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Omobono posted:Open world games playing as a Yakuza member. Ongoing LP of the "Kiwakami" remake of the first game here Kiwami, actually. It literally means "extreme!", and Kiwami def feels that way to me. Think you got mixed up with our home room teacher/call-in maid/Temperance Confidant, Kawakami.
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THE DAY BREAKERS Part 2: Oh Wait, I Had It Backwards Previously on THE DAY BREAKERS, we engaged in some light stalking!     Yeah. Then I’ll be on my way. Right. See you later.   Let’s do it. Music: Tokyo Emergency   We can just call in a tip and get them arrested......What? We’re the Phantom Thieves and you want to call the cops!? What’s wrong with you!? True, that just might be the solution. Only a temporary one, though. Huh? After they get out of prison, what if they just pick up where they left off? If we’re really going to save any victims…  We’ll have to straighten out our targets’ hearts 100%. Right. And that’s something that… ...only the Phantom Thieves of Hearts can do. Actually, hold on a second, I think I agree with Ryuji for once. Wasn’t the point of the Phantom Thieves to take down targets the police couldn’t or wouldn’t? Why are we just going, “gently caress it, man! The System’s too busted to take down these petty crooks”? Yusuke seems weirdly hasty to jump to the brainwashing option.   Huh? Morgana… It’s unanimous. That settles it.  Why don’t we show this gang of low-level crooks how overmatched they are?  Oh, hey, my bad, my bad! Well, I think we should get some evidence first, just in case… I’ve already thought of that.Uh, what? Evidence? Why would we need evidence? Knowing that he’s eligible is kind of all we need, right? We can’t accidentally change the wrong person’s heart, and once we’re in the Metaverse he’ll just confess it all to us anyway. What’s the point, besides padding this thing out to a fat twenty-four min—oh.   Do they really exist?    Oh, for God’s sake!   They’re actually harder to find than you’d think. Restaurants with lax security. And by the way, you’re not allowed to smoke here! That’s why I didn’t light up, all right? At this point I paused on the old guy making this face:  and all I could think of was:  (talking loudly) Still, that manager there’s pretty careless.  Ryuji and Ann really shouldn’t be eating here, I hear they treat their employees terribly. They say he’s got a whole stash saved up. Not only that, but he hates banks, and I hear he leaves all his earnings in the shop!  These stupid motherfuckers.    Nobody said anything to me about that!  You know, that dude Kaneshiro’s group has been acting scary lately, so… Surprised they even managed to reference Big Money K in this joint.  (whispering to self) Don’t give me that! Well, from now on, no more Shibuya for us! It’s Yoncha Time all the way! Yay!I assume this is supposed to be Yongen, as Yongen-Jaya is not a real place but instead based on Sangen-Jaya. They clearly say “Yoncha,” however, which means someone somewhere hosed it up.   What good would it do to target this place?Um, why is the locksmith standing away from the door?  Hey! It’s unlocked, guys!   Let’s get this one over with!   It’s too dark to see anything.       *hissing*Music: High Pressure   Where’d it come from? Oh crap, it’s got a loud voice! Recycled footage go!    We’ve never needed a physical calling card for Mementos targets before, but maybe we’re doing this one in style for some reason. *shrieking* And then they killed Morgana. Great plan, guys! Just as we thought, they’re the crooks we’ve been hearing about. Hey, but you’ve really got some balls, you know? Using the shop that’s taken you in as bait… If they destroyed the place, how were you planning to explain it to your boss? This was the exact reason we decided not to actually do this in the game, for the record. I find it kind of hilarious how weird and bad this tie-in is if the primary conceit of the whole thing is something immediately rejected in the main game the instant it’s brought up. Also, the other reason we didn’t bait them with Leblanc in the real game is that it’s kind of a shithole.  Maaku channeling his inner Tick.  A horrific screaming siren goes off, probably waking up Sojiro who lives right down the street, you geniuses.  That’s not what we heard!    Maki grabs the calling card and slips it into his pocket. Also, the “Sayuri” is missing. The fiends must have already stolen it.   How do you get your hands on stuff like that? Is it from that Iwai guy, maybe? Well, yeah. That guy, he’s got everything, huh? Maaku’s not really much of a talker, so the thought of him openly discussing his Confidants with the other Phantom Thieves is pretty odd to me, even if Ryuji has actually met Iwai in-canon.   Morgana purrs happily.  What the hell is going on, anyway?  Phantom Thieves? Give me a break. No way do they really exist… And besides… In the end, I… So who in the world… ratted these guys out?There’s a deafening subway horn, and the camera pans out...   Music: Life Will Change (Instrumental Version)    Let’s go, everyone!      Obscured figures dart through the darkness behind him. This is the perceived world. The other reality given shape by human souls. We’re the Phantom Thieves of Hearts. We’ve come to answer the cries of the oppressed. Cries? What are you talking… Target: Kazuya Makigami.Wait, Kazuya? Nature of charges: “Help me! My older brother’s going to kill me!  Huh?  So, yep, the big twist is that this guy has been Kazuya instead of Naoya the whole time… except it’s ruined by our prior knowledge of the story around the burglary ring from the game, as well as Kazuya’s loving name being written in huge capital letters in the subtitled calling card. I guess we were supposed to assume one of the other members was Kazuya and this guy was Naoya, and he was protecting them? Well, it didn’t work. Also, should we really be telling Kazuya his brother snitched him out, even if only inside his head? I mean, there’s a reason we use codenames. As for who Naoya is, well...   Remember this dork?  “Dear Phantom Thieves. I live with my older brother, who physically abuses me every day.”    How do you beat someone so hard your knuckles bleed to that extent? That’s just practicing poor self-care, man. Irresponsible.  “He’s threatened to kill me if I ever tell, so I can’t ask anybody for help…”So you posted his info on a message board. Smart. “It’s like I’m my brother’s slave.”    Kazuya’s breakdown here leads to some amazing faces, I tell you what. “It seems my brother has been committing some kind of crime with his no-good friends.”  “And I think he’s been beating me up to vent his stress over that.” “I’m begging you, please help me, Phantom Thieves! At this rate, I’m gonna end up dead!” That’s it. You bastards… First of all, I investigated any signs of domestic violence.  Something about Yusuke’s face here just cracks me up.   