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[dramatis]

Absolutely, and it has a good story to make your grinding/NPC-order-talking suffer-able; however, at times it feels additive to Persona 2 Innocent Sin, which is the prequel.

It actually doesn't feel much like a dungeon crawl to me, but I'm probably like 1/4th of the way in and just having cahoots negotiating with demons I've been playing this game for like 4 years now at the most plodding pace.

I liked the 'city' feel in P2EP a lot, where you had massage parlors and street vendors and aromatherapy as well as a range of food places to bum around at.

 

[we.are.the.armada]

It actually doesn't feel much like a dungeon crawl to me, but I'm probably like 1/4th of the way in and just having cahoots negotiating with demons I've been playing this game for like 4 years now at the most plodding pace.

Persona 2 demon negotiations are amazing! I wish those were fully voiced

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Did this have any save game bonuses for Innocent Sin?

Anyone?

 

[Fodder76]

How similar is this to Innocent Sin? I like all the other Persona games, but I just couldn't handle Innocent Sin. If this is very similar in gameplay style and whatnot, I'll probably just skip this one.

 

[Omikaru]

How similar is this to Innocent Sin? I like all the other Persona games, but I just couldn't handle Innocent Sin. If this is very similar in gameplay style and whatnot, I'll probably just skip this one.

It's pretty much a direct continuation from Innocent Sin, so I expect it's going to have similar gameplay. Can't say for sure though as I'm in Europe and this game has never come out over here, in any way, shape or form.

 

[Takao]

Anyone?

If it does it's not something you'd be able to use in North America. Innocent Sin PS1 was never localized, and the same goes for Eternal Punishment PSP.

 

[ForteanMan]

Man, I'm super bummed that this is only playable on the PS3. I mean I have a PS3, but I was so excited about having all of the Personas on my Vita

 

[Sophia]

It's pretty much a direct continuation from Innocent Sin, so I expect it's going to have similar gameplay. Can't say for sure though as I'm in Europe and this game has never come out over here, in any way, shape or form.

Yeah it's pretty similar to Innocent Sin. Same exact battle system and all. If you didn't like the gameplay of IS, you probably won't like this this one.

If it does it's not something you'd be able to use in North America. Innocent Sin PS1 was never localized, and the same goes for Eternal Punishment PSP.

Pretty sure the carry over bonus feature from Innocent Sin (Tatsuya having his ultimate persona/level) was removed from the original EP NA release.

 

[buddha0991]

Man, I'm super bummed that this is only playable on the PS3. I mean I have a PS3, but I was so excited about having all of the Personas on my Vita

They are working on it

 

[Tamanon]

Man, I'm super bummed that this is only playable on the PS3. I mean I have a PS3, but I was so excited about having all of the Personas on my Vita

I suspect it's more of a database issue and should be corrected soon.

 

[ForteanMan]

They are working on it

Yeah, I just saw that in the Playstation Store update thread. Still a little bummed, but happy to know that they are looking into it.

 

[Hecatonchires Custom]

I will power rank based in each game's latest version.

Persona 2 Eternal Punishment PS1 > Persona 4 Golden > Persona 2 Innocent Sin PSP > Persona 4 Arena > Persona 1 PSP> Persona 3 Portable PSP

Every game in the series is good to great, and I will get heavy flak for P1 > P3

Not from me anyway, I agree 100% with your list.

Persona 2 EP is best Persona. The characters are amazing (the only adult cast in the series yo), the setting is amazing and no social links nonsense.

 

[Dantis]

Does EP have animation skip for battles?

 

[TheSeks]

That discussion should have been had in this thread. Please don't use community threads for major discussion about games that have OTs in the gaming forum, or scenarios like this occur.

Well, community thread has more eyes for the series anyone that was hoping to play it probably would check there. But whatever.

Yeah, I feel like I wasted money on this. I could play it on PS3 but I want to play it portable like I did both Innocent Sin "releases" (fan and official translation). >:| I'm so angry right now, I waited for this to come for weeks now and can't even "play" it.

Does EP have animation skip for battles?

No, if I remember right. It has a speed-up, but no animation skipping for faster battles.

 

[TimeKillr]

Yeah, I wonder what it'll be like on the PSP/Vita.

When I made an ISO of one of my PSX copies and tried it on my PSP a while ago, it was completely unplayable. Whenever you opened a menu anywhere, it would slow down to a complete crawl, the music would slow down like crazy, and it ran at like 2fps.


