Persona 5 Thread | "Let's call it a day and go to bed."

[Bebpo]

For ultimate weeaboo gameplay, apparently the main character's name in the manga is "Akira Kurusu."

wat.

Kurusu is a really oddly specific strange name.  Only place I've ever heard it is in Billy Bat.  Wonder if it's from that. 

What did you all/are you all naming your party?  Mine was PUNKS-IN-YOU

[FatalT]

For ultimate weeaboo gameplay, apparently the main character's name in the manga is "Akira Kurusu."

wat.

Kurusu is a really oddly specific strange name.  Only place I've ever heard it is in Billy Bat.  Wonder if it's from that. 

What did you all/are you all naming your party?  Mine was PUNKS-IN-YOU

I started nodding off mid-conversation and waking up to find that I had options in the conversation to select so I didn't make it that far. It's been a long day

[Trent Dole]

https://twitter.com/Unsomnus/status/849032335781703680

[MMaRsu]

For ultimate weeaboo gameplay, apparently the main character's name in the manga is "Akira Kurusu."

Exactly what I named him ^_^

[MMaRsu]

https://twitter.com/Unsomnus/status/849032335781703680

Haha lol

[demi]

Your Amazon.com order of "Persona 5 - PlayStation 4..." has shipped!

Arriving:
Wednesday, April 5

[fistfulofmetal]

Got my copy in hand.

[Mr. Nobody]

Expected Delivery
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Out For Delivery

 

[Human Snorenado]

Mine showed up 20 minutes ago, gonna get my weeb on

[bork]

Mine showed up 20 minutes ago, gonna get my weeb on

[demi]

https://twitter.com/Arbys/status/849275376962478082

[MMaRsu]

Congrats on everyone getting their copies!

[Mr. Nobody]

Arbys: We have the weeb? 

[tiesto]

We have the 肉

[Great Rumbler]

Joe's copy from Best Buy got here already through Fedex, but my Amazon copy through UPS is still in transit.

[Mr. Nobody]

Mine is still on UPS vehicle for delivery 

[Joe Molotov]

Joe's copy from Best Buy got here already through Fedex, but my Amazon copy through UPS is still in transit.

[Mr. Gundam]

The mail guy's truck is parked down the street, should have it soon.

[eleuin]

Winter 2014

My ultimate weeb edition is finally here

[Sho Nuff]

So is there a spunky tomboy type in this game to be my waifu???

[Boredfrom]

So AtlusUSA got again thrown under the bus by AtlusJP decisions about "NO STREAMING."

[Great Rumbler]

They're all kind of like that, aren't they? At least the previous two.

[Joe Molotov]

So is there a spunky tomboy type in this game to be my waifu???

[MMaRsu]

So is there a spunky tomboy type in this game to be my waifu???

Sorta, a punkish girl <3

[Joe Molotov]

Backup plan:

[MMaRsu]

Hmm id link to that instead of post it but I dont know how sensitive ppl are to spoilers

[Joe Molotov]

Is that a spoiler to something? I just saw it on a "11 Things You Need to Know Before Starting Persona 5" article.

[MMaRsu]

I dunno I went into this game blind so all characters surprised me :p.

[Mr. Nobody]

3 hours in and I can tell this will be a story far better than P4 

[Great Rumbler]

I'm coming for you, Kamoshida!

[Sho Nuff]

So is there a spunky tomboy type in this game to be my waifu???

Sorta, a punkish girl <3

GOOD ENUFF FOR SHO NUFF

[Great Rumbler]

So is there a spunky tomboy type in this game to be my waifu???

Sorta, a punkish girl <3

GOOD ENUFF FOR SHO NUFF

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[thisismyusername]

3 hours in and I can tell this will be a story far better than P4 

I'm already liking the cast far more than Persona 4.

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To be fair: I prefer Persona 3 in the "Nu"Persona trilogy so far. So anything is better than Persona 4 as far as I'm concerned.

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Also once you get around 4/15-ish in dates, the localization gets less bad. Why the opening is so bad is a complete mystery. Also holy hell is the "tutorial" long. I'm like 6 hours in and it's still explaining elements of the game to me. Atlus, I've already played Persona before: Let me blow through these tutorials and just blow through the days quickly so I can dungeon spelunk to Pokemon collect.

[eleuin]

I'm loving being able to be snarky all the time

[Human Snorenado]

Keeping a personal tradition, I have once again named the main character Turd Ferguson.

[Let's Cyber]

Around 7 hours in, they did a good job with the first villain. 

I hate his fucking guts. 

[Purple Filth]

Bought the Steel Book edition against my better judgement 

[MMaRsu]

When Ann gets her Persona 

One of the hypest moments I've had in a JRPG.

Yeah, and also the music when you go for the treasure

[a slime appears]

Goddamn this game is more Japanese than Yakuza 0. lol

[Joe Molotov]

The MC's persona transformation is badass.

[thisismyusername]

Finally, the game opens up around 4/18. It's still "on-rails" for that day, but you can at least choose how you want to spend your time then.

I'm trying to figure out the best way to keep SP up for dungeon-runs-in-one-go.  I really wish Atlus would let go of the "no, no, no! Don't grind so much!" mechanics. :'(

[bork]

The presentation is so fuckin' slick.

I want to play this real bad now, but NO.  It must stay shelved until I finish up some other stuff first.  Must...resist...

[Mr. Nobody]

Recruitment talks seem far less annoying than they were in 2 so far (thank GOD)

[FStop7]

This game's real good.

The tone is a lot darker than 4, isn't it?  It doesn't have the same cheeky humor.  The adults in 5 are straight up assholes.

The victory animation of your character running in endless circles cracks me up.

