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[robotrock]

For a waifu game like Persona I would think you'd want to play the game with the voice actor that's billed as the true voice.

NANA MIZUKI is Anne. Hinata from Naruto, Colette from Symphonia, Najimi Ajimu from Medaka Box, etc.

On top of that, Futaba is motherfucking AOI YUUKI of all people. Yes, that one.

Tsuyu from MHA, Tatsumaki from OPM, Madoka, Pascal in Nier: Automata, Tanya in Youjo Senki, among other things. You get the idea.

Not knocking people for playing the game with a dub, but man, I know several people who will watch a show just because Aoi Yuuki is voicing a character in it - having allstar VAs with a big pedigree voicing a cute girl is a big draw.

I appreciate the option but it's literally never been a problem for me in the past games where I actually really loved the dubs.

 

[AyraSutoraifu]

Too.. Many... Games...

 

[Bronetta]

How's the IQ on PS4?

1080p on PS4
720p on PS3
30fps on both

 

[somecrazymember]

Ok this will be my first Persona and I'm going almost blind. Just saw a the first trailer a decade ago. Am i doing this right?
Or should i check the previous ones?

 

[CrazyHal]

Godammit Japan. You're just KILLING it this year!

 

[Geg]

Who cares about waifu voices it's all about Ikue Otani as Morgana

 

[Bronetta]

Ok this will be my first Persona and I'm going almost blind. Just saw a the first trailer a decade ago. Am i doing this right?
Or should i check the previous ones?

The less you see, the better. I went into P4G blind and it was all the better for it.

 

[klabautermann]

Ok this will be my first Persona and I'm going almost blind. Just saw a the first trailer a decade ago. Am i doing this right?
Or should i check the previous ones?

Persona 5 is fine to start with, but if you ever get around to it I recommend the entire seires. P1 is looked down upon but I enjoyed it. Persona 2's duology, Persona 3, and Persona 4 are all absolutely stellar though. Persona 3 is the start of the modern Persona formula, though.

 

[Zedark]

1080p on PS4
720p on PS4
30fps on both

Wow, that's deep!

 

[AdmiralMikey]

I'm loving what I'm reading in these reviews and I've been eagerly anticipating Persona 5 ever since I beat P4G in spring of 2013, absolutely adoring the game and probably adding it to my top 10 of all time.

However, I'm also taking them with a grain of salt. I bought into the hype for Zelda: BotW about a month ago and was not pleased with that game. It had its moments, but I felt did not deserve the tidal wave of praise it goes.

Cautious optimism is how I will carry myself until I get my Persona 5 on Tuesday.

 

[HeelPower]

Japan @ the 2017 GOTY Awards

Watch them win nothing as RDR2 and Uncharted Lost Legacy sweep up everything else xD

 

[Bronetta]

Wow, that's deep!

Dammit I need to pay more attention on mobile lol. Edited the typo.

 

[DrunkShogun]

Who cares about waifu voices it's all about Ikue Otani as Morgana

When you've got pikachu as your mascot, you know you've made the right choice. Was surprised how good she is since I've only heard her play Pokemon.

 

[Nightbird]

Man, those next 10 Days will be killing me >.>

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

I sure hope so. All I see is negativity from my circle, though.



For a waifu game like Persona I would think you'd want to play the game with the voice actor that's billed as the true voice.

NANA MIZUKI is Anne. Hinata from Naruto, Colette from Symphonia, Najimi Ajimu from Medaka Box, etc.

On top of that, Futaba is motherfucking AOI YUUKI of all people. Yes, that one.

Tsuyu from MHA, Tatsumaki from OPM, Madoka, Pascal in Nier: Automata, Tanya in Youjo Senki, among other things. You get the idea.

Not knocking people for playing the game with a dub, but man, I know several people who will watch a show just because Aoi Yuuki is voicing a character in it - having allstar VAs with a big pedigree voicing a cute girl is a big draw.

The fact that Tomokazu Sugita and Mamoru Miyano are in the male cast just makes it even more criminal that there's no gay option.

 

[Renpatsu]

Ok this will be my first Persona and I'm going almost blind. Just saw a the first trailer a decade ago. Am i doing this right?
Or should i check the previous ones?

You can play them in any order as the main narrative thread isn't connected to the previous entries (barring P2).

 

[epmode]

The less you see, the better. I went into P4G blind and it was all the better for it.

I saw the initial story teaser and NOTHING ELSE.

I'm pretty excited for next week!

 

[klabautermann]

When you've got pikachu as your mascot, you know you've made the right choice. Was surprised how good she is since I've only heard her play Pokemon.

Her role of Chopper in the One Piece anime is pretty stellar. Never really heard her or noticed I was listening to her outside of that and Pokemon though.

 

[Fat4all]

Ok this will be my first Persona and I'm going almost blind. Just saw a the first trailer a decade ago. Am i doing this right?
Or should i check the previous ones?

Go in blind.

Get blown away from the style and design.

They've had time to perfect this stuff, I envy you.

 

[somecrazymember]

The less you see, the better. I went into P4G blind and it was all the better for it.

