Bad storytelling and characters.
>>712322296 (OP)The Ryuji death fakeout was fucking lame and immediately killed what little remaining interest in the game I had
>anime art
>3/4 of the game is cutscenes and or dialogue
>Renter dungeons is a gameplay feature
>Dungeons are typically Japanese lazy designs
>Weird Japanese highschool nostalgia
>Maybe the simplest jrpg fight system of all time
At least the music is banging, can't deny that
>>712322296 (OP)forget the story after the first dungeon
way too many cutscenes
kill god copout at the end
>>712322296 (OP)Shit game for retards
>>712322438nanako death fakeout was lamer
>>712322591Not a fake out because she actually fucking dies if you pick certain choices.
>>712322296 (OP)i disliked every single character
>>712322296 (OP)game can't live up to its own supposed ethical standards but sure loves to have the characters preach about them
characters have contradictory personalities because the main story is written like you never did the social links where they develop
can't smooch ryuji
late-game characters get shafted
makoto and futaba take over the story
the usual atlus remake shitwaifu in royal
>>712322296 (OP)>Name a flawCan't fuck Sao.
Character development
Ending
>>712322296 (OP)Half of the game is listening to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1owvnnHhPSI
>>712322296 (OP)The whole plot twist around Joker's "death" was ridiculous.
>>712323265>SaoSword art online isn't even relevant anymore so there's nothing to fuck.
>>712322296 (OP)pacing, music, story, combat, character development
Every 1 hour of gameplay is sandwiched between 2 hours of dialogue and menus
sure the presentation and music is nice and some characters are likable and the story is meh tolarable at best but the game is not even a game
>>712322296 (OP)you can't romance Caroline/Justine/Lavenza/Shiho.
>>712322296 (OP)name ONE good thing about this game
>>712324528it makes faggots like you seethe.
>>712324621ok, nice but ohya was better
>>712324648who's seething here?
>>712322296 (OP)Rather than name a flaw I will point out a minor detail nobody ever mentions that I think is pure Sovl.
I love when you're just waiting or flipping through menus on your turn and the enemy demons yell "Well, are we going or what?!"
>>712322296 (OP)Mitsuru isn't there and isn't on my dick right now.
>>712322296 (OP)The majority of the game being told in past tense was a stupid fucking decision and the story suffered for it immensely having to revolve around the fact that Joker was being interrogated in a prison cell.
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Visual novels are shit. I'll be here fighting angels in the name of chaos while you cling to Anne. Can you even take on the armies of YHVH and fight in the name of chaos? I bet you dream of holding Anne's hand instead of claiming the world in Lucifer's own glory. Try not to feel too bad but the actual objective best waifu is Alice.
>>712323140>can't smooch ryujiNot a flaw. Stop being gay
>>712322296 (OP)I feel like nobody is very fond of the โMorgana ditches the phantom thieves because Ryuji snarks him back for being an ass and then we need to chase him around trying to apologizeโ arc.
>>712322296 (OP)>palaces are focused on villains that immediately leave the plot once you beat them instead of being focused on party members that stick around. As a result party members are less complex than the previous two games for no real benefit>quality of palaces exclusively drops after peaking at the beginning of the game>set in stone palace layouts make repeat playthroughs boring as fuck and easy as shit.>4 hour tutorial>censored dialogue to appeal to lgbt>mementos isn't well designed as a place to grind or complete side missions>game is far easier to 100% than previous games>in royale personas are extremely overpowered>replacing shadows with personas removes enemy variety
>>712322296 (OP)Way too much yapping, and I say that as someone whose most played genre is visual novels. Being a VN is not an excuse for poorly paced storytelling and overly verbose explaining.
Somehow P5 strikers is even worse when it comes to this, which is unforgivable. I have very little hope for P6, because it seems like Metaphor just continued to double down on the worst parts of P5. At least SMT V gets straight to the gameplay. Despite its many flaws, I was really pleasantly surprised when that game didn't have a fucking 20 hour tutorial
The lietmotif for hoshi to bokura to only plays in the max confidant rank up so the song isn't nearly as good as kimi no kioku and nevermore.
>Metaphor is... LE BAD
Cry harder, E33cultists
>>712325897This, this is also the reason why I can't understand how some "people" say P5 is the best. Even fucking emo-shit 3 and feel-good optimismfaggotry 4 weren't that bad.
SMT and DS series are still better. When some fags start bringing up numbers to try and say that shit is better because plebs like the purseowner shit more... pearls before swine.
The problem with the endless yapping is that it was literally pointless padding, or meant for some kinda normie that plays for 20 minutes a day and needs constant reminders of what just happened
Really pissed me off when the game constantly stuck me in another dialogue scene just to have the characters recap what just happened
Another thing is the dungeons, I can't understand how anyone would prefer this shit over the random generated corridors of P4, at least I got to play in those and it wasn't just press x to hop from cover to cover, get interrupted by some shit every 2 minutes and then get forced out to continue the next day
I played this for 5 hours and was so fucking bored the entire time. Who plays and loves this garbage?
>>712322296 (OP)>Persona 3+2>still waifubait >still high-school simulator>still caters to weebs who wish they were ๆฅๆฌไบบ>yet another Junpei>yet another Yukari >yet another mascot >late characters under-developed>100 hour game, then devs release yet another "complete" edition a few years later>uninspired sequels and spinoffs>main character lives at the endAt least it was better than 4.
