I like it stylish as fuck.
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Persona 5 "Summons" Gameplay Video
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I like it stylish as fuck.
Yea I was gonna say. Looks like a cluster fuck now. Minimalistic plskthxbai
dapperbandit
Banned
Honestly I think the UI will be much easier to parse in English
Hentailover
Member
It's already almost completely english O_O. Only skill list isn't and skill list is basically the same as previous games.
I dunno, I am just not connecting with people saying it's a clusterfuck. Sure, it's kinda busy, but it's designed with that in mind. You don't need to scramble "which option is highlighted? Everything is popping somuch I can't tell", because you don't even need to highlight, you just press the button. After an hour of game you won't even need to look. You'd just press the button for persona or shoot or whatever by muscle memory.
artsi
Member
Both TMS and Persona have flashy UI animations, in general they look good, but for me TMS's problem was that they were slow.
Compared to Velvet Room it was a pain navigating Bloom Palace as you need to wait for every animation (or Tiki talking useless crap) to finish before you can use the menu to do what you came to do. Add long loading times to that, and it feels like a slugfest.
Persona has both good visual design and snappy usability so it takes the cake for me:
There's a lot of stuff in the same sense, like auto-battle in TMS that didn't cut / shorten any attack animations which made it also feel sluggish in comparison to Persona where the function was essentially fast-forward for battles.
Don't get me wrong, I think TMS is a good game and visually great compared to many other (non-Atlus) JRPG's, but for me Persona does so many things better in practice.
I'm in this camp too, good to see a UI that looks extravagant without being unreadable.
Moral Panic
Member
Contrast levels are horrible, like did no one at ATLUS watch the video before putting it up?
TheMrPliskin
Member
The UI is still impressive no matter how many times I see it. Glad to see there are multiple poses on the results screen as well.
Both TMS and Persona have flashy UI animations, in general they look good, but for me TMS's problem was that they were slow.
Compared to Velvet Room it was a pain navigating Bloom Palace as you need to wait for every animation (or Tiki talking useless crap) to finish before you can use the menu to do what you came to do. Add long loading times to that, and it feels like a slugfest.
Persona has both good visual design and snappy usability so it takes the cake for me:
There's a lot of stuff in the same sense, like auto-battle in TMS that didn't cut / shorten any attack animations which made it also feel sluggish in comparison to Persona where the function was essentially fast-forward for battles.
Don't get me wrong, I think TMS is a good game and visually great compared to many other (non-Atlus) JRPG's, but for me Persona does so many things better in practice.
I agree with you on the Bloom Palace, and even though you can skip the animations, you still have to wait for them to start to be able to skip them. But navigating the menus there, going in and out really isn't that bad for me, though I can see how you'd find it sluggish. I always skipped the fusion animations in P3/P4 as well because I just didn't care about them.
On auto-battle all of the attack animations are sped up though (been using it all night in the arena for tokens), and combat is much shortened, but that's primarily because they're all just weapon attacks versus skills. Now if they had an auto-battle for skills too (maybe they do and i'm just dumb and haven't found it), i'd totally give you that. I know probably not everyone likes watching the sessions the farther in the game you get, but maaaaaaaaan I love how slick it all plays off, and how they call out to each other during them.
That being said, i'm interested in seeing how fusion turns out in Persona 5. The gameplay seems really snappy, so i'd hope that aspect carries over there. Yet again, I do wonder what they'll do with it now that they have a system with power that's more capable of realizing the cool stuff their artists and animators want to do.
The slightly bitter part of me wants to say the Velvet Room had to be snappy because of the random skill inheritance lol (and well, in a non-bitter manner, P3/P4 are PS2 games).
The summoning does not look that flashy, the persona usually just kind of appears.
However, Makoto's persona powerslides in from off screen and parks itself as she jumps and lands on it in one smooth motion.
Best character confirmed - https://gfycat.com/DimwittedTeemingAfricangroundhornbill
However, Makoto's persona powerslides in from off screen and parks itself as she jumps and lands on it in one smooth motion.
Best character confirmed - https://gfycat.com/DimwittedTeemingAfricangroundhornbill
FalsettoVibe
Member
Looks awesome!
Didn't he show up in the recent stream? Seemed to work for that one detective who is investigating the phantom thieves.
Dangansona
Member
Yeah I think it's weird people are deciding it's too confusing while watching this video where they are blasting through it. I guarantee when you have it on your TV and you've played the game for a couple of hours it will be no problem.
Isn't Mara a woman in P3/P4?
magwizsorc
Member
I don't have a problem with the style, I just think I would prefer it be a bit smaller.
The UI is awesome. You guys who think it's too busy should consider that this video shows someone playing as fast as possible (I think that's the point, to show how fast it can be now). You can slow down and not have all the effects run together. That will be more common anyway. Regardless, it doesn't bother me.
Persona 4 had fishing.
Persona 4 had fishing.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
UI looks great to me. It doesn't seem to function any worse than 3/4 and since commands are mapped to face buttons it'll end up being faster to get where you want.
Game looks so hot.
Game looks so hot.
Meatyhooks
Neo Member
The artstyle always get me hot and bothered.
AuthenticM
Member
I cannot recall any game making me excited to play it because of its UI.
I also love how the Persona appears before you give it a command.
I also love how the Persona appears before you give it a command.
Weltall Zero
Member
Holy shit, I didn't know about this. I wonder what have they changed to have it not entirely break the game, it seems it would lead to infinite All Out attacks over and over unless an enemy has no weaknesses.
There are probably limitations to Baton Touch, and it's also an ability locked behind a Cooperation level.
I haven't seen this posted at all.
http://personacentral.com/new-persona-5-details-vox-populi-cooperation/
Some details there I haven't seen before, namely you getting a skill in a co-operation that allows you to switch characters mid battle.
http://personacentral.com/new-persona-5-details-vox-populi-cooperation/
Some details there I haven't seen before, namely you getting a skill in a co-operation that allows you to switch characters mid battle.
Supermanisdead
Member
Hope they do a bigger summon animation for special moves or critical hits or something. The persona just appearing being half covered by the menu is depressing. #bringbackevokers
Sure, we know he'll be a party member, but we don't know what his outfit looks like, what his Persona is, his arcana, etc. like we do for everyone else. And I don't mind them trying to keep at least something a surprise for when you play the game!
Yep, it's so busy that it distracts from the gameplay visuals. The UI takes up what seems like 50% of the screen at one point.
Ultimadrago
Member
Aceshighhhh
Member
Yeah same. It's an interesting style but SO intrusive. Hopefully it gets toned down in the western release
It's a menu-driven turn-based RPG. Of course it does.
Hell, it's less intrusive then P4G's:
And this is without "Show Info" enabled, at which point it takes up basically the entire screen. (The info P4G shows with "show info" is always visible in P5's skill list.)
artsi
Member
I wouldn't expect Atlus USA to make any changes to how the game presents itself. They just localize it.
Yeah the menu covering up the summons really bothered me too. UI just has a little too much going on.
Smooth indeed. As someone who thinks the music in P4 is the best thing about the game, this track has me ready for a whole new set of songs to get stuck in my head all day.
I'm pretty sure this was done on purpose to speed up battles.