Professor Renegade
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I've literally been avoiding everything that has to do with P5 until I get it in my hands. Can't believe that it's a little over a week away, seeing those FUCKING DOPE-ASS menus alone gets me hyped.
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Persona 5 Spoiler Free Early Impressions Thread
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Doctrine Dark
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Thanks for answering.
Looks like I'm going to get in on the Persona 5 hype.
hans_castorp
Member
Just a Yes/No in spoilers please.
Do we get any closure in the Elizabeth/door-kun story arc?
Do we get any closure in the Elizabeth/door-kun story arc?
hans_castorp
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NoctisVsStar
Member
Nothing bad to say.. he's practically keifer' son. Few words here and there.
I got strangely disappointed when Atlus PR accidentally revealed that his last name isn't actually Mobus a while ago.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=929128You are Xanders roommate?
That's cool! I loved his work on Smash Bros!
I'm pretty confident the whole point of that arc is that there will never be a neat bow wrapped around it.
brickarts295
Member
1 hour in. Best Persona intro by far.
-It seems they may have fixed my only criticism about P4/P4G, which was the pacing during the first couple hours. Things are moving really fast (obviously I've only been playing 1 hour, but compared to P4's first hour I feel like I already got a wealth of information).
-Eng Voices are great, then again I never disliked dubs in both games and anime so I may not be the best judge.
-Love the fact that the protag finally has more than one voiced line.
-Already loving the style and gameplay. Art and HUDs are the best I've seen by art.
-One thing that stood out is that the visuals resemble Catherine quite a lot, even the movement of the protag feels similar to Vincent.
Well I gotta go bed because I pulled an all righter last night studying for a midterm. But I can't wait to wake up early and continue playing this.
-It seems they may have fixed my only criticism about P4/P4G, which was the pacing during the first couple hours. Things are moving really fast (obviously I've only been playing 1 hour, but compared to P4's first hour I feel like I already got a wealth of information).
-Eng Voices are great, then again I never disliked dubs in both games and anime so I may not be the best judge.
-Love the fact that the protag finally has more than one voiced line.
-Already loving the style and gameplay. Art and HUDs are the best I've seen by art.
-One thing that stood out is that the visuals resemble Catherine quite a lot, even the movement of the protag feels similar to Vincent.
Well I gotta go bed because I pulled an all righter last night studying for a midterm. But I can't wait to wake up early and continue playing this.
He was AMAZING in SMT IV Apocalypse, so feel free to pass that along.
Iva Demilcol
Member
I've been listening to the VA in a streaming and yes, I think he did a pretty good job as the MC (He's also Arsene's voice too, right?, he's even better as Arsene.)
About other voices compared to the Japanese VA:
Ryuji's voice is good, but not as good as the Japanese version.
I don't like Sojiro's voice here
Kamoshida is good, but doesn't sound like his Japanese counterpart. The same goes for the school staff in general. The Principal's pretty bad.
Morgana's okay but still it's not at the level of the Japanese version.
Goro is kinda okay too.
I don't like Ann.
Caroline and Justine don't convince me.
Igor is pretty good
I don't like Sojiro's voice here
Kamoshida is good, but doesn't sound like his Japanese counterpart. The same goes for the school staff in general. The Principal's pretty bad.
Morgana's okay but still it's not at the level of the Japanese version.
Goro is kinda okay too.
I don't like Ann.
Caroline and Justine don't convince me.
Igor is pretty good
Something to consider though... The pronunciation of Japanese names is pretty bad in general: you have one character saying "I'm Ryuji Sehkehmoto" and other character calling him "SA kamoto"
Son Of Sparda
Member
You think?
But honestly, there is no way that this game will manage to be better than Persona 4. People who are saying it's better are still in the afterglow of playing a new mainline Persona. I'll only expect something on par with P4, and hope that P5 manages to reach that.
That's the best way to approach the game imo.
darkwing-buck
Member
How's the soundtrack stand up to past entries? :3
Wolf Akela
Member
Clicking this topic was a mistake. Now I'm getting pumped again especially after seeing those GIFs.
Holundrian
Unconfirmed Member
You think?
But honestly, there is no way that this game will manage to be better than Persona 4. People who are saying it's better are still in the after glow of playing a new mainline Persona. I'll only expect something on par with P4, and hope that P5 manages to reach that.
That's the best way to approach the game imo.
Not in the afterglow I played this 6 months ago. Persona 5 is absolutely a better game by any objective standard. It's better written, the core theme is far better integrated, all gameplay systems improved, the production is of course higher given the newer hardware.
But I have and will always say these things don't matter all when it comes to what your favorite persona game is. What matters is whether you connect with the core themes and the characters in the game and that part is incredibly subjective.
The best example of this is Persona 3 vs 4. Persona 4 in a similar vein is an absolutely better game than Persona 3, it too is better written and has better gameplay. But some people still prefer 3 over 4 mainly because of the vibe and characters.
