u/Stephan2005

Long story short I have this base PS4 for about 5 years, bought it from someone who sold it because according to them he had no reason to keep it anymore. While using the console I noticed some issues such as the console's screen flashing in some cases, and my original assumption was that the cable used for the console to connect to the monitor was broken, although it did cause situations such as my PS4 shutting down as a result of the screen flashing or triggering a Blue Light of Death.

Eventually I switched the HDMI cable and for the longest time the console seemed to work just fine. Until recently the console started to act up again, so I tried to change the HDMI cable once again, but the console keep having the screen stuttering. The console is also not overheated, just a bit warm from being turned on, and also seems to work just fine, as the controller is responsive and I can switch the profiles, which changes the color of the controller.

Can anyone help me understand what is exactly wrong so I can fix the issue, please?

(Note: there seems to be no Shadow Akechi at all shown in the P5 or P5R and I picked Violet's pick due to how it first with the other shadows in the photo).

I have taken a big break from playing Persona games given how I mostly played and replayed them around 2021-2023 before experiencing a massive burnout due to the nature of the games, and after coming back to the game I realized just how nice the implementation of the Phantom Thieves's Shadows is in this game.

For a game that had a brand new story and a new cast of characters, I absolutely adored the callbacks to the old Persona games, such as Futaba's awakening and the shadow negotiations. The latter especially, it felt like it matched with the theme of the story, that being punishing the criminals and making sure the innocent get saved.

I absolutely ADORE that the shadow's voices are most, if not all the times the voice actors' natural voices, it creates a clear contrast between the outward and inner selves of the characters, and how in the process of the awakening, the real counterparts of the Phantom Thieves merge with their shadow selves, hence the yellow eyes. The process of accepting their shadow selves is akin to P4's the only difference is that the Phantom Thieves don't outright deny their true selves, but embrace it when for them it feels like their whole world is falling apart.

The shadows esentially give them the tough love speech of "I feel your pain, but you need to take action now for your sake". The Phantom Thieves also didn't outright reject their true selves either, they always knew who they truly were, but due to society's expectations, they felt the need to hide their true selves.

When I first played Persona 5 Royal, my favorite awakening used to be Ann's because of how tragic her character felt at the beginning and the shadow telling her to avenge Shiho's circumstances. But after 5 years, I can oficially say that Haru has by far the best awakening. I simply relate to her the most in terms of her arc of knowing when to put herself first and betray those who harm her, regardless of how close they are to her.

I LOVE this game, its absolutely the perfect mix of new content with lots of callbacks, its beyond fascinating. What is your favorite Shadow Self from the Phantom Thieves?

Now in all seriousness, I have been trying to clean my shelf and reorganize some of the contents in it, and I thought I could try to save some space (not much) by stacking some books on my fat PS2. I read in some places that it is okay to do this, but I want to make sure it is okay before I turn this beautiful baby on 👁👄👁

The books aren't that heavy either, pretty light weight.

For context, there was a mod around 2021 for the original P5 that featured new content for the game, with new bosses, custom personas and modified mechanics.

When Royal released, the creator of the mod took down the P5 Reimagined page and uploaded the Persona 5 Royal Reimagined (or P5 R2) page, but that only works with the Royal version of the game.

Does anyone have the original P5 Reimagined mod from back when it was available?