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This week on Fully Ramblomatic, Yahtzee reviews Persona 5 Tactica and American Arcadia.
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Did you all get to keep all the games you've purchased over the years you were with escapist? Or did they count as company property and they kept them?
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Yup we did.@@bobafettjr85
@@SecondWindGroup Sweet. I would have been sad if all those games had gone to waste.
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You don't hear people list "having a good ending" in game reviews that often.
He is right though. Sometimes an ending is so good that it just sits in your mind for weeks and you can't help but admire how good it was.
I still think back fondly on SLIMES, a pretty decent RPGmaker game that, after slowly descending from "So grimdark it's funny" to "So grimdark that it's depressing" managed *the* most cathartic ending I've seen in at least a decade.
The rest of the game was just "pretty good", but that ending made it the first game from that engine to give full marks to.
This somewhat assumes that the majority of people who review games finish the game though and, uh, I don't think that's the case, especially if talking about non-professional (and obviously non-troll) reviews. Even restricting this to only professional reviews, they might not get enough to finish it and/or they might just be too unskilled or otherwise incompetent to finish it. [Insert footage of that infamous _Cuphead_ intro level here.]
Many reviewers never even finish the game. Even many players don't.
What strikes me as a shame, since the ending is the so important.
Like the ending to Little Nightmares 2 that depressed me for weeks.
To be fair, in this instance, the ending is INCREDIBLY satisfying. Like, when you get to it, it HITS and you just feel so damn good, like everything you just went through was absolutely worth it. The game has very strong start and an even stronger end, and for that, I can forgive the middle for simply being average.
Because even games with what are popularly-considered to be "great stories" are often slave to tropes and ideas they got from copying movies and television, meaning that by the time the audience is used to the tricks enough to reach the ending, it's hard for it to feel special.
The first half of this is evidence Yahtzee has fully joined the Persona fandom. He's officially in the "why isn't there a Persona (X+1) yet?" camp that pretty much everyone heads to after Atlus begins transparently milking the last main entry for all it is worth.
He could try to cope by dragging himself through Soul Hackers 2 while trying to pretend it's better than a 6/10, like the rest of us.
My same reaction. I do hope that he gives Persona 3 Reload at least abit of a try now that its been modernized / re-made. At least stave off his boredom until Persona 6 came along.
Yeah, I heard that Yahtzee don’t really like Persona 3 story…. But give it a try?
Or persona 2
@@louisduarte8763 I remember that. There were so many. Street Fighter II, II Turbo, II Champion Edition, II The World's Warrior, II Hyper Fighting, II New Challengers, II Anniversary Edition, II Turbo HD Remix, there was even one that came out just a few years ago, Street Fighter II Final New Challengers that came out around 2017. Street Fighter is a silly series when it comes to its releases.
But is P5T a skip then? It sounded like it, but I think the music might win me over.
Yahtzee's lucky he only recently became a Persona fan because the agonizing gap between Persona 5 and 6 is new to him. He didn't have to deal with the large gap between 4 and 5. Or the large gap between 2 and 3.
That said, the gap between 5 and 6 IS shaping up to take the record for longest gap between major mainline titles! So...that's something.
Yeah, I get that covid probably but the development on hiatus for a while and that persona games nowadays take time, but the gap between persona 5 and 6 is starting to get annoying
Was there even a "fandom" between 2 and 3?
Tracks with industry trends though, development times are getting larger and larger
@@martin0499 probably but they all died out of old age
the PS1 era
Seems Yahtzee has become a true Persona fan: loves the main entries; tolerates the spinoffs for the music
And the most important: watching the cutscenes on youtube.
Does this mean I'm not a true fan since I liked Tactica?😜
@@edmg7 I didn't like how Strikers abandoned the SP recovering mechanic tied with the date deadlines, and Tactica is ALSO abandoning the elemental attack system?
@@Lucios1995 not sure why you're replying to me with those details, but I'll respond. Both games have very different naratives, gameplay, and in game economies than mainline Persona games. I don't really mind either of the things you mentioned being gone because I thought the experiences in Strikers and Tactica were better because of the omissions.
