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Persona Community Thread |OT7| P5 is nyaow. (Mark all PQ and P4U spoilers!)
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I hope so ....
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Even persona 1 has a vocal theme.
edit: wait, I think I'm mixing up the PSP remake.
edit: wait, I think I'm mixing up the PSP remake.
Jawmuncher
Member
Gotta get that figure money.
ScraftyDevil
Banned
That's an oddly feminine name for a male cat though, especially since its namesake was a female sorcerer.
Yeah, female cats are way more delicate than male cats.
It could also be that the humanoid form is the "true one", and the cat form is just a sort of disguise, at least that's what I think.
Aadrian1234
Banned
I really liked the bigger casts, but that's my opinion.
Regarding what exactly the P5 cast "turns into" during their dungeon-ing and combat, i think they are just becoming their shadow selves, which i believe will be their "phantoms", and in turn, their Personas. They become more confident, cocky, and feel and act badass. During class and the train, the MC seems confined to himself, but back with his buddies he looks relaxed and confident.
And the discussion if they are "good" or "bad". I think they are fighting for a morally justifiable cause, but still delinquents. They are fighting for what they think is right, and that may include a couple illegal acts, and overstepping rules, but the outcome is still for the greater good.
I still don't know what to believe as the overall theme of P5, but i'm leaning towards them fighting against society's oppression, as the most believable theme so far
Regarding what exactly the P5 cast "turns into" during their dungeon-ing and combat, i think they are just becoming their shadow selves, which i believe will be their "phantoms", and in turn, their Personas. They become more confident, cocky, and feel and act badass. During class and the train, the MC seems confined to himself, but back with his buddies he looks relaxed and confident.
And the discussion if they are "good" or "bad". I think they are fighting for a morally justifiable cause, but still delinquents. They are fighting for what they think is right, and that may include a couple illegal acts, and overstepping rules, but the outcome is still for the greater good.
I still don't know what to believe as the overall theme of P5, but i'm leaning towards them fighting against society's oppression, as the most believable theme so far
hipsterpants
Member
the most important question in P5 is how terrible the hot springs scene will be.
Er, I'm not trying to say that's what should be the case, but that's probably how they'd treat the issue.
Unless you're actually not trying to deride me.
With one girl (or maybe two if the cat counts) i not expect to much.
They going to make a school trip to Inaba this time... maybe the Phantom steals something from Junes hahahaahaha
In two years we can expect Persona 6 (like p3/P4 case ) lol .. dont mind that last one.
A Dead Diehard
Member
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been replaced by a shadow imposter!
Are you a bad enough dude to emancipate the PM?
GamingBird
Member
i hope there is a sempai character. 
YES I AM A MEMBER. i have become the sempai
YES I AM A MEMBER. i have become the sempai
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Regarding the whole 7 deadly sins thing, seeing that a casino is seen in the beginning maybe the sins represents the dungeon themes? With casino being greed.
Sounds plausible.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
For me Morgana's mascot form is totatlly devoid of any female trait you could add to her. Thats why before knowing its name I thought it was male. But then i heard Morgana and, yep, thats totally a female cat (witch) name.
But who knows right now.
I always treat that fish character from the Gumball cartoon as a female because of its design (and the old spanish voice), and its definetly male.
Aadrian1234
Banned
Most likely. Still has no name too.
Hope it stays that way. Both P3 and P4 made it easy to project yourself in the protagonist, i would like it to stay with that formula.
Go one step further: Something inside the "dungeons" represent a sin, and it's what the characters need to steal for reasons.
Likely mute, but the main character's already talked way more than any of the Persona protagonists had until their expanded media releases came out.
Random thought because I read too much of the TV Tropes WMG pages again
If our protagonists are supposed to be a bunch of criminals, do you guys think there'll be a possibility of a sympathetic law enforcement officer or something going against the party? If only just to emphasize that the team isn't entirely in the right or something.
If our protagonists are supposed to be a bunch of criminals, do you guys think there'll be a possibility of a sympathetic law enforcement officer or something going against the party? If only just to emphasize that the team isn't entirely in the right or something.
Vox Chaotica
Member
As some of you know, I went to see Persona Super Live the other day, and here I shall write about my experience therein.
