Persona 4 Arena Ultimax: Out in NA, It's Time You Burn That Dread

[Zankoku]

So who's still going to be playing P4U, now that EVO has ended? I still love the game, and will be up for playing anyone who wants to get some mashing in with me. Looks like the rest of my local scene's already pre-emptively dropping it for upcoming BBCP, though. : \

 

[blindhobo]

i'll still be playing since i don't care about BB.

 

[Lythium]

I'll probably still play with it from time to time.

I love Labrys, but I don't really like the game mechanics and such very much. Switching to Shadow Labrys alleviated some of the dumb match-ups, but it's still a pretty wild game with a lot of crazy shenanigans. I like it enough to play it, but I don't enjoy it as much as I enjoy some other FGs.

 

[Rutger]

I'll continue playing.

This is probably my favorite modern fighter. We will see what happens once I can play BBCP, but I enjoy it and it's different enough from other Arcsys games that I don't want to quit playing.

 

[sakuraZaKi]

I'm still interested in playing .

Yukiko still mai waifu

 

[Minato]

I'll be honest, I most likely won't be investing a lot of time into it compared to before. But like any game, I'll play people if they want to play me.

 

[LivewiresXe]

I'll probably still play, though lately I've been investing my time in Project X Zone, Star Ocean: Second Evolution, and replaying the Walking Dead game. I do like the game, though it seems way more chaotic at times than it needs to be.

 

[Jam Stunna]

I'll play once I get internet back. I really hope they do a sequel someday.

 

[LivewiresXe]

I'll play once I get internet back. I really hope they do a sequel someday.

A sequel as in another P4A game, or a sequel to P4 in general?

 

[sakuraZaKi]

Both for me.

Need more Labrys in my life.

 

[LivewiresXe]

True, I'd totally be down for sequels to both. Though I'd wind up having to stay off GameFAQs for months waiting for the people to calm down on arguing whether Naoto/Kanji and Yosuke/Chie are canon for the thousandth time.

 

[Lythium]

Wouldn't the obvious solution be to not go to GameFAQs?

Also, I just tried netplay after not using it for months. I didn't really like it. And while I have learned that I'm pretty terrible at this game, I play better against good players than I do against bad ones. Go figure.

 

[Minato]

Wouldn't the obvious solution be to not go to GameFAQs?

Also, I just tried netplay after not using it for months. I didn't really like it. And while I have learned that I'm pretty terrible at this game, I play better against good players than I do against bad ones. Go figure.

Now you know why I play characters with good oki. Yu oki is hard to screw up online outside of fuzzy guards, and oki characters basically control any random factors.

I really wish lag didn't bother me so much though since I do love the footsie game so much.

 

[Zankoku]

I have serious issues blocking things as simple as j.B 2A if the lag is particularly bad, lol.

 

[LivewiresXe]

Wouldn't the obvious solution be to not go to GameFAQs?

Also, I just tried netplay after not using it for months. I didn't really like it. And while I have learned that I'm pretty terrible at this game, I play better against good players than I do against bad ones. Go figure.

Lol, their TV forums are surprisingly alright, and it's the only place I can really get spoiler-free Survivor discussion in.

And I think playing better against good players as opposed to bad ones is that well, playing against good players can teach you things, while playing against not so good players can teach you to think you can get away with really bad habits.

 

[Lythium]

Now you know why I play characters with good oki. Yu oki is hard to screw up online outside of fuzzy guards, and oki characters basically control any random factors.

I really wish lag didn't bother me so much though since I do love the footsie game so much.

I was playing Slab, but I find it difficult to set up oki when nobody tries to block anything. So I just get a lot of random hits that I can't convert. "I mean, that's cool, Asterius' 5C pushed you all the way across the screen and now you have to get back in, but what are you even doing?" D:

And I just finished playing against my boyfriend's Chie, so my hate is back on Chie now. All is right with the world.

Lol, their TV forums are surprisingly alright, and it's the only place I can really get spoiler-free Survivor discussion in.

And I think playing better against good players as opposed to bad ones is that well, playing against good players can teach you things, while playing against not so good players can teach you to think you can get away with really bad habits.

I'll take your word for it.

Nah, I think it's because bad players are so random. They do things that don't even make sense, so I get weirded out by their decision-making in a match. Which is why it's also good to play against bad players, I guess!

 

[Zankoku]

Develop your playstyle to rely less on constant reads, and adjust accordingly as you get a proper gauge of your opponent. As you say, bad players have awkward and oftentimes impossible-to-understand decision-making; which makes prediction a pain that might lead to having more trouble than you should in winning. Characters like Narukami and Chie, who can set up oki that auto-punishes anything that isn't blocking on wakeup, have it easier in this regard, but you can probably figure something out with Labrys' oki ground-sword, or Shadow Labrys' various options.

