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Title: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 18, 2007, 05:22:06 PM: I played about 6-7 hours last night.

I like how the One More battle system is like a more less brutal take on the Press Turn battles, but at the same time is can be even less forgiving. On my favorite boss fight so far, the enemy had physical null and, by experimenting, I casted Cadenza via fusion spell, and boosted my party's evasion rating up. I couldn't hit him phsyically upright, but I knew that if he was downed it'd be harder for him to recover. My plan worked, and right when he tried to attack Junpei he missed, got downed, and I did all out attacks on his ass. It was a great fight. I should fight when I'm tired more often, because they make fights about 999 times more fun.

I don't like how it takes longer for your Persona to level up than usual but I'm managing. I've got Orpheus, an Angel, Asparas, and a Forneus. My Forneus rules. I gave him Dia, Tarukaja, and he's now got Auto-Sukukaja. I can make an Archangel, Mitama, and an Omoikana (!!!) now. Which is great.

I did a few quests for Elizabith. They were fun.

I like how you have to go along with people and know their personalities instead of playing Mr. Nice guy like in other rpgs. My relationship Kenji didn't go anywhere last time we hung out because I thought his plan to have student - teacher relations was stupid.

I am loving the game. It's actually quite difficult when you have your party split up and fight enemies by yourself but I'm not really noticing an XP hike like they said I'd get. Oh well. I guess that's because I was in the first block. I have no unlocked block 2.

I am addicted to this fucking game omfg
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: abrader on August 18, 2007, 05:24:26 PM: and your very thread reminded me to unbury it from the stack of papers on my desk and break open the plastic wrap!
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on August 18, 2007, 05:28:03 PM: there's a thread for this

I'm 10 hours, PLv 9, and I just synthesized a Yomotsu Shikome with Agi, Bufu, AND Garu, plus fear-touch and Auto-Tarukaja for magic+def up. Then she gained 3 levels because all I do on my days off is play Innocent Sin Online with Maya xD With her and my Dia-tastic Jack Frost I am totally ubering my way through the second block. I need a good Zio-player, though.

Midterms are next week, so nobody will come with me to Tartarus. They want to "study." ::)

Most of your persona "levelling" willl be accomplished via fusions. Persona will often jump several levels when merged, so don't worry too much about pumping them up via XP.

Seeing results pre-merge is great; just keep trying until you get a Persona that inherits the abilities you want.

I agree that it's cool how you have to play off each person's personality. I told Yuko "not to worry about her weight" and she got mad cause she knew I was just telling her what I thought she wanted to hear, but we're all on the same swim team together and she's not going to be any good to us if she's out-of-shape, and I should support her efforts, not condescend to her. SUCK IT, BIOWARE.

This game is totally something special.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 18, 2007, 06:20:13 PM: it keeps getting better and better, it's an amazing game the cast of characters is quickly becoming my favorite.

I love this game and thank god for R&D1
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 18, 2007, 06:23:30 PM: Lol this is one step shy of a dating sim. Dont get me wrong this is a fun enough game, but if it was called anything else...
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 18, 2007, 06:27:23 PM: well it is a dating sim, the school part at least. the game plays like a tokimeki memorial and the tower of druaga combined.

the thing is the dating sim is not tacked on and it's implemented very well into the gameplay. btw Himuro equip the Hero with hand to hand weapons once Akihiko joins. he looks badass with them.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 18, 2007, 06:30:39 PM: I guess, I just wish I could be a bastard without fearing consequences. Thats bullshit. I cant even be a smartass and get away with it most times. That kinda ruins that aspect of the game for me. I mean its not a CHALLENGE to answer nicely, even as a pretense. I mean where's the satisfaction in telling people what they want to hear. I wanna be a jerk!
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 18, 2007, 06:40:56 PM: I think that depends on the character you are interacting with, you have to be a dick with the track team dude, if you are too nice he will hate you for feeling pity for him everytime.

