{"id":183771,"date":"2015-02-05T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/five-things-we-just-learned-about-persona-5\/"},"modified":"2015-02-05T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T20:00:00","slug":"five-things-we-just-learned-about-persona-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/five-things-we-just-learned-about-persona-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Five things we just learned about Persona 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"want-emancipation\">Want emancipation?<\/h2> <p>Today, Atlus gave us <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/yes-yes-yes-atlus-finally-shows-off-persona-5--287220.phtml\">our first look at <em>Persona 5<\/em> in motion<\/a>, and hot damn does it look amazing. We&#8217;ve been watching and rewatching the debut gameplay trailer all day. It&#8217;s like a train wreck. You can&#8217;t look away. Except unlike a train wreck it&#8217;s glorious and beautiful and I love it.<\/p> <p>Anyway, we&#8217;ve noticed some things about the new game and have decided to share our thoughts.<\/p> <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/v1cdn.jbsgame.com\/287230_001-noscale.jpg?resize=620%2C325&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" width=\"620\" height=\"325\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p> <p><strong>A fully realized world awaits<\/strong><\/p> <p>Well, maybe. <em>Persona 5<\/em> sure looks a lot more vibrant than past games, at any rate. We get to see our hero commute in a crowded train and walk through a subway (Shibuya Station, Tokyo!). Perhaps travelling via menus is a thing of the past. The settings and characters are more dynamic, as shown by the classroom scene, bustling environments, and the gang kicking back at the bar.<\/p> <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/v1cdn.jbsgame.com\/287230_007-noscale.jpg?resize=620%2C324&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" width=\"620\" height=\"324\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p> <p><strong>One of the characters is a cat<\/strong><\/p> <p>Atlus has a penchant for talking black cats, including chatty felines in a number of<em> Shin Megami Tensei<\/em> games.<em> Persona 5<\/em> figures to continue the trend with a kitty named Morgana.<\/p> <p>We have a pair of blonde bandits on the team, Ryuuji Sakamoto and Ann Takamaki. Yes, they&#8217;re thieves! Speaking with&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.famitsu.com\/news\/201502\/05070855.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Weekly Famitsu<\/a><\/em>,<em> Persona<\/em> team lead Katsura Hashino said the studio drew inspiration from manga series <em>Lupin III<\/em>, which follows the exploits of a master thief.<\/p> <p>Hashino <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/p-ch.jp\/news\/detail\/?nid=244\" rel=\"nofollow\">hopes<\/a>&nbsp;players will empathize with characters who are a bit rougher around the edges.<\/p> <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/v1cdn.jbsgame.com\/287230_014-noscale.jpg?resize=620%2C324&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" width=\"620\" height=\"324\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p> <p><strong>Begone Shadows, welcome back demons!<\/strong><\/p> <p>The dungeons look incredibly different, but it&#8217;s the enemies within that really caught my eye. Gone are the amorphous Shadows of <em>Persona<\/em> games past, those look like demons! Knightly demons!<\/p> <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/v1cdn.jbsgame.com\/287230_015-noscale.jpg?resize=620%2C325&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" width=\"620\" height=\"325\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p> <p><strong>Stealth<\/strong><\/p> <p>A stealth mechanic in my <em>Persona<\/em>? Okay, sure. Getting the jump on opponents could turn the tide of battle in previous games, but sneaking up on unsuspecting foes is a whole new ball game. Subtle additions like this have the potential to shake things up dramatically.<\/p> <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/v1cdn.jbsgame.com\/287230_013-noscale.jpg?resize=620%2C325&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" width=\"620\" height=\"325\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p> <p><strong>You transform into your Persona?<\/strong><\/p> <p>Personas are like&nbsp;<span>Pok&eacute;mon. You know, if&nbsp;<span>Pok&eacute;mon<\/span><span>&nbsp;were totally badass manifestations of your personality. The point is, Personas are fancy critters you can summon to fight for you.<\/span><\/span><\/p> <p><span><span> <\/span><\/span>Or at least they were. At the very end of the video, our hero appears to transform into <em>something<\/em>. Are we morphing into our Personas now? Or is that a Shadow Self? 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