Name one game that did really well this year, truth is no one is buying games looks at astro bot 94 on meta “goty contender” bust sale are terrible even in japan lol
Demo got me to preorder too. The high school part of Persona never appealed to me, and I always wanted a fantasy setting. It looks like my hopes were answered with this game. I also the rest of the game maintains the high quality if the start.
I'm guessing you never played the SMT games, because the turn system is exactly the same as that series. This game seems to be a mix of SMT and Persona.
@@TagTheLegend Yeah, the SMT games are great and way harder then the Persona games if you like a challenge. They're a bit light in regards to story though, especially when compare to Persona.
@@wood1066no it doesnt lmao, are you mentally challenged? All it has from persona or SMT is the press-turn system from SMT and the visual design from modern persona. Everything else is different, THEY EVEN CHANGED MAJORITY OF THE NAME OF THE ABILITIES BRO, THEY’VE NEVER DONE THAT. If you really think it’s not unique and just a huge mix of smt and persona, then you haven’t even played those games to begin with, because it’s not.
@@critical_6164 you clearly have a reading comprehension problem because not once did I ever say it was a persona reskin. I said it has a mix of elements from both series which you are lying to yourself if you say otherwise. Also, this game does have spells from SMT and Persona like tarukaja. Did YOU even play this game?
Yes, so glad that ATLUS put out this demo & that progress saves & carries over! My only annoyances is that i couldn’t find an option in settings to rotate the mini map like in P3R. I hope this gets patched in.
I always liked how this game looked & was predicting it's gonna be a great game. I only have the Switch so I'll probably wait for the Switch 2 complete edition 😂
Yeaaaa I haven’t really played much of the SMT franchise but I’m going to look into it so I can understand the combat mechanics more. I appreciate you pointing this out!
@@fseiba6718 dude definitely play it once you get the chance. My apartment's power was shut off so it could be worked on tonight, so I had to blitz through the game, and I barely got to the end before my power was cut. I honestly feel that I could replay it on hard and get some grinding in to get up to ~rank 10 for at least a few Archetypes. It's such a good demo.
@@BlairAnsor Yes, there's a particular miniboss that you cannot get past while in the demo. I reached as far as I could go in the demo after 8 hours and 4 minutes the first time through. On my second attempt, I skipped every single cutscene and dialogue, and hit the end point in about 4½ hours. I also got my party members to level 13~14, whereas they only reached level 11 in my first run.
Played this demo today. I found it a lot of fun. The archetype system I think is really cool. Feels very open ended with a lot of options to explore. Story seems ok thus far. Excited for it to come out
It battle system reminds me of SMT3 Nocturne mostly with a sprinkling of Suikoden back row/front mechanic. Also the changing class reminds me of FF5 or FF10-2, where you can build each character to do what you want. I like all those games so this is looking better and better and gonna play demo saturday now I know it's available.
Holy shit the prologue was crazy. It felt super smooth and combat is more of a job system than persona. The UI was phenomenal. The demo was long too. I still need to do 3 days of social time.
@@MinatotheGreenLantern anti aliasing is the graphics tech that smooths out the edges of objects on the screen. Without AA the game edges dont look like straight lines but jagged staircasing pixels. I noticed this ever since the first trailer. Where is the AA?? deal breaker for me.