>>712326840>At least it was better than 4Lol
Lmao
The most boring Persona game m
>>712326828non vidya players, vn "people", women, a lot of women
I skipped most of the vanilla plot in P5R and still logged 70 hours somehow
Ann isn't sitting on my face and I'm not giving Futaba cunnilingus
>>712327976This but Takemi and Sae
I can't play beyond Kamoshida's palace without dying of boredom.
>>712322296 (OP)Like all persona games i got bored 80hours in and realised i just dont care about the story at all
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>>712322296 (OP)>Name a flawNot the best crew.
(also, that damn cat).
>>712322296 (OP)you can't fuck goro
The pacing is pretty bad in all these games. I'm playing P3R and it's insane how long you spend on boring social links before you need to go to tartarus and fight something. If you want to be efficient/challenged you only go to Tartarus once a month, and the rest is just padding. I wish they'd have less but better social links in general, most non-party member social links are so boring I just fast forward the dialogue.
Metaphor also had similar problem but I think the pacing was much better since you had mini-dungeons, and there were less social links with fewer ranks overall. Metaphor just needed bigger and better main dungeons really, but I much preferred it to the Persona games even if the story got a bit predictable towards the end.
>>712322296 (OP)Bloated writing. Constant handholding in the dungeons.
>>712322296 (OP)The final act climbs up it's own ass and is convoluted for no reason.
terrible pacing, way too much pointless dialogue, mementos is a horrible waste of time, game should be 50 hours shorter. overall i enjoyed it but struggled a lot to finish the game
>>712329516>it's insane how long you spend on boring social links before you need to go to tartarus and fight something.Like Yathzee said in hist P5 review, the game blend dating sim and dungeon crawler in a way it could not be interesting as only one of them by itself. Personally I'm bored with dungeons in those game, they're too repetitive mechanical, I don't care about them, it's a chore, but sprinkled here and there a few nights in your busy calendar it's okay enough for me to distract myself from the regular social time managemer simulation bits (that could easily become repetitive with time too).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfEFtVPFWzw
I'm also doing P3R currently, which I find to be a nice mix between 4 & 5. 4 is well self-contained for me and I care for the characters, 5 is more chaotics and rambling some times, there is too much everything, I could not even care to do the extra royale ending.
Oh I find another "flaw", I prefer the wat P3 and P4 handle their "we have only a month to finish this part of the dungeon before the next story beat", it's anchored in natural phenomenon the moon phase & sunny day after heavy rain, in P5 they had to find convoluted reasons which was funny and original the first few time but you quickly understood they will have to find and external ultimatum every time which sound fake, I preferred the simple straightforward natural explanation.
>>712327202Anything's better than nihongo flavored Scooby Doo.
>>712322296 (OP)ryuji wouldn't shut his stupid mouth like a retard
the morgana getting butthurt was retarded
makoto was supposed to be smart but she was retarded
haru felt was rushed
If joker had dumped the loudmouth ryuji, he would have saved ann with morgana. The 3 wouldn't have gained the suspicions of makoto so she'd be ignored but they'd still save yusuke, futaba and haru which would have been a lot better story-wise than adding the retards who mess everything up
>>712329401Less annoying than teddy
Lack of several hour long, vr sex scenes with Ann between encounters or dialog.
>>712322296 (OP)You spend too much time doing nothing, or doing boring shit to increase your social stats.
Some social links revolve around random background characters no one gives a shit about, like Makoto's.
Too much handholding at times.
>>712325472This is not a movie but a game meant to be replayed many times
>>712322296 (OP)>characters are constantly explaining what's happening, what they're doing right now, what's gonna happen next>you're bombarded with text messages reminding you about what's happening in the plot right now>the cat literally dictates how you live your life and when you're allowed to do what>the story is adults bad but actually it was just an evil god lmao got 'em what a twist just like all the other Atlus games, marvelous>the MC is ostensibly the most charismatic person in all of Tokyo and he never speaks, which leads to retarded situations in confidants where the other character monologues for a while and then goes "wow you really helped me you're such an amazing friend"
>>712329401Why are you posting something from a game we all hate? Weโre still boycotting P3R due to the censorship.
>>712322296 (OP)The mementos theme drives me up the wall.
Also vanilla is better than Royal.
How do you go from this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-H7p_tvznQ
to this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT2AAfBPtoQ
?
>>712332637>weThese are not games for preteen anon.
>>712331324You really hate scooby doo, huh
>>712332992So youโre just being contrarian then?
>>712322296 (OP)>bland mc with no agency>mascot telling you what to do all the damn time>power of friendship scenes>flashbacks and recaps to 5 minutes ago>characters constantly explaining what's happening and what they're doing
>>712322296 (OP)>9 years>/v/ still seething
>>712333294>still trying THIS HARD to force a rivalry that doesn't existget a life faggot
What sorcery did Sojiro pull to get Joker out of this?
>>712333503>too bad ladies he's fucking me today
>>712322296 (OP)>Name a flawHifumi being a side character
>tranime
You're a pedo weeb.
i beat everything without looking at a guide so it must have been too easy
>>712322296 (OP)Royale can be a bit too easy if you choose to use easy to get OP shit like Idaten's Belt and DLC Personas, regardless of selected difficulty
>>712322296 (OP)Why does /v/ hate 5 again? It having real dungeons already puts it above 3 & 4
>>712334729>real dungeonsYeah bro I love FF13 tier hallways with constant context sensitive actions that force control away from me for the illusion of depth (see: crawling through vents 50 times in one dungeon)
>>712334829Yes. That is better than 1000 floors of AI-generated Tarturus
>>712334729>real dungeonsIt's the opposite actually P3/P4 have real dungeons, P5 "dungeons" are linear theme park rides
>>712335069When did I say P3's dungeons were good? Have you played another other than 3 4 and 5?
