No thread for this? Really? A big new Atlus JRPG IP?
Well, whatevs. I'm playing the demo now and enjoying it so far. It's nice to see something properly new from the Persona team after so long. Also, there had better be dating in this game, because I want Strohl's babies.
Anyone else planning to keep on with this from day one?
I actually think they removed romance which is so wild to me. Atlus are cool with romance when you are playing school children, but romance in a fantasy setting with adult characters? They said "no thank you"
You'd think I'd have had enough Atlus having replayed P5R, P4G, and P3R for the first time over the past 12 months. But, nope! However, I am on the fence for day one. I've been looking forward to it for what feels like forever. I think it looks so interesting stylistically and I'm eager to play an Atlus game outside of the world of a student.
@Ralizah Yeah, @Pizzamorg is right, there's no romance in this so you're out of luck there! While I'm not bothered about the loss (says the person who spent calculated time romancing Makoto Niijima, Yukiko Amagi, and Yukari Takeba. Yukari is definitely my pick one!) it is a fun little aside in the Persona games.
It does seem a bit ... odd when you put it like that @Pizzamorg ! There does seem to be a bit of a student romance obsession with Japan, but it's not my culture so I have no judgement. Just keep making awesome games, Atlus!
Doesn't surprise me one bit that the game with underage females is the one with a romance option.
Oh well. They can't stop me from shipping my protagonist with other characters!
This really does just feel like an SMT spinoff, doesn't it? LOL This is way more like what I imagined a "SMT x Fire Emblem" would be like. Specifically, Three Houses, which also felt like "okay, Fire Emblem, but what if Persona also?" Has the same mix of aliased visuals alongside gorgeous portrait art and anime cutscenes as that game. And, tbh, main guy looks like a bottom version of Byleth.
@Ralizah I'm not going to pretend to understand everything you said. It was a little double dutch at first, but after some focused Googling, I can't say i disagree with any of it. And I learned some new terms! 😅
@Malaise Ohh, about SMT x Fire Emblem? Yeah, Atlus pitched a crossover between Shin Megami Tensei and Nintendo's series. Both have a reputation for dark themes, serious fantasy storylines, and hardcore difficulty, so people were imagining something pretty rad.
Wow, yeah. The top trailer, brief (and presumably fan made?) as it is, oozes cool. The bottom is uh, well, it's unashamedly Japanese. 😅 And I'm still intrigued. I admire them so much for just doing things their own way.
@Malaise lol I was originally gonna say he was the uke version of Byleth, but I didn't want people having to google yaoi terminology. Guess that didn't work out like I planned.
That's the dumb thing. That first one was a professional teaser from Nintendo and (presumably) Atlus. It really helped establish expectations. Then, yeah, turns out you're playing music idols in modern Japan, and everything is bright and colorful and fairly cringe, lol. The fan backlash was pretty severe.
I actually liked Tokyo Mirage Sessions, enough that I own it on both Wii U and Switch. It had a unique battle system and some really cool songs done in collaboration, as I recall, a company that produces J-pop stars. Absolutely a unique experience. But as someone who watched the whole saga unfold first-hand, I also understand why people were disappointed.
@Ralizah Hoooh booooyyy, you're killing me with curiosity. 😅
Oh wow, that was an official teaser? Seeing why people were disappointed is an understatement. Lol
Anyway, you'll be disappointed in me to find out my resolve has collapsed like a chocolate fireguard and I'm now the meek owner of a Metaphor Refantazio pre-order. Now I've bought it through the app, I need to get an Internet provider to hook me up so I can play it at launch, since I've been out for over a month. Lol
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