I kept trying it on different versions of POPS and it always had this issue, so unless Sony recently updated their emulator, I dunno if it'll work on the PSP and the Vita.

Don't take my word for it, though - maybe they did fix it on a version of POPS that I didn't test it on...

Does EP have animation skip for battles?

It does.

 

[Hecatonchires Custom]

Does EP have animation skip for battles?

Yes but it's set back to On for boss battles.

 

[Aeana]

Well, community thread has more eyes for the series anyone that was hoping to play it probably would check there. But whatever.

Yeah, I feel like I wasted money on this. I could play it on PS3 but I want to play it portable like I did both Innocent Sin "releases" (fan and official translation). >:| I'm so angry right now, I waited for this to come for weeks now and can't even "play" it.



No, if I remember right. It has a speed-up, but no animation skipping for faster battles.

You didn't waste money. It's not like it'll never be playable on the Vita. This is a temporary problem.

 

[Holy Order Sol]

What is the general ranking of all 4? I'll go ahead with 2 first then!

These games should never be ranked.

 

[Dantis]

I really can't decide if I want this.

Probably best to think on it for a short while, I guess.

 

[Squire]

I really can't decide if I want this.

Probably best to think on it for a short while, I guess.

You might as well wait until it's Vita-compatible.

 

[Hours Left]

I think I'm gonna import the PSP version instead.

 

[Pinko Marx]

As a fan of SMT and jrpgs in general. Is it worth playing thru P1 for the references P2 has to it? Or has the game not aged well?
Regardless I'm so hyped to be able to play thru the P2 saga on my vita.

 

[Jucksalbe]

Wait, so this doesn't even run on the PSP? That's certainly not a good sign for a quick solution. I'll wait then. If I wanted to play this on the TV I could just use the original version.

Edit: Seems like it works on the PSP. The wait shouldn't be too long then.

 

[randomkid]

Well, community thread has more eyes for the series anyone that was hoping to play it probably would check there. But whatever.

Haha there are only like 10 of you all chatting over there, no way there are more "eyes" on that thread.

It's pretty dumb that this kind of thing keeps happening to Atlus games (didn't Growlanser/Gungnir have some kind of annoying issue too?) but I was planning to switch back and forth between PS3 and Vita anyways so I'm okay for now until this gets sorted out.

I'm copying it over to PSP right now just out of curiosity and it seems to be working so far for what it's worth.

Edit: Yup, definitely works on the PSP.

 

[Hecatonchires Custom]

As a fan of SMT and jrpgs in general. Is it worth playing thru P1 for the references P2 has to it? Or has the game not aged well?
Regardless I'm so hyped to be able to play thru the P2 saga on my vita.

It's always fun to see how the characters from 1 have changed but it's not absolutely necessary since the characters are reintroduced with a short description. P1 is still a decent game and worth playing IMO.

 

[The Crimson Kid]

Wow, it's complete and total bullshit that I can't put this on my Vita to play. I seriously doubt I will play this anywhere near as much on PS3 as I would on Vita, so this is a huge bummer.

Wasn't the whole point of this release to be a compromise solution for not releasing the PSP version of this in the States? It's not like this would sell well to those who intend to play it on their PS3 because the first game isn't available as a PS1 classic.

They say that this is a "temporary" error and will be fixed soon, but given the lackluster PS1 support for the Vita, I have my doubts about when it will work, if at all. Forgive me for my skepticism, but it's tough not to in a space where Crash Team Racing and FFV still aren't playable on NA Vitas when Europeans have been able to play them for half a year.

 

[Dead Prince]

Wow, it's complete and total bullshit that I can't put this on my Vita to play. I seriously doubt I will play this anywhere near as much on PS3 as I would on Vita, so this is a huge bummer.

Wasn't the whole point of this release to be a compromise solution for not releasing the PSP version of this in the States? It's not like this would sell well to those who intend to play it on their PS3 because the first game isn't available as a PS1 classic.

They say that this is a "temporary" error and will be fixed soon, but given the lackluster PS1 support for the Vita, I have my doubts about when it will work, if at all. Forgive me for my skepticism, but it's tough not to in a space where Crash Team Racing and FFV still aren't playable on NA Vitas when Europeans have been able to play them for half a year.

there was a game that wasn't compatible with vita. someone tweeted to yosp. and like not a few days later it was fixed. some of yall need to chillax.

no one wants FFV also. it's all about FFIII

 

[randomkid]

Yeesh I shouldn't have tried things out on the PSP, the intro looks so nice and sharp, I wouldn't have realized what I was missing if I'd stuck with TV, maybe I can find a way to fiddle with my TV settings.

