Atlus Remembered How to Cook (Finally)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ต.ค. 2024
- Atlus, the development studio with the most devoted fanbase in existence... who have only played probably one of their games, seems to not really know what they're doing a lot of the time. But in 2024 they have managed to successfully show everyone that they do actually know exactly what they're doing with 3 phenomenal games.
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Songs:
Persona 3 Reload - Changing Seasons - Reload -
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance - Fool sru shin
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance - Battle - the adversary -
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance - Battle - "Vengeance" for reclamation -
Metaphor: ReFantazio - Tradia Desert Theme
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance - Battle - primordial goddess -
#atlus #persona #metaphorrefantazio
Something a little different than the usual! If you're watching this video, just know that I watch you in your sleep (in a loving, caring sort of way because I love you)
Thanks bro
Cool, please figure out why I slowly turn from my side onto my back when I sleep, thanks
Thank you for fighting off fred fazbear in the closet for me
I love the SMTVV soundtrack appreciation. I legitimately put down the controller and just sat there in shock for like 2 min when "Battle Vengeance Reclamation" first played
Atlus are actual cooking with these games
Pfp brothers
Yay
they cookin, gardening and brewing up some coffee with them games
Need a SMT style game where you can summon Kiryu
God Vengeance’s OST is too good. Battle - “Vengeance” for Reclamation is definitely the song I’ve listened to most this year.
Yeah yeah, wake me up when they make another Jack Bros that isn't just a tie-in to Strange Journey.
Ah nice, the gameplay with the combat for simple enemies is like Trails Through Daybreak!
Mhm, though it's very simplistic here. Daybreak features Power Attacks, and future games get more mechanics for it's action
@@Averi0 Yeah that makes sense! I am only on chapter 2 for Daybreak so I probably haven’t gotten close to unlocking everything yet.
@@CrystalFissure Action Combat is as complex as it's gonna get that game. In Daybreak 2 and Kai, new stuff will be added, though
@@Averi0 super keen to get through the game and play the sequels when they’re eventually out.
CrystalFissure jump scare! Big Fan :)
GUYS DON’T LISTEN TO HIM! DON’T PLAY PERSONA OR SMT, PLAY LOST JUDGMENT INSTEAD
100% agreed. This angeman man is a sellout
Persona 3 reload and Metaphor Refantazio are fire
I cant believe favorite yackzer content creator snowiestangeman thinks no party control is bad :(
I honestly loved it. Persona 3 (the original) is also the only time they did it right, because with the tactics menu you could specifically order the teammates to go for weak point hits to knock them down (this solves the "junpei doesnt hit weak to fire enemies with his fire bars" issue) or just go for straight up attacks and not bother with ailments (helps mitsuru not spam marin karin tentarafoo jesus christ i hate those spells). The thing with this system is it made them feel like your FRIENDS, rather than units you could just order around. because they WERE! It's even more exemplified because you can't tell them to go to tartarus with you any day of the week, sometimes they're bummed out and dont wanna go or busy with school work or sometimes just sick. It made interacting with them feel, idk, more "real"?
It's such a shame. They removed the fine grained tactics from persona 4 onwards, P5R for example has some bosses just completely unbeatable if you make your teammates act on their own (if you played the game you know what it is. Fucking robots.) P3R not bringing back the optional tactics orders is a huge missed opportunity in my eyes. I hope one they atlus or some other dev will make an RPG with teammates you "order" non directly again but they're actually smart this time so people don't get the wrong impression again.
Edit: Oh also the Vengeance soundtrack slaps so ridiculously hard. Qaditsu boss theme, Shinjuku/Kabukicho theme, the 2nd main battle theme you highlighted. fucking amazing.
i disgree, honesly the fatigue system and choosing to not make your party too tired was enough to make you feel like a leader also imo at first in p3 the party aint even your friends we are there to fight remember jumpei was so competitive and yukari so bitchy (something sadly was turned way down to the remake bc god forbid a fictional character aint always nice)
2024 is simply Atlus' year, not a single miss in sight. P3R is peak, SMTV: Vengeance made SMTV go from a below average game to a top 4 best SMT games and Metaphor seems good when looking into the demo
P3R was definitely a miss. But gamers care more about quality of life features than the actual quality of a remake so they declare it a win anyway
@@athorem its a good game but it could have been great, sadly atlus cucks wont let people talk about the misses but dont let than bash the game more than needed
stop hyping me, my wallet is waiting for sale its a great game i just dont have money
Give in to capitalism sell your house
Don't give in to a product that has 2008 graphics and no AA in 2024.