This is actually fixable really easy. Game runs on 125% render scale by default and seems like this option is a bit broken. Tune it down to 100% and you'll be fine
Arcetype is job sistem like in eterian odessy you cant change it mid battle so you cant exploit enemy weakness like in persona to me persona combat is too easy😅
Finished the demo today, and the following are my impressions. Spoilers, obviously. - Has autosave, which will probably save my ass at some point - Unlike most Atlus games, has audio setting to balance BGM, voice, etc. - Played on a PS4 Pro, graphics and performance were good, no long load times - They added item sorting (seems like in every Atlus game I find myself in mid battle scrolling though a hundred randomly named things to find that one item that cures dizzy or whatever, now they’re type sorted under tabs) - OTOH, I found equipment menus a bit hard to read. Everything owned is shown, whether it’s equipped by another party member or not, with no indicator that it’s equipped until you select it. Also, it doesn’t tell you how much a weapon or armor piece improves your armor rating, just has an up arrow. - Added a front row, back row combat mechanic (like in classic rpgs) that’s actually pretty fun - Combat swings and animations feel a little sluggish, but you can press a button to make them instant (like in SMTV) - There is actual crimson blood, graphic throat slitting, etc. Cool. - Pacing felt “off” somehow, hard to explain, it just didn’t flow into a narrative that felt like it had momentum - There is very little of that Atlus fun, humor, or creativity until near the 5hr mark, when some weird shit goes down, other than that, feels like boilerplate fantasy rpg - I wasn’t feeling the music. Battle music was cool, but the transformation scenes, which were overall weak imo, and the new blue room piano music were insipid. - Main thing I’m noticing, having recently played through P3-5 and SMTV is that this game didn’t make me “feel” anything. No laughs, no tears, no excitement. Only moving scene for me was when Gallica stridently swears her loyalty. - Speaking of Gallica, is it just me or she the least attractive fairy ever? I mean, this company puts cute fairies in every game, Pixie, Hua Po, Titania, it’s like their trademark. Gallica is tough gal and a less annoying navigator than any of the previous ones imo, but as plain Jane as a fairy can be. Aren’t there laws against that in Japan? - The game features themes of discrimination, racism, hierarchy, etc. and a number of what seem to be trans characters. If that kind of thing offends you, might wanna skip this one. - The new blue room feels uninspired. Every one before now had atmosphere and interesting attendants. This one feels empty, with some trans guy who apparently writes utopian novels. Not only that, but I found the whole archetypes progression system FAR less interesting than demon negotiation and collecting. Of course, all these are just first impressions. Overall, I think this will be a fun fantasy rpg with some Atlus gameplay mechanics (nearly all the same mechanics, most even mapped to the same buttons as before) but it won’t rise to the level of a Persona or Shin Megami Tensei title. The music, the lack of humor, the difficulty with varying the mood of the scenes (it’s all one serious note) gives the impression that the devs were out of their element here. After playing the demo I’m frankly not sure if I’ll get it on release or wait for a sale, but I’ll definitely play it at some point.
Dude you are so off wtf, u probably just a persona and smt fan who just probably think that series is top notch and nothing get close to it, smh 🤦 so basically do you want atlus to just gives you smt game all there life, cuz every new things in this game is better then anything in smt and persona, the music is amazing wtf are you on about ????
@@john_7000 People have these things called “opinions.” Sometimes, often even, other people disagree. And that’s fine. After you finish the demo feel free to share your opinions here, and I’d be happy to discuss them.
@@john_7000no this game is bad persona and smtv are good the whole story is dead the combat is meh and if you can’t see that then be a Mong and pay full price for a inferior product 😂
I’m having a problem with the combat, I can’t find the button to give my allies direct commands. All I have is different ai commands. It’s really annoying cuz I like to make the decisions myself. Does anyone know if the game even has direct commands if so please tell me!
Um Atlas had games before persona 5 in fact persona itself is a spin off of SMT. There are several other smt spin offs as well. Have not played those though.
I might be in the minority but I was so disappointed. The animated cutscenes were awful, the story is bland, the characters are bland, the voice actors aren’t great. Visually there’s way too much going on…it’s like nails scrapping cardboard but with my eyes. The game visually to me just isn’t pleasant to the eyes at all. The archetypes look extremely generic and lack personality, combat isn’t anything special it is what it is. IMO I think this is going to be a major flop unless the actual game is better than the demo. I’m getting soul hackers 2 vibes.
Ignore the comments saying smtv is a good game it is not especially if you come to it after playing persona it’s like a darksouls game but rpg nobody cares for that even elden ring toned down difficulty and sold better. It’s not like these games are pokemon level easy they have a decent enough challenge.
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Have you tried the demo yet, what are your thoughts so far?
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Seriously, if this game doesn't do well, then the gaming community is just WACK!
Name one game that did really well this year, truth is no one is buying games looks at astro bot 94 on meta “goty contender” bust sale are terrible even in japan lol
Unfortunately lots of people are not into turn-based jrpgs. I really hope the game sells well.
