DryEyeRelief
Member
Watch episodes 2, 6, 7 and 8. Discard the rest
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Persona Community Thread |OT7| P5 is nyaow. (Mark all PQ and P4U spoilers!)
- Thread starter Dantis
- Start date
- Status
Watch episodes 2, 6, 7 and 8. Discard the rest
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
A Dead Diehard
Member
CrimsonFist
Member
I feel like every time someone's predicted something like a Famitsu feature or a PV or something like that, it's been a week early. So going off precedent: the famitsu feature will be next week.
Although whenever they get around to updating the website properly, if there's no tease for Margaret then that could mean that PV3 will be this week instead, so more famitsu info would make sense to go along with that.
Also: Every PV so far has mentioned the Persona 5 bluray, so if PV3 follows that trend, I wonder if it might provide something new on that as well, like the cover or something.
Really? I might have to look into getting a code seeing as I'll be using a JP account to play it.
You mean June 11th by "next week," right? Wanna bet? Let's bet. It'll be the first avatar bet I win here.
Since I'm pretty sure there'll be a Famitsu update, though, the prospects of next Friday's update being a PV03 seems likely.
CrimsonFist
Member
I don't feel confident enough to take that bet, especially when my reasoning is based off previous predictions being bad. It does seem a bit soon after the last one, but possibility of PV3 this week makes me think that is could happen.
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
Is the bet between you guys or anyone of us?
I'm willing to bet anyone. I like bets.
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
Hmm. I like my avatar.
Silver Arrows
Banned
Give me the conditions.
CrimsonFist
Member
Ah, I figured there was a reason behind you being so confident.
The preview for the next Dengeki mentions a Dancing All Night feature: http://blog.hokanko-alt.com/archives/44913861.html
and Dengeki always gets it a week after Famitsu, so there would have to be one this week.
The preview for the next Dengeki mentions a Dancing All Night feature: http://blog.hokanko-alt.com/archives/44913861.html
and Dengeki always gets it a week after Famitsu, so there would have to be one this week.
Ha, damn. There's that, but I've also been made aware what that P4D feature will consist of. Basically, I actually know there's going to be a Famitsu update this Tuesday, heh.
Still wanna bet?
Silver Arrows
Banned
Absolutely. So in essence, we're betting on whether they'll be a P4D feature in next week's Famitsu?
Uh... sure. Tell me what you mean by "feature," though. If I can go with that, the avatar bet will be for the loser to don an avatar of my makingsince the impetus for this is on meuntil the release date for P4D. "Next week" specifically refers to the issue of Famitsu releasing on June 4th, 2015.
Silver Arrows
Banned
Anything, really. List of songs, whatever.
Let's say nothing new about the game itself was revealed, but information about the game's development was. Would that count?
Silver Arrows
Banned
That counts. So if nothing is revealed at all, I guess that is chalked up as a win for me then.
Heh... well, alright then. Your funeral. I'll PM you what the loser will be wearing in a bit.
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
Is it for a month?
Is there any reason to keep it a secret? Can you at least imply along the lines of what you've heard?
Makoto Yuki
Banned
Very specific episode selection, yet I still weary of watching.
Silver Arrows
Banned
Hi. This is actually my first post on Neogaf despite joining months ago (really shy). I've gotten into the Persona series kind of recently, and I've been looking for a community to discuss the series with. Excited for Persona 5 and Dancing All Night (well I got get a bigger Vita Memory card for that), but yeah. Nice to meet you all.
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
Thank you. I guess I should share my current Persona related experience so far and how I got into it. A friend of mine, recommended I watch the Persona 4 anime, so I did and I enjoyed it. So when I happened to get my Vita, everyone was really talking up Persona 4 Golden, so at some point during Winter 2013, I got it downloaded. Over the course of time I beat the game and really enjoyed it. I also really liked the Persona 3 Movies (the first one in particular I really liked since it gave a lot of screen time to my favorite Persona character).
