"Persona, Persona!" Call out your Persona!
I'm playing Persona 4, and while it's a definite time sink... I dunno, so far, I'm not feeling the immersion. And that's something I'm a little meh about the two recent ones. I find all the hand-holding and then questions a little immersion breaking. The whole high school experience thing also throws me off. I couldn't wait to get out of high school.
But it's rekindled the interest in the earlier Persona games. More specifically, the Persona 2 games. Now, the contract grinding seems boring to me (a lot like how the Social Link grinding just doesn't catch my fancy), but the way it's set up seems like it also has the potential to be interesting, and I REALLY REALLY want to know more about P2: Innocent Sin. Eternal Punishment does pretty much explain what happened and why EP happened, but that doesn't change the fact that IS was its own game. And the whole rumor thing is just fascinating. Want weapons? Spread a rumor that a place sells them. After you spread the rumor, the shop will now sell weapons like they've always done so!
... and yeah, okay, I want to see how you can get the main character into a homosexual relationship with another character, because it can be done shut up.