Okay so the SMT series never really got me off. I'd played most of the first 2 on SNES/SFC as translated by Aeon Genesis as well I dabbled with the precursors on the NES. I've also played several of the spin offs, Last Bible (AKA Revelations: Demon Slayer) was the only one that managed to really thrill me (BTW very good game, that one). However something about Persona 3 intrigued me, even from the pre-release screenshot I thought, this one was different. Not being a keen observer of release dates I managed to miss the first release, and seeing that it became OOP in little time I'd thought I was out of luck, eBay prices are too steep for this fella. Upon hearing of the re-release, FES, I headed to GameStop to Pre-order my copy. Upon picking it up I haphazardly stumbled upon Nocturne, you see they just got a copy and the cashier was in the process of stocking it, it just so happened to be sitting on the top of the pile staring me in the face. So, having heard nothing but enormous amounts of praise for it, I thought to myself, What the Hell?
After bringing my purchases home I devoted about 2 hours to each, trying to weigh my options. I was on the fence, both looked to be fantastic games, I was already quite hyped about P3: FES, but Nocturne was calling me. So I chose Nocturne and now some 20 hours in I think I'm addicted. I'd decided SMT would be worth re-examination, and wandered over to eBay to see what else I could get my greedy paws upon. The prices as expected were a bit absurd, so I checked GameStops website and found myself a used copy of DDS2 for relatively cheap, upon visiting the store I, in familiar form stumbled also into a cheap new copy of Devil Summoner so I bought that too. All in all I've invested over a 100$ in the series I once thought to be highly overrated, go figure?
I don't currently have a lot of Free Time to invest in gaming and far too much on my plate as well, I'm playing Puzzle Quest on the side, I'm still in the middle of a game on both Wild Arms 1 and 4 and my Backlog keeps building, Innocent Life and Code Age Commanders are next in line. All that makes for slow going, so this probably wasn't a good time to jump into a series that has a reputation for being incredibly time consuming.