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Title: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Edible on February 05, 2015, 01:01:00 PM
Gameplay trailer is finally out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc_9r4wifFc

Oh my, yes.
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: trancehime on February 05, 2015, 01:23:10 PM
oh god i'm getting lupin the third vibes from this

oh my god

i cant

THE HYPE IS REAL
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Garlyle on February 05, 2015, 01:50:46 PM
I was not ready for this

not at all

oh my godddd

To notice that might not be immediately obvious: We're fighting demons again, not just shadows
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: commandercool on February 05, 2015, 02:02:45 PM
Lookin' great. I've been saying basically since Persona 4 came out that I want Persona 5 to be about something other than Japanese kids going to high school. It looks like it's still about that, but it's also about something else too, so... Yeah, I'll take it. Good.

To notice that might not be immediately obvious: We're fighting demons again, not just shadows

What's the distinction in Personaverse? I didn't play Persona or Persona 2, so I missed some stuff.
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Serela on February 05, 2015, 02:18:24 PM
So from what I can tell...
your characters are basically acting as badass superheroes, from the end of the video it looks like they sorta transform into their persona-equivalent maybe?

And P3 Death Kid whose name escapes me (...ryoji?) is locked away in the Velvet room, which is very interesting, and also kinda makes sense since he sorta heralds the end. But it's curious because it means P3's plot might get some slight expanding on.

Also dat cat
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Zengar Zombolt on February 05, 2015, 02:20:39 PM
To notice that might not be immediately obvious: We're fighting demons again, not just shadows
Sandman spotted, hype is real.
Also we're back to the classic sword+gun weapon style, too
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: trancehime on February 05, 2015, 02:39:14 PM
To notice that might not be immediately obvious: We're fighting demons again, not just shadows

In b4 the protagonist's Persona is Joker.
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Drake on February 05, 2015, 03:17:12 PM
I still haven't personally played a Persona title but this is hype as fuck anyways
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Zerviscos on February 05, 2015, 03:20:45 PM
Wish this was on the Vita...meh, will buy both PS3 and PS4 copies just for the heck of collecting.  :derp:
Hope there's a collector's ed for this though.

Also, SO MUCH OPEN-ROAMING.
What's the distinction in Personaverse? I didn't play Persona or Persona 2, so I missed some stuff.
Demon-like creatures are the original enemies in the Shin Megami Franchise.
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Reddyne on February 05, 2015, 03:22:56 PM
P4 is an all-time fave of mine in terms of characters, music, gameplay, and overall improvements from P3, but I think they started to pull a Squeenix with it and pumped it for all it was worth. So glad to see this.

While the intro starts off with a lot of color, things immediately swap over to a distinct red-neutral tone scheme. P3 had a lot of purples and blues while P4 had lots of orange. There's also an emphasis on masks with the superhero motif and it's highlighted a bit at the end. Wonder if they'll be the P3 equivalent of guns or if they'll represent personae as a whole.
Quote
Composer: Shoji Meguro
I can't wait for more of this guy's stuff. From the most awesome boss themes to the hokey Engrish lyrics for downtime. Your fashion, your fashion, taken from puppies. I'll smell to you until we kiss at Huggy Row. P3 had a rap/hip-hop style to a number of tunes. P4 had a punk rock vibe. Any word on if this one will follow a theme? I can't watch the audio to this because werkwerkwerk. Maybe I shouldn't care until lunch but :V :V :V

Do I HAVE to own a game console? :(
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Drake on February 05, 2015, 03:31:55 PM
I can't wait for more of this guy's stuff. From the most awesome boss themes to the hokey Engrish lyrics for downtime. Your fashion, your fashion, taken from puppies. I'll smell to you until we kiss at Huggy Row. P3 had a rap/hip-hop style to a number of tunes. P4 had a punk rock vibe. Any word on if this one will follow a theme? I can't watch the audio to this because werkwerkwerk
It's lounge jazzy as all hell, so good
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Serela on February 05, 2015, 03:50:30 PM
About the guy in the cage again;
I've seen some people thinking it's the P5MC, but the P5MC does not have a mole AFAIK. However, Ryoji (p3 death kid w/e) does have a mole on that spot, so my suspicion isn't going anywhere
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Yatakarasu on February 05, 2015, 04:51:47 PM
In the immortal words of Akihiko-senpei "I've been waiting for this!"
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Mr. Sacchi on February 05, 2015, 04:55:58 PM
I'm getting the sense that the protagonist is some sort of master thief, which leads me to believe that it's the kind of protagonist that gains the power of the persona... and then misuses it.

But apparently he's also a high-school kid so I'm like ???

Anyway it's persona 5 so HYPE AS FUCK
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Jq1790 on February 05, 2015, 05:19:04 PM
I'm just glad it's for the PS3 as well...If it wasn't I'd be sooo annoyed.

Reminds me I need to eventually get/play P4, but ::backlog::.

