Whats the difference Between The 3 Versions of Portable(Psp),Fez(ps2) and Portable(Steam)?

[Carlo]

As a Newcomer to the Persona Franchise, I just wanted to get some info on that^^,3rd game looks more interesting to me compared to 4 and 5(i haven't played those either) I also know they're standalone series, I hope I would play it soon
Let me get into the main topic

What are the main changes between Portable(PSP), Fez(ps2) and Portable(Steam)?

[ffrasisti [ARG]]

The real world is gone from the game, its now just a visual novel.
The cutscenes both 3D In Engine, and FMV Anime, also are now just visual novel segments which seriously impacts the presentation of the game and takes you of of the story. The Upscaling of some art assets is not good which is a problem when 50% of your game is static images over backgrounds and the screenshots taken of the main game's cutscenes also dont look good, unfortunately.
The audio is compressed.
The second campaign has been excised entirely.
In the PSP version the 3d models for the Tartarus part were also lower quality than ps2, they probably have fixed this here, but my eyes may be decieving me.

Pros:
You get a Female Main Character
You get direct control in battle (Was modded into FES years ago)

[161]

This remastered version is essentially the same as the PSP version, with upscaled textures and UI.

The short of it is, there are three major differences:

- instead of cutscenes being rendered in game like FES is, P3P is told through visual-novel esque dialogue, and tend to be less expressive.

- In P3P, they've added a separate route for the Female MC, featuring new social links, battle/overworld music, and altered dialogue.

- Also featured in P3P, is the ability to control individual party members like you would in P4 or P5. This was originally not a feature in FES, as it used the tactics system instead, assigning generalized attacks for your party members rather than specific skills.

[ffrasisti [ARG]]

Originally posted by friend:

This remastered version is essentially the same as the PSP version, with upscaled textures and UI.

The short of it is, there are three major differences:

- instead of cutscenes being rendered in game like FES is, P3P is told through visual-novel esque dialogue, and tend to be less expressive.

- In P3P, they've added a separate route for the Female MC, featuring new social links, battle/overworld music, and altered dialogue.

- Also featured in P3P, is the ability to control individual party members like you would in P4 or P5. This was originally not a feature in FES, as it used the tactics system instead, assigning generalized attacks for your party members rather than specific skills.

The audio is also very compressed and they removed The Answer

[Carlo]

I understand it, Is there anything I would miss out in Story wise compared to Fes?

And that's kinda weird that they didn't include both of the mechanics in this version, I know this is almost a 15-18 year old game and I've heard so many great things about that game

[mdesaleah]

Originally posted by Carlo:

I understand it, Is there anything I would miss out in Story wise compared to Fes?

And that's kinda weird that they didn't include both of the mechanics in this version, I know this is almost a 15-18 year old game and I've heard so many great things about that game

Animated cutscenes are replaced with text and still images, and unlike P4 or the original P3/FES you wont see the characters move around a 3D world while talking to each other.

You also cant move around a 3D explorable city locations since those were changed to point and click.

You also miss the Epilogue "The Answer", which is a good 20+ hours of mostly combat dungeons but also closes out the original story a little more.

Its a PSP version so they had to downgrade it.

[toughnails]

If you're entirely new to the series, please play 4 or 5 first, 3 is the weakest game easily and this specific version is a huge graphical downgrade, entirely missing the 3D overworld and both 3D and anime cutscenes. There's a good chance it will sour you on the series, which would be a shame.

[Carlo]

Originally posted by toughnails:

If you're entirely new to the series, please play 4 or 5 first, 3 is the weakest game easily and this specific version is a huge graphical downgrade, entirely missing the 3D overworld and both 3D and anime cutscenes. There's a good chance it will sour you on the series, which would be a shame.

I'm just asking about the differences though, I am just giving out a decision of if I should get Fes For my ps2 or Get the portable version, I don't feel like I'd go for 5 for now too

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

Animated cutscenes are replaced with text and still images, and unlike P4 or the original P3/FES you wont see the characters move around a 3D world while talking to each other.

You also cant move around a 3D explorable city locations since those were changed to point and click.

You also miss the Epilogue "The Answer", which is a good 20+ hours of mostly combat dungeons but also closes out the original story a little more.

Its a PSP version so they had to downgrade it.

That reminds me of Playing Devil Survivor 1 and 2 actually, Those were fun(Basically Another spinoff of Smt but For Nintendo ds/3ds that is Chess board+Turn based) But I feel like I want to play an explorable Persona game Since ive been in a lot of visual novel games recently(Nonary games,Phoenix Wright, Some of the Ds Visual novels)

[mdesaleah]

Originally posted by Carlo:

Originally posted by toughnails:

If you're entirely new to the series, please play 4 or 5 first, 3 is the weakest game easily and this specific version is a huge graphical downgrade, entirely missing the 3D overworld and both 3D and anime cutscenes. There's a good chance it will sour you on the series, which would be a shame.

I'm just asking about the differences though, I am just giving out a decision of if I should get Fes For my ps2 or Get the portable version, I don't feel like I'd go for 5 for now too

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

Animated cutscenes are replaced with text and still images, and unlike P4 or the original P3/FES you wont see the characters move around a 3D world while talking to each other.

You also cant move around a 3D explorable city locations since those were changed to point and click.

You also miss the Epilogue "The Answer", which is a good 20+ hours of mostly combat dungeons but also closes out the original story a little more.

Its a PSP version so they had to downgrade it.

That reminds me of Playing Devil Survivor 1 and 2 actually, Those were fun(Basically Another spinoff of Smt but For Nintendo ds/3ds that is Chess board+Turn based) But I feel like I want to play an explorable Persona game Since ive been in a lot of visual novel games recently(Nonary games,Phoenix Wright, Some of the Ds Visual novels)

Either 3 FES (which is on PS3 too), or 4 Golden are good starting points.

3 for being the first in the new style so you dont get used to later improvements, or 4 Golden for being a good base in between 3 and 5.

[Gabby]

Originally posted by ffrasisti ARG:

they removed The Answer

Mostly because the Answer is canonical only to the male Protagonist, because it relies entirely on a certain character being in love with him.

IMO it's dumb, because the answer to that was making that love asexual / lesbian for the female protagonist, but it never crossed Atlus' minds.

[mdesaleah]

Originally posted by Gabby:

Originally posted by ffrasisti ARG:

they removed The Answer

Mostly because the Answer is canonical only to the male Protagonist, because it relies entirely on a certain character being in love with him.

IMO it's dumb, because the answer to that was making that love asexual / lesbian for the female protagonist, but it never crossed Atlus' minds.

More likely that the PSP couldnt fit the Answer to begin with, or they didnt want to put in the effort.

But thats definitely something that they could have done for this port.