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Persona 4 Arena Ultimax |OT| It's SHO time!
- Thread starter FluxWaveZ
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I dislike using low health characters so it's like fucking Christmas up in here
I am so insanely psyched for this character
Shouta
Member
Margaret is interesting to say the least. She's definitely the opposite of Liz in style. Rather than throw stuff at a distance and rely on her Persona to do stuff, Margaret has a lot of rush moves 2A, 5B, j.B, 214A or B,. That's why she has 9500 health. She has a lot of Persona cards too because that thing will get broken a lot, lol.
Yeah, and she can go from her 5B to 5A pretty quickly, which is an interesting pressure tool.
Really like her from the matches I'm playing. Have mostly been messing around in matches rather than training mode, but it seems that she doesn't have a really effective anti-air? Her 2B's pretty weird, and her 2D doesn't quite work as a reliable one.
Really like her from the matches I'm playing. Have mostly been messing around in matches rather than training mode, but it seems that she doesn't have a really effective anti-air? Her 2B's pretty weird, and her 2D doesn't quite work as a reliable one.
Hah, it must run in the family.
From what I've seen, they really did her justice in this game.
Welp, that Ulala palette means I've found my main.
King Tubby
Member
Margaret's theme is sublime. I love Poem for Everyone's Souls mixes. I'm also digging Adachi's theme a lot.
I just started playing the original P4A a few days ago...and I am entirely too tempted to pick up Ultimax, but I think I'll wait for a sale. Haven't had this much fun with a fighting game since MK9.
I just started playing the original P4A a few days ago...and I am entirely too tempted to pick up Ultimax, but I think I'll wait for a sale. Haven't had this much fun with a fighting game since MK9.
Hopefully that plays out into something interesting instead of just a bad gimmick (like Adachi's).
This one too:
Also, that green Margaret alt. color above looks a lot like Jojo's Kakyoin.
brianmcdoogle
Member
Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but didn't the original import thread list a bunch of day one DLC like some characters or something? I take it that isn't happening in the USA version if it isn't in the OP now?
Interface23
Member
We are getting Adachi & Marie free week one
No, I don't believe there was something like that in the original OP. We don't know much about all of the DLC's status for the NA release, but we do know that Adachi and Marie will be free DLC on PSN within the first week of the game's release, with Margaret releasing the week after the game comes out.
brianmcdoogle
Member
Ah, it was Adachi and Marie. I couldn't remember the characters. That's what I was referring to. thanks for the clarification, guys!
ShogunDarius
Member
EU is getting pre order bonuses
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=131738288#post131738288
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=131738288#post131738288
J
Jotamide
Unconfirmed Member
Never thought I'd see the day of reasonably-priced ArcSys DLC:
http://mobile.siliconera.com/all/20...a-ultimax-dlc-prices-revealed-north-america#1
http://mobile.siliconera.com/all/20...a-ultimax-dlc-prices-revealed-north-america#1
mullet2000
Member
Huh. That actually is quite reasonable. Nice to see that, gives me hope for Xrd's DLC pricing too.
chrominance
Member
Stupid question: I can download the Adachi/Marie DLC without owning the game, right? I ask because Amazon.ca has been incredibly awful with their pre-order shipping lately, and I don't want to miss out on free DLC because Amazon decided to be their usual asshole selves and not ship my game for three weeks.
Yes. They're just on PSN/XBL. One can download them within the first week for free without owning the game.
Curry-Hakase
Member
Is the story mode in P4U2 more or less the same as the first one?
No. This is a sequel.
Curry-Hakase
Member
:/
Story mode as in presentation/gameplay wise.
Is it 99% visual novel wall-o-texts with a few fights here and there?
The last game's story mode seemed very lazy to me.
Ah. The presentation and gameplay balance is the same, with it still being represented by a VN. There's a slightly higher number of battles, with opportunities to pick who you fight with in several scenes.
The biggest change comparing this one to the last game is the fact that each character doesn't have their own individual story chapter, but it has a flowchart layout that incorporates the story as a whole, with multiple perspectives.
cj_iwakura
Member
So uh, this is going to be the localized OT too?
Did Armada back out?
Did Armada back out?
I asked him whether he wanted to make a separate OT or if this one should be used as the OT and I believe he went with the latter.
cj_iwakura
Member
Fair enough, I agree it seems kind of pointless what with all the work you put into this one.
