Kids, shoot yourself in the head and gain super powers! The SMT / Megaten / Persona thread

Ok, I think.. I think I'm almost ready to dive into Persona 3 FES. Soon. Soon.
I don't think I'll be playing this more than once; understand it's an insane grind.
Are there any non-spoiler things/gameplay aspects I should know to make this play-through as good as possible?

Are you playing the PS3 version? I prefer it, but if time is at a premium you might be better off with the PSP version, which is more menu driven and takes a lot less time to complete overall.

(errr PS2, but also available on PS3 obv)

Yeah, PS3/PS2 version

why do you prefer ps2? I actually own both but still haven't played either (lol)

i guess i liked the atmosphere of running around the town listening to the really nice soundtrack and discovering things? in the PSP game it's mostly reduced to "go here or here" menus, which speeds up the game and probably works better for a portable but it just felt less alive as a setting (think they cut out the animated cutscenes for the PSP version as well). PSP also gives you the choice of a female protagonist (the main reason i replayed it), but she doesn't add that much to the story sadly.

personas 3 and 4 have the best music. even if i found the grind occasionally infuriating i have endless goodwill toward this series just b/c of music and overall presentation. menus so stylish.

i played thro the first hour of ps3 recently and was amazed how much less assured it seemed than the same period of ps4

yea I love the music too

thanks for the info!

Persona 3 tips:

Don't worry about making all the right dialog choices, or maxing all the social links. It really doesn't matter.

Combining personas is generally better than leveling them.

Don't go into Tartarus every night. It's not necessary, and it often makes you tired.

When you're tired or sick, go to the nurse. Drinking the concoction will raise your courage.

When you're tired or sick, go to the nurse. Drinking the concoction will raise your courage.

kinda wanna have an out-of-context video game tip thread now

ok, i'll keep all that in mind. thanks!

P5 also coming to PS4, release date just a vague 2015 now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y5U8n4Ie3I

Hi, I am late to this series but I just started playing Persona 5 and uh what the hell is this story and why haven’t I been playing these games all along

As slow as the beginning of P5 is, P4G is even slower, as if it's making room for people who've never played video games before. I'm about two hours in, and the sum of my input has been running down two blocks of a town and being forced to go to bed. Am I close to getting actual gameplay any time soon?

yes from what i remember

it's a very vibey game tho, falling in love with that little town is part of the process

Me, after beating a tough early boss to unlock a new (female) character to add to my party of two dudes: “Whew, barely made it out alive, I’d better leave the dungeon and stock up on more supplies.”

In game dudes: “We’d better leave the dungeon so that Chie doesn’t get too tired!”

What is Shuffle Time? I've read that you can select all cards but I've only ever been able to pick one (or two when I pick a card that changes another card's type). I'm in the second dungeon, if that makes a difference.

a lot of the cards have a "1 more" option which lets you pick again. If you manage to clear all the cards, you get a guaranteed shuffle time next battle. Otherwise, I think it only happens if you win a battle through an all out attack.

hot take: P4 was boring. P5 was great. P3 (just started) looks like it might take the cake for me though. I wish I liked p4 more than I do. A lot of my frustration probably came from trying to 100% and thus being overleveled pretty early on and not having much of a challenge in the game. But beyond that, ehhhhh the story was good but not fantastic.

I'm using a sample size of 2, but this wouldn't be a Persona game if it didn't have at least one awful problematic heteronormative scene (I'm thinking of the fat phobic one with Yosuke). I kind of feel like I can't really recommend the series to others now, at least not without some serious caveats.

*sigh* the fat phobia is not limited to one scene.

I also have to wrestle with some of my minmax impulses because a lot of guides say "beat the dungeon in as few days as possible (preferably one)," but then that really unbalances the gameplay -- a very long grind to get through the dungeon on the one hand, and then the life sim stuff that sometimes involves very limited player interaction.

glad I skipped the crappy PSP port of P3 for this

Atlus messed up. They revealed Persona 3 Remake too early on their instagram pic.twitter.com/xycj3wZZ5d

— Faz (@ScrambledFaz) June 8, 2023

also a P5 tactics game which might be fun?

PERSONA 5 TACTICA TRAILER!!

releases 17/11/23 (17th november 2023) pic.twitter.com/sDklynkmaQ

— JUNO 👾 (@junoharuto) June 8, 2023

lol i was literally just watching a tweet of P3 Reload

i don't care about already buying the crappy port, Atlus can have all my money in perpetuity

so none of the added content from FES/P3P will be in the P3 remake
oh I see you Atlus, and like the sucker I am I'll buy the updated version in 3 years sigh
also no kids shooting themselves in the head in the trailer? disgusting

this looks like a fun time though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoZA6YA7YYQ

Heard someone call it last Bible iv and now I'm like why aren't they calling this last Bible iv

They being atlus

hey, there were persona games on the ps2, let's poll that generation