A Dead Diehard
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There's character gags to be sure, but they're not beaten into the dirt.
Whether the incoming spinoffs will do so is another matter...
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Persona Community Thread |OT9| SPOILER TAGS OR DIE
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There's character gags to be sure, but they're not beaten into the dirt.
Whether the incoming spinoffs will do so is another matter...
Of course they will. I fully expect the characters in P5 to be reduced to a single gimmick in future spin-offs so get ready for Ryuuji acting like a literal monkey.
It's a bit silly to expect the quality of the writing in the spin-offs to reflect that of a main game and vice-versa anyway. I wasn't worried about a dip in quality for P5 because of the spin-offs since I know they're lower effort in general, not to mention handled by different people. The kind of worries I had were related to P3 and 4 themselves, because following up two beloved games after 8 years of growing expectations is a major undertaking, and the fact that they appear to have succeeded is a relief. Now P6 is the one that'll have to deal with the pressure of one upping 3, 4 and 5.
Mediking
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Don't get me started on SMTIV's map. Lol
Hahahah wow.... really glad I'm playing P1 on Vita then.
Good. Eventually I am gonna pick up SMTIVA. I will.... just got some other games I wanna finish and play first.
I like the slower movement of the PS1 version for 3D dungeons, but yeah. The PSP version is an improvement in every area except the music. And lets not get started on which soundtrack is better. >_>;
Mediking
Member
Hahahahaha just how many songs are different between versions? And you got a point... I do feel like I'm sprinting in the 3D dungeons but I like them because I really did feel like I was in a hospital or school. That 1st person view is pretty nice.
All of them. Meguro composed the new soundtrack from scratch to give it a similar vibe to P3 and P4. IMO the original soundtrack fit the game much better than the new one.
CrimsonFist
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On the topic of the ost: Japanese players complained enough that they got the P1 DLC for P5 taken down because it included the PSP tracks rather than the PSX tracks.
Mediking
Member
Wait, what? Meguro was the director AND composer for P1, right? So the PSP version of P1 aka the Vita version came AFTER Persona 4's original release????
As someone who actually liked a fair deal of the P1P soundtrack compared to the original P1 soundtrack (everything on it sounds too ambient and game-y to me; not something I'd really listen to in my free time) this makes me sad.
I hope if they do release the DLC again, they'll at least give a choice between P1 Original and P1P versions.
Meguro was the director of the PSP version of Persona 1. I think Okada was the actual director.
wait really? That's incredibly stupid.
Not all of them. Persona 1 PSP is like 80% new tracks and 20% tracks from the original remixed. Most major themes are new tho, including all vocal songs.
CrimsonFist
Member
Yeah, that they'd take down that but not the P4 one for including TTMH over ROTTT.
(Vague datamined DLC:
Ok, there's actually a good reason for that track selection
Since we do have some artists in here:
Atlus is hosting an art contest to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Persona series on Pixiv. You can get your illustration published in a new book tentativly called "Persona series×pixiv illust collection". 10 people will also also recieve a Persona 5 themed poster signed by Soejima. The deadline to enter your artwork is October 31, 2016.
And unlike PSC's Morgana Contest you can also join the contest if you're not from Japan. If you win one of the prizes, you will have to give them a Japanese adress though so they can send the prize to you.
Atlus is hosting an art contest to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Persona series on Pixiv. You can get your illustration published in a new book tentativly called "Persona series×pixiv illust collection". 10 people will also also recieve a Persona 5 themed poster signed by Soejima. The deadline to enter your artwork is October 31, 2016.
And unlike PSC's Morgana Contest you can also join the contest if you're not from Japan. If you win one of the prizes, you will have to give them a Japanese adress though so they can send the prize to you.
Ludger Kresnik
Member
That sure is something. I hope they'll give us a choice between the two since the PSP OST has some bops.
snow in jamaica
Member
What a smart solution! Providing two whole alternative tracks sounds like strenuous work, so why not be spiteful about it/return the spite. Is this real?
CrimsonFist
Member
The actual reason given for taking it down was misleading advertising. The DLC pack name did imply that it would be based on the PSX version of the game (since the PSP version was released under a slightly different title), and it mentioned that they will be putting it back up at some point.
Yeah. Pretty sure this is it since I think it explicitly used the Persona 1 title for the PS1 that I don't think was the same for the PSP port.
CrimsonFist
Member
Right, I think it was Megami Ibunroku Persona for the PS1 version, and just Persona for the PSP version.
snow in jamaica
Member
Well, that's better.
I love that color, but it'll feel weird for me since I associate it with Saint's Row.
Down the street from me is a number of car dealers and one's got a car that's Third Street Saint's-purple and I think about it all the time.
That said, wouldn't mind.
When I picture it purple is the first color to come to mind, I think because of the Resident Evil 6 cover.
Funyarinpa
Member
A couple close friends decided to piss me off today by looking up P5 spoilers (they don't play Japanese games let alone Persona, but at least one of them said that the spoilers they read got them interested in the game, so there is that at least). Fucking pissed. They told me some supposedly vague shit but they did spoil a few things. For fuck's sake.
CrimsonFist
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ShadowSoldier89
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this was my reaction
Funyarinpa
Member
;_;
A Dead Diehard
Member
At least FeMC got half of a stage production.
Mediking
Member
Naoya looks super cool in this pic. I kinda want that as my avatar....
TurnipFritters
Member
I mean, I guess if you're willing to drop 800 yen on the ugly as h*ck St. Hermelin uniforms you're probably an Old School Fan.
Like, all lot of the other costume DLC I could see people buying just because they think it looks cool even if they haven't played the source material, but the P1 uniforms are ugly and ain't no one buying that unless they're a fan, and if they're a fan it's probably not because they jumped on board with the PSP version, you know?
Um... by the way, what's a Battle Jingle? All of the costumes list background music and battle jingles, and I'm not really sure what that refers to and it's not like I can look it up on youtube to see an example.
Hey, I like those uniforms! They're cute. >. >
the_sun_king
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Joker and P1 MC looking fab.
StarSketch
Banned
I think it's the battle results music?
A Dead Diehard
Member
Say what you will about changing the goofy character to a black guy, but his original hat was ugly as sin.
Since p6 will surely be even more grand than p5, im thinking purple
Lots of purple around here. For some reason I associate that color with P1, probably because of the PSP's cover and butterfly.
I'll stick with green though, protagonist squad is going to be a greenpeace-esque group fighting against big evil corporations that harm the planet, just to coincide with the FF VII Remake that will be releasing around the same time.
I'll stick with green though, protagonist squad is going to be a greenpeace-esque group fighting against big evil corporations that harm the planet, just to coincide with the FF VII Remake that will be releasing around the same time.
Lots of purple around here. For some reason I associate that color with P1, probably because of the PSP's cover and butterfly.
I'll stick with green though, protagonist squad is going to be a greenpeace-esque group fighting against big evil corporations that harm the planet, just to coincide with the FF VII Remake that will be releasing around the same time.
Well, p2 was also red until p5 came
On another note with the way you described p6, if p4 is compared with scoobydoo, p6 would be compare with captain planet ;p
Funyarinpa
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Green or royal purple seems to be the way to go. A darker shade of green, for sure, though.
Dragon1893
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I wonder if we can expect P1 and P2 music. Would be great.