it basically comes down to knowing the personality of that NPC.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Van Cruncheon on August 18, 2007, 06:46:19 PM: yeah, it kinda sucks that the game penalizes you for being an antisocial jerkoff -- really, it should give you boosts in other areas for bein' a sarcastic bastard. maybe let you hang out with the bad crowd, and give ol' kenji a wedgie.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 18, 2007, 06:49:51 PM: They NPCs aren't especially deep characters, its just about paying attention. If anything the act of saying what they want to hear merely because you 'know' them cheapens the relationship between characters in the game because nothing about anything in this 'personal' side of the gameplay system is terribly honest.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: demi on August 18, 2007, 07:09:22 PM: Bioshock is better
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Smooth Groove on August 18, 2007, 07:10:17 PM: Objectively, how do relationships come into play? Do they affect your recruitment of NPCs or are there social goals that you have to accomlish in order to progress? It does sound lame that you always have to play Mr Nice Guy. I don't think I've ever seen a guy get lucky with a pretty girl just by kissing up to her all the time. I actually caved in to the great previews and bought the game but I was too ashamed to admit it. It's still unopened though so I can ebay it if it doesn't sound like what I want.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: TVC15 on August 18, 2007, 07:41:00 PM: My feelings on the game are. . .mixed. I am enjoying it a ton and I find it as addictive as anything else I've played all year, but it's not without gripes.

1) As MAF and Prole have said, you really can't play it how you want it. There's one way to play each social encounter. If you don't play it that way, you don't get any SLink improvements. All the encounters are very linear. Yes, you get to pick which SLinks you will pursue, but. . .

2) You really don't know which ones you should be persuing above any others. Unlike Pokeyman, Persona 3 basically requires you to have personas with certain abilities at certain times. You can't scrape by with your favorites, so it doesn't make sense to pick one SLink/family above another. You are going to need them all at some point, and you never really know when you'll need a specific kind of persona. This makes planning which SLinks you should pursue impossible. Picking which SLinks you focus on has a pretty much random, undetermined effect on the game, since you never know what personas you will need in the future. I think this is the game's major flaw.

3) There's really not as much dungeon crawling as I'd like. You can go in maybe 2-3 times a week if you are up to it, but it seems like you don't really spend all that much time in the dungeon. I'm still within the first month of play, but it also seems like your dudes get tired way too quickly.

I am enjoying the game a lot--as much as I've enjoyed any post-VP2 RPG. It's very different and if I weren't in physical pain right now, I would probably be playing it more.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Smooth Groove on August 18, 2007, 07:56:29 PM: Too much pain to play a game? You REALLY need to see a doctor, TVC.

Thanks for giving your usual dissection of the game. Flaws 1 and 3 sound bearable but Flaw 2 seems possibly game killing. That's really bad design when the game doesn't nudge you towards selecting the proper characters even though the game doesn't have enough freedom for multiple solutions. At least with FF, they always force the right characters on you when you really need them.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 18, 2007, 08:10:39 PM: I like the fighting and personas n stuff, and the story is neat too, but ive never really been a fan of this dating game crap. I mostly played Thousand Arms back in the day because it was so outrageous.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Smooth Groove on August 18, 2007, 08:11:44 PM: Why you no like Shenmue, MAF?
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 18, 2007, 08:13:39 PM: it sounded stupid so I never played it
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on August 18, 2007, 08:26:55 PM: I don't think the game is nearly as unforgiving as TVC seems to be finding it:

A) S-Links are revealed to you at about the same pace that you can fuse/pick up those Persona (the ranking of the Arcana from low to high). You're not going to waste time in the first month building up your Star faction. You're going to be dealing with Chariot and Hermit and other low-level S-Links, which will be the same sort of Persona you're fusing at that point in the year.
B) You start out able to "carry" 6 Persona; I'm in the second block and recently had that expanded to 8. The only "must have" abilities are a wide-variety of elemental attacks. Everything in the first block is weak to Fire and Ice to make it easy as you start out; the second adds Wind and Electricity, and I presume Darkness and Light will come into play to a greater degree in the third block. The game clearly staggers its gameplay systems to give you time to get your Personae up to snuff.
C) You can fuse Persona that have multiple elemental abilities (I have one with three elements, currently), freeing up even more space for experimentation.
D) After the first month, you get a Persona Compendium with very reasonable buyback prices on any Persona you've had before. If you absolutely, positively, no question about it need Zio to beat a boss, then drop the 3000 yen and get the Zio-using Persona. But re: B) and C), you should probably have one already.
E) The game is all-around easier than SMT3.