>>712322296 (OP)>Too many party members, the party is at it's peak with just Ren, Ryuji, Ann, Morgana (when he's not being an asshole.), and Yusuke.>The party quality actively dips when Makoto becomes a member.>Speaking of Makoto, she does everything Joker does and actively steals your spotlight to say shit that you already know (and the party praises her for being so smart!) she's basically the actual leader of the phantom thieves.>Morgana is an asshole and his tantrum is stupid.>The game doesn't do more to show that Kawakami is the one true canon route.>Ryuji deserved better.>The game tries way too hard to make you care about Akechi to the point where it's nearly trying to redeem him even though he's literally murdered people including Haru's fucking dad.>Kasumi/Sumire fucking sucks as a character and party member and I'm glad she's basically non-canon for the spin off games.
>>712322296 (OP)>all other characters become stupid and useless when Makoto Sue shows up>bloated repetition with interrogation scenes, SIU scenes, Principal scenes, etc. all accomplishing nothing but repeating the same basic info 20 times>zero consequences; Shiho jumps but she's fine, Ann is getting bullied but then it's fine, Ryuji gets chased off-screen by two tranny rapists but it's played as a joke, Futaba is antisocial and traumatized but gets fixed after a day at the beach, Joker fakes his death but continues living life as normal, Joker goes to jail for a whole bunch of crimes but gets free after a few months, Haru's dad is killed but she's fine with it, Sojiro's death is baited but he's fine, Ryuji's death is baited but he's fine, Morgana's death is baited but he's fine, Akechi gets forgiven instantly then is absolved through death except lolno even he's fine, every single social link problem is perfectly solved via phantom thief powers with no lasting problems, and even something like getting caught cheating is played off for a quick joke because god forbid the player feels something meaningful for a brief moment>the game bends over backward to make Akechi seem sympathetic despite his character fundamentally being a psycho that kills hundreds of innocents just to make his own personal revenge feel slightly sweeter>plot of the game makes zero sense, there is no compelling reason for Yaldy to give Joker powers and the game brushes past that mystery as quickly as possible, which is especially pathetic considering the past two games used the origin of the protag's powers to set up important reveals>game can't keep track of its own rules, like what cognitions can do, how PT outfits work, when characters are able to understand Morgana, Haru's ex appearing even though he can be dealt with earlier, etc.>all of this coupled with the game's insistence that it's mature, dealing with complex morality when the heroes never have to do anything remotely shady
>>712335152So are 5 dungeons better than 3s & 4s or not? What exactly are you disagreeing with me about?
>>712322296 (OP)Morgana only gets kicked once
There should have been an entire arc of that faggot cat getting kicked by everyone, especially Ann
>>712335398They all suck equally for different reasons
>>712322296 (OP)>Name a flawWhere is best girl?
>>712335459>especially AnnHe'd probably be into that
The themes are good but the plot's quality nosedives after the first target and only picks up in the third semester in Royal. I find it disappointing how in a game that's so much about finding your inner strength and standing up for your beliefs how many social links go like "oh no i am troubled with some blackmail or whatever, please save me phantom thieves i cant do anything myself". Wish there were a few more like Yoshida where it's just about helping someone find (back) their strength. Makoto's SL in particular feels like a waste because it's more about her dumb friend than her which sucks because I feel the character has potential to be interesting but doesn't quite get there. On the topic, a lot of characters feel like they're flat and there's only a handful I really like like Ryuji, Yusuke, Tae and Yoshida. The rest is either forgettable or annoying. You can't date Sae.
>>712324621God he's just like me fr. Got one to send me a nudie pic of her while pregnant last night. Hell of a fap. I prefer Tae though, goth doctor in heels can't be beat.
>>712333503Who says he got Ren out of anything there?
Sojiro is the 'firm but just' type. If Ren fucked up, then it's going to be Ren's fuck-up to solve. He'll maybe assist him with making amends, but he's not going to shield him from his just desserts.
>>712335743*shit gameplay
VNs are cool
>>712325793>palaces are focused on villains that immediately leave the plot once you beat them instead of being focused on party members that stick around. As a result party members are less complex than the previous two games for no real benefitthats a good point i didnt think about before. even naoto who joins very late doesnt end up getting dicked over as hard as haru did for example who gets basically zero time to develop
>>712335184>I'm glad she's basically non-canon for the spin off gamesSumire leaves the country on an international tour and training regimen after Royal's conclusion; and she was never actually associated with the Phantom Thieves in a traceable fashion, which leaves her out of the crosshairs *and* conveniently out of the picture in Scramble/Strikers.
Basically - nothing in the Scramble/Strikers spin-off actually hard-contradicts Royal. It just conveniently never mentions Sumire.
>>712325486Rog... go to bed, king.
>>712335957>It just conveniently never mentions Sumire.good
>>712322379*not being romanceable
>>712331251Oh yeah that's a good one. I could never believe the yakuza would merely threaten a bunch of high school kids fucking with their business to release a few pictures. It feels so forced.
>>712328968You would cheat on Tae?!