I left at around 1 PM JST in order to get my place in line for the merchant booth. Unfortunately, everyone else did the same thing. The entire experience cost me around three hours worth of time, as well as extensive back pain and frostbite as I had to stand in the snow/rain. When I finally got to the front, half of the merch was sold out so I could only purchase:
-4 t-shirts
-2 Lotus Juice CDs
-One of everything else that wasn't sold out
I couldn't get any capsule toys, because the doors opened the second I was finished, so I went to the arena where I was given a tote bag with swag exclusive to Premium ticket holders:
The concert itself was amazing, opening up with the P4D video leading to Dance!, and new arrangements of prior Persona music. There was a segment where Lotus Juice brought out a cardboard cutout of Tanaka, and had the audience sing JIKA NET TANAKA while his head was in the cardboard cutout. There was also a segment of comedic banter which lead to Shoji Meguro being crowned "the most kawaii". Later on the five chairs appeared, exploded, and everyone became super heroes in Persona 5.
After the concert, they were passing these posters out which had more information about Persona 5 on the inside, but I can't read it ;__;
I also got these autographs, so SUCK IT TURBO NERDS
I left at around 1 PM JST in order to get my place in line for the merchant booth. Unfortunately, everyone else did the same thing. The entire experience cost me around three hours worth of time, as well as extensive back pain and frostbite as I had to stand in the snow/rain. When I finally got to the front, half of the merch was sold out so I could only purchase:
-4 t-shirts
-2 Lotus Juice CDs
-One of everything else that wasn't sold out
I couldn't get any capsule toys, because the doors opened the second I was finished, so I went to the arena where I was given a tote bag with swag exclusive to Premium ticket holders:
The concert itself was amazing, opening up with the P4D video leading to Dance!, and new arrangements of prior Persona music. There was a segment where Lotus Juice brought out a cardboard cutout of Tanaka, and had the audience sing JIKA NET TANAKA while his head was in the cardboard cutout. There was also a segment of comedic banter which lead to Shoji Meguro being crowned "the most kawaii". Later on the five chairs appeared, exploded, and everyone became super heroes in Persona 5.
After the concert, they were passing these posters out which had more information about Persona 5 on the inside, but I can't read it ;__;
I also got these autographs, so SUCK IT TURBO NERDS
Or what about an even worse criminal gang involving corrupted cops? 0_0
Glasses exudes way too much personality, and combined with that he's leading multiple lives, one of them being "criminal", I don't see why or how he can be a "self-insert".
I'm not expecting him to be fully voiced or anything, but at this point, he's just way too developed already.
I'm not expecting him to be fully voiced or anything, but at this point, he's just way too developed already.
Inevitable cultural trip to Inaba results in getting bored and doing some petty larceny only to be caught by that one high school girl's cop dad.
So, should Dancing work on PSTV?
Rather interesting trailer. It's interesting that some of my hopes/predictions/whatever actually did make it in and the final product is completely different than expected. For some reason I expected the game would have a bit more of a survival horror focus but this looks interesting.
So some interesting possibilities on gameplay or potential content based on what we know:
1) Given the occupations of these guys and the theme of breaking away from chains, we might get expanded out of combat/dungeon crawling gameplay? Maybe something more like Bully where you have a decent amount of stuff to do and optional content. If so, then the way time blocks work will almost certainly change.
2) Bit of sneaking and platforming for some more interactivity with the dungeons and the enemies seem to be present. Maybe they might implement traps or bait or something to lure shadows? It could possibly weaken them before a fight? That could be neat but I'm not expecting it.
3) I predict the calendar system will almost certainly change and as such, the structure of the dungeon crawling to socializing distribution will change too.
4) Given the gradual reintroduction of multiple/shared personas in the party in Q and the melee/ranged weapons and demon shadows in the trailer, we'll probably get a bit more of the older mechanics. Probably not negotiation but I'm guessing characters will probably be able to equip multiple personas. I don't know if they'll do it like PQ or if they'll do a revised form of P1/P2's but it would be cool. If the cast is small, it's certainly more likely.
5) I get a Mad Men/Great Gatsby feel for some reason. It's probably the building silhouettes and the way that one dungeon looked, I dunno. EDIT: Scratch that, I'm also getting a bit of a Clockwork Orange theme as well.
Gameplay speculation is a lot more interesting to me than story speculation since this is the meat and potatoes of a game. I dunno, what do you think might happen gameplay wise?
Probably a gang of rival criminals or street toughs or something. This does happen pretty often in this kind of setting and if I'm right, we'll probably see them get one in the yarbles.