If you don't dig on the social stuff, then you're going to get annoyed by the game, sure. But I'm about 10 hours in and haven't ever felt over-my-head systems wise. It's actually a really good balance, so far.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: MrAngryFace on August 18, 2007, 08:29:07 PM: I dunno, I was hoping it'd be less of a dating sim and more of a digital devil saga lol
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on August 18, 2007, 08:31:42 PM: it's not a dating sim it's a school sim there's a difference~

then again you are talking to the guy who owns Kinpachi-sensei 3-B :'(
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 18, 2007, 08:32:36 PM: yeah Im going with S.Links that interest me and ignoring the ones I dont care too much (like Yuko/kenji) and I havent reached a point in the game where I blame the fact that I didnt go with a specific S.Link. the Fusion system makes it possible to be able to go with the S.Links you like since you are able to transfer abilities from one demon to the other.

the press turn system didnt really leave much room for you to go with demons you liked, you just brought the ones that you needed for boss battles then discard them later. P3 battle system is more forgiven and flexible in this aspect because with P3 is not a matter of trading turns with the enemies, it's a matter of covering your weakness and exploiting monsters weakness. they really nerfed the buffs/debuffs in P3 too, for example Sukukaja was a MUST in SMT3 because it upped you agility and you could spam it to high heaven making the enemy miss a lot and losing turns in the progress. in P3 that strategy doesnt really work as well because you cant spam buffs/debuffs anymore and even if the enemy misses it wont lose turns or anything.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 19, 2007, 05:28:16 PM: TA-DAH DAH DAHHH! HIMURO POSTED!!!

I haven't fought Death yet because I'm a pussy lol Every single time Mitsuru says "I feel something! It's Death!" and I hear his chains swinging in the dark, I run away for the next set of stairs.

I finished Mid terms, I took down the mini boss on floor 25. It took me awhile to beat that cigarillo because I didn't have any Persona who could use Bufu but weren't weak against Agi based spells. That was until I fused to make a Persona of the Hermit Arcana. I forgot the name. I always forget the name of that thing.

Anyways, I have a few quests I have to do for Elizabeth that are due on June 7th. I have to hustle fast. I've done 2-3 of her new quests available, but the deadline ones I haven't completed yet. How the hell do you make a Valkyrie?

I did great on my mid terms. Mitsuru said she'd give me something good if I did good. I got every question on the exams right. botch, where is my shit?

Right now I'm harem-ing it up with Yoko and Chihiro. Haha.

I noticed that right when you got on block 2 the difficulty sky rocketed. I hadn't explored block 2 yet when mid terms came up, and Yukari said she didn't want to go to Tartarus that night so she could study, so I decided me and Junpei would do little crawlin' to do without her. We encountered a Beast Wheelial, and that fight was sporking awesome. That thing is TOUGH without Yukari for some reason. I'm really starting to appreciate my team mates, because usually when you split up and decide to go solo, you're gonna get raped. It really makes you feel like you're putting team effort into this thing.

I have a lot of S. Links I can mess with now. I got my Academics stat up right before mid terms, but I hadn't gotten the chance to go to the Home Economics room, but Jesus Christ. Bebe is weird. It's hilarious having a Japafag in this game. The little kid at the Shrine, I try not messing with her because I'm not a loli. I haven't been to Student Council in a week, and I keep getting side tracked and miss going to Kendo practice. The bookstore couple is cool.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on August 19, 2007, 06:21:37 PM: Quote from: Himuro on August 19, 2007, 05:28:16 PM
TA-DAH DAH DAHHH! HIMURO POSTED!!!
Right now I'm harem-ing it up with Yoko and Chihiro. Haha.

Oh, God, I have the exact same taste in imaginary women as Himumu. :/
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Junpei the Tracer! on August 19, 2007, 07:28:51 PM: I'm having a deal of trouble with the 7/7 boss.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 19, 2007, 08:26:34 PM: himuro: you need to have the highest grades in your class for Mitsuru to give you the items.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: abrader on August 19, 2007, 09:13:43 PM: Also if you piss daily you can goto the dungeon nightly.

Usually at least one party member is up for it....if not go alone...
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 20, 2007, 04:33:24 AM: some tartarus bosses are really fucking hard.

beat him, omfg this game is so fucking good it hurts. :-\
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 20, 2007, 09:18:39 AM: Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on August 19, 2007, 06:21:37 PM
Quote from: Himuro on August 19, 2007, 05:28:16 PM
TA-DAH DAH DAHHH! HIMURO POSTED!!!
Right now I'm harem-ing it up with Yoko and Chihiro. Haha.

Oh, God, I have the exact same taste in imaginary women as Himumu. :/

I'm aiming for Yukari!
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 20, 2007, 01:22:25 PM: Oh God. My relationship with my teammate has reversed. He called Saturday night asking whether or not he wanted to hang out the next day since it's our day off. Since he's one of my favorite S. Links I gladly said sure thing. Right after hanging up Chihiro calls, and I wanted to up her S. Link, so I accepted hanging out with her the next day, so I cancelled my appointment with my rival. He got pissed and took it the wrong way. I hope I can patch things up.