For now it seems it will be a huge success for atlus.
Persona 5 type success.
@@vladik87 Atlus fans are so we don't care and in fact, welcome it.
@@FredMaverik I’d hope that Atlus fans are into turn-based games lol
I was planning on skipping this game because my backlog is overwhelming right now. But after playing this demo? It’s a day one purchase, hands down
Aww glad the demo changed ur mind ❤️❤️❤️ this is my most anticipated game and I am happy to see people get interested
@@john_7000 Same
agree 100%, about an hour in I just thought, “welp there goes $70”
Demo got me to preorder too. The high school part of Persona never appealed to me, and I always wanted a fantasy setting. It looks like my hopes were answered with this game. I also the rest of the game maintains the high quality if the start.
I think i would have went crazy if i didnt get this demo
You and me both. As soon as they announced it I couldn’t stop checking my PS5 for the release time lol
Would have went? Did you even go to school bro?
I'm guessing you never played the SMT games, because the turn system is exactly the same as that series. This game seems to be a mix of SMT and Persona.
No i haven’t but i May give it a try eventually. That makes sense then haha.
@@TagTheLegend Yeah, the SMT games are great and way harder then the Persona games if you like a challenge. They're a bit light in regards to story though, especially when compare to Persona.
it's its own thing. By the same devs. If you think it's a mix I guess you haven't played those games either.
@@wood1066no it doesnt lmao, are you mentally challenged? All it has from persona or SMT is the press-turn system from SMT and the visual design from modern persona. Everything else is different, THEY EVEN CHANGED MAJORITY OF THE NAME OF THE ABILITIES BRO, THEY’VE NEVER DONE THAT.
If you really think it’s not unique and just a huge mix of smt and persona, then you haven’t even played those games to begin with, because it’s not.
@@critical_6164 you clearly have a reading comprehension problem because not once did I ever say it was a persona reskin. I said it has a mix of elements from both series which you are lying to yourself if you say otherwise. Also, this game does have spells from SMT and Persona like tarukaja. Did YOU even play this game?
Yes, so glad that ATLUS put out this demo & that progress saves & carries over!
My only annoyances is that i couldn’t find an option in settings to rotate the mini map like in P3R. I hope this gets patched in.
I always liked how this game looked & was predicting it's gonna be a great game.
I only have the Switch so I'll probably wait for the Switch 2 complete edition 😂
day 1 purchase for me, best game i played this year
I think you should look into SMT V Vengeance.
Yeaaaa I haven’t really played much of the SMT franchise but I’m going to look into it so I can understand the combat mechanics more. I appreciate you pointing this out!
good argument, however:
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Nice video, I slept on this game but I'll definitely check out the demo now! Currently playing SMT 5 and loving that too!
Let me know what you think. From what i'm hearing combat is comparable to SMT 5
just finished playing the demo and genuinely can’t wait to watch someone play, it was phenomenal 🙌🏾
I havent got time to play it yet and im genuinely jelaous for all of you that could play it already.
@@fseiba6718 dude definitely play it once you get the chance. My apartment's power was shut off so it could be worked on tonight, so I had to blitz through the game, and I barely got to the end before my power was cut. I honestly feel that I could replay it on hard and get some grinding in to get up to ~rank 10 for at least a few Archetypes. It's such a good demo.
How long was the demo like could you go into the cathedral
@@BlairAnsor Yes, there's a particular miniboss that you cannot get past while in the demo.
I reached as far as I could go in the demo after 8 hours and 4 minutes the first time through. On my second attempt, I skipped every single cutscene and dialogue, and hit the end point in about 4½ hours. I also got my party members to level 13~14, whereas they only reached level 11 in my first run.
Played this demo today. I found it a lot of fun. The archetype system I think is really cool. Feels very open ended with a lot of options to explore. Story seems ok thus far. Excited for it to come out
The world and characters are super inmersive, i had my doubts with this game, but with this demo i must say this game is a must if you are a JRPG fan.
Just ordered the collector's edition from VGP games. Loved the demo and i really want the art book
It battle system reminds me of SMT3 Nocturne mostly with a sprinkling of Suikoden back row/front mechanic. Also the changing class reminds me of FF5 or FF10-2, where you can build each character to do what you want. I like all those games so this is looking better and better and gonna play demo saturday now I know it's available.
