Persona PSP Breakdown

" @guiseppe said:

" @ashogo said:

" @guiseppe said:

" Did I understand it correctly that the only version that will have voiced CG-cutscenes is the North American one? "

Yup. The JP version only had text subtitles-kind of weird. "

Well I'm swedish so I guess I'm screwed too then. I'll proibably get it anyway though. "

You're pretty much screwed anyway since there's no guarantee the game will even come out in your region.But if it does, I'm sure the localization would be based on the North American version instead of the Japanese one. Why bother re-translating into English when there's already an English translation?The additional European languages could potentially cause problems though. Do UMDs have the capacity for multiple voice tracks? "

" @FluxWaveZ said:

" He called Persona's SP; Skill Points but I thought in Persona 3 and 4 they were called Spirit Points.  Meh. "

Were they? I don't recall SP being named at all in those games, other than being called SP. "

" @Zeik: I know how localisation works you burk. I also know that nobody ever localizes for Europe anyway, they simply assume that adding in deutch is enough, nobody ever does anything ontop of that.  "

And like I said, you don't need to open a whole localisation branch, you simply stick the US release out onto the EU market like everybody else does.

Persuading is way more "social" than social linking. All social linking is is you finding someone with an exclamation point over their head and listening to their woe story. In persuasion, you actually conduct a conversation in complete control of your responses. Maybe a little too much for people who think sitting through ten minutes of "wah momma died" and making one choice is a "sim", as opposed to making like 4 choices instantaneously with a variety of consequences. Go back to your cut-scenes and pretend you're playing a game, this isn't for you.

" @Zeik: bottom line is it's still that company, and if they stopped giving away free shit all the time maybe they could afford to actually release the games over here. You can still organise a release with 3 people, heck even less you don't need a Europe branch to organise a release that can be done from anywhere "

Just because Persona 3 added the sim elements doesn't automatically make P3/4 better.  The combat, along with the contact system, and even the atmosphere, are just so different between P1/2 and P3/4 that drawing too many comparisons between the two doesn't seem entirely fair to me.

I would guess that Persona 4 is the best of the five games (yes, five), but the original Persona is so different from P3/P4 that you need to give it a fair shake, despite its lack of sim stuff.

" He called Persona's SP; Skill Points but I thought in Persona 3 and 4 they were called Spirit Points.  Meh. "

" How about instead of fucking about giving away free stuff, you actually bother to release in Europe?!!?

How about instead of fucking about giving away free stuff, you actually bother to release in Europe?!!?

Don't get me wrong, I love what you do for your customers, but i'm getting a might pissed off being totally fucking ignored and having to rely on Square-Enix to bring your games to me.

And no, I can't import it because sony are assholes, websites will NOT import to Europe after threats of legal action after the PS3 fiasco. There is no way for me to get this game unless you release it here, so fi you're not gonna bother, fuck you Atlus. You clearly only love North America.

" Why the HELL are they remaking the FIRST Persona game? And not even with better graphics. Only the FF games can be remade these days and actually be worthy of playing. This game is NOT what I am looking for after playing Persona 4. "

He called Persona's SP; Skill Points but I thought in Persona 3 and 4 they were called Spirit Points.  Meh.

Can not wait to play this! My most looked forward to game of the year!
<3 Atlus

I'd like to try it, but since I started my adventure with the Persona games with P4 and then went to P3, I'm afraid I'd play the first Persona thinking "God, they made it so much better in the next installments" and never get to fully appreciate the game. Also, I grew on the P4 characters so much it was very hard for me to play P3 and feel for the new/old guys and I had too much fun from Social Links in both to give up them.

Still, I'd played both P3 and P4 like centuries ago, so I'll probably make my girlfriend buy Persona for PSP before getting them on the PS3.

Nice.

My first experience was the series was with Persona 3. I'm definitely interested in seeing the series' origins, and how the gameplay differs.

Plus, Atlus USA continues to pump out totally sick packages. Two soundtrack CDs packed in with a PSP game. That's how awesome they are.

I'm shocked to see all the negative responses. I'm looking forward to it, and it's nice to see Atlus putting some marketing into it.

