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Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth
3DS
Released On: Jun 4, 2019
81
7.7
All Platforms
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 37 Critic Reviews
81
81% Positive
30 Reviews
30 Reviews
16% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 37 Critic Reviews
81
81% Positive
30 Reviews
30 Reviews
16% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Person Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth is not only an excellent dungeon crawler but also a great swan song for the Nintendo 3DS. A long game, with a good story for fans who can only miss a dub in English and the 3D effect.
Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth is a solid sequel which doesn't change its formula and still works out at the very best.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 83 User Ratings
7.7
72% Positive
60 Ratings
60 Ratings
7% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
20% Negative
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 83 User Ratings
7.7
72% Positive
60 Ratings
60 Ratings
7% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
20% Negative
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
man i enjoyed every single moment of this game
it's fun and immersive with awesome characters from the persona series and you can also use ultimate personas just like persona Q shadow of the labyrinth
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First, let me begin by saying that I was truly disappointed by the fact that the audio was in japanese, I was really hoping to get english audio for this game. Nevertheless, the game was fantastic and I really loved every single aspect of it. I did played the previous game, Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth, but it didn't have quite the appeal at all. Persona Q2 has a better story, which you can relate to in some aspect of your life. The dialogues and interactions between the characters are lively and funny, they don't fell like they have been forced at all. The idea of the dungeons is very well built and creative. The dungeon navigation is more entertaining and less of a hassle. The boss battles are unique and hard just enough to enjoy them. Overall, if you did play PQ and liked it or didn't like it at all, I highly recommend playing PQ2, since it's an enhanced version of it. You'll love it!
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Persona Q2 is, very likely, one of the last big Nintendo 3DS games, a great J-RPG that unites the Persona games gameplay, social links included, with Etrian Odyssey`s dungeons. So if you love those games, you'll love it... even with its flaws: you have to grind a lot, dungeons are a little uninspired.
Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth is a nice curtain closing for the license on 3DS. The gameplay is solid and the production is full of personality, both visually and musically. As long as you have done the Persona, interactions that should never have and could have taken place between the characters are pleasant and fun. The story progresses without a hitch and it is not too Manichaean for once — it even ends with a hint of emotion. So, it's almost all good — a solid conclusion to Persona and a good gateway to trying out the Etrian Odyssey series.
New Cinema Labyrinth is wonderful for series fans. For Persona fans waiting on Persona 5 the Royale, this is a great way to fill the gap and is worth the price of admission just to watch the characters from these different games interact together. With so many inside jokes that fans will truly appreciate. Admittedly, the level design could be much better, with the labyrinths themselves a pale comparison to the Etrian Odyssey mazes it mimics. Thankfully, the addictive mapping, Persona-inspired combat, wealth of side-quests and the solid story combine to more than make up for its flaws.
As stylus-based touchscreens are phased out, Persona Q2 is one last rallying battle cry.
Persona Q2’s has a lot of fun dungeon crawling to offer, but doesn’t make the most of its great cast’s time together.
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Persona Q2 is the turn-based RPG with first-person dungeon crawler and mapmaking. This latest installment crossover character with Persona 3, 4 and 5. Being one of the last games 3DS and being from the critically acclaimed series, will Persona Q2 live up to the legacy of the series or has this franchise had too many installments in the past few years?
The Phantom Thieves from Persona 5, go on a mission to Mementos which takes a turn for the worst as they soon find out they are stuck in a mysterious movie theater with no way out. While trying to escape by going into different movies and changing them, they also run into other persona users trying to escape. (From Persona 3 and 4). It’s a pretty simple story that severs its purpose of being fan service for anyone that has played all 3 of the current mainline games. Some characters are stripped of their personality for the sake of a joke sometimes like in Persona Q1 but these moments are few and far between and don’t bog down the script like in the previous game. The script is serviceable but I felt that the pacing, especially in the latter half of this 80-hour game, dragged on and it became boring in parts. There a lot to like about the story in this game regardless if you played all 3 games or not but sticking through the whole affair might be hard for some.
