What's the appeal of Persona games?
You can pretend to have friends and not be a fat fuck neet
Memorable characters. That's the entire point of the series when contrasting to the mainline Shin Megami Tensei games' focus on gameplay.
You just posted it, OP.
>>284258828
music, art
well that's why I play them
Surrogate friend simulator.
>>284259412
No, you play it for your shit waifu
Is Persona the Kirby of JRPGs?
For Basketball Americans seducing demons by dancing
Grinding. Boring dungeons. Lots of filler. Terrible pacing.
>>284258828
I like the chemisty between the characters alot, and the scenes in the game made me feel nice and a variety of emotions. THe music is also a big factor for this, the mood is empecible. The combat is ok, but the real part or the game play I like is how the story is revealed through it, for P4 mostly, the dungeons where based off the character inner sides and really made me feel what they were going through.
>>284259657
I would say Paper Mario, up untill Sticker Star.
>>284259412
this
its also why I play xenoblade
>>284259748
Grinding has never been necessary what are you talking about
P1: SMT with teenagers, good dungeons, excellent music, plain but relatable characters
P2: Good music, crazy and interesting story, lots of side shit to do
P3: Waifus, its like I'm really japanese, BABY BABY BABY BABY, still has somewhat engaging gameplay and can be challenging in some parts
P4: Waifus, pretending to be a rural japanese student this time, waifus, like a couple good OST songs, Nanako, waifus,and SHIT dungeons with easy gameplay
>>284259848
Did you not play The Answer or something?
>>284259748
>grinding in a SMT-derived game
>What if we took these games, set them in a high school setting, and made interacting with various characters more important?
And that's how Persona was born. Commence bickering between the two fanbases.
>>284259967
P2 has waifus too
>>284260137
Except you can only date one of them and Jun is a joke option. Big sis is out of the question.
>>284258828
sexy death gods.
>mfw P1/2 fags acting like their games are amazing
>>284260225
>mfw retards try to divide everything into imaginary fanbases and act like people can't like all of them
Who here actually likes dungeons?
>>284259967
I can't stand Persona 4 because the whole thing felt like a really long episode of Scooby Doo without the dog.
That game was unnecessarily cheerful and campy and I think the game was worse because of it.
Persona 3, on the other hand, did it perfectly.
>>284260225
They're pretty fun. I'm actually playing through EP now since I beat IS a few years ago. It's solid so far, Baofu is an great character. It's amazing how much background dialogue they crammed into these games.
>>284260347
>Persona 3, on the other hand, did it perfectly.
>did it perfectly
>perfectly
HAHAHA
Devil Survivor is a better spinoff series than Persona. Don't bother debating it because I'm objectively correct.
>>284258828
Style. The appeal is style.
>>284260679
Perhaps, but DDS is superior to both
>ywn play P3 FES for the first time again
>>284258949
Pretty much this. Thinking back, those games were actually a chore to play. When you weren't reading that social link bullshit, you were running around some lazy ass dungeon that it took them all of 20 seconds to come up with.
>>284260679
Shame the first game is so much better than the second.
Not that the second is bad, just not as good as 1.
>>284260512
It did. 3 had an overlooming sense of dread that was always prevalent.
4 relied too much on "DA POWER OF FRIENDSHIP" which, if you can recall, it was SMT's willingness to turn its back on such tropes that garnered it fame in the first place.
>>284260807
DDS was boring
There is no apeal, if you're a normal human being that is. Only lonely waifufaggot who had no friends growning up like this.
>>>>>>>B-B-BUT MUH MUSIC
Its fucking TERRIBLE, nothing but generic J-pop filth.
>>>>>>>B-B-BUT MUH UNIQUE CHARACTERS
funny as you can find atleast 4 animes/games that have come out this season that have similar characters. Japan cannot make a single good character.and dont give me that >Kamina or >Bebob shit.