You have to remember, despite the fancy new interface and presentation, this is still technically an early Playstation RPG. Nostalgia goggles are firmly applied.

" @ashogo said:

" @guiseppe said:

" Did I understand it correctly that the only version that will have voiced CG-cutscenes is the North American one? "

Yup. The JP version only had text subtitles-kind of weird. "

Well I'm swedish so I guess I'm screwed too then. I'll proibably get it anyway though. "

" Why the HELL are they remaking the FIRST Persona game? And not even with better graphics. Only the FF games can be remade these days and actually be worthy of playing. This game is NOT what I am looking for after playing Persona 4. "

Why the HELL are they remaking the FIRST Persona game? And not even with better graphics. Only the FF games can be remade these days and actually be worthy of playing. This game is NOT what I am looking for after playing Persona 4.

No social aspect = not for me. Too bad.

I stopped the video when he said "more random encounters, less experience".

No thanks @ grinding. Also where's the searchable fusion database found in Devil Survivor?

I wanna say this looks interesting...but I can´t....and oh, the dude in the yellow hat looks like a real freak.

"Yow, this looks awful."

In addition to their own weapons, everybody has guns? Sweet!

whats with the terrible audio?

" @guiseppe said:

" Did I understand it correctly that the only version that will have voiced CG-cutscenes is the North American one? "

Yup. The JP version only had text subtitles-kind of weird. "

" Did I understand it correctly that the only version that will have voiced CG-cutscenes is the North American one? "

Did I understand it correctly that the only version that will have voiced CG-cutscenes is the North American one?

Totally looks worth a buy with all the improvements they made.

Not to nitpick, though, but the idea that they went back and re-examined persuading and DIDNT add a feature so that the game remembers persuasion patterns you've attempted already is kinda ridic. The reason it was hard to manage to begin with was because they expected you to memorize the combos even after figuring the good ones out, which is so crazy and unnecessary when you consider the shear number of combos there are between persuasion tactics and demon personalities.

S-s-snow queen quest!?

Ugh, okay, uncle, uncle.  I'll preorder it already.  I even preordered the deluxe edition of Demon Souls.  How much more of my money do you demand Atlus?!  Leave me alone and make Persona 5 already goddamnit!!

Yeah...I still need to pre-order this.

He can *cough hitler and cockdemon cough* when Innocent Sin gets its remake.

This game was the number one reason I got a PSP. I hope they remake Persona 2: Innocent Sin for the PSP as well. Hell, remake both Persona 2 games. That'd be sweet!

Oh hey, a pre date sim Persona.

Looks really cool...too bad i don't own a psp

I like this already.

I played it on PSX way back when it came out in 1996, it was pretty cool given it was then a fresh concept to not be in typical fantasy settings and contrivances.  Remember folks, this came out before FF7, so before this the last RPG most had played was Beyond the Beyond or something on the SNES.  Having dudes in a contemporary setting with machine guns instead of swords in a forest was unheard of in a console RPG at the time (unless you played imports).  And all the occult stuff was something new as well, the last game that made it to the West with occult themes was Arcana for the SNES, and that was basically a card game.

I never cared for the negotiating bit, it just felt like a big hassle on top of the already tough combat and lengthy exploration.  It's clear in this version they're admitting to make some of that less painful, but I actually stopped playing because it just took too long to get anywhere and I eventually forgot what i was doing in the game.  The fact that Suikoden, FF7, and Breath of Fire III came along didn't help either.

I may pick it up, I still have the old Die-Hard Gamefan strategy guide for it, I wonder if it will still be accurate.  This was back when anime was still widely unknown to all but the nerdiest, and games would get gutted to remove any connection to Japan in fear of not connecting with Western audiences.  In fact Persona was one of the last games to suffer that practice, since FF7 created a huge swell of interest in Japanese pop culture and made it all less foreign, allowing companies like Atlus and ASCII to start releasing games with very little localization - even to the point of leaving in the Japanese dialogue - something that was taboo until then.  So you could say it's a landmark of gaming that Atlus wants to rectify by doing it the justice it deserved back then.

Now where's Space Griffin for PSP?