Funny you mention appreciating a game's one good "fuck" placement in the same video as a P5 spinoff, cause P5 Strikers is my personal favorite of that category. A whole game and a half of teenagers avoiding the fuck word, using "eff" if anything, and then we get Ryuji's passionate "Shut the FUCK up" that hits so good
It does help tgat ryuji being legally obligated to never say fuck was a meme in the phandom
@@jmurray1110 I honestly wonder if the localization team just decided to cave in for the meme.
@@TheMinecraftMan757If they did, I’m on board. It made that “fuck” so much more powerful. Especially when Morgana, who often chides Ryuji for being vulgar, was onboard with him.
If one game makes a single good use of the word "fuck", then that's all the accolades a game needs.
Might as well get an award for game of the year.
CoD: MW2 (the original one) had precisely one f-bomb in it right near the end of the game, and it was used perfectly
Yeah that particular line was just perfect.
Just saying, for all of Final fantasy 16's flaws, I did love the characters swearing.
Shiva and titan are fighting, ice shards are spawning, giant boulders are dropping everywhere...
Yeah, Fuckfuckfuckfuck.... is an apropriate response to that situation.
Ironically, Persona 5 Strikers was the last time I remember a precision F strike in a game being genuinely impactful.
I find the setup to be a bit much for my taste, but that hardly diminishes the impact. Also, Strikers is a surprisingly good Persona 5 spin-off.
THEY FINALYL LET RYUJI SAY FUCK
@@roogy1622He also got to say it in P5 Royal. I remember messaging my roommate at the time about it.
I think it's just people really hyping up Ryuji saying the word rather then actual impact of the word.
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Congratulations, Skull!
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American Arcadia sounds like the title of a mid-tier YA dystopia.
Lol it does
I think Todd in the Shadows put it best: "I've always had a problem with the way we just stick the word 'America' on everything; maybe not everything that happens in this giant-ass country says something about America."
Honestly, when I first saw the name, I thought it said Arcade America, which was a weird Windows 95 platformer that Ross Scott once surprised us with in his Game Dungeon.
That is more or less the plot, but the ending really sticks the landing in being a lot more complicated than the premise would suggest.
@@GmodPlusWoWAfter reading this, I've technically learned something today
American Arcadia genuinely has one of the best endings I've seen in any narrative format. The perfect use of the F-bomb. The cynical yet hopeful tone. The characters being so perfectly in character. It's perfect.
What's that, Skippy? There's a new Fully Ramblomatic episode out today? What good news. 😊
Ahhhh cultured reference
What's that Skippy? It's a double bill episode? What good news!
Nice reference, you extremely tasty marsupial!
What’s that Skippy? Your wondering why i still keep you around even though we already took off all the tasty parts of your body?
Silly Skippy, if we don’t see you suffer then it was all for nothing.
I was fully expecting "shows you just how important a good ending can be" to be followed by looking into the camera in silence for 10-15 seconds before the credits roll
I loved the story of American Arcadia, and fully agree that it sometimes drags on a bit but the ending makes it entirely worth it and satisfying.
I loved how satisfyingly unsatisfying it was. There's no big catharsis, there's no grand takedown, just "yeah, DUH, what DID you expect?"
I loved it because for years the one thing that brothers me about the Truman show was.....isn't this good for baddies? I mean the audience is cheering him on and celebrating everyone is watching. Have they not set up a situation where they win no matter what? So its cool to see a story explore that
From a game mechanics pov I can't get over the fact that the game tricks you into thinking those outside the dome are free by using a 3D first person perspective only to make it obvious that this isn't anymore the case and having the last scene using the 2D perspective. Like it is a really linear game but it also could never work as anything other than a game.
I’m reminded of the Rory Award from HHGG for “most strategic use of the word Belgium in a serious screenplay,” I think American Arcadia earned Yahtzee’s version.
In the original British version, it was "use of the word Fuck in a serious screenplay." They censored the joke for America, but then realized that the nonsensical nature of it was absolutely hilarious.
That thumb rotating from a sideways to a pointing up position has gotta be the first time I've seen an actual animation in one of Yahtzee's videos
Man, can I just say how jazzed I am by how phenomenally well the transition you guys made has been?
It's like you guys never left, and also got better than ever. :D
What got me when playing Persona 5 Tactica was how stiff a lot of the side dialogue felt, and how flat many of the jokes landed. It gave me the overall impression that the localization team were phoning this one in a little, and the jokes made more sense in Japanese, but I don't know enough Japanese to tell. Maybe they gave this one to their jr localization team to work on for experience.
