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I do not know if Coda is a real person or not, and I do not wish to know.

The story told here is sad, beautiful and believable.
The person who made this game is both a genius and an artist, whether it is Coda or Davey.

I feel really sad for those in the game's forum that clearly missed the point of it all. The game is not a game, it's a piece of art, a story told for those that want to listen. A story of humanity, of mistakes and choices. A lesson for the wise.

If you are wise, then play this game.
If you are not, and don't want to be. Stay away from it, maybe try The Stanley Parable, everyone can enjoy it for it IS a game.

That is probably the best pixel horror game I've ever played. And I played through quite a few of them.

The ambiance is perfect, simple yet very effective. And for once I was actually scared.

Not overusing the jumpscare strategy to get a reaction from the player unlike most horror games nowadays. Not saying there is none, but they're tastefully placed and sparse enough.

The main character feels like an actual person, her reactions make sense and feel natural, and her fear is very well conveyed through the gameplay. Like how she comments on things and when you save, giving you a piece of what's happening in her head at that moment.

I must say I enjoyed seeing a few place that were there to mess with the gamer brain. Like a suspiciously long hallway or room empty ... too empty. But that actually was only that, so you just scare yourself thinking something is going to happen.

Also, the save system is perfect. It adds tension. Unlike Amnesia the dark descent for example in which, when you die, you get pushed back a few meters and the ennemy are not there anymore, so the first thing you do when you realise is "Oh an ennemy, come and kill me so you can despawn and I can go to the next area in peace". Here you can't save whenever, and that's nice since the game does give you enough saving item, but you do get stressed out from time to time when you're sure something is gonna jump at you and you can't save.

So yeah pretty good, also the art style is a bit special, but very effective.

The only downside to this game is the endings. Not going to spoil btw. But the ending you get at the very end can be determined as soon as the first dialogue choice, so in that case you'll have to start over. The game is about 2 hours long.

Also there is one chase scene that's pretty bad, like the window to beat it is a bit too small for my taste.

TLDR;
Game good. got five bucks ? got two hours ? Then just play it ! It's that simple !

OK So I've just finished SMT3 and that was my introduction to the series - I did play Persona before though, and that helped.

What can I say. It's a pretty good game, but still far from a masterpiece, very far from a Persona 5 for exemple, but well it is older, so it makes sense I suppose, I ought to play more SMT games to be able to compare more clearly.

So if I were to describe the game, here's what I would say (no spoilers)
There is a small TLDR at the bottom of each section.

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- The Story element

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First, it's a bit complicated. Nothing too crazy but still, lot's of name that some times sound alike (and I am very used to japanese), and everything changes a bit to quickly at the beginning to really grasp what is it that happens.
Anyway things settle down after that and you take your marks, so that's ok, but it does make it hard to ... you know, just want to play, at first.

The characters, they're not the most interesting. And when you get thrown out in the game's world you pretty much don't know them and you don't know if you're actually supposed to care about them or not since you didn't have any time to get to learn about them. They come back in the story and by the end you have a pretty good Idea of how their thinking evolved, but at the start it's more like "oh and that's your friend. And now you are separated, sad right ? no ? don't care here is more world building".

As for the rest of the game, story wise, it tends to be foggy at first but then you start to get the picture and the devs did a good job making you understand what you are doing and what is at stake, even if, again, at first you're kinda overwhelmed with world building and trying to understand where you are supposed to go (Like what that Labyrinth thingy is about and if you are supposed to go there or not, and why).

The game let's you choose a side for real and that's interesting and welcome. Although you can sometime feel the limitations of the game.
Like, in front of two NPC and you're supposed to choose or have already chosen who to support, but no they send you an ennemy to fight so that they can decide who wins off camera and set you on predetermined tracks.
Also when you see a main character doing something clearly important with major consequences (say a ritual for example), and react to the fact that you are, or not, allied to them, but even if you are not, and you CLEARLY should and could stop what they're doing, you ... don't ? The game does that several times, big cinematic, oh no the bad guy is alone unarmed un protected and doign the thing you don't want them to do ... Oh well, I'll just leave and wait outside, wouldn't want to intrude.