FF also has the rows mechanic
Who of you also beat the dragon? 😎
I did and that purified sword is bonkers
Holy shit the prologue was crazy. It felt super smooth and combat is more of a job system than persona. The UI was phenomenal. The demo was long too. I still need to do 3 days of social time.
Crystal combat is just press turn right?
I’m doing some looking around and it seems so. I never played SMT so that makes more sense lol.
@@TagTheLegend you gotta give Vengeance a try sometime! I played og SMT 5 and I'm super excited to try the new story in there 😎
can we turn of the vfx on the text box? it’s distracting when trying to read dialogue.
lmao adhd strikes again
The demo was amazing though the missing anti aliasing was pretty annoying. Furthermore, I hope this game will get raytracing.
Bro it's an anime game it won't get raytracing it don't have that kinda budget
Anti Aliasing? Raytracing? I’m confused what do these mean?
@@MinatotheGreenLantern anti aliasing is the graphics tech that smooths out the edges of objects on the screen. Without AA the game edges dont look like straight lines but jagged staircasing pixels. I noticed this ever since the first trailer. Where is the AA?? deal breaker for me.
@@Vartazian360 I see
@@iTzMako777 Lmao, persona 3 reload on pc had ray tracing so whats your point exactly? yikes
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Are there difficulty settings?
Yes there are
Is the demo on ps5?
Yes it is
This demo would’ve been a must play if only it runs well on steam 😢
Lower the render scale from 125 to 100
Runs fine on my rig, what are yall trying to play this on
IT ruins fine on my PC as well
@@iTzMako777 playing on a GTX 1650 Ti GPU and Ryzen 7 4000, I checked the specs requirements and I think I definitely met the recommended specs
@@phillemon7664 can’t even run it at 50 render scale ;-;
They will just need to fix performance on PC😅 luckly they still have some time
Exactly, my rig should crush this game but it struggles so hard with the demo :(
This is actually fixable really easy. Game runs on 125% render scale by default and seems like this option is a bit broken. Tune it down to 100% and you'll be fine
Tried multiple settings, hell I even put it down to 50% and it didn't really change anything
@@ineri_yorha do u rly think, I didnt change setting? I did, even to 50%, game has some messy code, still have tragic Fps
@@ronallen4877 Try special K mod fix, it's on steam thread, ppl say it can help. I will try it later
I wasn’t sure about the game at first, but now that I played it. Definitely a day one pick up! 🔥🔥🔥
Goty 🏆
It's a very chunky demo.
How many hrs?
Arcetype is job sistem like in eterian odessy you cant change it mid battle so you cant exploit enemy weakness like in persona to me persona combat is too easy😅
When I was playing I didn’t see a choice for direct command.. I really don’t like when my teammates are on auto attack etc.
Direct command is automatic after awakening the character’s archetype
You can command them a little further in
@@JustinSanchez-np2pi Oh good to know! I’m not done with the demo yet but that was my only concern. Other than that im good then!
lol noob
Finished the demo today, and the following are my impressions.
Spoilers, obviously.
- Has autosave, which will probably save my ass at some point
- Unlike most Atlus games, has audio setting to balance BGM, voice, etc.
- Played on a PS4 Pro, graphics and performance were good, no long load times
- They added item sorting (seems like in every Atlus game I find myself in mid battle scrolling though a hundred randomly named things to find that one item that cures dizzy or whatever, now they’re type sorted under tabs)
- OTOH, I found equipment menus a bit hard to read. Everything owned is shown, whether it’s equipped by another party member or not, with no indicator that it’s equipped until you select it. Also, it doesn’t tell you how much a weapon or armor piece improves your armor rating, just has an up arrow.
- Added a front row, back row combat mechanic (like in classic rpgs) that’s actually pretty fun
- Combat swings and animations feel a little sluggish, but you can press a button to make them instant (like in SMTV)
- There is actual crimson blood, graphic throat slitting, etc. Cool.