If they did, I'd say that's at least half a brain. They knew not to overspend on what was obviously going to be aimed at a niche of an already niche audience. The full brain moment would've come in deciding not to make it at all. Even if it *does* take years to make these things. Someone should've asked the obvious question: are we milking this thing too hard?
@@ichijofestival2576 hey man, I'M that niche of a niche audience. There are dozens of us. Dozens. And we don't appreciate the slander okay.
@ichijofestival2576 the Dancing games and Arena Fighters alone should have been the wake-up call about over milking though they haven't become dessicated husks like the teats on Star Wars
@@lethargicwizard I know: I'm in the niche just next door. Saw you taking out your trash the other day. 😂
@@treaosserrare9826 I mean, having played Strikers I thought it was fairly bland and sub par, and even if I could for free I don't think I'd waste my time with Tactica (and as someone who loves Persona and XCOM, I should be the target audience so that's not a good sign), but I fully, unironically liked both Arena and the various Dancing All Night etc games. Arena was an actual, solid fighter up there with something like BlazBlue, and while I fully understand the niche, I am someone who already liked things like the Project Diva games (was very excited when F was localized) and the Persona series has always had a very good soundtrack, so between that and the fact it wasn't like they tried to charge full price for the rhythm games I honestly wouldn't mind if a budget music spinoff didn't generally follow them going forward.
The GLORIOUS return of "man with blank expression". I am overcome with elation from seeing him once again. A Yahtzee staple.
It interesting that wasn't a persona 5 spinoff that didn't go full on the stealth. You think being phantom thieves you would seen more sneaking in, but strikers goes "burst out into a widow and forgot the stealth".
That's kind of P5's thing in general. "What's that? You think Theives should be stealthy? Why would we do that, we can't show off how stylish we are."
Unfortunately, Stealth games are exceptionally niche and thus aren't a "reliable AAA investment". :(
But man I would pay full price for a P5 themed Tactical Stealth game like Shadow Gambit, or a full blown actual-for-real-stealth game like Thief or Styx.
@@denmark1226 yeah that one noticable nitpick I have with persona 5 and it spin off. I rarely feel stealthy and successor to Arense lupin. The only time I did was maramade's palace, and some of Kanheshiro and Shido's palace. Also while I love persona 5 strikers(it's probably my favorite persona spin-off) it gameplay it basically the opposite of being a phantom thieves should do and went "ah yes very subtle and sneaky"
I get why atlus didn't do it because doing stealth can be hard to do while also trying to balance the rpg. Then just went "fuck the stealth, let just do what we good at".
Isn't the whole concept of a phantom thief, or "gentleman" thief about being flashy and stylish while laughing directly at the face of those they steal from? Not sure you can sneak a lot of stealth in that.
having not played strikers i'm not entirely sure if that "widow" was a typo or not.
We’re gonna get a Persona 5 themed first person shooter made in the build engine before we get Persona 6
Morgana: The Platformer, coming soon from Sonic Team and guest starring a Shadow who wants to shoot himself!
...Yes, even _more so_ than usual!
They'll recreate the entirety of Persona 5 in Roblox before Persona 6...
...I actually want that.
@@lucasLSD Same.
I want it! All of it! In my face! OMNOMNOMNOM And it should have a sewer level, with green text "Sewer count"
"I was going to call it Persona Lack-tica but I was afraid people would think I was comparing it to breastfeeding."
The things you have to think about when you're Yahtzee.
Slack-tica was right there, but then people might assume it's about pants
@@mothichorror446 he did use that one ultimately
I watched Prometheus, the attenpted prequel to Alien once. I predicted every single twist and turn on my first watch. My adopted moms ex wanted to know if I'd seen it before and it was just 'Nope. I just know how to recognize plot elements, and this is just copying the original movie.'
