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Persona 5 - First details from Dengeki
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FeMC has the very distinct advantage of being able to social link with all of the members of SEES. If only for that, FeMC's social links are vastly superior.
Even better is Junpei bumping Kenji off the Magician Social Link. Fuck Kenji.
Wouldn't that just mean that the male character is just as good or bad though, if the female one is a clone?
FeMC is definitely not a clone of Persona 3's male protagonist.
According to character designer Soejima, we're getting an incomplete game without a female main character choice:
http://bonkurasu.animeblogger.net/2...able-creator’s-blog-part-2-soejima-shigenori/
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http://bonkurasu.animeblogger.net/2...able-creator’s-blog-part-2-soejima-shigenori/
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Yep usually. Although on a surface level it's nice to have options and variety.
Fried Food
Banned
It's always disappointing to see creatives go back to the well
meltingparappa
Member
Hey now, let's not be hasty to chide the game for not being the first in the series to take place outside of high school years.
We don't even REALLY know the premise.
But Kenji was the first friend i ever had =(
Can i help it that he falls for older woman
and schoolteachers
rhizomatic
Member
Eh, not terribly surprising. Kinda bummed out that there aren't any screenshots, but then SMT IV didn't have any when it was first announced, either.
Thanks for the interesting summary, duckroll.
I wonder how they'll get others to join you this time. In Persona 4, you rescued them and that was the trial. In Persona 3, you got character as you went along and it was like one character per trial. Since this theme is about freeing yourself and related to catharsis, I wonder how they'll implement the trials this time and what I expect to be gaining companions.
I wonder how they'll get others to join you this time. In Persona 4, you rescued them and that was the trial. In Persona 3, you got character as you went along and it was like one character per trial. Since this theme is about freeing yourself and related to catharsis, I wonder how they'll implement the trials this time and what I expect to be gaining companions.
Just had a interesting idea about how some of the themes of Persona 5 will play out.. (or I could be completely wrong).
The characters will essentially be outcasts who consist of underachievers, rebels and overachievers whose desire for individuality is being constrained by the oppressive school system portrayed in Persona 5.
However that's where the alternative world (TV world/Shadow World equivalent in Persona 5) comes in.. it's essentially the place where the characters are in a sense "free' from the oppressive school system and is a form of escapism for them where they are able to come into their own and create individual meaning in their own lives and are able to form their own individual identities eg their persona.
That portrayal of escapism will then extend to a "meta" element within the themes where YOU the player are actually experiencing the game as a form of escapism for your own "self"
Even if none of this plays out in the game, I hope the game takes a literal approach to a school = prison theme that seems to be present in the teaser so far.;p
The characters will essentially be outcasts who consist of underachievers, rebels and overachievers whose desire for individuality is being constrained by the oppressive school system portrayed in Persona 5.
However that's where the alternative world (TV world/Shadow World equivalent in Persona 5) comes in.. it's essentially the place where the characters are in a sense "free' from the oppressive school system and is a form of escapism for them where they are able to come into their own and create individual meaning in their own lives and are able to form their own individual identities eg their persona.
That portrayal of escapism will then extend to a "meta" element within the themes where YOU the player are actually experiencing the game as a form of escapism for your own "self"
Even if none of this plays out in the game, I hope the game takes a literal approach to a school = prison theme that seems to be present in the teaser so far.;p
Sure, like 4 years down the road.
Are you telling me the entire game will star a bunch of Kanji-like characters? Because I'm down for that. I am so down for that.
Disappointed. I know the series has largely always been about high school, or has some kind of tangential connection to it (P2), but it would have been nice to branch out a little farther.
Still getting it regardless - and will likely enjoy it like I have the others - but I'll just have to get my kicks out of SMTIV some more for now.
Still getting it regardless - and will likely enjoy it like I have the others - but I'll just have to get my kicks out of SMTIV some more for now.
Uhh except Persona 1 and 2 sold very well when they first released.