Oh hey, don’t mind me, just peekin’ I was able to confirm the domestic violence. But although I made some casual inquiries, I was unable to uncover this crime he’d spoken of.  AAAAAAAAAAAAAGH You guys are the gang of crooks we’ve been hearing about, right? Do you have anything to say for yourselves?  Kazuya begins laughing hysterically. Music: Desire   It’s MY gang of crooks! Don’t ever underestimate me! Hey. Don’t tell me this guy is… I thought he was just an underling who got forced into this.This would be a lot more surprising if they hadn’t literally referred to him as “Boss.” Which is mighty confusing, by the way, considering that’s also Sojiro’s apparent nickname. Yeah, that’s right! I’m the leader of this gang of crooks. Who prodded those idiots into taking on part-time jobs? I only meant it to be like a minor prank, but those guys got too cocky! “Hey man, we’re gonna go commit some larceny. It’ll be a hilarious prank.” Every one of them is a total moron! All they had to do was shut up and do as I say! Dammit, they piss me off!     Is that why you treated your kid brother like that, too? That little punk was always following my rear end, the tagalong! When he was a little kid, he’d poo poo his pants and go, “Brother! Brother!” Sniveling and wailing… but look at him now! TMI, dude     Oh man, we’re gonna want to remove those from your fingernails  What are you—oh, don’t do that  Ohhhhhh dear   And the fight begins. Arist fucked around with this message at 13:31 on Apr 18, 2018 |
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At least he didn't turn into Mara, cause this is already weird enough.
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Okay, Kazuya being the boss for real is a pretty cool plot twist compared to what I suspected we'd get from an OVA.
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I wonder if Kazuya listens to Nine Inch Nails. Ryujiiiii 
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Apr 18, 2018 14:21
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Naoya-Kazuya, oh it's a reference to the Persona 1 manga.
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Omobono posted:On one hand, Haruka with Kiryu's animations is kinda uncanny valley.
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I think the new Persona anime is pretty decent. It's a cookie cutter "let's just do the story of the game" but it at least seems to be animated well and still kinda has that P5 style
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HOTLANTA MAN posted:I think the new Persona anime is pretty decent. It's a cookie cutter "let's just do the story of the game" but it at least seems to be animated well and still kinda has that P5 style I haven't seen much of it aside from the clips people are getting mad at for being "poorly animated" which lol, they obviously haven't watched this thing, that poo poo looks great in comparison
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Apr 18, 2018 18:42
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I found this just now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS401tgI2Ds
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Hobgoblin2099 posted:I found this just now. That's the thing people are pointing at to go "Look! It's bad!" and I just can't give a poo poo, even if it looks significantly worse than it does in the game because why wouldn't it, you idiots?
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Yeah I have seen the persona 4 anime I can live with this
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Arist posted:That's the thing people are pointing at to go "Look! It's bad!" and I just can't give a poo poo, even if it looks significantly worse than it does in the game because why wouldn't it, you idiots? It doesn't look particularly terrible to me, aside from Morgana's weirdly shaped head.
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Yeah the animation seems adequate? I heard it was QUALITY but that doesn't seem that bad.
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What counts as "QUALITY" animation is ridiculous these days.
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Funky Valentine posted:Naoya-Kazuya, oh it's a reference to the Persona 1 manga. I thought they were referencing Devil Survivor 1?
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Junpei posted:I thought they were referencing Devil Survivor 1? I mean, Persona 1 came way before Devil Survivor, sooooooooo.
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Funky Valentine posted:What counts as "QUALITY" animation is ridiculous these days. Seriously, some people are just too spoiled. This ain't DEEN or Naruto-missing-his-head Pierrot bad.
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Hobgoblin2099 posted:I wonder if Kazuya listens to Nine Inch Nails. At this point I'm desensitized to it, so I just pass it off as "Oh Ryuji you loveable loud idiot!" *inert laugh track here* Arist posted:That's the thing people are pointing at to go "Look! It's bad!" and I just can't give a poo poo, even if it looks significantly worse than it does in the game because why wouldn't it, you idiots? I actually love it. I can't be in the minority, am I?
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In-game had the cool screen shatter animation, anime version just felt a bit lame compared to it. Can't complain about the rest of the anime though.
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Arist posted:That's the thing people are pointing at to go "Look! It's bad!" and I just can't give a poo poo, even if it looks significantly worse than it does in the game because why wouldn't it, you idiots? If that's the worst QUALITY of the anime I'd say it isn't that bad. In my opinion that clip is not that good, but I think that's because an anime and a videogame are different mediums and an All Out Attack Finisher is not going to invoke the same feelings due to those differences. Did the Persona 4 anime have all out attack clips, for comparison? Omobono fucked around with this message at 11:53 on Apr 19, 2018 |
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Apr 19, 2018 11:48
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Nope The P4 anime didnt have them actually fight shadows, the characters just let their Persona make all the attacks.
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There was an AoA in one of the P3 movies, but I don't think it had the cut-in.
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The only time I remember the AOA cut-in during the Persona 4 anime was during the King's Game, where it was used to show the rest of the party reacting to Yu's command when his turn as King came up.
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I appreciate the style of getting a calling card in front of somebody, even though they don't have to do it for a Mementos run.
