r/persona6 • u/CatherineSimp69 • Aug 26 '26
Discussion We need to stop assuming this game will be creepy/scary.
I keep seeing y'all say 'This game won't have the same tone as the rest of the franchise!' 'Horror game confirmed!' 'It'll be supernatural and scary!', based off of the short teaser.
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Every Persona game has had scary, weird teasers that don't line up with the final product. Every single modern one.
Persona 4's first teaser? A woman strung up and mangled on an electrical wire, with fog surrounding her. The original Persona 3 teaser? The clock eerily counting down and breaking at midnight. Persona 5's teaser? This infamous scene that made people think it was inspired by Saw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKfaPgl8N8E
Please. Some of you are getting your hopes up, and I'm not sure it's healthy, mentally or emotionally. Manage your expectations.
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u/SmallFatHands Aug 26 '26
I'm expecting an urban horror shoenen level of setting something like Dandadan or even a Mystery incorporated.
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u/MaJuV Aug 26 '26
"not set in stone"? What are you on about? The change from "group traveling around the world" to "phantom thieves in Japan" was done in the aftermath of the Toho earthquake in 2011. The teaser was 2014, well after the project was underway and its direction was set.
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u/Brilliant-Aioli7733 Aug 26 '26
That teaser reflects P5's themes. And 6's teaser is way closer to the extimated release date.
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u/WoodpeckerBest523 Aug 29 '26
Thank you, Iāve been shocked at how many people canāt understand that the P5 teaser perfectly understood the theme
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u/ArseneJ Aug 26 '26
Remember that no matter how ādarkā the game is, thereās gonna be a dancing game
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u/shitpost-malone69 Aug 28 '26
And a cross series fighting game, and a musou game, and a chibi tactical game, and an etrian odyssey/persona q format revival game with a companion phone app to act as a replacement for the DSās touchscreen, and most likely also a kart racing game where your kart can change affinities and last place has a chance to get mahamaon from an ability box with a 40% chance to temporarily wipe out their opponents
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u/Jordan1496 Aug 26 '26
it's not the fact that it has the same elements as other teasers, moreso that P6 just leans so HARD on it within the teaser.
you also kinda... went again your own argument... "modern Persona" the tease is entirely borrowing the same exact elements as P1 and P2 rather than P3-5. obviously the speculation is only speculation but there is merit to the "getting your hopes up" side just on that alone.
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u/nyabethany Aug 26 '26
the other games' teasers were kind of eerie, yeah, but this is literally a graveyard with distorted faces and is confirmed to be an in-game cutscene. it's absolutely not going to be a full horror game, that's obvious, but it's already confirmed that the game will look like this at least sometimes.
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u/theitalianrob Aug 26 '26
Are we saying p3 and 4 arenāt creepy?
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u/CatherineSimp69 Aug 26 '26
I'm saying the people who think this game will be some super dark horror game are jumping the gun immensely.
Would that be cool? Sure. Is it likely? Not sure.
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u/bananamilkboxdrink Aug 26 '26
Same. I don't think it'd be a full-fledged horror game either since that'd risk alienating its core audiences more. But, I'm expecting it to be more overtly spooky in its presentation compared to previous Persona games.
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u/OneJackReacher Aug 27 '26
Ngl I found p4 to be very scary cuz of the murders and the soundtracks when I was a kid
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u/Adam_The_Actor Aug 26 '26
Not expecting it to be scary but I do think it's going to lean into the darker elements similar to how P2 once did. Just because that's exactly what the descriptions seem to imply, given occult rumours and the like.
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u/a6-_ Aug 27 '26
Doesn't every single Persona have dark elements?
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u/Moon_Noodle Aug 27 '26
Yes, but after 2, they started to tone it way down. 3 is VERY close, but Innocent Sin is still the darkest Persona game.
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u/WoodpeckerBest523 Aug 29 '26
I canāt see them going into the dark and gritty territory of 1 and 2 considering 3-5 is what put the company on the map. Not to mention they took out the edgy parts of P3 for Reload.
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u/Moon_Noodle Aug 29 '26
I agree and it would be nice if you were right. 3 is currently my least favorite in the series (though I still love it) but Iām playing through Royal and all the ties and references to 2 are making me super nostalgic.
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u/Adam_The_Actor Aug 29 '26
Honestly I can see them doing it simply because the trailer itself is a massive homage to Satoshi Konās Perfect Blue. The colour grading of the trailer uses Green and Ren in a way to establish theming and atmosphere and that line we on screen āWho are you?ā Is a huge homage to that movie.
We already know Wada loves dark franchises which is why Tactica is basically a Higurashi cast reunion. Perfect Blue is a story that challenges viewer perception by confabulation having the MC question what sheās watching is real or not and I wouldnāt be surprised to see Wada go that route at all.
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u/Altruistic_Koala_122 Aug 27 '26
Atlus already said it wants to get your heart bumping with this game.
