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I think you misunderstood the point of the games, and the games might not be for you. The reason the games are repetitive is its supposed to emulate day to day life, its intentionally repetitive just as real life is, its also those down times that allow breaks and pacing to exist, if it was nonstop full moons it would be so difficult to actually grow your character. Slowing down, forming bonds with other people, living life to the fullest extent, its repetitive, its monotonous but its also what makes life worth living., having people in your life you can rely upon and turn to even if they aren't directly beside you is great. The protagonist isn't supposed to be a character, he's supposed to be an insert, complaining that the protagonist isn't much of a character is like complaining that link is very two dimensional or that the Pokémon trainer isn't really much, that's the point they are a self insert for you the character, video games are a medium where those type of characters can exist, it isn't like film where your watching a story unfold its a medium that can directly insert you into the story so self insert characters are more functional here than in film or books. The velvet room is VERY much a story purpose igor is a guide for the story that is unfolding, similar to a squire in older times he's there to help and guide you on your story but not intervene. Additionally he is a direct gameplay manifestation of point number one, he translated the bonds you make into power. If the velvet room didn't exist there would be no reason to form social links other than "I want to hehehe" Translation, I think your complaining about things that make the game the game, and this might not be the series for you, which is fine but what Persona does it performs SIGNIFICANTLY better than any of the counterparts that have attempted the same thing which is what makes it a masterpiece.
Don't know why this showed up in my suggested. But I will give my thoughts as I like to see people that make input and counter thoughts. With that in mind. 1. Repetitiveness - They are jrpgs, all jrpgs are repetitive that is part of the appeal. The growth of your character, but if you know what you are doing there are ways to speed it up. 2. Protagonists - They are intentionally left empty in a sense to allow you to place yourself in who they are. To make them you in a sense. 3. The Velvet Room - It is hella important for late game and end game content. If you are not using it, I question how deep you got into the later boss fights.
I don't agree with the point of the protagonists of persona the only reason Why the protagonists are so flat is for the mere fact that the Persona saga is made for you to insert yourself into the main character, hence the fact that you can have choices to respond and that you can give him any name, and my proof of this is the Makoto Yuki of the movies, He's probably the best character I've seen in terms of development and evolution, and why is that so? Because it's made in a medium where the joke isn't to insert yourself into a story, But tell you one, the protagonists of Persona are made in such a "flat" way because if they weren't it would become a more traditional RPG. That said, I can say that Makoto Yuki is the best protagonist of Persona.
I do agree with a lot of your points and the protagonist in these games can be taken in a lot of ways I think it's how u see the game. If you know the protagonist as a character in the game, yes, they come off as very one-sided. If you know the character as you in the game then it brings that character to life and I feel like this is what Atlus is going more for. Still, then I wish they would have more consequences when you say something wrong on social links you can always get a guide to be like this is the best answer. Still, if you play the game like I did through my first playthrough and freehand it and actually have consequences it would make the social links more interesting. I find a lot of the social links outdated a lot of times and repetitive between looking at Personas 3 and 5. Now when it comes to the velvet room I think there needs to be some type of game that this place is more explained It has been at least three games I do not know much about one or two. I think it would be interesting to have a game that focuses on the first Persona user and how they navigated all of this even though Persona 3 kinda gives us this idea it also shows that ideas like this and there might have been research prior. I think at some point the velvet room should be open to the whole group.
Thank you for your comment. It's a good point of view and suggestions for Atlus. Given the twists that Persona 5 brought related to the Velvet Room, I hope Persona 6 will have more of that. Though, expecting changes to the Social Link system might be asking for too much to them ngl. Unfortunately, it's something that's deeply embedded in the essence of Persona, and I believe it'll take a long time before they change anything related to it (comfort zone after all)
I think my biggest problem is how easy it is to find out an enemies weakness, especially in earlier games, like, 90% of the time it's just color theory. "oh a blue shadow with ice on its head, guarantee it's weak to fire" and basic things like that, I'm hoping in the future it's more like FF7 Remake, where it would take a turn to analyze the enemy, instead of just pressing a button and having Fuuka tell you. Throughout most of Episode Aigis, I go to a new floor, find the weakness of every enemy, have the automated assist find the weakness for me/shift to whoever has the weakness, and the game is essentially just the "F" key.