Turn-based combat is something that most games just can’t make interesting but the Persona series continues to keep players engaged with multiple ways to tackle situations by switching Personas or through the cast of 28 characters. The visuals of things like all-out attacks and union attacks also help to make for some fun moment due to certain attacks like a character cross-dressing for an all-girl attack or someone getting stuck at the wheel of a car and running over an enemy. In-between combat, you’ll explore labyrinth that you have to map out on the touch screen which adds some strategy to the game. There’s also fun side missions where you see more character interactions outside of the main story. While all of this is great, there not much to do outside of this combat and it did get a bit stale in the latter half. The first half is the best part of this game but just like the story, it drags on due to artificial game lengthier that are added to the 3rd and 4th parts of the game. The 3rd part having bullet sponge robots that makes the part a bit longer then it needed to be. Most levels follow the formula of having 4 acts followed by a boss but the 4th part has 6 acts and 2 boss floors. This stops the story right in its tracks and due to the length, you end up fighting the same enemies over and over for 10 to 15 hours of the run time. I thought the 4th part was the end of the game but there is a 5th and final part that was normal length again, so I don’t understand why the 4th part was so long. If you’re willing to get past the overly long 4th part, the other parts are pretty good. Gameplay severs its purpose for a Persona game but filler hurts the experience.
The game looks great and union attacks steal the show when it comes to what you can graphically pull off on the 3DS. The soundtrack is amazing. New and old tracks are great. Nothing forgettable at all about this OST. A few framerate slowdowns but only in graphically intense scenes, nothing that takes away from the game.
Persona Q2 is a good RPG for fans of the series and a great 3DS sendoff but newcomers might want to start somewhere else. The slow pace and the abundance of Persona references will put off some people. Even fans of the series might need to be a bit patient with a dull 4th part and bullet sponges in the 3rd part. Underneath the problems this game has, there is still some fun to be had with the multiple characters of this series and the excellently executed first half and finale of the game.
Pros:
+Fun Crossover Story
+Amazing Presentation
+Great Soundtrack
+Almost Flawless First Half
Cons:
-Too Much Game Padding in Later Half
-Needs More to Do Outside Of Combat
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The last big game on the 3DS, Persona Q2 sadly did not improve upon the first one´s formula. The game still have dungeon crawling issues, too much focus on fan service, and simplifies the persona fusion and usage formula too much.
I really would like to see a Persona Q with a original cast and original story, because the fan service is really annoying in this game.
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How I rate games:
Game-play, Music/Sound, Graphics & Visuals, Story/World-building, and Characters each get 0-2 points adding up to a score /10. 0 is non-existent or bad, 1 is average or N/A, and 2 is better than average.
Game-play: 1
Not unplayable, but needlessly complicated for a spin-off, just like the first PQ
Music/Sound: 1
The music is great with many good new tracks and well as old ones brought back from the original P4, P3, and P5 games but lacks english audio due to budget cuts.
Graphics & Visuals: 1
The chibi style is a nice change and gives PQ its own identity from the main games and other spin-offs, but is not much of an improvement from the last PQ game
Story/World-building: 0
Weird, fanfictiony, and much less unique than the first one. The game struggles with having such a large cast and the plot about multiple realities to explain the presence of the female P3 protagonist felt like an excuse and is poorly handled. They bit off more than they could chew this time.
Characters: 0
Most of the characters become jokes and have their personalities neutered for the sake of gags while the new characters are not even slightly memorable.
TOTAL: 3/10
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A sequal to the spin off nobody asked for.
Just like PQ, the gameplay isn't for everyone and is grating if you were looking for the more streamlined playstyle of the other modern persona games. It isn't bad, but is clunky and takes getting used too.
The plot is nothing special and you can see the ending coming a mile away. The characters are dumbed down flanderizations that get old fast and are crammed in since there are so many of them between persona 3, persona 4, persona 5, and the new cast members.
I really don't know why anyone thought this game needed to be made.
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Summary Joker Takes Center Stage - Experience a thought-provoking story from the perspective of the protagonist from Persona 5 as you along with the other Phantom Thieves meet the S.E.E.S. from Persona 3 and the Investigation Team from Persona 4 in a cinematic world!.
Rated M
for Mature
