17:10 So basically, that's correct. No Sumi and no Akechi. Its important to bear in mind that this was one of the very first follow up/spin off games for Persona 5. As in- Persona 5 the original game. Not Persona 5 The Royal. The Royal was a later publication that served as a kind of 'definitive edition' with added content and added character. Sumi, bless her, was one of the character added into Royal. No one knew she existed when they made this game. Which sucks, I love red head olympic dance girl. She's great. But obviously its not really her or Strikers fault for the exclusion- I have every confidence they'd have written her in if they could. If Strikers ever had a sequel I bet good money Kasumi is the first thing they cover. If it helps, right now she is probably overseas pursuing that world record and making her sister proud. For reference, the original Persona 5 ended after the defeat of Yadaboath. You got arrested, the Phantom Thieves got you released, and you went back home for awhile. This takes place, I think, about a year after that.
It's during summer vacation (7/26-8/22 1ish in P5), so Strikers is actually about 4-5 months afterwards! The main difference is Joker's not at Shujin with Ryuji and Ann anymore. He's doing his third year in his hometown, so that's probably why it feels longer than it actually is.
It can be argued that since Sumi and Maruki roles are done, they are now completely irrelevant to the story of Strikers, Sumi didn't wanna be a part of the PT in the first place and Maruki have a fulfilling life now I suppose And Akechi.. yk
Hot take to those addicted to baton pass and social link, otherwise valid (zenkichi is so good im actively angry he isnt in all p5 media as much as ryuji, ann, morgana or any other classic character
I would love it if Sophia and Aigis meet each other. Their interactions would probably be the cutest thing ever. Side note: atlus is so good with making robot or AI characters
51:30 Some are salty to Morgana because he supposedly took over what was supposed to be Haru's story arc but instead the arc focused more on Morgana's reaction to having an existential crisis.
the thing i never understand about that is, no he didn't. he was going through emotional turmoil and trying to prove himself to the team. the fact it happened during Haru's arc wasn't his choice, he didn't CHOSE to go through arguably his saddest moment. if anything it was the WRITERS who made that happen during Haru's arc. it's the writer's fault, not Morgana's. you can't blame the character for FEELING BAD, nobody chooses that lol like yeah i do feel it should NOT have taken Haru's arc, but the blame isn't to be placed on him but the WRITERS for making their arc the same instead of separating it into two separate arcs to give Haru her own time in the spotlight, yet people take it as just another excuse to hate on the guy even though he did not DELIBERATELY take Haru's screentime.
@@AnnsselAlso I hear she recorded a song for the new Sonic X Shadow show which is really good. She really has an amazing voice and I hope she can branch out to even more franchises.
I discovered JC after I finished my own first run of Persona 5 Royal this summer and I loved how much he enjoyed playing it, I also love how respectful and friendly he is as well as his chat, they always kindly help him and also crack jokes sometimes, also I haven't seen a single person spoil anything or make any type of toxic/disrespectful comment even though its accessible to everyone. He quickly became a comfort streamer to me and I hope we all keep enjoying his Persona videos just as much he enjoys playing it.
1. I hope JC is ready for (IMO) the best overall soundtrack of all the P5 games. Love this game so much! 2. I really hope someone lets him know at some point that EMMA is voiced by the same actor who voiced Siri
Strikers isn't actually a "Sequel to Vanilla" and there isn't a vanilla and Royal timeline like a lot of people think. Strikers was just developed during the same time as Royal by a different team who didn't have Royals story and didn't want us to buy and play the same 100 hour rpg twice to enjoy it's sequel. We saw this exact same thing happen with P4G where P4D and P4 Arena didn't reference anything from Golden as they were also sequels co-developed alongside their enhanced remaster, but then Arena's sequel and the PQ games made it clear Golden was canon. I'm willing to bet we'll eventually get 1 more P5 spinoff that'll include Royal, Strikers and maybe even Tactica characters and it'll put the discussion to rest.
I don't think we'll get another P5 Game, but if we get a PQ3(sometime after P6), which I would for sure expect to see P3R referenced and Sumi being playable in(the P5 Cast would probably be pulled in from the 3rd Semester).
