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Post by Tuffty on Apr 23, 2024 7:08:18 GMT
Yes it's a horrible name for a game, but a new game from the Persona team is worth anyone's attention. Released in Oct, it's an RPG with a pretty wild setting and a new combat system. Shoji Meguro is back as a composer with a different style, the UI is still the best in the business and other contributors from the likes of Nier Automata and Neon Genesis Evangelion are involved. www.youtube.com/live/AMO-eAwvvuY?si=s2p0A-VC7rK1x1Uv |
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Post by dfunked on Apr 23, 2024 7:11:38 GMT
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Post by uiruki on Apr 23, 2024 9:16:13 GMT
October's not too far off, that's a nice surprise! I'm not a huge fan of the UI though, there are too many small, differing fonts and it's too noisy for how little contrast there is. The main sans-serif font used for descriptions in the Japanese is small, heavy but condensed which I can see being a real pain to read on Steam Deck. Persona 5's text rendering was absolutely terrible on the Deck too - hopefully they'll be able to fix that as I don't think I can cheat through it by kicking it up to 1080p.
It's a weird contrast between the huge white text elements and the shadows beneath them which are needed to make them readable crowding the screen and the relatively tiny and dense descriptive text. They use the skeuomorphic 'subtitle' type font for spoken dialogue, which is significantly more readable, though.
There's a Japanese stream at midday UK time on the Atlus channel so I might check that out. |
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Post by JonFE on Apr 23, 2024 12:21:33 GMT
Paging JuniorFE, I think this might interest him! |
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Post by Tuffty on Jun 8, 2024 8:23:22 GMT
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Post by One_Vurfed_Gwrx on Jun 8, 2024 10:54:24 GMT
As a long term Atlus preorderer (even double dipping etc)I have been doing so a lot less recently due to how there is almost always an improved version soon afterwards. I skipped P3 Reload, even after price drops. I will probably get SMT V Vengeance but not preordered it. It is a shame as Atlus was one of the few companies I would actually preorder things (even if only for how quickly they could go out of print).
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Post by hicksy on Jun 15, 2024 22:01:15 GMT
This is looking pretty special.
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Post by baihu1983 on Jul 5, 2024 19:14:48 GMT
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Post by Humperfunk on Jul 6, 2024 14:27:12 GMT
Fucking hell can't wait for this.
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Post by hicksy on Jul 6, 2024 20:15:15 GMT
Emo moths like this.
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Post by Tuffty on Jul 7, 2024 12:17:07 GMT
I still don't quite know what's going on with the story but that's ok!
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Post by Tuffty on Aug 26, 2024 10:04:57 GMT
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Post by Aunty Treats on Aug 26, 2024 10:20:43 GMT
Not sure about this. Seems weird to go fantasy and then make everything look so modern. Also, super don't like the MC design
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Post by dfunked on Aug 29, 2024 6:27:12 GMT
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Post by rhaegyr on Aug 29, 2024 10:14:53 GMT
Previews for this are all sounding incredibly positive. Wasn't really on my radar (mainly due to the daft title) but it is now.
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Post by Tuffty on Sept 25, 2024 12:04:29 GMT
Japan getting a demo today, no word on a Western release, but have to imagine it will be similar
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Post by dfunked on Sept 25, 2024 12:45:11 GMT
5pm today for steam I think. Looking forward to getting stuck in later if it appears on Xbox.
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Post by dfunked on Sept 25, 2024 16:36:13 GMT
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Post by Tuffty on Sept 25, 2024 17:22:23 GMT
Out for PS5 now too
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Post by Humperfunk on Sept 25, 2024 17:27:44 GMT
Cannot fucking wait for this game, so much so I won't play the demo as want to go in as blind as possible. Two and a bit weeks to go!
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Post by dfunked on Sept 25, 2024 17:43:45 GMT
Progress carries over, so my thinking was that I'd get through the inevitable slow start now and then get straight into the meat of the game in a couple of weeks.
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Post by Tuffty on Sept 25, 2024 19:08:52 GMT
Indeed, if it's anything like the pacing of P5 it might be worth doing now. Particularly as it's a fantasy world so it's gonna need time to establish the world.
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Post by Vandelay on Sept 25, 2024 19:27:52 GMT
Sounds like this runs like arse on the PC version, according to both Steam forums and Reddit. May or may not be accurate, but some are suggesting it is only using a single CPU core and everything is getting bottlenecked.
Might be worth holding off on those pre-orders if you were planning on the PC version.
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Post by uiruki on Sept 25, 2024 22:22:07 GMT
Yeah, that's about my take. Goes between 25 and 90fps on Steam Deck OLED and the only graphics option that makes any difference, the rendering resolution, doesn't have the impact it should.
Try the demo first though, you might be alright with it, but there's no refresh rate to pick on Deck at least. It spends too much time above or below anything you could select to make anything a good single choice.
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Post by malek86 on Sept 26, 2024 5:22:37 GMT
Woah, a 60GB demo? This sucks. But I'll give it a try anyway.
Aside from the supposedly bad porting, PC requirements are quite low. And some are saying performance can be improved with DXVK. Guess I'll give it a try on the old laptop first. If it runs bad, I can always transfer the data to the desktop (thanks Steam) and see if the Ryzen 5700X3D helps some.
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Post by dfunked on Sept 26, 2024 7:20:07 GMT
It's surprisingly generous for a modern demo. I got a couple of hours in on Xbox before I had to stop last night. Love the way you can just plough through weaker enemies without starting a battle.
Being able to switch up your companions' archetype looks like it'll add a ridiculous amount of options. I have a feeling the next couple of weeks are going to be torture when I've actually finished it...
Surprised that the PC version struggles given that it's a glorified PS4 game. Feels like something that should be very playable on Steam Deck. It's obviously got a great visual style, but still feels rooted in the last gen.
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Post by Tuffty on Sept 26, 2024 8:22:52 GMT
Played about 2 hrs, did first boss battle. Pretty engaged by the setting and good god that presentation and UI. This teams knows if youre gonna have a 100+ hr RPG, may as well have the menus look so stylish throughout so it's never boring. Nobody does it better. Definitely looking forward to the full game now
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Post by Vandelay on Sept 26, 2024 8:24:03 GMT
Anyone tried it on PS5? Might pick it up on there instead of PC, as I would assume I wouldn't be missing out graphically and performance sounds like it will be much better.
Just miss out on being able to play on Steam Deck.
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Post by dfunked on Sept 26, 2024 8:30:25 GMT
Saw a mention of the framerate fluctuating a bit on PS5 in the city and dungeon and it leaning on VRR.
Haven't noticed any issues at all on Xbox (but then VRR is probably kicking in if there are dips)
I'm kind of torn between getting it for PC instead though. Would be excellent on Steam Deck presuming the performance issues mentioned above can be sorted.
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Post by dfunked on Sept 27, 2024 8:45:11 GMT
Tried it on Steam Deck connected to my TV and noped out of that... £38 on eBay with a code for the Xbox version will have to do!
I'm definitely glad that I played the demo anyway. Gives a very generous slice of the game and you get a chance to get to grips with some of the systems. I shelved it just after the warning that the demo ends in 3 days as that felt like a more natural jumping off point than half completing the dungeon. Although I might come back to it to do the optional hard dungeon.
On the other hand, the next two weeks are going to be torture! Especially if me being a cheapskate means missing out on release day.
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