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THE DAY BREAKERS Part 3: Fight Scenes Are Annoying To Capture In This Medium Music: Blood of Villain     Kazuya, in the form of a Mithras, begins charging up.  The group runs to disrupt his spell….       ...but Ann gets attacked by an Onmoraki and Ryuji by an Oni.    This excellent frame of Morgana is literally blink-and-you’ll-miss-it, and I’m very lucky I caught it.   Joker!  Music: Last Surprise The use of music from the game is theoretically cool, especially because of the fact that this is meant to promote the game so why wouldn't they just use that music, but instead just makes the whole thing seem weirdly cheap, particularly because there's no original music of any kind in this thing. I have the same problem with the real-rear end anime that just started airing, but at least that has a new OP and ED (and maybe they got some original music since the half-episode I watched). The Persona 4 anime, for its many, many faults, did not have this problem, having some killer tracks of its own.   Maaku speaks with two voices.  Thou art I.        Oh, so this is where all the money went. Makes sense.      Don’t get arrogant with me!    This is the OVA’s version of a Baton Pass, down to using the sound effect when their hands meet. It’s pretty cool.  Oh no, did we run out of money already?   Come out, Goemon!    What’s your problem? I managed to acquire the Unlocking Skill… So how stupid would it be not to use it?           Whoa! I just provoked him a little and now he won’t let me go!   It feels so good to steal! Huh? Panther!    The sight of Carmen with that massive cigar always fucks me up.     Carmen pulls Kazuya to the ground.   Obey me! Serve me! Mona!      Jeez, that’s… kinda graphic.  How dare you hinder me! You scumbags! Well, that’s a selfish way of looking at it! Straighten him out once and for all, Joker!  Morgana tags in Maaku…   Maaku actually does some sick flipping move where he wastefully fires bullets in about eight different directions. It looks badass and is utterly impossible to show here.  I stole it! The arrogance in your heart.   What the hell? Phantom Thieves…  What’s this? A treasure?  It’s the key to the drawer in my room. Give it to my kid brother. You’re Robin Hood figures, aren’t you? Huh? Why should we do anything YOU… Do you have a message for him? “Burn what’s inside, and toss it.”     The domestic violence, and the robberies!  We’re that gang of crooks! The evidence… It’s all in there! (pointing to van) Huh?   *meow*      Music: Sunset Bridge   Ahahahahahahahahaha this dork beat Kazzy in kendo or whatever and he got so pissy he turned to crime, cry me a fuckin river   Shut up! Keep your mouth shut!   What’s wrong? Was that someone you know? Oh, no, I’ve never seen him before… But… Who is he? That guy…      Mission complete! So are we done with this job?  It’s too early to get so giddy.  Right. Our next prey is huge.  My own personal hot take: Morgana should not have fangs. It’s creepy. But also maybe that’s just his face here in general bothering me. His head looks weirdly flat.    Oh poo poo, boys! We’re going to the sky bank! Music: Aria of the Soul    But that was just one possibility… What kind of story you will weave from here on in… That is up to you.  What is your name? I’m Luke Skywalker, I’m here to rescue you. Music: Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There  And credits! Well, that’s been “PERSONA5 THE ANIMATION THE DAY BREAKERS.” As a tie-in, it’s generally pretty lackluster, though when we consider this was the closest thing to the game’s release we had at the time, especially for English-speakers, I suppose it works well enough. The fight scene shows off everyone’s Personas decently and we get a taste of the Baton Pass, but the overall plot is rather uninspired, we don’t get a great feel for the characters, it’s more confusing than tantalizing to people who hadn’t played the game yet (which, at this time, was everyone), and there’s no Makoto. Not even “surreptitiously” stalking us, despite being perfectly positioned to do so! Lame. I give this OVA a 6.0/10. This has been yet another installment of Arist’s Anime Reviews, be sure to Like, Comment, and Subscribe!
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Hiatus should end this Saturday if I can take a break from my real-life poo poo long enough to work on this next Palace, oh joy.
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i think the biggest issue with morgana in that one shot from the anime is that his eyes are too close together; i covered up one eye and it looked a lot better. also i've finally caught up to the lp and i don't think anyone's said it yet, so-- ryuji's way of censoring the f-word just makes me think of this video (not a p5 spoiler, just something really stupid)
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Obnoxipus posted:also i've finally caught up to the lp and i don't think anyone's said it yet, so-- ryuji's way of censoring the f-word just makes me think of this video (not a p5 spoiler, just something really stupid) http://polsy.org.uk/play/yt/?vurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dqt8hEhHy1fk
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I choose to believe Makoto is there, but slightly out of the frame every time she appears.Obnoxipus posted:ryuji's way of censoring the f-word https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2uJT0dlkWM
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Igor's character design does not lend itself well to being seen directly from the front.
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Funky Valentine posted:Igor's character design does not lend itself well to being seen directly from the front. This is a slightly different angle but it works much better, I think it's mainly that the angle of the nose is a bit off and it looks weird:  Also I updated the "prologue" with episode titles and by Saturday I should be done with all... fifty. Oh boy.
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You won't find a nice girlfriend in cat jail.
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Finally loving caught up, it's been a wild glddamned ride.