@@Sir_Slimbread Nah they're not done milking this cow yet, the P5 gang haven't even (Officially) met any previous Persona characters. I think we'll get 1 more P5 game that's the proper crossover to send them off just like Arena was for the P3&4 gang (It feels a little unsatisfying P5T being their last) Unless of course they decide to go all in on P5X and make all the crossovers happen there which would be super lame
Yeah... But Maruki, Royal Akechi and Sumire were the best part of the game (at least for me)... So a game where they are never mentioned definitely feels... off...
@@brappycap6084 considering they are gonna bring Persona 5 X (the Gatcha game) to western audiences i dont think they will ever been done milking the persona 5 cow
The Persona is also a great game, a mix of RPG and impeccable mussou. It is better that I play it now that they laugh half "fresh" The original Pwrson 5, which later. The 3 will play it (it has already entered the Persona club hahaha), the same with 4 and who knows the Megami. Although after this one or at the same time I would upload the Metapfor. It helps him to have more numbers, I've been playing it for 29 hours and I'm excited for him to play it, he will love it. Peace
@@MightyMac775 Yeah but tactica is just a side story during the main game, taking place in between 2nd and 3rd palace so it really feels like a spin off story whereas strikers while being a spin off feels like a direct sequel
This was actually my first Persona game! That i could actually play, that is(it was avaliable on Playstation Plus back then, during January 2022, i think.) Buying the other available Persona games on the PS4 costed money, and i didnt want to do that. What i didnt know was that P3P, P4G and P5R was coming to Xbox Game Pass(and Xbox) later that year. Since i mainly played on Xbox, and had Game Pass, i played those games. Eventually, P5T and P3R would also be on Game Pass, and i beat those games as well. However, i still havent beaten the Episode Aigis DLC from Persona 3 Reload(i already know what happens story-wise, however.) Hwoever, i am getting closer to the end of the DLC. So, i beat P5S, then P5R, then either P3P or P4G(i might need to check my achievements), then P5T and P3R
I might not enjoy the gameplay of Strikers, but the Vibes, characters, Music and locations pop off like crazy. I remember streaming Strikers on the Discord with some of the others. Fun times
So happy you are playing this! P5 is my absolute favorite game and your play through was so fun to watch. 🎉 it really is like seeing old friends again.
sophia is also a common name in lots of stories as well becuase it has biblical origins and atlas games in particular love various religious paralels, for example theres a sophis in smt 5 as well who plays a similar role to the velvet room attendants
Nearly all games in Japan use the O button for accept and X for back. This was change in the US because the color blue tends to make Americans think it's accept and red means back or stop. You can actually see the same with the Nintendo controller where A is the select button and is on the right and B is back and is at the bottom.
2:57:46 this conversation is legit so funny to me because this is 1000% me not only with Persona, but for Nier as well lol I literally could not stop talking about either of them until I could get at least one other friend to play them hahaha
Man I can't wait until you get more subscribers and can't wait to see all of this playthrough - also can't wait until you inevitably play Metaphor Refantazio
About the hate to Morgana it´s more like a thing related to base persona 5, in which Morgana almost never allowed you to go out at night a lot of times, making it really frustrating to not continue the confidants and other activities, so if you play royal you don´t have the context of the suffering that we have to endure of the limited time we had in the original
I'm guessing this is JC's first Musou/Warriors game. Also, Sophia means 'wise one' or wisdom. It is a common name for non-physical intelligences presenting as female.
"What in the heck kind of FFXV??" I felt that deep in my soul because the first time I played FFXV, with the last FF game I played being 9, I was so overwhelmed 😆
Man i love your playthroughs so much! So glad you're playing P5RS! Its so underrated and didn't sold that well but if you ask me the sequel is amazing, combat might be rough but the story holds up! Can't wait to see you play P3R and P4G. Also i hope you pick up the yakuza franchise after this! Yakuza, Persona and NieR are a life changing experience, especially if you have depression or any other kind of psychological issues like i do.
JC, would you ever play a game series called Infamous? I feel like you'd really like a game like that if you like playing cool power fantasy type games.
