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For information on what I'm responding too, read my first prediction post here.
First, I'd like to point out that I'm right about the theme color. Red it is. I guess that is kind of an obvious connection, but one I doubt many people made immediately. Also, I was correct in that "the school is a prison" is not the feel they are going for.
The return to darker themes does not necessarily feel correct anymore, as the interviewee of this article (Katsura Hashino, director of Persona series) states that they want to make it even more "thematically approachable," which could mean backing off of more controversial stuff.
Hashino also says, "People who have played Persona 3 and 4 should feel right at home in 5 as well." As 3 and 4 both featured social links, protagonists of the Fool arcana, and the velvet room, I'm keeping those on my list of likely stuff for the game.
On to the analysis of the new stuff.
Hashino states that "this is a game about freedom, the kind that those sorts of people haven't had living in the real world." Here he is referring specifically to people stuck in "dead ends," or those "bored and discontent with their lives." Each character may be more lonely, or have more basic problems to work through, or multiple problems (not that Persona 4 had a lack of problems among the characters), before they can attain freedom (Perhaps individually this would be max social link, and unlock of ultimate persona, or for the group it would be resolution of game).
I am especially interested in how Hashino wants this game to impact it's players ("We want them to play our game and come away feeling like they've found a renewed sense of self."). I think that is a good thing to see in a designer, that, not only are they telling a story and making a fun game, that they want it to affect the people who have played it, or made them think about things in different lights. God knows, Persona 4 Arena had me question what is humanity, Persona 4 the meaning and attainability of truth, and Persona 3 the inevitability of death. 3 and 4 also caused me to question what society as a whole sees. I won't tell you my answers here, because that would take up to much space, but I may write about my personal experiences at another time.
These are my specific views, and may be discounted by later trailers. I
will continue to post on Persona 5 news as more information is released.
Keep in mind that this is (currently) a Japanese only game, and I do not truly
understand Japanese.
Persona 5 comes to the Playstation 3 Winter 2014 (in Japan).
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