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Shoji Meguro leaves Atlus to work as a free lance.
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TheDuskwalker
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Oh no!
Oh yay!
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phew that he says he'll still work with atlus
an essential part of persona
an essential part of persona
Cornbread78
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Legand
LectureMaster
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That's reassuring, can't imagine future persona games without his music.
O-N-E
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Oh man, I was ready to be upset, but to see that he's going into game dev himself is so cool. He's so comfortable in the musical realm but it looks like he has a passion to do more than that!
Looking forward to see what he makes.
Shoji said he'll keep working with Atlus. So hopefully they can figure out a schedule. I think it takes longer to make a Persona game than to score it anyways.
Looking forward to see what he makes.
Shoji said he'll keep working with Atlus. So hopefully they can figure out a schedule. I think it takes longer to make a Persona game than to score it anyways.
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Huevos de Oro
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The music of the Persona series is incredible. I like this guy and wish him the best.
killatopak
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I’m not as optimistic about him still making music for Atlus. I read one of the comments on this article and felt the same.
Basically, this is the same deal as Nobuo Uematsu when he turrned free lance. Sure his music is still there in the FF games but aside from a couple of songs, most of them feature SE’s in-house composers and doesn’t fully feature him anymore.
Sure, maybe because Uematsu’s health started dropping that it led to him being featured less but making a game would lessen his involvement to Atlus as well.
Hopefully, this isn’t the case and he will still be the main composer for SMT and Persona.
Basically, this is the same deal as Nobuo Uematsu when he turrned free lance. Sure his music is still there in the FF games but aside from a couple of songs, most of them feature SE’s in-house composers and doesn’t fully feature him anymore.
Sure, maybe because Uematsu’s health started dropping that it led to him being featured less but making a game would lessen his involvement to Atlus as well.
Hopefully, this isn’t the case and he will still be the main composer for SMT and Persona.
Danjin44
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He himself said that he still would do the music for Atlus but this time as freelancer. Something we all have to accept that nothing ever stays the same, things change and he simplely wanted purse his own project.
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An unpopular take in this thread, but I never liked the music in the Persona/SMT games. I don't know if I dislike the art style or the music more to be honest. I still buy these games, though I am not sure why. My steelbook P5 is still sitting beneath my TV unplayed since launch.
MudoSkills
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Interested to see what he is working on, although there's virtually no chance it'll get localised.
O-N-E
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One of the most baffling posts I've seen on NeoGAF. That is mighty impressive.
Danjin44
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TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Loved his work specially on SMT III and Persona 5, so here's hoping they find a way to keep working together.
But hey, if this means that now we'll get his music on both Atlus's and his own games... That's good news.
But hey, if this means that now we'll get his music on both Atlus's and his own games... That's good news.
O-N-E
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Danjin44
Have you ever had a game/series you really wanted to like but either didn't or not as much as you hoped? I bought Mirror's Edge 3 times hoping to like it more as I upgraded platforms (the game was ugly and had poor performance when it launched...it still is ugly). I finally got close to the end, but I finally had to admit that I only like the idea and music in that game (still listen to Lisa Miskofsky's Still Alive).But yeah, I waste money at times. And yeah, it probably is a bit of a problem, good thing I don't gamble.
Lastly... yeah, I know insert Vaas insanity gif.
Kuranghi
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I love this one, I like to call it "melancholy personified". I got the vinyl even though the game isn't for me because the music is so awesome:
Shoji Meguro, Atlus Sound Team - Persona 5 Vinyl Soundtrack: Essential Edition
Explore songs, recommendations, and other album details for Persona 5 Vinyl Soundtrack: Essential Edition by Shoji Meguro, Atlus Sound Team. Compare different versions and buy them all on Discogs.
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Punished Miku
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Kind of surprising he actually stayed that long. SQEX composers all went indie years ago, but still take on contracts for SQEX games.
ValiantTraveler
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Seems like freelancing is the natural progression path for a lot of Japanese creatives, especially composers. Uematsu, Mitsuda, Hamauzu etc...
It's a relief that Meguro is still working with Atlus, I can't imagine anyone else composing for the Persona series.
Curious to see what his indie game is like.
It's a relief that Meguro is still working with Atlus, I can't imagine anyone else composing for the Persona series.
Curious to see what his indie game is like.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
A lot of people posting about his work on the Persona series, and here I am thinking he peaked at SMT Nocturne.
Imagine having already 3 normal battle themes, but not happy with that the mad man made 8 different guitar solos for each one of the normal battle tracks, so each battle theme would sound different depending on the current moonphase in the game.
Sad thing is, those tracks were so long they had to compress the fuck out of them, so they kinda sound like shit.
Oh, and he also made all the vocals in those songs with a text-to-speech software, which is cool.
Imagine having already 3 normal battle themes, but not happy with that the mad man made 8 different guitar solos for each one of the normal battle tracks, so each battle theme would sound different depending on the current moonphase in the game.
Sad thing is, those tracks were so long they had to compress the fuck out of them, so they kinda sound like shit.
Oh, and he also made all the vocals in those songs with a text-to-speech software, which is cool.
Captain Toad
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We never saw it coming!
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Looks like most of that is placeholder but yeah, he's sticking with JRPGs.
Danjin44
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But you said that you keep buying it........why? If you don't enjoy the series then why bother waiting money on it. Everyone have different taste, so you better off just buying the you do enjoy.
