You won't be lost at all, they are all standalone games with this series with a few light references from previous games.
Just got my copy, and man what a beginning didn't expect the game to open up like that.
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Persona 5 Spoiler Free Early Impressions Thread
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You won't be lost at all, they are all standalone games with this series with a few light references from previous games.
Just got my copy, and man what a beginning didn't expect the game to open up like that.
Nope, just be ready for a wholly different experience from any other RPG you've ever played...shit's gonna get weird and waifuy.
meltingparappa
Member
Just jump in. You're are the absolute perfect candidate for the game.
Ocarina_117
Banned
Hell yeah, cheers for the replies guys.
Will swing by the OT in a few weeks time
Will swing by the OT in a few weeks time
wapplew
Member
Game does really great job easing player into all the mechanics while keeping you engage. Like FF, Persona story is new every time.
Just join the hype train.
brickarts295
Member
Remind guys, did Persona 4 had auto text feature? It's been a while since I played the game, but I kinda dislike having to click x everytime to move up the dialogue in P5.
NoctisVsStar
Member
It's like FF solo entries, jump in.
Revolutionary
Member
P5 has it as well but it's in the config menu this time, rather than being in the corner at all times like in P4G.
brickarts295
Member
THANK YOU!
meltingparappa
Member
Some fairly minor load time differences as well, that's literally it.
Gotta save room for Persona 5 Crimson.
lvl99 Pixel
Member
I just read about "homophobia" whatever that implies in this game. Maybe someone can explain this
NoctisVsStar
Member
Ehh, when I saw the scene I knew someone was going to take issue. I'll spoiler tag it
it's basically some NPC's at night that approach Ryuji and he's disgusted cause they're trying to hit on him.. some old guys in bad make up
I tagged but it's a scene with a random npc at night.
Are there any other LGBT characters in the game?
NoctisVsStar
Member
I'm 46 hrs in and the only person I can think of is
yosuke
meltingparappa
Member
I've only scratched the surface in my game, but the positive LGBT representation moves forward, although you'd need a quantum microscope to measure it.
This is apparently offset by some significantly tone-deaf joke NPCs.
:/
I guess it's at least not an inexplicable clear step back, like ME:A.
This is apparently offset by some significantly tone-deaf joke NPCs.
:/
I guess it's at least not an inexplicable clear step back, like ME:A.
Ludger Kresnik
Member
I'm just over 4 hours in and I'm absolutely loving it so far. It's real fucking dark, too, and not just anime dark like P3. Like, strap yourselves in, kiddos. If you thought P4 was overly cheery about its issues then this has you covered.
As for the LGBT stuff, it's about what I expected after how awful P4 and its spinoffs were about it. Atlus just aren't there yet and it blows a big one.
As for the LGBT stuff, it's about what I expected after how awful P4 and its spinoffs were about it. Atlus just aren't there yet and it blows a big one.
NoctisVsStar
Member
The country as a whole isn't there.
Ludger Kresnik
Member
Very true, but outliers prove that no one should get a free pass. Yoko Taro has respectfully written LGBT people as major or even main characters in Nier, for example, and that really gives me hope Japan isn't a completely lost cause yet. We just need more of that and less of this.
NoctisVsStar
Member
No lies detected, a little bit more of education on the subject could avoid this.
Ludger Kresnik
Member
I have the import version on PS3, it runs at 720p instead of 1080p and has slightly slower load times. That's about it. PS3 ver is the original so no worries about a bad port.
It's pretty easy to make money.
Based Calla
Member
Has anyone with an early copy been working on a "best answer" guide for classroom questions and confidants?
Not too hard which helps since there's definitely a lot of money sinks.
There's a coop that'll help you earn a lot of money, as well as a 99luck trick. I didn't do the latter.
The washed-up politician has an early coop bonus that lets you bargain for money from negotiations multiple times. If you rank it up again though it changes it to just increasing the amount you get so it ends up yielding less money overall.
NoctisVsStar
Member
No need..Thieves guide online feature is your friend.
Iva Demilcol
Member
There are guides already on GameFAQsand since they are based on the Japanese version if you don't understand Japanese they don't contain spoilers xD
ThatStupidLion
Member
Are the dungeons improved over p4g? They were the most boring part in the last game
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Deleted member 518609
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Drastically.
The Artisan
Member
dunno if I asked in this thread yet: any NYC gaffers have the regular cover and wanna trade for the steelbook?
SkyTurnsRed
Banned
The Guardian review mentions that each case feels like a ten hour chunk of game, much like a multi-season TV show. Could I theoretically break the game up this way? I cannot see myself playing a 100 game straight through. I'd need breaks.
Holundrian
Unconfirmed Member
The calendar structure makes it really flexible on how you can break the game up.
Really depends on how good your memory is. But honestly just doing 2 weeks at a time will make for decent gameplay sittings of course adjusting depending on times where you spend more time dungeon crawling/or times where it's more focused on boosting stats instead of experiencing Confidant stories.
wapplew
Member
Pretty accurate.
Usually few days of linear story lead into the case, after that you are free to do whatever until deadline of the case.
Based Calla
Member
Great good to hear - thank you!
am I the only one who loves the fact that the persona games include such a nice variety of game difficulties?
I love playing every persona game on the lowest such as Safety to get a feel for everything and then NG+ on a harder one to really test my knowledge.
I hate games in this day and age that don't include a narrative difficulty basically.
I actually think Zelda needed one, I know a lot of folks who love the new Zelda but just can't do it due to the fact that its a much more challenging experience compared to any Zelda they basically have made. Zelda should have had an easy mode where weapons rarely broke, and you couldn't get one shorted by mobs.
Popped the game in tonight for a couple minutes and god damn the art style in this game is so fucking slick, menus are so badass as well. Going to really dive in this weekend.
I love playing every persona game on the lowest such as Safety to get a feel for everything and then NG+ on a harder one to really test my knowledge.
I hate games in this day and age that don't include a narrative difficulty basically.
I actually think Zelda needed one, I know a lot of folks who love the new Zelda but just can't do it due to the fact that its a much more challenging experience compared to any Zelda they basically have made. Zelda should have had an easy mode where weapons rarely broke, and you couldn't get one shorted by mobs.
Popped the game in tonight for a couple minutes and god damn the art style in this game is so fucking slick, menus are so badass as well. Going to really dive in this weekend.
Holundrian
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah that's nice. I will say though I was disappointed by Challenge mode the dlc difficulty. Too easy not balanced against the opness you can have. :-/ was hoping for something SMT4 dlc like.
I'm not normally one to play on the hardest difficulty ever, unless I seriously want to platinum a game for that one damn trophy. But I can see why folks want it to be as challenging as possible.
Dinoegg_96
Member
Question: are the animated cutscenes subtitled??? I read the eurogamer.es review and they said that the cutscenes don't have subtitles.
artsi
Member
They are in Japanese version at least, but they're off by default, you need to enable cutscene subtitles from settings first.
Chrono Helix
Member
There's also a story summary somewhere in the options menu, so you can refer to that if you forget stuff.
KZXcellent
Member
Hard to believe Persona 5 is almost here.
The game ended up being just like Square's major titles that take forever to come out that I'm honestly shocked we've finally made it. I don't know what to do with myself.
The game ended up being just like Square's major titles that take forever to come out that I'm honestly shocked we've finally made it. I don't know what to do with myself.