>>712326840Don't you dare compare Junpei to Ryuji and Yosuke. Junpei had character, and had positive things happen to him. Yosuke and Ryuji were the best characters and some of the most morally strong and they got shat on and gaslit. The track team totally wishing Ryuji didn't stand up to the pedophile, and I LIKE /ss/ but fuck me man that is not what that was it was played for drama so I admit it's not the same as player wish fulfillment, was the absolute last fucking straw. I rage quit the game. I was able to get through Persona 4 because I was curious about the ending the whole time. Not this time. Not this time. Fuck Persona 5 and fuck Persona 6. I bet money they make the next "best friend" character some "incel" caricature that turns out to be the villain. Because fuck you that's why.
>>712332490>which leads to retarded situations in confidants where the other character monologues for a while and then goes "wow you really helped me you're such an amazing friend"You do answer sometimes. But you can get pretty far with just being a scratching pole for people sometimes, Anon.
>>712336448only if she asked me to
>>712336578Sure but she will insist on watching and taking notes.
>>712323140>game can't live up to its own supposed ethical standards but sure loves to have the characters preach about themThat's one of the points of the game
Agree about the rest
>>712333503This actually kind of pissed me off. Not because it's even unrealistic per se. I mean that. It's because it's kind of unrealistic in the world it's set in. Joker is a fucking Mary Sue. I actually go as far as to say him not being able to pull a harem is poor writing because it goes against everything else. It shows at heart the game is woman centered in terms of mortality which makes absolute fucking sense if you look at the writing.
>>712336734>MoralityFucking autocorrect.
>>712336476My only issue with Junpei is that he goes after Chidori for seemingly no reason and it was nice development for him going from creepy with yukari to more mature but he just ends up making the kimono naked comment to ken at the end of the game which kinda underplays his whole development.
>>712335646>I prefer Tae thoughgood boy
>>712322296 (OP)Can you believe it? I was 19 when persona 5 came out and I'm 28 now. And nothing but shitty remasters and spinoffs and refantazio which was just meh.
>>712336954I actually kind of forgave that personally because when I got my first gf I was still a horndog and immature. Its not completely unreasonable but its easy to grow out of. Especially after her dying and coming back. Don't know what you got till it's gone type deal.
>>712335646>gothit's punk rock according to the game, it looks nothing like goth
>>712337108I suppose that's more apt. Whatever you wanna call it, it's dope as fuck.
>>712322296 (OP)No good in-gang romance girls
>>712337072Atlas has lost its balls. Say what you want about P3 but it was an actual story with an actual style that it played into(old school emo) and characters I actually gave a fuck about with actual stakes and actual maturity. Even as a kiddo I could tell P4 sucked ass. It's way too soapboxy and not heroic.
>>712337083Yeah but he was much more mature when she was alive it kinda hurt his image in my mind because he didn't even simp for the femmc in P3P.
>>712337108Its Modern Day Punk. In which case your rebellious in safe ways and subvert nothing since the establishment wasn't even the real bad guy but a pawn from the evil jrpg god.
>>712337162Would you listen with her to rock vinyls?
>>712337014>>712337319>tests possibly lethal durgs on youWhy do people like her?
Zero replayability. Same demons and attacks available at the same time in every playthrough. No weaknesses; no boss cheesing through said weaknesses cause "Uhh cinematic tank n spank"
>>712337274I suppose I see your point but it's not as bad as other shit other characters do in the later games. Junpei for his flaws made sense. His flaws, ultimately, made sense too. And I still maintain he's likable. Compare his treatment to the other "best friend" characters.
>>712337231Holy fuck are you me? I'm an extreme cancer newfag who started off with 5 and then played 3 and 4 after. The one I liked most was 3 and 4 just felt too filler-like with characters that worship you. I felt most attached to the SEES compared to anything else.
>>712337301Given how hyper adjusted you'd have to be in Japan I can see what you are getting at. Even though many fandoms are accepted there.
>>712337375Obviously femdom and caring abuse. You wouldn't want her to get you high and take advantage? It's nice getting spoiled and being used.
>>712337417Yeah they were real people. I even liked The Answer because it revolves around them and I liked them.
>>712337416Yeah cuz it feels like Yosukes development falls of after the first what 5 hours and Ryuji buys into it too quick at least in P4 they spend a bit of time building up the TV world.
>>712336448>cheatshe'd totally be down for a threesome with my other order girlfriend
>>712322296 (OP)No canon epilogue where you're PLAP PLAP PLAP your teacher for your fourth baby.
>>712322296 (OP)I had a couple small gripes with the game here and there, but my biggest issue was Morgana's reason for ditching the team was completely forced and retarded.
>Ok the guy I was using as a punching bag the entire game made a crack back at me>Fuck all of you I quit.Especially when they already had a good set-up for a natural reason for him wanting to break up already being set up.
>Phantom Thieves are starting to get high on their successes>Decide to go after a big name just because he rated high on a poll>Morgana's frustrated because he thinks the group is starting to lose sight of why they started doing this in the first place, which eventually causes him to snap at them and bail.>Ideally the game would set that up more but whatever.
>>712322379I agree yukari is a flaw to persona 3
>>712337536>Obviously femdom and caring abuseNot taking the vaxx for some goth pussy bro.
>>712322296 (OP)All style
No substance
>>712338046More like research chems :3
>>712338084>all naught but mere buzzwords for "I was filtered by the novel aesthetic"
>>712322296 (OP)Didn't know you had to max the counselor to get the "true ending".
