Oh and uhhhhh.... Where is your avatar from???
That's a selfie I took this morning.
One of my fav PGAF memories was everyone at each other's throats because Persona 5 didn't get announced during that August 2013 Persona Music Fest thing.
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Persona Community Thread |OT8| Coming Winter 2014
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That's a selfie I took this morning.
One of my fav PGAF memories was everyone at each other's throats because Persona 5 didn't get announced during that August 2013 Persona Music Fest thing.
A Dead Diehard
Member
I feel old and sad now thanks to that memory. :|
We are looking for a concrete release date at this point.
CrimsonFist
Member
Atlus USA opening preorders is good enough. Not like they usually make a big deal of of their release date announcements.
Mediking
Member
Wow.... Nemissa is gorgeous. Is Soul Hackers worth picking up?
KoroEunectes
Member
We will see them & the P3 crew again when they start rolling out the spin-offs for P5.
I don't expect them to make another P4 centered spin-off like P4DAN but it could happen I guess.
MudoSkills
Volcano High Alumnus (Cum Laude)
I really enjoyed Soul Hackers. Akihiko is in it but he has different hair and says his name is Spooky for some reason.
StarSketch
Banned
Well, I totally expect one for Japan at this point. I was talking about the NA release.
Mediking
Member
My boy, Akihiko already had a identity crisis in Persona Q. Is he seriously going through this again in Soul Hackers?
oh misunderstood that
It's one of the best megaten games, so yes
If/when you play, make sure you tell your childhood friend that she's sexy
(you'll thank me later)
cj_iwakura
Member
Well he wanted to become a detective, it's the natural progression.
A Dead Diehard
Member
Mediking
Member
Heh. Thanks alot. I won't forget!
cj_iwakura
Member
You missed a great ending. Go finish it, we'll wait.
I probably never will tbh.
A Dead Diehard
Member
Snatched it up for later. Looks pretty good.
Jeez, now I remember my year-old copy of Record Breaker... :/
TheGeniusArcana
Member
Just grabbed it. Hopefully it won't join my increasingly large collection of games that I really love, but never finish.
Was watching over PV3, and some random things I noticed again. Putting these in spoilers.
Guy sees blood like red stuff on the train and freaks out goes to the same school as the protagonists.
At 4/16 in the red light district a movie theater, vending machine, bar or place that serves alcohol, some sort of place with a flower, and a place with two circular stacks can all be seen
At 4/19, a healing clinic, a shop, a cafe, a recycling place, another movie theater, a basketball court, and a few other places can be seen.
At 4/22, an archery range and statue can be seen
At 4/20 in the school a cafe + a place with a bread icon can be seen. As well as a vending machine
4/18 - Castle dungeon - Ann either joins or has joined already.
5/28 - Art Museum - Yusuke joins and his mentor is related to the dungeon somehow.
8/8 - Pyramid - Unknown girl joins or has joined already. Yusuke is in the party and can be seen running away from the Indiana Jones style trap.
9/28 - Sci-fi Dungeon
The dungeon where they do the all out attack appears to take place in the Pyramid? The Demons/Shadows/Personas are fairly decent level. Stats are noticeably lower than when they're fighting the boss later on tho so maybe it's the castle.
The ball the boss shoots says "Sumiko" on it as well as "Sarve"
The protesters are holding up signs that, according to Mystic, say "Accept your punishment!" and "Face your punishment from God!"
At 4/16 in the red light district a movie theater, vending machine, bar or place that serves alcohol, some sort of place with a flower, and a place with two circular stacks can all be seen
At 4/19, a healing clinic, a shop, a cafe, a recycling place, another movie theater, a basketball court, and a few other places can be seen.
At 4/22, an archery range and statue can be seen
At 4/20 in the school a cafe + a place with a bread icon can be seen. As well as a vending machine
4/18 - Castle dungeon - Ann either joins or has joined already.
5/28 - Art Museum - Yusuke joins and his mentor is related to the dungeon somehow.
8/8 - Pyramid - Unknown girl joins or has joined already. Yusuke is in the party and can be seen running away from the Indiana Jones style trap.
9/28 - Sci-fi Dungeon
The dungeon where they do the all out attack appears to take place in the Pyramid? The Demons/Shadows/Personas are fairly decent level. Stats are noticeably lower than when they're fighting the boss later on tho so maybe it's the castle.
The ball the boss shoots says "Sumiko" on it as well as "Sarve"
The protesters are holding up signs that, according to Mystic, say "Accept your punishment!" and "Face your punishment from God!"
I made this list for the dungeons awhile back. I'm assuming there are 2-3 missing dungeons. Only one extra one.
April:
Castle
Art Museum
July:?
August:
Desert Town/ Pyramid
Future-ish Looking area
November:
Casino
Also, (gameplay spoiler)
there might be some sort of system like the sub-Personas from Persona Q in play. The amount of SP everyone has is not consistent from screenshot to screenshot in PV3
Protagonist has 36 SP to Ryuji's 46 in the all out attack, but in the boss battle the protagonist has 132 to Ryuji's 111. Morgana and Ann have also swapped places slightly. Morgana has 50 SP and Ann has 66 in the all out attack, but Morgana has slightly more (140 to Ann's 139) in the boss battle.