>>>>>>>B-B-BUT MUH FEELS
Real human beings don't play games for feelings or philosophy, they will read a book or watch a play for that, a more respectible artform.
>>284261052
>nothing but generic J-pop filth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_5XEeFpY-Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OtthnoeH3g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVVnVhxzB4g
Dude, Persona 4 changed my life for the better.
After beating Persona 4 I got so goddamn depressed that I sat around all day doing nothing but moping and eventually tried to kill myself. I was taken to a hospital and then I got antidepressants and went into therapy. I started to make friends and actually work out and get a social life.
As fuck up as it sounds, Persona 4 made me face my true self and really create change in my life
>>284258828
Honestly, I have no idea. I gave Persona 4 a try because I had a Vita, /v/ would never shut up about it, and because it was on sale.
I liked it. I can't tell you why, and I wouldn't blame you if you didn't like it at all.
If I HAD to give you a reason, its because I got a chance to relive high school the way that I would if I had to go back today (I am a LOT more confident in myself and my looks). It certainly isn't for the actual gameplay that I enjoyed it, and, quite frankly, even though I throughly enjoyed P4 Golden, I really have no drive to play Persona 5.
>>284261359
>that image
bless you
>>284261359
Oh my god that is without a doubt the fucking gayest shit I have ever read in my entire life.
This is the hardest I've ever laughed with my pants around my ankles.
>>284261052
>Real human beings don't play games for feelings or philosophy
Tipped your hand too heavily there, tumblr
>>284261348
persona started at 3
>>284261348
Other than the last track, it all sounds pretty bland and 90's, nothing special. The last one was ok.
>style
>themes
>memorable characters
>the chance to have the high school career you never had
>the chance to lose your virginity to someone you actually care about because you want to, not because you think have an obligation to give it because "everyone is doing it"
I'm 22 now, I know P5 still takes place in high school. My only complaint with P3 and P4 is sometimes they have those really cringy dialogue sessions that are in almost all JRPG's. I hope P5 is different in this regard.
>>284261359
If there was a game that did that for me, it would be FF8. I've played it since I was 16, and its nothing special, but for whatever reason, when I played it back then, it gave me the push I needed to come out of my shell.
>>284261530
Yeah, it's pretty gay, but it fixed my life up for the better
It appeals to weebs that wish they were Japanese teenagers like in their animes.
>>284259967
I completely agree with this
>>284261359
Anon, I think you have a lot more issues then you do. Congrats on your life being better, but I think your a fucking time bombs and at the slightest event that shakes your relationship with your friends, or whatever, you'll explode and you'll just be another suicide statistic.
>>284258828
It has voiced characters and is multiple choice
This gives autistic virgins like myself the feeling of actually talking to girls
>>284261785
Oh I mean yeah, that's good and everything and I'm glad you didn't off yourself.
That last part just killed me.
NEVER, I repeat, NEVER, put a single iota of worth to the opinion of a weeb. They have the single worst taste of any gamer. They would play with a literal piece of shit if it had cute big eyes. They will praise anything that has "waifus", no matter how shit it is. Persona is no different. It's nonsensical weeb garbage that these retarded fucks eat up like a crackhead eats the shit-crusted ass of another crackhead for that crumb of crackrock. I repeat, their opinions are worth nothing. A Zimbabwe coin holds more value in US Dollars than the opinion of a weeb. Thanks for listening and have a good, weeb-ignoring day.
>>284261348
>Deva Yuga
Mah localized african-american
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4fLwioQ-W8
>>284261662
I really expected P5 to feature college students. I figured they'd move the ages forward a couple years to keep up with the player-base.
And then the whole "You are a slave - want emancipation?" thing made me think of cubicles. But no, highschool it is.