Petty officer pattern recognition must be pulling overtime
lol same for me. A friend yelled at me for spoiling the movie and I was like "I've literally never seen this before"
ah yes the moment in the original alien when they discover the universe's oldest man has been hanging out on the ship the whole time, a classic. such a shame a visionary director like ridley scott was lazily plagarized by *checks notes*... ridley scott
@@TomsThoughtsonThings When Charlize Theron spit out "Father" to said Universe's Oldest Man while kneeling to him like Darth Vader to the Emperor, I burst out laughing in the theater, and NO ONE ELSE DID. Despite the fact that Americans probably consume the most media in the world, we are in general strikingly media illiterate and incapable of pattern recognition. Like, how do you not laugh at these thudding cliches and stupidities?
@@Pgoodso please forgive me for my ability to appreciate art while understanding it is not wholly original 🙇🏻 id appreciate some recommendations for movies that don't build on anything before them
Finally some love for American Acadia. The game is also great looking and while the story starts as the derivative Yathzee mentioned it goes its own way long before the amazing ending. I finished it in 7 hours and they were almost all wonderful.
WHY IS THE ENDING THEME SONG SO LOUD!
Blows out my damn ears every time
Awesome! I was really hoping that Yahtzee would play Tactica. As a fan of both Persona an XCOM, it seemed up his alley.
I will agree it gets boring kinda fast, still at world 2 because i really cant be bothered to get back to it, they start introducing gimmicks far to late but aren't constant enough i feel that they shake things up, from what I've spoiled myself DLC is a better experience, but it's short and you know stuff you have to pay for. Also there's very little stakes in both gameplay and narrative adding to the general "been there, done that" feel that elevates the boredom
Really digging the dog as the imp’s replacement ❤
Played American Arcadia because of this review. Had a blast. Thanks Yahtzee
4:52 Was that a moving prompt? Holy shit!
No, seriously, I think that was the first I've ever seen in this reviews.
Hope the Persona 3 remake reinvigorates Yahtzee's love of Persona.
I'm pretty sure he's mentioned skipping that one. Too crushingly depressing
@@Aspi3Gam3r He plays the games he's interested in playing. He doesn't owe anyone any review he doesn't feel like doing.
I had totally forgotten about Persona 3 Reload.
Cut content, polished graphics, 60 bucks, please.
@@Aspi3Gam3r I don't the point of reviewing a remake which, like you said, mainly just updates gameplay up to current quality level.
@@Aspi3Gam3r Poorly aged ?
American Arcadia was one of those surprisingly nice games, and Yahtzee pretty nailed the review.
I wonder if he'll get a chance to play "scene investigators". It seems like his kinda thing since he loved "Return to Obra Dinn"
I watched RTGame play American Arcadia, one of the few streams I stuck around for all the way through, and Yahtzee echoes my sentiments on almost all fronts - the protagonists do have a tendency to whine at times, but broadly speaking the plot is quite well paced. At some point there's a Twitch chat analogue in the game, and it was almost more Twitch-chat-esque than RT's actual Twitch chat was, weirdly!
As yahtzee described the gameplay of American Arcadia, I was thinking "Ugh, I don't think I wanna that", but when he said "I liked it because it had a really good ending" y went "oh, then maybe I'll give it a try". Goes to show how important a good ending can be that just the mention of having one can convince someone of playing the game.
Endings have a lot more impact on our overall impressions of the things they end than a lot of people acknowledge. In many cases (particularly when there's limited or no postgame content to faff about in), it's the last experience we have with the game before going on with our lives, and we're naturally predisposed to remember our most recent opinion of something more strongly than any others (with our first impression being the next-strongest). Provided you don't make a point of thinking more deeply about the rest of the game, that often means that a good ending will leave you feeling like you really enjoyed it even if it wasn't actually that great and in the moment you felt like it was a bit of a slog.
Yeah, we mostly remember "the journey", but when an ending REALLY sticks the landing, it just stays with you.
I'll always remember and cherish the day I finished Mass Effect 1. At first I only thought the game was great, but, there were other great games, I had finals going on, it just got tossed aside when I reached Virmire, I think.
Then, 2 came out, and people were saying it was a direct sequel, so I picked ME1 again. Barely remember a thing, so I restarted. Some days after that, I got to Virmire again.
"Shiiiit, the weird ship can speak?" and I must've gone from Virmire to the ending on one long night, played almost until dawn. I just couldn't stop there, fuck high school, the galaxy is more important. Bought ME2 online, started downloading it, went to sleep. Woke up at noon, had lunch, and started ME2. And what an amazing start that game has, specially for one who just finished ME1.