Does he not remember that at the end of Royal they went back to the "original reality" so the things happened in Royal content third semester didn't happen anyways? Continuity isn't affected because Royal undid ITSELF at the end.
I lost the stream but I'm going to watch it now baby! I beat the game two times and I'm going to enjoy it again with you. If this is like the persona 5 royal gameplay I'm sure I'm going to love it ^^ The only thing I want to say, take your time. Enjoy it! You are in a vacation with friends! ^^ Edit: after watching I remembered something! Play some more and then go and look at the tutorials. There you can watch for example the combos and other things ^^
17:10 So basically, that's correct. No Sumi and no Akechi. Its important to bear in mind that this was one of the very first follow up/spin off games for Persona 5. As in- Persona 5 the original game. Not Persona 5 The Royal. The Royal was a later publication that served as a kind of 'definitive edition' with added content and added character. Sumi, bless her, was one of the character added into Royal. No one knew she existed when they made this game. Which sucks, I love red head olympic dance girl. She's great. But obviously its not really her or Strikers fault for the exclusion- I have every confidence they'd have written her in if they could. If Strikers ever had a sequel I bet good money Kasumi is the first thing they cover.
If it helps, right now she is probably overseas pursuing that world record and making her sister proud.
For reference, the original Persona 5 ended after the defeat of Yadaboath. You got arrested, the Phantom Thieves got you released, and you went back home for awhile. This takes place, I think, about a year after that.
It's during summer vacation (7/26-8/22
1ish in P5), so Strikers is actually about 4-5 months afterwards!
The main difference is Joker's not at Shujin with Ryuji and Ann anymore. He's doing his third year in his hometown, so that's probably why it feels longer than it actually is.
Honestly some kind of strikers spinoff staring Akechi and Sumi would be awesome.
This is why headcanons are fun bc Strikers could totally just say “ah yeah she’s away on a meet so she can’t join us”
It can be argued that since Sumi and Maruki roles are done, they are now completely irrelevant to the story of Strikers, Sumi didn't wanna be a part of the PT in the first place and Maruki have a fulfilling life now I suppose
And Akechi.. yk
@@c1yro_22 Well, did you see the true ending of Royal? Akechi can be seen in the end.
Hot take: Strikers is JUST as good as OG Persona 5 and is, in my opinion, a very solid and legitimate feeling sequel. He’s in for a GREAT time.
thats not a hot take, thats a warm take and i agree
Coldest take in history
Not really a hot take, but I definitely agree!
Hot take to those addicted to baton pass and social link, otherwise valid (zenkichi is so good im actively angry he isnt in all p5 media as much as ryuji, ann, morgana or any other classic character
@@adriansrsa90also, the ganeplay is really good! (Strikers)
I would love it if Sophia and Aigis meet each other. Their interactions would probably be the cutest thing ever.
Side note: atlus is so good with making robot or AI characters
A meeting between her and pre resolution Aigis would be really funny, like two instances of chatgpt talking at each other
Persona Q3
51:30 Some are salty to Morgana because he supposedly took over what was supposed to be Haru's story arc but instead the arc focused more on Morgana's reaction to having an existential crisis.
the thing i never understand about that is, no he didn't. he was going through emotional turmoil and trying to prove himself to the team. the fact it happened during Haru's arc wasn't his choice, he didn't CHOSE to go through arguably his saddest moment. if anything it was the WRITERS who made that happen during Haru's arc. it's the writer's fault, not Morgana's. you can't blame the character for FEELING BAD, nobody chooses that lol
like yeah i do feel it should NOT have taken Haru's arc, but the blame isn't to be placed on him but the WRITERS for making their arc the same instead of separating it into two separate arcs to give Haru her own time in the spotlight, yet people take it as just another excuse to hate on the guy even though he did not DELIBERATELY take Haru's screentime.
Royal handled it better vanilla sucked with it@@friendbreakfast
Joker is never getting privacy ever again.
JC is “Where’s Akechi…” pilled and I couldn’t be more proud.
That remix of last surprise is done by Casey Lee Williams! one of my all-time favorite artists! she started making music for the RWBY series AT 14!!
