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Persona 5 - First details from Dengeki
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Dr. Buni
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The dungeon design was fine in P3/P4. The bold part is what I care the most about, but I am fairly sure I will be disappointed and there will be only a male protagonist again.
It's 20, but if the cast is made of mostly 3rd years you'll probably get the irresponsible college student as one of the senpai options.
Stone Ocean
Member
What, I'm not saying P1 is bad by any means but for someone that wants to get into the series that's the worst place to start.
It'll be Funky Student
I love your avatar. I'll have to watch a playthrough of this game just to find out more about this character, really like him and the girl too. Love their designs.
Nightengale
Member
Even then, getting wasted is more suited for a story setting involving white-collar salary men, because of the izakaya culture.
buddha0991
Member
Hanya pls go
Would b e really interesting to see that actually, how they can tackle the giant elephant so to speak.
EP is delicious as hell, If they ever remake another game then for the love of Mara remake this, screw anything else.
Seriously, why does everyone think P1 is that bad? I love it and I played that one after I played 2.
She's like one of those self-insert characters written by 12 years old trying to self-insert themselves into the story in a lousy way.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Oh god, I totally forgot that would make you someone's senpai. I hope we can just corrupt the fuck out of some poor sod :lol
I thought that was just part of the localisation. :/
If you won't say it, I will. Persona 1 is a pretty bad game. Well intended, but not very notable in game design or in execution. Couldn't get into it on the PS1, couldn't beat it on the PSP either, even with massive improvements. It's just a pain to play.
Stone Ocean
Member
That's the thing, it wasn't the first Persona you played.
I'm not saying it's a bad game people but it's by far the hardest Persona game to just jump in and enjoy. It's an adquired taste.
Dr. Buni
Member
The gameplay is horrendous (same goes to P2, IMO). The characters and story are nice, though (again, same goes to P2). If one can overlook the clunky gameplay, then the game is perfectly fine.
If you say so.
Tried playing the psp version and put the game down like 2 hours in
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
Agreed, it wasn't much of an issue until I played P3P, then my eyes opened to the missed possibilities of having a playable female from the outset in all the games. Still disappointed P4 golden didn't have this and I expect to be disappointed with P5 and it's remake/follow up.
Prove me wrong SegaAtlus.
buddha0991
Member
Love that game so nou
It is flawed as duck though, but most earlier megaten titles are.
Fuck autocorrected to duck I'm totally leaving that
Dr. Buni
Member
Yep. Not only that, but playing as 'Hamuko' in P3P made me enjoy the Persona 3 universe way more than when I played Persona 3 FES on the PS2, her interactions with the characters are just so much better than Makoto's, IMO. So, when they announced Persona 4 Golden, the first thing that came to my mind was "Yay! They are going to add a female protagonist". Yeah...
Only played the PSP version and I didn't think the execution or design was bad. By today's standard I might see why people think that. But I wouldn't skip it. It's like what, $/10 on psn? It's still fun.
my bad my bad
Ahh yes, I never actually cared about the "game play" I love it for the story and the fights are just standard stock old school mechanics I have come to love.
When seeing how people say they want a female MC, yes that would be awesome I would also like to see a person of coluor(can I still say that America or am I self loathing again?) that is actually awesome and perhaps more than just a token. But I wouldn't want to see a huge difference in story. Tweak it for the defined sexes but not the P3 way :|
I just bought EP, should i play IS first, the whole demon contact thing was a strange jump from P3/P4
Nah, this time to summon they break chairs over each other.
That's why there's chairs in the teaser.
sixteen-bit
Member
Really vague. Looking forward to more info.
If you won't say it, I will. Persona 4 is a pretty bad game. Well intended, but not very notable in game design or in execution. Couldn't get into it on the PS2, couldn't beat it on the Vita either, even with the added fanservice. It's just a pain to play.
It's usually a dick move to argue against inclusion, but in this case we're talking about a game set in a high school in Japan. The odds of there being any students who are not Japanese is so low that it would basically have to be a token character. There would be no other reason to do it.
But I say that all the time. P3 >>>>>>>>>>> P4.
buddha0991
Member
Not completely related, but I watched the final boss and ending sequence in P3P and MAN that thing is terribly butchered on the story presentation front compared to P3/3FES.
