Aaronrules380
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Persona games are all pretty much stand alone. Especially since Persona 3. I think Persona 1 and 2 were more connected, and 2 was actually a set of two games (innocent sin, and eternal punishment)
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Persona games are all pretty much stand alone. Especially since Persona 3. I think Persona 1 and 2 were more connected, and 2 was actually a set of two games (innocent sin, and eternal punishment)
The demo + Type0? Damn straight.
Stone Ocean
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Mass_Pincup
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It's going to be self contained like the others with maybe some minor references to previous games. As for the gameplay if you have already played a turn based jrpg you will be fine.
Good point.
Tiu Neo
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You would probably miss a few small references, but all the main games on the series are self contained, so 5 is a good way to get into the series.
they'll forget about Europe
What makes you say that?
SolidSnakex
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Consider that P4G, an upgraded port of a PS2 game that's exclusive to the Vita, sold 700k at last check (December 2013). Two million isn't unreasonable for a completely new entry that's releasing on the PS3/4. If anything i'd say that it's expected.
You all can't talk something like this without bringing up the seal of awesomeness itself
ChasingComets
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Don't forget, there's a lot of people like me who've been wanting to play type-0 for the longest time. The demo for FFXV is the icing on the cake. The sad thing is that it's been seen as the addendum to the demo.
Mass_Pincup
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That's what they usually do. Look at SMTIV, Srange Journey and Devil Survivor Overclocked
I so want to see an older Nanako.
I also eagerly want to play Type-0, it's just that I don't think that the general PS4/XB1 userbase will be thrilled to play a PSP game, look no further than Gaf to see how much graphics matter to a lot of people.
You all can't talk something like this without bringing up the seal of awesomeness itself
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
Jesus...
butman
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Looks like the Velvet room twins are the prison guards and have eye patches for some reason.
The twins look like loli this time.
50 of them are mine >.<
Jesus...
Palculator
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Jesus...
Already said half of them were mine! XD
It looks very good on him too.
Psycho_Mantis
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I don't think you know what that word means.
Stone Ocean
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It's a child in a japanese game, of course it's a pandering loli duh.
Makoto Yuki
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Looks like his DMC2 outfit to me.
Ryuji is lovers.
Believe.
Darker than Black was the first thing that came to my mind during that anime intro
I wonder if they'll call protag-kun Onii-chan? (´・ω・｀
SolidSnakex
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It is. SMT3 was released shortly after DMC2, so they just used that design. Many fans (including myself) still think it's Dante's best outfit.
Palculator
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Nightengale
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I wonder if they'll call protag-kun Onii-chan? (´・ω・｀
Everyday's great at Velvet~
I wonder if they'll call protag-kun Onii-chan? (´・ω・｀
Imagine they speak like that in unison with monotone voice like the twin granma did in Catherine.
Barrylocke
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I want to be excited about this, but for the life of me, I can't understand a thing about Persona.
What is the franchise comparable to?
The gameplay of P3 and 4 is one part dating sim (although "social/friendship sim is more accurate here) and one part standard RPG (which itself has a monster collecting side to it).
Durarara comes up to mind more than Baccano.
Stone Ocean
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I wonder if they'll call protag-kun Onii-chan? (´・ω・｀
WATANUKI WATANUKI WATANUKI WATANUKI
chicagocubsfan
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Pokemon X Visual Novel X GreatnessI want to be excited about this, but for the life of me, I can't understand a thing about Persona.
What is the franchise comparable to?
Psycho_Mantis
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I wonder if they'll call protag-kun Onii-chan? (´・ω・｀
I can imagine them finishing each other's sentences.
Only 50....what a casual.
Callibretto
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I wonder if they'll call protag-kun Onii-chan? (´・ω・｀
Somehow I imagine them to be full of themselves, very rude and look down on mc, like calling mc, dog or trash etc.
buddha0991
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It would be cool if Anzu went all the way with the P1 Yuka Ayase comparison thing and SHE was The Magician too lol
hmm a lot of people have compare to pokemon... i'm curious!
Because it's an JRPG where you control creatures with different strengths and weaknesses to fight for you, like PKMN, only that in Persona, well you control Personas as you control demons in SMT.
timetokill
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Looks awesome. Loved the Vincent reference.
Barrylocke
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hmm a lot of people have compare to pokemon... i'm curious!
The comparision to Pokemon is due to the various Personas that you can collect and use in combat. In P3 and 4, your other party members use only one Persona, which essentially has them growing with a standard level up system (gaining various abilities at various levels). But the protagonist is capable of using over 100 different types of Personas. In the case of 3 and 4, you have a chance of picking up a new persona if you meet certain conditions in battle. The persona you have equipped will determine all of your stats and abilities except for your HP and SP. The personas each level up an gain new moves individually, just like your party members do.
In addition, you can fuse two or more Personas together to make a new persona, which is usually more powerful and has inherited abilities from the seed persona, along with learning the abilities that it learns on it's own.
This all also ties into the life sim aspect of the game. Each Persona is part of a family named after one of the Arcanas of Tarot Cards (such as Empress, Magician, Star, and Devil). And the same holds true with the various people you can make friends or get into a relationship with (Your sports club friend might be Chariot, while the lonely little girl in the park could be Hanged Man). As you meet with and form bonds with these people, your ranks in these Arcana's increase. And as those ranks increase, you get an exp boost in the corresponding Persona family. So if you know that you've been hanging out with that Sports Club friend a lot, you could take advantage of that by fusing more Chariot Personas so you can enjoy the level boost that they'd get from your bond.
This Atlus video showing off fusion in Persona 4 should help to paint a better picture.
The gameplay basically becomes a balancing act of hanging out with your friends to get significant strength gains (and flesh out their story along the way), and then going into the dungeons to progress with the plot and get stronger through there.
Granted, this is P3 and 4. There's always the chance that things may get changed up in P5 to an extent, so we'll have to see.
Fimbulvetr
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Lindsay and Martha only talked in unison for important phrases or at the end of a thought.
Karsticles
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Major difference in this game: you don't keep a Persona the entire game. There is no "I started with Pikachu and he stayed with me the entire journey." In this game, you sacrifice your "Pokemon" to make better ones.hmm a lot of people have compare to pokemon... i'm curious!
Hashino wasn't completely clear on this issue.
"Fleshing it out" sounds more like the beta stage, but it could be anywhere.
I am kinda optimistic and think it will be released it 6 or 7 months, so in August or September.
Not totally true. I mean yeah you fuse your "pokemon" to make better ones yes but if you wanted too, you could just use your Izanagi for most of the game if you wanted to. It would be kind of difficult but possible.
Palculator
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Also there's no pretense of caring about your Personas or them being your companions -- if a Persona/demon doesn't have the right skills, weaknesses or stats fucking get rid of it.
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