Persona 4 Post-Mortem Tells You What Went Right, Wrong

Am I the only one who sees a gigantic bulge in Chie's crotch?

"   Also, giving the stats/effects of stuff on the shopping channel before you buy it wouldn't hurt. "

"Am I the only one who sees a gigantic bulge in Chie's crotch? "

" @Undeadpool said:

"It's interesting how under the "what went right" it's all reactive stuff, stuff that happened AFTER the game came out. I'd like to see what they think was particularly strong about the final product.

I get the impression they were partly joking about the action game comment since it came after this list of how hard it is to make and RPG, though maybe they DO want to move on."

You're right; there's nothing about the game itself in the "right" section. Thinking about the weather, it almost works the opposite of Persona 3.  In P3, the simulation side was so interesting that you {or, I) procrastinated, and held off exploration until a week before the deadline.  But, maybe a long stretch of dungeon-crawling isn't any different from the monster hallways you find in other RPGs.  Here's two full screens of random encounters, and then a boss, and then some story. I still think the interface is about as good as it can be.  The worst I found were the "Persona" and "Status" menus, the second of which is only used to see your character's social stats.  Also, I think your own success in the game shows that you don't need to know anything beyond the basics of fusion.  As long as you know that skills are random, some are better to inherit than others, and there is a set of spells you need (all four elements, debuffs, etc.) you're mostly fine.  The minutiae are covered in the in-game help menu you never used. "

I'm not a big fan of any game where your main character dies and that means it's game over, ESPECIALLY if your enemies have insta-kill attacks. I think they should give you one full turn rotation to either revive him or end the battle.

Other than that it just seemed like there were a lot of redundant or otherwise useless menus, but the game's plot and voice acting were still amazing, I'm SO glad they gave us direct control over our party (that was easily my biggest peeve in P3). I thought that should've been #1 for what went right.

they forgot to add " More music for battles" 
the soundtrack was great but if it had had different music per dungeon I wouldn't have driven myself and my flatmates insane with the battle music. 
 
 
Loved the game all the same tho.

Thanks.

" Am I the only one who sees a gigantic bulge in Chie's crotch? "

" @Curufinwe: That'd be my only guess.  Going from his "normal face" to his "rape face" was hilariously jarring. "

"
"one of the villain characters changed in the middle of development; since the character design was done before the story change, the design did not reflect the fact that he was a villain."

   Who are they talking about? Adachi? "

" @PenguinDust said:

" @Turambar said:

" @Curufinwe: That'd be my only guess.  Going from his "normal face" to his "rape face" was hilariously jarring. "

[SPOILER AHEAD]  My guess is the kid that hits on Yukiko at the start of the game and later does what he does to Morooka.  Maybe at first he was just a kid to show how popular and sought after Yukiko was but later they [Atlus] decided to use him for the Morooka thing. "

What? "

if you like persona 4 I strongly reccomend devil survivor for the DS which is similar in many ways, not as complicated and has an awesome story.

" @Curufinwe said:

"
"one of the villain characters changed in the middle of development; since the character design was done before the story change, the design did not reflect the fact that he was a villain."

   Who are they talking about? Adachi? "

I think they're talking about Izanami-the hat to hide his face...maybe. "

" It took a tremendous amount of time and effort to finish the intense, suspenseful story with as many twists as it has, as well as integrating the game's theme of "how one accepts information from the media." While it was fun creating the mystery novel-like scenario, we had no previous experience in working on such a plot, so we were making adjustments to the storyline until the very end. "
 
That's probably why the ending was relatively weak compared to the rest of the story, and that's also why I think...
 
SPOILERS
 
 
 
 
The Izanami thing was added close to the end of development.  Seriously, you could remove everything referring to Izanami (Gas station attendant beginning, gas station attendant during rainy days and remove the whole of the True Ending) and the story would still flow perfectly.  My guess is they just forgot to explain what the TV world and the Midnight Channel was really all about (referring to the quote "how one accepts information from media) and they just added that so that there could be no loose ends to the story once it finishes.
 
 @gakon5 said:

"Also, I still can't figure out what these useless and redundant menus are. "

I hope it's an action rpg.