That was one of the best experiences I've ever had, I don't think it'll ever be topped.
I honestly walked away from playing it with the same feeling. The story was nice but nothing to right home about, gameplay competently done but not amazing. Good enough to keep playing but nothing to fully engage. Then when the final act comes online, I was left completely satisfied. I heartily agree with that being one of the most satisfying uses of the one "fuck" I've seen in a good long while. One of the last words said, beautiful. And since it's a modern streamed show, it also has a section where you get to see the chat window, and it's one of the most realistic fake chats I've seen.
P5T's combat was weird. Like, there's a bunch of different elemental attacks and they do...stuff? Like some of them can be kinda interesting, nuclear and hypnosis bring enemies together so you can get a combo easier...but then I never really felt like the game was deep enough for that to matter too often.
The skills were useful depending on how the enemy’s were set up.
Anne’s fire skills were best use first dealing massive damage to clustered enemy’s.
This synergizes with makotos nuclear spells which bring enemy’s together.
Haru and ryuji also have really good synergy.
Haru being able to pull enemy’s into range and ryuji being able to knock them back being melee boosted by haru.
The only spell I never really found a good use for was yusukes ice spells which seemingly just made enemy’s exposed but other spells did that anyway so what was the point?
But that wasn’t really where yusuke got the best value anyway so I forgave it.
The problem isn't that the game isn't engaging or has no depth. The real problem is that the AI is braindead. When the AI is so simple it doesn't create engagement. Not to mention they don't allow the AI to be able to do half the things you can. Only the DLC lets you play with a more difficult version of the game, and even then, the AI is still unable to adequately take advantage of obvious weakpoints.
im really really liking the changing colors on the videos, i wont miss the piss days of yahtzee
Endings make a huge difference. Despite getting numerous awards at Winter E3, Alan Wake 2 has become a 'wait for sale' game, simply because Yahtz said the ending sucked. Not super interested in media that just keeps trying to spinoff itself.
4:08 And Farenheit 451, especially around the middle of the end, and the themes it proposes. They also allude to Orwell a lot, but only one or two spots ever feel like 1984. Still, I loved it to bits!
Okay I understand Yahtzee doesn't have the ZP license anymore, but the loophole to getting around that being that every character has a pair of glasses is going to take some time to get used to.
lol, I haven't noticed it until I read your comment.
i noticed it but i personally don't find it distracting; i adjusted to it immediately
Any time I hear Yuri Lowenthal now, I reflexively say "You again" or "Shut up Yuri". Yuri is like Steve Blum with how often he is used, except Steve's voice is much easier on the ears.
Hi Yathzee, i know it's not something you do but since it has been proved that things change (zero punctuation and all that) can you consider maybe on doing a review for game that came out in 2022?
It's called "I was a teenage Exocolonist" (yeah i know, the title is what it is and i can already hear all the jokes lol) and it's honestly the best Visual Novel Game i have ever seen! it absolutely deserve a shoutout, exposure and reviews, it has the best writing i have seen in a long while.
I was 15 when Persona 5 came out in the US, and it was the perfect game for me. Now I'm 21 and it's gone on for too long, yeah I'm older but I've seen these characters do as close to everything as possible. Plus its getting really hard to keep buying these games without my girlfriend thinking I'm weird.
I really love the change in background to show what is specifically being critiqued along with the less eye searing colours overall
God, it's been forever since I had a truly satisfying ending in a game, I should check American Arcadia out
Good work Yahtzee feels like youre in the groove again after the move
I wanna give props to the "the buck passes here" joke. Well done, sir.
now that its fullyramblomatic again, we need another limerick episode!
This was the first week that I was actually expecting to hear the new theme song when the episode began. I liked that.
I'm looking forward to that. My brain keeps anticipating the wrong smash cut end credits music, but I'll get there I'm sure.
Bought American Arcadia purely on Yahtzee's recommendation. It truly was a good ending.
There's something about that slowly rotating thumb clipart that really got me.
Glad to see you guys are fully up and running!
That sideways thumb turning upwards was compelling! 👍🏼
It is extremely rare, but every once in a while, a swear just works perfectly. It's a very difficult thing to pull off; there's got to be a good context, you have to get the timing just right, and which swear you use plays a big part as well. Go too soft in an intense situation and you've underplayed it, but drop an F-bomb after grandma forgets to flush and you've sucked away part of the simple, comedic joy of the situation.
