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Persona Community Thread |OT5| Pull up a chair! [NO PQ OR P4U SPOILERS!]
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Didn't they originally sell it with a number of extras that you'd normally see in a collector's edition and whatnot? At least for the first print (though I'm not sure they lowered the price for later prints).
EDIT: Quickly found this.
Not really. It came with a small-ish book (EDIT: Okay, 176 pages isn't that small. Most of it is the guide though I think? Not much art) and like a five-track CD.
More like a first edition thing than a collector's edition.
Well, that's what I meant by it being some of that sort of stuff. No full on collector's edition, but enough for the initial justification of a $10 price increase.
The difference is that normally those CDs are free.
How much of the book is on the art and design? I've never actually watched a video of it.
I guess it's similar to the Tales Day 1 Editions.
I think it was more like they didn't think localizing it was justifiable with the amount of sales they expected unless they sold it for $50. They threw in some decent extras to make the $10 more palatable. I think they were banking on the loyal fanbase being willing to pay $10 extra to make sure more games in the series come over.
cj_iwakura
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The OST barely has any music from IV, only the main theme. It's kind of pathetic.
I imported the real thing.
The Jakyou/Cathedral theme on live organ is a thing of beauty though.
I imported the real thing.
The Jakyou/Cathedral theme on live organ is a thing of beauty though.
It paid off well for them, being one of their best selling RPGs.
Perhaps, but it's certainly a lot better than the good one.
Eh, that's about how often I play it, I think.
Red The Hunter
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The CD that came with IV is just meh at best, barring the last track which is just awesome, with it being a 9 and a half minute live organ rendition of Cathedral of Shadows theme(Which was pretty much a last minute thing that was added).
The other is just eh it alright, baring maybe the first two track which I have to wonder why they put them on the CD, because they're not so different from the SNES or PS1 versions, really besides them being done on real instruments.
Prelude 1 (SMT I Theme)
Prelude 2 (SMT II Theme)
Prelude 3 (SMT III:Nocturne
Hallucination 1 (Law Theme)
Hallucination 2 (Chaos Theme)
Overture
Sdds IV(SMT IV theme)
Reincarnation (Cathedral of Shadows Live Organ) (This is really the only one I recommend from that CD)
The other is just eh it alright, baring maybe the first two track which I have to wonder why they put them on the CD, because they're not so different from the SNES or PS1 versions, really besides them being done on real instruments.
Prelude 1 (SMT I Theme)
Prelude 2 (SMT II Theme)
Prelude 3 (SMT III:Nocturne
Hallucination 1 (Law Theme)
Hallucination 2 (Chaos Theme)
Overture
Sdds IV(SMT IV theme)
Reincarnation (Cathedral of Shadows Live Organ) (This is really the only one I recommend from that CD)
LelouchViBritannia
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Didn't you get that with Arena?
Nah, that was just a small rearranged soundtrack with 6 tracks.
Red The Hunter
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Nope, that's a completely different CD, this is the official game soundtrack , the one that came with Arena is a remixed sample CD of various character themes in the game.
LelouchViBritannia
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Ahhhhhhhhhh.
Persona 2 Deep 4 Me
Oh, a demon immune to elemental magic? Okay, just let me adjust my gambi
CURSED NAME
CURSED NAME
CURSE YOU FUCKIN' NAME BITCH
I mean, it's not like this dungeon was stupid long, or like we'd long ago lost all of our healing items, or like we aren't completely reliant on leveling up to heal us at this point, oh no, go ahead and instakill party members at your leisure. I welcome it, it heals my party members of status ailments for which I no longer have restorative items because holy fuck how do I get poisoned 80 fucking times in the space of 2 dungeons?
Anyway,
Oh, a demon immune to elemental magic? Okay, just let me adjust my gambi
CURSED NAME
CURSED NAME
CURSE YOU FUCKIN' NAME BITCH
I mean, it's not like this dungeon was stupid long, or like we'd long ago lost all of our healing items, or like we aren't completely reliant on leveling up to heal us at this point, oh no, go ahead and instakill party members at your leisure. I welcome it, it heals my party members of status ailments for which I no longer have restorative items because holy fuck how do I get poisoned 80 fucking times in the space of 2 dungeons?
Anyway,
I haven't finished the scene yet cuz the batteries died, but oh boy now we Hitler on a SPACESHIP.
So let me tell y'all about Spring of Birth.
Okay, aside from poor subs in some places (the above image will never stop being funny to me) it was actually a pretty solid adaptation of P3. There's a few liberties taken here and there with the main character's personality, events of the plot, and so on but it all felt like the majority of changes were for the better.
Animation was simply BEAUTIFUL. Some of those fight scenes are amazingly smooth and reach eye-candy levels of awesomeness. I was a little worried that the introduction of weapons into the movies would make combat flow awkwardly on-screen, but they obviously knew what they were doing and proved me super-duper wrong.