Omg I did not know Casey lee Williams did a song in this game 😭😭 it’s like my rwby world and persona world clashing together lmao
@@AnnsselAlso I hear she recorded a song for the new Sonic X Shadow show which is really good. She really has an amazing voice and I hope she can branch out to even more franchises.
@@ZonaiHero-ul5nm Yeah, she's the vocalist for Without You
@@Annssel She's done a cover of Last Surprise, but it isn't in the game. The in-game cover is also by Lyn.
@@jamesnall6462 Yeah I know, but I am just saying I am happy to hear Casey cover songs from franchises other than RWBY.
I discovered JC after I finished my own first run of Persona 5 Royal this summer and I loved how much he enjoyed playing it, I also love how respectful and friendly he is as well as his chat, they always kindly help him and also crack jokes sometimes, also I haven't seen a single person spoil anything or make any type of toxic/disrespectful comment even though its accessible to everyone. He quickly became a comfort streamer to me and I hope we all keep enjoying his Persona videos just as much he enjoys playing it.
1. I hope JC is ready for (IMO) the best overall soundtrack of all the P5 games. Love this game so much!
2. I really hope someone lets him know at some point that EMMA is voiced by the same actor who voiced Siri
She's WHAT?! I didn't know that, that's so sick!
I’m so glad you’re doing Strikers! And the beautiful voice of Lyn back on vocals. Buckle up brother….you’re in for one hell of a ride!
Strikers isn't actually a "Sequel to Vanilla" and there isn't a vanilla and Royal timeline like a lot of people think. Strikers was just developed during the same time as Royal by a different team who didn't have Royals story and didn't want us to buy and play the same 100 hour rpg twice to enjoy it's sequel.
We saw this exact same thing happen with P4G where P4D and P4 Arena didn't reference anything from Golden as they were also sequels co-developed alongside their enhanced remaster, but then Arena's sequel and the PQ games made it clear Golden was canon.
I'm willing to bet we'll eventually get 1 more P5 spinoff that'll include Royal, Strikers and maybe even Tactica characters and it'll put the discussion to rest.
I don't think we'll get another P5 Game, but if we get a PQ3(sometime after P6), which I would for sure expect to see P3R referenced and Sumi being playable in(the P5 Cast would probably be pulled in from the 3rd Semester).
@@Sir_Slimbread Nah they're not done milking this cow yet, the P5 gang haven't even (Officially) met any previous Persona characters. I think we'll get 1 more P5 game that's the proper crossover to send them off just like Arena was for the P3&4 gang (It feels a little unsatisfying P5T being their last)
Unless of course they decide to go all in on P5X and make all the crossovers happen there which would be super lame
Yeah... But Maruki, Royal Akechi and Sumire were the best part of the game (at least for me)... So a game where they are never mentioned definitely feels... off...
@@brappycap6084 considering they are gonna bring Persona 5 X (the Gatcha game) to western audiences i dont think they will ever been done milking the persona 5 cow
P5S is literally direct sequel to P5 vanilla, bro 😂
So happy the streams are back! His P5 playthrough brought so much joy and relief. I hope Satchel does more highlight videos for this series!
55:24 and God said “Let there be a sequel!”
I honestly expected that he would start playing Persona 3 Reload
I guess I'll still have to wait for that, anyway P5S is a great game equally :)
Honestly I like this style, like finishing the p5 duology and then onto p3 and p4
@@TheUltimateNavigator1 Isn't it a trilogy now, with Persona 5 Tactica?
The Persona is also a great game, a mix of RPG and impeccable mussou. It is better that I play it now that they laugh half "fresh" The original Pwrson 5, which later. The 3 will play it (it has already entered the Persona club hahaha), the same with 4 and who knows the Megami. Although after this one or at the same time I would upload the Metapfor. It helps him to have more numbers, I've been playing it for 29 hours and I'm excited for him to play it, he will love it. Peace
*The persona strikers
@@MightyMac775 Yeah but tactica is just a side story during the main game, taking place in between 2nd and 3rd palace so it really feels like a spin off story whereas strikers while being a spin off feels like a direct sequel
"we can beat it in 10 hours chat" There's no way this takes less than 100 🤣
I mean, i beat the game in less than 70 hrs
Is kinda short
@RitualinOwO yeah but JC takes longer. I beat Persona 5 Royal in 120 hours, it took JC twice that long lol
They went ham for the soundtrack for this game. A true sequel.