I agree with you entirely on the protagonist being just a blank plot device. The anime of P4 showed how good and interesting Persona protagonists can be, and P5 did it again to a certain extent even if the actual anime itself was lower quality. I have always been confused and frustrated by Joker being voiced only like 5% of the time, and there are several missed opportunities with it. I understand maybe they can't be voiced all the time, but definitely more often than they are. They need to be a real character. For your other criticisms, about the length of the games and the velvet room, I think you missed the mark on the important parts from my perspective. You are technically correct on the subjects, but I think you missed on the details of why. I don't think the social links are the problem, I think it's all of the worthless filler between them. Why is it that I can take the subway across all of Tokyo without any time passing, but if I grab a coffee at a store that takes like 8 hours? And why do all of the Phantom Thieves need to have the same conversation of "we should hit the palace" and then "I wonder if the change of heart will work" literally every fucking day via texts? It's obnoxious. I think the player should be given 2 time slots per day (one for stats, one for links) and stop wasting our time with pointless filler text messages etc. For the velvet room, it is weird that the player never explains it to their friends but I don't think it's existence alone is a problem. My problem is how damn tedious it is. Instead of making it quick and easy to check your party, fuse, dismiss, do everything you need to do Atlus is constantly taking like 1 step forward and 2 steps back with how this damn room works. And fusion itself is a massive pain in the ass. Why did SMT4 have a fully featured built in fusion calculator to solve all your problems and then Persona 5 didn't? Why does SMT5 have reverse compendium fusion searches but Reload doesn't? Why do some games let you special fuse out of the compendium and others don't? Why can't I easily check and dismiss Personas without leaving the room or the dialogue menu? Shit just becomes so annoying.
Persona 5 is m to favorite out of all of them the theme just really hits for me persona 4 is another close one 3 is also good and I haven’t played 1 or 2 yet which I want to
The style of Persona 5 is incomparable, I really like it too. I'm thinking about replaying the game someday. I also really like Joker as a character, even though I have my criticisms as I said in the video. Persona 2 has an awesome storytelling if not the best in the entire series, if it receives a proper remake could become the best game in the series period
@@WhiteHorsePrince one flaw I will say is Haru like I wish she got screen time and one u said in the video is I feel like it’s to long and dragged out at times like overall the story is great but yes at times it feels like it gets dragged out
I feel one way to make the Velvet Room more involved in the story is going back to how P1-2 and Q did it: Everyone knows and has access to the room, but alongside their regular Persona they also get a secondary Persona like it is in the Q games: that game balances it by splitting 4 and 4 skills for each, with the weaknesses of the main Persona. This doesn't have to be so intense as the design for this games is different, but think about the possibilities of making the Traits from 3R be benefits you get thanks to the secondary Persona, alongside 1/2 extra skills OR stat buffs. And you can either min-max your fusions so you're a 1 man army or fuse the Ultimate Persona for your party members SL and give it to them. That way, it can even work so 2nd tier awakenings go back to being part of the main story rather than how it is in later games, and you can even do cool challenges where you don't control the protagonist, but 4 of your team members. I feel it can be a great thing to do, specially if it's mandatory for certain battles outside DLC superbosses and such, and the difficulty spike is suddenly increased in a natural way.
Personally, don’t find the lack of character for the MC to be an issue. They are a self-insert and never really tried to be anything but. Kind of like the doom slayer. There’s a bit of characterisation so you understand who you are playing, but nothing beyond that. And it’s definitely not the biggest issue with Persona due to the consistently great cast, even to the side characters.
I have nothing but respect for the fact you put genuine criticisms you had out there, and while I didn’t end up agreeing with a lot of what you said, I actually did find myself agreeing with certain points or at the very least understanding where you came from. Like your points about the protagonists lacking character was one that particularly stood out to me. I completely agree on that front. The only true point of contention I have is with the “repetitive” gameplay as I feel the fact it is long is because it allows the game to flesh out its themes via social links and get you more attached to the cast overall. But honestly I can accept that my view is much more my opinion if anything.
the Velvet Room is fine imo, it serves its purpose as the compendium/fusion place (plus the music is nice). i agree with the other points, though, something tells me that these games are gonna get longer and longer with more social links (half of which are gonna be bad to painfully mid). a P6 playthrough is gonna average 200 hours with 10 hours of plot, which is why i'm not hyped for it at all
Oh, yeah, speaking of Persona 6, I even forgot to mention the fact that we're going to have to wait like 2 or 3 years for the game to get its 'Royal' version to have the full experience of it. Goddamnit Atlus, and goddamnit for me too for forgetting about this
@@WhiteHorsePrincethat won’t happen from here on out. The director of Atlus announced that that SMT V was the last rerelease game and from this point onwards, it’s going to be optional DLCs kinda like episode Aigis
Yes, I understand that, which is why today I like the game enough to give it a 7.5. The ending is simply amazing and I loved the experience (it was a solid 9/10), but here's the point: the rest of the game isn't like the ending, with good pacing, mystery, and plot development. It's the same as what we already know.
