Reception
| Review Scores | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 80% (Org.) 78% (PSP) |
| Metacritic | 78/100 (Org.) 83/100 (PSP) |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | A (PSP) |
| Allgame | (Org.) |
| Game Informer | 8.0/10 (PSP) |
| GameSpot | 7.3/10 (Org.) 5.0/10 (PSP) |
| IGN | 7.5/10 (Org.) 7.5/10 (PSP) |
| Play Magazine | 85/100 (PSP) |
| RPGamer | 3.5/5 (PSP) |
The original Persona game currently has a Metacritic score of 78 based on six reviews; in its time, it was called a sleeper hit. Jeff Gerstmann, then of GameSpot, praised the game for its modern setting and teenage cast, as opposed to the medieval settings of traditional role-playing games. The IGN review stated that Revelations: Persona "is the perfect title for any RPG fan who craves something different." GameInformer considered the game to have broken the mold of role-playing games at the time, adding that "there has never been an RPG as vast as Persona."
The game's PSP remake debuted at #1 in Japanese game charts, selling over 79,000 copies in its first week. At the end of May 2009, Famitsu reported that 122,962 copies had been sold in Japan, making the game the sixth best-selling title on the PSP. The remake of Revelations: Persona has a Metacritic score of 83. Jeremy Parish of 1UP.com wrote that Shin Megami Tensei: Persona "is a perfect example of how to remake a great game -- graphics notwithstanding -- and this release makes a brilliant game feel fresh and relevant again." Eric Patterson of Play Magazine found that, thirteen years after its original release, Persona stood the test of time, calling the remake "the true and definitive version of the game." IGN staff writer Sam Bishop called the story of Persona "timeless in its ability to draw you in", and found that the game offered players "a fantastic story, likeable and well-defined characters, some fairly deep introspection on their part."
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