Strikers is best played many months after finishing P5 so you feel like you are setting your friends for the first time in a long time.
I played P5S before P5R, and Strikers was my 1st Persona game. But this was almost 3 years ago (January 2022)
@@Hyp3rSonic Same here
@@2002JRBin my case, I didnt play P5R until it was available on Xbox Game Pass(and Xbox)
I was only to play Strikers since it was on Playstation Plus
As soon as I was looking to see if the vod was up yet I got the notification lmao
This was actually my first Persona game! That i could actually play, that is(it was avaliable on Playstation Plus back then, during January 2022, i think.)
Buying the other available Persona games on the PS4 costed money, and i didnt want to do that. What i didnt know was that P3P, P4G and P5R was coming to Xbox Game Pass(and Xbox) later that year. Since i mainly played on Xbox, and had Game Pass, i played those games. Eventually, P5T and P3R would also be on Game Pass, and i beat those games as well. However, i still havent beaten the Episode Aigis DLC from Persona 3 Reload(i already know what happens story-wise, however.) Hwoever, i am getting closer to the end of the DLC.
So, i beat P5S, then P5R, then either P3P or P4G(i might need to check my achievements), then P5T and P3R
I might not enjoy the gameplay of Strikers, but the Vibes, characters, Music and locations pop off like crazy. I remember streaming Strikers on the Discord with some of the others. Fun times
Strikers baby
So happy you are playing this! P5 is my absolute favorite game and your play through was so fun to watch. 🎉 it really is like seeing old friends again.
2:16:40 Sophia is likely common because it is homage to Sophia made by Hanson's Robotics
sophia is also a common name in lots of stories as well becuase it has biblical origins and atlas games in particular love various religious paralels, for example theres a sophis in smt 5 as well who plays a similar role to the velvet room attendants
Hell yeah! Strikers is is so fun! Hopefully…JC will learn from his previous blunders in royal…and hopefully there aren’t month long pauses in between
I've been waiting for this
20:47 Oh my God is that Claude lol is that my house leader boy of the golden deer lol
It’s truly a JC video when you have a reference back to sonic adventure
Aw hell yeah, I LOVE Strikers. If he loved the ost before, he’ll really enjoy the ost here too
Peak
Oh yeah this was the original plan for p5
Have the phantom thieves travel all around da world
>The World
>Look Inside
>Japan
>Mfw
Nearly all games in Japan use the O button for accept and X for back. This was change in the US because the color blue tends to make Americans think it's accept and red means back or stop. You can actually see the same with the Nintendo controller where A is the select button and is on the right and B is back and is at the bottom.
OST:Best. New characters: The best.
I got this game from a bundle like 1 week after P5R which was amazing timing and now JC is playing it too, I love to see it
20 minutes in and he's only gone through literally less than a minute of gameplay
This is gonna be a long ride lol 😂
Return of the king
Im honestly so happy that you are playing Persona striker! I know you will enjoy it a lot! Happy gaming :D
We’re so back!
2:57:46 this conversation is legit so funny to me because this is 1000% me not only with Persona, but for Nier as well lol I literally could not stop talking about either of them until I could get at least one other friend to play them hahaha
28:37 not even 30 minutes in man 😂
39:00 Siri jumpscare
hl2 stalker scream sfx
1:22:10 And I thought the Casino Arc was that down bad 💀
WOOHOO!!! PERSONA 5 STRIKERS YESSS!!!!
It warms my heart to see inversion representation among younger gamers.
The debate at the end was adorable
Oh hell yeah this guy has been converted to persona
Even though the game play isn't something that I'm really used to, I still loved this game.
Man I can't wait until you get more subscribers and can't wait to see all of this playthrough - also can't wait until you inevitably play Metaphor Refantazio
LOL I found this after watching the entire 1st VOD on Twitch
WE'RE SO BACK BABY!!!