The movie actually did a better job of making me care about Fuuka than the game did, too. Towards the end it gets a little "after-school special" with her story, but other than that it was handled shockingly well.
I honestly wasn't expecting much because I thought both P4 The Animation and DeSu 2 The Animation were complete piles of garbage, but man I'm so glad that I was proven wrong. Not the best movie, but the fact that it's DECENT is good enough for me. I wouldn't say it's worth the $60, but man is it worth the watch.
Okay, aside from poor subs in some places (the above image will never stop being funny to me) it was actually a pretty solid adaptation of P3. There's a few liberties taken here and there with the main character's personality, events of the plot, and so on but it all felt like the majority of changes were for the better.
Animation was simply BEAUTIFUL. Some of those fight scenes are amazingly smooth and reach eye-candy levels of awesomeness. I was a little worried that the introduction of weapons into the movies would make combat flow awkwardly on-screen, but they obviously knew what they were doing and proved me super-duper wrong.
Hell, the proper balance of armed combat vs using your Persona is a (very minor but still) thing brought up in the film itself.
The movie actually did a better job of making me care about Fuuka than the game did, too. Towards the end it gets a little "after-school special" with her story, but other than that it was handled shockingly well.
I honestly wasn't expecting much because I thought both P4 The Animation and DeSu 2 The Animation were complete piles of garbage, but man I'm so glad that I was proven wrong. Not the best movie, but the fact that it's DECENT is good enough for me. I wouldn't say it's worth the $60, but man is it worth the watch.
DryEyeRelief
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If I ever do New Game+, I'll have to pick music over drama.
these are pretty hype
JoseOle5990
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Thanks for the impressions, Rasen. I'm pleased to hear that it isn't complete garbage lol
Now, to wait for the localized dub version.
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Now, to wait for the localized dub version.
;_;
See? I told you guys. Her Rank 8 is great. I felt that.
Yep, Ayane's link was fine. Everyone has problems, some are very different from others. It's nice to see Ayane really grow through her link. It's not as drastic as some others, but it doesn't *have* to be. Imagine if every link was full of the drama that some of the character's had?
I never got around to finishing either Sun link in my two P4 playthroughs. Maybe one day I'll do NG+ and finally finish Ayane. I didn't get that far, but I did like it felt fairly small-scale. Especially compared to the more dramatic... Drama.
LelouchViBritannia
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Love the Yukiko remix
Chet Rippo
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If it ain't animegao porn, you haven't seen anything yet.
MiguelMexMIstery
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Man those are amazing! And Marie seems to have bubblegum or food in her mouth in almost every picture of her in the game lol
I expect things to look similar to Persona 3 and 4 but smoother and more detailed.
Were you struggling with those creepy bug nazis? Because yeah, screw those things. You'll be struggling with them for the entire game. Fortunately, Tatsuya's ultimate Persona mows them down pretty quickly.
Oh yeah, be sure to hit Satomi Tadashi for some restorative items (including SP healing items). You should be able to buy a ton at this point.
Her social link was generally pretty good, just beware of her romance route (should you choose to pursue it) because it's so explicit it borders on the creepy.
clearer versions of some PQ pre-order illustrations
These ones are goddamn amazing
Trust me, the minute I get the fuck out of Nazi Mayan Japanese Tomorrowland-Adventureland crossover yaoi fanfic time, the first thing I'm doing is going to the nearest Satomi Tadashi and spending every last yen I have on Dis-Poisons.
SloaneRisette
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Yeah I really like that style but I also hope for less loading screens in stuff like when leaving the classroom and entering the school.not that it was annoying in the first place but it would a nice plus.
DryEyeRelief
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That's a good question.
I'm actually not expecting that much. I think it was said that P5 was originally planned for portable but then they decided it would be better to have the game on consoles, right? The scope of the game probably isn't much different than P4 and P3.
I'm fine with that though. Persona with Catherine presentation, lets go
Give me a town the size of Mikage-Cho or Sumaru, but instead of a map, lemme just walk all around it. If I need to quick travel put a bus in town and I'll take that. In many ways Inaba felt like a good town, but if you could just make it feel full on like a city in that way it'd be so much the better.
sucker
I know Hashino said this himself, but this is always a comment that struck me as the weirdest among anything that they've said about Persona 5. It's hard for me to envision such a reality since it was announced for PS3, but I always thought the game would be on a console regardless. The reason he gave for them finally deciding on the PS3 seems a bit nebulous, too.
I guess the Vita might have been a fairly capable platform for P5 to debut on (the 3DS was always a ridiculous prospect, though). Either way, I think it will undoubtedly be their biggest game yet. Wonder if it's also the game they've spent the most time actively developing.
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