@WhiteHorsePrince i promise if you do a second playthrough you'll grow to love all of the small details about the story you missed the first time. to say that it's a negative that the main character is only there to be special and push the plot forward? ummm ya is that not what the player character is meant to do in any game? your actions make an impact. most extremely successful series have this same silent protagonist concept. literally pokemon lol. what this says to me is that you just don't enjoy the genre which is ok. p3 is text book. when i say it seems you didn't finish the game is when you say that the velvet room is essentually cringe power fantasy. ummm that is Exactly what it is and meant to be. it's to show the direct forward progression of your journey. right up till the end when the elevator doors open and you've reached the answer lol. the game is meant to be played more than once, and no one is forcing you to grind through Tartarus. skip through it if you want to, but it's the core gameplay loop ...
I hope they make the protagonist talk in Persona 6. and if not then I hope we get more Characters like Aigis. Aigis is a character where the story revolves around
Yes, I'm looking for the same. He'll probably still be a silent protagonist, but if he at least gives a bit more of what Joker was, I'll already be happy. One step at a time, at least.
Did you play Persona 3 or Persona 3 Reload? I mean, playing P3R and saying things about base P3 is such a bad understanding on the meaning of the game and the story behind it... Even still, you compalined a lot of stuff from any type of Jrpg gameplay...
I played both Persona 3 FES and Persona 3 Reload. This game taught me lessons that I’ll carry for the rest of my life, and it gave me strength during major challenges this year. But I haven't forgiven all the unnecessary time you have to, for example, grind through a tower with more than 200 floors where every floor is practically the same. It’s about making the most of your short time in life, yet they do this? Hypocrisy much? I've played many JRPGs, a lot, really, think of many, and I don't have more than 5 to tell you that are as repetitive as Persona
I won't lie, He kinda has a point with the persona MC being empty and one-dimensional. With ONLY the info from the games, the persona mc's feels like soulless puppets that are only able to move the plot along because they are under the control of the player. The only time you can see them have ANY personality of their own is when you have no control over their actions, like the anime, manga or movies. Best example of this is p4. P4 MC was very boring and bland in the game. But the when anime came out and he was given his own personality, that is when he became so popular.
In the persona 3 movie they made the MC's personality of being empty into good use. Makoto being so nonchalant because ever since the accident on the bridge happened, he lost his parents and death enters him(turning him into like a patient zero of Apathy Syndrome)
@@SachiAi I feel like p3 MC can be a bit of exception because it is in his very character to be empty and uncaring. But even when he is designed to be like that, due to him being out of our control by being in a movie, he can develop a personality of his very own.
That's what I always say to people: I don't care if you like or hate SAO. You haven't read the novel so I don't blame you. BUT if you don't "understand" what SAO wants to say, you probably are so distanced from tech, you asked someone else to make you an email. But I'd disagree with you on mother's rosario arc. Sure, it doesn't have much rewatch value. But for the first watch, it's impactful.
That's exactly it. It's a shame so many people don't appreciate such a beautiful story, and mostly due to silly reasons. Fair enough. I recognize the value of Mother's Rosario, especially the duality of Asuna's loss with Kirito's loss in Alicization, but unfortunately, it wasn't as special to me as it is for others. Well, thanks for watching!
VERY MAJOR CORRECTION!! Toriyama NEVER intended to end the series on majunior, freeza or cell which is a VERY popular Fan made Misinformation!!!! In fact Toriyama wrote the buu arc on his own refusing editorial influence on the final arc and let him do his thing. (you can check the internet or see "Geekdom101" videos on that topic he is credible db ytuber). Goku wasn't brought back because of Fans pressuring him, this is wrong on many levels as Cell arc Gohan was the most popular voted character in manga polls in weekly shonen jump at that time. Goku was brought back because Toriyama didnt feel Gohan would fit the role of mc for his story as well as Goku does and there's some narrative significance like Goku(remaining dead is a mistake and not proper guidance), nxt gen failing due to lack of good guidance and old gen mistakes, thats why Goku, Vegeta, Mr.Satan take part in final fight against kid buu(buu itself is a representation of a misguided child demon), thats why he is reincarnated and made as uub and has significance at the end of the story.