Still, definitely interested in seeing where things go with this one!

EDIT:  @s not for
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Edible on February 05, 2015, 05:31:46 PM
I'm just glad it's not the PS3 as well...If it wasn't I'd be sooo annoyed.

Er

It's a PS3/PS4 release.
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Bio on February 05, 2015, 05:42:58 PM
Red/White/Black is quite a striking high contrast palette, a lot more than previous palettes.
I can see they're really driving this dark theme with the protag's persona, the deadly sin reference and the whole masquerade thief thing in combination with the colors. I will withhold judgement on these choices until I see how fun it turns out to be, but it does look good though, even if it's built for PS3. Please don't fuck up the technical aspect.
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Jq1790 on February 05, 2015, 05:46:39 PM
Er

It's a PS3/PS4 release.
Whoops somehow th wrong word was put in there.
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Suikama on February 05, 2015, 05:59:01 PM
(http://i.minus.com/iecWzHpnX6R8P.gif)
(http://i.minus.com/izYPEKic1E5ys.gif)
(http://i.minus.com/ilhwtADJacBmp.gif)

those menus tho
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Edible on February 05, 2015, 06:14:14 PM
God, I love how the last one transitions from 3d to 2d
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: MatsuriSakuragi on February 05, 2015, 06:40:40 PM
yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyYYYYYYYYEP I HAVE A REASON TO GET A PS4 NOW

I wanna play this shit in the highest quality possible holy shit i love every single thing about this
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Reddyne on February 05, 2015, 06:48:45 PM
yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyYYYYYYYYEP I HAVE A REASON TO GET A PS4 NOW
I swear I'm going to claw bits of hair off my head for months after its release and then begrudgingly buy a used one, love the game to death and play it through twice, then regret my purchase once the experience is over. It took more than a half dozen absolutely must-have games to be released for the 3DS for me to cave there. This will eat at me to no end until I give in.
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Raikaria on February 05, 2015, 07:27:04 PM
Never played Persona. Wanted to but never been able to do so due to platforms and availability. Sadly it's Playstation only and not PC so I won't be able to play this one either :/

About time P5 came; after all the different P4's; it was starting to feel like Half Life.
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Amraphenson on February 05, 2015, 10:54:13 PM
shit is this game actually happening in a big city??? amazing. P3 was pretty much a school and its supporting industries around it even if it was technically in the city, and P4 was obviously out in the country, so actually having a huge city to play around with would be super cool. And they were probably planning a heist or something in the bar?? The Phantom Thief aesthetic, those menus, that music? my god I want this game
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Phlegeth on February 05, 2015, 11:43:52 PM
With the masks and stuff, anyone else thinking Philemon might be making a proper return?
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: commandercool on February 06, 2015, 01:01:36 AM
Demon-like creatures are the original enemies in the Shin Megami Franchise.

Right, I got that, but in Persona is there a difference? Are demons one thing and shadows are a different thing? Obviously the fact that Mega Tensei monsters that had been adapted to the Persona franchise for use as personas being enemies again is weird, but I'm not sure I follow the full implications of that.
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Sect on February 06, 2015, 01:44:48 AM
Right, I got that, but in Persona is there a difference? Are demons one thing and shadows are a different thing? Obviously the fact that Mega Tensei monsters that had been adapted to the Persona franchise for use as personas being enemies again is weird, but I'm not sure I follow the full implications of that.
It's never been quite explained why it transitioned from demons to shadows, but they both fulfill the same role of being mankind's unconscious desires and personalities and such (feel free to call me out on this). Some people who believe that all of the Persona games take place in the same continuity think that
when Nyarlahotep was defeated in the end of Persona 2 he was resealed into mankind or something: the shadows greatly resemble his true form.
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Shizumarashi Mayuzumi on February 06, 2015, 01:56:28 AM

Persona 5 director discusses characters, themes, and development (http://gematsu.com/2015/02/persona-5-director-discusses-characters-themes-development)
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Garlyle on February 06, 2015, 02:00:30 AM
In b4 the protagonist's Persona is Joker.
Actually if you look on one of the menus it lists "JOKER" when the MC is selected - so Joker may actually be his code name or something.
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Sect on February 06, 2015, 02:41:28 AM
(https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/6ffbwL1uYzT3h5ozu7xih9oJK_c=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3377374/015656ab1f8a98c4a300f1f4ee62117f93e4.0.jpg)

I guess this is Harry's Persona. No idea what it could be, though that's to be expected.

(http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--J8luI9gT--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/gindfztxvtng04uhanuj.gif)

And I'm pretending the cat is doing The Running Man.
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Mеа on February 06, 2015, 05:01:50 AM
hypehypehypehype

So there's no tower or tv world, but it's set in the outside world now?
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Third Eye Lem on February 06, 2015, 07:38:09 AM
So this is what happens when you throw Sly Cooper, Persona, and mayyyyybe some bits from Sailor Moon and Super Sentai in a blender and hit puree...Interesting setting we got going here, a complete shift in tone from the more laid-back trailers we've seen so far. Also, that bit at the end...It might be just me, but
could we see some human/demon transitioning ala Digital Devil Saga? Because that would be awesome to see again.