The general idea is, if they tend to block sensibly and mix in some disrespect here and there, you're up against a proper opponent, while if they consistently try to mash out of whatever they're dealing with on wakeup, you don't have to keep risking yourself to figure that out.

Of course, really bad players can be beaten by blocking until they pick something unsafe on block, then punishing with autocombo lol.

 

[Minato]

Bad players on lag scare me. I eat half-screen Megido into 3k all day.

 

[Zankoku]

Half-screen Megido is legit, yo. SPINNING

 

[Jam Stunna]

My ex-wife got me this keychain in Japan:

I should really learn Yukiko, I've always wanted to. She also got me Maria (from P4G) and Kanji, but **** Kanji.

 

[Lythium]

Aww, cute!

I have a bunch of the cell phone charms. :3

 

[Teczer0]

That is an awesome key chain Jam xD

 

[LivewiresXe]

That's actually kinda cool, and eerily cute.

 

[sakuraZaKi]

Oooh, I like.

Sucks my phone doesn't have any of those straphole thingys.

 

[Lythium]

http://www.japanator.com/for-sale-index-ready-to-take-bids-for-atlus-29160.phtml

 

[LivewiresXe]

Urgh, I know they say it shouldn't affect Atlus itself really, but that still kinda sucks. And at the risk of sounding silly, I'd kind of rather Bamco pick up Atlus as opposed to Square-Enix because well, when Squaresoft acquired Enix that wound up not going so well kinda.

 

[Zankoku]

That does sound silly, because I don't remember that merger looking at all like Square "acquired" Enix.

 

[LivewiresXe]

It's possible, I just remember people seeming to be pretty unhappy with a bunch of the early post-merger games that came from it, and pointing to it as the FF series turning point of sorts. But IDK, it could just be me thinking the company that did .Hack/Xenosaga (I'm aware that they don't own it, and of the irony since Square did Xenogears)/God Eater possibly being able to do something with Atlus or the Persona series. However, with that being said, if whoever gets it decides to make another Persona game, then as long as it's a good one, I'm open to mostly whoever getting it. As long as it's not like, Microsoft.

 

[Minato]

Urgh, I know they say it shouldn't affect Atlus itself really, but that still kinda sucks. And at the risk of sounding silly, I'd kind of rather Bamco pick up Atlus as opposed to Square-Enix because well, when Squaresoft acquired Enix that wound up not going so well kinda.

It will affect Atlus in some way, definitely. It's happened to a lot of companies which affect their franchises. To what extent, who knows.

In lighter news http://www.p3m.jp/trailer/pv02.html

 

[Zankoku]

Looking between the movie trailer and Persona 3's original cutscenes reminds me of how much their art's developed since then lol

 

[sakuraZaKi]

It's a movie, right?

 

[Zankoku]

Yeah by the looks of the trailer it's gonna be the first of several P3 movies.

 

[Minato]

Looking between the movie trailer and Persona 3's original cutscenes reminds me of how much their art's developed since then lol

It's like the first animated thing I've seen from an Atlus game that doesn't look awfully drawn lol

 

[Jam Stunna]

I guess my hope is that someone like Sony buys Atlus. They tend to give their dvelopment houses carte blanche, so that could work well.

I read an article which speculated that Nintendo would buy Atlus. If there is a God in heaven, that will not happen.

 

[Zankoku]

Well, given that Devil Survivor, Digital Devil Hackers or whatever, and SMT4 are all 3DS, and Persona 5 is rumored to go to 3DS as well, it wouldn't be surprising.

 

[LivewiresXe]

That actually brings up a question. If you had to pick one console for Persona 5 to be on, which one do you think it would be best served to be on?

 

[Minato]

Well, given that Devil Survivor, Digital Devil Hackers or whatever, and SMT4 are all 3DS, and Persona 5 is rumored to go to 3DS as well, it wouldn't be surprising.

I haven't heard about the 3DS rumor for Persona 5, but I'm pretty confident it's false. I just can't see them taking this long as a 3DS title.

Atlus better not be bought by a 1st party. I don't know which company would be their best hope, but I'd rather have things stay as close to how it's been as possible.

Edit: I'd want (and am expecting) P5 on PS3. I want to say it'll be out next year.

 

[Zankoku]

My bad, an unnamed Persona title is confirmed for 3DS though.

 

[sakuraZaKi]

Oh, that old list of supposed games for the 3DS from E3s ago?

 

[Minato]

My theory is that they were deciding on a port but then shifted gears into porting Soul Hackers instead. With Index, I'm pretty sure things changed on what to make though. We never got that SMT for PS3, and Sony also had an SMT game listed for Vita that wasn't P4G.