I always hated the fact that when your main character died, it was  GAME OVER YEEEAAHH! (Hope someone gets the reference) Anyway, while I'd like for their next project to be an RPG, I am interested in seeing how they handle an action game.  On an unrelated note.
 
@CrazyManAndy said:

" Chie with a bulge. Mmm...now that's hot. "

And I hope you're absolutely wrong with your assumption, Jeff.  You did not exactly say that Persona 5 is not going to be on the PS3, but I would be willing to bet you money that an eventual sequel to Persona 5 will be released on the PS3.  At this point, I don't see it as being profitable for them to release the game on the PS2 (or at least in North America, as evidenced by the lifetime sales) and I don't want it to be on the PSP.  So, there...

Is Chie hiding steak in there? o_O

wooh, what does she have in her pants !

What the fuck is up with Chie's cameltoe? It's massive...
 
As for the team's thoughts on their game, too true: becoming invested in characters only happens when you with to do so by yourself; otherwise, they're just an obstacle between you and another Social Link level. I'm very curious as to how they intend to rectify that in the next installment, Persona 5 on the PS3 (take a fucking hint, Atlus, PS2 is on its way out).

" (take a fucking hint, Atlus, PS2 is on its way out). "

why does she have a massive wong?

Cut the playtime in half, at least.  Jeff and Vinny even said at the beginning they'd never have time in their real lives to finish P4 so they did it at work.  100 hours of playtime is too much to ask from your audience.

No! I don't want P5 to be delayed!

Chie if your crotch looks like that, wear looser pants.

" Cut the playtime in half, at least.  Jeff and Vinny even said at the beginning they'd never have time in their real lives to finish P4 so they did it at work.  100 hours of playtime is too much to ask from your audience. "

" Cut the playtime in half, at least.  Jeff and Vinny even said at the beginning they'd never have time in their real lives to finish P4 so they did it at work.  100 hours of playtime is too much to ask from your audience. "

" Is Chie hiding steak in there? o_O "

I think you folks criticizing the drawing in this article should chill out.  It was obviously created by a member and I think you are being unnecessarily harsh.  But, it wouldn't be the internet if people weren't finding fault with any little detail.  Way to live up to the stereotype.

Perhaps they'll move into Wii territory to keep up to console without having to move to PS3 world. Imagine putting the wii-mote to your head to summon personas :D Move to Wii and bring back the evoker, I say.

" Perhaps they'll move into Wii territory to keep up to console without having to move to PS3 world. Imagine putting the wii-mote to your head to summon personas :D Move to Wii and bring back the evoker, I say. " 
 
No Persona is too much of a game for the Wii plus sitting there waggling sticks for 100+ hours is not a good idea.

While the action game comment sounds like a joke, these guys could use a holiday for sure.
 
At least, I hope, they made a JRPG I actually like so I hope they keep it up.

Double post, sorry: the fusion system needs a major overhaul; neither the P4 nor the P3 system makes a lick of sense. The P3 manual showed a basic table of fusing Personas at a Arcana level (Priestess + Hermit =...) but... I forgot how to defend my argument. Point is, it needs a makeover. Thanks Atlus, love ya!

Looks like Chie grew some man parts.

God lord, Chie should lay off the stakes, its all going right to her vagina!

" I always hated the fact that when your main character died, it was  GAME OVER YEEEAAHH! (Hope someone gets the reference) 

 http://aeifs.deviantart.com/art/Chie-GB-ER-Tribute-137553915
 
Any better, or worse ?
Also, if there's a way to edit/update uploaded images without resubmitting them, that info would be cool
 
Also, again, Sega Rally on the Saturn is made of win and awesome.

"  http://aeifs.deviantart.com/art/Chie-GB-ER-Tribute-137553915  Any better, or worse ? Also, if there's a way to edit/update uploaded images without resubmitting them, that info would be cool  Also, again, Sega Rally on the Saturn is made of win and awesome. "

I'm not into cartoon ladies with crotch bulges and hairlips.

I could write an essay on all the things I would want changed in P5, the game length being the least important. :P

" I'm not into cartoon ladies with crotch bulges and hairlips. "