Then at some point I got P3 FES off the PSN store, and really enjoyed it as well. It also houses my favorite character in the entire series. Fuuka Yamagishi. I really like her, and so far I don't see any future character ever usurping her as I really love her. I borrowed Persona 4 Arena from a friend, and liked it (I suck at traditional fighting games I admit, and would get clobbered by anyone remotely proficient). I played Ultimax, and I then got Persona Q for my 3DS and am currently playing through that now, and am excited for Persona 5. Sorry if this was a bit long winded.
A Dead Diehard
Member
I noticed you didn't mention liking Ultimax or Q.
In all seriousness, welcome to the thread. Hope you enjoy your stay
I noticed you didn't mention liking Ultimax or Q.
In all seriousness, welcome to the thread. Hope you enjoy your stay
Oh! Well I do actually. I think Ultimax is alright (though I still suck at traditional fighting games admittedly) and I'm actually enjoying Q. When I'm not busy with productive stuff, or playing my other systems, I really try to make some progress in that game. Thank you as well.
A Dead Diehard
Member
Productive stuff is good! I need to do more of it.
Reanimatoin
Member
Welcome to the madhouse!
It's quite rare to see someone name fuuka as their favourite character. It's not that people don't like her, hell, we had an art week dedicated to her, but it's unusal to see someone outright call her their favourite.
Quiz time for the newbie!
Favourite persona design?
Favourite song?
Favourite scene?
Favourite non party member?
Hype levels for P5?
I really do like Fuuka. She's such a selfless and respectable character who doesn't get much love in my opinion, compared to other characters. Not to say I don't like any other characters, I do, but she is definitely my favorite (Persona 3 Main protagonist being my second favorite). I elaborate more, but I don't want to bog it down with so many details.
Favorite Persona design. Well out of the main cast I say I'm really partial to Orpheus, but outside of them, I say Thor.
Favorite song? Tough one since the series has so many I really like. I say overall... I really like Memories of the School. It's such a calming (yet depressing song) to listen to. Just calms and relaxes you.
Favorite scene? Tough one. I'll think it over.
Favorite non party member? In terms of entertainment value, I thought Morooka was kind of ridiculous (but in a fun goofy way) but I wouldn't hang out with him. I say... Kou was kind of cool from P4. I could relate to his plight a lot, (though I'm sure I can relate to a lot of characters in the series). I generally like all the NPCs for the most part.
Very hyped. Among the top games I plan to buy this year. At the same time, I'm trying to keep my expectations in check, so I don't disappoint myself.
I like you.
Fuuka doesn't get a lot of love, but I don't think they handled her perfectly in P3 which caused a lot of that. She's kind of the only character that has something that really bothers her in her private life, but it's kept from the player completely, which I always found odd. They improved the characterization overall in P3P with the female route, but that still never really touched upon it, which I thought was a missed opportunity.
Sequence Six
Member
I'm not saying it was necessarily well done in this case but I like it when there are things like this in an RPG you just can't learn or accomplish socially. The aspect of the MC that's an ultra-magnetic personality that can get anyone to tell them their secrets is cool a lot of the time for the sake of learning about characters. But sometimes I like it when someone takes a step back and doesn't want to share. Makes the world feel more colorful in a way.
It's like in Danganronpa 2 where (social/Island Mode spoiler)
Peko won't fall for you, no matter what. She likes you, she appreciates you, but she's devoted to someone else. It makes the friendship, such as it is given the story limitations, feel a bit more believable.
-Lupin III
-"My Name Is" by Eminem
-The ending of The Parent Trap (1998)
-Kanji's mom
-5/10 it'll probably be an OK game
I like you.
Fuuka doesn't get a lot of love, but I don't think they handled her perfectly in P3 which caused a lot of that. She's kind of the only character that has something that really bothers her in her private life, but it's kept from the player completely, which I always found odd. They improved the characterization overall in P3P with the female route, but that still never really touched upon it, which I thought was a missed opportunity.
I definitely would love to learn more about her. I feel out of all the P3 Party Members, she gets the least amount of focus, which is upsetting personally, but it is what it is.
