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What do you prefer, Stands(Jojo) or Persona?
- Thread starter Gold Arsene
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Stands, because they're more interesting in just about every single way.
Personas are visually interesting, but that's about where it stops with them. Most have no personality of their own, have no unique gimmicks or powers of their own either. They just cast spells from the same pool of them that the entire party can get and the last few protags go through a bunch of them since they can equip basically any of them.
Personas are visually interesting, but that's about where it stops with them. Most have no personality of their own, have no unique gimmicks or powers of their own either. They just cast spells from the same pool of them that the entire party can get and the last few protags go through a bunch of them since they can equip basically any of them.
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I feel like people are just looking at Persona purely from a gameplay perspective.
I feel like if they could use more stuff from their designs they'd have more creativity. Like Milday's guns.
I feel like this is why I want a P5 Arena as that allows them to get more creative with what they can do.
I feel like if they could use more stuff from their designs they'd have more creativity. Like Milday's guns.
I feel like this is why I want a P5 Arena as that allows them to get more creative with what they can do.
Stands by far. The variety of abilities and the outright wackiness of them is unmatched for me. Not to mention the stand's users are pretty kickass/interesting too!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but as I understand it, Stands are a manifestation of your fighting spirit while Personas are a manifestation of your inner self. If so, I would give it to Personas thematically. Stands are pretty varied in abilities for sure like others have said. I think I would give the edge to Personas in design though, Jiraiya and Mercurius are my favorite Persona designs, I don't have any Stand designs I like as much as them, though I admit that it's probably because I am just watching the dub and haven't read ahead in the manga.
Also OP, I see what you did there comparing the protagonist of Persona 4's Persona to JoJo Part 4's Stand and the same with Persona 5 being compared to JoJo Part 5.
Also OP, I see what you did there comparing the protagonist of Persona 4's Persona to JoJo Part 4's Stand and the same with Persona 5 being compared to JoJo Part 5.
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How are stands characters?
Other then odd ones like Anubis I mean?
How are Persona's just there? There directly tied to the characters personality.
They have individual traits due to their powers. Some can actually talk and have different personalities. Meanwhile, Personas can cast Zionga or whatever.
Personas are only tied to their master's personalities in the most obvious ways, and they're never actually relevant to the plot beyond their respective "awakening" cutscenes. There are no interesting conversations with them, or even random lore tidbits about them that you can read. They're just there.
(I love Persona as a franchise, by the way. I just don't see anything interesting in the Personas themselves.)
Consider that becoming a Stand user meant that I would either have to born naturally with it or piercing myself with an alien arrow that has a 50/50 chance of killing me or giving me Stand ability, realistically speaking, no I would rather not prefer to become a Stand user unless I am pressured to do so.
Becoming a Persona user is simple, you are either born with the ability or being experiment on like in Persona 1 to Persona 3, facing your dark self and accepting it in Persona 4, and having a rebellious resolve in Persona 5. Plus seeing how differently can Persona ability be achieved, it is safe to assume that in the future, gaining Persona ability could be even easier.
Sure, having a Stand ability that can shoot out bubbles or shift reality sounds cool, but the moment I acquire Stand ability, I would enter into the world of bizarre and I can very well say that I will be the one who dies first.
Becoming a Persona user is simple, you are either born with the ability or being experiment on like in Persona 1 to Persona 3, facing your dark self and accepting it in Persona 4, and having a rebellious resolve in Persona 5. Plus seeing how differently can Persona ability be achieved, it is safe to assume that in the future, gaining Persona ability could be even easier.
Sure, having a Stand ability that can shoot out bubbles or shift reality sounds cool, but the moment I acquire Stand ability, I would enter into the world of bizarre and I can very well say that I will be the one who dies first.