>>712338034It would require a bit more rewriting since Morgana is the second biggest attention whore of the group behind Ryuji
>>712337632I would argue Ryuji buying into it is in character. He has a shit life so being a "chosen one" is LEAGUES better then his normal life. I know if I was his age, given how crappy my life is, I would have JUMPED at the chance. And Yosuke's big moral realization was it's ok to be a simp. I actually remember as a kiddo wondering why I couldn't tell him he is good just the way he is. I wanted to tell him that. It's what I said to friends who went through similar shit. We all can hit the gym sure, I recommend it in fact, but what about Yosuke was so offensive that they had fuck him over 24/7? Same with Ryuji. I liked them. I think it's female focused writing. Joker and p4 guy were all "husbando" type characters. They are cool as cucumbers. But they don't desire like the "best friend" characters do. Not in masculine ways, one liners on older ladies doesn't count because its the same reasoning as "forbidden fruit" type shit that irl pedos(3dpd) use when they fuck their students. And again, I LIKE /ss/ but I draw lines nigga. Yosuke and Ryuji, and Junpei, have a realistic lust and longing to them regarding women. They seek them. Its fitting how P5 punishes you for cheating, but it only punishes you at all because the writing is woman centered at its core. P4 and P3 did a way better job of making me like an asshole. P4 was woman centered too in fairness but the "you fucking suck" shit was WAY more meaningful. I don't even like most of P4's girls but I still felt like a shitbag. But P5 is a fucking bitchfit wishfulliment type deal on behalf a female focused morality. You either make the character feel like an asshole or you go all in and give him a harem. That kind of immature beating up as a joke shit reeks of California influence. I swear people think I am crazy when I point this out but P5 FEELS like it was made for women on the internet and weak men.
>>712338421me too. i didnt do his relationship because i'm not gay, so i missed the real ending
I saw the main guy on a meme with Kris Deltarune, is he a rapist too?
>>712336734I am sure Joker could mute-sweettalk any of them into letting him fuck other women. But I don't see any besides Futaba being clingy enough that'd be willing to forgive him after going through the whole "I love you for caring about me so much" and then walking into him being a massive whoremonger all along.
>>712340217It's a cop out either way you slice it. It's just shit writing.
>>712338341looks like anon touched a nerve
>>712336371Just fuck Futaba. She is about the same size but comes with an extra hole.
>>712340525yes, you can take your finger out of my asshole now
>>712322296 (OP)The game opens with you being told you were sold out. So you spend the entire game wondering who the traitor is only for it to turn out to be the very last guy who joins, that you already know is sketchy as fuck.
>>712322296 (OP)They censored the 3-hour Shiho rape scene
>>712325793yeah, Chie, Yosuke and Yukiko were so complex lmao
>>712322296 (OP)You cant date her though...
>>712341248I wanted to praise them for making the fujobait evil but fujoshits are into that too.
>>712322296 (OP)"bad ends" should have been fully animated
>>712343001"Makoto's out late again .... I hear she's skipping school.lately .... Oh, well, better get some use out of this alone time."
*pulls out magic wand and BBC dildo*
Kind of a longshot, but does anyone remember a "leaked" Persona 5 OST playlist on youtube that was actually a bunch of boomer rock music? Some in italian, all tracks had made up names like "Pencils down and submit your scantron". Does anyone have this saved somewhere? Or have access to the real track names?
>>712322296 (OP)The game literally peaked at Kamoshida and every palace afterwards is worse.
>>712322449even p4 music is better
The story in 5 bored me tremendously. I quit at the pyramid. Had no problem with 3/4. Wonder if I'm just bored by the format.
This is more of a series-wide criticism, but the calendar system is too inflexible, which leads to some weird stuff. Like Futaba slipping into a month long coma and Sojiro being "oh it's fine, she just does that sometimes".
>>712344825>Like Futaba slipping into a month long coma and Sojiro being "oh it's fine, she just does that sometimes".i do this
>>712322296 (OP)All the girls are trash
>>712322296 (OP)>Only the first dungeon is good>After the first dungeon the dark tone disappears and it's all Reddit meta humor >The main cast is just almagmations of previous characters in the series but worse.>It popularized the series and brought in troons and faggots galore.
>>712322296 (OP)Not being able to make Mishima your personal cumslut femboy slave and humiliating him in a brutal Kamoshida rape roleplay session.
Also, not being able to romance the shota at the arcade. Cunny connoisseurs get everythign again, sigh.
>>712344681Yeah that's not true.
>P5>P3>P4The objective music tierlist.
>>712345936>P3=P4=P5Now this is the actual objective music tierlist
>>712346297Nah, 3 and 4 have some stinkers. P5 has the most tracks and many of them are quality.
