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Aged up cast for Persona 6 yay or nay?
- Thread starter sn00zer
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I'm so fucking sick of grown adults lusting after underage high schoolers, calling them their wives & husbands & drawing & sharing NSFW art of them. So I'm 100% for a cast of people who are at the least in their 20s/college age so I don't have to hear any more from those freaks for at least one fucking installment.
I know it won't happen, but would be nice to have a college setting in the middle of a political crisis, with students and professors all divided etc. Happened in mine and it was intense.
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I voted yay, though I could go either way. I'm not tired of the high school setting, but I'd be pleased if the main cast was older.
"main character got drunk/high a bunch, optionally gained some knowledge or skills and got further entrenched in their already existing personality and social class" does not make for an interesting story
a phd program setting would be more interesting in that case. people actually go through real shit there
I'm a naysayer, I completely understand why people would want it though. To me, it's integral to Persona as a franchise. I'm all for having more adult characters though, but I do feel like the protagonist should be a high schooler.
Also, I'm like 90 percent sure it's never going to happen anyway.
Also, I'm like 90 percent sure it's never going to happen anyway.
High school kids are equally as boring. They're only interesting in the games because they write them interesting. They could easily do that for adults as well
Don't care either way, but they're never leaving high school, even if they were to place the focus entirely on third-year students instead. The franchise just isn't targeted at older players, with them being a periphery demographic at best.
Either way, would rather see a glimpse of Japanese college routines (based on the relative rarity in fiction and the chance to see the differences compared to US college life) than the drudgery of the awful work/life balance in Japan as far as hypotheticals go. Personally, the prospect of "working on projects for work" couldn't sound more boring, and adults facing the consequences of their youth sounds like it's just replacing one cliche for another.
Either way, would rather see a glimpse of Japanese college routines (based on the relative rarity in fiction and the chance to see the differences compared to US college life) than the drudgery of the awful work/life balance in Japan as far as hypotheticals go. Personally, the prospect of "working on projects for work" couldn't sound more boring, and adults facing the consequences of their youth sounds like it's just replacing one cliche for another.
Nuance or depth aren't words I'd use for P3 at all when it treated the subject of death with all of the subtlety with a sledgehammer between the faux gunshot suicide summonings, the bloody coffins to convert anyone who couldn't experience the Dark Hour, how everyone in the cast minus the navigator (even the dog) ended up having a major death serve as their driving force, and having the lead's death be considered necessary to stop the world-ending threat closing out the game's story. Characterizations and scenarios generally didn't seem especially mature in P3 either, minus the stuffy "co-worker" vibe they went for with SEES that made the cast and setting feel largely impersonal.
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What do you loose with a college age cast that you gain with a high school one?
The way I see it there are only benefits.
The way I see it there are only benefits.
Would like a college or workplace setting to change it up, but this is Atlus. They'll romanticize high school life until the end of time. A cast of 20-30 something would be great and it wouldn't be too hard to relate as fans get older.
I'm tired of solving everyone's problems in high school lol. I've been playing a highschooler for the last 15 years in their games. Its getting old.
I'm tired of solving everyone's problems in high school lol. I've been playing a highschooler for the last 15 years in their games. Its getting old.
Is it really integral though?
Take persona 5. The highschool setting is barely utilized.
You spend a majority of your time doing stuff in Tokyo. Most of the story doesn't care about the school setting and a majority of side characters have nothing to do with the school.
Aside from going to class which is the most boring part of the game that just helps you pad your stats the highschool stuff is largely irrelevant.
At least in persona 5 the main purpose of the highschool setting is to be a vehicle for a bunch of shitty anime tropes which I can live without
Yay, never gonna happen but that would be the hope.
Gimme some salarymen/women or uni students. It'd allow more freedom for fresher stories outside of school, new activities and situations. Though im sure they would find a way to include the typical beach and onsen scenes.
Gimme some salarymen/women or uni students. It'd allow more freedom for fresher stories outside of school, new activities and situations. Though im sure they would find a way to include the typical beach and onsen scenes.
That's fair enough. A murder mystery like in P4 would be nice.
