Persona 5 confirmed

[qwertysaur]

I'm very excited about this. I've (shamefully) never played P3 or 4, but I love SMT games. I'm really looking forward to eventually playing Strange Journey some time this summer.

Save often. You will regret it if you don't.

[Wolf Kanno]

Since P5 has been confirmed, what are some of the gaming features you hope it possesses or gets rid of?

[NeoCracker]

1) Add back in the 3 separate attack types.
2) Keep the varying effects of Physical attack types P4 added to certain attacks.
3) Exapand on how P4's Social Link system could alter later scenarios depending on certain ways you answered questions before.
4) More character unique abilities. P3 had Aegis's Orgia mode, and 4 had Chie's Galactic Bunt, but I think those are the only two so far.
5) More Fusion attacks, and make them worth using. I never found a use for them after the beginning of P3.

Thats all I got right now.

[qwertysaur]

I hope they keep the ability to control all the characters. The AI in 3 loves to do the stupidest things sometimes and it makes me sad.

[Slothy]

I hope they keep the ability to control all the characters. The AI in 3 loves to do the stupidest things sometimes and it makes me sad.

Please god yes. I just got back to playing my recent playthrough of P3 some more and christ are the AI characters stupid. Fighting one boss (royal beetles I think they were called) I set Akihiko to focus on knocking them down since they were weak against electricity. So of course he decided to use a striking ability every turn instead of Zio which would actually do what I told him. And of course, as soon as I said screw it and set him to act freely, he'd use Zio then hit the downed beetle with it again just because he likes being useless.

[Jessweeee♪]

It's weird! They only did slightly stupid things the first time I played P3, but on my second playthrough they would only take the dumbest action allowed by the tactics!

Really I just hope they keep all of those minor improvements and add more! The expanded social links, social links with the entire party, being able to press square to see what Persona abilities do before fusing, being able to control what abilities the rest of the party's personae learn, pressing square to move around the city. Little things like that really made Persona 4 shine :</>D!

[Zeromus_X]

Please god yes. I just got back to playing my recent playthrough of P3 some more and christ are the AI characters stupid. Fighting one boss (royal beetles I think they were called) I set Akihiko to focus on knocking them down since they were weak against electricity. So of course he decided to use a striking ability every turn instead of Zio which would actually do what I told him. And of course, as soon as I said screw it and set him to act freely, he'd use Zio then hit the downed beetle with it again just because he likes being useless.

Did you scan the enemy first? The AI won't know if there's an element they can use to knock the enemy down if the enemy isn't scanned; even if no information appears when you scan the enemy. But if you already scanned them and they're still doing that, that's just weird.

I personally didn't mind the AI system; once you know how it works at it's not too bad. Still prefer actually being able to control my party members though.

[Slothy]

Did you scan the enemy first? The AI won't know if there's an element they can use to knock the enemy down if the enemy isn't scanned; even if no information appears when you scan the enemy. But if you already scanned them and they're still doing that, that's just weird.

I personally didn't mind the AI system; once you know how it works at it's not too bad. Still prefer actually being able to control my party members though.

I didn't scan them, but only because I was on my second try and knew what they were weak against. I didn't realize the AI needed me to scan enemies to use their weakness even if nothing shows up on the scan. I would have figured me using their weakness every turn would be enough. It's good to know how it works now I guess, but that's just bad game design, and something that's easily fixed by letting me control my characters.

[Vermachtnis]

I'd like it if Hero McProtagonist talks. The guy from 4 was called the chattiest silent protagonist, so why go the extra step and have the next guy actually say stuff. And have a dynamic personality based on the choices you make during the course of the game.

[Jessweeee♪]

Did you scan the enemy first? The AI won't know if there's an element they can use to knock the enemy down if the enemy isn't scanned; even if no information appears when you scan the enemy. But if you already scanned them and they're still doing that, that's just weird.

I personally didn't mind the AI system; once you know how it works at it's not too bad. Still prefer actually being able to control my party members though.

I didn't scan them, but only because I was on my second try and knew what they were weak against. I didn't realize the AI needed me to scan enemies to use their weakness even if nothing shows up on the scan. I would have figured me using their weakness every turn would be enough. It's good to know how it works now I guess, but that's just bad game design, and something that's easily fixed by letting me control my characters.

I noticed this when my party members seemed to immediately know what elements to use and what not to use while I was still trying to figure it out. Like wtf who decided to leave me out of the loop like that?

[Wolf Kanno]

Instead of making a new thread I'm just going to use the power of necromancy and bring this thread back from the grave. Get your shotguns ready kiddies

Anyway... the Persona team is hinting at what the main character from P5 is going to be like.

Persona director Katsura Hasino revealed to Degenki PlayStation that a new Persona was in development. According to the interview, the team had originally wanted to make the main character’s personality more optimistic in comparison to previous games, however due to the story’s development, they’ve gone with the introverted personality. He’ll have a hair covering one of his eyes and will be slightly slouched due to this.

Aegis, who comes from before Persona 3: FES, returns as one of the main character’s closest friends.

If anything, the main character of the new Persona sounds just like that of Persona 3. An exact description, actually.

I'm guessing they are either screwing with the fans for the fun of it or P5 might be really interesting for Persona 3 fans...

[Jessweeee♪]

I liked P3, but I want something new

I hope this isn't a warning sign that P3 will become the FFVII of Persona xD

[Vermachtnis]

They should make Elizabeth playable as well while they're at it.

[Wolf Kanno]

I liked P3, but I want something new

I hope this isn't a warning sign that P3 will become the FFVII of Persona xD

I kinda decided it was after P3P was announced. You never know though, I'm actually excited by the prospect of seeing returning characters though I feel it would be equally awesome to bring back the P2 cast while we were at it.

[Jessweeee♪]

I miss P4, but I don't know what they could do with it xD