Hell ya yahtzee and the team. In glad you all left. This channel is awsome. Im happy to toss my shekels to your patreon!!!!
I was worried you were losing your edge, Yahtzee, but I laughed at that last line.
Signed, an Asian.
Hi An , how was your day
@@KWBR1123 Is this a spam bot?
@@timotheatae No this is Patrick
Just want to say that I appreciate that there isn't a 200% increase in volume for the opening music like there was at the old place.
4:08 I was interested in American Arcadia and you were making it sound better than I thought but, oh my god, anything that reminds me of Deadlight is a write off for me
Random thought, but when the end of the year comes, perhaps next year, for the yearly recap if you do one you could call it Yearly Ramblomatic since it pairs nicely with Fully.
The new opening is a small but yet much needed change in all this. It just fits and it isn’t so loud I have to turn down devices for a moment before he speaks. The lil things go pretty far!
It's funny because I called the twists at the end of Arcadia pretty early on. Didn't call how depressingly realistic it would be afterwards though
Person 1´s and 3´s original releases were hard as balls.
I think people forget there was nearly a 10 year difference between vanilla persona 4 and vanilla persona 5 and persona 5 made even more money so it’s not that surprising that they’re waiting even longer
I love how they're not just retreading the same ground as previous games, but retreading the same ground as previous spinoffs of the same game.
I'd like to take a minute to offer a shout out to whomever made the new theme music for the new series. I really dig it. It's pretty perfect for these videos and it's instantly likeable.
Just, all the kudos to you, sir or madam.
I encourage you to read the credits of this video six minutes in.
@@MizunoKetsuban Heh, fair enough. Typically when the Patron list starts to roll, I start scrolling comments. I didn't actually realize there were still credits gags. Cheers!
Beautiful. He’s stil hearing the voices guys! It’s still our boy.
Thanks for the reviews!
2:10 You might want to tell that to demons like High Pixie and Succubus then lol!
I wouldn't hold my breath for 6. Altus still haven't made a Persona 5 cooking game.
Or a racing game. Or a party game.
"How many battles for the soul of humanity do (Insert Persona protag team here) do they have to cram into the last couple of years of high school?" is pretty much Persona in a nutshell.
Can't wait for the next Persona 5 Spinoff "Persona 5 go-kart all midnight".
Angry Flanders won Yhatzee's heart
0:19 If you count the mobile game crossovers, at least 20. And they haven't even been added to Fortnite yet. And that _is_ a yet. Unless Persona 6 surprises us by both coming first _and_ getting just as much attention and only one of those things is likely to happen. I couldn't tell you which one though.
I like that his dog is featured a lot now
For some reason, this satisfying use of "fuck" at the end of a video game reminds me of Dead Space 2.
"Goddammit, I trusted you! Fuck you, and fuck your marker!"
American Arcadia went from being a fun but standard game. To a wow gotta love that ending game. It follows the rule of people will remember the beginning and ending of your story. More than they will the middle.
It's still jarring to not hear the old ZP theme at the end of his rants. But on the other hand, it's always a reminder that of you decide to make a massive life change, it can turn out way better in the end.
Looking forward to the Persona 3 Reload review.
You know its bad when Yahtzee is getting a bit tired of the Persona franchise. Considering he isnt far from being a anime character. I might consider american arcadia on a sale down the line. I get the distinct feeling its good for 1 playthrough but not repeat sessions.
Sega seems to be doing their best to flood the market with their biggest franchises - Persona, Yakuza, Total War....
I wonder how long it will be until people start losing interest just like with MCU. There are only so many releases that people can or want keep up with.
@@IIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllll oh don't worry, they have dug out their vault to keep flooding the market with their franchises. the game awards had them just bombarding us with all of them
It’s kinda of a holding pattern Atlus has. Some odd 12~9 years ago they kept flooding out persona 4 spin offs. Corporate greed or keeping cash flow going for P6 development, it’s just what Atlus does
@@IIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllthey're trying to make up for the resources they lost cancelling Hyenas despite it being basically finished. Dread to think what a pile that must have been to be worth more as a tax write-off in te year we got Gollum, Kong and Redfall.
