Japan @ the 2017 GOTY Awards
Japan coming back is legit the best thing that has happened this gen.
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Persona 5 gets 10/10 in first English version review
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Japan coming back is legit the best thing that has happened this gen.
the_sun_king
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P4 spoilerish talk:
To be fair, it was probably a little less suspect with Romi Park as the seiyuu in the Japanese version as she's voice a lot of young male characters before.
I think if any game can unseat the BOTW metacritic throne, or at least come the closest to it, it's this one. P4G got 93, and I've been reading so many impressions on here about how it tops the other entries in the series. It has been an insane start to the year, but as soon as this releases I'm dropping everything else.
MaximumSpider
Banned
Yup, Atlus USA messed up there. Thiugh iirc they fixed their mistake in the anime adaption dub
Not even a little.
P5 is just about as far removed as it could physically be. Whole new plot with a whole new cast.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
I'm new to the whole Persona thing, I just started playing 4G a month ago, but I've gotten obsessed. The anime is on Hulu, and if they got the same person for the show as they did for the game, it makes a bit more sense.
They didn't hide it well in the American VO, though. I didn't actually realize they were trying to hide it until everyone was all weird about Kanji going out with a boy.
They didn't hide it well in the American VO, though. I didn't actually realize they were trying to hide it until everyone was all weird about Kanji going out with a boy.
Coolbgdog12
Member
No. Let's not get carried away. P5 is not getting a 98. I'd guess a 91-94. I may be wrong though
Plus Xenoblade Chronicles 2, the sequel to the best RPG on the Wii. Still have my doubts it's coming out this year but you never know.
Hence why I included "or at least come the closest to it"
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Deleted member 518609
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I would rather this discussion take place elsewhere. Partially because the people reading this thread likely don't want to hear things like this, and partially because it's incredibly limiting not being able to delve into specifics. I know it sounds condescending to say that you can't comment on the story because you don't speak the language, but from a lot of the stuff you're saying, I can't help but feel like that really is the reality of it.
This is a heavily visually stylized game, and at times while the visuals look incredibly cartoonish, there is a surprising amount of depth to what they represent, and with you only getting the visual side, I can see why you're making some of the assumptions that you are.
If you're still criticizing the story come April, while I'll probably still disagree - I'll at least respect your opinions as those of someone with proper knowledge of the game as a whole, but at the moment, I don't think you're in a position to call someone "insecure" for taking issue with some of the comments you're making on the story.
That's just my two cents at least.
Coolbgdog12
Member
I cackled. Not a huge fan of the series but I know my partner has been waiting forever for this, so I am beyond hyped for her.
Frozenprince
Banned
Regarding the voice actor discussion:
it's just something that is hard to translate from a traditional Seiyuu where women playing young men is a fairly common occurrence to the American audience where it's not. It was always going to be hard to do and I think they overall did a passable job at making it at least believable that the characters would not know, even if you can tell right away.
This makes me so happy
Let's hope for an update that hads the protagonist's of Ni no kuni 2 and Fire emblem echos.
TheMrPliskin
Member
I think it's about Persona 3.
I mean, journalism as a whole needs a revamp. It's so full of hypocrisy and contradictions; many articles legitimately appear to be satirical.
Son Of Sparda
Member
Wow, really disagree. The story deals with a lot of real world issues facing Japanese society (and elsewhere) that you don't see in the previous games in the series. I agree this is probably a discussion for another time though
Frozenprince
Banned
I understand it's not technically out in Western countries, but using future tense to refer to something that's existed and does exist and can be played right now, is weird.
TatteredHat
Member
Haven't finished it yet, but it feels easier to exploit if you were so inclined. I'd say it's probably a bit easier on normal. It's been a while since I last played P4G though...
LowParry
Member
I think the better question is, are dungeons more fun that P4? Or is it another easy mode playthrough just to get the boring dungeon out of the way.
Whompa02
Member
Absolutely no chance, at all, will this game dethrone a Zelda game.
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Deleted member 518609
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They are so much better it's not even funny.
Dungeons are far more fun than in the previous games, and they are more meaty than in the previous entries, as they were actually designed this time instead of just being randomized.
Raven117
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I mean...come on....While FFXV may have ended be marginally surprising in terms "better than most people thought it would be"
The beginning of 2017 is really showing just how far behind Final Fantasy is in design.
