Isn't P4 one of the easier Persona games? Why the fuck does it need an instant win button?
I always feel like Persona has a tendency to do the opposite. The original release is an actual game with a genuine (if rudimentary) story its trying to tell, then they shit out a re-release that buries that initial genuine attempt with over produced visuals and half assed gameplay gimmicks stapled to it. They love to do random shit to break the games difficulty so normies dont complain too.
Yeah Metaphor was a step in the right direction so I thought this shit wouldn't happen but I think they're marketing Persona 4 to those people who saw a funny line off of TikTok as opposed to people who like playing JRPGs. I think it's a terrible direction to head in as these games have very addicting gameplay loops outside of the life-sim shit and P4 was a game I had a ton of issues with gameplay-wise despite loving a lot. I think ATLUS should have faith in the core gameplay mechanics instead of tacking on gimmicks and instant-win buttons.
I do not think we are going to see rereleases ala Royal or Golden nearly as much because SEGA specifically said in their financial reports that they believe it is a reason for reduced sales.
Honestly that's the other reason I'm not really interested in the P4 remake - it's already been rereleased on most everything. P4 and P5 have been milked to a degree that it borders on comical, and if they were actual cows instead of cash cows it'd probably count as animal abuse. It's why I give P3 a pass on the Remake treatment, of the mainline Persona's that Atlus gives a shit about it was arguably the most annoying to actually play. Too bad about them basically P5-ing it, but that's another argument.
Honest to God - I'm more surprised they didn't shift to an expansion model before this, but I do wonder if that's just a side effect of how long we go between Persona/SMT releases that they just didn't have the data telling them this was tanking initial sales.
If they put Dagda in a fucking persona game I will kill every atlus employee
please. no mascot characters, PLEASE.
Could I trouble you with a talking mongoose?
Less time playing the game and more time gooning to Yukiko... Jamal-kun impressed...
well, there goes that last bit of hope i had
The OG and Golden are worth playing once every five years IMO. But I wanted to played P3R but the music and voice actors killed it for me. The dorm music was some modern rap song, which is awful.
I'm starting to think fully abandoning the original iteration of persona 3's: the player should only influence the party through Social Links and communication, not direct command, is how we get to Prime Time, you just win no downsides button.
