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Persona 4 |OT|
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vas_a_morir
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Persona 4 rocks finals' face!
G to the O to the T to the Y,
Persona 4 mo' fuckaz ride til' I die
G to the O to the T to the Y,
Persona 4 mo' fuckaz ride til' I die
Persona 3 FES is still sitting on my shelf, haven't played through it yet, need to get on that! I guess the idea of playing the same dungeon over and over again is putting me off. I haven't even played a persona game before, missed out on the Persona games on the PSone. Plan on getting P4 since I'm an RPG/Loot whore.
Is each installment like the FF series? Some common elements but each game is self-contained?
Is each installment like the FF series? Some common elements but each game is self-contained?
Urban Scholar
Member
Carmilla said:
Hey, hey all in due time...should make said social link all the more "interesting".
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Uh...if you mean battle-wise, AFAIK it's fairly port-ish of the system, only you can control every party member now if you want.
If you mean thematically, most of the personae are similar (I think), so that's the same....
Overall, it's more of the same (which is amazing), except for the plot, which only has a few refs to P3, or so I gather from the OP. So in that regard, yes, it's self-contained.
dragonlife
Member
:lolNichM said:
I can't wait to see the result of your guys' work!NichM said:For what it's worth, I disagree with Shouta. Also, I'm flattered and all, but it's not quite accurate to say "the way Nich handled ____." There were 8 other people working on the project, after all.
Seriously, you have no clue how happy I was about that certain character--too awesome.crowphoenix
Banned
A free promotional shirt? Great! Another shirt I'll never be able to wear because I'm too tall.
Just kidding, you guys are great.
Just kidding, you guys are great.
I'm still too tall for shirts not XT
stawnkald said:Man, you guys keep saying the XL shirt is too big, but for me...someone who is halfway to 7 feet tall...it's probably too short! :lol
Remember kids, tall people are people too, and not everyone who wears XL-Tall or XXL are fat fuckers.
Gotta remember the adv gaffer doesn't work out and is either 130lb scrawny weakling or 5'6 230 pimple face fat guy
Anyways would you guys really wear the shirt out in public? I thought it was more of a collectors item :lol
NichM said:For what it's worth, I disagree with Shouta. Also, I'm flattered and all, but it's not quite accurate to say "the way Nich handled ____." There were 8 other people working on the project, after all.
Well I read the interview on 1up.com (some of those questions were worded SO poorly), and I'm extremely excited for the game so a big thank you to the rest of the translation team!
The only reason I ask is because in most games that deal with the alternative orientation (the most recent example being the otherwise phenomenal Valkyria Chronicles) tend to branch into stereotype levels. To be honest, I suppose I should be glad that any character of that particular orientation being in a game nowadays is even possible.
Lord knows as a medium, videogames aren't exactly progressive in that regard
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
But we can still call them Tina Fey glassesTamanon said:They're used to see through the fog. And they were there way before Palin hit the scene
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
I just looked it up and its happened 5 other times in their history:Error said:
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy X
KOTOR
WOW: Burning Crusade
Rekki-Maru
Banned
grandjedi6 said:
KOTOR, jrpg confirmed?
polyh3dron
Banned
Damn, P4 got an A+? Can't wait... I've had this preordered at Amazon for a looooooong time now.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
I didn't see a reason to exclude the WRPGs since there were only two of them and its pretty silly to exclude them in the first place.Rekki-Maru said:
RocketDarkness
Member
Ack, I never finished The Answer. I suppose I should go and rush through that before I get engrossed in P4...can't believe this game is almost out. I tend to completely ignore a game 'til it's about to come out, then get super-excited. I'm about to move into the final phase, I think.
I'm just hoping that the P4 guide doesn't have downright wrong information like the P3 guide does in a lot of places.
I can't remember where it is but at one point the guide tells you to stock up on a certain item to dispel a particular status effect...and then you find out that item doesn't dispel that effect.
I remember being a little frustrated with the table as well once or twice, but the answers were spot on for the S.Links!
I'm still looking forward to it as the P3 guide was very pretty. (I wish they would freaking spiral bind them though... >/ WHY IS SPIRAL BINDING MORE EXPENSIVE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE)
I can't remember where it is but at one point the guide tells you to stock up on a certain item to dispel a particular status effect...and then you find out that item doesn't dispel that effect.
I remember being a little frustrated with the table as well once or twice, but the answers were spot on for the S.Links!
I'm still looking forward to it as the P3 guide was very pretty. (I wish they would freaking spiral bind them though... >/ WHY IS SPIRAL BINDING MORE EXPENSIVE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE)
Augemitbutter
Member
already pre-ordered.
very important: thanks to atlus for not making the bonuses shitstop only. saves me the trouble of tracking that stuff later on.
very important: thanks to atlus for not making the bonuses shitstop only. saves me the trouble of tracking that stuff later on.