TLDR - I could rant for hours, but you get the idea. The story is good, it has limitations and is from time to time a bit unpolished, but is not bad overall. 6/10

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- The Gameplay Element

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Let's start with the fights. For those of you who didn't play Persona or any Megaten game, it's turn based, with enough subtelty to be intresting, without being too complex to be mastered. Although, know that it is more on the hard side (that being said the game is released here with a "Merciful" Difficulty that allows you to just focus on the story, basically).

For those who did play persona, it's kinda the same but it's not. The basic mechanic with weaknesses and all that is still here and works quite well, but the management of turns is completely different. Notable differencies, no "1more" when hitting a weakness, but you do get half a turn bonus, and any missed hit is minus 2 turns - stuff like that, like get blocked or drained and here goes all your teams' turns. You'll get used to it, and I personally think it's quite interesting because it also works against the enemy, making the use of protection spells very useful.

The progression (leveling). I find it pretty slow. Making it almost mandatory to farm xp (especially when some bosses are ... let's just say "challenging" and like to deal insane amount of damage to the whole team every two turns for example). Although there is a simple solution, in the form of a specially designed completely OP farm zone, two of them actually, one for XP and one for Macca (money). I believe they were added for this version of the game, maybe they are not, I can't say for sure. But yeah I kinda abused it as soon as I found out about it so I can't speak for the rest of the game in terms of difficulty, but even then there was one boss that I just either had to farm for 99lvl+ on all character and lose my sanity in the process or press the "Merciful difficulty" button, which I did, since I'm not a masochist and I am presented the option.

Some weird choices like the gacha box that is actually 100% drop rate if you know that (ok that's a spoiler by the way) you need the Kagutsuchi to be full, but well if it's not you'll have to wait a loooooong while doing nothing but running in circles to get it. Either you do that and you get a kickass object like permanent +1 on a stat on any character, or you don't and you get like 1% chance to get one and for the rest -_-' 1 lifestone ...

TLDR - So yeah, again a lot to say, but in short, Interesting gameplay, kinda hard, some rare times f*cking unfair even with a OP build and strat that deals several thousand damages on every turn (I'm talking between 3k and 5k and that's A LOT). But for those times, If you ever find yourself in the need there is always you're good friend mister Merciful button. (actually only used for that one effing boss by the way, because it was just not fun) 7/10

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- The Technical element

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In terms of graphics, it's old, nothing more to say about that. In terms of art direction though, quite good, maybe not the best we've seen in a video game, but still pretty neat.

If you are a whiny b*tch then boohoohoo it's locked at 30 fps. Who cares it's a turn based strategy game not the lastest From software game - And even though, Bloodborne is 30 fps and still an awesome game.
It takes 4k though, not that it matters with the low rez textures, but thought you should know. (some cutscenes are 4:30 360p or 480p though, which is always pretty funny to look at, they could have remade them but whatever)

Sound, old, and frankly not that good. Nothing more to say, and I extend that to the musics.

Bug ? Didn't see any, so that's good.

Controls, meh, a bit clunky but that's ok. I mean like I said before it's not an action game so really who cares.

TLDR - Overall not bad, not great, old. No bug so. 7/10 considering it's just a remaster not a new game (it would be like 3 or 4 max then)


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General grade 6.75/10

Conclusion : SMT 3 Is good, not too long, has options for those who want to experience the game for the story and not it's difficulty. If you like that kind of game, why not give it a try ?

Post-Conclusion : Atlus, more persona on steam please ? And maybe more SMT as well preferably with our dear friend I-Don't-Have-999hours-to-spend-make-it-playable-please-button, the well known Mister Merciful ? (and/or the mega farming zones)

What we were promised : Mass Effect but better
What we geth : Mass Effect but better

It's not perfect, but it is better.

