Thread 712870528

sumire is the true canon love route

>Own vanilla Persona 5
>Buy Persona 5 Royal
>Never advance Kasumi's social link
>never advance Akechi's social link
>Ignore Maruki the whole game
>Defeat Yaldaboath (the obvious final boss of the game)
>Watch Joker and his friends ride off into the sun in the perfect ending
$70 well spent

>>712871074
Based.

>>712870528 (OP)
Considering how these games are all about wish-fulfillment and how bittersweet the epilogue is in regards to her relationship with Ren, Kasumire is actually the one "new girl" ATLUS character that kinda discourages you from romancing her, which is odd.

>play p5
>liked it
>play p5 royal years later
>sumire interrupts the intro sequence to show off, then immediately leaves
>sumire shows up occassionally for everyone to gush about how cool she is, then disappears like she doesn't exist
>that whole ending sequence where you're going to go to jail but not really but actually you are but not really because the writers are hacks that have no idea how to properly edit a finished story and didn't even try
>that ending movie
Man fuck royal, how about instead of getting a phone call literally every time I finish an s link for more points you just rework that broken gay ass system altogether. At least in P3 if you get all the s links Igor calls you out for being a snake that just says what people want to hear, otherwise don't pretend like these bonds are genuine.

>>712870528 (OP)
Sumire's not canon, period.

>>712870528 (OP)
That's not Makoto.

>>712870528 (OP)
Fafnir killed me in Maruki's palace and I haven't felt like playing since

>>712870528 (OP)
>Bro you finally get to use Sumire and Akechi
>The story is finally good again and the threat is good
>It's one fucking dungeon

>>712873413
sumire sisters...

test

>>712873715
lmfao

>>712872443

Romantic support generally bucks up her discouraged spirits when she finally realizes what she's been doing for the entire School year.

Maruki still did absolutely nothing wrong whatsoever.

I like Marie more than Kasumi. Fight me.

>>712873715
i know the feel. i died to him right before the safe room and had to redo 90 minutes of progress so i just locked my HP/SP in cheat engine

persona 5 royal remake is coming out before 6

>>712873681
>>712873413

>>712873413
>canon
low IQ westoid exposed

japs don't care about canon and your first mistake was trying to treat a JRPG like some autistic interest for whitey to debate like midichlorian levels

>>712870528 (OP)
Futaba is better.

kasumi > sumire
you can tell because half the time people talk about sumire they're still using kasumi pics

>>712871074
Royal would’ve been perfect if they just kept the road trip ending. I don’t even care if they tweak it to include Kasumi and Maruki as long as it ends with that road trip. At least Strikers confirms road trip ending is the canon one

>>712870528 (OP)
Maybe she shouldn't have waited until 6 months after I was balls deep in both Makoto and Futaba before confessing.

>>712874542
irrefutable, scholar

>>712871074
Kek. Actual gigachad move because you get to enjoy all the quality of life tweaks while playing like it's vanilla

>>712874453
>japs don't care about canon
is that why sumire and akechi weren't in strikers

>>712874587
It’s weird how Royal seems to be totally inconsequential, but Persona 4 Golden’s canon was used as the base going forward.

>>712874692
>but Persona 4 Golden’s canon was used as the base going forward.
no it wasn't

>>712870528 (OP)
>Makoto is the true canon love route*

>>712874736
The spin-off stuff featured Marie

>>712871074
>not playing the extra content while completly ignoring the girl that's pushed to draw your attention

>>712874831
which ones
ultimax isn't canon, btw

Lavenza best girl

>>712875930
yeah, if only kasumi wasn't dead

Kasumi is so cringe

>>712870528 (OP)
whats the appeal of persona? gameplay looks laughably easy and turn based boring ass combat

>>712876485
friend simulator, but unironically

>>712876526
not my type of game then I guess

>>712874736
>>712875274
DAN uses the Golden epilogue designs. She's also in both Persona Q games. Also Ultimax which doesn't suddenly become non-canon just because you say so.