Waiting on it to arrive from Amazon (ordered it waaay back when people posted about all the stuff you get with the game if you preordered it). Though im with everyone who thinks companies should stop packing big ass t-shirts in with games. At least make a way to designate what size you want.
I guess after I finish P4, i'll be able to play P2: Innocent Sin translation, especially since we probably wont see a console Megaten RPG for awhile....in english anyway.
Heh yay for being different then? :lol Anyway, i'd prefer a white t-shirt with some P4 design on it, or a black one...maybe even blue. Probably wont end up wearing it, but my opinion on big ass shirts still stands.
I guess after I finish P4, i'll be able to play P2: Innocent Sin translation, especially since we probably wont see a console Megaten RPG for awhile....in english anyway.
Darkman M said:
Heh yay for being different then? :lol Anyway, i'd prefer a white t-shirt with some P4 design on it, or a black one...maybe even blue. Probably wont end up wearing it, but my opinion on big ass shirts still stands.
Teknoman said:
Well only problem is that it's sold out now.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001H14C8C/?tag=neogaf0e-20
And upon closer examination the release is the same day as the game itself.
I really couldn't care less about t-shirts. The art book is more interesting to me. At least then I can be a nerd in private.
It'll be interesting to see how the tweaks in Persona 4 work out. I enjoyed Persona 3 (put about 25 hours into it over the summer, and then recently picked it back up again) but there were many things that bugged me. I hated how there were limited save points in Tartarus. Considering that in many battles if you missed your attack you could be screwed and die due to some cheap enemy tactic, save points should be far more frequent. Also I hate hate HATED how when you got to a blocked off area, there was only a teleporter and not a save point. So when that area became unlocked, you couldn't just warp to that floor, you had to go through five other floors just to get to it. What is the point of that? Bad game design, that's what!
Also I felt that the social links were too strict. If you wanted to max out as many as possible you pretty much needed a day by day guide in your lap. Also trying to increase stats such as academics was a real drag.
Persona 4 does seem like it fixes a lot of these issues. Seems like there's only 10 floors to pass before you get to a save point (an upgrade from the 13-15 floors you had to trek through) and the conditions are gone, so I don't have to leave the dungeon because one of my party members got too beat up in a battle. I also heard the social links are more lenient. I am a bit worried about the difficulty though. Call me a wimp, but I still have battle scars from Nocturne and I'm always cautious when I buy a SMT game. People have said that it's harder, which I don't mind as long as it's the good kind of hard (ie interesting and complex boss battles) and not the bad kind of hard (instant hit kills and one save point per 15 floors looooool).
I'm 90% sure that I'm going to pick it up, but damn you Atlus if these tweaks and upgrades are replaced by more, even annoying peeves.
It'll be interesting to see how the tweaks in Persona 4 work out. I enjoyed Persona 3 (put about 25 hours into it over the summer, and then recently picked it back up again) but there were many things that bugged me. I hated how there were limited save points in Tartarus. Considering that in many battles if you missed your attack you could be screwed and die due to some cheap enemy tactic, save points should be far more frequent. Also I hate hate HATED how when you got to a blocked off area, there was only a teleporter and not a save point. So when that area became unlocked, you couldn't just warp to that floor, you had to go through five other floors just to get to it. What is the point of that? Bad game design, that's what!
Also I felt that the social links were too strict. If you wanted to max out as many as possible you pretty much needed a day by day guide in your lap. Also trying to increase stats such as academics was a real drag.
Persona 4 does seem like it fixes a lot of these issues. Seems like there's only 10 floors to pass before you get to a save point (an upgrade from the 13-15 floors you had to trek through) and the conditions are gone, so I don't have to leave the dungeon because one of my party members got too beat up in a battle. I also heard the social links are more lenient. I am a bit worried about the difficulty though. Call me a wimp, but I still have battle scars from Nocturne and I'm always cautious when I buy a SMT game. People have said that it's harder, which I don't mind as long as it's the good kind of hard (ie interesting and complex boss battles) and not the bad kind of hard (instant hit kills and one save point per 15 floors looooool).
I'm 90% sure that I'm going to pick it up, but damn you Atlus if these tweaks and upgrades are replaced by more, even annoying peeves.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001LEXMCW/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Amazon is listing the Japanese 191 page Official Art Book for a domestic December 9th release as well. $29.99.
Amazon is listing the Japanese 191 page Official Art Book for a domestic December 9th release as well. $29.99.