Yes the pun is on purpose, I believe myself to be a funny individual.

So far only complaint I'd have is some lipsync problems on some dialogues which will probably be patched some day, and a bit of visual glitch with the depth of field although discrete.
Edit : Also sometimes bad framerate on planets with mako.
Edit : Finished ME1 and ME2 Still stand by what I said. - I'll add to that audio issues with the hammerhead and in the shadow broker's lair.
Edit : In ME3. Noticed a few more bugs here, knocked down ennemies sometimes not standing up for example. Collectable ship models being invisible. Nothing major, though it still needs to be patched, but nothing game breaking so far.

Hilarious, Interesting well thought gameplay, good artistic direction, and hella sexy.
In short, very good game, even better than some non-erotic games I know.

Edit - Just finished the currently available content. Still agree with my previous statement if not even more.

Bien que le gameplay soit très différent je pense que l'on peut considérer Persona 5 Strikers comme le digne successeur de Persona 5.

Le gameplay justement - bien plus orienté action que le jeu d'origine - et malgré cette fusion de style que l'on pourrait considérer contre-intuitive, se prend bien en main et semble bien poli. En bref il se laisse apprécier (Je ne suis pourtant pas du tout connaisseur de ce type de jeux).

Rien à dire vis à vis du port PC ça marche très bien, et pour ce qui est du jeu je ne lui ai pas encore trouvé de point négatif.
Correction, en 20 heures de jeu j'ai eu deux crash en sortant ou rentrant dans une jail .

Il ne reste plus qu'à attendre le portage PC de Persona 5 Royal pour peu qu'il arrive un jour.
(attention cependant, en terme de continuité d'histoire le développement de Persona 5 strikers a commencé avant la sortie de Royal, la trame scénaristique est donc la suite du Persona 5 original. Y aura-t-il un Persona 5 Strikers Royal cela reste à voir)

Le jeu est plutôt bon, genre 12/20 ce qui reste plutôt triste après un The Witcher 3 proche de la perfection.

L'optimisation est franchement mauvaise mais les graphismes (pour ceux dont le PC peut le gérer) valent le coup d'oeil.

Des bugs, un peu trop, mais ça reste tolérable - enfin pour moi, j'ai cru comprendre que le taux de bug variait assez énormément d'un individu à l'autre.

Des choix de game design discutable, notamment pour le système d'équipement qui va à l'encontre de l'idée même d'un Cyberpunk ( impossible de se créer un style vestimentaire puisque les vêtements ont des niveaux et des stats qui scale dessus, du coup impossible de garder équipé un objet qui vous plait si vous voulez survivre - pour avoir le lu "Le monde de Cyberpunk 2077" où ils disent que créer "son style" est partie intégrante de la vie de cyberpunk, ben, pour le coup c'est raté)

L'histoire est bien trop courte et simple. Une fois les mission secondaire et l'histoire terminée, il n'y a plus rien à faire dans le jeu et aucune possibilité pour un NG+ (pour le moment 1.23)
C'est bien dommage car l'un des point les plus positif du jeu reste son système de combat, que l'on ne peut hélas jamais vraiment apprécier à sa juste valeur fautes d'ennemis en dehors des missions principales (et encore) Il faudrait une arène ou quelque chose du genre je pense.

Bref c'est pas mal, ça vaut quand même le coup d'y jouer malgré ce qui a pu être dit sur le jeu et son côté décevant, mais j'attendrais une réduction, ou un ajout conséquent de contenu avant de l'acheter si j'étais vous.

J'ai récemment eu la chance de faire Persona 5, qui était absolument génial, et alors que le jeu arrivait à sa fin Persona 4 Golden est sorti sur steam. Une coincidence que je ne remercierait jamais assez.
Anyway, j'ai donc sauté dessus immédiatement.

Mes premières impressions. C'est moins beau que persona 5, mais c'était à prévoir et pas franchement important. J'ai eu plus de mal avec les proportions des personnages, bien moins réalistes, et bien plus cartoon, mais finalement on s'y fait aussi.

