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Well, here's something a little encouraging. I assumed this port was handled by SEGA Europe as usual, but some people have already finished the game (how???????????????) and from the credits they apparently figured out that the port was actually developed in Japan. Not by Atlus directly but they contracted a Japanese studio and directly oversaw the process (an Atlus employee that worked on P3/P4/P5/PQ is credited as the port's director). That alone is a huge twist in and of itself, but it also implies two things: 1) They'll likely use this version for any console rerelease. (After the whole Catherine Classic thing, I honestly half expected some kind of new version that would make P4G outdated lol) 2) They're likely also overseeing the P3 port and I'd like to think that makes it far more likely that it'll be more than a straight port. So yeah, fingers crossed. ?

You and me both. Jason Schreier said on twitter that he also heard P3 is coming, and as far as I'm concerned that pretty much confirms it. I'm cautiously optimistic that it's coming later because they're working on fixing that. Allegedly, P3 is a bit of an archival mess so it must be related to that but if they have to do extra work on it anyway, hopefully they'll address this as well. Ideally, Atlus is working on a proper Persona 3 Whatever rerelease and they're waiting so they can port that one. And if they're working with the FES version then enabling direct control of party members should be fairly trivial to implement. Personally I straight up don't want P3P. The presentation downgrade is a complete deal breaker for me and I don't really give a shit about the female protagonist. I remember reading that even Atlus was displeased with the compromises they had to make to get the game running on PSP, so if we're lucky that version if off the table entirely. ?

P4G is a pretty solid port. It looks about how you'd expect a Vita port to look but it runs smooth as hell, has an uncapped framerate, and even has built-in supersampling, which is nice. This is the first proper Persona game I play since P4G on Vita like 8 years ago and I forgot how much fun this series is. I wasn't sure if I'd want to get into such a long game right now but I just got sucked right into it pretty much immediately. I might even try going for all achievements this time. Although this means I'll need to get that dreaded Risette achievement again. I feel like I lucked out big time on Vita because I got it without even trying and everyone else seems to have such a hard time with it lol... Oh and, not that it should surprise anyone, but the game appears to be doing insanely well. It's still the top seller after over 24 hours, to the point that it actually got a front page banner! (This is completely automated and based on popularity.) The concurrent player count keeps rising and has surpassed even FFXV at this point, which had the record for any JRPG as far as I'm aware. Sounds about in line with what I've heard. "Been playing for 50 hours, gameplay is boring as hell. Best game I ever played!" As a huge Kojima fan, even I don't know what to make of it or what to expect when I finally play it next month lol.

Let's goooooooo!

Someone pushed a button a little early! Woops! Gonna hold off a little in case there's a launch discount that hasn't been applied yet.

Ah okay, I didn't know about all that other stuff. Looking at dates on wikipedia, I guess it all happened years after I watched the original anime. I thought it seemed like a weird candidate for a remake since I remember being pretty annoyed by the non-ending and then looking into the manga only to find out it was also basically unfinished lol. Hopefully this one turns out better.

Didn't the manga end unresolved with a "ran out of ideas, sorry lol" note from the author? Or am I confusing it with something else?

Came out on Steam today, so I guess I'll finally be playing it. Better late than never! Also came with a free copy of this. Haven't been posting in this thread much this year but, if certain rumors are true, I might be back with more later...

Geofront announced they're doing Ao no Kiseki! They claim editing is at 75%. Unless I'm misunderstanding what that means, then I guess they game is already translated?? They must've been working on it in parallel to Zero, holy shit. Looks like it's now NISA's time to have their lunch eaten lmao. I don't think Ao has a proper PC version, though. IIRC, there's only the chinese one that has crippling online DRM essentially rendering it unplayable. Wonder how that'll work.

Okay at this point P4G is essentially confirmed. People have found the game's logo hosted on the Steam servers as well as, I shit you not, the game's Denuvo support page. Putting Denuvo in an 8 year old game sure sounds like Atlus. That alone would've convinced me lol. Let's fucking goooo!

Oh god, I was only thinking about the extra content. I completely forgot that you can't control your party members in P3 lmao. I'd still take FES over Portable but yeah, P3 is in DIRE need of a new, definitive version.

Yeah lol. Also, P4G rumors are intensifying. As far as I'm aware, Ahmad has a decent track record for these things. I saw something about P3 as well but that's coming from someone else who I'm not familiar with that people are saying isn't reliable. If P3 is also happening though, I fucking hope it's not gonna be the Portable version because that would be a huge bummer. If they're not compiling a new definitive edition that includes the extra Portable content while restoring the original presentation, then I honestly would rather just they port P3 FES.

