JareBear: Remastered
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I agree it's a cool twist. He is animated and voice acted very well. I just wish there was maybe two less scenes that made it so obvious.
Don't get me wrong though. Very cool story
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[SPOILERS] Persona 5 Spoiler Thread | Steal your heart; steel yourself
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I agree it's a cool twist. He is animated and voice acted very well. I just wish there was maybe two less scenes that made it so obvious.
Don't get me wrong though. Very cool story
Hellsing321
Member
I think his body vanished after Shido's palace collapsed. No one but the phantom thieves even knows what happened to him.
Iva Demilcol
Member
Akechi will appear in Persona 5 Arena and Persona Q2 so there'll be plenty of Akechi for you guys.
JareBear: Remastered
Banned
Forgive my ignorance, what is Persona 5: Arena and Persona 5: Q2, are these expansions?
Beat the game a week ago and I'm already reminiscing about my 80 hours with it. Listening to the soundtrack at work is seriously tempting me to start another play through, but I really should move onto my backlog.
Question: During a few cutscenes, (late game), I remember seeing some hazy-red effects fill the screen as Morgana and Futaba were talking in the attic. I think its when they were talking about Akechi, but I'm not sure. Did they ever address this? What was up with the screen going all hazy? I think I might have missed some dialogue or something.
Question: During a few cutscenes, (late game), I remember seeing some hazy-red effects fill the screen as Morgana and Futaba were talking in the attic. I think its when they were talking about Akechi, but I'm not sure. Did they ever address this? What was up with the screen going all hazy? I think I might have missed some dialogue or something.
BRSxIgnition
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Expected/rumored spinoffs based off the domains that Atlus registered recently.
icecreamsnow
Member
I wasn't 100% sure where they were going with Akechi. Given that there were 9 silhouettes, 9 characters on the loading screen, 9 characters on the box art, and yet only 8 characters show on the title sequence, it flagged him even before I'd started the game.
When they told me after ten minutes there was a traitor, and Goro Akechi was instantly high on the list. If you're going to have a traitor in your party, it's more likely to be a man than a woman (because waifu reasons), and more likely to be someone that joins later rather than earlier.
Honestly though, going into the post-palace 6 sequence, I thought he been over-cooked to the point he was a bait and switch. I thought they'd go with Haru as the traitor (having seen her dad die, and with the principal's fake calling card she'd be pretty vulnerable to doubting them with Sae as the true culprit (judge, jury and executioner).
So when it was Goro Akechi, it felt like a double bluff.
JareBear: Remastered
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Is this normal with Persona games, spinoffs after the initial "main release?"
If so, are they usually as fleshed out as the main game?
Chaos2Frozen
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Persona 4 had three spin off games: Arena (fighting game), Dancing all Night (Rhythm game), Q (dungeon crawling)
The drugs from the police were affecting Joker's memories, those were basically discussing their Ocean's Eleven plan to outplay Akechi.
BRSxIgnition
Member
It's normal since Persona 4, and it depends on the title, though they're usually much smaller games in different genres.
icecreamsnow
Member
Yes, the sections where they plan to outwit Akechi are deliberately blurry, and they replay and fill in those scenes post palace 6.
JareBear: Remastered
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Wow this is very cool. A dungeon crawler sounds like it would be fun for P5. Thanks for the info.
icecreamsnow
Member
Four - P4 Arena and P4 Arena Ultimax were separate titles.
The Smoking Man
Neo Member
This. I thought the "traitor" element was going to be a red herring or some elaborate ruse to get MC into a room with Sae. I honestly thought the twist was going to be they "staged" an arrest in her palace in order to somehow change her heart or something and that Akechi was just playing the part of the traitor.
Iva Demilcol
Member
Before that we are also expecting a P5 expansion of some sort.
P3 had P3 FES and then P3P (Portable)
P4 had P4 Golden on Vita so maybe we'll have a P5 "Crimson" at some point.
Yeah, I really don't think Akechi's reveal is supposed to be jarringly shocking. The pancakes thing was a pretty clear giveaway, to the point where even the main characters picked up on it.
I'm actually kind of glad the main characters picked up on the pancakes thing. I feel like that's something P4's cast would not have gathered.
I'm actually kind of glad the main characters picked up on the pancakes thing. I feel like that's something P4's cast would not have gathered.
Suzushiiro
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P3 and P4 were milked to hell and back with re-releases, anime adaptations, and spinoffs over the past several years and P5 is a bigger success than both of those two combined, so yeah, I'd say it's a pretty safe bet that P5 will get the same treatment. It may not be milked as hard as P3/4 was only because the time between 5 and 6 will probably be lower than the time between 4 and 5, so there'll be less time for them to milk 5 before 6 becomes the new cool thing.
Gameplay-wise they're all pretty solid for their genres, but story-wise I think the general consensus on the spinoffs ranges from "decent but nothing special" to "bad" depending on who you ask and what game you ask them about. If you want to see more of the characters from the main games they'll satisfy you well enough, but don't expect anything amazing either.
JareBear: Remastered
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Oh, I see. Thanks for the replies, very helpful.
I would love an expansion and a dungeon crawler type game. Rhythm and fighting aren't my style but this cast in P5 is so charming to me that I would probably happily consume anything they put out.
Well, I clearly have a lot to learn about the Persona series but this has been very helpful getting me started. I can't adaquately express how much I enjoy P5.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Persona q still has the best gameplay of the series so we better hope for a sequel.
