I think that only MC will be able to switch.
Summoning personas is tied to the masks and only MC's mask is generic looking. Masks of other party members more or less resemble their personas.
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Persona Community Thread |OT8| Coming Winter 2014
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A Dead Diehard
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You make it sound like it would be easy.
I forget every single time. Though I wonder if AI control will even be an option in 5...
This is a small personal wish, but in P5 I really want an option to default new party members to direct control. It's like getting a gift then someone else unwrapping and playing with it before you get a chance. It happens infrequently enough that I forget to change them to direct control before the new member's first battle.
I dunno. The shape is completely different, it only covers the eyes and I think horns should also be represented in some way. Well, those black outline-eyelash-things might represent Arsene's eyes. Maybe it's a generic mask with a bit of Arsene thrown into
I wonder if persona's evolution will also cause their thief outfits and masks to change.
Dissonant is the perfect word. I found that incredibly frustrating, and just kept thinking, "Okay, they wouldn't just have this super obvious television in plain view if it wasn't going to be a part of this interrogation." And then it just... isn't. It was really weird.
Part of it might just be sour grapes because the first time through i was expecting Dojima to join up with the party at the end; at least to save Nanako. He could have had such a badass Persona. Ah well, c'est la vie.
It's such an ingrained and innate part of humanity, that I think any resolution other than something like what they went with would come across as too easy, though. Different strokes for different folks, of course, but the idea of changing the ending so that everyone can hang out at the mall and get coffee again just seems kind of bleh. It had impact already, why undercut that?
Aadrian1234
Banned
If they do something they better do it good. I don't want a half-assed (P3 ending and very late-game Persona 4 spoilers)
"YAY HE'S BACK" like they did with Nanako. The whole scene is so much less significant now because of her revival
And suddenly Ultimax's ending is somewhat bearable
In the animation during the (mid-game p4 spoilers)
Shadow Mitsuo fight, Yosuke comments saying "How many Personas has that guy been piling up?" right after Yu summons Yamata no Orochi
Again, it would have to be done extremely well for me to like it. (p3 ending spoilers)
I first wanted it because of how much I projected, and felt like part of me did die when the P3MC died, but a revival would just harm the themes, which i have come to appreciate more and more as time goes on
A Dead Diehard
Member
The default option in Persona 4 is the direct party control, as you can't beat the game otherwise
No it isn't, but it's definitely the best one.
Nope. Unless you've got a
persona with Traesto on hand, maybe? I planned on swapping up my party, but all my original items (including GOHO-Ms) were gone.
So you have to stay in the dungeon the entire time? Damn, I was hoping to get a save in or something.
I think the developers sorta intended it to be the default option. The game is balanced around it. It's just a weird decision to have the actual default be tactics *shrug*
If I recall correctly. That entire dungeon is about brute-forcing your way through, but the boss is pretty easy considering how beat up you get going through it.
you get items specifically from the dungeon to use to escape and come back. Though it's kind of pointless to leave up until the final floor.
pretty sure an item drops in dungeon for leaving. sacred branch if remember correctly.
Yes I agree with you, all of you pretty much. But the storyline would have had much more of an impact than what we got with Persona Q/Arena. I wouldnt change a thing with P3 and FES pretty much made it concrete but if they are going to continue using these characters they would have to do something with the fate of MC eventually.
That's exactly what they were going for.
They explicitly wanted the player to vicariously experience death through the protagonist. They did this because death is something that everyone will experience one day, and they wanted the player to gain something from a pseudo death. The idea is that you spend all of P3 going out and forming connections with all of these characters and making your own choices, and it's not too dissimilar from real life. At one point, you will die, hence why it's best to make the most out of life. Whether that's through indulging in a passion, spending time with loved ones, doing what you want, etc. Live life to the fullest, because remember you will die. That's why the ending of P3 is so resonant and powerful. It wonderfully integrates the main theme into the player experience by making you experience "death", and i'll be damned if some zero-ambition, poorly written spinoff game undoes that to appease fanboys.
A Dead Diehard
Member
Interesting. If that's the case, I didn't come across it. :/
Inquisitive_Ghost
Member
I wanted so badly to haul him into a television and force him onto the Investigation Team, haha.
And I'm quoting this because this guy gets it.
CrimsonFist
Member
Guys, Dojima could never have gotten a Persona. Adults can't have them after all. Didn't any of you watch the super canon and important Trinity Souls? It's all explained there.
A Dead Diehard
Member
I dunno... it did turn Akihiko into a washed-up has-been. So it's got that going for it.