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 Sorry about the hiatus, guys. This Palace is just… something of a trial. Also I asked Ari if he wanted to do it instead and he said no. Also, my computer’s been acting up lately. But enough of the excuses, let’s just… oh nooooooooooosdfgjkslegsd’aosdfksglk;weoi[fds……...….hello is this working? it would seem so all right then, hack successful  Wait, what the gently caress is going on?  shut up. you’re being hacked. you shouldn’t even be able to see thisYou’re typing this into a word document, dude. This isn’t a command line. You seem weirdly bad at this. well, i’m not the one who compromised his entire system by downloading suspicious font packs, idiot. now shut up if you’re not gonna tell me what your passwords are, i’m trying to get into your bank accountI wouldn’t waste my time, I have maybe fourteen bucks in there. then send my virus to one of your friends!We’re having this conversation in the overlong preamble to part one hundred and nine of a Persona 5 Let’s Play that’s lasted over a year. I clearly don’t have any friends. that’s true. most of the files on this system are video games and lovely pirated anime… ughFace it, you have nothing to gain here. i refuse to give up! give me your money!No. Now, if you don’t mind, I’ve got an audience of dozens waiting for me to horribly embarrass myself. Goodbye. i’m staying, dickwad. hope your lp can survive my bullshitIt survives my own bullshit constantly, so I think it’ll be fine. Part 109: 9/23: WARNING: SYSTEM COMPROMISED  Okay, so, when we last left off, Makoto was just leveling up, learning Mafreila to replace Mafrei, as it’s a straight upgrade.  Music: Break it Down (Elp Version)      (Haru) He disappeared! Is that OK?What did you do to my portraits, dude? oh, i deleted a bunch of files. nothing important, just some tiny pictures. what, you need that poo poo? good.Everyone’s a loving twelve-year-old around here, christ.  (Ann) Are you sure you taught her how things work in here?  (Morgana) I did… or so I thought…  (Futaba) What’s the point if she doesn’t get it?  (Makoto) Don’t worry. Cognitive beings have no correlation to their real-world counterparts. You’ll see when we get back. I guarantee he will be OK. Then, he’s not dead? This all sounds like poo poo to worry about before you murder him.  (Yusuke) That’s right. (Ryuji) Dude, does this mean we got a new teammate? Good to have ya… uh… She already has a code name.  ...Noir? It means black in French. I’d like to be a heroine of justice, but the Phantom Thieves are on the darker side of the law. I chose the name Noir to remind me of that. ...There you have it. As long as she’s into it… She created quite an elaborate backstory… These guys are weirdly down about her choice of name. I think it sounds cool. you wouldOh, shut up. Noir. I like it. It conveys a dignity that won’t bow down to others, as well as a rebellious spirit towards society.Okay, maybe it’s not that cool. Thank you. Don’t let your guard down, Noir. Our trip through the Palace doesn’t end until we steal the Treasure, after all. Yes, sir! Someone’s talkin’ all big again… Music: Sweatshop This is a good song. Let’s see how it holds up for the next four hours! four hours? jesus, why do this to yourselfI actually enjoy this game. it doesn’t sound like it! Before we move out, let’s make an adjustment...  There we go. why are you mean to the catHe knows what he did.   Hm, that seems quite far off… It is difficult to ascertain the shortest route there as well. We’ll just have to keep going on whatever path we find for the time being… Let’s go.  A bit further in, we find a door that won’t open. No, this one isn’t a biometric authentication… but it might be hard to open it from here. We’ll probably need to look for a server or a terminal if we wanna break through. A server, huh…  The entrance to the server room is cleverly hidden by a vent about six yards away. I make fun, but I totally missed this on my first playthrough and it was very embarrassing.  That’s such a boyish thing to say. Oh, there’s a room like this at the office. It’s called the server room. What are all these machines even used for…?  Mwehehe… Watch this… All right, that should’ve opened up a buncha doors! I managed to grab a map of the place too.Hey Mr. Hacker, how does it feel to see this fifteen-year-old girl do your job better than you? pff, this poo poo is so watered-down and inaccurate. now if you’ll excuse me, i have to do a hack via cyberspace to crash the corporate mainframe I dunno about that… There are three more areas ahead: the barracks, the factory, and the airlock area…  They’re just giving us the entire map at this point and not even bothering with finding it in pieces, because they totally gave up on that idea I guess. I was wondering about that too. Actually, I found one other interesting file when I was cracking into the system. It’s called “Project: Escape to Utopia”… There was some kinda blueprint inside too. It looks like whatever they’re making for it is ginormous. That factory can’t just be for burgers. Escape to Utopia… What do you think that’s supposed to mean…? It ain’t gonna matter if we can steal the Treasure and make this Palace disappear! Let’s hurry!  Outside of the server room, we come an elevator that does not respond. Don’t this look like an elevator? It ain’t doin’ anything though. But it doesn’t seem to be completely out of order either. Perhaps it’s at another floor. Let’s try coming back later. that’s not how elevators workI thought you weren’t paying attention? there’s nothing on netflixYou should wa—wait, gently caress you, I’m not giving you recommendations.  Further in...  