Pour ce qui est du jeu en lui même :

- Le scénario est génial et probablement un poil moins prévisible que celui du 5, quoi que pour peu que vous soyez attentif vous ne devriez pas avoir trop de mal à deviner ce qu'il se passe - bien qu'il faille tout de même faire l'effort de réfléchir et de chercher par soi-même hein, c'est pas non plus évident, ne me faite pas dire ce que je n'ai pas dit.

- Au niveau des personnages ils sont tous bien écrit et à part la voix de Kuma, rien à redire de ce côté là, ils donnent tous envie de les connaitre pour une raison ou une autre. Le seul problème que je trouve c'est que les social link autre que ceux de l'équipe n'apporte pas grand chose en terme de bonus, mais eh, moi je joue pour l'histoire à la base donc c'est pas trop grave.

- Les donjons sont pour le moins répétitifs, car générés aléatoirement, comme Memento de P5. Cependant, contrairement à ce dernier la musique est un peu moins lassante et ils sont beaucoup moins long ce qui est vraiment un point positif (une dizaine d'étages en général).

- La difficulté. J'ai fait le jeu en normal et je n'ai eu aucune réelle difficulté et je ne suis pas un expert des jeux de stratégie au tour par tour, donc c'est bien équilibré, il suffit juste de savoir gérer son équipe et de ne pas oublier de les placer en contrôle direct, also Naoto est pété quand vous le débloquerez utilisez le, sérieusement. Ce que j'aime beaucoup dans ce système de difficulté c'est qu'il est possible de modifier chaque paramètre individuellement, en l'occurrence, moi qui ne suis pas un grand amateur de farm, j'ai augmenté les gains d'argent et d'expérience et je n'ai pas eu à farmer une seule fois. juste faire les donjons puis les quêtes et c'est suffisant.

- Les musiques. C'est du Persona, donc c'est génial. Je préfères celles du 5 mais c'est ici bien plus une question de gout que de qualité.

- Le message. Contrairement à beaucoups de jeux qui se contentent de n'être que ça, Persona 4 Golden fait un réel effort pour transmettre une morale et faire réfléchir ( sans que ce soit lourd, hein, calmez vous ! ). Je n'en dis pas plus, ce sera à vous de le découvrir, mais franchement si vous en avez la possibilité il serait presque idiot de passer à côté de cette perle vidéoludique, ne serait-ce que pour ça.

- Portage. J'ai cru comprendre que certains avaient des problèmes. Perso je n'ai pas vu le moindre bug, même le plus insignifiant. le seul problème que j'ai c'est qu'il y a une espèce de léger flou de mouvement, mais rien de bien grave. D'ailleurs après une heure de jeu on ne le voit même plus. 60 fps, pas de bug, pas de glitch, pas de crash.

TL;DR : Ce jeu est énorme, j'irai même jusqu'à dire que c'est plus qu'un simple jeu, c'est une expérience, c'est une leçon de vie, c'est un remède contre la dépression. Achetez-le, jouez-le, soutenez les devs et peut-être qu'un jour nous aurons Persona 5 royal et Persona 3 FES/Portable sur steam.

EDIT : J'ai fini Persona 4Golden et une semaine après Persona 5 S est annoncé sur steam ... je commence vraiment à me demander s'il n'y a pas un lien

Culte.
Un indispensable du genre discrétion/vol/assassinat avec un lore riche et un gameplay bien huilé, sans oublier une direction artistique et un level design parfaitement adaptés.
C'est au moins du 10/10.
Au moins.

Ce jeu est génial !
Très difficile de terminer la campagne ou d'avoir un archimage.
Certaines mécaniques ne sont pas claires à 100% notamment l'amélioration des salles, ou le déplacement des personnages entre elles.
Cependant, ces petits points négatifs mis à parts, c'est absolument super comme jeu.
Je pourrais y jouer des journée entière (pour preuve, je l'ai fait)