@@NamTran-xc2ip Weird take but okay, you do you. If Metaphor looks like a "PS2 game" than P3Reload, P5Royal, and Soul Hackers 2 looks even worse.
@@NamTran-xc2ip wh-what? Is this guy crying about graphics? Grow up😅
@@Jayesbe Facts are weird I guess.
Metaphor does look like it's gonna be sweet. And yes, British VAs seem to be better at this because they're generally more theater trained. I think one of the best examples recently was the new dub for Tactics Ogre Reborn, which had a GREAT English vocal cast, surprisingly.
Tactics reborn was Americans va doing British accents . U can count the the few uk vas in it on hand .
@@TheNrat Well they did it well then. I thought the VA work on that game was exceptional, frankly. Best additional feature of that new version (because I definitely did not like some of the gameplay alterations, like the card drop system).
FF14 has been using British VAs and it was smooth af until the new expansion where they got an American for a main new character and they totally ruined the dub. American VAs just don't get context when it comes to voice acting.
@@SILVERONIN Chill, most of any VA work is all on the director to guide them to the proper take. What you should be saying is why do voice directors not get context when it comes to directing.
Chie Satonaka fan detected. Unfathomably based and meat gum pilled
Joker is running towards the subscribe button
Digital Devil Saga my GOAT, love that feaky lil duology
As an Atlus fan this year is absolutely heaven. A remake of my favorite game of all time, an enhanced version of what will be my introduction to SMT (gonna get it eventually) and a fresh new IP which has a unique aesthetic unlike other Atlus games
Metaphors demo had me hooked completely.
I can't wait for the collab between RGG and Atlus: "SMT Yakuza: Like a Persona"!!
I played FF 16 on PC because of your recommendations and oh man, thank you for that. This game was superb.
atlus forgot to turn the heat off this year, banger after banger! metaphor feels special as it isnt persona nor smt as neither school setting nor demon fusing or as party member are present it still takes general elements like press turn and social bonding.
Love the videos deviating from your usual content! Would love to see more
I agree
P3= Best story
P4= Best cast
P5/R= Best gameplay
Best SMT game still goes to Digital Devil Saga 1+2
Metaphor hopefully will be best of both worlds!
based choice with Chie
4:57 this video in one sentence.
I don’t get your point on the day/night cycle in persona. That’s literally the main point of those games. Though it can be cheesy all the games themes are the bonds you make outside of battle strengthening you in battle. Playing the persona games without liking the social sim stuff is like playing Yakuza while not liking buff, shirtless, sexy men. (You’re still the goat tho Angeman)
It’s literally the only reason to play Persona over any other JRPG. If you don’t like the day to day goings of Persona, you don’t like Persona. That is THE core aspect of its identity and why it stands out from other JRPGs.
Sega is cooking.
Oh a fellow DDS fan.
Glad smt is getting some love.
Atlus cranking out bangers damn, it’s been 10 years
I can't do your last favour, I have already platinumed SMT VV
A member of the Church of Chie! Brother!
The only way SMT5's OST could be better - Adding SMT4's "Battle B2". Just a immutable fact. That is the best SMT boss theme ever made.
Crazy how good Atlus games get when there's no high school crap you have to do, goes from a 7/10 to 11/10
The action combat into turn based of metaphor looks like it was based on falcoms trails through daybreak which came out way earlier, could be an inspiration. And if you haven't please try the trails series the story is great and as always keep up the content loving the Yakuza and now jrpg content
Only few hours left until it drops on steam 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
This video was great, got me even more hyped to play Metaphor in 17 hours. Plus gotta love some SMTVV glazing 🙏
It would be cool for you to make more reviews on games outside of the yakuza series, like the Persona games or Shin Megami Tensei 5 or FF16. I think i speak for a decent part of your audience in saying that we like your content regardless of if its about Yakuza or not.
