Not surprising that the loading times are faster considering that the WiiU was a trash system at that. Still good to know although I wish there were more visual improvements.
Definitely getting this.
Definitely getting this.
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Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore announced for Nintendo Switch!
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Load times are my biggest gaming pet peeve, so really pleased that the Switch version is a lot faster there. Portable, faster load times, and a little extra content - looks like I'm double-dipping. :)
Wow, the load times are much faster on the Switch version. I remember sitting there for what felt like an eternity just so battles could get started when I played this on the Wii U, but the load times are 2x to nearly 4x faster on Switch, which is a huge improvment. That's crazy. Might have to double dip on this.
My girlfriend loved Three Houses (finished it 4 times to see all the endings)
Would she like this game or is it really different ?
Would she like this game or is it really different ?
Wow, those loading times make a world of difference.
*looks at Wonderful 101's load times* Come ooon Switch port!
It's pretty different. Though it has Fire Emblem characters, the gameplay is more in line with Shin Megami Tensei with Press Turns and spell names and spell weaknesses. It's also way more modern with commentary on the Japanese idol industry and not so much political drama.
*looks at Wonderful 101's load times* Come ooon Switch port!
It's pretty different. Though it has Fire Emblem characters, the gameplay is more in line with Shin Megami Tensei with Press Turns and spell names and spell weaknesses. It's also way more modern with commentary on the Japanese idol industry and not so much political drama.
I was referring to new languages (Spanish, French, etc...), AFAIK the game will be released again in English only.
Thanks ! Does it have "conversations" like in Three Houses where you can talk to party members, recruit them, give them some gifts etc ?
I wish have money to get it at launch, but at earliest I will wait until April to buy games. Beside, my backlog is quite big lmao
No, they're more like side fluff for character building. Kind of like slightly the longer version of texting in P5 or shorter versions of skits in Tales games.
This game is closer in format to linear Persona than it is to Fire Emblem. The only Fire Emblem influence is that your Personas are all FE-inspired characters.
it's much more like the Persona games where you will do small side stories with them in the hub areas, which will improve your "social link" with them, and giving them new bonuses in battle. The cast is a lot smaller as well.
There are optinal side-quests tied to the development of each main party member (the human characters, not the Mirages), but no romance or even ship teasing one the level of the gift giving stuff from Three Houses.
Is there a time of day or calendar system in this game? People are comparing to persona but I'm not sure how deep the similarities go
I'm guessing that the in battle banter is still untranslated? I remember native speakers saying that you miss a lot of the character's personalities during those segments.
It's been a while but I'm pretty sure that there was. You'd have time to kill in between dungeons to do side quests and hang out with the other party members. The best part was the text messaging system though, it really worked well with the U pad.
The similarities are superficial. Japanese entertainment industry teens by day, fighting entertainment fueled enemies in a parallel world by night kinda deal. Main characters have a "persona" in the form of Fire Emblem characters, but there's no theme relating to the psyche here. Fusing doesn't exist, but there is a simplistic weapon crafting system. There is no calendar system. Side quests take the place of Social Links. Set in modern day Japan. Etc.
Nope, no calendar, a bit more traditional chapter design. There are "intermissions" between chapters where stuff opens up for you to do before you proceed with the main story. Certain sub stories are locked behind getting to certain story events, but you're never limited by the # of activities that can be done in a day or anything like that.
Nope, the Wii U release was English-only but they added Chinese and French for this version ! :P
Really? Well that's good to hear, I can understand translating it to Chinese but I'll always wonder why they do French instead of Spanish. It was the same for Cold Steel III, and it's well known that Spanish is spoken/understood by far more people.
It must be because France is huge for anime content.
Well if people took LA(I'm including Brazil here) more seriously, Portuguese and Spanish would be in more games.
I forgot I used a voucher on this. How long is this game? I really enjoyed Persona 5 a lot, and it was probably the biggest surprise of the gen for me. I cleared about 98% of my backlog, and don't plan on getting anything until Final Fantasy 7 Remake.
Pre-ordered the physical edition two days ago, and I'm excited.
Even though it wasn't the crossover that people initially expected when it was announced, the positive reception from fans makes this purchase convincing.
