5 Personalities And A Chicken Ain't One

Welcome Sleipnirs, to my humble Persona 5 review!

First of all, daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn Igor!
Looks like you have been taking lots of steroids........that voice.........that VOICE!
Truthfully, I love the old Igor voice.
Sorry ladies, I just ain't into that pimp voice!
I'm not sure if Igor's voice as well as the Velvet Room change to reflect the protagonist's heart but he nailed it hard.

I'll just go straight to the point - I LOVE this game!
Not like but LOOOOOOVE! Rabu rabu!!!
The music is great, wonderful characters and wonderful story.
Nothing much in terms of animation because it's just the usual advancement in tech.
On-screen avatars are more refined and the animation parts are the same.
I played this on the PS4 by the way.
Classic Persona game here!
I like the battle system, everything is straight to the point, no need for too much scrolling.
Exploiting enemies' weaknesses is always THE thing to do if you want to win.
Unless you're fighting psycho battles like Elizabeth or Margaret!!! FUCK YOU BITCHES!
Anyway, you can now pass the extra turn from weakness exploitation to your friend if you don't have the skills to finish it off or you just want to, using Baton Pass.
This can turn the tide of battle, so keep this in mind.

Unfortunately, you can't grind in previous dungeons (called Palace, by the way) because you can't go back.
Fear not though because you can get the Personas you miss in something called Mementos.
You'll see.

I've always loved Persona games because the creators behind this franchise just know how to freshen the installments up and this one is no different. 
We start out as criminals!
A high school kid but a criminal!
A bad-ass one that is!!

Noctis Leonhart is BACK baby!
To clarify, I name all my name-able Persona protagonists Noctis Leonhart!
My Persona 3 and Persona 4 were all about Noctis!
Why?
Because they don't ever say anything, they are the quiet, cool, MacDaddy protagonist type!
One minute into the game and already a hot babe is after me!

I love my first Persona, Arsene!
He looks really cool.
Personas have their voices now!
Yep, they can say stuff, why not right?
I think it's a nice addition.
I like how the enemies turn from fatty-boom-ba-laddies into Pixies.
The flow of the animations man......it's so cool.
The Shadows are very much refined in this game.
Of course.....they have to bring the Shadow negotiations back.
This system is called 'Hold Up'.
Time to deal with PMS-ing Shadows!
Let the frustration begin!
Give you my SP when you ask for it BUT YOU SAID NO AND PENALIZED ME!!!

Er hmm hmmm! Anyway, I have a blonde friend again!
Not that I don't like blondies.
I like Kanji.....................ohhhhh..................
Yeah, they are the same black-haired blondies.
Is Ryuji voiced by the guy who voiced Adachi?
I love that voice........grrrrr...........
Anyway, like every Persona game, there is the Social Link system or Confidant system.
This time, it's a mix between P3 and P4.
This is all my opinion, just putting this here.
I find that P3 Social Links were really difficult to deal with and P4 had an easier system to deal with.
In P3, you just don't know if you can advance to the next rank or not. You can give gifts to speed up but their overall schedules were just bad but same locations though whenever they are available. That means when school's out, low chances of leveling up with school mates.
In P4, you can't give gifts but you can tell when you can advance, just make sure you choose the right options in the Level Up scenes and their locations are pretty much the same except during weekends.
In P5, haha! You have to know the good hangout spots for your Confidants (like what gifts in P3 does) and their locations change quite often (kind of like P4).
One thing remains the same though, equip the Persona with the Arcana that matches your Confidant's for extra friendship points.

I like how we have over-world actions now like jumping and warping (like Noctis, so appropriate!).

That's pretty much all I can say, I don't want to spoil anymore.
Everything is pretty much the same.
Like always, you have limited time to spend with your friends so make full use of each time period, literally. 
Can't use minute or second here.
The first few days are all tutorials.
There's always a pervy teacher and a teacher that sighs a lot at students' delinquent behaviours even though their job is to nurture students. 
Morooka is an idiot.
Each dungeon is unique and they have their themed puzzles.
One thing though, P5 dungeons are huge and have lots of side paths.
P3 was dreary and P4 was linear and straightforward and like the Social Link system, P5 is a mix between the two.
There are dark themes and life lessons you can learn, typical Persona!
This is why this game is awesome.
It keeps it real!

Persona games are all about the plot and the twists!
Just sit back and relax and enjoy the story.