>>712322296 (OP)-Morgana's entire "problem" being horribly done, easily avoided if the characters had a barin, and makes no logical sense
-Haru getting shafted because of this
-Haru being ok with her dad dying and not immediately distrusting the PTs because what they said would happen went completely wrong
-Social Links being tied to persona evolution still being jarring as fuck since no dialogue in main scenes reflect this. Ryuji being all enlightened only to be yelling and choking out the shit cat the next day breaks immersion
-Makoto being set up as the smart one for having common sense enough to say that they shouldnt be using easily tracable texting to talk about PT stuff... then proceeding to text about PT stuff right after saying it with no use of code words or anything
-Futaba then showing them that theyre text chats can easily be broken into, definitive proof of concept... only for them to keep doing it when Futaba KNOWS how easy it is to trace
-They keep doing this while knowing the government is trying to actively search for them btw
-Ryuji's one triumphant moment being ruined by stupid ass and unwarranted slapstick humor where people beat him up for no reason instead of being overjoyed and showing that they truly care about him
-gameplay having a gorillian subsystems indicative of nuPersona games that create a run away snowball effect and trivializes the game even at the highest difficulties, literally pokemon level "difficulty"
-music was ok overall but some are not nearly as good as what people pretend for it to be and is largely carried by 2-4 good ones
-SHITTY ADULTS REEEEEE is dumb and kills nuance on the topic, as obviously not all problems are made by adults and kids do stupid and cruel shit all the time too while there are also plenty of adults doing the right things or just trying to get by
-Sae not being romancable
-no easter egg where banging Makoto make the plot leap forward to Sae being severely asspained
>>712345936Not even remotely close
The dates with the Twins was nice, but you only get one fucking date with Lavenza, the objectively best girl in the game! You don't even get to properly romance her!
I really hate that the game brought in the most insufferable tourist fucks into the fanbase. And largely the same people that then turn around and bitch about "every jrpg is kids going to highschool and killing god" when thats not even remotely true
>>712346715God, you just summed up like half my subconscious grievances with the game and now I canโt stop nodding reading this. The Morgana crap was painful. Like, gee, maybe if the cat didnโt immediately storm off like a baby things wouldn't spiral? Haru deserved so much better than the glorified cameo she got pre-ship palace. Also Makoto being โsmartโ then immediately braindead was peak Persona writing lmao.
The text messages thing drives me nuts EVERY TIME. Like hey guys, maybe donโt talk about your illegal mind-heisting operation over LINE WHEN YOU KNOW THE GOVERNMENT IS WATCHING. But Futabaโs just like โteehee I can hack anythingโ and they forget basic opsec five minutes later.
And yes to Ryuji. Man deserved his moment without being turned into the class punchline again. They canโt let him have anything.
10/10 rant. You shouldโve been on the writing team.
>>712322296 (OP)>Name a flawNo cute and feminine boy to lust over.
>>712332240That is COMPLETELY irrelevant.
>>712347131Thanks. Thing is, I dont even think Im a good writer. A lot of it is just using basic logic and following through. Which I guess is a writing skill but yea. Particularly, a lot of the stuff with Makoto and Futaba are cases where someone attempts to write something they either dont understand or writing a character smarter than they are, resulting in the Sherlock Holmes copypasta example where they think intelligent people are wizards.
>>712347124>when thats not even remotely trueThere are a fucking lot of them though.
Why is Morgana so laughably bad as a combatant? Like his persona trait thing is garbage and youre force to not evolve him till end game and hes still bad.
>>712347823No, there really fucking isnt. 95% of them absolutely do NOT focus on school. You are conflating young people and school focus. Also a lot of them arent about killing a god.
Most of Final Fantasy. Most of Fire Emblem. Disgaea. The Mario RPGs. EO. Most of the Tales games. Etc.
>>712347823Its not even true to SMT games, the vast majority of them have zero focus on highschool aside from "here is the teenage cast".
Ryuji should have gotten a girlfriend like Junpei
>>712322296 (OP)Zero (0) sex scenes. Shit game.
Morgana shoukd have been a girl. This makes her lusting after Ann a bit better, and sets up Ryuji x Catgirl Morgana as a kino pairing, or you get to fuck the cat
There is zero downside to this unless youre a dirty fujo
> combat is fucking boring, dungeons remain repetitive (I basically play it as a VN, where I am forced to do dungeons every now and then)
> almost forced to follow a guide to complete all the content before you get cucked by a deadline
> no Sae romance
> no Makoto Bad Ending where she ends up pregnant with Kaneshiro's bastard
Basically they just need to streamline dungeons even more, control their need to put thousands of meaningless fights instead of making them fewer with higher quality.
>>712349080>Ugly bastard fetishist is a retardLike clockwork
>>712348228>You are conflating young people and school focusYou're right.
There might not be many outside of Persona and SMT that have high school students specifically, but rather a lot of games that have Teenagers(that would normally be considered highschool age) that end up fighting gods.
There's plenty of those, rather.
>>712349080>cuck isn't spending 100+ hours in dungeons >cries about reading>needs a guideClassic
>>712349080>almost forced to follow a guide to complete all the content before you get cucked by a deadlineI agree with you on everything else, but this doesnt make sense to me. You have plenty of time to get everything even on a blind first playthrough. The only real time gates are Maruki where you have like 6 months to get him up 9 times and 5 events with Kasumi, which again you have most of the game to do. Unless youre talking about obscure shit like getting all the room decorations, I dont see how you cant get like 98% of what the game offers as long as youre somewhat efficient. Like the fortune teller alone makes catching up of confidants really easy
>>712349243Teenagers make the most sense though because its easy to give them narrative arc. Theyre old enough to understand abstract concepts and have general morality, but most teens havent completely unpacked who they truly are yet and have insecurities. Its just easy to write. College age and middle school can work, anything can really, but young adults are perfect for heroes journey.
As far as god slaying, eh, not really. Again, look at final fantasy, fire emblem, etc. Yes, some have god slaying, but most are just "fucking powerful guy that is at a higher level than most normal people". To which yea, they could be seen as gods, but thats flimsy to me. Final fantasy 7 is one of the most well known jrpgs ever and its just about young adults fucking up a strong dude with some hax.
