14 years after my first time playing the game, I recently revisited Atlus’ and was pleasantly surprised to see how wrong my first impression of the game was.
I wasn’t too familiar with Atlus or their work when I first played the game. After really enjoying, I worked my way through some of their older games, including the other titles.
However, I didn’t immediately feel like revisiting when I realized it was one of theirs. That isn’t to say I disliked during my first playthrough.
I liked it so much that I even made the embarrassing decision to purchase a red plaid fedora like the kind Orlando wears in the game.
However, I felt a little conflicted about liking it at the time. As a teenager, I liked that I could tell the game had something to say, but I don’t think I fully understood it, and some of the depictions read more like basic stereotypes than anything else.