballs out when the ending song and credits  came out. https://youtu.be/I-CSZDbKuL4

 

We pre-ordered Persona 4  , but neither my brother nor yours truly have played it, but I think  I’m going to play it now before I buy Persona 5.  After all, it’s been 10 years…… I do have to move on .  Although , to this day, the thought of  Minato’s death, and the gameplay itself still moves me to tears.  He defeats Nyxx, and saves the world from destruction, goes back to attend school, and on the day of  his  high school graduation, he is late, so instead, he  goes to the school’s rooftop, feels sleepy,  dozes off….. and doesn’t wake up.  The End . Memories of You plays.

 

Best RPG  game of the Decade, and my most favorite game of all time.

 

One question to my gamer readers…….  which do you prefer,  buy from Play Station  store and download the digital copy of the game, or  buy the physical copy from Wal-Mart ?  I need an input on this.

 

Okay, bye for now.   Thank you for reading.