Just wishlisted SMT V and Metaphor on PC, thanks for the great recommendations
I've been playing reload and will get into Metaphor when I get paid tomorrow
how am i supposed to get pirate yakuza, sparking zero, and metaphor without breaking the bank even more
Very nice video, I enjoy the smt aswell so it was fun to see your take on it. Also very nice of you to say that the pc port was ass bc I almost bought it
0:06 when you said that I thought you meant smt5v but you just meant the original. Very happy you liked the game as much as I did lol
soul hackers 2 was a good game, i will die on that hill.
Smt5 and 3 are so good
Smt4 is also insanely good
That's right! We stand together to love the fuck out of SMTV:Vengeance! God damn, that game' so good. And god damn that OST is DELICIOUS. Might just be my favorite of the year.
2:35 ma boi is a chia stand to video auto like
You’re a legend , thanks for the content , I’ll try the game lol
And FF16
Metaphor and FF 16 both have quite extensive demos which are both great ways to try out the game if you didn’t wanna buy them first haha
@@SnowiestAngeman I’ve never tried a demo before , good idea.
I just want it to be December already to play yakuza again 😫
0:18 I love ya SnowiestAngeman, but this is shutting down a lot of conversation on a topic that has history and nuance like genre, just because some morons online are xenophobic.
It's to my understanding that the West has RPG genres defined under CRPG, RPG, ARPG, and JRPG. Whereas in the East it's boiled to the genre difference of CRPG and RPG (that is a whole other topic that I don't feel equipped to get into further detail on). JRPG doesn't mean "role playing game made by Japanese", it means "role playing game genre which originated from Japan."
Games like Hylics, Lisa, Sea of Stars, etc. are all western developed games that are JRPGs. The single most culturally influential indie game of the past decade is a JRPG called Undertale, a game which was influenced by Earthbound and Megami Tensei.
There are plenty of RPGs made in Japan, but it was Dragon Quest (which came after other RPGs developed in Japan) that remixed and streamlined concepts from Ultima and Wizardry so heavily it formed a new genre of it's own. JRPGs are games that derive their DNA (in greater or lesser degrees) from Dragon Quest. If Dragon Quest wasn't the father of a whole new genre of it's own that influenced the design philosophies for countless developers, Like a Dragon 7 wouldn't be a game that pays tribute to Dragon Quest and name drops it repeatedly, instead of some game older than Dragon Quest.
There is no "better" when it comes to genre, only differences. Could one in theory, describe Fallout New Vegas and Final Fantasy 7 as being similar, with no surface level game design differences that are worth distinguishing? Possibly, but not in a manner that would be good faith.
What I learned;
Japan is the best,
Racism is awesome,
Orchestra music is tiresome.
Another fantastic video!
Saying its objective truth then holding the worst opinion I have ever heard was pretty funny 3:00
Unicorn Overlord was an Atlus x Vanillaware!
2:50 there is no such thing as an objective opinion/truth, it’s just a widely accepted shared subjective opinion, and that’s all most people need to call it objective, but that’s just an approximation, not the truth. Some people may find that they can relate better with the story in personal 5 as opposed to 3 and then to that person it could then be the better story. you might be asking why this distinction is even important, and you’ve got a point. You might think an approximation is all you need, and in most situations this is true, but if we all followed this rule there’d be no variety in our day to day lives, and humans would all act according to the norms no matter if that person in particular agrees with them or not. Many norms are important and they exist for a reason, but breaking them down in order to innovate is also important. Crazy people who go out of their way to die on a hill are those who love society forwards, and while yes, you can say that in specific contexts there exists a subjective opinion that is agreed upon by a majority, and you certainly could call that an objective truth, it is in no way universal. The fact that we have different cultures around the world proves this.
The fact that I happen to agree with this statement is not because it is a fact, but rather because I myself based on my own experiences and environment have happened to form this opinion, unrelated to what anyone else thinks. It is simply a coincidence that speaks to the fact that we as humans are all pretty similar, but the small differences that do divide us aren’t barriers to push us apart, they are reinforcements that make us stronger as a whole.
2:41 based
if youre hyped for either game, completely disregard me as im just a picky person, I dont wanna cramp your style.
I would love to keep going on SMTVV but good lord, it took me 25 hours to really get into the meat of it and by then I was burnt out of playing basically SMTV but again.