- Pacing felt “off” somehow, hard to explain, it just didn’t flow into a narrative that felt like it had momentum
- There is very little of that Atlus fun, humor, or creativity until near the 5hr mark, when some weird shit goes down, other than that, feels like boilerplate fantasy rpg
- I wasn’t feeling the music. Battle music was cool, but the transformation scenes, which were overall weak imo, and the new blue room piano music were insipid.
- Main thing I’m noticing, having recently played through P3-5 and SMTV is that this game didn’t make me “feel” anything. No laughs, no tears, no excitement. Only moving scene for me was when Gallica stridently swears her loyalty.
- Speaking of Gallica, is it just me or she the least attractive fairy ever? I mean, this company puts cute fairies in every game, Pixie, Hua Po, Titania, it’s like their trademark. Gallica is tough gal and a less annoying navigator than any of the previous ones imo, but as plain Jane as a fairy can be. Aren’t there laws against that in Japan?
- The game features themes of discrimination, racism, hierarchy, etc. and a number of what seem to be trans characters. If that kind of thing offends you, might wanna skip this one.
- The new blue room feels uninspired. Every one before now had atmosphere and interesting attendants. This one feels empty, with some trans guy who apparently writes utopian novels. Not only that, but I found the whole archetypes progression system FAR less interesting than demon negotiation and collecting.
Of course, all these are just first impressions. Overall, I think this will be a fun fantasy rpg with some Atlus gameplay mechanics (nearly all the same mechanics, most even mapped to the same buttons as before) but it won’t rise to the level of a Persona or Shin Megami Tensei title. The music, the lack of humor, the difficulty with varying the mood of the scenes (it’s all one serious note) gives the impression that the devs were out of their element here. After playing the demo I’m frankly not sure if I’ll get it on release or wait for a sale, but I’ll definitely play it at some point.
which platform can I play the demo?
@@rommeltorres1765 I think it's on most platforms, including PC.
Dude you are so off wtf, u probably just a persona and smt fan who just probably think that series is top notch and nothing get close to it, smh 🤦 so basically do you want atlus to just gives you smt game all there life, cuz every new things in this game is better then anything in smt and persona, the music is amazing wtf are you on about ????
@@john_7000 People have these things called “opinions.” Sometimes, often even, other people disagree. And that’s fine. After you finish the demo feel free to share your opinions here, and I’d be happy to discuss them.
@@john_7000no this game is bad persona and smtv are good the whole story is dead the combat is meh and if you can’t see that then be a Mong and pay full price for a inferior product 😂
7 hours, . . .haha amazing
Gas!!!!
This game had me hooked all day. I couldn't put it down.
I’m having a problem with the combat, I can’t find the button to give my allies direct commands. All I have is different ai commands. It’s really annoying cuz I like to make the decisions myself. Does anyone know if the game even has direct commands if so please tell me!
It does but you have to wait until they officially join your party. Keep playing and it will open up.
@@TagTheLegend yer sound out👍
noob
Waos
Seen cute guy had to click but why is this game so much like persona 5
same developers
lmao, zoomers are funny. They Never heard of Atlus or SMT. pls stay away
Um Atlas had games before persona 5 in fact persona itself is a spin off of SMT. There are several other smt spin offs as well. Have not played those though.
I didnt know andrew tate did game reviews
cut scene simulator
I might be in the minority but I was so disappointed. The animated cutscenes were awful, the story is bland, the characters are bland, the voice actors aren’t great. Visually there’s way too much going on…it’s like nails scrapping cardboard but with my eyes. The game visually to me just isn’t pleasant to the eyes at all. The archetypes look extremely generic and lack personality, combat isn’t anything special it is what it is. IMO I think this is going to be a major flop unless the actual game is better than the demo. I’m getting soul hackers 2 vibes.
Visually it looks like a cluster fuck….
Anybody notice there is zero anti alising in this game? Wonder why?
Ignore the comments saying smtv is a good game it is not especially if you come to it after playing persona it’s like a darksouls game but rpg nobody cares for that even elden ring toned down difficulty and sold better. It’s not like these games are pokemon level easy they have a decent enough challenge.
Skill issue, also you sound like the type of person who uses DLC persona for the entire playthrough
Trash man Altas dropped the ball on this one 😂