Pretty sure that's different from how Persona 3/4 worked isn't it? HP and SP were consistent in those two games barring accessories.
Protagonist has 36 SP to Ryuji's 46 in the all out attack, but in the boss battle the protagonist has 132 to Ryuji's 111. Morgana and Ann have also swapped places slightly. Morgana has 50 SP and Ann has 66 in the all out attack, but Morgana has slightly more (140 to Ann's 139) in the boss battle.
Pretty sure that's different from how Persona 3/4 worked isn't it? HP and SP were consistent in those two games barring accessories.
Spectrasonic
Member
That's possible. Could also be due to a difference in level, which has evened out by the end of dungeon.
Maybe Protag and Morgana are the starting party at level 1, and Ryuji and Ann join later with a higher level?
Also, do we know why some days are colored differently?
I didn't notice that. Maybe blue means it's a normal day, and red means there is an active dungeon.
Scrooge McDuck
Member
Red means free day, probably? September 22th is the Shuubun Holiday in Japan.
Morning Star
Member
11/3 is also red in a screenshot. According to wikipedia that's Culture Day in Japan. You may be on to something.
As for the blue, we've seen 4/30 and 6/25 as well with that color. Along with 4/16 they're all Saturday. I don't think that's it though.
StarSketch
Banned
Red= holiday, Blue = weekend (oh but wait, Japanese schools aren't out on Saturday, right?) White = Schoolday?
cj_iwakura
Member
There's always time. You might wake up one day, starving for cyberpunk, and then Soul Hackers will be there. Waiting and beckoning..
I believe Saturdays are typically a half-day. Also a quick search tells me it varies from school to school if there are classes on Saturday (though I'm also seeing stuff from a few years back about "going back to a six day school week" stuff so maybe it has since changed).
We all know the inevitable delay on Cyberpunk 2077 is going to be fucking brutal.
Satsuya K.
Neo Member
Same for Persona 5 countdown, 43 hours left here for me. It's gonna be a long two days
It's only 29 more hours, though. Countdown is tied to your computer's clock, so it's wrong unless you're living in Japan's time zone.
Aadrian1234
Banned
I find it both good and bad that i found Persona so late. Good, cause i haven't gone through the wait everyone else has
Bad, cause i still want P3's era to be relevant since i haven't had as much time with them as everyone else has :<
If this actually happens then I want P5 in my hands right now
Bad, cause i still want P3's era to be relevant since i haven't had as much time with them as everyone else has :<
If this actually happens then I want P5 in my hands right now
Sub-Personas sounds like a great way to add further depth to the series, but haven't you spoken about how PQ handles that system poorly before?
DrunkShogun
Member
Same thought. Liked the idea because it would allow the default persona for mc stay relevant rather than swapping him out the first chance you get. less than 24 hours for the reveal.
MudoSkills
Volcano High Alumnus (Cum Laude)
I didn't mind it in Q because the roster was huge and a big part of it was putting all your favourites together, but the sub-persona system makes everyone viable in any situation. This would mean that any strategy behind putting your party together in P5 would fly out the window.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
I prefer "use the characters I want" over "use the characters I have to"
Let the strategy be in building the characters, not picking them. FFVII versus FF9
PQ failed by not distributing EXP and making grinding such a drag forcing you to either die of boredom grinding, or use the same characters the whole game.
CrimsonFist
Member
Yeah, I'd really like to see them keep using sub personas. It lets the starting ones remain relevant throughout the game, whilst giving a lot more customisation to party members than you had in 3 and 4. Would make sense if they were going to do more storywise with the initial Personas as well.
There's still some teammate diversity if you have an affinity system with sub personas, or if you make their fixed skills more significant too.
There's still some teammate diversity if you have an affinity system with sub personas, or if you make their fixed skills more significant too.
MudoSkills
Volcano High Alumnus (Cum Laude)
That would work really well actually. IDK if anyone has played it but wasn't that something they did with SMT IV Final in terms of skill inheritance?
It'd make sense for Ryuji to get more benefits from a sub phys build than to try and turn him into your main spellcaster.
CrimsonFist
Member
Yeah, in Final some skills are better on certain demons.
DrunkShogun
Member
Never forget:
Haven't seen footage since pvo3 and damn it, the game looks so good. I would be crushed if this gets delayed to 2017 because I've got nothing to play for the last half of the year
Cannon_Fodder
Member
I wonder when we can expect more in-depth discussion of rpg mechanics like teammate personas. I doubt that's the kind of thing they'd spend a lot of time on when they have a very public event like the Tokyo Tower takeover. Maybe Famitsu?
CrimsonFist
Member
They're taking over the second largest structure in the country and putting out newspaper adverts. It's not going to be for a delay to 2017.
CrimsonFist
Member
Famitsu usually goes into more detail than the events, and will probably have an interview too. There should be a feature next week, and we know that there will be a Dengeki one. So sounds likely, although I'm sure they won't reveal everything at once.
Martylepiaf
Member
Didn't they put ads on newspaper for Night of the Phantom ?
Spectrasonic
Member
Yup, the ad even featured a black-haired Sho.