[PSX] Persona (Atlus Co.) {1996.09.20} - 201.147 / 391.556
[PSX] Persona 2: Innocent Sin (Atlus Co.) {1999.06.24} - 170.577 / 274.798
Compared to Persona 4's sales:
[PS2] Persona 4 (Atlus Co.) {2008.07.10} - 211.967 / 294.214
Anyway...
So like the feeling I get when I finish an annoying paper? Sounds like my kind of story.
High school again is no surprise. Persona will be set in high school forever.
I'm not even sure if colleges in japan are the same in usa. People might have the wrong idea.
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
I just want the combat to not become repetitive and tedious with boring "dungeons" like 3 & 4.
Otherwise, get in my veins.
Otherwise, get in my veins.
cj_iwakura
Member
Does your avatar mean someone is making a Bishoujo Jubilee? If so, shut up, money, etc.
I don't know how college is in the usa either bro :|
like college in buenos aires is literally walking a few blocks from your apartment and just taking classes a bunch of days a week
but I like new stuff, and I'd like to see more adult characters that are japan crazy but at the same time sort of grounded in reality, in typical persona fashion
I rather liked the dungeons in P4. They weren't too frequent and most of them weren't too long. The fact that P4 has a great combat system and I like turn based battles helps of course.
Yeah it'd be great for replays.
PHILEMON, im telling you its the perfect time to bring him back!
To be fair, P3P took a lot of the graphical problems out of the way so it didn't require a budget to add the Femc. Golden would require a decent amount of work and budgeting to add a Femc that wouldn't be justified in a remake. If it's built for both characters from the ground up for a full fledged first release it might make more sense. So there's that.
That being said, I give it an optimistic 50-50 chance. Maybe they'll even add it as DLC!
Edit:
But Philemon was always there?
Dr. Buni
Member
I always though the reason for Atlus not including a FeMC in P4G was because of the goddamn anime cutscenes. They would have to recreate every single one of them with the FeMC in Narukami's place, etc. Which kinds of support what you said, since creating more cutscenes requires budget. Anyway, I still have hopes of getting a new female protagonist, but lets be realistic here, the chances are more like 90-10. lol Still, what Soejima said makes me happy, since at least one of the major developers of the series acknowledge the importance of having two protagonists of different genders, instead of only one.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Folks expecting a college setup are crazy.
I mean, it's highschool stuff that sells in Japan.
Not to open a can of worms, but I really disagree with both of these opinion... calling P3's canon MC as 'blank' I mean.
I mean, it's highschool stuff that sells in Japan.
Not to open a can of worms, but I really disagree with both of these opinion... calling P3's canon MC as 'blank' I mean.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I know. Just like anime, it's the otaku driving the game industry.
Oh wait, an all-girls school could be fun. The male MC gets transferred there by some freak accident and the administration is unable to correct the error. Hijinks and hilarity ensues.
Edit: Oh! and the boss or deadline or whatever time factor that will be in this game will always be referred to as "the time of the month"
Edit: Oh! and the boss or deadline or whatever time factor that will be in this game will always be referred to as "the time of the month"
Murder. She Wrote
Member
No, get that harem shit as far away from my Persona as possible D:
Seems someone has forgotton about the swagtagonist.
He was the swagiest.
Am I the only adult who doesn't at all feel disappointed with the teenage cast or find them too immature?
I'm 24 and honestly I don't feel like I'm that much more "wizened" or "mature" that I can't relate to the high school characters. Maybe I'm just juvenile, though.
23 and I feel the same way.
Dude, Atlus should hire you. Best Persona 5 idea in the entire thread.
Can really build a true harem up in that! If you fuck up on dates the girls wont listen to your command in dungeons.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Poetic.Injustice
Member
This plot line has already been done to death in a ton of manga/anime.
And the MC's persona is a drag queen with a full on beard in a polka dotted dress named Hermaphroditus.
The characters in P4 just weren't set for a female protagonist to work, honestly.
You too late. In P3FES and P4 my MCs had all the girls around their godlike fingers.
oh man, i didnt think anyone else disliked kenji. Here is a kid who actually thought his love affair wou- lmao fuck kenji really.