>>712349243Most games in existence have the main core cast be from ages 15-25. Because thats roughly the prime of everyones lives physically.
I always thought it was lame that none of our party members hook up if not taken by the protagonist. I get they want to avoid antagonizing a very sensitive type of player, but it makes the cast feel weirdly inhuman.
>ITT: normalfaggots voicing their opinions
democracy was a mistake
>>712347856It matches his personality. He talks big but is a huge bitch.
>>712352327Give us a weeb pedo gamer take.
>>712352327What opinion in here is "normalfaggot"? Most of them are shitting on bad writing and trivialized gameplay
>>712351836Who would bang who?
The summer section sucks balls and lasts forever and Futaba became a Deus EX Machina that solved all their problems with her epic hacking skills
>>712352327>trannynimeyou are not any better than them, opinion discarded
>>712352638That's literally a normalfag take. Only a casual normalfag would dismiss a game's writing to try and make themselves look good. Can't be caught understanding a game aimed at teenagers, can you?
It really is baffling how you people will go to great lengths to make yourself look retarded and act like it's a win.
>>712322296 (OP)But the perfect scores... How can you deny such a masterpiece like that...?
>>712353808So you are underage posting on a site that is 18+
Why are you here?
>>712353639Summer tourist weighs in.
>>712354030>Can't refute the point, better make a mindless accusation.really helping your point there, dipshit
>>712354406>everyone replying to me on /v/ is the same personunrionically kys
>>712352327refute them then
>>712323909Also they explained the plan like three times because they know their audience is retarded
>>712346715>Haru being ok with her dad dying and not immediately distrusting the PTs because what they said would happen went completely wrongThis is exactly when the game became absolute dogshit to me, the writting was a mess
>>712322296 (OP)It's not Persona 4.
>>712322296 (OP)Non-stop talking
>>712357383Yusuke is 5'11" and mogs at least half of Japanese males. He terribly stands out.
>>712357383>also I'm gonna scream about how we're the phantom thieves to all the strangers walking by
>>712357840Wrong game retard, nobody cares about Assassins creed
>>712357383Based hiders in plain sight. They read sun tzu.
>>712322296 (OP)its boring dropped this shit a yuske
the cat is one of the worst characters in gaymen
the dating shit is gay
>>712322296 (OP)It's a persona game
>>712324260also the dialogue/story is mudane I dont wanna listen to pg kids chat
>>712322296 (OP)the only flaw is that it was so good that atlus decided to start milking it instead of giving us p6
>>712361721How does a retard of this caliber even find this board?
Everyone stopped talking about this overrated tranny game the moment it became a multiplat
It didn't sell well on other platforms either, even on Steam which is THE discord tranny platform
>>712362263Just transition already you dumb fuck.
>>712362343I love when anons can't help themselves but bring up trannies when criticizing a game.
Lets me know I can just ignore their opinion as it contains no value
>>712362181you like dating vn bullshit with teens
anime
pedo
SMT is better
get a job
faggot
>>712363143Why is this low iq nigger here? Which one of you put him on?
>>712363262you are not talking about the game you have nothing to say back about said game cause your such a sad cunt you pretend your joker and you date this underage girls you sad sack of shit
>>712363570>you are not talking about the game you have nothing to say back about said game cause your such a sad cunt you pretend your joker and you date this underage girls you sad sack of shitLet me correct this
>You are not talking about the game. You have nothing to say back about said game because you're such a sad cunt. You pretend you're Joker and you date these underage girls, you sad sack of shit.2/10 see me after class
>>712363896you enjoy a shit game and is mad
like your made mad like mad made you wish you had a 16 year old dressed up as a maid maid but you got you hand hand while you fuck your fat glands
>the game loses all their edge and timing after the first dungeon
>balancing is horrible, when its not about just getting enemies weakness on harder difficults just means slight more damage and a lot of HP bloat, Atlus were great on making their games harder in PS1/PS2 in harder difficulties with more skills and more turns for enemies instead of just bloating HP
>the plot presents itself as a mature depiction of power struggles in society but the execution is childish and makes Persona 2 look like a mature game
>>712322296 (OP)couldn't breed Futaba
>>712364624tbe game never had the matador moment
>>712322296 (OP)The big issues I remember having were
>Battles outside of bossfights are completely trivial (to the point of feeling like a waste of time) once you learn weaknesses, because getting an ambush is piss-easy and knocking everything down lets you immediately end fights even if the enemies are barely damaged. Most fights just end on the first turn without the enemies even getting to act, which is fucking lame>SP management becomes a complete non-issue by the end of the second palace, since SP-restoring consumables are way more common than in most RPGs; even if someone does start running low, you can just swap them out at any time with no consequence>Because you basically never run out of SP, you can comfortably sweep through palaces in a single day and then nothing interesting happens for the remaining 2-3 weeks until the deadlineThe story was fine, I guess, but the gameplay became so mind-numbingly dull that I got bored and dropped it right after beating Futaba's palace
>>712363570>hurrrrrrrrrrr dating sim badOkay, retard.
>n-no talk about the game and you're a pedophileThis is beyond parody.
