I love so much about this game: the subplots, the visuals, the humor, the music…as the months went by, I felt what the characters in-game felt – that the journey would, sadly, soon end.

You gain the power to summon Personas, which can fight the Shadows, making you the best suited to rescue people who get thrown into the TV and to figure out who the culprit is.

You conclude someone threw those 2 into the TV, where the Shadows killed them. Then you discover the TV world is infested with Shadows that kill people. You discover you can phase through TV screens and enter another world. Of course, there’s not just living a regular life. You can hang out with friends, take part-time jobs, join school clubs, and generally fill the classic “RPG protagonist does bloody everything” trope, but given the timeframe, you’ll need to plan your days well. Most things you do will take up time until a day ends, then you move on to the next day, and so on, until the game ends.

The game takes place over the span of ~10 months. This is one of the best JRPGs I’ve ever played…and that’s really saying something.

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