I managed to fuse a couple of guys and it's true that S. Links make a difference. I made a Valkyrie, Berith, Lilim, and Pyro Jack. Berith leveled up a good 3 times, Pyro Jack leveled up twice. Pretty crazy stuff. They're all over my level now. There's a few Personae I'm looking at now that I want in the future like Nagi. Nagi is always fucking awesome no matter what SMT because of his design alone. <3

So I spread fused my Orpheus, Asparas, and Jack Frost and landed me a Pyro Jack who has an item in his heart apparently. Then I got my Jack Frost back from the Compendium. I think I have all bases covered. Valkyrie is strong against phsyical attacks, Lilim's got Zio and Agi, Pyro's got Agi, Jack has got Bufu, Berith is on his way to learning Maragi;etc.

The nail bat rules.

Do Personae evolve in this game or what? I heard your main Persona, Orpheus evolves, and the goddamn art book spoiled that your team mates Personae evolve, so I'm curious about non story based Personae.

Also, does the moon cycle have anything to do with the gameplay in this game like in every SMT ever, or is there just for story reasons? I think I tried to fuse on a New Moon and all I got were a bunch of fuck ups from Igor. I think that the amount and what species of Shadow that appear in Tartarus is affected by the moon cycle but I have a feeling it's totally random. On some nights I encounter red Shadows more than most, on others I encounter more gold ones.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 20, 2007, 01:30:57 PM: where are you at? the King Frost is badass persona I like the way it stands behind the hero when you summon it.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on August 20, 2007, 01:35:25 PM: I managed to fuse in such a way to cover all 6 elements between two personae, and they're both ones I'm strong in (Hermit/Maya and Justice/Chihiro) so my S. Links are going through the roof. I could really use Posumudi tho. :/
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: hyp on August 20, 2007, 02:39:55 PM: *sigh* takes forever to level up persona. i grinded for a good few hours last night and it didn't do much for me. =\

do you guys think it's better just to build S.LINK and then fuse persona for the extra couple level boost instead of holding on and investing time in the one's i've captured already?
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 20, 2007, 03:59:12 PM: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/23708.html

a little late but that's gt P3 review, 9/10
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Junpei the Tracer! on August 20, 2007, 05:19:35 PM: Mudoon....is there a way to defend against this fearsome attack?
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 20, 2007, 05:39:39 PM: a persona with null/strong affinity towards dark?
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 20, 2007, 06:08:15 PM: Quote from: hyp on August 20, 2007, 02:39:55 PM
*sigh* takes forever to level up persona. i grinded for a good few hours last night and it didn't do much for me. =\

do you guys think it's better just to build S.LINK and then fuse persona for the extra couple level boost instead of holding on and investing time in the one's i've captured already?

Yeah dude totally. I wasn't making any improvements until I got higher level S. Links and THEN fused.

Error: I'm right before the 6/7 event. I met Shinjiro. What a badass.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: hyp on August 20, 2007, 06:23:50 PM: damn, you just surpassed me. i'm on 6/5 right now.

how far are your social stats? my academics is on 3, courage 2, and charm 3. i still haven't found many S.LINKs either. i'm assuming i'll have more interactions as time passes. at least i hope so, some of my personae are in dire need of re-fusion.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 20, 2007, 06:26:13 PM: Kenji's 5 or so. Chihiro is 4. I think that the reason I was having trouble before was because every day I would talk to someone different. If you don't concentrate on a few set social links, I can imagine the game being a hard time (like I was having earlier). I'm pretty sure the folks who find teh game easy are ones that concentrate on one social link at a time and don't move on until they've maxed their s. links.

My stats are...um. Charm: 3 Academics 2: Courage: 2

You haven't found many S. Links? I've encountered tons. So many that I'm almost overwhelmed once the after school portion of the game comes up. For me there's Kenji, Chihiro, Yoko, Kazuki, the guy at student council, the old couple at the book store, the gourmet king, Maiko or whatever - the little girl at the Shrine...
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Junpei the Tracer! on August 20, 2007, 06:30:01 PM: Quote from: Error2k4 on August 20, 2007, 05:39:39 PM
a persona with null/strong affinity towards dark?

Oh yeah lol but I have to try and find one.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: hyp on August 20, 2007, 07:10:49 PM: Quote from: Himuro on August 20, 2007, 06:26:13 PM
Kenji's 5 or so. Chihiro is 4. I think that the reason I was having trouble before was because every day I would talk to someone different. If you don't concentrate on a few set social links, I can imagine the game being a hard time (like I was having earlier). I'm pretty sure the folks who find teh game easy are ones that concentrate on one social link at a time and don't move on until they've maxed their s. links.