Ugh, it still ain’t openin’ even after all of Oracle’s tinkerin’!? That bastard really doesn’t trust anybody, huh? Skull…! It’s all right. Father is clearly guilty of some horrible crimes… That’s why we will stop him. We’ll still need to think of a way to get past here though. Can you figure something out, Oracle? If it’s not a normal lock or a biometric one, I think it might call for rank authentication. Basically, you have to be at least a chief director to get through here.   Oh, you mean an employee ID! Those are used to authorize entry in the real world company as well. You two are so smart! That’s gotta be it! Then it’s decided. Let’s find an employee that’s the rank of chief director or higher and take their employee ID!  Back by the elevator, robots exit. Look, there’re a ton of ‘em… You wanna start takin’ their IDs? Not yet. If we go instead to their origin, there should be even more “employees” for us. Oh, great idea. That should make it even easier to find a chief director! Let’s head there, Joker.   All right, let’s go about this carefully.  I did a scan of the area, but there are multiple large readings around here. They’re definitely different from normal robots, so it’s prolly one of them. So we’ll need to find which one is the real one? But how exactly will we do that…?     Heh, perfect timin’. Let’s try askin’ them about this director guy. That would be a foolish move. They’d report us immediately if they spotted us. Fox is right. We’ll need to think of a way to glean info from them without asking.  Just walk up and eavesdrop like we do every day in real life! Huh… So we’re basically eavesdroppin’ on ‘em… It’s a divine skill of mine. Impressive. I can see how you managed to wiretap Leblanc for so long… That? Oh, that was nothing! Someday I’ll show you what real wiretapping is… Mwehehe… I-In any case, there’s no denying that this is a smart move. We’ll just have to obtain information from the group about what their boss is like. There appear to be a few of them further in. Let us go obtain their information as well! This first room, which we’ll call “1,” has three more bots for us to eavesdrop on:  I WONDER HOW THE CHIEF CLERK GOT THAT POSITION… NO MATTER HOW MUCH I WORK, THERE’S ALWAYS MORE TO DO… THIS JOB JUST NEVER ENDS… We’ve heard a good amount… What do you think, Joker?  (Maaku) I’d like to listen more./>I know all I need to know. Then let’s get out of here before we get caught.  But that’s on the chief clerk, yeah? We’re lookin’ for dirt on the chief director, remember? We don’t have to target that director guy right away though. We can go from the bottom up. Now that you mention it, I doubt we could reach the chief director immediately regardless. We don’t have any employee IDs, so accessing the more secure areas would be impossible. Oh god, this is gonna take forever. like you have anything better to doYou just said you don’t have anything better to do either, dude! Ugh, can’t believe I’m getting roasted by this script kiddie. script kiddie!? you’ll pay for that oneOh, I’m so scared. Well, for now let’s just identify the chief clerk with the info we have. And if there are any more rooms that you think we can get info from, be sure to stop in!  It’s at about this point that I think to indulge what I’m pretty sure is a myth about Futaba. Some people think her Luck stat affects the rate of her skill procs, which is why they let her equip accessories. I don’t think this is true and they just let you do it because gently caress it, effort is hard. I thought I’d bring it up, however. I give her the accessory anyway because who cares, right? Also it’s at about this point that I realize I only have three SP Adhesive 3s for some reason, having never actually bought a fourth for Ryuji, meaning he and Haru are gonna have to trade theirs back and forth for the entire dungeon! Hooray!   I don’t usually make too much note of safe rooms, but we’ll be visiting this one in particular a few times for reasons I’ll go into. Just know that if you ever play this game you should probably make note of this one.  This big one-eyed elephant (no, that’s not slang for penis) is Girihmekhala. He’s weak to Bless and repels Physical and Gun, the second enemy in this Palace to do so.   One robot...  ...and then another. There are two of the same robot!? Didn’t I tell you I was getting multiple signals? Moving on, we saw one of those red ones giving instructions to the smaller robots, right…? Does that mean that one of them is the chief director? Or just the chief clerk…? Hm, should we defeat them both and take their employee IDs to find out? There’s no need to waste our energy like that. If we can talk to each one and compare what they say to the intel we have on hand… We might be able to tell what rank they are. Okay, so I took a screenshot of the map of this floor in order to more easily keep track of all the robits and the clues they give us. Wait… where is it? yeah i deleted that poo poo lol...gently caress. Well, I guess I’ll just have to remake it, then.  Perfect. I feel no need to leave this unspoiled: we do, in fact, have to do this three times.  First, let’s go to 2 and get more information. Also Shadow Okumura just looks loving dope. he looks like an unmasked scooby-doo villainHere are the fruits of our eavesdropping: APPARENTLY HIS STOMACH IS DONE FOR. MAYBE THEY’LL DISPOSE OF HIM. SOMEDAY I’M GOING TO MOVE UP THE LADDER AND MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE! OW… MY HIP HURTS. I WISH I COULD TAKE A DAY OFF… I HEAR THE CHIEF CLERK’S BEEN STRESSED OUT LATELY. So, we have stress and sweets. Let’s head over to A.  