Nice pink G-string by the way Kamoshida.
I would really like one for my Lolita getup.
Don't know why I was so fixated on his pinky panty when I was about to be murdered by his General.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the game!
Let me know what you think!

Till next time Sleipnirs!

Season of Capybaras!

Hey there Sleipnirs!

I have been playing a few games lately and I would like to get two games out there in this post.

Those games would be Story of Seasons and Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns!

I need more time for Persona 5 and Danganronpa V3, so bear with me.

As you all know, people who can't seem to find a partner love playing whatever the Story of Seasons or Harvest Moon franchise have to offer.
I'm not exaggerating because if you noticed, the first question ever asked when Natsume or XSeed release footage or information on anything from this franchise, would be who the bachelors/bachelorettes.
The level of interest in romantic partners is outta this world!
Fan arts circulating, visualization of fantasies, fan fiction in play!
It's a nosebleed fest I tell you.

Onwards to Story of Seasons!
I think my character lives with robots.
Sure they have quite a variety of dialogues but they don't seem very engaging nor are they filled with emotions of some sort.
There is really not much going on in town.
People minding their own business, I jump around breaking everything.
In terms of interactions, not much going on.
Graphics and art though, yes, very pretty.
I love the characters.
I like how the colour scheme is not too tacky like in ANB.
However, no unique character in sight. 
Like Inari in the next game.
The unique ones only appear in festivals like Woofio.
Character development-wise, not too bad. 
I think they grow and they have very interesting backgrounds though not much is revealed.
I mean the villagers' background that is.
For the bachelors/bachelorettes, I know the point is to leave it to the player's imagination but geez man, some solid context for the others would be nice.
Oh Margot.....you are a witch. Witchie should be married and cooking up poison at home, not you.
Anyway, I like how there's an element of variable difficulty in competitions or festivals.
Sometimes I win, sometimes I don't even with full stars or the 'Fresh' status for crops, I think that's great.
It presents a level of challenge and that's the amount of realism I can tolerate.
With that said though, I hate the Conquest system, I would like my plants to remain intact instead of losing them and waiting for days to get the land back. 
We have to do battle with fellow farmer rivals whether in highest shipment amount or largest variety of items shipped to get lands on which you can plant specific crops.
Totally hate that!
If you lose, that's it. Wait for your turn and you have to compete to get it back.
If the land is yours, you just have to renew your ownership.
Shipping can be a pain at first but I think that's a motivation for the player to unlock merchants.
You see, you start out with one merchant to whom you ship stuff and they don't come everyday.
So you will be stuck with a day when you have to store your products because you can't sell jack crap due to the merchant not being in town!
Once you have unlocked all the easy ones, you will have merchants in town everyday and it will be like the shipping bin system in previous games.
Lastly, gameplay! I like how farming and animal husbandry are so much easier now!
It's quick so I have time for other stuff on the day!
Unlike previous installments, not enough time in the world!
Now, I can hook up with someone and fish on the same day! WOW!
I have the hots for Klaus, just so you know.
I named my guitar after him. 
If you want me to describe this game further, it's fun playing it but has no replay value and game gets boring once everything is unlocked.

Onwards with Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns!
I bought it when it first came out so.......

Oh yes, I got the cutie little capybara which looks sort of like a scrotum! YAY!!!
I named him Kakashi!
Not that Kakashi reminds me of well.....you know...
とにかく! This game is a huge improvement from SoS! 
Let's talk characters!
Characters are interesting, they are different, in presentation.
You can feel like they matter somehow.
It's nice to finally have family that I can talk to in-game!
Geeez mom! I have been waiting for you!
It's nice to have a background of some sort!
Speaking of background, we can have a personality or character trait!
Not going to spoil it here but these traits increases your potential or decreases it so have fun with them!
Let's not talk about skin colour. It raises a whole lot of problems, it's not going to change, let it go.
Not the way Elsa did but let's move on.
In terms of interactions, characters are fun to talk to until the dialogue pool dries out like always but still, the element of engagement is there!
Everything is pretty much the same in terms of gameplay! Easy and more time for other stuff.
Can do part-time jobs which is awesome when you need some Gil but have to be done on the day.
Wish real life was that cool.
Can have a Furmiliar which is awesome, because I have always loved animals and want them close.
I can get free items.
Once again, wish real life was that cool.
What can I say about this game?
It's fun and you might feel like replaying it because of the new features after the first playthrough.

If you need any details, Fogu is your friend!

That's all for now!
Until next time Sleipnirs!