Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable (PSP)

Rating: 7/10 (Review scores explained).

Fascinating story with new social links ; Player-friendly tweaks increase ease of play ; Addictive customisation features ; Great presentation with handy fast travel ; High replayability

Repetitive dungeon exploration ; Standard battles a little routine

Via GameSpot.

To use a Persona term, Persona 3 Portable is a solid fusion of the core Persona 3 game and the improved elements that came into being with Persona 4. It maintains the same addictive qualities and unique atmosphere, and the addition of more...

Great transition from PS2 to PSP; Awesome story; Dynamic pacing is perfect for a portable; ...but just one more level before bed!; It's a looooooong game

Tartarus gets repetitive...; Enemy A.I. is cheap at times

The half that takes place while the sun is up is about making friends and dealing with the pressures of living up to the expectations in a performance driven society of Japan

Shown to a steadily flagging and slightly nonplussed audience at E3, Sony's new PSP marketing campaign focused on the portable's library of "full-sized" games, as a sleepy-eyed office worker talked up his 40-hour progress in Metal Gear Solid: Peace...

Certainly a worthy entry for any fan of RPG's, Persona 3 Portable stands as one of the longest, deepest, most time-consuming entries on the PSP to date.

It's Persona 3 on the PSP; new female main character option

If you didn't like Persona 3...well

Persona 3 is everything you want a PSP port to be: just as good as the original and customized to make PSP owners feel like thy need the new game even if they played the original for weeks on end.