Vincent Brooks, the main character of the 2011 puzzle/psychological title Catherine, serves to drive the premise of the game but wins few points as a protagonist.
Atlus has released a Q&A for Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army covering system information and release details
interesting thing is, that the switch 2 is still the inferior version, despite it being more powerful.
Atlus reveals new characters, demons, and gameplay systems for RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army ahead of its June launch.
Raidou Kuzunoha Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army is coming this summer.
This is just sad. The PS2 version actually looks better during the gameplay segments. Regardless, come the fudge on, Atlus. It has been almost 20 years, and this is the best you can offer us? Seriously? Could it not have looked like Master Detective Archives (PS5) or something closer to today's standards?
Excited and disappointed at the same time. Atlus really hates old-school Shin Megami/Persona without a doubt. They put so little effort into that side of the catalog. Sheesh...
The original looking better is a joke. Between the low-poly models and the low-resolution textures slapped onto the pre-rendered backgrounds, there's no serious argument that it holds up against the fully 3D-rendered visuals in the remaster. That said, what the original had was a lighting system that gave it a somber atmosphere, which is now completely gone.
This is just another Demon’s Souls or Majora’s Mask 3D situation. The graphics are objectively better, but the soul got left behind in that process.
Then you need to check your eyesight, because those gameplay sections they showed did not lived up to the original in any way shape or form.
"there's no serious argument"
"That said, what the original had was a lighting system that gave it a somber atmosphere, which is now completely gone."
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Anyways, aside from you making the argument for me, the fact is that just stating specs is not an argument. The old game simply has a better presentation, mood, and an all around unique and well made Shin Megami look. Something the new gameplay shown has not. From what they showed, the backgrounds, the lighting, especially during the Dark Realm sections, and the entire presentation feels like one of those SquareEnix's cheap looking remastered games they like to insult us with.
"This is just another Demon’s Souls or Majora’s Mask 3D situation. The graphics are objectively better, but the soul got left behind in that process."
You serious? Neither of those were cheap looking. They might've change some stuff, sure, but cheap they were not. This one, on the other hand? C'mon. Be realistic. This is as basic looking as it comes. I've seen Indie games looking like AAA titles when compared to this. While Persona 3 gets a remastered to a remastered plus a remake, the Shin side of Atlus catalog gets the cheap treatment. It's just sad. Also, like a said, compare this to Master Detective Archives on the PS5, and then tell me they put any time or money into this cheap ass looking game. You know they didn't.
In the end, it just looks bad. And I would honestly have them release the PS1/PS2/SegaCD/SNES Shin and Persona games on the Digital Stores than get this type of cheap looking product. Those, I would buy in a heartbeat. This? Maybe on a sale... maybe.
I know the old Shin Megami/Persona games were more adult oriented and don't appeal to today's trendy anime fan, but their old catalog deserves SO much better than this is all I'm saying.
it almost looks like they re did everything. from the characters, to the demons, to the whole game rly.
thw one thing that i personally didnt like, is how raidou moves. looks weird ha and it looked abit washed out too
This is one of the worst SMT games. There was opportunity to fix it here but it looks like a pretty barebones remaster. The issue is that the demons you summon participate in real time hack and slash combat but they act stupidly and get in the way clumsily bumbling around. It's very annoying.
i dont think its the worst.
the og is really text heavy with really foreign terms and words no one from the west has any idea what they are or mean ha.
I appreciate the Raidou games but they could use some serious quality enhancements like the new SMT and Persona games for gameplay.
Great stuff - definitely agree, but I think that is the point. I think we can, though, all come to the agreement that Catherine was awesome!
I think Vincent is a great protagonist because he isn't a white knight, moralist or anything. Considering the supernatural elements and clear anime-style his actions are reasonable enough to suspend disbelief and from there we can shape what happens.
Another example is Joel from The Last of Us. He, like Vincent, stands out because he doesn't make the "right" decisions all the time. Most of us, to varying degrees, would make the selfish or easy choice if we were put in the plot of a video game.
Vincent, unlike most game characters, seems more human than many I have played as. A couple of people on this team must have known what it's like to cheat on a significant other or at least be caught in morally complex situation in wjicj you'll try as hard as possible to navigate yourself through life decisions while not taking the most direct or thought out course. Vincent is a great character because like most of us he makes dumb mistakes, trips over his morality and questions his own intentions and motivations. Anyone who says they've never done otherwise is fooling themselves or lying to you :)
Vincent was awesome I love all those faces he makes! ;P
I think it will be hard to find someone who actually sympathizes with Vincent except for cheaters of course lol =P. He is not really a likable character and you spend a majority of the game keeping secrets from two women. It really is a bad boyfriend sim =P. I think Vincent is not supposed to be a character that most people can relate to and more of character that just provides an interesting experience and keeps you intrigued to see what happens next. If it was a good person stuck in this story, it may have not been as interesting or the game would have had to been created a different way. His friends are interesting and I would say that Orlando, Jonathan, and Toby could have their own game.