Dr. Buni
Member
What is wrong with the P3P way? Making only small tweaks wouldn't have been as interesting as the way Atlus did in P3P... They managed to make Hamuko's route considerably different from Makoto's, thus giving reasons for people who chose to play as male, to replay the game as female and vice-versa.
I would love to have a dark skinned character as a playable character or even as the protagonist, btw.
That actually would be a good reason to do a college setting. Oh well.
Stone Ocean
Member
But I say that all the time. P3 >>>>>>>>>>> P4.
If you won't say it, I will. Persona 3 is a pretty bad game. Well intended, but not very notable in game design or in execution. Couldn't get into it on the PS2, couldn't beat it on the PSP either, even with the added route and absurd balance changes. It's just a pain to play.
Yeah I know. Just wanted them to move a little bit out of their comfort zone.
But like I said, it's ok
It's usually a dick move to argue against inclusion, but in this case we're talking about a game set in a high school in Japan. The odds of there being any students who are not Japanese is so low that it would basically have to be a token character. There would be no other reason to do it.
But I say that all the time. P3 >>>>>>>>>>> P4.
Yes I can see that but what I argue for is that the Persona game actually makes us view society in it's more darker perspective. Adding in a foreigner would suite it just fine. Not saying it must be a BFtCA or a SFtCA but perhaps some ethnicity that Japan as a culture haven't looked at very favorably.
Nothing wrong tbh but with my limited time I always felt like my Fem MC run got hampered. Just me whining tbh. And as I write this I realize it was a really stupid stupid whine :/
Yeah let's not do that again
;D
EDIT: Btw why did they change colour? Only NA release because I can't remember this in the EU release.
FataIChoice
Member
The way I figure is Marie will replace him. That, to me, is the only logical explanation why they introduced a new character that resides in the Velvet Room. Though I would want the painter from P2's Velvet Room taking over.
KibblesBits
Member
And here we have the theme of Joy finally.
We had Anger, Sorrow and Interest... finally Joy. I'm surprised the color seems to be skewing red though.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
Yup, seeing Junpei get all defensive because a woman is leading the party compared to his "hey buddy" personality is interesting to say the least. Having the female cast befriend her and social linking the dudes makes for an interesting experience.
As you said, even just for replay value, it can add a lot to P5.
Of course, with the lack of Female MC in any of the post P3P games makes me think that they want to quietly pretend it never happened.
Stone Ocean
Member
I guess Masao wasn't hip and rad enough.
It was the 90's, video game people were weird.
KimonoNoNo
Member
I could be wrong, but I heard that P3 was originally planned to have either a male or female protag from the start, but the female path was dropped.
When Atlus realised they had to drop the animated cut scenes anyway in the Psp version they were able to revisit the idea.
Joy shines all the more brighter when in the realms of despair
Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
20 year ban incoming.
Well deserved. >:|
...shit, I got Naoto's dungeon theme in my head. Scatterbrains!
flatearthpandas
Member
And yet, P1's dungeons soundly beat the shit out of both P3 and P4. The fanbase may be more concerned with waifus than dungeon crawling, but I would trade social links for an even mediocre dungeon experience.
If P5 could take anything from P1, I hope it would be a return to actually designing dungeons and adding in something like the Snow Queen Quest.
That said, I still wouldn't recemmend P1 to anyone trying to get into the series. That story was pretty ass.
Prime crotch
Banned
They should do a Persona set in the young adult's life, and the stress of living on a decaying economy... I summon thee vodka on rocks!
stump sock
Member
I think I own more copies of P3 than any other game. Versions, anyway.
- ps2
- ps2 FES
- psn FES
- P3P umd
- psn P3P
all US versions. I should probably go for the japanese versions to keep piling it up.
- ps2
- ps2 FES
- psn FES
- P3P umd
- psn P3P
all US versions. I should probably go for the japanese versions to keep piling it up.
michaelius
Banned
Playing P3FES on PS2 or PS3 would be better as going back to it from P4G might be problematic.
Hcoregamer00
The 'H' stands for hentai.
That would hit too close to home for their audience who wants to escape from reality.
There is a reason why they choose high school as a main setting for the games. It is far enough removed from the businessmen that they can "detach" it from reality and for the school kids it gives the something that is somewhat relatable, but still far enough from their own lives.