You really think sexual assault, suicide, juvenile sex slaves, and corrupt politicians are "trivial problems"?
EDIT: plus this
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I really like the high school setting. It´s part of why P5 is one of my favorites.
College would also be as cool. I would like to see them try with a college setting. Older than early 20s/college student... Nay.
I have to say, I´m really surprised with most answers on this thread.
College would also be as cool. I would like to see them try with a college setting. Older than early 20s/college student... Nay.
I have to say, I´m really surprised with most answers on this thread.
The reason school setting is so popular is because most Japanese people have 14 hours workdays and children in college are mostly busy with their studies.
Highschool is the last time Japanese people have some sort of freedom.
Yakuza 7 worked but most of that cast don't have a (regular)job. I don't think a persona game with adults would work. most people who think otherwise don't really understand how hard working in Japan is
Highschool is the last time Japanese people have some sort of freedom.
Yakuza 7 worked but most of that cast don't have a (regular)job. I don't think a persona game with adults would work. most people who think otherwise don't really understand how hard working in Japan is
I mean, it's likely going to be teenage characters again. I feel like we always have this conversation. lol
An adult cast was only featured in a single game and that one happened to be a direct sequel to one that featured a majority teenaged cast.
An adult cast was only featured in a single game and that one happened to be a direct sequel to one that featured a majority teenaged cast.
Plus artists plagiarizing and discarding their pupils, predatory lenders linked to organized crime, and CEOs exploiting their workers regardless of the costs to said workers' well-being (said CEO also attempting to make his daughter enter into an arranged marriage with a complete scumbag).
And said game was also the worst-selling one in the series.
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Because your characters don't need to be teenagers or in highschool to be on those situations.
You're surprised at a forum of adults wanting to play as adults and not get into adult / child romances in video games?
Literally no one said that was the case though. I think you've misunderstood this entire conversation
That is a little part of Persona that could be easily removed (it should) .
Many posts here just give me "I hate teenagers" energy.
Not sure why that matters when Persona barely uses school for anything other than school trips and stuff. You would still go to work then be free to do something after work. Just like the usual Persona games.
An adult setting can work really well. It could open up night exploration and more adult activities when not working.
Same goes to college. How often do we have the characters go studying? It is barely mentioned and schools in Japan do require you to study hard too so that you can get into universities that you want.
Again, I really don't think it isn't targeted at older players when from what data we have so far, they make up the majority of the people playing the game.
There isn't much time for activities when you have working days from 9 till 22:00. There wouldn't be clubs or part time jobs and way less time for social activities.
Working conditions in Japan are much different than in the west
I don't think it will happen, but its a shame when Persona 2 has an adult cast. Journalist, detectives, ... It would be amazing a more mature approach.
Voted nay. In actuality would be fine with it. But I am 10 years out of highschool and I still like highschool settings.
To echo what I said in the other thread, I don't personally care, more mainline persona is all I'm bothered about. I'd take pensioners. But I don't see them deviating too far from the formula when the series is at the height of it's popularity. While us old time fans might find an older cast refreshing, I think they'll see that as a unnecessary risk with their newly acquired fanbase.
College would be cool for a bunch of reasons. Colleges tend to have darker histories than high schools so there could be some grand conspiracy to explore, the age range is more varied so the team could be more diverse, and they could make the whole campus explorable with things to do everywhere (I know P5's school was explorable but there was little to do).
They could also let you choose all your classes to make things more customisable.
They could also let you choose all your classes to make things more customisable.
I'd love for a Vincent Brooks-esque protagonist. Some 20/30 something. My boomer ass would love it lol.
Yes and no. I want more games that are from pov of adults for JPRGs but I also appreciate when games are made for kids and teens
Like I wrote earlier, the cast of Y7 aren't exactly realistic people. Most of them are jobless or part of a criminal orientation.
Not every job has the same work hours though. They can get around this easily.
As for college, so what if there aren't clubs? They can replace this with something else easily. You mention part time jobs and that could be a good replacement as they could have you pick one. There would still be free time after that as well as not every day would be work day and they can also have plot points to make you not required to work like staying at a family member's house or something.
Having an adult character will open up the possibilities for side activities further.