No waiting that long, going US digital ha.
I know I was talking to someone on GAF about Arc Sys's DLC practices, so glad to see we get 2/3 characters free and the last one is only $5. And the color DLC for pre-ordering. The P4A complete story DLC condenses the first game's story into one playthrough yeah? My friend still hasn't played it and that seems like a way better option than the original slog.
Actually, no, it doesn't do that. That was the common assumption before, but Episode P4A is actually the entirety of P4A's story, including every distinct character chapter.
R_thanatos
Member
HI gaf ..i'm actually confused since i'm hearing different conflicting information from sources that i don't trust fully so i'm kinda lost.
If i preorder P4AU , in US psn , will i get
1) the color set + adachi + marie
or
2) the color set ?
If i preorder P4AU , in US psn , will i get
1) the color set + adachi + marie
or
2) the color set ?
I believe the 2 characters are open season for all preorders.
Adachi & Marie are free for EVERYONE the first week on PSN & Xbox Live. Even if you don't have the game, you can still nab them and have it download or be on your download list.
However, pre-ordering from PSN gives you the Complete Color Set, along with a XMB theme. Direct quote from PSN:
However, pre-ordering from PSN gives you the Complete Color Set, along with a XMB theme. Direct quote from PSN:
R_thanatos
Member
Huh... that's a lot of DLC. At least some of it (other than Adadchi + Marie) are free.
http://atlus.com/p4au/dlc/
http://atlus.com/p4au/dlc/
Oh damn. That's uh, time consuming. Might find my friend a YouTube condensed version to watch.
The two DLC characters and complete colors are free. Will pay for Margaret, won't bother with the glasses and maybe snatch a few BGM packs. The rest of the stuff is mostly just expedited unlockables by the looks of it. Pretty happy for $10-15 extra.
aspiegamer
Member
Is there any consensus on which storyline to play through first? My assumption is P3 first and then P4 (so things end with Yu) but I don't want to mess up the larger story finish.
This is also assuming the DLC campaigns are total offshoots and something you'd play after both but that feels like a much more safe bet. Side-note; I see there's a $9.99 DLC to get the full story of the first game. Good to know and I might convince a few people into buying this if they don't have to ever touch the first one separately.
This is also assuming the DLC campaigns are total offshoots and something you'd play after both but that feels like a much more safe bet. Side-note; I see there's a $9.99 DLC to get the full story of the first game. Good to know and I might convince a few people into buying this if they don't have to ever touch the first one separately.
You can't play through Episode P3 before playing through Episode P4. The only episode available from the start is Episode P4.
You also can't play through Episode Adachi before finishing Episode P4. That episode actually does explain several things that happened in the story that are not covered in episodes P3 or P4.
aspiegamer
Member
Interesting. I'm sure there's a good reason for it written in to the story but that's certainly not what I would have expected. Whatever. Just give me more Mitsuru and all will be well in the world. Thanks for the info!
SolarKnight
Member
Nope
If anything Episode P3 and P4 contradict each other outside the major plot points
I'd imagine it's because Episode P4 is supposed to be taken as the canon route, considering Episode Adachi and the true ending.
Jeepers. I wonder what the T shirt is? If they do it right, it could be excellent.
Do they really? That's rather silly.
I'll be interested to see what the consensus for Ultimax's story is a few months down the line. People were really positive on Arena's at first, but that faded over time. I only see negative things about it now.
SolarKnight
Member
Yeah it's like, in the P4 story the first interaction of the P3 cast with the P4 one is different than how it happens in the P3 story, or how one set of characters rescue Akihiko in the P4 story while a similar but slightly different one does it in the P3 story.
Stuff like that
It was a total mess in P4A, but I'm fine with it in P4AU because of how the story works, and because they give us a better indication of what route actually happened in the story. In this game, it's more about different perspectives based on the episode instead of P4A's "going through the same events again, but with a different character."
Netcode is good, although there have been some weird, infrequent disconnection issues recently, especially during this weekend where I presume PSN as a whole was going through some weird stuff.
Do not expect a sizable community for the 360 version, though perhaps that platform's community will subvert expectations. Note: The Xbox 360 version will not have the network Lobby mode that the PS3 version has.
Tesseract
Banned
guess i'll pass then, thanks!