sadly, this game is a major let-down when compared to it's predecessor. it had great ideas - fixing a lot of the gameplay's major flaws from the first entry, introducing a new cast of adults (a unique feat never done again until this day on the franchise), more mature tones.
but in the execution it's where the game falls short. the story is rushed, frankly, seems incomplete sometimes, the characters are bland because they (mostly) never receive any development (maya herself is one of the biggest waste of potential i've ever seen in my entire life).
still, the characters themselves are pretty funny and carry the piano of the game throughout the whole duration. having a cast of adults is pretty neat, atlus should try that again, honestly.
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By comparison, Persona II: Eternal Punishment is a disappointment. While a few flaws in Innocent Sin's combat have been addressed - and the new cast of characters are less dramatic/more grounded, the story is much less interesting, and often wanders into the stereotyped, convoluted territory longer than it should. There exists entertaining moments, sobering themes, and a few memorable characters (Baofu is easily the standout), but nothing that matches the extent of its predecessor.
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I think the "translation" is basically a port of the original 2000 localization of EP by Atlus, not a whole new translation. Apparently there's some drama about a member of a fan translation team going behind the team's back and releasing this without any warning, but it seems to work well and saves from Innocent Sin transfer across regions.
Regardless of your opinions, the MegaTen community has repeatedly done shit like this and it looks fucking awful. This is just par for the course with this fanbase. No, this doesn't happen with other fanbases nearly as often or with the amount of toxicity it does with megaten fans.
I don't really interact with the MT community because most gaming communities in my experience are beyond toxic (FGCs and Soulsborne come to mind), but I am honestly not surprised that it's trashy and toxic.
I agree but the megaten community goes further than a lot of others with the toxicity. It's a very 4chan fanbase, contrarian, elitist, gatekeep-ish, rude and not very helpful for newcomers. There are of course some really nice people in there as well, and there's definitely a difference between someone who's a megaten fan and someone who identifies as a member of the community. But it takes patience sometimes to ignore the shitters and find the nice folks who just enjoy the series and want to help others enjoy it as well.
It's really sad indeed, thankfully I've never been one to care that much about communities. It's good for my blood pressure though, I'm going through Persona 3 right now and with the amount of sexualisation of minors in it I can just imagine how I'd feel if I had to interact with those fans.
The P2 duology, SMT 1&2 and Xenogears are really ballsy games that prove JRPGs can actually be thematically good if the developers wanted. They're not amazing games mind you, but they are ambitious in how they treat philosophy and psychology.
I'm playing through Persona 3 now and even if as a game it's overall better than all of the ones I mentioned and I enjoy it a lot, I miss the scope, characterisation and more grounded/mature atmosphere of P2. I'd take that any day over all the anime tropes I gotta get through constantly (though the evoker is cool ngl
Havent got to the 60 sp per spell section which im assuming this will have like innocent sin did but this is so much better than that mess, writing, gameplay, even the encounter rate doesnt seem as bad
I'm playing through Persona 3 now and even if as a game it's overall better than all of the ones I mentioned and I enjoy it a lot, I miss the scope, characterisation and more grounded/mature atmosphere of P2. I'd take that any day over all the anime tropes I gotta get through constantly (though the evoker is cool ngl