>>712876569
they're just JRPGs with social sim elements, it's not complicated

>>712876628
>DAN uses the Golden epilogue designs.
as alt costumes
>She's also in both Persona Q games.
who cares
>Also Ultimax which doesn't suddenly become non-canon just because you say so.
It becomes non-canon the same way that golden and royal, but having things happen that are never referenced ever, similar to the Q games

>>712876759
>As alt costumes
Incorrect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRDHFf3X_hs

Now what?

I will never be able to complete royale
the base game just by itself is absolutely fucking exhausting

>>712876848
Oh, so it's as canon as beating Margaret

>>712876848
THAT DOESN'T FUCKING COUNT OKAY!? SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP

>>712876680
hows the persona 3 remake? is the battle system deep at all? can you build characters?

>>712876975
I think you're a fag if you play remakes, so I won't explaining anything further

>>712877029
>So I won't explaining anything further
I wouldn't really want your opinion on anything to be honest, Durgesh. So please do the needful and go away.

>>712876853
Its not that hard of a game bro

>>712876848
God I love Chie's Epilogue design
Hopefully the remake lets you use epilogue outfits in the main game

>>712877068
If I was Indian, I would want to you to play remakes of video games, because I would've worked on most of them.
Not only do you need someone else to decide if you should play a video game or not, but you're also gay.

>>712876975
>is the battle system deep at all?
Nah - it ends up being WAY easier than base persona 3/FES.
While a lot of that is from welcome QoL changes (party member control, choosing skills to pass down in fusion), it's still a bit disappointing.
I do quite like the character animations in the fights, but if you want deep mechanics you're better off playing a real Shin Megoomi Tensay game

>>712877196
Hows SMT 5?

>>712877196
is the appeal just the social sim shit?

>>712877239
In the grand scheme of SMT it's still a bit eh, but combat wise it stands head and shoulders above any Persona aside from 1 and 2 which I have not played
I usually see 3, 4, or Strange Journey recommended as first time SMT games

>>712877315
Yes, even the biggest personafag will tell you the main appeal is VN segments with nice music and style to it all.
The dungeon crawling stuff is just the glue holding the package together - if you took the social sim or rpg mechanics in a vacuum they'd both be ass, but mixing them together at least kept me engaged to see the game through.

>>712877316
>strange journey
too long and combat is really stale towards the end

>>712877501
you're supposed to play it in two 15-minute increments daily as you commute to your salaryman job

>>712870528 (OP)
What did they mean by the ending? It clearly showed Akechi being alive. Nothing five years later

>>712877316
>>712877501
Is Devil Summoner any good?

>>712875284
No saw route is criminal

>>712877792
I meant Devil Summoner Soul Hackers - not SMT Soul Hackers

>>712870528 (OP)
no

>>712870528 (OP)
>doesn't appear in ANY of the spin-off games
not canon

>>712874951
@grok is this real?

>>712874652
This is what happened to me the first time I played the game. I never played vanilla and went into Royal pretty much blind, so I had no idea the third semester existed until weeks after I finished the game. One more rank up with Maruki and I would have unlocked it, but I thought the guy was boring so I missed the deadline and forgot about him.
Honestly, I like the vanilla ending more.

>>712877239
Quit being a dork and just play SMT Nocturne

>>712871074
Based

>>712871074
I think the original P5 is $60

>>712880856
>short
>flat
>retarded
Futaba kinda counts

>>712874654
that's because of the release schedule and product development pipeline. average jap works 18 hours a day but only does 2 hours of work so there was no way they could include them in the game

persona has essentially the exact same gameplay as SMT but SMTtards won't admit it

>>712882668
JRPG's have the most braindead gameplay in video games

>>712872762
Metaphor did it best by just auto leveling you and removing the two-faced snake factor

>>712877915
>>712877792
I was really bored by Soul Hackers but I only gave it a few hours. I'll go deeper at some point

>>712872762
>Sumire suddenly shows up in the intro
>its basically never explained (or if it is I can't be arsed to remember right now) how she got into Saes palace
>Not even usable in Saes Palace
>Fast foward to shidos palace where Joker is presumed dead
>she doesn't even fucking join in or come check on him
Man Sumire is such a great and well written character amiright guys