okay so i think czn is playing persona 3 aka one of the best games ever and i'm playing through P4 right now and i'd like to talk to you dudes about this a^+ series of JAPENESE VIDEO CONSOLE GAME EXPERIENCES
so let's talk then
― Lamp, Monday, 19 January 2009 04:07 (eleven years ago) link
so i think so far persona 4 has the best story/structure/mechanic of all the games. its kinda like DQ8 where something crystallized for the developers and all the things that make a series unique and "important" if that isnt too too are honed to a killing sharpness
theres a weird cult around the early PS games imo - they kind of suck! they try to accomplish too many things it wasnt unitl P3 that i think the dungeon crawl/RPG/dating sim/game as narrative thing really clicked and P4 improves the formula just a little with a truly compelling murder mystery storyline
c'mon some of you dudes must be playing this!!!!!
― Lamp, Monday, 19 January 2009 04:13 (eleven years ago) link
the last two persona games have looked so amazing:
― Lamp, Monday, 19 January 2009 04:16 (eleven years ago) link
i'm playing P3 and can't stop but have reached the point where i just want to fast forward to the boss battles now. the repetitions getting to me. its too long!
― zappi, Monday, 19 January 2009 04:29 (eleven years ago) link
stop fighting and start picking up chix
― i'm a black mage, kid. i'll ice you (Lamp), Monday, 19 January 2009 04:32 (eleven years ago) link
they never want the presents i give themwhatz a bluehaired emoboy gotta do to get some action, huh :/
― zappi, Monday, 19 January 2009 04:35 (eleven years ago) link
psyched for this that I only just learned about
P3 is straight up one of the best looking games ever; the localisation is really sharp too, the writing is GBA fire emblem quality (clean, right amount of goofyness, funny and serious in the right places)
I'm still really early on tho (got into a bit of a mad PS2 game glut), how many floors are there to tartarus?
― cozwn, Monday, 19 January 2009 08:33 (eleven years ago) link
Kids, shoot yourself in the head and gain super powers! The SMT / Megaten / Persona thread... now I'm that guy :(
― &U HAEV MY AXE LOL (Will M.), Monday, 19 January 2009 17:22 (eleven years ago) link
as much of a shocking anamoly it is to have duplicate threads on ILG y tf dont u talk about how INSANE and AWESOME theez games are p.s. that other thread kind of sucked
opinions like boss battles should be challenging. P3 is maybe the ultimate in grinding as meditative experience imo alto P4 seems to have cut down on that a little
also: kind of think the stripped down awful-on-purpose battle modes in persona make it one if the most challenging JRPGs to grind since you cant just run a two button script on that ish
― i'm a black mage, kid. i'll ice you (Lamp), Monday, 19 January 2009 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
i need to get a new ps2 before i can keep playing these games :(
but really people bitch about "grinding" in these games, then they turn around and play fable ii. which i played last night for like 2 hours and got NOWHERE. there's no "grinding" per se but there's a lot of EXCRUCIATINGLY BORING foot travel punctuated by menus that take >30secs to LOAD and a dog occasionally barking and a thought bubble popping up over his head saying there is a treasure or something is buried (meaning you have to go about 15 feet off the beaten path, watch an awful animation, get an item which takes 3 seconds to load, and go back to the trail, making you wonder why they even bother making you leave the beaten path becuase it's not like you get in a fight-- it's just a massive waste of time. why not make the dog bark and then I HAVE THE ITEM? it's the same fucking thing) and then a shitload of people start following you around with hearst over their heads because once you tohught it'd be a good idea to do "victory arm pump" in this city 15 times, and they're all talking, and talking, and talking, and saying the same things, then to escape them you get behind the counter at a bar and for the next 10m you start earning money and you WANNA STOP because it's so boring but you CAN'T because this is the first time in a while you've earned money and you LOSE YOUR MULTIPLIER IF YOU STOP but you have to deal with repetitive button-pressing and EVEN worse repetitive people saying "you're good at pouring beer" or whatever they say and fuck that game fuck that game fuck that game.