Iva Demilcol
Member
You think?
But honestly, there is no way that this game will manage to be better than Persona 4. People who are saying it's better are still in the after glow of playing a new mainline Persona. I'll only expect something on par with P4, and hope that P5 manages to reach that.
That's the best way to approach the game imo.
I know you're trying to keep your expectations on check but since we are a few days away from it's release, it's time to tell you you should let your hype go wild because this is the best Persona game ever made, and will be ranked pretty high as one of the best RPGs in years too.
Kain-Nosgoth
Member
I hope it's on par with persona 2, story wise!
Also small question for those who finished P5 :
Is there any bad consequenece in this game if you date everyone available? Like in Persona 3 where it impacted the gameplay etc... ?
Also small question for those who finished P5 :
Is there any bad consequenece in this game if you date everyone available? Like in Persona 3 where it impacted the gameplay etc... ?
Right there with you.
ChasingComets
Member
You think?
But honestly, there is no way that this game will manage to be better than Persona 4. People who are saying it's better are still in the afterglow of playing a new mainline Persona. I'll only expect something on par with P4, and hope that P5 manages to reach that.
That's the best way to approach the game imo.
This must be my longest afterglow then, if it's lasting 6 months.
No man, enjoy Golden. It's a really great game.
The Last Wizard
Member
From the 20-30 min I've played it's stylish as hell. Wanted to keep playing so bad but had to work at 5am:/
Is this worth it if you enjoy good RPG's, but have started to realize that anime is pretty much aimed at high school teenagers, and that you sort of feel guilty when you try to seek entertainment in some occasional recommendations on Kotaku, only to find that you can't be bothered after 5 minutes, because yet again, you're not a Japanese high school student with tough luck finding love?
artsi
Member
I'll be 30 soon and I don't watch anime, but Persona games are my favourite JRPG's. Please give it a go despite the art style, it's still pretty mature in many ways.
I don't mind the art style actually; I'm mostly tired of really 'anime-y' tropes, that seem to cater either to both high school boys and or lonely old men, who have a virginity in common that will haunt both groups till their death. If you know what I mean. If Persona is without them, then yeah, I'll be interested to see what the fuss is about!
Same, Im 40 hours in and still have the main story to follow. I don't want it unfinished when Persona 5 drops. I've barely scratched Zelda as well.
Cornbread78
Member
This had to have been sold at that shop between 31-33 & 6th in NYC... right? Only a couple blocks from MSG..
Found that shop during a business trip in Dec. Prices are really high, but it's a goldmine of Asian/Japanese versions of games.
Found that shop during a business trip in Dec. Prices are really high, but it's a goldmine of Asian/Japanese versions of games.
Potter-kun and Togami living together is a pretty entertaining image, so thanks for that.
the_sun_king
Member
This irks me. With the seven month delay (#ForeverSalty) between Japan and NA releases, you would have thought, oh, they might have had time to correct things like this.
Yu Narukami
Member
US version available in Paris. Or you can order and it should arrive on Monday/Tuesday.
80 bucks. C'est pas cher...
http://www.tradergames.fr/fr/playstation-4/persona-5-steelbook-edition-ps4-usa-new-56882.html
80 bucks. C'est pas cher...
http://www.tradergames.fr/fr/playstation-4/persona-5-steelbook-edition-ps4-usa-new-56882.html
Seriously guys, it really is that good. No need to hold back your expectations on this one.
Yautja_Warrior
Member
I'm still blown away by Persona 5's awesome presentation every time I see the game. How the menu's animate and the pop of the bright colours, it all looks very slick and polished. I can definitely see this being on my GOTY list.
Hispanicguy
Member
PM sent.
I'm a big critic of anime stuff but there are some works that pull off the high school/young adult fiction thing well, and Persona is one of them.
Even if some of the banter is a bit cringe, the actual context, relationships and story are usually pretty on-point and not based entirely around high school awkwardness.
A nice thing about Persona is that actually getting to know people on a deeper level is part of the game mechanics (your Persona (like Pokémon) get more powerful the more you befriend certain people) so the game inherently forces itself to have some deeper relationships/connections and often these break outside of 'high school' to older adults, younger kids, etc.
Ragnar Blackmane
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I also heard the story goes quite dark really fast.
Not to mention that the cast is a group of delinquents and the main character has a criminal record and is on probation, so there is very little that connects the characters with the usual flat and tropey archetypes most of us are sick of.
Honestly, if someone can confirm for me that the characters aren't flat archetypes (they're even flat archetypes in the other Persona games I've played and seen) then I will buy Persona 5 day one.
Literally the thing I like the least about all anime and anime-styled works is the characters. Literally one in a thousand characters is well written, well developed or truly unusual (99% of the 'unusual' ones are 'token weirdos').
BRSxIgnition
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Can't comment on how flat or fleshed out the characters are or aren't since I don't have the game, but damn.
Why paint with a broad brush when you can just use a paint roller, eh?