Honestly, if you'd only be in it for the story... don't play the spinoffs. (Unless the P5 spinoffs are somehow way better written than P4's were, I guess.)
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Aha.
Ahahaha.
Hahhhhhh.
I wonder what traits will get really exaggerated for each.
Will Haru become anti-chie?
Will Ryuji become even more annoying?
ryuji will become yosuke
ann will be the fanservice bait
makoto will be a tsundere
futaba will speak in nothing but memes
haru will say horrible things in a cute voice
akechi will STAY FUCKIGEHND DEAD I S WEAR TO OGD
So, no change?
Ryuji can't become Yosuke because that means he's required to grow half a brain (Yosuke was annoying but he wasn't that dumb, he's practically the leader and smartest of the team until Naoto)
Ann already is that
Makoto will probably become "YOU NEED TO STUDY LOL"
And Haru will become nothing but a giant oversized pink sweater with eyes
you know, it'd actually be kind of cute if they did to haru what they did with chie's design in pq, where she is more jacket than human
Chaos2Frozen
Member
I want to see Teddy fight with Mona.
I'm playing New Game + in order to get the Platinum and I have.a question:
How do the Rank 10 Confidant rewards work? How do I use them?
Also, the game said something about having a persona of the same arcana with me to improve my relationships with those confidants I maxed before but wasn't that always the same? I don't understand what's different this time. Do I still need to give all the right anawers?
How do the Rank 10 Confidant rewards work? How do I use them?
Also, the game said something about having a persona of the same arcana with me to improve my relationships with those confidants I maxed before but wasn't that always the same? I don't understand what's different this time. Do I still need to give all the right anawers?
Iva Demilcol
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WrenchNinja
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Persona 4 often uses physical comedy and uses Yosuke as the butt of the joke (having to piss really badly, crashing his bike and landing in a trash can, Chie kicking him the nuts) but Yosuke also shows his intellegence throughout the game as he usually plays the mouthpiece for the protagonist during the the investigation discussions
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
And also crank up the homophobia!
Chaos2Frozen
Member
The effects of the confidant gifts for NG+ activates the moment you start their slink. So like you can only use Yoshida's negotiates bonus when you start his story. Read the description on the items carefully because not all of them unlock all the abilities- Hifumi's only gives you the ability to instant retreat.
The gift you get for Valentines let's you rank up with the confidant every time you spend time with them. I think it makes them like Sun/Moon.
Compared to Chie, Kanji, Teddy, and Rise
Or hell, compared to Ryuji? Yeah, Yosuke was a genius.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I'm trying to think of an intelligent thing yosuke did or said and I'm coming up nada.
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
I like Ryuji a lot but it feels like they went out of their way to make him dumb. Then again he got the best lines because of that, especially his interactions with Akechi.
My best bro cant possibly be this dumb
My best bro cant possibly be this dumb
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
How about swinging around replica weapons like a dumbass in public which gets him and Yu arrested? That not intelligent enough for ya?
At least Ryuji slides you weapons on the down low.
KO Traveling Hobo
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while screaming "THIS'LL BE GOOD FOR WHEN WE - RYUJI SAKAMOTO AND AKIRA WHATSHISFACE - STEAL HEARTS AS THE PHANTOM THIEVES! WHICH WE ARE!"
Who the hell said anything about likeable?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
"HEY, YOU KNOW HOW WE'RE WANTED BY THE POLICE AND STUFF, HOW ABOUT WE TELL SOME CHICKS WE'RE THE PHANTOM THIEVES.
LET'S GET SOME BRO."
Though to be fair on Ryuji, MC isn't exactly great at hiding his phantom thieviness to the chicks he gets with.
LET'S GET SOME BRO."
Though to be fair on Ryuji, MC isn't exactly great at hiding his phantom thieviness to the chicks he gets with.
Temperance:
Use the phone in Le Blanc in the night after being in a Palace or Mementos to get the Evening time slot back. Also, all prior services are now free.
Heirophant:
You now make better curry. Oddly, so does your homeroom teacher.
Fortune:
Go see her. This one sucks.
Those are the ones that stick out to me, everyone else is fairly explanatory.
I believe that that just adds an extra multiplier which will eliminate any Spend Time events, but I haven't really noticed an effect since I just use Chihaya for everything. ^^;;
Edit: Derp. You meant the items you get from them at the end of the game. Sorry. -_-;;
Iva Demilcol
Member
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
Ryuji did nothing wrong.
If anything MC blew their cover by getting real cozy with women.
Young Magus
Junior Member
What's Yusuke's spin-off character? That he's always broke?
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What's Yusuke's spin-off character? That he's always broke?
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yusuke will ask everyone to strip for any reason and no reason at all
Elaugaufein
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There's not really a lower budget portable that will be around for a Q-esque thing. But I guess they could do a lower budget thing for say the Switch. Also if Etrian Odyssey disappears as a series the chances drop substantially​ given how much it borrows.
I would expect some kind of RPG-ish spinoff if there's a huge gap between 5 and 6 though.
Well now that Hasino has moved on and Persona is Atlus' biggest money maker they can push for a quicker turn around on the next game. On the other hand they may also play it cautiously as they seem more eager than most to keep their games up to a certain standard.
I expect we will see P6 in 3/4 years depending on how much it shifts away and the new team. Plus I don't want it too soon, if they can recreate what Hashino does I need more time to emotionally heal between games.
Is anyone else super disappointed the instrumental version of Last Surprise isn't even on the official soundtrack? It sounds so damn good.