Even though it wasn't the crossover that people initially expected when it was announced, the positive reception from fans makes this purchase convincing.
Well that, and the weapon triangle works; axe enemies are weak to sword based attacks etc.
To be honest it was really easy to notice when they released the Japanese previews a few days ago, but it's disappointing nonetheless.
The game looks soft/blurry, the art helps to mask it sometimes but it should be a 1080p game easily considering that it ran well on the U. Compared to most Atlus improved versions (P4G, P5 Royal), they didn't put much effort in this one, it looks like the mandatory Switch port with the minimun new additions.
Finally got to load that loading comparison video and oooooh man. Teleporting back to the office seems so much more tolerable. That was honestly such a huge annoyance. Wish they made it so you can do upgrades without having to teleport but this is still a big improvement.
The reduced load times for me are More than worth it. I don't mind the lack of graphical upgrades, the games is pretty already as it is, but damn if the load times when teleporting or entering a battle we're not annoying. In certain dungeons they definitively killed all the momentum the game had.
That, plus being able the skip the Sessions, make the game's replay value go up for me. Time to finally get all those in game achievements.
That, plus being able the skip the Sessions, make the game's replay value go up for me. Time to finally get all those in game achievements.
It's not an extremely long game. I think I played like 50 hours and I got to see all of the side content. Persona games are usually like 80 hrs for me.
When it comes to pacing, the game is set up with chapters and intermissions. In between the chapters, you have an intermission where you can do side content.
Ah, that's good to hear, thanks! Persona 5 got absolutely ridiculous with how drawn out it was (the main reason I ain't even touching Royal) and you couldn't even see all side content in one playthrough of that game.
Thing is for me I rarely play JRPGs (I've yet to finish a Final Fantasy bar XV, for example) so this would literally be the third one I've ever finished if I do complete it. Would you say that the game is 'for me'? I don't really know.
The pacing of it is pretty good for the most part. When I played it, it originally took me around 50 hours to finish with a majority of the side content completed.
Aside from some New Game + content like the secret superboss, it's entirely possible to clear all of the game's side content in one run and still clock in at about 70 hours in the Wii U version.
Well, I think the gameplay is fun. It's been a long time since I've played it, but I don't remember hitting difficulty spikes or forced grinding. It's fun all the way through.
When it comes to the jpop theme, I wasn't bothered by it at the start and I liked it by the end. I remember skipping some music video cutscenes, but it was fine.
Thanks. I'm seriously considering getting this; might pick it up with a discount from the voucher system when Animal Crossing goes up for pre-order. Right now I've got too much of a backlog to buy it day-one.
So I only started playing RPGs more often after playing the Wii U version, which means I may have had a similar perspective as you while playing it? And I'd definitely recommend it for you as a result. I found the combat to be really engaging and intuitive; specifically, in a lot of RPGs I find myself getting very overwhelmed by the amount of options for stats and equipment and abilities and such, but here it all came pretty naturally to me. The thing that sticks out in my memory is that some bosses really required me to make use of effects and buffs/debuffs, or manipulating turn order/amount, but it actually felt satisfying to make use of that instead of like I was missing something or bashing up against a cruelly balanced boss in other games. And because you're aiming to your moves combo across your party members, it was relatively easy to tell what skills would actually be useful to take or not take.
The only Persona I've played is 5 so it was after I beat this, but I definitely preferred TMS's combat to it. Much more exciting and I felt like I actually had to think strategically the whole way through, while in P5 I found myself increasingly frustrated by how many enemies near the end just straight up didn't have weaknesses (or it wasn't worth going out of my way to target them) so it was phys crits forever. Honestly, the only kinda bad thing here was how long the string of attacks could get by the end (even as someone who liked all the goofy cutscenes and music), but they've seemingly solved that problem in this release so that's not even an issue anymore.
Also, it took me like 60-65 hours total, which is certainly a much nicer amount of time than some RPGs! (Note that I did rush through the last dungeon after grinding some levels with the EXP farm DLC, since I was about to be away from my Wii U for 3 months and wanted to make sure I finished it before I left... but I think that'd have only taken a few more hours if done naturally.)
When it comes to Persona 5 I definitely agree. The amount of text messages in TMS is way too much for me though, lol