― &U HAEV MY AXE LOL (Will M.), Monday, 19 January 2009 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
♥♥♥♥♥♥ hahahaha ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
― i'm a black mage, kid. i'll ice you (Lamp), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 02:54 (eleven years ago) link
srlsy man fuk a fable II it suuuuuxxxx
ok so this game is SO GOOD
finally got time to have a nice sit down with it, my save is at 2hrs11 so far and I've only just got back to tartarus (up to level 3) for the second time -> this game must be massive. but it's gorgeous. so I don't care.
I totally get this btw: "P3 is maybe the ultimate in grinding as meditative experience"
― set phasers to stan (cozwn), Thursday, 22 January 2009 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
played the jap version of devil survivor v. much looking forward to the eng release... lol not having to check/reset every time u fuse a persona cuts down on the play time by like a third
― (Palm) springs sprungs (Lamp), Tuesday, 12 May 2009 16:37 (eleven years ago) link
can u smash maya the mmorpg chick cos I'm working on it
― cozwn (webinar), Sunday, 9 August 2009 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
devil survivor is rad btw fuiud
~~▪~~~strange journey~~▪~~~~
― Lamp, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 16:42 (ten years ago) link
shin megami evangelion
stupid cover art general video game burnout made this seem like a pass but idk reviews/1st impressions/utbue vidz making me want this. has any1 (coz) copped this????
― Lamp, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 16:45 (ten years ago) link
doesn't seem to be on the r4 gravytrain iircstill finishing devil survivor, might buy this later
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 16:55 (ten years ago) link
still early on in strange journey but I'm getting deep into fusing demons now. pretty sure I'm going to sink a disgusting amount of hours into this.
― original bgm, Monday, 12 April 2010 14:04 (ten years ago) link
diggin the sci-fi/horror hybrid vibe pretty hard
― original bgm, Monday, 12 April 2010 14:08 (ten years ago) link
yah i have so many ~deep thoughts~ about this game i just kinda cant help myself & this is the sort of game that gives u that space u sink into it but freely. the demon interactions are still its weakest part (or least the weakest part that isnt part of the c/d of rpgs) theyre inconsistent & frustrating & shallow
― Lamp, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 18:21 (ten years ago) link
agreed on the demon interactions. v. annoying when the same type of demon reacts to an identical response differently!
― original bgm, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 00:38 (ten years ago) link
have to say, I know you gotta keep fusing to stay competitive, but I will be missing some of my demon bros.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 00:40 (ten years ago) link
as a metal dude, I can't not love this guy:
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/3/31815/1223514-morax_large.jpg
― original bgm, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 00:58 (ten years ago) link
awesome.
i know i'm late on this but what does the title of this thread refer to, anyway (rad?)
― Nhex, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 01:27 (ten years ago) link
its a play on the title of the book "everything bad is good for you"
yah you really have no chance but to fuse as much and as quickly as possible in order to finish the later dungeons. im kinda used to being a little lazy about demon mgmt - hanging on to dudes with one skill i really liked or just needed for s.link (obv not a factor) or wanting to avoid paying to resummon them for future fusions but you really need a full component in this game
a little bit stalled btw school and some other things but still hype 4 this
― Lamp, Monday, 19 April 2010 18:49 (ten years ago) link
i actually have heard of that book but i thought there was some kind of SMT-related punning going on
― Nhex, Monday, 19 April 2010 19:36 (ten years ago) link
yah i think i had some convoluted deep meaning in mind when i started this thread but that was kinda @ the height of my obsession. dont remember what i was referring to lol
most o_O thing for 2day: eo3 is out in jpn
― ( ª_ª)○º° (Lamp), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 16:25 (ten years ago) link
ebigfy opening para has sibling synchronicity w/P3 iirc tho it's a while since I read it
― Steve Sharta (cozen), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 19:50 (ten years ago) link
are any of the 8/16-bit shin megami whatever games worth emulating while i look for a copy of strange journey
― thomp, Saturday, 14 April 2012 17:59 (eight years ago) link
i am oddly fascinated by this blog: http://whatyuwannaknow.tumblr.com/
― thomp, Sunday, 15 April 2012 00:09 (eight years ago) link
what a great idea!
― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 15 April 2012 00:11 (eight years ago) link
http://asktheinvestigationteam.tumblr.com/
is this, like, a thing
― thomp, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 01:45 (eight years ago) link
lots of SMT & related news recentlyPS1/Saturn game Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers is being remade for 3DSP3:FES is up for download on the PS3 in US, both Digital Devil Saga games coming next month to EU PS3Ghostlight are localising Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked 3DS and its DS sequel Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 in EU
where will i find the time/when will Atlus stop with ports and make a new game dammit
― zappi, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 16:22 (eight years ago) link
oooh Shin Megami Tensei 4 announced for 3DSplaying thru Strange Journey atm, the demon conversations can get pretty funny
― zappi, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:10 (eight years ago) link
is something weird going on with experience distribution in strange journey or am i missing something
― thomp, Thursday, 5 July 2012 16:25 (eight years ago) link
I'm playing through P3P on vita, yes I am
― killer camel beej (cozen), Thursday, 5 July 2012 20:57 (eight years ago) link
this game has the biggest disconnect between theme and mechanics of anything i've played since left 4 dead afaict
― thomp, Friday, 6 July 2012 09:21 (eight years ago) link
thomp did you ever emulate any of the old-school SMT games? i fucked around with the fan translations of the first few but never made any real progress.
― adam, Friday, 6 July 2012 12:18 (eight years ago) link
nah i just decided to order a copy of strange journey. apparently they're a lot more annoying/arbitrary? i feel like the more user-friendly version of this experience is probably all i need for the moment, especially given the more user-friendly version still means running into enemies with a one-hit instant kill game over for a couple of hours before you can do anything to avoid it
― thomp, Friday, 6 July 2012 12:21 (eight years ago) link
avoiding the majority of random encounters by talking to demons is a pretty good mechanic
dark rooms you can't automap is kind of an annoying one
― thomp, Friday, 6 July 2012 12:22 (eight years ago) link
"Yes, the Shibboleth ...You pronounce it well, Zelenin."
― thomp, Friday, 6 July 2012 15:36 (eight years ago) link
rmde
i gave my dude a polack name in this and have found myself getting more and more resentful of how the fn WASPs on board the red stripe keep expecting the ethnic minorities to do all the work
― thomp, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 10:54 (eight years ago) link
Buncha these are on sale for 3ds. I'm just wondering if the Soul Hackers or DDS Overclocked are actually worth picking up thru the 3ds
― Delbert Gravy (kingfish), Friday, 16 January 2015 08:19 (six years ago) link
new Persona 5 trailer, looking and sounding good!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc_9r4wifFc
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 5 February 2015 13:15 (five years ago) link
came here to post this too haha
the angles/etc during many of the scenes are very Catherine
― otm rcuise (Will M.), Thursday, 5 February 2015 15:50 (five years ago) link
no surprise that P5 has been delayed, now coming out "Summer 2016" ... maybe. new trailerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvpOwQaqRXA
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 17 September 2015 13:21 (five years ago) link
I was getting frustrated 50 hours into P2: Innocent Sin when I was in what was clearly the final dungeon for forever and the difficulty suddenly jumped into the stratosphere and I was randomly encountering one-hit-killers like 2/3 of the time and using up all of my unreplenishable items, and I was seriously about to pack it in but I stuck it out until the end and I'm glad I did because the penultimate boss was (spoilerz) Hitler. Sorry, 'Fuhrer'. But seriously: Hitler. Followed by Nyarlathotep. So that was dece.
I think I'm going to take a break before hitting the second P2 though.
― Your Ass Is Grass And I Will Mow It With My Face (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 02:06 (four years ago) link
i beat what seemed to be the final boss but its still going so i guess theres a postgame
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 02:18 (two years ago) link
postgame bonus dungeon seems obnoxious but i guess i'll do it since i've come this far
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 05:18 (two years ago) link
finished the game w/ the true ending. enjoyed it overall but its exhaustingly long and kinda drags in bits especially the summer months. i could imagine this being my favorite rpg if i had played it 10 years ago but today it just lands at pretty good. will def play 3 and 5 at some point but not right away
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 21:46 (two years ago) link
https://personacentral.com/persona-5-the-royal-revealed/
― Perfect Leee Cromulent (Leee), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 18:17 (one year ago) link
yeah it's a similar upgrade to p4 golden as expected. the additions in golden other than quality of life tweaks mostly kinda sucked though
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 18:33 (one year ago) link
Knew i'd have to get a PS4 eventually
― After Cease to Brexist (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 18:37 (one year ago) link
Mildly annoyed that this looks like it's a separate purchase.
