Precise--Rhythm Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 I'm beginning to understand why some of the old-school smt fans didn't care for the more anime, story-focused, j-pop flavor of the Persona series after Persona 2. Many of my confidants are coming at me, talking to me about their hopes and dreams, and I really couldn't care less. One exception is Yosuke, who actually had some interesting insights into the struggle of reconciling one's ideals with our harsh human condition. Does anyone not care about the majority of your confidants and wish that the focus of Persona 5 would have been on combat and exploration with only very light story elements? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceIsDandy Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 (edited) Everybody is someone else's confidant Edited May 8, 2017 by SpaceIsDandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowxSakura Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 If you want combat and exploration as the main focus, you're playing the wrong genre. Aside from a couple of the confidants, I think they were written way better than the social links in persona 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise--Rhythm Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 1 minute ago, SnowxSakura said: If you want combat and exploration as the main focus, you're playing the wrong genre. Aside from a couple of the confidants, I think they were written way better than the social links in persona 4 The wrong genre? The one that smt pioneered, you mean, with old dungeon grinders like Persona 1 and 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 1 minute ago, Zozobobo57 said: The wrong genre? The one that smt pioneered, you mean, with old dungeon grinders like Persona 1 and 2? You know that Persona isn't a Shin Megami Tensei series but just a spin-off series, right? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowxSakura Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Zozobobo57 said: The wrong genre? The one that smt pioneered, you mean, with old dungeon grinders like Persona 1 and 2? If you don't like the changes, you can always play the mainline SMT titles, they're still dungeon crawlers(the story is still the main focus just like persona 1 and 2) edit: Also, no one is forcing you to spend time with the confidants, you can go in the dungeons instead as much as you like Edited May 8, 2017 by SnowxSakura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise--Rhythm Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 Just now, Lucas said: You know that Persona isn't a Shin Megami Tensei series but just a spin-off series, right? And? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 1 minute ago, Zozobobo57 said: And? Why is it so weird to you that some SMT fans don't care about these games then if they are signifcantly different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise--Rhythm Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 Just now, Lucas said: Why is it so weird to you that some SMT fans don't care about these games then if they are signifcantly different? It's not weird, I'm just beginning to understand the complaint smt fans had after p1 and 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowxSakura Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 1 minute ago, Zozobobo57 said: It's not weird, I'm just beginning to understand the complaint smt fans had after p1 and 2. They stopped complaining once Shin Megami Tensei IV came out. There's nothing wrong with persona becoming more narrative driven to differentiate itself from the mainline SMT series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon-Archon Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Nope, I care about progressing the Confidants, as that fleshes out the characters and also unlocks perks. Though Caroline and Justine don't seem to change at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starcrunch061 Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Zozobobo57 said: I'm beginning to understand why some of the old-school smt fans didn't care for the more anime, story-focused, j-pop flavor of the Persona series after Persona 2. Many of my confidants are coming at me, talking to me about their hopes and dreams, and I really couldn't care less. One exception is Yosuke, who actually had some interesting insights into the struggle of reconciling one's ideals with our harsh human condition. Does anyone not care about the majority of your confidants and wish that the focus of Persona 5 would have been on combat and exploration with only very light story elements? I like both sides of the story. It's hard for me to compare the different eras of Persona, because localization is so much better now. I mean, it's hard to get excited about a game with silly quips like, "The goodness of a woman is not in her bra!". If the older titles were paid the localization attention that newer titles are, I might be inclined to agree with you, but as it currently is, i like the latter titles better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Zozobobo57 said: Does anyone not care about the majority of your confidants and wish that the focus of Persona 5 would have been on combat and exploration with only very light story elements? Nope, I want my waifus, I could care less about combat 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbuu3 Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 2 hours ago, SnowxSakura said: If you want combat and exploration as the main focus, you're playing the wrong genre. Aside from a couple of the confidants, I think they were written way better than the social links in persona 4 When you are talking about genres this would fall under JRPG and there's plenty of genres that don't have stories like that. I think you mean series and in that case you're completely right Persona is very well known to be exactly what TC is complaining about and should likely avoid the series if he's not into it. Mainline SMT games do focus on combat and exploration. I wish Lucifer's call came to PS2 classics that game was my fave SMT game, wouldn't mind giving some of the others a shot too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlchen007 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 I think it's too much shitty talk, in the end I skipped most of the confidents dialogues. Just my opinion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaehyun1009 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 (edited) But this game is a Jewish prayer service where you hand out talismans to your Jewish brothers and sisters, this a grueling work but noble work Get to work, brother/sister Edited May 11, 2017 by jaehyun1009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z1MZUM Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 I'm skipping allot of the text in this game and admit that at the time I found it difficult to like Persona 3 with the social links in the day, It definitely caught on though and I did care about the social links in 3 and 4. The conversation in p5 though are a bit meh, specially shogi girl and fortune teller, Goro is a bit of a knob as well so he gets fast forward. In the end they've tried to make P5 darker like 1 and 2 or any of the smt games adding the opposition dialogue to catch your personas as well. A very ambitious release and as an smt and persona fan it's a little confusing, I honestly don't care about %50 of the confidants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 10 hours ago, Z1MZUM said: I'm skipping allot of the text in this game and admit that at the time I found it difficult to like Persona 3 with the social links in the day, It definitely caught on though and I did care about the social links in 3 and 4. The conversation in p5 though are a bit meh, specially shogi girl and fortune teller, Goro is a bit of a knob as well so he gets fast forward. In the end they've tried to make P5 darker like 1 and 2 or any of the smt games adding the opposition dialogue to catch your personas as well. A very ambitious release and as an smt and persona fan it's a little confusing, I honestly don't care about %50 of the confidants. That's because you did not heed my warnings and played with improper voices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undead Wolf Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Nope, I definitely didn't have this problem. There are lots of great Confidants in this game. Sure, there's a few that are rather meh, but it was the same with P3 and P4. I cared about the vast majority of them and I was interested to reach the conclusion of their story. You know they did something right when I was tearing up as I said my goodbyes to everyone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 4 hours ago, Undead Wolf said: as I said my goodbyes to everyone. Who wouldn't be if they had to say sayonara to Futaba (Also, Navi :P) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undead Wolf Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 5 minutes ago, Satoshi Ookami said: Who wouldn't be if they had to say sayonara to Futaba (Also, Navi :P) People who have no taste. Oracle or Navi? Which sounds better? Hmmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertz Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 13 minutes ago, Undead Wolf said: People who have no taste. Oracle or Navi? Which sounds better? Hmmmm... You are welcome Octopus sounds better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaehyun1009 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 (edited) On 5/18/2017 at 10:41 AM, Undead Wolf said: People who have no taste. Oracle or Navi? Which sounds better? Hmmmm... Should've been alibaba Edited May 22, 2017 by jaehyun1009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Ookami Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 11 hours ago, jaehyun1009 said: Should've been Inb4 Medjed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaehyun1009 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 3 hours ago, Satoshi Ookami said: Inb4 Reveal hidden contents Medjed Medjed is the name of the group though. Alibaba is the individual a.k.a. your loli(?) waifu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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