Its the usual pattern of ppl starting to get bored of latest Persona when its obvious Atlus is milking it alot, and Atlus being slow in making the next Persona. Just see how long it take from Persona 4 to 5. For me, its more of a proof he’s now in the Persona fandom lol.
Persona 3 Reload is almost a miracle too, after they half-heartedly only release Portable in modern hardwares.
Love you guys, keep up the great work!!❤
Oh... For a moment there i thought Yahtz decided to take a page out of Ross' book and review the Arcade America
I still kinda love that Persona 5 got Yahtzee in it’s sticky anime clutches after he spent so long wanting nothing to do with anime. I don’t think everyone needs to bow down and worship at the altar of anime, but I do still get a chuckle when people who hate it suddenly find anime they like. It’s kind of wholesome in a let-anything-have-a-chance-to-surprise-you kind of way.
3:01 Pretty sure that's literally every Persona game. Including the first two and one other of the second (I really don't know how to refer to that when Persona 2 is two games for some reason).
Agreed with the ending bit of American Arcadia. That final sequence in the narrative is like a perfectly punctuated punchline. It's a tad bit anti-climactic, but dammit all if it isn't really funny.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS HE REVIEWED AMERICAN ARCADIA
I'm a long time Persona fan, and I couldn't stand to finish Persona 5 Tactica. Can't wait for Persona 3 Reload and Metaphor ReFantazio to release.
The delivery of: “I mind that it’s also Boring!”
Top drawer Yahtz!
Nice to hear someone finally did a horror take on _The Truman Show_ given what horror fodder the original is. I'm sure it's been done before in some non-apocalyptic capacity, but I'm unaware of it.
It's not really horror in the traditional sense. It's much more existential cynicism of the "irrelevance of the individual in the age of tech" variety.
@@cranapple3367 Noted. Thank you. I'd still personally count that as horror though, even if I understand--as someone who *likes* horror--that the vast majority of people probably (only) think of slashers and monsters & ghost stories when the word "horror" comes up.
@@cranapple3367I mean horror in the traditional sense is low effort garbage so it’s definitely an improvement
@@corvus8638 traditional horror isn't just b movie slashers. It can be subtle and made with craft, because like any other form of art, it's made to provoke something in a viewer (with more or less skill)
So, elephant in the room, but will there be an 'end of year' ramblionic (w)rap-up?
(If so, will it just be the last 2 months of reviews? 😅)
4:59 Bojack Horseman was famously precise when it came to the F-bomb.
I was so happy to hear Yahtzee say enough of the Persona 5 spin-offs because entries 3 through 5 being milked as hard as they have been is my biggest complaint with Atlus today. After Reloaded is done, I'm seriously hoping they take a break to do something else with RPGs. Personally, I want to see remasters of the first two. They placed extremely high in a popularity contest in Japan asking that very question, after all.
That's one of those awkward situations in that they actually *did* do remasters of P1 and at least of Innocent Sin, not sure about Eternal Punishment, but they were released for PSP, so they're no longer especially useful remasters. That said, PC porting those like P3P could be a good option.
"But not that I have the power of prophecy. It was primarily my proficiency in Persons pattern perceptions." This is why Yahtzee can't be replaced.
Terry Pratchett called, he wants his Mii back
I wonder if yahtzee will be doing a top 5 best, worst, and blandest list this year.
The opening line of the last Semi Ramblomatic very much seems to imply that's on the cards.
I like that turn based tactics games are decently popular now, but I guess now I wish that they could figure out more creative ways to mix up what the gameplay is, because it feels like everybody's just trying to do the same thing all the time.
American Arcadia is maybe not that great as a game in itself, but it's a very, very nice story and I really like the aesthetics
Speaking as a Sponsorblock user: What fun-hating whack-a-doodle is marking all the lovely wordplay as "Filler"?
Comment to boost algo’s! Great episode
3:54 "We still HAVE health care... Use it."
American Arcadia sounds like it has a great concept, I shall keep an eye out for a good deal on it 🤔
The glasses.
I kind of like how the end credit jokes are after all the patreon/pheonix supporters… it feels very MCU-esque in a good way
I do hope eventually they get the rights to ZP back, if only so they stop giving everyone glasses.