― Perfect Leee Cromulent (Leee), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 19:00 (one year ago) link
yeah it's a new version of the game, not an expansion. the original was a ps3 game that was released on ps4 out of necessity because it was so late, this is the ps4 "remaster"
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 19:15 (one year ago) link
they did a same gen update of p3 too though that was the pre-DLC era
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 19:19 (one year ago) link
persona 5 S turned out to be persona 5 scramble, a musou game. ps4/switch, no release date.
― ciderpress, Thursday, 25 April 2019 14:39 (one year ago) link
So i had a little disposable income for the first time in a while and i'm now the excitable owner of a Playstation TV which is downloading P4 Golden as i type. FASTER YOU FUCKER, FASTER
― specific goats my way (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 11:42 (one year ago) link
i finally got persona 5! about 10 hours in, about to take care of the gym coach, who will hopefully be fired and go to jail, or just die.
i have never played a persona game, and i am really loving it so far - more enthusiastic about it than any rpg i've played in years!
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 17:42 (one year ago) link
it's completely insane in the best way. i love the absurd leaps of dream-logic the characters make, all of which turn out to be absolutely accurate.
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 20:44 (one year ago) link
5 so far has managed to sidestep the thing from 4 where they ran not very funny by-the-book versions of every standard high school comedy bit
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 28 May 2019 21:05 (one year ago) link
just got P5 on sale. my gosh this game is great so far.
― thomasintrouble, Sunday, 23 June 2019 01:01 (one year ago) link
did spend the entire evening just clicking x though.
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 24 June 2019 12:51 (one year ago) link
There are sections of that in all of them but it's usually fun/bearable/worth it
Finished P4 Golden at the weekend. Feels the weakest of the last 3 to me, the balance is off and some of the just clicking x sections felt ridiculously long. Still amazing, obv. Started straight back into NG+. Think the balance issues are probly mostly to do with the added missions, haven't played the PS2 version tho.
― Rory end to the lowenbrow (Noodle Vague), Monday, 24 June 2019 14:41 (one year ago) link
beyond QoL improvements the added stuff is mostly just marie and her social link and postgame dungeon. plus some of the shitty 'comedy' scenes with the fat girl
― ciderpress, Monday, 24 June 2019 14:54 (one year ago) link
i think there might be some changes to persona fusion that make the game easier too actually yeah
― ciderpress, Monday, 24 June 2019 15:08 (one year ago) link
The fusion in 4 is great tbh, the comedy is bad, the game hangs around way too long between the original bad guy and Marie and her dungeons' SP mechanic is a pain.
― Rory end to the lowenbrow (Noodle Vague), Monday, 24 June 2019 15:18 (one year ago) link
Idk i feel like without Marie the game is a lot shorter and easier than 3 and 4 but maybe i missed a boss first time round or more likely i just know how to smash the dungeons now.
― Rory end to the lowenbrow (Noodle Vague), Monday, 24 June 2019 15:20 (one year ago) link
3 and 5 i mean
― Rory end to the lowenbrow (Noodle Vague), Monday, 24 June 2019 15:21 (one year ago) link
it's definitely the shortest of the three, golden or original
― ciderpress, Monday, 24 June 2019 20:31 (one year ago) link
I'm unhealthily obsessed with the series at this point tbh :D so there is never enough of it to spend time in
― Rory end to the lowenbrow (Noodle Vague), Monday, 24 June 2019 20:39 (one year ago) link
yeah there's really only the 3 games with that formula, i'm sure we'll get a p6 in another 4 years or something though
― ciderpress, Monday, 24 June 2019 21:21 (one year ago) link
The redux of P5 is gonna be the thing that makes me finally get a PS4 next year i'm sure. The thought of how far off P6 is is just depressing.
― Rory end to the lowenbrow (Noodle Vague), Monday, 24 June 2019 21:24 (one year ago) link
Didn't they just do a P5 redux?
