animaSerah
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But seriously, don't rush it. I (and everyone else) can wait, you take your time and enjoy that game!
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Persona Community Thread |OT4| The Golden Number
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But seriously, don't rush it. I (and everyone else) can wait, you take your time and enjoy that game!
Awesome, it seems like a ghostly specter Shadow works very well in execution! Nice touch on making her shadow hubby faceless.Shadow Hisano:
Went back and forth on whether she should be depicted as she was or as she would have been. I decided making her look young was more depressing, like her Shadow is tainting her fond memories, so I went with it.
(I'm really glad I got to finish her social link)
thequickandthedead
Member
Would you guys describe Persona as obscure? (among the wider gaming community)
Makoto Yuki
Banned
After P4, No.
Hopefully not. Still, it's not at that level where even all casual Final Fantasy fans know what Persona is.
Depends on what you mean by the wider gaming community. If you mean GAF, then no. If you mean everyone who plays games, yes.
So, just looking at my Catherine art book again, and man, some of the art is so great.
I actually like Katherine's old design more. She looks virtually the same as Yukiko, but older and with glasses and red hair. Vincent also looked a lot more masculine and less like the moron he is in the final game. Seems like Erica used to be a more straight forward attractive waitress too, which is interesting.
I also realised that in all three of the Persona Team's games, it's important to separate the day from the night, particularly for people like me. It creates a visible division where the game bases itself in a mostly real world in the daytime, and then throws reality out the window at night time as an opportunity to bring in gameplay mechanics. A lot of stuff that happens in the game at night that would completely alter the tone of the game if it existed in the daytime sections, but because it isn't presented that way, I think it never breaks the immersion. In Persona 3 and Catherine especially, it almost feels like they're saying "The game section starts here, don't take everything here completely literally".
It's smart. They're smart guys.
To a point, I guess? I think if you're not an anime fan, you probably won't have heard of it. None of my friends know anything about it at all.
I actually like Katherine's old design more. She looks virtually the same as Yukiko, but older and with glasses and red hair. Vincent also looked a lot more masculine and less like the moron he is in the final game. Seems like Erica used to be a more straight forward attractive waitress too, which is interesting.
I also realised that in all three of the Persona Team's games, it's important to separate the day from the night, particularly for people like me. It creates a visible division where the game bases itself in a mostly real world in the daytime, and then throws reality out the window at night time as an opportunity to bring in gameplay mechanics. A lot of stuff that happens in the game at night that would completely alter the tone of the game if it existed in the daytime sections, but because it isn't presented that way, I think it never breaks the immersion. In Persona 3 and Catherine especially, it almost feels like they're saying "The game section starts here, don't take everything here completely literally".
It's smart. They're smart guys.
To a point, I guess? I think if you're not an anime fan, you probably won't have heard of it. None of my friends know anything about it at all.
animaSerah
Member
Depends on the region. JRPG is still a niche genre in the west, but I'd say after Persona 4 the franchise has moved up the ranks in recognition and popularity. In Japan, I would say that it's a very popular franchise, and certainly not as niche.
Phew, glad they dodged that bullet.
It's actually a really boss design. Just doesn't fit the character. I think I've mentioned it before, but his face has more of a sheep-ish shape to it. He has like a really long flat nose and stuff. I guess Soejima decided that making him literally look like a sheep was too much, haha.
It's fairly well known amongst hardcore gamers, but outside of that bubble--you'd be hard pressed to find to find anyone familiar with the franchise.
Inside RPG circles, no. But I wouldn't be surprised if most mainstream gamers who just stick to the Call of Duty and Madden stuff didn't recognize the brand.
Hooray
I'd never really thought about it before, but this is a very cool point. All three games have a very clearly split-up "Gameplay where wacky stuff happens" <> "Down to earth story" thing going on.
Didn't pick up P2 since I don't really feel like immediately replaying them and they go on sale constantly. Boxed copy of P4G is coming.
I'd never really thought about it before, but this is a very cool point. All three games have a very clearly split-up "Gameplay where wacky stuff happens" <> "Down to earth story" thing going on.
It's extremely popular in Japan, as the recent concert showed. Getting to play at the Nippon Budokan is no small affair.
And that same concert was live streamed in several other major venues simultaneously, wasn't it?
Yup. The Budokan holds 20,000, and they had part of it blocked off. So it's safe to assume that it was around 14,000 people + the people at the other venues + live streamers online + people like us who technically watched it illegally.
It's no small venue. Some of Japan's best music artists played there. Not to mention The Beatles played there in 1966.
I just really want to see what Persona 5 does, numbers wise. I do still think Persona 4 was Atlus's FF7 in terms of blowing up the popularity of the brand, just hope it doesn't actually blow up the company like that one eventually did.
Persona 5 will be their Final Fantasy 8!
Persona 5 will be their Final Fantasy 8!
I hate you so much right now.