Can't make it to streams because of timezones, I'm very grateful for these vods ✌🏻
Sophia is best phone daughter
Strikers aka Persona 5 Volume 2. Cried at the end and my favorite spin off
About the hate to Morgana it´s more like a thing related to base persona 5, in which Morgana almost never allowed you to go out at night a lot of times, making it really frustrating to not continue the confidants and other activities, so if you play royal you don´t have the context of the suffering that we have to endure of the limited time we had in the original
Don't worry man, I just got out of the cold shower. I'm ready for seconds.
Yakuza is a great series! But that's for after P5s! Been absolutely loving the P5 playthrough and super excited for more!
I'm guessing this is JC's first Musou/Warriors game.
Also, Sophia means 'wise one' or wisdom. It is a common name for non-physical intelligences presenting as female.
I played this game for about 250+ hours(including NG+ playthroughs)
Appropriate reaction to first hearing Daredevil.
Ryuji and Sophia are the best characters of the game ngl 😂
"What in the heck kind of FFXV??"
I felt that deep in my soul because the first time I played FFXV, with the last FF game I played being 9, I was so overwhelmed 😆
Everything should go Wrawarawawawarrr
road roller da
You never saw it coming
Remember to do every single requests in this game
Most of the Morgana hate tends to be about the making you go to bed stuff, I think.
Man i love your playthroughs so much! So glad you're playing P5RS! Its so underrated and didn't sold that well but if you ask me the sequel is amazing, combat might be rough but the story holds up! Can't wait to see you play P3R and P4G. Also i hope you pick up the yakuza franchise after this! Yakuza, Persona and NieR are a life changing experience, especially if you have depression or any other kind of psychological issues like i do.
The calidreamers are back in buisness.
OMG 😱 it's really happening 🎉
ANOTHER PERSONA 5 CONTENT
FROM JC
WE EATING GOOD TONIGHT
JC, would you ever play a game series called Infamous? I feel like you'd really like a game like that if you like playing cool power fantasy type games.
Is it really necessary to wait for the ps5 pro for ff7?
I will be honest it really annoys me that JC just didn't read either of the two tutorials telling him about the special button
11:19
Not quite, it's Dynasty Warriors
Sofia looking at Jokers P history.
OHHH GOD YESSSS STRIKERS!
Does he not remember that at the end of Royal they went back to the "original reality" so the things happened in Royal content third semester didn't happen anyways? Continuity isn't affected because Royal undid ITSELF at the end.
i haven’t played strikers yet 🥲can’t wait to watch after i play
rip no floofing o7
I love Last Surprise Strikers way more than the original.👌👌👌👌👌
The best Muso game and it's not close
I lost the stream but I'm going to watch it now baby!
I beat the game two times and I'm going to enjoy it again with you. If this is like the persona 5 royal gameplay I'm sure I'm going to love it ^^
The only thing I want to say, take your time. Enjoy it! You are in a vacation with friends! ^^
Edit: after watching I remembered something! Play some more and then go and look at the tutorials. There you can watch for example the combos and other things ^^
51:07 a LOT of people hate morgana you see it everywhere
Did he ever do a tier list for characters?
We are so back.
13:28 Kasumi POV
Joker caught swiped Sumire 1080P 30 fps
This is actually my 2nd favorite Persona game!!! (My favorite one is Persona 5 Royal)
2:18:00
It was at this moment I think everyone wanted to shield phone daughter from the internet.
50:13
Stronger God
WWWHHHHAAAATTTT he’s playing it!!! You what that means… persona 3 reload soon probably next early year
YESSSSS
11:55
LETS FOOKING GOOO
It’s peak time
Not JC reminding me to check my pokemon tcg pocket.
part 4 when bro :(
Love the vids JC! Would it be possible to add the rest of the Bloodborne streams good sir? Thanks so much!
Strikers is such a good sequel. It was also a very appropriate length. I loved Royal, but felt it dragged on.
I wanna see him play p4 in the future its my fav
Wait so opening doesn't play on this one when game is opened?
YES FINALLY
AI? What's the A stand for?
Artificial
Love the rvb reference
FATESONA!
I MISSED THİSSSSSS