Mediking
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Hahaha nice, Joker.
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Hahaha nice, Joker.
kboyrulez12345
Neo Member
I mean, when you say 'relationships' do you mean just the bonding of the characters or love interests? Because from what I've seen of the spinoffs, they do the former just fine. (Correct me if I'm wrong though.)
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Mediking
Member
??? What do you mean?
ShadowSoldier89
Member
I mean both, the choices you do get to make (such as lovers routes) are clearly not carried, but even beyond that character growth in some of the characters were missed
Mechanically, they revert to their original personas instead of the SLink evolved ones
If you import a game from one to the next in Mass Effect or Dragon Age, it generally recognizes which character you romanced in the last even if it's usually just a comment or something of the effect.
Again, Persona isn't the only series this has been asked of, so no reason to respond with the immediate 'Get that waifu shit out of here!'.
kboyrulez12345
Neo Member
Well, I admit I have no experience with the spinoffs so I can't judge it for myself. While I have no problem if Atlus went the Bioware route, I question if doing that just for spinoffs is worth it. I wouldn't mind though.
This is some fallacious reasoning, to say the least.
The spinoffs do nothing but carry over Yu's developed relationship with his friends. When they don't outright spell it out through direct references to social links, it's conveyed through dialogue. There's a familiarity, and it's pretty obvious they're very close, but in a platonic sense. Don't even try to argue that they don't because that's disingenuous as fuck.
And fucking spare me dude with that persecution complex nonsense. I'm calling you out on wanting waifu pandering because that is exactly what you want. Only someone who is completely obsessed with that crap would ignore Yu's developed relationships and focus on the fact that he's "single."
kboyrulez12345
Neo Member
On the whole waifu thing, I don't mind it in particular, but it wouldn't bother me if they don't go carry over to spinoffs. I'm more interested in the how Persona 5 is gonna convey it's message. (Probably gonna beat us over the head with it isn't it? Pls Atlus have some subtlety.)
A Dead Diehard
Member
Besides, they left it vague enough that the player could draw their own conclusions, no?
Mass Effect and Dragon Age let you import decisions from past games into later ones, either through direct save import, or building a world state through a cloud program.
Mediking
Member
Ohhh!!! Well, I tried to do the waifu defense thing before and it didn't go so well so now I hardly talk about it... learned my lesson...
Education system is heavily flawed BUT one of Joker's friends will actually benefit from it. That's my prediction.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
you cant even enjoy games having choice based relationship building without psychotic overreactions from people who want to argue who is the best waifu, or people who view it as the biggest blight on video games
Mediking
Member
Welcome to the tug of war situation of recent Fire Emblem games.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
I was already there
Mediking
Member
Oh, well... on a much happier subject... the game does look super good and incredible!!!
Kinda
They do enough pandering for fanboys who live for that sort of thing, so I don't get the complaints.
A Dead Diehard
Member
It's always good to see the player given some agency in an RPG.
Morning Star
Member
Completely forgot there was a stream today. On the upside I get to consume this new footage/info as I like and not through the IV drip that is Atlus streams.
Oh...the main dish's tomorrow. (As in the July 19 livestream event at the museum). Today's just a Persona Stalker Club stream with some new footage.
The transition to the 2D AoA images is really nice. MC's and Makoto's crit attacks are super slick, too.
Anne looks really bland. Also Futaba is super short. Slightly concerned that she's Rise 2, also.
Not quite sold on the battle theme yet. Seems to be quite quiet until the chorus.
Fishing actually looks pretty good.
Anne looks really bland. Also Futaba is super short. Slightly concerned that she's Rise 2, also.
Not quite sold on the battle theme yet. Seems to be quite quiet until the chorus.
Fishing actually looks pretty good.
StarSketch
Banned
In what sense, hat she does too much as a support, that she's going to end up being super clingy.....?
A Dead Diehard
Member
I'm guessing the former, cause if it was the latter it would've been Aigis 3.0
Serious talk, doesn't Aeon Arcana imply "true female protagonist" recently? Like, they are usually more involved in the protagonist's story than other characters.
And that is a problem because......
Glad to get a glimpse of the battle theme without been talked over.
Those battle clips make me hard everyone and everything look awesome.
Gotta love Morgana crashing into the camera in one of the after battle animations lol.
I would say she is the Fuuka equivalent, also short,navigator and good with computers.
Doesn't like dealing with people maybe? Don't see the Rise comparison unless she is secretly an idol.
A Dead Diehard
Member
I'm okay with that interpretation. Though I guess "Heroine" would be a better designation, given the SMT roots.
I can see where you're coming from, but I doubt she'll be as... persistent as Rise was.
What other characters are you hoping they turn out to not be?
Reanimatoin
Member
Or.....and bare with me here.....they could all be their OWN CHARACTERS!
It's insane to think, I know, but imagine!
It's insane to think, I know, but imagine!
Ryuji and Anne are the only characters who seem to fit roles filled by past characters, I think.
I'm starting to believe that Anne is intentionally bland. Her cut-in is so ... normal compared to others. They all look crazy or angry, but Anne's is pretty much a P4 cut-in from a different angle.
CrimsonFist
Member
They're all normal compared to Yuusuke
Makoto's could give his competition.
A Dead Diehard
Member
In all fairness, the spinoffs haven't inspired confidence in their current character writing skills.
Nah, Makoto looks like she's about to wreck some face, Yusuke looks like he straight-up snapped.
Did the voice acting seem super inconsistent to anyone else? As in not even there half the time. I thought that they said it would be fully voiced a few months ago. You would think that stuff would be finalised by now, & if Japan ain't getting full VA then what hope do we have.
Everything else looks great though.
Everything else looks great though.
In all honesty i simply can not take more of the P4 cast. There was a limit on how much you can get out of the same characters that are stuck in one time frame through spin-offs.
New characters, angrier characters should be a source of more exciting character developement.
Nenilein seems to be translating some of the scenes for those interested in the dialogue. The maid one was actually pretty funny.
http://nenilein.tumblr.com/
http://nenilein.tumblr.com/
Morning Star
Member
Before the softening of the protagonist's expressions he looked just as unhinged in what became his finisher portrait.
A Dead Diehard
Member
That was after they got the real Phantom to do it, after Sho got fired from his body-double stint.
CrimsonFist
Member
I like the reading on a train mechanic.
the_sun_king
Member
The scene with Futaba warmed me up to her character a lot. And Ryuuji is gonna be my bro.
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A Dead Diehard
Member
So it begins... -_-
Futaba: Alright! One day you and I are gonna marathon a whole season of something that isnt SciFi in my room together! Be ready!
Sounds like a good date to me.
the_sun_king
Member
Yup, that's what did it for me, too.