Shin Megami Tensei - Persona 3 FES (USA) ISO

(Please note this is the Japanese version of the game. There is no English text or voice acting, it is all in Japanese!)

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES, called Persona 3 FES for short, is an enhanced version of Persona 3, a Japanese role-playing game from Atlus. This version of the game was released in 2007 in Japan and 2008 in other regions.

Persona 3 FES includes an updated version of the original Persona 3, called The Journey (Episode Yourself in the Japanese release), and an epilogue known as "The Answer" (Episode Aegis in the Japanese release).

In The Journey, you join a group known as the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad, known as SEES for short, a group dedicated to investigating and putting an end to the Dark Hour, a time period hidden between one day and the next. During the Dark Hour, things stop working and ordinary people turn into coffins. However, you and the rest of SEES are able to experience the Dark Hour because you have the ability known as Persona, which allows you to explore a labyrinthine known as Tartarus, a procedurally generated dungeon where you fight demons known as Shadows.

But that is not all. When it is not the Dark Hour, you are an average high school student, and you do average teenager things such as attending classes, studying for exams, levelling up your Academics, Courage and Charm, going to shops, and making friends (called Social Links) which help you level up your Personas.

The Answer brings additional closure to the narrative, however it is entirely dungeon crawling. Unfortunately, there is no high school simulation aspect in "The Answer".

The experience of this game is rather unique, and the game was released to positive reviews, with this version of the game earning a Metacritic score of 89.