If they find out who we are, we’ll be forced to fight. Be cautious.Music: Disquiet    AH YES, I’VE SEEN YOU AROUND BEFORE… FALSE! THAT WAS A LIE. YOU MUST BE INDUSTRY SPIES! I BET YOU PLAN ON STEALING AWAY THE FRUITS OF OUR LABORS! We won’t be able to avoid a fight at this rate. Let’s go, Joker! Goddammit. Rewind!  ...Well, rewind by suiciding. I’ve never actually seen this message before, but it seems to pop up when an enemy successfully escapes, as one did when I failed to die fighting it to reset the puzzle. Also uhhh, the visible mouse cursor in this image is from the hacker. Shut up. Let’s try that again. Back to A.  SO YOU’RE A PEDDLER? IT WON’T BE EASY CONVINCING ME TO BUY ANYTHING, I PROMISE YOU THAT. NOW THEN, WHAT PROFIT WOULD BUYING YOUR PRODUCT BRING ME? HAVE YOU BROUGHT GIFTS?  WHAT A BORING GIFT! WHEN I SAID PROFIT, I WAS SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING MORE VALUABLE! It is time we make our decision, Joker. What do you want to do? Should we fight him for his employee ID?  Hmm… he doesn’t seem to like sweets. Let’s check the other one.  We also find the door to the next area on the way to B. Yeah, you’ve gotta be a chief clerk or higher. Basically, we’ll need an employee ID card for this. Ugh, you gotta be kiddin’ me! Are all companies like this!? …I believe our security in the real world is even stricter. You serious…?  And we make it to B.  IS THAT SO? YOU MUST BE HARD WORKERS IF YOU’VE COME TO SELL WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT. I’LL GLADLY LISTEN TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. NOW THEN… DID YOU BRING ANY GIFTS FOR ME?  AH, YOU ARE QUITE IN THE KNOW. I’M A CONNOISSEUR OF ALL THINGS SWEET. I CAN’T HELP BUT CHOW DOWN ON THEM WHEN I’M STRESSED! Definitely the right one, here. Right, there’s no need for any more discussion. Take him down!  The grunts will use Triple Down and Recarmdra, and are weak to Fire and Wind. The big boss is weak to Nuke and will summon more grunts and use Heavy magic attacks. The best way to take these guys down is to do as much damage as possible as fast as possible—sounds obvious, but these things’ll wreck you with repeated Triple Down if you give them an inch. If they have to heal with Recarmdra, they’ll all want to use it to heal each other from there, and you can take them down more easily.   But we’re looking for one that’s chief director or higher, yes? This one should be OK for now. At the very least it’ll help us get to some new places. Yes, we can now enter areas restricted to those of chief clerk rank or higher now.Redundancy? How redundant!   EVERYONE, MOVE STATIONS! CONTINUE WORKING UNTIL YOU DIE!  Wait, what? Shifts…? Hm, it said to move stations… Perhaps the rooms we have already entered will have different robots. We should go check it out. Oh, and don’t forget to look for places we can get into with that fancy new employee ID card. Yes, so, not only do we have to search for three different tiers of ID card, but we have to search through all the old rooms for new boss Shadows and new information! It’s a nightmare! This is the reason I advised keeping the safe room handy, by the way—we want the checkpoints because we’ll almost certainly die at least once to a loving Girimehkala and have to spend another loving hour in these loving hallways…  EMBRACE THE MAJESTY OF SPACE!!!! this seems almost unbearably tedious. not just the game part, though that’s pretty bad. just like the entire concept of working with all these screenshots and transcribing all this dialogueI assume you write code for a living? i fail to see your pointWell, anyway, let’s start gathering the info we need to find the next boss. Here’s the map again, so you don’t have to go searching for it: 1: THE SECTION CHIEF SAYS “PRIVATE TALKS ARE PROHIBITED” SO MUCH, IT’S LIKE HIS CATCHPHRASE. WAKE UP, GO TO WORK, COME HOME, SLEEP… RINSE AND REPEAT, FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE… MY INCOMPETENT BOSS KEEPS MANIPULATING ME. I ALWAYS GET THE WORST OF IT… He sounds more competent than you, at the very least. THE SECTION CHIEF WOULD GET REAL ANGRY IF HE HEARD ME SLAGGING HIM OFF LIKE THIS. 2: HM, IS IT DAY OR NIGHT? I CAN’T TELL ANYMORE… IT MUST BE NICE BEING A SECTION CHIEF. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS YELL AT PEOPLE. THINGS MAY BE TOUGH, BUT THIS IS ALL FOR THE SAKE OF MY FUTURE… THINGS MAY BE TOUGH, BUT THIS IS ALL FOR THE SAKE OF MY FUTURE… YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. I HAVE TO KEEP BELIEVING THAT.Yes, the first line of the last two are identical. No, I don’t know why.  Over at the door to the second area: Yes, it opened! We might end up getting a chief director ID eventually if we keep getting higher and higher ranks! Agreed. Let’s go about this one step at a time. Oh, and if you’re feeling tired, be sure to stop in at a safe room, Joker.  These are Mothman, cryptids from West Virginia of all places. They’re weak to Gun and use Electricity.  This is the part where I learn that if I don’t pay attention and mash when Bullet Hail comes up, I don’t get the free damage. poo poo.  Fire Boost strengthens Ann’s Fire skills by 25% automatically. We slot it in to replace Ambient Aid, which was a garbage skill. Here’s room 3: I’M USED TO GETTING YELLED AT. I DON’T MIND IT ANYMORE. THERE IS NO FUTURE FOR ANY OF US IF THE COMPANY CAN’T TURN A PROFIT! WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO PUSH ON WITH ALL OUR EFFORT. THIS IS JUST THE WAY IT IS… THE SECTION CHIEF ALWAYS SAYS “THIS IS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD.” IT DRIVES ME MAD... HE’S SO COCKY, BUT HE BARELY DOES ANY WORK HIMSELF. Yup! We’ll need a section chief or higher ID card for this one. I’m truly sorry for all the trouble I’m putting you through…You’re not forgiven! Stop that. The only one who’s going to be apologizing here is your father, right? Panther is correct. Let us go search for this next ID card. All right, now to check out the bots. There’s currently no one at B, so there’s three options: A, C, and D.  