High point for this trailer: We get TWO Velvet Room assistants instead of one! They look adorable. :3c
Low point: The menus look nice yet they have these bright, contrasting colors...My poor eyes are gonna have a hard time with this. (ohdear)

Consider myself on board the hype train. I hope they don't go too crazy with the action elements though, otherwise we could end up with some strange turn-based and action hybrid like FF12...I'd still play it though! :D
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: BT on February 06, 2015, 01:00:43 PM
Light confession, I don't think I would be as hype about this if it weren't for the jamming song in the background. The jumpsuits look cool as heck too. I don't know, I'll twiddle my thumbs and listen to the trailer on repeat until the full soundtrack comes out.
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Sect on February 06, 2015, 01:55:26 PM
(http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--6KhXl9GM--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/b5okvgdnyn40zie1f0nz.gif)

Even after sleeping this makes me excited.

Anyways, for some reason I'm getting major bro feelings off the male supporting character, and I already like him more than Junpei and Yosuke (which, admittedly, aren't high bars to pass). Haven't decided if he's more bro than Atsuro, though.

Light confession, I don't think I would be as hype about this if it weren't for the jamming song in the background. The jumpsuits look cool as heck too. I don't know, I'll twiddle my thumbs and listen to the trailer on repeat until the full soundtrack comes out.
That's perfectly acceptable. For me it's a perfect storm of elements that make me so excited.
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Hanzo K. on February 06, 2015, 06:53:22 PM
With the masks and stuff, anyone else thinking Philemon might be making a proper return?

You aren't the only one! I thought that too! When I saw MC's mask, the first thing that popped into mind was "...Philemon? Is that you? When'd you form a crew and become a Phantom Thief?"
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Zerviscos on February 07, 2015, 03:17:20 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/kLLJib9.png)
Crank up that social link. o3o
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Sagus on February 07, 2015, 04:46:56 PM
*high pitched noises*

Literally the only thing that would make me more hype is if the mc was female (or there was a fmc option like in p3p) but since the mc seems to actually have a personality outside of dry stale oatmeal cookie, it's not too disappointing
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Amraphenson on February 07, 2015, 06:34:46 PM
Hey man Minato and Yu had personalities. Yu has no common sense and Minato's a total jerk, what's not to love.
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Ryuu on February 08, 2015, 01:39:50 AM
And P3 Death Kid whose name escapes me (...ryoji?) is locked away in the Velvet room/spoiler]
that's P5MC. the hair is completely different(and exactly like P5MC's hair) and the theme of P5 is being held down by the chains of society and freedom. thematically, the jail cell makes a lot of sense b/c the P5MC is committing crimes and it jives with the overall theme. compare to p3/p4 rooms, an elevator moving endlessly upward(thematically matching the endless ascent of tartarus), and a car driving aimlessly through the fog(thematically matching with moving aimlessly looking for truth)

About the guy in the cage again;
I've seen some people thinking it's the P5MC, but the P5MC does not have a mole AFAIK. However, Ryoji (p3 death kid w/e) does have a mole on that spot, so my suspicion isn't going anywhere

ryoji's mole is in a completely different spot, right under his left eye. the mole shown on the P5MC would be typically covered by his bigass glasses or his mask, which is why we don't really see it
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Kasu on February 08, 2015, 06:21:46 PM
that's P5MC. the hair is completely different(and exactly like P5MC's hair) and the theme of P5 is being held down by the chains of society and freedom. thematically, the jail cell makes a lot of sense b/c the P5MC is committing crimes and it jives with the overall theme. compare to p3/p4 rooms, an elevator moving endlessly upward(thematically matching the endless ascent of tartarus), and a car driving aimlessly through the fog(thematically matching with moving aimlessly looking for truth)

ryoji's mole is in a completely different spot, right under his left eye. the mole shown on the P5MC would be typically covered by his bigass glasses or his mask, which is why we don't really see it
Er... if you look really closely, isn't the mole you guys are talking about actually a drop of sweat?
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Ryuu on February 08, 2015, 11:53:24 PM
Er... if you look really closely, isn't the mole you guys are talking about actually a drop of sweat?

possibly. it's hard to tell b/c it's pretty small
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Edible on February 09, 2015, 12:06:32 AM
Currently, I'm trying to discern if the new velvet room attendants are male or female.

They both have feminine hairstyles, but...
Title: Re: Stealing our hearts and your jewels - Persona 5 hype thread
Post by: Sect on February 09, 2015, 01:39:58 AM
Currently, I'm trying to discern if the new velvet room attendants are male or female.

They both have feminine hairstyles, but...
My money is on their gender being "yes".