Game publisher Altus has just announced that they will be region locking the PS3 version of their upcoming fighting game called Persona Arena 4. Even though we all hate region locking, they decided to still keep the servers global for online play so only the initial boot up for the game is region-locked.
It's hard to imagine a time before Persona spin-offs, but Persona 4 Arena marked the turning point from a humble RPG series to something greater.
Persona 4 has been an incredibly popular series for Atlus over the years. After its initial release on the PlayStation 2 in 2008, it has received a remake, multiple sequels, and various adaptations. Out of all of the ways that fans imagined their favorite characters interacting on screen, seeing them beat the life bars out of each other probably wasn’t what they had in mind. Today, we’ll be taking a closer look at one of the most interesting genre crossovers of the early 2010s, Persona 4 Arena.
Atlus’ Persona series has exploded in popularity. This means there are not only mainline installments, but also ports, updated releases, reimaginings and spin-offs. There are all interesting games that do cool things with elements from the series, but it is also a series where you probably shouldn’t go and begin with the very first game. Fortunately, it isn’t difficult to find a good starting point.
Frome what I remember, the PSP version of Persona 3 added the ability to command your teammates in battle? There was something different/better about battle for the PSP one. I remember noticing because I played 4, started 3 on PSP, then started over when i got the ps2 version.
I would def recommend playing either 3 or 4 before 5. the menus and the colors and fonts and everything in 5 was just SO MUCH to get used to. I felt like it was a comic book and an episode of JoJo at once. Amazing game, though lol
So what the hell does that mean? The title says it'll be region-locked, yet you say they'll have "global" servers for online play. I was pissed, then I was not, now I'm confused...
Yet another reason why I'll be avoiding this garbage (of course I'm sure the game will have overpriced DLC characters, colors, and announcer voices that you have to pay $8-10 for like the rest of their games; they'll release 2 or 3 versions of the same game again with more overpriced DLC).
I'll save my money for Playstation All Stars instead.
Go to hell region locks.
what do they gain from doing this?
Sony included the ability to region lock in their system which right away shows they support the feature. They have no ground to stand on in asking for a lock because they would make the majority of developers unhappy if they did so.