Was my first anime bro a know is not perfect but for me is a 10 because was the first... Btw I cried out loud with the title vid I Got you want to beat the inmortal meme of this anime is "Bad", keep going bro if you think it this ways is a 10 just for a few Ones, that makes it more special :)
I couldn't agree more! A remake is long overdue and well deserved for such an amazing story. I'm hopeful (delusional) that Crunchyroll's tweet about PH does actually mean that they're using the success of the VNC anime to consider a PH project
Ok, I don't speak english very well, you don't speak clearly in this video so I couldn't understand everything but let me defend a few cases: 1. Gacha: Without a predatory economy system a lifetime rpg of that quality wouldn't be possible. Is the money they get in relation to the current quality? In my opinion no! Genshin still lacks basic game function which are currently implemented as QoL but not at a speed they should be. I mean if they wouldn't have gacha, we would get really poor skins and collabs below the texture quality of Alloy. We would probably get more limited resign with it being a subscribtion service to play or even lock entire content like big MMO content. 5* weapons would most likely entirely p2get like with the battle pass. The overall average price of characters would also be higher (I mean the average price of a featured 5* character is 62,5 and a featured 4* is 38+ pulls, to lazy to math it into dollar). 2. Inazuma Story: If the last parts would be completely re-written then it is a good story. Or they just remove the Kok hype that they did. The main issue of Inazuma was that the story was written with one less part in mind but for some reason they need to stay true to the format they laid out for every other region. Also the date with Raiden was really bad but that exist in other regions too. 3. NPC quests: Most playable characters (to be precise I couldn't name one) are higher ups so it is no wonder that most quest start and finish with the life of regular folk. I mean we are roleplaying as Aether/Lumine an Adventurer who take up quests without questions asked as long as the payment fits. And if you find a story not fun or don't care about it, then you shouldn't do them. I mean for example the lucky charm quest (with good story) in Inazuma with approximatly 60 primos is something many people will most likely never experience, so why should you care about timmys dad for 20 primos? Heck why would you use your time on timmys quest if it is much more time efficient to take up a small side job like mowing your neighbors grass for 5 bucks to get the shiny rocks or better yet: not care about which character you get? 4. The story was said to conclude after 14 years time however Teyvat will likely end in 2-4 years (depending if we get to abyss/celestia and some expansions like the see of flowers). The Traveller is merely an observant from outside the perspective of Irmensol just like we as players are just observants from outside the perspective of Genshin Impact (shown in bedtime story quest and Sumeru quest). The Archon quest can be easily digested without resources like the book of sun and moon if you don't need to know everything that will happen in future quests (Theory craft territory). 5. repetitive farming: This is more fault with nature of players mentality then anything. A lot of content created is just "look how good this is" without showing that you don't need to get something that good for most characters. Like I have farmed for my Bennett two weeks and then never changed it. He is one of my weakest build character where I actually sat down and actively farmed just for him. But it is still completely viable to clear all the content thrown at him. Like I didn't need to farm for my Yoimiya for 5 months, if the combat performance just improved by 2% compared to the build after the first month. Also you don't need to clear something like the abyss perfectly, I personally just go for 33 stars because I don't see the value to put in 6 hours for 50/now 100 primos. People even complain about the IT now but honestly your investment in characters doesn't need to be so good that you should complain.
I agree on the characters and quests. A lot of characters are underutilized to the point where both on banner and in game we gotta wait a year+ just for them to have 5 voicelines A lot that has to do with albedo and durin is in 2 limited dragonspine events, so a new player playing 4.8 simulanka would be confused asf
Hey bro, I Really enjoyed watching and reacting to your video man I love your commentary! If you want could you update this Video on points you were talking about and the differences that you talked about in this video. Keep up the Great Work <3
lets remember that Genshin's story was kinda bad before Sumeru, lets give Wuwa a chance, they are still literally 2 days old, Genshin has a good story, and ost, but the gameplay is ass, its just figuring out what combination of bursts does the most damage. I believe the story of Wuwa WILL improve, be patient.
Genshin impact story was great from act1 or 1.4 it just got even more better, i tried both games and genshin negs in every thing except gameplay, even the design in wuwa , people might think it's better than genshin depends on opinion but i find it too flashy and fan service , visuals too , but i appreciate that kuro games worked hard in their game and the story of wuwa at the start like one hour in the game was shit , i was one of the haters of the story but as soon as i finished the story quest i started to make theories and got interested in the story , like that the rover in latenc discord or half a latenc discord, alot of this, boss fights in wuwa are awesome especially scars fight but again u can't compare wuwa and genshin since genshin in from 2019 and worked for itself making new ideas but wuwa is from 2024 and took many ideas form genshin impact,so don't compare genshin 1.0 to wuwa 1.0 , compare the both now games cuz we don't live in the past
They're not bad. I was supposed to quit in 1.0 but decided to stay because of the story. Although the Inazuma archon quest felt kinda meh because the climax didn't give justice to the buildup but they're still great overall. At least imo
Genshin has a beautiful OST and scenery but a pain to explore; the gamplay is fun but there's only one place where your rotation and composition matters. Honestly, after a couple of years doing the same abyss, im just not interested anymore. Maybe Wuwa will end up being the same, maybe not.
