the dungeons are definitely the weakest link here, i know attritiony dungeon crawlers are atlus's thing and they need to be long enough that they become an element of the time management game rather than being clearable in a day but still. theyre real long for how featureless they are.
― ciderpress, Monday, 3 December 2018 01:45 (five years ago) link
the soul is both infinite and monotonous
― (° . ° )― (Lamp), Monday, 3 December 2018 16:21 (five years ago) link
yeah at the same time i can't imagine how i'd change them in keeping with the game
― ciderpress, Monday, 3 December 2018 16:31 (five years ago) link
i cant remember much about the P4 dungeons which sort of makes your point for you. the dungeon stuff is definitely less evocative than tartarus was in P3 but i do remember thinking some of the visual stuff was interesting. idk
the fan-made edit of P3FES posted on youtube thats just all the anime cutscenes is the best anime ever made imo
― (° . ° )― (Lamp), Monday, 3 December 2018 16:37 (five years ago) link
i'll play 3 at some point. my only real exposure to persona before this was watching my college roommate play 3 when it first came out, i don't really remember much about it though other than that it had roughly the same presentation as this
― ciderpress, Monday, 3 December 2018 19:07 (five years ago) link
ok i spent an entire play session grinding last night so i think they've finally got me
― ciderpress, Thursday, 6 December 2018 14:20 (five 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 (five 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 (five 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 (five years ago) link
https://personacentral.com/persona-5-the-royal-revealed/
― Perfect Leee Cromulent (Leee), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 18:17 (five years 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 (five years ago) link
Knew i'd have to get a PS4 eventually
― After Cease to Brexist (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 18:37 (five years ago) link
Mildly annoyed that this looks like it's a separate purchase.
― Perfect Leee Cromulent (Leee), Wednesday, 24 April 2019 19:00 (five years 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 (five years 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 (five years 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 (five years 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 (four years 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 (four years 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 (four years 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 (four years ago) link
just got P5 on sale. my gosh this game is great so far.
― thomasintrouble, Sunday, 23 June 2019 01:01 (four years ago) link
did spend the entire evening just clicking x though.
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 24 June 2019 12:51 (four years 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 (four years 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 (four years 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 (four years 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 (four years 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 (four years ago) link
3 and 5 i mean
― Rory end to the lowenbrow (Noodle Vague), Monday, 24 June 2019 15:21 (four years ago) link
it's definitely the shortest of the three, golden or original
― ciderpress, Monday, 24 June 2019 20:31 (four years 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 (four years 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 (four years 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 (four years ago) link
Didn't they just do a P5 redux?
― Lil' Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 24 June 2019 21:40 (four years ago) link
they announced it, it's not out in english until next year
― ciderpress, Monday, 24 June 2019 21:41 (four years 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 (four years 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 (four years 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 (four years 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 (four years 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 (four years 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 (four years 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 (four years 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 (three years 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 (three years 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 (three years 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 (three years 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 (three years 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 (three years 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 (three years 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 (three years 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 (three years ago) link