So some interesting possibilities on gameplay or potential content based on what we know:
1) Given the occupations of these guys and the theme of breaking away from chains, we might get expanded out of combat/dungeon crawling gameplay? Maybe something more like Bully where you have a decent amount of stuff to do and optional content. If so, then the way time blocks work will almost certainly change.
2) Bit of sneaking and platforming for some more interactivity with the dungeons and the enemies seem to be present. Maybe they might implement traps or bait or something to lure shadows? It could possibly weaken them before a fight? That could be neat but I'm not expecting it.
3) I predict the calendar system will almost certainly change and as such, the structure of the dungeon crawling to socializing distribution will change too.
4) Given the gradual reintroduction of multiple/shared personas in the party in Q and the melee/ranged weapons and demon shadows in the trailer, we'll probably get a bit more of the older mechanics. Probably not negotiation but I'm guessing characters will probably be able to equip multiple personas. I don't know if they'll do it like PQ or if they'll do a revised form of P1/P2's but it would be cool. If the cast is small, it's certainly more likely.
5) I get a Mad Men/Great Gatsby feel for some reason. It's probably the building silhouettes and the way that one dungeon looked, I dunno. EDIT: Scratch that, I'm also getting a bit of a Clockwork Orange theme as well.
Gameplay speculation is a lot more interesting to me than story speculation since this is the meat and potatoes of a game. I dunno, what do you think might happen gameplay wise?
Probably a gang of rival criminals or street toughs or something. This does happen pretty often in this kind of setting and if I'm right, we'll probably see them get one in the yarbles.
I'm jealous that you really made it there. Looks like it was a "Super" experience huh? Those autographs >_<
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Go one step further: Something inside the "dungeons" represent a sin, and it's what the characters need to steal for reasons.
I have a feeling that Take your heart is alluding to that too.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
Just did this little test. Maybe the 7 sins/7 teamates theme is not that farfetched:
You can see that you can fit perfectly 7 character names inside the black area of the weapons menu.
I dont think the navigators of pass games were at the weapons menus, so maybe thats 8 characters in the team at the end of the day and the 7 sins thing is just another different thing inside the game. Or maybe theres no navigator at all. Who knows.
But yeah, the 4-5 characters in the team is not probably what is going to happen. So much unused space there would irk me as a designer with a huge black are of nothing.
You can see that you can fit perfectly 7 character names inside the black area of the weapons menu.
I dont think the navigators of pass games were at the weapons menus, so maybe thats 8 characters in the team at the end of the day and the 7 sins thing is just another different thing inside the game. Or maybe theres no navigator at all. Who knows.
But yeah, the 4-5 characters in the team is not probably what is going to happen. So much unused space there would irk me as a designer with a huge black are of nothing.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Not sure if this was pointed out before.
CAT BAG.
CAT BAG.
StarSketch
Banned
(Some of these images are mine, some are from the original post in the trailer thread. I apoligize for the poop quality on mine, college net sucks >.<)
So someone pointed out in the trailer thread that when Protag falls, there's a red circle around his feet.
I watched the video again, and noticed that it's not just when he falls but when he walks around too.
It could easily be an instrumental version of it, with that guitar riff being the melody of the vocals.
So someone pointed out in the trailer thread that when Protag falls, there's a red circle around his feet.
I watched the video again, and noticed that it's not just when he falls but when he walks around too.
It could easily be an instrumental version of it, with that guitar riff being the melody of the vocals.
Frozenprince
Banned
The game is basically a heist movie.
I might cry.
I might cry.
Blooddimond
Member
Any idea how amiami is with preorders? Kinda tempted for P4D but want to be able to cancel if localization is fast lol
Yeah, Persona 5 being about heists is a real surprise. This comment before the P5 reveal was dismissed at the time, but now I actually do think it'd be cool to have a level of planning when it came to how to execute a heist, through the home base at the café. Another idea in the P5 thread was that "Cooperation" (or S. Links) could have a vital role when it came to performing missions, with people you befriend potentially helping you in different ways throughout a heist (either voluntarily or unknowingly).
Cool concept. Persona 5 is so different than practically anyone could have envisioned, and I love it.
Once you preorder you're kind of locked into paying I think. You don't get charged right away, but yeah.
I am not a crook!
Also it goes to show it pays off when you have no real expectations; you'll very likely be pleasantly surprised.
Yep, like Meia said, you don't pay right away, but canceling is a headache and not something they do regularly.
I remember we joked about heists before the trailer happened and even went like "Grand Theft Persona".
And now it might actually be a thing...I LOVE IT!
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