And I'm excited to see where Metaphor goes, and the dialogue was genuinely intriguing, but holy fuck that fairy can not shut up. In and out of combat.
I also wanna shout out Atlus' time old business practice of releasing a game then coming out with a better version of it like a year later (both costing full price as well). I wanna love their but god damn.
SMT V is gonna be my game of the year. I already liked the original alot and Vengeance just made it a 11/10 for me lol. Metaphor is just fantasy persona (at least from what ive played of the demo and i aint complaining), add in the press turn system and im happy! Infinite wealth is still my 2nd favorite game of this year but lets see if Metaphor can beat it
Metaphor looks 🔥 i love yakuza and atlus games like smt and persona i have so many hours in Royal
The music in metaphor is better… than all those games.
bro uploaded at 10:00
Beanz you cotton candy eating fucker of mothers if you get the upload time slightly wrong one more time I will eat your fairy floss
@@SnowiestAngeman 😱😱😱
FYI, there is a mod for Metaphor that somewhat fixes PC performance (at least CPU side of things).
Damn sometimes I feel like I'm the only person who liked V's original form. Yeah the story was eh, but c'mon press turn combat doesn't get old.
But IV is peak, you're absolutely right.
I thought the guy from the thumbnail was Lou Young. If you know you know.
as for pc performance i played earlier this week and ran like butter so maybe they fixed allat
I wouldn't watch your Metaphor streams, but only because I want to play it myself
Try to finish Reload. It's worth it. The characters just blow P4 and P5 casts out of the water
Pretty crazy that the original version smt v was my most disappointing game of 2021 and vengence is one of my favourite games of the year because they actually finished the game this time
Given that you're an RPG buff, are you looking forward to Ys: X (Nordics)?
Reload....they cooked already this year. I know you just wanted to use the phrase but....nah...Atlus already delivered, before Re Fantazio
JRPG doesn't mean "an RPG made in Japan", it means "an RPG in the Japanese style". It just happens to be the case that most JRPGs are made in Japan, obviously. We all use the term JRPG as a genre label, whether we realize it or not. If it just meant 'made in Japan', it would be a useless label that tells us nothing - which we know is not the case, because everyone recognizes that JRPGs have distinctive and consistent qualities.
oh god its what is an anime over again
Mail issue I have with the game. Level design Metaphor has some really boring level design , like straight out of PS2 game and it's mostly empty. Something atlus struggled with at times and here it shows. That would be my main gripe.
Not a fan of P3 Reload personally, but you're a Chie fan so all is forgiven that's so based lmao
I love the remake save for some of the character changes. Yukari is so sassy in the original a bit of a b*tch, I love her for that. But she's so toned down in the remake and I hate it.
@@brandonsclips7741 As someone whose first experience with P3 is Portable, I personally think that the development team made one mistake after another even before development, from the budget to the casting, to the content changes/cuts, that made Reload feels neutered and washed out compared to its previous 2 iterations.
Youre telling you dont like climbing 250 floors of the same shit over and over again?😂 no way
@@acwano Oh you're mistaken, if anything I wanted more floors, my problems with Reload is more of a developmental decisions.
@@darrylaz3570 i agree exept the casting
As for SMT V I totally agree, I'm also getting Metaphor but should I get FFXVI though? I heard it is rather mid in general with combat being the only thing that is in it's favor.
🐐iest angeman
i hope that atlus starts to rein in the UI noise a little. too much for my old man brain
I think it's better than P5's wobbling triangles at least. At least it looks good. that player-enemy phase transition gave me motion sickness or something though
hope there's an anti aliasing mod when it comes out the demo has way too much shimmering
Hopefully reshade can help as well
All I got from this is that you have some weird racism kink
Not Makoto lol
Weird Idea. Maybe you can make a mod for some of the persona games that cuts out the cringey anime moments and adds in new scenes (even if they don't have any voice acting) to make the game better.
Also, if you want, you could probably ask for help from some modders to make the mods.
Yoo a game that has racism as a plot point, must buy.
