Quote Originally Posted by bartre View Post
I don't know when exactly it came in, the first game I remember it in was Persona 3, BUT.

I really like the life/time-management area of some recent RPGs, ala the social links in P3/4,
the whole ordeal just sucked you in to the world a lot quicker; the first time i played persona 3, i played for 8 1/2 hours...
... and that feature turned me away from Persona 3 in an hour and a half.