Yeah, it's especially strange how Makoto, Haru, and Futaba are only in it for a single shot. I feel like it's less that it's rushed, and more that it may have been done fairly early in development before the full cast and story were really nailed down.
Honestly, I assumed it was because Atlus already had an idea of which characters they were going to introduce first, both in the game and in marketing, and it was easier to craft the opening scene to fit the requirements of staggered character announcements.
I can definitely see why a lot of people dislike it because of the length and mechanics (I mean I used up like 8 Master Coffees and used a Soma for the last boss fight for God's sake) but there's so much about it that I think it might actually be one of my favorite palaces in the game.
- The music theme is probably my favorite Palace theme so far and I love the little alternate version when you reach a certain room.
- The art direction. Love how decadence was the overall theme of it and the artists did a great job at creating a place that feels oppressive yet elegant. From the moment you walk in, you know they went all out for one of the final areas of the game
- Several skits with the party were really good like Ann's FANTASTIC acting making a comeback and Futaba's cutscene with an NPC
- The whole
mouse
mechanic wasn't as bad as I was expecting. It's pretty easy to exploit the terrible line of sight the enemies have and the puzzles weren't difficult even if they kinda dragged a little bit.
- The climax. At first I thought the whole
"downfall" of Akechi was a little hokey, but it all made sense to me and the party's reactions to him was actually really earnest. His boss fight in particular was great too, I just wish Loki had a bit more prominence in the story because that was a really good design. I need to let the whole situation marinate in my mind a little bit but I think I do prefer this villain to Adachi in P4.
Now just gotta send the calling card and see how this all plays out.
Errr, nah. Everyone in P4 had a lot of awakened personas that were better than the original. P3 as well. P5 is the first time where I'm kinda like "oh that's... nice, can you go back to the original now?"
Errr, nah. Everyone in P4 had a lot of awakened personas that were better than the original. P3 as well. P5 is the first time where I'm kinda like "oh that's... nice, can you go back to the original now?"
Why does Michael Bay have to ruin everything I love!!?
Errr, nah. Everyone in P4 had a lot of awakened personas that were better than the original. P3 as well. P5 is the first time where I'm kinda like "oh that's... nice, can you go back to the original now?"
Man, I can't think of a single awakened Persona in 4 that beat their original (barring the very obvious Yu). I mean sure, they were amazing on a thematic level (I like how Yukiko and Kanji traded superficial beauty/manliness for the real deal) but the designs themselves... Nah.
Persona 4's opening was the best. After PV01, I was kinda surprised at how the full Persona 5 opening kind of falls flat. It's like certain parts of it were rushed or something.
Vanilla P4s opening is incredible but I think it loses to how ridiculously stylish vanilla P3s is. FES has the worst by far since it's just a collection of gameplay clips and cutscenes.
Man, I can't think of a single awakened Persona in 4 that beat their original (barring the very obvious Yu). I mean sure, they were amazing on a thematic level (I like how Yukiko and Kanji traded superficial beauty/manliness for the real deal) but the designs themselves... Nah.
Yukiko's and Chie's awakened personas look amazing though! Especially Chie's ultimate one from golden. I think P3 has some of the weaker designs for the party's. P5s are all at least visually interesting, I wasn't a huge fan of futabas UFO or Sun though lol.
Man, I can't think of a single awakened Persona in 4 that beat their original (barring the very obvious Yu). I mean sure, they were amazing on a thematic level (I like how Yukiko and Kanji traded superficial beauty/manliness for the real deal) but the designs themselves... Nah.
You're probably right but right now I'm blinded by pure rage and hatred towards whoever thought it was a great idea to change Makoto's persona like that.
as in...is it a semicircle from right to left then hard right? I'm trying to get some sense of the motion so that I can try to do the input.
Trying to shift my attempt into the afternoon slot so that I don't have to keep on having to wait for the game to do the slow changing over to the next day+train ride+text messages >.>
as in...is it a semicircle from right to left then hard right? I'm trying to get some sense of the motion so that I can try to do the input.
Trying to shift my attempt into the afternoon slot so that I don't have to keep on having to wait for the game to do the slow changing over to the next day+train ride+text messages >.>
Reminds me of the scenes of the cast just hanging out in their hideouts. I love those scenes and just looking at the animations play out. Vibes of Catherine; we need more of that.
I appreciated that the animated cutscenes in this one are of higher quality than 4 especially for the faces. I watched the preview cartoon they put out after I beat the game and that short was drawn like crap compared to the ones in the game.
I appreciated that the animated cutscenes in this one are of higher quality than 4 especially for the faces. I watched the preview cartoon they put out after I beat the game and that short was drawn like crap compared to the ones in the game.
Nope. For some reason I thought it did, so I avoided it. Once I realized I could boost the affinity of one link every day for a mere 5000 yen, I realized how much I was missing out on.
Nice. Too bad I was following the JP guide. There's so many things they don't utilize or don't make sense. A lot of missed scenes too. I have 9 million yen and haven't used the fortune teller yet.
If you max them out on the last day you can get a gift from the confidants you maxed that gives you some or most of their main perks right away for ng+. Depends on the confidants.
Nice. Too bad I was following the JP guide. There's so many things they don't utilize or don't make sense. A lot of missed scenes too. I have 9 million yen and haven't used the fortune teller yet.
All her stuff returns at rank 1? Wow. Are all the confidants in NG+ like that?
No, most party confidants are varied in what you get right off the bat while it seems like you get rank 10 abilities from other confidants. Like you get Temperance's
massage
and Moon's
xp boost for the entire team
at rank 1. NG+ is for screwing around and clearing some of the more difficult trophies.
Edit: Death's isn't worth it until rank 7 even in NG+ and Strength is amazing if you have the cash (discount is pretty great tho).
I came to appreciate the way her Persona moves around. It makes me think of the figure skating from the opening, which does a really good job of evoking the feeling of freedom and release that would come with the second awakening.
I came to appreciate the way her Persona moves around. It makes me think of the figure skating from the opening, which does a really good job of evoking the feeling of freedom and release that would come with the second awakening.
SHE SUMMONED HER PERSONA AND HOPPED ON IT BECAUSE IT WAS A MOTORCYCLE. That's by far the coolest damn persona summoning animation the series has ever had.
SHE SUMMONED HER PERSONA AND HOPPED ON IT BECAUSE IT WAS A MOTORCYCLE. That's by far the coolest damn persona summoning animation the series has ever had.
SHE SUMMONED HER PERSONA AND HOPPED ON IT BECAUSE IT WAS A MOTORCYCLE. That's by far the coolest damn persona summoning animation the series has ever had.
SHE SUMMONED HER PERSONA AND HOPPED ON IT BECAUSE IT WAS A MOTORCYCLE. That's by far the coolest damn persona summoning animation the series has ever had.
Awesome. In that case it looks like Empress and Hanged Man are the only Confidants I won't be able to max this playthrough. I think this is the best I've done in any Persona game. I'm surprised how much I did without a guide. I thought I was doing a poor job managing time.
Yep, 5th palace sucked any enthusiasm I had for the game right out of me but I still appreciate the fun 50 hours I've had. But I'm going to their take a long break from this one or never end up finishing it.
Yep, 5th palace sucked any enthusiasm I had for the game right out of me but I still appreciate the fun 50 hours I've had. But I'm going to their take a long break from this one or never end up finishing it.
There are a few puzzles in it that would be 100 times better if they didn't require like 3 screen transitions and 5 text boxes to essentially say "i want to press that button"
I never played Persona 4 but holy crap that opening is awesome. The music is fantastic and the shots of Izanagi looking like King Badass Samurai make the whole thing.