A payed fix, another remake and another persona derivative. The Atlus I loved just isn't alive now
Replaying persona 4 golden i do think some of the cast is kinda annoying imo, something i did not feel years ago when i first experienced, they are still well written btw, but i prefer P3 cast nowadays
I bet most performance issues in methafor would never exist if it was an unreal engine game like smt 5V,a game that is much more beautiful but also runs consistently at 200+ fps, the persona engine is just way too outdated
I feel since you are such a newer fan of Atlus that your perception of the company is skewed. Atlus has always been a confusing company that's been falling upwards forever somehow. They don't make their games in a timely manner and love making weird spinoffs no one asked for. Yet they still come out with bangers at the right moment that keeps them relevant, their ability to keep evolving their formula has driven the company further into the mainstream
nah that was p5 + p5 royal (frirst game to add franch, german, spanish, italian subs)
Chie best girl is too much of based take
Chie love!
they did not cook with this one. Hyped it up as a cool new twist on fantasy heavily inspired by dq3, promised it wasn't like smt or persona then delivered persona but fantasy. As an aside, Hulk also looked way cooler in promo material. It's competent enough but the demo left me disappointed
I'm sorry but I think you're extremely alone in that opinion lol
@@SnowiestAngeman Exactly lmao
Im so sorry for your loss
I'm sure you're right that not many people think like this, especially given the casual Atlus fan probably didn't know or care that this game was in development back then and wasn't excitedly following the bits and pieces from interviews and concept arts. I'm happy for the people who can like this but it's such a letdown for me. The things I do appreciate are the homo family monsters and the music, that monk has pipes.
I'm going to disagree with you as this isnt Atlus learning how to cook again this is just a symptom of 2 things 1. The end of the latest incarnation of the modern atlus cycle that started around 2011-2012 and 2. the return of Altus's experienced A team.
You see Atlus as a studio struggled alot after the 90s their games never sold as much as they needed so they were always on the verge of bankruptcy so once they had a hit on their hands with persona 4 they milked the hell out of it makeing fans question if they'd put out any more Shin Megami Tensei games or Persona 5 and then Persona 5 actually came out to the bigest acclaim they ever got and so the cycle was restarted this time with a bigger fanbase with P5 as their new cash cow they'd milk for all its worth. With P5's success and the Sega buyout Atlus for the first time since 1999 was in a very good place financially and could expand and hire new blood and the old veterans of Persona 3-5 and Shin Megami Tensei 4 and 5 had room to experiment for once this resulted in them leaving Atlus's two existing internal teams RnD1(SMT) and Studio P (Persona) to create a new team called Studio Zero and they started this right after Persona 5 came out in 2016. The rookies have been working on Persona and SMT for a while now with them still geting their feet wet with spinoffs and remakes while the veterans of the company spent the past half a decade on their new IP with a fusion of everything they've done before and their new ideas. And i guarantee if Refantazio becomes a success Atlus will milk it as much as Persona 5 has been as thats just how they roll as a studio
Remember the real metaphor is for racism
JRPGs***
Please... No... Don't make me buy this when I've just bought FF16's PC port... My poor wallet.
the xbox exclusivity is kinda repulsive
This game isn't Xbox exclusive, I don't think any Atlus game is currently exclusive to any console right now.
the demo is on playstation
haha fatlus
probably in the minority for this but I do not get the love for the P4 cast at least not above any other group.. I like them all, but they all got the same anime bullshit: For P5 its dunking on Ryuji, in P4 its homophobia and sexual assault lmao and P3 its somehow a bit of both with Junpei but it is also the tamest in comparison
though considering I hear alot of this after the pandemic I'm not surprised, P4 is the coziest of the bunch
yep cozy small village crates the fact that a very different group can be friends realistically even with the anime shit, if you have all Tokyo your buddy will be more or less like you
P3 characters are more realistic than p4 characters.
With all due respect never mention persona again. Good video though.
Not yakuza, bro truly fell off
Persona 3 Reload should be in the trash in the thumbnail, terrible remake
Its still too cringe imo, loved persona but can they get other writers please.
Its written for 12 year olds and it shows
I just cant stop cringing
And tbh i prefer yakuza minigame sidestories over personas friend sidestuff where you only talk and barely do anything with the dialogue being mid
I agree
Did he just insult Dragon Quest XI's English dub? Unsubscribing
I don't think playing Japanese games filtered through a bad English dub makes it okay to call the writing in almost all Japanese media unnatural and alien. But go off, I guess...
Persona 4 cast is mid. There I said it.