>like your made mad kek
>>712337224The non-PT girls were so much better it's insane
>>7123347295 was popular with normalfags. This is literally the only reason
>>712366815Jesus Christ, stay filtered. It was popular with people who liked new character options. God forbid someone has a different taste in women than you, faglord
pulling the normie card is as gay as people pulling the nazi card
>everyhting I don't like is $thing
>>712367445said the tourist
words without meaning for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9C9OKMyZng
no one here remembers TORtanic on /v/
Make sure you bring more Macca next time faggot.
>>712322296 (OP)Morgana wasn't female.
>>712367952>he wants a fuckable caty tho
>>712346715>Futaba then showing them that theyre text chats can easily be broken into, definitive proof of concept... only for them to keep doing it when Futaba KNOWS how easy it is to traceThey could've just had her say, "look, I've installed a program on your phones that requires a special password to access texts and wipes everything if someone tries to hack in." Really, this would have been such an easy plot hole to avoid
>>712367952I thought the cat was going to be like Teddy and become human.
>>712368137Because a cat is fine too.
>>712322296 (OP)the fuckable cat is male
>>712322296 (OP)Difficulty
Too easy and apparently they made royal even easier I only played the original at launch though
>>712322296 (OP)Story didn't make sense.
SL events were very mid.
I've played and 100% Persona 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. As an oldfag of the Persona Series, I can guarantee you that 5 is, in fact, the best.
>>712370695Here's a (You)
>>712322296 (OP)Only one? Ok
The combat system is simpler than Star Rail
If you want like 200 more let me know
>>712358226Nigger, Kitagawa mogs the rest of his teammates and half of NPCs in every P5 game and spinoff because Japs are tiny.
>>712366709They women, anon.
>>712357383Most stylish hideout ever created.
>>712322296 (OP)Plot falls off a fucking CLIFF after Madarame.
>>712353808but the game's writing IS retarded. it went through development hell and it shows through the pacing issues and plot holes alone
>>712365969yes your a kike anon
this game is the same as mass effect theres no story its just who do you want to fuck but in this game its more pedo style (aka what you like) at least mass effect has gameplay that doesnt make you want to die
why would you even play persona over smt
>>712322296 (OP)The set-up to the game is fucking retarded so everything that follows feels retarded.
>Hey don't rape that lady>IM GOING TO FUCKING RUIN YOUR LIFE KID!that's not how that works.
>>712322296 (OP)I really like this game, to the point that I'd say it's one of my favorites, but it's too fucking easy.
>>712370787Not in the main game.
>>712378289I would like the dating sim aspect of it more if the fucking stupid cunt cat didn't force me to sleep for half the days in the game.
>>712378289doesnt talk about what he likes just a coom jif
>>712353808Wow, thats a lot of cope
>>712353808>>712354406>cant refuteSo literally what youre doing, you fucking faggot? People brought up valid complaints and you dismiss it as everyone just hating on the game to fit in or some shit. You refuted nothing and instead lashed out impotently and blamed everything on normalfags even though normalfags adamantly defend it as some sort of infalliable masterpiece.
What happened is that youre a butthurt teen thats mad that your favorite game that you probably didnt even play is getting critiqued for its numerous weak aspects. Learn how to not take everything as a personal attack and learn how to actually defend your points, dipshit.
>>712322296 (OP)it feels like it was written by a 15 year old
>Ann isn't full American speaking in random english and cursing all the time
>morgana isn't the sexy cartoon cat from the concept art
>ratkoto
That's all I got.
>>712322296 (OP)No explicit sex scenes with option for a full blown harem reverse gang bang
>>712385145It's still hilarious to me thet said Ann was "quarter American".
>>712386470Or that they gave up on making the other characters look fully Japanese halfway through the game
>>712385692I don't even need the full harem. Tae and Sadayo are enough
>>712322296 (OP)The end where you leave all your friends and your billionaire girlfriend to return to the garbage parents who shipped you off to live in a stranger's attic.
Like, "no mom and dad, fuck you I'm staying with my new coffee dad and my crew, don't ever call me again."
>>712322296 (OP)They are featured too much
>>712322296 (OP)No flaws, gathering normiegroids, faggots and coomers audiences together into a single game is a pretty based way of containment
>>712384449Her awful personality.
by far the biggest problem is the gaming peaks too early; nobody else really comes close to Kamoshida in terms of being a hateable antagonist
>>712389239>Kawakami's desk drawer
>>712322296 (OP)Hifumi not being a phantom thief.
>>712322296 (OP)It's over 100 hours long.
>>712393750I'd take hifumi over makoto
>>712322296 (OP)Morgana is not sitting on my face while I lick his balls
>>712395252Calm down, Ryuji
>>712322296 (OP)The girls you spend the most time around have really badly written stories
I couldnโt get the upgraded forms for all of my allies in one run because I wasnโt following a guide and I donโt have the time to play such a long game a second time
>>712322296 (OP)the game forces your character to canonically like and miss the guy who murdered two of your potential girlfriend's parents
grooming underage children
>>712322296 (OP)No Wolf or Sophie
>>712322449This anon gets it
>>712322296 (OP)So I was playing through metaphor and there are a few things I don't understand
>Why is the Royal Scepter being fucking sold>How did she even managed to obtain it>Wouldn't it be obvious Louis killed the king >Archetypes as a whole>The game would have legitimately never happened if the elf bitch didn't fail to kill the dude Like I like everything so far but the story is pretty silly. It's like if Vagrant Story failed to tell or rather fill the games of it's story.
>>712322296 (OP)Not homophobic enough