Persona 5 is fine to start with, but if you ever get around to it I recommend the entire seires. P1 is looked down upon but I enjoyed it. Persona 2's duology, Persona 3, and Persona 4 are all absolutely stellar though. Persona 3 is the start of the modern Persona formula, though.

Ok thanks for the advice. Will start with P5 and if i become a fan, i'll cehck out the rest

 

[Deleted member 518609]

Who cares about waifu voices it's all about Ikue Otani as Morgana

And she absolutely nails it. Morgana's fucking fantastic.

 

[spelen]

for those wondering is japan devs were lagging behind this gen may I present to you Zelda, persona, and nier. have a nice day.

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

Do all of these great games have to be so time consuming? I'm 50 hours in on Zelda and am barely scratching the surface. And this game is literally about living a different life,

Spoiler

A double life at that!

 

[Bronetta]

I'm loving what I'm reading in these reviews and I've been eagerly anticipating Persona 5 ever since I beat P4G in spring of 2013, absolutely adoring the game and probably adding it to my top 10 of all time.

However, I'm also taking them with a grain of salt. I bought into the hype for Zelda: BotW about a month ago and was not pleased with that game. It had its moments, but I felt did not deserve the tidal wave of praise it goes.

Cautious optimism is how I will carry myself until I get my Persona 5 on Tuesday.

Zelda has a history of getting overinflated scores. Wind Waker at 96, Twilight Princess at 95, Skyward Sword at 93 but you'd never believe that with the way some people talk about their flaws.

 

[dottme]

A quick question. I find TMS better than persona 4 because TMS was giving me time. Persona 4 put you a one year pressure from the beginning.
I don't even know if this was too short or long, but it just piss me off that I cannot play at the speed I want that I quickly stop playing Persona 4 while I've spend more than 80 hours on TMS.

How is Persona 5 in Regards of this? Do you have a time limit?

 

[iRAWRasaurus]

Watch them win nothing as RDR2 and Uncharted Lost Legacy sweep up everything else xD

Calling it! RDR2 will win!

 

[Pie and Beans]

Okay. Okay.

After Persona 5 can... can everybody just cool their shit and stop releasing anything please. ANYTHING. I can't fucking do this. I can't play this many GOTY candidates back to back like I'm fucking dosing on them.

If Persona 5 HADN'T been delayed, I don't know how any of this would have gone down. I haven't even started Nier yet HELP ME

 

[JehutyRunner]

Watch them win nothing as RDR2 and Uncharted Lost Legacy sweep up everything else xD

If nothing else, Zelda will ensure one of those three will be a big contender.

But to be honest, short of Red Dead Redemption 2 and Horizon, I think this is going to be a massively Japanese-centric year.

 

[Zolo]

I don't think I could do Japanese voices as long as I still can't understand the battle lines.

 

[klabautermann]

The fact that Tomokazu Sugita and Mamoru Miyano are in the male cast just makes it even more criminal that there's no gay option.

Agreed! Some of the best in the industry right there. Also the fact that Fukuyama Jun is the main character and Sato Rina is Makoto makes this a must in Japanese for me. Would have chosen that anyway, because while the dubs for P3&P4 were pretty fantastic, I always found myself liking the Japanese cast more when watching the related media. I know some people hate the higher pitched voices in anime (Lisa, Kuma and Rise to name a few) but I've been exposed for that stuff for so long it doesn't really bother me at this point haha.

 

[ShadowSoldier89]

For a waifu game like Persona I would think you'd want to play the game with the voice actor that's billed as the true voice.

NANA MIZUKI is Anne. Hinata from Naruto, Colette from Symphonia, Najimi Ajimu from Medaka Box, etc.

On top of that, Futaba is motherfucking AOI YUUKI of all people. Yes, that one.

Tsuyu from MHA, Tatsumaki from OPM, Madoka, Pascal in Nier: Automata, Tanya in Youjo Senki, among other things. You get the idea.

Not knocking people for playing the game with a dub, but man, I know several people who will watch a show just because Aoi Yuuki is voicing a character in it - having allstar VAs with a big pedigree voicing a cute girl is a big draw.

I literally have no idea who any of those people are, nor do I care. I do however know that Cherami Leigh is also A2 in Nier, Carrie Keranan is Sara Valestein in trails of cold steel, Erika Harlacher was Kyoko kirigiri, and Michelle Ruff was Yuki Nagato

 

[Bronetta]

Okay. Okay.

After Persona 5 can... can everybody just cool their shit and stop releasing anything please. ANYTHING. I can't fucking do this. I can't play this many GOTY candidates back to back like I'm fucking dosing on them.

If Persona 5 HADN'T been delayed, I don't know how any of this would have gone down. I haven't even started Nier yet HELP ME

You have one month until Prey. If Dishonored 2 is any indication, it will be a phenomenal immersive sim.

 

[DrunkShogun]

Her role of Chopper in the One Piece anime is pretty stellar. Never really heard her or noticed I was listening to her outside of that and Pokemon though.