I just about jumped out of my chair and shouted "I WANNA ROCK" when Ryuji got his persona.

When Ann gets her Persona 

One of the hypest moments I've had in a JRPG.

All of the persona awakenings have been hype af. 

I wish it didn't take 9 years for these games to be made.

[Rahxephon91]

It took  years for this one to be made. Smaller teams, HD development, asset generation ect.

I don't think a Persona 6 will take as long.

[Bebpo]

Well from what I understand production stopped for 1-2 years because their publisher Index got arrested and went bankrupt, there was a sale and Sega picked them up, during which time no one at Atlus was getting paid, so the game was essentially frozen.

Otherwise probably would've come out in 2014-15.  You can tell they used the time to polish the game out though, as it's incredibly polished.

[Joe Molotov]

The presentation is so fuckin' slick.

I want to play this real bad now, but NO.  It must stay shelved until I finish up some other stuff first.  Must...resist...

What are you prioritizing over this, Senran Kagura Pantsu Pantsu Festival? Even as an unreconstructed waifu gamer and weeb, I smh at you, sir.

[Let's Cyber]

I wish it didn't take 9 years for these games to be made.

It took  years for this one to be made. Smaller teams, HD development, asset generation ect.

I don't think a Persona 6 will take as long.

Well from what I understand production stopped for 1-2 years because their publisher Index got arrested and went bankrupt, there was a sale and Sega picked them up, during which time no one at Atlus was getting paid, so the game was essentially frozen.

Otherwise probably would've come out in 2014-15.  You can tell they used the time to polish the game out though, as it's incredibly polished.

In Japan,

July 2006- Persona 3
April 2007- Persona 3: FES
July 2008- Persona 4
April 2011- Catherine

If they do plan on starting up on Persona 6 right away, they have the engine and assets ready to go a la Persona 4. I don't see any reason they couldn't put a new game out in a few years with relatively quick turnaround.

[bork]

I wish it didn't take 9 years for these games to be made.

It took  years for this one to be made. Smaller teams, HD development, asset generation ect.

I don't think a Persona 6 will take as long.

Well from what I understand production stopped for 1-2 years because their publisher Index got arrested and went bankrupt, there was a sale and Sega picked them up, during which time no one at Atlus was getting paid, so the game was essentially frozen.

Otherwise probably would've come out in 2014-15.  You can tell they used the time to polish the game out though, as it's incredibly polished.

In Japan,

July 2006- Persona 3
April 2007- Persona 3: FES
July 2008- Persona 4
April 2011- Catherine

If they do plan on starting up on Persona 6 right away, they have the engine and assets ready to go a la Persona 4. I don't see any reason they couldn't put a new game out in a few years with relatively quick turnaround.

And don't forget that as far as the Persona brand goes, there was also Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, Persona 4 Arena, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Persona Q, and Persona 4 Dancing All Night released over the last few years.  Not sure how much of the team behind the mainline Persona games worked on all that stuff, but even the Arena games had story modes that I'm sure they must have been a part of.

So if you slot those in:

2006- Persona 3
2007- Persona 3: FES
2008- Persona 4
2009- Persona 3 Portable
2011- Catherine
2012- Persona 4 Golden
2012- Persona 4 Arena
2013- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
2014- Persona Q
2015- Persona 4 Dancing All Night
2016- Persona 5

[Let's Cyber]

And don't forget that as far as the Persona brand goes, there was also Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, Persona 4 Arena, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Persona Q, and Persona 4 Dancing All Night released over the last few years.  Not sure how much of the team behind the mainline Persona games worked on all that stuff, but even the Arena games had story modes that I'm sure they must have been a part of.

Yeah, I have no idea who worked/how development on the portable titles worked so I tried to keep it to the trinity of Hashino directing, Soejima's art and Meguro's music.

My point was more that within that 2006 to 2011 period, they were fairly consistent. The big gap between Catherine and P5 was the oddity and due to circumstances outside of the dev team's control.

EDIT: I totally forgot they have Hashino working on a new IP.  :'(

[Mr. Nobody]

Meguro outdid himself on the soundtrack. Hasn't been a single tune I haven't liked yet.

[thisismyusername]

P4U was outsourced. Outside of like the Persona 4 scenario writer, I doubt Atlus had much influence in it. That was all Arc.

[Let's Cyber]

Meguro outdid himself on the soundtrack. Hasn't been a single tune I haven't liked yet.

Oh man, I agree. He has set an incredibly high bar for himself based on his past works and somehow surpassed it.

 

[thisismyusername]

Finally, the game opens up around 4/18. It's still "on-rails" for that day, but you can at least choose how you want to spend your time then.

I'm trying to figure out the best way to keep SP up for dungeon-runs-in-one-go.  I really wish Atlus would let go of the "no, no, no! Don't grind so much!" mechanics. :'(

Can you buy Chakra Drops anywhere?

Not that I'm aware of.

[Purple Filth]

The presentation is so fuckin' slick.

I want to play this real bad now, but NO.  It must stay shelved until I finish up some other stuff first.  Must...resist...

Do it 

[MMaRsu]

The presentation is so fuckin' slick.

I want to play this real bad now, but NO.  It must stay shelved until I finish up some other stuff first.  Must...resist...

Join us you know you want to

[Mr. Nobody]

Fusions 

I almost feel bad doing them now

[thisismyusername]

I almost feel bad doing them now

Except you get that sweet sweet EXP boost if you do S. Links.

[eleuin]

Finished the first arc, great stuff

Got 3/5 stats to level 2, think I fucked up not doing certain activities during rainy days

[Great Rumbler]

Beat the first dungeon on 4/21