Ranged weapons can travel far to hit an enemy, while melee attacks are only able to strike enemies close to the attacker. However, whenever the player enters a room, the camera shifts to an isometric perspective, allowing the player to interact with party members and other non-playable characters.Īlthough Persona was among the first of the Megami Tensei games to feature angled third-person viewpoints, dungeons are still navigated in first-person.īoth these vestiges of its parent series would be dropped in later Persona games.Īnother series trademark, an icon displaying the lunar phase, also appears in Persona.īesides showing the passage of in-game time, the status of the moon determines the activity patterns of enemy demons, and their mood if the player attempts negotiation with one.Įach party member occupies a space on a grid, which dictates which enemies they are within range to attack. Unlike future entries in Persona series, buildings and maze-like outdoor areas are navigated in a first-person perspective. While traversing the main city (which serves as the games overworld ), the world is seen from an overhead perspective.

Instead, the main party consists of a group of teenagers equipped with firearms and melee weaponry.Įach can summon a Personaa facet of their personalityused in battle to fight demons, functioning as a source of magic spells, a traditional element of role-playing games.

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