Browsing through the awesome manual scan right now, I love that PSX games have these so very much.

 

[dallow_bg]

Browsing through the awesome manual scan right now, I love that PSX games have these so very much.

Yeah, those are neat.

 

[Aeana]

Well, I'm glad it at least works on PSP right now. In theory, one could start it there and transfer the save over to Vita later.

 

[mochuuu]

Apologies on the quirks of this one not working on PS Vita and PSP properly out the gate. I'll be posting updates here; feel free to subscribe to that thread to receive notifications on updates as they come.

http://community.us.playstation.com...-PS-Vita-Compatability/m-p/39652315#U39652315

 

[TheSeks]

Apologies on the quirks of this one not working on PS Vita and PSP properly out the gate. I'll be posting updates here; feel free to subscribe to that thread to receive notifications on updates as they come.

http://community.us.playstation.com...-PS-Vita-Compatability/m-p/39652315#U39652315

"It may be a couple of weeks."

RAGE. My $10 for nothing. >:|

Spoiler

I can always start on PS3 I guess... but NO! D:

 

[Aeana]

Thanks, mochuuu.

"It may be a couple of weeks."

RAGE. My $10 for nothing. >:|

Spoiler

I can always start on PS3 I guess... but NO! D:

It says worst case scenario, so let's hope it doesn't take that long.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

Is it possible to transfer PSX game saves from the PS3 to the Vita? Might just start it on the PS3 if the situation is going to remain for a while.

 

[Aeana]

Is it possible to transfer PSX game saves from the PS3 to the Vita? Might just start it on the PS3 if the situation is going to remain for a while.

Yep.

 

[mochuuu]

Thanks, mochuuu.



It says worst case scenario, so let's hope it doesn't take that long.

yeah, I'd like to see it fixed within the week, but just managing expectations upfront on this one. We'll be pushing for a speedy fix.

 

[TheSeks]

Is it possible to transfer PSX game saves from the PS3 to the Vita? Might just start it on the PS3 if the situation is going to remain for a while.

Yes, only through the content manager assistant though. Not like the PSP where you hook it up via USB and just XMB->Copy it.

 

[randomkid]

yeah, I'd like to see it fixed within the week, but just managing expectations upfront on this one. We'll be pushing for a speedy fix.

So what's the BEST case scenario, hours???

For real though I think I might actually start on PSP, if it looks this sharp already lord knows how nice it'll be on Vita.

 

[jello44]

Well, I'm glad it at least works on PSP right now. In theory, one could start it there and transfer the save over to Vita later.

And for visual confirmation...

Dusty PSP is dusty.

 

[dallow_bg]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=47317539&postcount=83

Happens all the time.

 

[kunonabi]

I will power rank based in each game's latest version.

Persona 2 Eternal Punishment PS1 > Persona 4 Golden > Persona 2 Innocent Sin PSP > Persona 4 Arena > Persona 1 PSP> Persona 3 Portable PSP

Every game in the series is good to great, and I will get heavy flak for P1 > P3

Not from me as P1 is still my favorite game in the series.

I'm going by original us releases. I don't care for the psp remake of the original at all.

P2:EP > P1 > P4 > P3 > P2: IS

 

[TheSeks]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=47317539&postcount=83

Happens all the time.

BARK! No you don't understand.jpg

The game won't transfer over via PS3. It simply don't work on that handheld.

 

[dallow_bg]

BARK! No you don't understand.jpg

The game won't transfer over via PS3. It simply don't work on that handheld.

I know, it was an even worse scenario!
Thankfully they're on top of it.

 

[SpaceBridge]

I'll wait until Vita compatibility.

 

[Blood Diamonds]

Oh man the art for this game is really nice.

 

[Tizoc]

Well now I just need to get this and P4G for cheap and I'll dedicate a folder on the Vita to the series~

 

[An-Det]

This will be mine. It's the only Persona I have yet to get, no way I'm missing out on it.

 

[web01]

Dusty PSP is dusty.

Far out, talk about an understatement that is filthy.
All that dust around and in the dpad it is painful to look at.

 

[jello44]

Far out, talk about an understatement that is filthy.
All that dust around and in the dpad it is painful to look at.

Used to clean it all the time, but I let it sit around for about a year without any use. That was the end result. The fact that I used the flash from my phone makes it worse.

 

[Abandond]

Change your way~

Just wanted to say thanks for linking this awesome piece of music.

I've listened to it about 10 times so far, soo good.