So much more marketable that way. Persona Who? Eternal Punish-what?
Inquisitive_Ghost
Member
I've never watched Trinity Soul, and I've never seen anything but hate for it, lol.
properpropaganda
Member
Why does Fuuka need to call Makoto to hang out when they live in the same building? Lazy ass.
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
It's a trainwreck. A hilarious trainwreck, but a trainwreck nonetheless. Probably one of the worst animes I have ever watched.
Inquisitive_Ghost
Member
snow in jamaica
Member
P4:
adachi is now retconned
speaking of,
i like how four people disappear and/or die after he's assigned to them and he isn't questioned for it
A Dead Diehard
Member
Wasn't he only assigned to the first two victims? Seeing as how they're the only ones who died, your point still stands
EDIT:
By
Mitsuru
Rise
properpropaganda
Member
No he was
assigned Saki, Namatame and Mitsuru. He just went up to Yamano at the Amagi Inn to try and get some. But he was assigned Namatame waaaaaaay before he went missing or was considered a suspect.
If I recall correctly.
Aadrian1234
Banned
Oh, i definitely get it. I have said the same exact thing, i understand P3's themes very well.
(P3 ending spoilers)
Do you know that "...what do i do now?" feeling? That was me with P3's ending. I literally did not know what to do afterwards. I felt dead inside for quite some time.
It's the exact reason i don't want him to come back anymore, but i hate how Elizabeth's quest doesn't have a definite ending
It's the exact reason i don't want him to come back anymore, but i hate how Elizabeth's quest doesn't have a definite ending
A Dead Diehard
Member
In all honesty, I think
never addressing it again
CrimsonFist
Member
Just going back to a conversation we had a few days ago regarding the P4D bluray: In PV1 said to contain a Persona 5 Long Movie, but by PV2, it was just "packed to the brim with special footage." That first one doesn't really line up with what it actually contained, so it's possible that plans were changed at some point before PV2.
Yeah.
I'm cool with just knowing Elizabeth and maybe Aigis will do what they can to save/help him which in their lifetimes means a LONG time.
Like they plan to put the anime / ova in there ... but thanks to the delay they decided leave it for later....
A Dead Diehard
Member
Not to mention that if Atlus are good boys and leave P3 and P4 the hell alone after P5 comes out, we're free to think up whatever we individually want.
Inquisitive_Ghost
Member
Hey, PersonaGAF.
Have a Phantom.
Love, Inquisitive_Ghost.
Have a Phantom.
Love, Inquisitive_Ghost.
snow in jamaica
Member
I misremembered what happened with Misuzu Hiiragi and thought she was killed too. Adachi pushed in Mayumi Yamano, Saki, and Mitsuo. The former two died and the latter disappeared.
KenjiGlove
Banned
Wow, awesome!
Holy shit, that is fucking awesome. So cool!
This looks really good, thanks for sharing.
properpropaganda
Member
Any one know where I can find a larger, sharper version of this:
Benzychenz
Member
Man now that I'm wrapping up my Golden platinum I'm itching to replay P3, but I can't bring myself to play the stripped down Portable, or the outdated (lack of party control etc) FES.
I need a definitive edition on Vita or PS4 Atlus! ;_;
I need a definitive edition on Vita or PS4 Atlus! ;_;
Inquisitive_Ghost
Member
Much love to you all.
Thanks; so do I. Which sounds like a weird thing to say, but I hated the way I drew stuff--especially people--for years, so I'm glad I've finally landed in a place I can be proud of.
A Dead Diehard
Member
Hey, I didn't say it was likely.
Meh. The spinoff characters have pretty much all been good except for Sho, and he pretty much hits all the Sue marks.
Hi Persona-Gaf, long time lurker first time poster.
Thank god they didn't approve my neogaf account a week or so ago. That sure seems like a fast way to get banned on my first day.
Even though I was 100% convinced that there was no way that P5 would come out this year it still hurts dammit!
Guess I can find the time to finish PQ & Ultimax in the long wait ahead now?
Oh also!
Thank god they didn't approve my neogaf account a week or so ago. That sure seems like a fast way to get banned on my first day.
RIP 2015 release
Even though I was 100% convinced that there was no way that P5 would come out this year it still hurts dammit!
Guess I can find the time to finish PQ & Ultimax in the long wait ahead now?
But I'd rather just be playing P5
Oh also!
Marie is no worse a character than Ken, Fukka, Koromaru or Yukiko.