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 24 June 2019 21:40 (one year ago) link
they announced it, it's not out in english until next year
― ciderpress, Monday, 24 June 2019 21:41 (one year ago) link
Cautiously good news: https://kotaku.com/persona-5-royal-is-editing-two-homophobic-scenes-1841751118
― Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Tuesday, 18 February 2020 20:46 (eleven months ago) link
its just the english localization team changing it as far as i can tell, atlus/hashino still don't care
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 18 February 2020 21:01 (eleven months ago) link
i like persona 5 now. the black and red plaid punkish aesthetic really turned me off at first, strong early 00s mall punk sum 41 vibes, but i have come to terms w it.
5 makes a lot of the social mechanics more explicit which takes away some of the immersiveness of 3 (the best game of the entire megaten series imo, followed by nocturne) but also makes it less stressful, wondering if i was totally blowing the late game by eating the wrong ramen or whatever. music is also not as good as 3 or 4 but there are def some tunes.
― adam, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 13:01 (eight months ago) link
it's a good game, though i did stop.
the dating stuff gave me massive anxiety. what if i gave the wrong gift and didn't get to fuck the one i wanted to fuck????
there was also a serious difficulty spike in mementos which scared me
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 17:23 (eight months ago) link
3, 4 and 5 are all near-perfect no back answers
― clap for content-providers (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 17:26 (eight months ago) link
no i agree - i feel that i failed it, rather than the other way around
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 17:31 (eight months ago) link
tbf i've NG+ed all of them 3 or 4 times, it gets a lot easier
― clap for content-providers (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 17:34 (eight months ago) link
https://kotaku.com/persona-2-guide-written-in-2011-gets-one-hell-of-an-u-1843430262
― Osedax Church (Leee), Wednesday, 13 May 2020 20:51 (eight months ago) link
hey Persona 4 Golden is out on Steam, only $20/£16 toohope they port P3 next
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 14 June 2020 04:25 (seven months ago) link
Here I am, 12 years late to the party, playing P4 for the first time, having never played a Persona before. I like pretty much everything about it except for the bland randomized dungeons. The soundtrack is having a Major Effect on me, let me tell you.
― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 13:24 (seven months ago) link
it's a shame it's a straight port otherwise i'd've bought the fucker again
the dungeons are one of the weaker elements until 5 tbf
― comparing me to Harold Shipman is unfair (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 13:25 (seven months ago) link
Ugh I am so tempted to rebuy it and play it again but I have enough to play
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 16:33 (seven months ago) link
i bought a PS TV just so i could play the Golden so i'm not gonna get the PC version
― Ivan Scampo (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 16:35 (seven months ago) link
I’ve been thinking of getting P4G because it looks like the kind of game I’d like (turn-based RPG, colourful visuals, weird as hell), but i fear it might be too dense for me since I’m not much of a gamer.. should I just say fuck it and go for it anyways?
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Monday, 22 June 2020 06:24 (six months ago) link
yeah, it's very user friendly and the learning curve is gentle
― never mind that shit, here comes scampo (Noodle Vague), Monday, 22 June 2020 10:02 (six months ago) link
P5R is on sale and I'm trying to be smart and resist buying it as I played the base game already. Maybe if it ever goes under $20, I'll give it a try.
― Basic Chan Ho Park (Leee), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 17:49 (one month ago) link
Lol that didn't last long! Bought it just now anyway.
― Basic Chan Ho Park (Leee), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 18:04 (one month ago) link
i'm tempted to give it another try, i own the base game but fell off it 25-30 hours in and there being a Better version makes me less inclined to resume
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 25 November 2020 18:26 (one month ago) link
Apparently Royal has quality of life improvements too.
― Basic Chan Ho Park (Leee), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 18:30 (one month ago) link
i've put 400+ hours into P5 and i'm getting Royal as soon as i've got a machine to play it on, worth every penny
― Bandscamp Fryday (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 18:42 (one month ago) link
i should play TMS first though since i already own that one
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 25 November 2020 18:51 (one month ago) link
actually P5R is half price on the PS Store over here, very tempted to buy it now so it's ready for when PS5's are available next summer
― Bandscamp Fryday (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 18:54 (one month ago) link