You need to play the Persona 2 duology. The actual gameplay is pretty bad, but storywise it is a masterpiece that blows all the other Persona games out of the water.
That's what I've heard. Gotta admit it's 1 that is holding me back. 1's story was pretty solid (manga is amazing) but the game felt like such a chore I was just burnt out on it.
Yeah, I'm one of those weirdos who will sometimes buy a game then just go months without playing it, so I do own it but still haven't actually sat down to play it. I think I was having trouble downloading it because my internet was acting weird at the time but maybe I'll finally try to play it sometime next month when I might actually have more time.
That's fair. If you'd rather not play it yourself, BuffMaister has some great cutscene compilations. Has almost all the dialogue (even the optional NPCs, but that can be skipped if it's not your thing). I dropped Persona 2: Innocent Sin halfway through and watched the compilation instead.
I totally feel you on that. I can preorder a game and when it arrives I don't play it for an entire year.
Thanks for that. I'll probably still give them a shot eventually but if I'm not feeling it I now know where to go. If you don't mind me asking why'd you drop Innocent Sin? I assume gameplay is still fairly grindy?
It's actually the opposite. The game is far too easy. You can beat the final boss with the starter Personas. Eternal Punishment is much better in that regard, fortunately, but the PSP port for it wasn't released in the West so you can only play it on the original PlayStation. Thank God for emulation.
really? I never really liked the gameplay in P3 and P4, because they are dumped versions of what you could find in Nocturne or Saturn's Devil Summoner games, that and the dungeons were just tedious, there was a clear narrative approach, but even so, it seemed ugly to me that they neglected the gameplay so much.
Me neither, for the reasons you mentioned. I mean, I can enjoy them for what they are, but what they are is inferior versions of other MegaTen game mechanics. Not a big fan of the social sim aspects either.
You disgust me.
No, there's no reason for that haha. Everyone has different tastes and if you enjoy the social sim mechanics that's great. I definitely agree that they can go on for far too long and the same goes for its dungeons. Modern Persona has a problem balancing the everyday life systems with the dungeon crawling, I think.
Nah, I just don't like the game that much in general, it's not that I have anything against the story in particular. I still prefer Persona 3 Portable by Minako, I liked her social link a lot and they made everything more consistent and believable in the end than with the male protagonist. I also really liked P5, it is the most balanced in my opinion, because now the gameplay is better distributed with the narrative and both influence each other.
Yes and no. It depends a lot on the game, the Devil Summoners do make a lot of emphasis on them but there is also Digital Devil Saga, where the protagonists transform into demons and you don't recruit or fuse, as our beat bosses or get data, they can get codes that give them new abilities of other demons, even the exclusive ones like Fires of Sinai or Death Flies, spin offs are very different from each other. Of course I'm talking about gameplay, in story they are very relevant because they act as their mythological incarnations... Most of the time, in Digital Devil Saga we simply talk about AIs and Humans who are inserted the information of these beings, very interesting in my opinion.
That's totally fine, everyone has their own tastes. I, for instance, really dislike Persona 5 for a multitude of reasons. I agree with you about Minako. As much as I like Minato/Makoto, she is the better character and protagonist. You haven't played Persona Q2, have you?
I understand the feeling, although I can say that with the entire Persona saga, the fans are simply istrionic, I remember there was a time when I couldn't use Minako's profile picture in FB groups because fights would break out just because of that. Canon discussions were just sad, no one even bothered to look at the entire franchise and then realize everything was canon 'cuz multiverse, everything was confirmed in PQ, that was dump. All because "my emo head canon is official!"
Oh yeah, I don't partake in Persona discussions anymore because of the rabid fans. It's a shame people are so close-minded and unwilling to have proper discussions without it turning into personal attacks and namecalling.
It's ironic they behave like the prototype of a nocturne-fanboy they criticize so much.
Well, it didn't help at all that the first two bosses were so disproportionate, Wendigo
Really. Not saying those don't exist as well, but the Persona fanboys have by far overtaken the stereotype they like to refer to when someone mentions SMT.
Oh shit, I'm sorry to hear that. I won't go on about it then.
I recently finished SMT V. Although I enjoyed it, the game felt very unfinished. Storylines came and went without finishing and the characters are just horrendously written. I won't spoil anything, but don't expect much with the game's writing.
As a huge fan of the first Soul Hackers, I'm really upset about what Soul Hackers 2 seems to be doing. In addition to the gameplay changes you mentioned, I really hate the new art style. It looks exactly like any other low-budget anime game and feels absolutely nothing like Megami Tensei, let alone like Soul Hackers.
When did Sonic appear in MegaTen? I vaguely remember a crossover in Dx2, is that what you're referring to?
SMT IV is definitely my favorite mainline as well. It's also got the best ending in all of MegaTen: The White ending.
Yeah that's what I've heard from others. I do enjoy SMT 4/As gameplay a bit more and the OST in SMT 5 is a bit of a downgrade.
Do you mean the one that's been recently announced ? It hate the art style too, it looks extremely bland and kinda like a pseudo persona game. The previous style had soul and good art with it.
It's unfortunate because I really love this franchise and want them to be the best they can be. When you've seen what masterpieces Atlus are capable of creating, it's a shame we have to settle for less. What makes it especially annoying is that many fans refuse to accept legitimate criticism and simply label you a "mindless hater" for speaking up about them. If I didn't care so much for this franchise and this company, I wouldn't be speaking up, I'd just stop buying their games.
Well, the Nocturne Fanboys are just edglords who only played Nocturne, the game whose most famous ending is "Fuck my friends and teacher, hey Luci where is the party?"
The Fiends being DLC just hurts me to the core. I really wanted to fight and use them in SMT V, but I refuse to give Atlus my money when they use such cheap tricks to get a quick buck.
I couldn't agree more. I love the entire MegaTen franchise and want every game and subseries to explore the franchise's themes and ideas in every way possible. It really is such a major shame that MegaTen fans are so close-minded when the games themselves have so many ideas and concepts worthy of discussion.
It hurts me that they don't have encounters as varied as in Nocturne, because each one hunted you in very different ways, they don't even have gruesome encounters like the Bels from Devil Survivor.
I didn't count Strange Jorney or SJ Redux since in the end they are not considered part of the mainline as far as I found out, but they were spectacular games, my SJ disturbed me as much as Digital Devil Saga made me melancholic.
I ended up looking up LDx2 on the fan wiki and it sounds mental. I usually avoid F2P mobile games like the plague but might bite and check this one out.
The game is fun, it has a good catalog of demons and several interesting collabs, the campaign is also entertaining. Something that should be noted is that the fusion system is still intact, so the gacha is more useful to get fussion-materials. It's so easy to get what you want.
Oh yes, I loved Tokyo Mirage Sessions and bought it twice (once for the Wii U and then the Switch port). It's one of my favorite MegaTen games, mechanically. I do however think it is the embodiment of wasted potential and I fully understand why people hate it so much. I myself hate what it stands for, but the game itself is really good.
Awesome! Hope you'll end up liking it. Feel free to ask any questions or recommendations on where to start.
TMS didn't mess with my expectations, it just confused me, I didn't understand why promote it as a crossover and let it sit for so long to present that. I was waiting for a Devil Survivor skin but I didn't care that much either, although I'm a big fan of both sagas, the idea of the crossover and its possible stories didn't interest me much. So with the fact that it went well in gameplay I was happy.