Hope to hear her more because she sounds great as morgana. Right amount of attitude but keeping the mascot appeal just right. Don't know why but I'm hoping for tomokazu sugita to play yusuke like Joseph joestar but that seems like a ill fit. I expect ryuji to have the best performance since his Japanese voice actor is consistently great.

 

[Marmaladefire]

The fact that Tomokazu Sugita and Mamoru Miyano are in the male cast just makes it even more criminal that there's no gay option.

We can't even get a canon female MC. I don't see any gay or bi options in the series future..bleh

Spoiler

Catherine 2 will have our backs though

 

[FlaygletheBagel]

So so excited for this game. This and Mario Odyssey are the only games left this year (at least out of the currently announced ones) that I'm absolutely dying to play. Japan has been knocking it out of the park lately and it's good to see P5 is no different.

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

Watch them win nothing as RDR2 and Uncharted Lost Legacy sweep up everything else xD

Gross. Honestly, gross.

 

[pablito]

for those wondering is japan devs were lagging behind this gen may I present to you Zelda, persona, and nier. have a nice day.

Throw Bloodborne in there, too. Not one of my tops but I gotta give credit where credit is due. It's captivated a ton of people and is a regular mention in goat conversations nowadays.

 

[jacobeid]

But to be honest, short of Red Dead Redemption 2 and Horizon, I think this is going to be a massively Japanese-centric year.

Not to sound like one can't exist with the other as it's better for everyone that both western and Japanese games succeed, but I for one am ridiculously happy that Japan is killing it lately as they tend to make the games I enjoy the most.

 

[Holundrian]

And she absolutely nails it. Morgana's fucking fantastic.

Yeah man it's unbelievable. The rush I feel during one of the scene towards the end from the performance she gives there. It's not unlike Viggo Mortensen or Bernard Hill when they give their respective rallying cries in the LotR movies it's like you feel the energy from that.

 

[Hoho for breakfast]

Can someone tell me what type of story this is overall? I basically know nothing about the game. Is it a mystery like Persona 4?

 

[KHlover]

Holy shit this year. Persona, Nier, Nioh, Zelda...japanese devs killing it and we're just in March. Insanity.

 

[Lunar15]

Can someone tell me what type of story this is overall? I basically know nothing about the game. Is it a mystery like Persona 4?

Not really a mystery. It's more a heist movie: You're assembling a team of thieves to break into people's minds and steal their evil desires.

 

[LotusHD]

Zelda has a history of getting overinflated scores. Wind Waker at 96, Twilight Princess at 95, Skyward Sword at 93 but you'd never believe that with the way some people talk about their flaws.

Lol ok

Okay. Okay.

After Persona 5 can... can everybody just cool their shit and stop releasing anything please. ANYTHING. I can't fucking do this. I can't play this many GOTY candidates back to back like I'm fucking dosing on them.

If Persona 5 HADN'T been delayed, I don't know how any of this would have gone down. I haven't even started Nier yet HELP ME

Luckily Persona is my last anticipated purchase. After that, I don't have any big (confirmed) titles to look forward to other than maybe Odyssey and Xenoblade 2. I guess I could check out this RDR2 game...

 

[Miang]

these reviews

HNNNGGGGGGGGGGG

 

[Philippo]

Is the spoiler in OP real or just an example?

 

[Lunar15]

Is the spoiler in OP real or just an example?

It's something Morgana says on basically the first day and in the trailers. Who knows if it's true though!

 

[Tinfoilhatsron]

The Verge had a whole separate article about it.

Ugh. Would Atlus finally release a patch after the release?

Is the spoiler in OP real or just an example?

Uh, I mean "Thantos is totes not in GotG" level there. Morgana was in all the promo material and he can be a cat in the game that hangs out with the Protagonist.

For clarity BRS hasn't played the game yet and it was an example of a spoiler.

 

[Alucrid]

I sure hope so. All I see is negativity from my circle, though.



For a waifu game like Persona I would think you'd want to play the game with the voice actor that's billed as the true voice.

NANA MIZUKI is Anne. Hinata from Naruto, Colette from Symphonia, Najimi Ajimu from Medaka Box, etc.

On top of that, Futaba is motherfucking AOI YUUKI of all people. Yes, that one.

Tsuyu from MHA, Tatsumaki from OPM, Madoka, Pascal in Nier: Automata, Tanya in Youjo Senki, among other things. You get the idea.

Not knocking people for playing the game with a dub, but man, I know several people who will watch a show just because Aoi Yuuki is voicing a character in it - having allstar VAs with a big pedigree voicing a cute girl is a big draw.

"true voice" lol

 

[klabautermann]

Ugh. Would Atlus finally release a patch after the release?

Uh, I mean "Thantos is totes not in GotG" level there. Morgana was in all the promo material and he can be a cat in the game that hangs out with the Protagonist.

One of Morgana's quotes in the trailers is "I'm not a cat!" even, haha.

 

[Tinfoilhatsron]

One of Morgana's quotes in the trailer is "I'm not a cat!" haha.

Oh yeah, that's where it's from. Lol I forgot.