Persona 3 2006

Released: July 13, 2006
Anniversary: Turned 20 on July 13
Genres: Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
Platform: PlayStation 2
Developer: Atlus
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Is it still worth playing?

Atlus' 2006 role playing game for the PlayStation 2. You play a high school student who joins SEES, a group of students investigating the Dark Hour, a temporal anomaly in which they can enter Tartarus, a tower full of Shadows. It blends role playing with life simulation: days are split into periods with one activity each, and Academics, Charm and Courage gate some Social Links. Evenings lead to the Dark Hour and Tartarus, a tower dungeon, where Shadows can be struck first or avoided. Social Links tied to Arcana boost Persona creation, and Personas are fused in the Velvet Room. Combat is turn based, with weaknesses granting another turn, and you control only your own character while allies act by general tactics. Daily life, relationships and dungeon fighting feed each other, so choices outside the tower matter inside it, and that is the reason to play it now.