Yakuza 0 (Crazy Story)
Nioh (butter smooth combat and refining of the "souls" formula)
Horizon Zero Dawn (Great combat in an open world and grahical powerhouse)
Zelda Breath of the Wild (Execution and "special sauce" of Nintendo and brings interaction to an open world RPG to another level)
Nier Automata: Unflicnhing in creativity and story.
FFXV...quite simply...isn't any of those things. It was a game that probably should have come out in 2011 or 2012,,,,but by todays standards...As just shown above...gaming, might be starting to take another big step.
The beginning of 2017 is really showing just how far behind Final Fantasy is in design.
Yakuza 0 (Crazy Story)
Nioh (butter smooth combat and refining of the "souls" formula)
Horizon Zero Dawn (Great combat in an open world and grahical powerhouse)
Zelda Breath of the Wild (Execution and "special sauce" of Nintendo and brings interaction to an open world RPG to another level)
Nier Automata: Unflicnhing in creativity and story.
FFXV...quite simply...isn't any of those things. It was a game that probably should have come out in 2011 or 2012,,,,but by todays standards...As just shown above...gaming, might be starting to take another big step.
sublimit
Banned
Well that's good news to me since i got stuck (hopefully temporarily) at a certain boss in P4G.
They actually designed the dungeons this time.
TheMrPliskin
Member
The dungeons make the dungeons from P3/4 look like a joke, it's impressive how much they improved in this area.
OrbitalBeard
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Coolbgdog12
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Absolutely the best part of the game are the dungeons. They're actually dungeons.
It's a lot harder. P4G nerfed P4's difficulty a lot. P5 brings back the old one-turns game overs of previous SMT games.
Infinitely better. Not even worth comparing. P5's dungeons are largely tremendous.
While I generally got through P4G pretty easily, I actually got stuck pretty late in P5 on normal, because I just didn't want to do much dungeon crawling outside of what was needed. I had to lower the difficulty in the end, but if you put some time into the dungeon crawling and not just try to rush through all dungeons, you should be fine.
Uno Venova
Banned
Wha exactly is the cause of Japan's comeback?
Magicpaint
Member
Damn. This likely means it already surpasses P3/4 for me. I consider the quality of dungeon crawling (pretty much a joke compared to SMT or EO) in both those games (and other Personas in fact) to be pretty significant flaws considering how much time you spend in them. I can't wait for P5.
SaniOYOYOY
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the real goty battle of 2017
rooting for nier
well at this point anyone that just flat out said ffxv sux is probably just trollin/didnt play the game. almost everyone i know that actually played it said that it was good game with story problem
SamuelSupreme
Banned
klabautermann
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Don't think they really went anywhere. I just think there was a market shift to western games and western games really put out some quality stuff while the Japanese flavor wasn't as sought after outside of Japan for a bit. I think they've put out some pretty quality stuff that flew under the radar the past decade and a half.
Edit: Also as SolidSnakex mentioned below me, the handheld market is HUGE in Japan so a lot of their best efforts went to the PSP and 3/DS.
LifeBrandRobot
Member
Oh please, you know very well that 2B is a robot and doesn't count as a girl.
My wife thinks this game will change the dynamic of our relationship because I've talked about my need of it for years and she doesn't know how I will be when I finally have it in my hands. My most anticipated game in years despite finally playing the last guardian and now going through breath of the wild.
SolidSnakex
Member
They really haven't comeback as they never really left. The big difference is that there's a renewed focus on consoles now, while last generation we saw a good chunk of Japanese games move to handhelds.
SinCityAssassin
Member
Now that's more like it.
Ain't no party like a GOTY party.
TatteredHat
Member
Consider a typical well designed dungeon level, and now add persona style flair on top of that. There, you now have P5 dungeons. Gone are the repetitive linear hallways of P4.
klabautermann
Member
Same here with my girlfriend. Always been my favorite series and it's been my most anticipated game since I started dating her. I basically warned her that I probably won't be getting up to do anything once this drops until I beat it.
Frozenprince
Banned
Desperation. The need to pump out quality to Western markets or die
victreeb3l
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Japan @ the 2017 GOTY Awards
This is awesome.
So many games to play. Ill be busy basically every month playing it seems like!
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