It's Atlus and PC we're talking about here. Even the most sensible expectation (like, say, Persona 5 Royal coming to PC) is completely ridiculous optimism lol. Honestly, this looks like they MIGHT finally be getting their heads out of their asses about releasing on PC (thank god Catherine Classic sold well enough) and if that's really the case then I think P5 is basically guaranteed to come sooner or later. But knowing Atlus and how backwards they can be about, well... everything, the only thing I'm allowing myself to hope for from this event is P4G and Catherine: Full Body. And if and when P5 does come, I half expect some Persona 5 Classic bullshit because Atlus gonna Atlus lol.

I don't know if you've seen my post in the Falcom thread a few weeks ago about Durante teasing things he knows are coming in the next few years. Well, on the same forum where he mentioned that, he's been conspicuously liking posts mentioning Persona (I know for a fact he's not really a fan of the series), so you could read into that if you wanted to be optimistic. ? If we are getting a Persona game, I really hope it's P5 because I want to play it already. I would double dip P4G in a heartbeat, though. I think it's literally the last game justifying my Vita's existence at this point. And yeah, no way it's P6. Not when they can still milk P5 with a few more years of spin-offs.

I refuse to get my hopes up. Realistic prediction: it's just going to be Persona 5 Scramble, that Koei Tecmo/Omega Force musou.

So since yesterday there's been very strong rumors that a Bloodborne PS5 remaster is coming and will include a PC release. Bullshit Bloodborne PC rumors have been making the rounds for years but this time it's being corroborated by a few insiders with good track records. Seems it was meant to be revealed at the now postponed PS5 event yesterday, so it shouldn't be too long until we find out if it's true. Normally I'd be skeptical as hell, but with Horizon coming all bets are off. A lot of people have been hinting that more was coming and, with From's following, Bloodborne is a prime candidate for a PC release. Also, I knew a PC release was inevitable the minute I decided to bite the bullet and suffer through playing it on PSNow. So yeah, you're all welcome.

Where did you even hear that? I had no idea either lol. I love it because it's how I always interpret those kinds of mechanics in shooters. For example, I've always viewed regenerating health in something like Call of Duty as getting shot while wearing bulletproof gear rather than the Wolverine-like healing people would often complain about. ------ Oh and while I'm here, today was the day.

Don't the Crossbell games have fairly long scripts? If it's all being done by the same crew then I could see Hajimari + Crossbell taking a few years. Also, unless I missed the announcement (entirely possible, I've been pretty checked out on gaming the past few weeks) I don't think Ys IX has been confirmed for an english release yet. Anything non-Falcom, your guess is as good as mine. Basically anyone could've hired PH3. I'm not getting my hopes up for Persona, though. I've honestly given up on that.

Could be anything. Could be NISA (and by extension PH3) just got a few more games from Falcom... ?

Oh, nice. Actually looked to see if there was an online version of the game and couldn't find anything, although I didn't look that hard. I've been playing Jackbox with friends every friday night since the quarantine began so this might be a fun alternative to mix things up.

Seeing Animal Crossing all over the internet for the past couple weeks has made me finally get around to trying My Time at Portia a few days ago and holy crap, I had no idea what I was getting into. Despite buying Stardew Valley at launch, I never actually played it so I was not prepared for how much of a time blackhole these kinda games are. It's only been like 4 days and I've already put almost 30 hours into it. The way you constantly have a short-term goal you're working directly towards and a long-term goal you're always thinking about is so fucking addictive that there's always one more little thing I wanna do before turning the game off and I inevitably end up playing for an extra hour or two without even realizing it. If I never post again, it's not the virus that got me. Just assume I forgot to eat and starved because of this goddamn game.

I guess we technically are right now but not for long lol. Some quick googling tells me Zero Kai is coming later this month, Ao Kai in May and Hajimari is also set for this year. So we'll very soon be 3 games behind...

I don't see how it could be a joke, tbh. Everyone is expecting them to release it, doing a "prank" announcement would just piss people off and at this point they need all the goodwill they can get. Plus, given current circumstances, any kind of April's fool joke is kind of in bad taste. Good to see PC acknowledged right away this time. I'm tempted to get CSIII now that I've canceled my RE3 pre-order but I just can't quite pull the trigger. I need to do CSII NG+ anyway and I'm still hoping we get those Crossbell remasters. Plus I'm still kinda not feeling video games but maybe a long-ass JRPG is what I need to lose myself into right now. Kinda kicking myself for missing that launch week edition, though. Some of those bonuses are no longer available, I think... ? edit: Yeah, gonna go with real.

Ended up refunding the pre-order. I'm having a hard time justifying paying full price for games these days and while the review scores don't really bother me (80 is by no means low lmao), what I've been hearing about the shorter campaign (and there's only one), plus Nemesis being mostly relegated to scripted encounters, makes me feel like this is one where it might be wiser to wait for a sale. I'd love to take that money and put it towards Doom instead but, unless I want a Bethesda launcher key (lol), then I'm locked into paying 80$ on Steam. So yeah, more backlog while I wait for sales, I guess! Maybe Humble Choice on friday will have something interesting...

Well, at least COVID doesn't turn people into flesh-eating zombies or horribly mutated monsters.... yet.