Persona Five

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Who else is really excited for the latest installment of this series? I loved P3, but P4 was a bit of a letdown, tbh. The "people getting thrown in the TV" shit was just too absurd for me, for starters. Teddie was by far the most annoying character, too. Really hoping Atlus atones with 5.

MovesLikeJagger wrote:Btw, how is Persona 4 Arena?? I dunno if I wanna rent it via Gamefly, tbqh. I mean, it is a fighting game primarily, is it not? Straight fighting games without a comprehensive storyline don't really tickle my fancy, so to speak. I've heard that there is something of a "story mode", but is it all that comprehensive or interesting? Or is it pretty much the same as other fighting games' "story modes", like, say, Tekken or Dead or Alive?

If you've ever played "Blazblue" then the story mode is pretty similar to that. The story itself is written as an epilogue to P4. It is a fighting game though, but it's very fun because they made it an easier fighting system for RPG players to be able to play along with the pros. Overall, it's worth at least a try so you can see if you want to buy it because it's a lot of fun... unless you're online because people spam auto-combos.

Hm... Well, I didn't really care for Blazblue, but what I'd really like to know is- how interactive is the story mode in P4A? The story mode's not all that interactive or open-ended... is it? I'd imagine it's not nearly as interactive as the original Persona 4, but maybe Atlus has a few surprises up its sleeve here!

I think what I liked most about the Persona games was the open-endedness w/ regards to things like Social Links and the interactivity. Without that, I'm not sure I'd be all that enticed.

MovesLikeJagger wrote:Btw, how is Persona 4 Arena?? I dunno if I wanna rent it via Gamefly, tbqh. I mean, it is a fighting game primarily, is it not? Straight fighting games without a comprehensive storyline don't really tickle my fancy, so to speak. I've heard that there is something of a "story mode", but is it all that comprehensive or interesting? Or is it pretty much the same as other fighting games' "story modes", like, say, Tekken or Dead or Alive?

The story mode takes about 36 hours to complete, It is actually really good and it sets up for the next Persona game

EDIT: I quoted the wrong post

MovesLikeJagger wrote:Hm... Well, I didn't really care for Blazblue, but what I'd really like to know is- how interactive is the story mode in P4A? The story mode's not all that interactive or open-ended... is it? I'd imagine it's not nearly as interactive as the original Persona 4, but maybe Atlus has a few surprises up its sleeve here!

I think what I liked most about the Persona games was the open-endedness w/ regards to things like Social Links and the interactivity. Without that, I'm not sure I'd be all that enticed.

there isn't a real "Open-endedness" in the game because overall, it's a fighting game and not really another of their RPGs. You still can make some decisions, but as Evil Fefe said, it's kinda hinting towards the next persona.

Evil Fefe wrote:

MovesLikeJagger wrote:Btw, how is Persona 4 Arena?? I dunno if I wanna rent it via Gamefly, tbqh. I mean, it is a fighting game primarily, is it not? Straight fighting games without a comprehensive storyline don't really tickle my fancy, so to speak. I've heard that there is something of a "story mode", but is it all that comprehensive or interesting? Or is it pretty much the same as other fighting games' "story modes", like, say, Tekken or Dead or Alive?

The story mode takes about 36 hours to complete, It is actually really good and it sets up for the next Persona game

EDIT: I quoted the wrong post

Is that so?