Here’s A. There’s one! It looks way different from the others. What rank is it though? I wish they’d make them so you could tell just by looking… Either way, let’s try starting up a conversation like last time without raising suspicions. A:  I HAVE NEVER SEEN YOUR FACES BEFORE. WHO MIGHT YOU BE? Y’know, the Phantom Thieves./>Just passersby./We’re employees. YOU’RE PASSING BY IN A PLACE LIKE THIS? IS SUCH A THING EVEN POSSIBLE? HMM… THAT ASIDE, WHAT HAVE YOU COME HERE FOR? >The chief director./We’re looking for Okumura./We want loot. AH, SO YOU’RE ACQUAINTANCES OF THE CHIEF DIRECTOR. SORRY, BUT HE IS OUT AT THE MOMENT… WON’T YOU PLEASE WAIT QUIETLY? PRIVATE TALKS ARE FORBIDDEN WITHIN THIS OFFICE.C: HEY! WHO ARE YOU!? YOU CAN’T BE WANDERING AROUND HERE UNATTENDED! >Sorry./No need to get so angry./Shut your trap. ARE YOU TRULY APOLOGETIC THOUGH? I DON’T MEAN TO LECTURE YOU, BUT THIS IS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD! I’M NOT SURE WHAT BUSINESS YOU HAVE HERE, BUT YOU CAN’T JUST COME INTO-- WAIT… JUST WHO ARE YOU ALL ANYWAY? WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN A PLACE LIKE THIS? >The chief director./Okumura./The Treasure. HM? AND WHAT BUSINESS DO YOU CHILDREN HAVE WITH HIM? HE IS A VERY BUSY MAN. I DON’T INTEND ON SPARING TIME TO CHAT WITH THE LIKES OF YOU ONCE I BECOME CHIEF DIRECTOR EITHER. EITHER WAY, SUCH PRIVATE TALKS ARE FORBIDDEN IN THIS OFFICE! IT IS TIME YOU STOP TALKING!D: HEY! WHAT IS WITH ALL THIS RUCKUS!? WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE RIGHT NOW!? >Sorry./No need to get so angry./Shut your trap. ARE YOU SERIOUSLY APOLOGIZING TO ME? UGH, AND YOU HAVE SUCH STRANGE ATTIRE TOO… NOW THEN, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN HERE? THIS IS NOT SOME SORT OF PLAYGROUND FOR YOU! >The chief director./Okumura./The Treasure. THE CHIEF DIRECTOR, YOU SAY? WHY WOULD PEOPLE LIKE YOU BE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE LIKE HIM!? YOU MAKE NO SENSE WHATSOEVER! I FEEL FOOLISH FOR EVER TAKING YOU SERIOUSLY! It’s clearly C from the clues here, though the original clue for “PRIVATE TALKS” seems to have been inconsistently translated as “PROHIBITED” instead of “FORBIDDEN.” Let’s just go for that one.  These guys murder me the first time I fight them because I still have Mothman active, whoops. The big dude’s weak to Wind.  Also, Ryuji attempts to learn Elec Break, but it’s worthless, especially on him, so we don’t bother.   An employee ID! This one says it’s for the section chief… Ughhh, so he wasn’t the chief director dude either!? Can we just fight the president already?  EVERYONE, IT IS TIME TO CHANGE SHIFTS! KEEP WORKING EVEN IF IT DESTROYS YOU! This is…  Come on, get with the program! The employees must be getting switched out just like before. Why don’t we check the places accessible via the section chief ID card? So, we’re two-thirds done with this thing, right? Wrong. This last portion takes me a full hour to complete. RIP me. Hey, that hacker got awful quiet all of a sudden. Maybe he left. Yeah, that’s probably it.  Oh crap, that thing’s huge! What’s with him!? If size shows the importance Father places on them, I suppose he should be quite high up… We’re just gonna have to talk to him and find out.  Tetrakarn is a skill that allows Haru to repel one Physical or Gun attack on a chosen party member. It’s very situational, but it can come in handy.  Great, this one is open as well! We’ve gotta be close to the end, right? Chief director is usually directly above section chief! Don’t forget to be conscious of your condition, everyone. If you’re feeling tired, be sure to rest at a safe room. We get it, Mom.  Subrecover HP is a rather awkwardly-named skill that lets Futaba heal party members who aren’t in the active party for 10% HP every battle. It’s not actually that useful, both because I almost never switch and because of how late it comes in. Also, multi-target healing out of battle hits everyone, so that’s even less reason to use it. And at the last door on the map, the chief director lock:  Hm, another roadblock. Is this one rank authentication as well? Mm-hm. We can get through here if we have a chief director ID card or higher. Though given the layout of this floor, it doesn’t look like this leads to a new area or anything. So our main goal remains the door we found downstairs. Why don’t we skip all this poo poo and just nab the president’s ID? I wanna get this over with! BIG MOOD  I also discover that these things don’t just look like Daleks when one of them starts chasing me. Okay then, let’s get the rest of these done. First the clues, then the conversations. 1: IT’LL ONLY CAUSE TROUBLE FOR EVERYONE IF I COLLAPSE NOW… IT-IT-T-IT’LL ONLY CAUSE TROUBLE FOR EVERYONE IF I C-C-C-COLLAPSE NOW… I’M HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO WORK FOR THIS COMPANY! GARBAGE LIKE US ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR WORK AT OKUMURA FOODS! THE CHIEF DIRECTOR ALWAYS SAYS THIS COMPANY IS THE BEST OF THE BEST! I AM THANKFUL TO BE ABLE TO WORK FOR SUCH AN ELITE ORGANIZATION!I’m pretty sure these last two dudes are undercover Pinkertons. 