Persona 4, For the PS2 Options

[aerozero]

http://kotaku.com/369077/famitsu-reveals-persona-4

Too tired to be excited.

But Day One for me.

[Irysa]

Random impressions off the video

Impressions from the trailer (and i could very well be wrong) seem to suggest that the main dungeon or dungeons this time around are somehow connected to television sets, and presumably the "midnight TV" show i've seen mentioned around. Lunar cycle seems to have been completely replaced by the random weather changes with foggy nights (when murders occur) happening on set days throughout the game. No idea whether or not they will be scripted events similar to full moons from P3 or scenarios that can have differing solutions (perhaps you can stop or fail to stop a murder, resulting in branching paths to the multiple endings).

Social Links are still intact, so you can expect much the same if not a bit more in-depth; maybe we'll see actual endings to the S-Links instead of having to wait for an expansion? Igor is, of course, still present; this time he seems to be hanging out in a limo with a new girl (doesn't quite seem like Elizabeth, but it could just be a cosmetic change).

Looks like some cool weapons in the game, along the lines of wrenches and fishing poles (seemed like). Battles seem to work out in much the same way as P3, but likely with some freshening up and new touches. A few scenes showed characters in battle helping their teammates up off of the ground. No more evokers, it looks like each character summons a Persona directly from a tarot card. The glasses may be used just to see their enemies (ala They Live). A bunch of new characters are shown apart from the main three we've seen: might be mistaken, but looked like a biker dude with sunglasses, a fellow who looks similar to a mix of Isamu from SMT: Nocturne and Raidou from DS (assumption from a quick glance of him in battle and his portrait, not gospel), what might be that long-haired girl in the red shirt/gray skirt seen introduced to the MC in an earlier gameplay scene, and maybe a few others. I lost track and the youtube vid is screwing up on me now.


Overall, I'm looking forward to this game. At first, it didn't seem to have quite the same kick as the P3 trailer had; lacking a little of the loud, impressive and colorful style they blasted you with in that intro, it seemed a little more low-key, subdued. I like to think now that it just suits the rural aesthetic of the game and don't hold it against it by any means. Once Igor popped in and the gameplay started, i was hooked.

SOME SHIT FROM GAMEFAGGOTS (courtesy of Zeruel):

-that bear thing is a party member
-Loki's back, however, he's in his Soul Hackers form (13:49)
-fight Shadow versions of your party members
-some Commu/S-Link info; Nanako Doujima/Justice (the little girl you live with), Sports Club/Strength, Chie Satonaka/Chariot

This post has been edited by Irysa: Mar 19 2008, 05:51 PM