Persona 5 will be their Final Fantasy 8!
Can't wai--*draws several fires*
In the West, definitely.
Use the power of the chains to grab and draw tarot cards from your enemies, which you then trade for Personas and abilities.
God just typing it out made me feel ill
In the mainstream consciousness, I'd say no, that Persona is still small fish in a big sea. That said it's got a pretty damn vocal and passionate word-of-mouth online community, as we can attest to, who are pretty dedicated to pulling people into the fold. NeoGaf probably isn't the best barometer for this sort of thing, but P4G is always the first title people recommend in those 'just bought a Vita' threads and LTTPs for the game are pretty common. It's a really active tag on Tumblr, too.
animaSerah
Member
Sorry it's been a little quiet from me art-wise lately, but I'm back with my newest (and biggest) piece yet!
I recently upgraded my Photoshop to the new CC version, and I wanted to do something special to break it in. The result is this:
"Mayonaka Melee"
I'm really happy with how this one came out, and I'm thinking about doing a set of HD wallpapers based on this "rivals" concept, so let me know if that's something you'd like to see.
(Oh, and pan-hime has a printed copy of this at its original size-- 18x24"! I had to scale it down a bit for posting online )
I recently upgraded my Photoshop to the new CC version, and I wanted to do something special to break it in. The result is this:
"Mayonaka Melee"
I'm really happy with how this one came out, and I'm thinking about doing a set of HD wallpapers based on this "rivals" concept, so let me know if that's something you'd like to see.
(Oh, and pan-hime has a printed copy of this at its original size-- 18x24"! I had to scale it down a bit for posting online
)You forgot the 'Chair Returns: ' part. Featuring Kanji's chair as it tries to travel back to Kanji in order to renovate people's faces. Through your journey, you must dress the chair in various articles of clothing, some rather creepy. Why? Get Bent, that's why.
Chair Returns: Persona 5, coming with Day One DLC to a Gamestop near you.
Tiu Neo
Member
Can't wait for Persona 5-2 with Kanamin as the main character.
Chairs are tough.
buddha0991
Member
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Levito just likes to remind people of really shitty bands.
Sorry it's been a little quiet from me art-wise lately, but I'm back with my newest (and biggest) piece yet!
I recently upgraded my Photoshop to the new CC version, and I wanted to do something special to break it in. The result is this:
"Mayonaka Melee"
I'm really happy with how this one came out, and I'm thinking about doing a set of HD wallpapers based on this "rivals" concept, so let me know if that's something you'd like to see.
(Oh, and pan-hime has a printed copy of this at its original size-- 18x24"! I had to scale it down a bit for posting online
You've really outdone yourself this time TrueSelf. Definitely your best work, hands down.
Lord Scrambles
Member
Lollipop Dave
Member
This will always be one of my favourite Persona pieces of fan-art.
Lollipop Dave
Member
I need to start playing online again with the irc crew..
And so the facade begins to crack....
cj_iwakura
Member
Dantis' heart increased two full sizes that day.
I still have lots of problems with it. As a sequel to Persona 4, or even as a Persona game in general, it is really terrible in my opinion.
But the gameplay is extremely similar to Blazblue and Naoto is fucking badass.
I think basically, it's taken me a year and a half to divorce it from the actual Persona games.
No facade. I genuinely didn't like it.
I died
CrazyTank940
Member
snrk
Phantasmal Repose
Member
It's not as obscure as it used to be thanks to P4, but it's still somewhat obscure in the west. Not as obscure as SMT though.
Sorry it's been a little quiet from me art-wise lately, but I'm back with my newest (and biggest) piece yet!
I recently upgraded my Photoshop to the new CC version, and I wanted to do something special to break it in. The result is this:
"Mayonaka Melee"
I'm really happy with how this one came out, and I'm thinking about doing a set of HD wallpapers based on this "rivals" concept, so let me know if that's something you'd like to see.
(Oh, and pan-hime has a printed copy of this at its original size-- 18x24"! I had to scale it down a bit for posting online
Looks great!
StarSketch
Banned
-Insert green eggs and ham joke here-
We need more birthday-related page slaying, so I'm going to do my part.
Happy Birthday Caladrius
Thank you!
Shadow Hisano:
Went back and forth on whether she should be depicted as she was or as she would have been. I decided making her look young was more depressing, like her Shadow is tainting her fond memories, so I went with it.
This is quite lovely. I love the tragic air it has about it.
Nah, don't worry about it man. Sorry for coming off poorly
I know you were joking. I felt like a dick is all.
Aw yiss.
The worst thing you can do is give him a BrokeNCYDE CD when you get to EVO.
Phantasmal Repose
Member
Happy Birthday Caladrius!
Lord Scrambles
Member
H to the appy Birthday Cal
man there is a bunch of people here that have birthdays around this time of year!
man there is a bunch of people here that have birthdays around this time of year!