>>284261841
Therapy has taught me a lot about handling and processing emotions, mostly by working out rather than sitting around in my room doing nothing. Really clears your mind. I think you're wrong, but, hey, whatever happens
>>284261902
It's been doing high school students since like 1996, why would you think they would change that
>>284261882
WHAT ARE YOU LIVING FOR
>>284261348
Even 3/4 had some good non-jpop tracks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wi1Y8cmjyM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jX-Lrhrt1M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hufv8MFlRdE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BcYDO3cc2s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwABWVby-Xw
>>284261564
Pretty sure tumblr plays games exclusively for feelings.
>>284261902
College is fucking shit. Anyone going to college in Japan or otherwise knows it. Nobody wants it in video games.
>>284258828
It's a Japanese school life simulator + dating simulator + fantasy elements + bland JRPG. It's the perfect weeb game.
>>284259748
>grinding
sad. I didn't know there was someone more shit at video games than me.
>>284261997
EP's cast was older. But the japs didn't like that. They wanna (re)live their high school glory days
>>284261882
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQJENBPfzLs
>>284258828
Persona 4 reminded me of Earthbound with it's modern setting and using household items as weapons.
....turns out it wasn't exactly that. So... music I guess?
>>284261902
There's something about the Japanese devs that never up the ante for their audience. This is an actual quote from Square Enix's Kitase:
"I actually think that it's a very natural thing for players to grow out of the Final Fantasy series," he answers. "In terms of the age group we target with each new game, it remains the teens to 20-somethings. That said, you're right in saying that some of our staff have been working on the series for many years. They are having new experiences and growing and they inevitably do bring those new ideas and perspectives to their work. In Final Fantasy XIII, for example, we have a greater spread of older characters in the story than we have had in the past. Satzu is older, has a family and is not really the kind of character one would normally encounter or play as in the series. But, that said, I think it's better that we keep the focus on the young generation rather than ageing the series' appeal. If players choose to stick around and continue playing the games as they grow older then that's great, but hopefully new generations will find the appeal, grow up with the series and then pass that down to the next generation as they themselves grow older".
>>284258828
i really enjoy the occult shit. im pretty educated on crowley shit and eliphas levi. persona does it justice. also qt's bein qt
>>284262013
Anyone know what the name of the track that plays in Persona 3 around lunchtime?
Usually when one of your social links comes up to ask you out on something in the afternoon?
Tons of horns and shit.
I'm new to this and frankly JRPG's in general, its interupting my planescape torment playthrough infact. But the music too funky.
Also, i've heard of a funky student in 4, can I chill with the nigga absorb his funky midiclorians?
>>284262251
you forgot "+ Lupin III simulator"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU3Q-4pvhxg
>>284259562
>Shit waifu
>Yukari
Yeah sounds about right.
You have 8 seconds to name a character more based than Nanjo
>>284262442
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FD4bSgQXT0
>>284262442
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrL5hTIbQ7o
This?
And Funky Student gives you riddles to solve
>>284262269WHOO WHEE WHOO WHEE WAHWOOWOO WHEE WOOWOO WHEE WOO WOO WHEE HONK HONK
>>284262558
u wanna fite m8?
>>284262640
I can't. He was #1.
>>284262442
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FD4bSgQXT0
>>284262558
All the waifus in Persona 3 were shit. Fuuka was kind of cute when she wasn't actually letting words out of her mouth and Elizabeth was cute even if she was dumb as shit.I don't usually like dogs, but Koromaru was adorable and probably the best waifu. If only there were an anthro form.
>>284262640
>>284259848
>Grinding has never been necessary
>>284259986
>>284262253
Hey asscunts
Every single boss in Tartarus has forced me to grind at least 4 different characters up 5-10 levels every single time, full moon boss are similar
I'm on hard mode first playthrough new game 1.
Sleeping Table alone required me to grind from level 21 to level 40 just to heal through the megidola spam.
>>284262640
Loli Mitsuru.
>>284258828
Literally ROLEPLAYING
It's a genuine roleplaying-game about the most primal otaku fantasies and it actually handles it really well
It has style, charm and polish
Gameplay is okay
>>284262708
Clearly superior coming through.
