I absolutely adored Beyond Good and Evil. It's by Ubisoft, and didn't get nearly the attention it deserved (though it did get excellent reviews.) It's got an awesome plot that is more adult than your usual platformer and just really well-written. The combat and game-play is just so much fun, too. The graphics still look really great, as well. You should definitely give it a try-you can pick it up dirt cheap.:)

Wow, I thought I was the only one who felt kind of underdazzled by GoW. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it. It just felt..shallow. The combat, no matter how many combos you can do and what weapons you use, breaks down into button mashing. In no other game have my fingers gotten as sore as with this one. The story is easily the game's strongest point and really impressive, and I loved the cut-scenes.

But the button mashing...ugh. I just hated it. It ruined the fun of the game..the puzzles also weren't too stimulating...

The second one had better puzzles, but the button mashing was still there. As pretty as the combat looks, it just isn't a joy to input combos or pull them off. I thought that the repetitiveness of the combat system was really overlooked in reviews, I guess because people got dazzled by the admittedly awesome graphics and plot.

Hmm,I've never played a Persona game(I've never seen any of the entries for sale,were they even released in the US?)but I must say , this one looks really promising. I have played both Odin Sphere and Digital Devil Saga. Digital Devil Saga: Shin Megami Tensei had an excellent story line and graphical representation, but the gameplay felt a little stale-the battles and stuff went soooo slooow, and it had a steep as all getout learning curve.Odin Sphere h ad awesome gameplay in terms of battling,I really enjoyed it-but the going through the same environments and steeple arning curve were similiarly frusterating. How does Persona compare with DDS? Or is it more like Odin Sphere?