I also agree with this to a degree. I just wish more of the spin off material or outside media might elaborate a bit more on her. I really genuinely like the character, and I understand she's going to have less focus admittedly, compared to the other characters who are more popular then her.
The problem in general if we're referring to Persona is eventually the player finds out almost everything about what a character ticks. Junpei is one of the most guarded when it comes to what his problems actually are(funnily enough they're SO guarded that most players wind up disliking him because of it), but you do actually find out what his deal is. I mean, you had the Answer, which does the lion share of this job in terms of what makes someone tick, and Fuuka I think was the only one that didn't have a scene. Yes, her "scene" would have been what happened during the game anyway in all likelihood, but the game never touches upon her home life at all(only in some passing comments she makes that are never drawn attention to), and that's it.
Because of that, the major complaint against her is that she's kind of just there/bland. The only thing more annoying than an actual "bland" character is a character with framework to not be, but it's never built upon.
On another(unrelated) note, thinking back, it's somewhat interesting that P3 had moments where you weren't in the MC's shoes, and you were shown what another character was up to. Only really worth mentioning that outside of I think one scene(really early with Adachi and Dojima talking about the case), Persona 4 never does this at all. Not sure this was a positive change, though I guess I can see what they were going for.
Sequence Six
Member
Hmm, the funny thing is that reading this I realized that, yeah, I think of Fuuka as kind of bland. Nice, pleasant, welcome, but not super interesting. Even if they were intending to hold back part of her personality in order to enhance the rest I agree that they needed to better capitalize on what the set up.
I think for Persona 4 specifically it makes sense because they wanted to hide aspects of the mystery so that the player wouldn't have access to more information than the characters do. It's not the only way to tell a whodunnit but I think it works well enough here.
In general I do like splitting perspectives a bit more. It makes it easier to get insight on other characters so that the story doesn't have to fully revolve around the MC.
StarSketch
Banned
...I realized you're probably trolling, so now I'm sad
....Yes. I mean the park in question only sorta looks like a dick, but I guess it was enough.
Yeah, I know what you mean. The movies do a slightly better job of handling this, as Fuuka in the 2nd movie explains how her parents only care for her grades and don't even look at her (poor girl), while the game doesn't elaborate on this as much. I really wished they fleshed her out more.
I agree wholeheartedly with this. It's a shame that games like Q, Arena, and Ultimax didn't get the chance to expand on her character on this as much (though I was personally glad to see her still). Though if they do more spin offs, and if she's in them, they still have a chance to do so.
...I realized you're probably trolling, so now I'm sad
I mean, I am.
But not about The Parent Trap. It's probably not my favorite scene, but I do love the ending and the whole movie in general.
Little long in tooth though. Was on MTV yesterday and boy those commercials stretch it out to like three hours!
StarSketch
Banned
A Dead Diehard
Member
Oh, thank YHVH. I thought my brain was making stuff up again.
I wonder if I make the parental thing more than what it is because of cultural differences. Fuuka lives with her folks, and her folks are just fine to not know where she is for almost two weeks. That stands out as a LARGE warning sign, but it's glossed over so completely that I do just wonder if it's a cultural thing.
With her line in the second movie, would it be possible that her parents are so busy that they didn't even notice her gone for that long, cause that seems excessive too. Considering how much of P3 is "No one has a happy family life YAY!" Fuuka's story in that is completely glossed over. Her entire presence in P3 is just kind of odd with how she was handled.
I don't think so. Two weeks is very excessive. A week would be excessive. Even if they were that busy, surely they recognize their own daughter being gone for such a period of time. While I liked her Social Link, it could have been nice to have them delve into that part of her life more. What terrible parents. Poor Fuuka.
Aadrian1234
Banned
I probably would like Fuuka alot more if she had more character building. She mentions her problems with her family, but they never really surface at all.
A Dead Diehard
Member
I'm not sure if Fuuka's relationship with Natuski falls flat for me because of the dull acting or just due to hitting a patch of sub-par writing.
- Status