God yes, it's a great game. Knowing the twist doesn't take away any of the fun.
You can watch it on YT, but a lot of the enjoyment comes from playing it yourself and seeing what ending you get.
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Persona Community Thread |OT6| Where 6 Comes Before 5 (No PQ or P4U spoilers!)
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God yes, it's a great game. Knowing the twist doesn't take away any of the fun.
You can watch it on YT, but a lot of the enjoyment comes from playing it yourself and seeing what ending you get.
UltraGunner
Banned
While the story is great, the gameplay and the challenge is what made that game for me. Play it for the accolades that come with beating one of the harder games to come out of the 7th gen.
Definitely. Catherine isn't about that particular twist (it's kind of obvious), it's mainly about the interpersonal releationships. The journey. And the choices. Pretty much every single day is it's own adventure.
JoseOle5990
Member
Also, you're a wimp if you play on Easy. Git gud. Seriously though, if you just want the story stuff, plow through it on the lowest difficulty. Character interactions and the branching choices would feel lost in translation on a youtube run, imo. It's not like Persona where you can watch all 10 S. Link ranks to experience that character's arc. I love Catherine, btw.
Do it!
Yeah, it was accident. My bad. Certain people should really cool their jets with the junior modding shit though, Jesus H.
Love Deterrence
Member
Yes, play it!!!! Catherine was my first experience with the "Holy Trinity." Most surprising game of the generation for me - and one of my all-time favorites. I strongly recommend it!
Yes yes, even if you don't dig the gameplay, it's cool to see Atlus' P Team trying something really different (yet familiar in a lot of ways). It's a really great game.
As someone who played the Japanese version of Catherine (read: the one with the messed up difficulty that was patched and is still harder than the US edition) at launch, I would wholeheartedly recommend still playing as a sort of experiential, "it's the journey and not the destination" sort of thing. I really, really enjoyed the puzzle mechanics and would be very happy to wage a defense of why that stuff is integral to the game's identity, but it's totally the bar stuff and all the socializing that I remember most about that game. There were definitely moments in those parts of the game where I was reflecting back on my own life and relationships, especially with the texts that you can respond to. It's not always perfect at what it sets out to accomplish, but what it does right in terms of atmospherics and whatnot, I feel it's done very well and it can only really be fully grasped by playing it yourself, I think. The story is only a small part of the equation; it's your own reactions to those beats and what you do in their wake that really make it a whole experience, in my mind.
Anyway, spoiler-wise, there's arguably an even bigger one to stumble into than the one you likely learned about, the implications of which I actually only grasped myself by reading the Japanese art book. And judging from when I've searched it online before, not necessarily a lot of English players caught onto it anyway even after beating it, so I'll stay quiet. Suffice it to say I think there's a lot still left of Catherine to experience even if you know that one part going in.
Anyway, spoiler-wise, there's arguably an even bigger one to stumble into than the one you likely learned about, the implications of which I actually only grasped myself by reading the Japanese art book. And judging from when I've searched it online before, not necessarily a lot of English players caught onto it anyway even after beating it, so I'll stay quiet. Suffice it to say I think there's a lot still left of Catherine to experience even if you know that one part going in.
buddha0991
Member
Love Deterrence
Member
Whoa!!!!!!!!! Beautiful!!!!!
buddha0991
Member
Right?!
I wish the person who made those somehow got Maya and FeMC in there too tho
UltraGunner
Banned
Wonderfully done. But seriously having all the rest of the logos side by side with it shows how bad Persona 5's logo is by comparison.
sackboy2197
Member
About the possibility of that character not being the MC; I think that the next broken chain should confirm that or not.
If the next one to be broken is the second from the right, then that would pretty much confirm that he is the MC considering that Japanese write (vertically) from right to left.
If the next one is the first one on the left, then most likely the one in the centre will be the MC
If the next one to be broken is the second from the right, then that would pretty much confirm that he is the MC considering that Japanese write (vertically) from right to left.
If the next one is the first one on the left, then most likely the one in the centre will be the MC
Yeah it was sorta weird to not see Eternal Punishment at all.
I have a gut feeling the next character revealed will be female.
Lollipop Dave
Member
The logo is hideous. Thanks for confirming.
Holy shit. Persona didn't start from Persona 3?
Scrooge McDuck
Member
That's assuming they are actually doing the One Teaser, One Character, One Chair thing.
If even people who has beaten it don't notice, why would you stay quiet, you... you truth hider!Anyway, spoiler-wise, there's arguably an even bigger one to stumble into than the one you likely learned about, the implications of which I actually only grasped myself by reading the Japanese art book. And judging from when I've searched it online before, not necessarily a lot of English players caught onto it anyway even after beating it, so I'll stay quiet. Suffice it to say I think there's a lot still left of Catherine to experience even if you know that one part going in.
sackboy2197
Member
Now I'm curious too. Don't hide it please
This is what I thought too, sadly. Looks like it belongs to the 70s era.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Beautiful.
Persona 1's logo is the best imo. P5's does look the worst but its weirdly charming.
Lollipop Dave
Member
Even the first Persona 1 and 2 logos weren't bad, imo..
I don't think you can count the western logo for 1 seeing as it's not remotely similar to the JP one.
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Stock up.
names2hard4you
Member
Idk, I don't mind the logo at all. My favorite is still P3's without a doubt, but I don't hate the fifth one.
Reminder that PQ's artbook comes out September 9th. (those Zen and Rei designs...!)
You know what to do Udon!
Lollipop Dave
Member
As much as I hate the chibi-esque style. If this art book includes a fair amount of concept art, I might just pick it up.
What is that exactly, just an empty crate promo item?
Thoughts on Ultimax's first week sales (89k)? They're pretty in line with what I expected (Maybe a fraction higher?).
Yes it is.
But he barely did any of the actual art for the game, I don't think. Similar to how he barely did anything for Arena. I think for Q he literally did the character renders, the cover art and that's it.
Yes it is.
But he barely did any of the actual art for the game, I don't think. Similar to how he barely did anything for Arena. I think for Q he literally did the character renders, the cover art and that's it.
It's lower than I expected; I expected at least 100k because PQ sold 180k on its first week.
Nevermind, I found it. It was 128k. I'm surprised that Ultimax sold less than P4A on its first week.
DryEyeRelief
Member
It's consistent with what fighting game updates net you.
Use this to compare: http://beastnote.blogspot.com/2014/08/first-week-sales-ultra-street-fighter-iv.html
TheMrPliskin
Member
I figured it would be somewhere between 95k and 100k so I was off by a bit, I would really love to see a breakdown of how many people buy the Arena games just due to the Persona name being attached.
Persona 5 trailer was great and I'm really liking the look of the new MC! Gonna be cool to see if they show any gameplay at upcoming TGS show. Also I'm so excited for Persona Q! Dungeon Crawling is my favorite and I love not only the Etrian Odyssey Series (I've only played 4 and Untold) but Strange Journey dungeons are some of my favorite dungeons in all of SMT!
Lollipop Dave
Member
Strange Journey, I need to replay it. I enjoyed the game alot but never gave it the attention it probably deserves.
An interesting group of teenagers. I think I like each and everyone of them (for their own reasons)
I think a few people in here were expecting it to sell better, for some reason.
I do think the P5 trailer will give it a stronger second week than it would have otherwise had, though.
UltraGunner
Banned
What's inside of it? Is it just a fancy container that costs roughly $70?
Vox Chaotica
Member
Obviously it's a life-sized model of Aigis that you can put together
Honestly I don't know, but I wouldn't spend $70 on an empty box.
haha that would be hilarious if they just opened the box and Aigis just jumps out