2: BUT I WILL BE OK. THE HEART OF A ROBOT WILL NEVER B-B-B-B-BREAK! ISN’T THE SECTION CHIEF’S LAUGH STRANGELY HAPPY? IT GOES “GRAHAHAHA.” NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, I CAN’T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I ACTUALLY LAUGHED... THEY SAY IT’S GOOD TO STRUGGLE THROUGH LIFE WHILE YOU’RE YOUNG… I WON’T BE ABLE TO BECOME A REAL ADULT UNLESS I CAN PUSH THROUGH THIS. AHHH, I’M FA-FA-FA-FA… FALLING APART...3: I’M TIRED OF THE SECTION CHIEF BOASTING ABOUT WHEN HE WAS YOUNG. I BEST HE WOULDN’T SURVIVE IF HE COULDN’T CLING TO HIS PAST GLORIES. I WAS TOLD THAT OTHERS HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR ME. I AM BETTER THAN THEM! I HAVE TO WORK HARDER THAN ANYONE ELSE! I’M IN PAIN, BUT I MUST KEEP WORKING. OTHERWISE MY FAMILY WILL BE TURNED INTO FUEL… I SIMPLY HAVE TO DO IT! WORK IS THE ONLY OPTION! 4: LIFE IS ONLY WORK. THEY MAKE YOU SURRENDER YOUR HOPES, DREAMS, PERSONALITY… THEN IF YOU WORK TOO HARD, YOU BREAK AND THEY DISCARD YOU. I WISH THIS WASN’T TRUE… DON’T WORRY. SOMEBODY WILL SURELY DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS EVENTUALLY. I’LL JUST HAVE TO STAY QUIET UNTIL THAT DAY COMES. A:  AHEM! WHO MAY YOU BE? Y’know, the Phantom Thieves./Just passersby./>We want to talk to you. YOU HAVE BUSINESS WITH ME? BUT TO THE EXTENT OF MY KNOWLEDGE, THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING. WELL THEN, WHAT DO YOU NEED? >What is your rank?/Where’s the chief director?/Nothing in particular. MY RANK? YOU COULD SAY I’M SOMEWHERE IN THE UPPER ECHELONS. WHY DO YOU ASK?B: HMPH, WHO ARE YOU!? WHAT ARE TINY BRATS LIKE YOU DOING HERE? Don’t be so rude./We’re the Phantom Thieves./>Are we in the way? OF COURSE! WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!? THIS CORPORATION IS THE BEST OF THE BEST: OKUMURA FOODS! YOU SHOULD NOT BE HERE! MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHO ARE ALL OF YOU!? HOW DID YOU GET IN!? We snuck in./>Through the front door./That’s a secret. THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR? SO YOU MEAN TO SAY YOU’RE NOT ANYBODY SUSPICIOUS? YOUR LOOKS WORRY ME… BUT IT WOULD BE A PROBLEM IF I MISTAKENLY REPORTED YOU… D: UMMM, WHO’RE YOU AGAIN? The Phantom Thieves./Passersby./>We want to talk. I HAVE NO NEED FOR THAT. NOW, GET LOST. YOU’RE JUST IN THE WAY OF MY WORK. Please hear us out./Are you the chief director?/>You seem unenthusiastic. GOHOHO! MY ENTHUSIASM IS WHAT MAKES ME WANT TO GET BACK TO MY WORK. MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHO ARE YOU? I SHOULD REPORT EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU FOR SLACKING OFF! E: WHO’RE YOU? THIS IS NO PLACE FOR RUNTS LIKE YOURSELVES. >Oh, sorry./Well that’s not nice./I’m no runt. UGH, BRATS THESE DAYS THINK APOLOGIZING CAN GET THEM OUT OF ANYTHING. WHO ARE YOU, ANYWAY? YOU DON’T SEEM LIKE EMPLOYEES. We’re the Phantom Thieves./>We’re janitors./We’re salesmen. JANITORS!? O-OH… WELL, GOOD WORK. I DON’T HAVE TIME TO MEMORIZE JANITOR’S FACES IF OUR COMPANY WILL BE THE BEST OF THE BEST. ...SO, WHAT BUSINESS DO YOU JANITORS HAVE WITH ME? F: HWA-HEM! WHO ARE YOU RASCALS? HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE?I have no idea why “HWA-HEM” is in special text. None of the clues relate to it. WHAT BUSINESS DO YOU HAVE HERE AT OUR BEST OF THE BEST CORPORATION, OKUMURA FOODS?And here, “BEST OF THE BEST” isn’t in red text, which I think is just them trying to trick you. Be consistent, game! Are you the chief director?/>Nothing in particular./Let’s talk for a bit. THEN WHY DID YOU COME HERE? LEAVE AT ONCE! YOUR PRESENCE IS MAKING ME FEEL QUITE ILL!“YOU’RE IRRITATING MY VALVE, FOUL WORKER!” …iS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT BEFORE I KICK YOU OUT!? >Let’s discuss the past./Let’s discuss the future./Let’s make some small talk. HOW ADMIRABLE. YOU WISH TO HEAR OF MY SUCCESSES, YES? EVERYONE WAS HUMBLE LIKE YOU BACK WHEN I WAS YOUNG. BUT YOUTH NOWADAYS…So, uh… which one? Some of these seem to refer to the section chief, so we can safely ignore those. The problem is, there isn’t enough information to narrow it down. Well, the answer is that it was a trick question! See, whether by simple mistranslation or just general error, the lines here referring to the “section chief” are not here to trick us, because they do in fact refer to the chief director! Also, if we go back to F: F: >Are you the chief director? HM? OHHH, I THINK I’VE FIGURED IT OUT. YOU MUST BE THE RUMORED PHANTOM THIEVES! GRAHAHAHA! VERY WELL, I’LL TELL YOU THE TRUTH. I AM INDEED THE CHIEF DIRECTOR! WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO BELIEVE THAT OR NOT IS UP TO YOU. NOW THEN… IS THAT ALL YOU WANTED TO ASK ME? There’s more dialogue, which the game loving encouraged us not to check for earlier by making it punishable with a pointless fight! So, yeah, F is the correct answer. I hate this. Corporobo MDL-?  The Corporobo will use Matarunda a loving lot to lower Attack, so Maaku spends a lot of turns getting rid of that. It’s weak to Psy, though. Music: Sweatshop  Perfect! We’ve finally found the chief director’s ID card! This means we can go in that rank door downstairs now! I don’t see what the door’s smell has to do with this, Ann. Welp, let’s go check it out! Time to make like a banana and split! Back downstairs...  Of course! Well… probably.Don’t you loving start  Hell yeah! Finally! You know, it’s a little odd… I thought Okumura might be behind the mental shutdowns… But we haven’t found anything even remotely pointing to such a secret so far. Something that important might be deeper in. Let’s just keep going. And that, my friends, was the security card game, the worst part of the entirety of Persona 5 in my esteemed opinion. That took up an hour and forty-five minutes of this run alone, though to be fair I was intentionally running all over the entire place looking for dialogue and I died like three times. Well, at least the worst is behi--  YOU MOTHERFU Arist fucked around with this message at 23:57 on Aug 27, 2019 |
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