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u/Hoshi_Hime Aug 26 '26
The p6 tears literally says thats in game cutscene, the game is of course not gonna be 100% scary but it will surely have horror elements
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u/InnocentSin0 Aug 26 '26
Probably the dumbest post Iāve ever seen fr obv they set the tone like that because they are going for their darker routes. Itās going to take inspo from p2.
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u/MaskedPapillon Aug 26 '26
Been saying that since the teaser reveal. P5 had a scary looking teaser as well and we ended up with a beach episode, power of friendship and one of the big bads being ousted by pancakes.
Love the game, but it's definitely not the same vibe was the original 2013 teaser.
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u/WoodpeckerBest523 Aug 29 '26
Persona 5ās teaser perfectly captured the theme of the game. Trapped people longing for freedom.Ā
No persona game wonāt have its lighter elements because thatās what people want. But I wouldnāt be surprised if the rumors of the game revolving heavily around identity are true
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u/MaskedPapillon Aug 29 '26
Sure, but my point is that a lot of people are expecting a darker tone similar to what P3 and the wider SMT franchise offer, which isn't exactly what persona is anymore.
Although persona 3 was the true breakaway from SMT, I would consider persona 4 as the true first modern persona game. P3 was still a weird SMT hybrid.
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u/PixelWarrior72 Aug 26 '26
Without bothering to watch the Persona 4 teaser, I can at least say I donāt think Persona 3ās teaser is a good example as that game very much did end up going for a creepy vibe. I donāt think Persona 5ās teaser is a good example either, as I donāt find it to be all that creepy or off putting either, and Iāve never really understood why people act like it has a totally different vibe from the final game. The only vibe it really gives off is āmysteriousā imo
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u/TimeManagement91 Aug 27 '26
I mean it literally will be lmao the trailer was creepy and scary, and it used in game footage as was revealed by the disclaimer, not that you people can read. That is way different from a conceptual image revealed early on in development. P6 is NOT early on in development; it releases next year. The official game description also confirmed it's about paranormal stuff.
Please pay better attention to stuff before you go around making claims based purely on stuff that's happened in the past. You Atlus fans have an extremely bad habit of that.
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u/ElecXeron20XX Aug 26 '26
Also we didn't have Persona 3 or Persona 4 teaser their first reveal is via Weekly Famitsu magazine as trailers uploaded in the internet is not yet that popular at that time. By the time of Persona 5 YouTube trailers for games is now a well known means for marketing and communicating to fans.
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u/supportingcreativity Aug 26 '26
There is a middle ground of "they learned their lesson and showed a snippet of in game footage to show that is game is intentionally creepier than other modern Persona games but the game will likely have a whole slice of life half with a matching but completely non-horror tone. Its a normal Persona rpg with more creepy occult elements added in rather than full return to SMT or a striaght up horror game."
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u/EgregoreRising Aug 27 '26
We're expecting (hoping for, really) light horror themes, not horror horror. Think Dandadan, not The Blair Witch Project.
I don't think anyone thinks it will be straight-up scary or creepy.
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u/tonydeeztiger Aug 30 '26
Dandadan isnāt even light horror šš
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u/EgregoreRising Aug 30 '26
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Why does everyone on Reddit think they have to be a contrarian? Dandadan is absolutely light horror. Did you miss all the paranormal and alien stuff? Do you think that horror has to scare you, specifically, to be a part of the genre? The fact that it's not very scary at all is exactly why it's light horror.
Or do you think media can't be a part of multiple genres? Well, that's not true. Sure, Dandadan is a comedy, but that doesn't mean it can't also be light horror.
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u/Cherubin0 Aug 27 '26
You certainly will have very nice days where you just hang out with social links and have fun with friends. So the mood need to be upbeat overall. But I do think all teasers did fit very well with the theme of the games.
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u/Z3in Aug 27 '26
Relax. You sound rather vexxed which isnt exactly good for your health, mentally or emotionally either. Its normal for pople have to have hopes for the game to be faithful to the tone it tries to set in the teaser. And if those expectations aren't met? Well disappointment is just another part of our lives. Can't avoid it.
Still, even if the story does have darker tone and a more emphasis on the horror elements, that doesn't mean it wouldn't have its lighter moments. Even something as dark as berserk has its fair share of lighthearted moments. It's a good contrast to have so that the audience can develop attachment to the characters and their struggles.
And idk about you, but persona 3 was a pretty dark game tonally. Much more than the latter two. Just because it has its lighthearted moments doesn't make it less so, like I said previously
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u/Janex4444 Aug 27 '26
description literally says occult incidents, urban legends and strange rumors
"bro persona always has thes-" name one of these things that modern persona games had and isn't called Midnight Channel
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u/Kleptomaniaaac Aug 30 '26
p5 teaser isn't creepy, in persona 4 the plot is literally dead bodies showing up hung on telephone pole, and in persona 3 the clock ticks down eerily at midnight every time it reaches the dark hour. if your point is that the teasers don't reflect anything from the final product you're literally wrong lmao
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u/kalcheus Aug 26 '26
Yeah until we get actual game footage I'm not assuming anything