This has two new characters, right? I'm in.
Eh. It had some cool moments. I'll concede that Season 1 is far superior.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness coming west for PS4, PS Vita, and PC this fall
- Thread starter mankoto
- Start date
Dedication Through Light
Member
Should be a new story, non anime characters are featured prominently in that visual and trailer. No Makishima would suggest its not an adaptation. A certain character being alive also implies its not a sequel.
First season is alright, although a bit weird at times.
Uggggh, NISA, seriously?
Oh well, maybe they're not translating it? iirc the asian english XB1 version was supposed to come out so maybe Mages. did it?
Oh well, maybe they're not translating it? iirc the asian english XB1 version was supposed to come out so maybe Mages. did it?
If you plan to play the game, maybe. For context, I guess.
Watch season 1. It was good. Season 2 was... Not fun.
watch season 1 then stop.
SliceSabre
Banned
Yes more glorious Akane!
Dedication Through Light
Member
You have nearly 7 months to watch a 22 episode anime.
I had no idea the second season of Psycho Pass was so maligned. I've yet to watch it. I'm curious now.
Not exactly a fix, but turning off the voices in S;G helped for me. When I read the text the voices I was used to came naturally.
Not exactly a fix, but turning off the voices in S;G helped for me. When I read the text the voices I was used to came naturally.
Lalalandia
Member
Hmm very interested in this, surprised by the amount of distaste for Season 2 as I really quite liked it despite disliking some of the choices they made (a feeling I have with most anime at one point or another within a series). In particular I liked the idea of people
and how they played with that.
Edit: Is it the violence in S02 that folks dislike so much? To be honest I found some of the scenes pretty disturbing personally
but it didn't stop me from thinking it a worthy successor to S01.
frozen into inaction through a combination of being so unfamiliar with violence as to be unsure how to react and the fear of what reacting might do to their own Psycho Pass
Edit: Is it the violence in S02 that folks dislike so much? To be honest I found some of the scenes pretty disturbing personally
especially the scene with the older man in the clinic beating cowering people to death one by one.
JoeyJungle
Banned
So does this happen alongside Season 1? Or is it a retelling of Season 1?
YianGaruga
Banned
I think I'll just go in blind without watching anything beforehand. I doubt the game will be incomprehensible without it
Too much of a retread of the first season for me.
Dedication Through Light
Member
I guess I really should watch it, then.
Any impressions from those who have played it?
Sounds great. Reading that reminds me of how much I love Psycho Pass.
Do. I don't know if it is needed but you will certainly get more enjoyment. It's on Netflix as well as random streaming sites. It's a great show so you should watch it even if you don't plan on playing the VN. Hopefully a Japanese speaker can provide us with more specific info.
Do you know why the first six episodes? I can't remember if something special happened. Seems like an arbitrary cutoff point.
It's not on Netflix, I just checked it. Weird, but I don't think it's on Crunchyroll either.
Ludger Kresnik
Member
Watch season 1, watch season 1, anyone interested in playing this please watch season 1. You can stop after that, season 2 is completely skippable pointless bullshit.
I definitely did not see this announcement coming, will buy on Vita for sure.
^ It should be on Netflix, given that I watched it there. Could be limited between regions, though.
v Oh wow well that's shady and shitty
I definitely did not see this announcement coming, will buy on Vita for sure.
^ It should be on Netflix, given that I watched it there. Could be limited between regions, though.
v Oh wow well that's shady and shitty
It just disappeared recently too. I watched the first episode, wanted to come back to it, and it was gone. ;-;
It might be on Hulu? Funimation licensed it and their shows usually end up there, don't they?
I didn't hate it, I just found it less compelling.
The villain isn't very good, and a lot of the mystery of the Sybil system is gone. Most of the new characters aren't very interesting either, at least compared to the first season's batch. I would totally watch more, just not as good as the first season.
Dedication Through Light
Member
Pandora012
Member
I am so in, I'll even shell out money for a CE.
R_thanatos
Member
My only problem with this game is that akane won't be as cool as she was after "that" certain point in the first season and throught the second one.
It will be a shame to see her act clueless and so
It will be a shame to see her act clueless and so
throughly braincwashed by the system
TM needs to get their asses in gear when it comes to localizing these types of things. Its ridiculous how you can have every kind of media localized of your franchise besides the source material. I would love to pay you guys money for this kind of material, why make me resort to unofficial hacks and shit? Its not as if Realta nua is objectionable
Phoenix944
Member
Yes! More VN for my Vita!
hosannainexcelsis
Member
This was announced to have an English localization a long time ago, but it's interesting to learn that NISA will be the one handling it. I don't care at all about Psychopass, but this gives me some hope that NISA might be interested in localizing other VN/ADVs - such as perhaps ones from their parent company? My unrealistic but not totally impossible dream is a Steam port of Infinite Loop.
I only played a few hours of Mandatory Happiness on the Xbox and stopped because the vita version got announced. Pretty sure it tells a different story then the anime.
You don't need to watch the Anime, but you probably should if you want to get the most out of the story. I watched season 1 and really liked it. It's an entertaining, stylish anime similar to Minority Report with some pretty interesting ideas about technology.
edit: you can get season1 for $15(SD) 23(HD) on itunes, that's how i watched it.
Palette Swap
Member
Reading on this game, it seems the PS4/PSV ports aren't out in Japan yet, they come out on 3/24. Right now, it's only available on Xbox One in Japan. So basically, that XBO version was made only for Japan. Kind of crazy.
Lalalandia
Member
Interesting I always saw her as having a
begrudging acceptance of the system
Season 2 is definitely not on Netflix in Ireland, I even signed up for Funimation streaming for the 10 minutes it took me to discover everything was IP region locked
keltickennedy
Member
So this is just more of an interactive story than an actual game? Tried to look up gameplay videos, seemed like they were all cutscenes.
Inglorious_ Man
Member
I just watched season 1 of Psycho Pass. I liked it. I still have to watch season 2. I think Funination is releasing the Psycho Pass movie next month in North America.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Not in my eyes.
Acquiescence
Member
Glad I was right in the end. I've wanted to play this for a while now, especially after getting a taste for standard visual novel games with Steins;Gate.
Also really glad it's getting a physical release and the original Japanese dub. A perfect situation.
keltickennedy
Member
Ahhh. That's was the "VN" people were talking about. I'll just check out the first season on Netflix or Hulu instead. Cool it's coming over here for fans though!
Alright, I'll watch it. Thanks, takoyaki!