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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#57901: Apr 13th 2020 at 4:19:53 PM

Yeah, I picked that option the first chance I got.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#57902: Apr 13th 2020 at 4:22:09 PM

You're a traitor to the cause.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
RodimusMinor Professional Complainer Since: Oct, 2018
Professional Complainer
#57903: Apr 13th 2020 at 4:38:53 PM

Like that's ever stopped an anime protagonist.

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#57905: Apr 13th 2020 at 5:44:23 PM

...Actually, Haru has more reason to hate Akechi than most, and she does have the most bloodlust out of everyone, so yeah, she probably does want to murder his ass.

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#57906: Apr 13th 2020 at 6:13:43 PM

They could have a potentially interesting dynamic; Haru has to deal with working with her father's murderer, and Akechi kind of has to deal with working with someone his actions had a direct consequence on.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#57907: Apr 13th 2020 at 6:49:53 PM

Well, she's willing to do it.

They flat out ask her and she says yeah, we gotta do it.

But she's also said multiple times that she doesn't intend to forgive him for what he's done too, even in the base game.

...ok, maybe twice, but I'm 100% she means it.

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#57908: Apr 13th 2020 at 7:27:15 PM

I don't think Akechi would care that much if she forgives him or not, but he'd have to live with the guilt.

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Prime_of_Perfection Where force fails, cunning prevails Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Where force fails, cunning prevails
#57909: Apr 15th 2020 at 2:48:52 AM

What guilt? tongue

Also, Haru isn't the only person who his actions directly affected. Futaba is another case, for instance. He knows what he's doing.

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Yumil Mad Archivist Since: Mar, 2016
Mad Archivist
#57910: Apr 15th 2020 at 7:11:26 AM

Haru is too kind to want to murder Akechi. Like, saying she has the most bloodlust of the group isn't the right term. Or if it is, it's not the whole story.

Haru's the kind of person who has extremely twisted thoughts but would never put them into practice because she doesn't want to harm people. The shadows and the palace rulers are the perfect outlet for going all of that, but you really need to have both zero redeeming qualities and not even a freudian excuse to be a real person and get to see haru go sadist mode on you.

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#57911: Apr 15th 2020 at 10:40:41 AM

Amazon France has a PC listing for P5 Royal. Could easily just be a mistake so grain of salt, but since Catherine came to PC it shows that it's not super implausible.

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#57912: Apr 15th 2020 at 11:03:42 AM

PC Gamer: We reached out to Sega and they said it was an error.

Also should point out Amazon Fr listed The Last of Us Part II as well, so that really killed any legitimacy for these "leaks."

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#57913: Apr 15th 2020 at 11:05:08 AM

Atlus doing a PC port? Yeah, as if. And no, Catherine's an exception.

Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#57914: Apr 30th 2020 at 3:06:26 AM

I'm really glad Persona 2 came to mind while I'm still in my 90s mood. I've been watching X-Files and reading World of Darkness splatbooks and just generally immersing myself in 90s culture. Specifically the conspiracy culture that was big at the time and was in a lot of media.

I thought of it as an American thing but it clearly permeated other countries and cultures because, and now getting back to the point, Persona 2 is rife with all the cliches. Innocent Sin has the Mayan Aliens and secret Nazis and the general silliness of how the entire plot was started by ridiculous conspiracy theories. And EP's villain faction is of course literally named the New World Order.

When I first played IS I was actually dismissive of what I thought was a very "serious" plot. Stuff like Sudou's ramblings that were cryptic to the point of making no sense. But when I gave the game a second try, I realized this was intentional. We're not supposed to take any of this ludicrous story seriously as it was all the delusions of two adults and one traumatized little boy.

And the adults, at least Jun's father, were well-intentioned. The critique of this conspiracy stuff wasn't that it was made by terrible people but more that powerless people were inventing them to try and figure out a way to help. I've thought about this before but never in the context of wider 90s fiction. P2 is an indictment of much of that fiction.

Edited by Nikkolas on Apr 30th 2020 at 3:17:57 AM

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#57915: May 5th 2020 at 11:59:04 AM

Cursed Thumbnail is cursed (Context, the Nyan Cave's, a group of live stream Lets players, newest thumbnail for their next upcoming P 5 R stream):

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Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#57916: May 5th 2020 at 12:01:39 PM

The Kawakami face meme is back again, huh?

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Demongodofchaos2 Face me now, bitch! from In a Cultivation World (Ancient one) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
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#57917: May 5th 2020 at 12:25:09 PM

The fact that she uses it for all the new post Social Link Rank Up calls doesn't help.

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vicarious vicarious from NC, USA Since: Feb, 2013
vicarious
#57918: May 5th 2020 at 12:41:25 PM

Duck face is not attractive

Karxrida from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#57919: May 6th 2020 at 1:18:11 PM

I just started playing The Royal.

I don't know too much about the game but I feel like the opening would make more sense if I played the original 5. Will I get confused?

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#57920: May 6th 2020 at 1:48:18 PM

The Royal is pretty much 5 but with added stuff at the end and improved quality of life stuff throughout, so you're not missing much by playing this instead of vanilla 5.

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RedHunter543 Crimson Paladin Since: Jul, 2016 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Crimson Paladin
#57921: May 6th 2020 at 1:53:22 PM

[up][up] The game is in media res so being confused at the start is kinda the point.

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Karxrida from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#57922: May 6th 2020 at 5:05:34 PM

This game is gorgeous. I already knew of its reputation but it's different to see in action.

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#57923: May 6th 2020 at 5:10:03 PM

It still looks stylish as hell 4 years later, yeah.

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Demongodofchaos2 Face me now, bitch! from In a Cultivation World (Ancient one) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
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#57924: May 6th 2020 at 8:05:31 PM

And P 5 R takes full advantage of the PS 4 Pro unlike the original which was made as a PS 3 game in mind.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#57925: May 6th 2020 at 8:07:22 PM

Huh maybe I should wait till the PS 5 comes out before I play Royal.

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