Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (2000) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment is a role-playing video game developed by Atlus, and chronologically the third installment in the Persona series. Eternal Punishment takes place in the fictional Japanese city of…

29 June 2000

What Persona 2: Eternal Punishment is

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment is an adventure game developed by Atlus and released in 2000. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment is a role-playing video game developed by Atlus, and chronologically the third installment in the Persona series. Eternal Punishment takes place in the fictional Japanese city of Sumaru, and is a direct sequel to Persona 2: Innocent Sin. Taking place a year after Innocent Sin, the game follows reporter Maya Amamo as she investigates the Joker Curse, a malign phenomenon where people's wishes and rumors are coming true and causing chaos. During her investigations, she and others who join her gain the ability to summon Personas, personified aspects of their personalities. The gameplay features turn-based battle gameplay, where characters use their Personas in…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Megami Tensei series

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment is the 34th of 151 entries we hold in the Megami Tensei series. It arrived 6 months after Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation. The next entry was Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children - Aka no Sho in 2000.

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How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 76.1 hrs.

What it launched against

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment launched on 29 June 2000, within three weeks of Diablo II, Deus Ex, Final Fantasy IX and Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition.

Released around the same time: Diablo II, Deus Ex, Final Fantasy IX, Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition.

Persona 2: Eternal Punishment — frequently asked questions