My stats are...um. Charm: 3 Academics 2: Courage: 2

You haven't found many S. Links? I've encountered tons. So many that I'm almost overwhelmed once the after school portion of the game comes up. For me there's Kenji, Chihiro, Yoko, Kazuki, the guy at student council, the old couple at the book store, the gourmet king, Maiko or whatever - the little girl at the Shrine...

crap. i haven't run into maiko, gourmet king or chihiro. so far, the ones i've discovered are:

- emperor (student council)
- hiero (old couple)
- hanged man (girl @ shrine)
- magician (kenji)
- chariot (kendo guy)
- hermit (mmorpg)

that's it! i'm wondering why i haven't triggered the ones you've listed... could be that my personality skills weren't developed in time. hmm.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 20, 2007, 08:03:58 PM: my relationship with Chihiro is not going anywhere, so Im dating Yukari now lol.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: hyp on August 20, 2007, 08:09:35 PM: i give up on your gaf thread. everyone's like level 100+ and is spoiling everything. bah.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 20, 2007, 08:20:52 PM: they are? havent noticed any major spoilers there.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: demi on August 20, 2007, 08:22:33 PM: Quote from: Error2k4 on August 20, 2007, 08:20:52 PM
they are? havent noticed any major spoilers there.

besides the ending? lol am i rite error help me out here
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 20, 2007, 08:27:45 PM: :-\

that was in another forum tho but still... :gloomy
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: hyp on August 20, 2007, 08:47:47 PM: not too many story spoilers, but character interactions... no one's using spoiler tags
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 20, 2007, 08:55:06 PM: Another S. Link is Bebe. Once you've got your Academics up to "average" go to the Home Economics room and you can get Bebe's S. Link.

In order to get Chihiro, you have to join Student Council.

Are you talking to the npcs? Because usually they'll bring up something like,"Some guy at the mall called the Gourmet King is there..." or "I saw a little kid at the Shrine the other day, she looked so lonely." The girl at the shrine is Maiko, or whatever her name is.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: hyp on August 20, 2007, 09:01:07 PM: maybe thats why i haven't found any new social links. i tend to just skip talking to NPCs all together. i thought most events would be scripted, which is why i've avoided most of them.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 20, 2007, 09:01:30 PM: Some of the npcs tell pretty valuable info. Some of them are pretty funny too.

I bet you all patel has a thing for the lady at the Antiques shop. :)
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on August 20, 2007, 09:08:48 PM: Antiques shop? Where's that?

I've not really gone to the mall or stations at all. Waiting for summer break to explore around those parts.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: hyp on August 20, 2007, 09:09:10 PM: Quote from: Himuro on August 20, 2007, 09:01:30 PM
Some of the npcs tell pretty valuable info. Some of them are pretty funny too.

I bet you all patel has a thing for the lady at the Antiques shop. :)

someone please spoil this for me. will i be able to tap mitsuri's ass in the future? i loves me a sexy, confident woman.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 20, 2007, 09:10:14 PM: You can go with Chihiro, Yuko, Yukari, Mitsuru, and Fuuka.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 20, 2007, 09:10:42 PM: Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on August 20, 2007, 09:08:48 PM
Antiques shop? Where's that?

I've not really gone to the mall or stations at all. Waiting for summer break to explore around those parts.

The mall dude.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on August 20, 2007, 09:11:22 PM: are you talking bout the used bookstore? or somewhere else?

Nich is trying for a "perfect clear" on his new game+ where he dates all 5 girls up to max in the space of a single school year

too bad this isn't on XBL, that would be one hell of an achievement
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: hyp on August 20, 2007, 09:13:02 PM: Quote from: Himuro on August 20, 2007, 09:10:14 PM
You can go with Chihiro, Yuko, Yukari, Mitsuru, and Fuuka.

:drool

this game is turning me into japafag extreme.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 20, 2007, 09:13:32 PM: it's at the mall next to the pharmacy.

Quote from: hyp on August 20, 2007, 09:13:02 PM
this game is turning me into japafag extreme.

Word.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on August 20, 2007, 09:15:03 PM: oh...I think the antiques shop was closed at first and I just never went after it reopened O:)

there are two malls you know. Paulownia and the strip mall.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: hyp on August 20, 2007, 09:15:16 PM: now we just need some otakus to produce persona 3 hentai. then i'm set.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 20, 2007, 09:16:03 PM: Man Kenji is so awesome
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: hyp on August 20, 2007, 09:18:34 PM: he still pimpin' it?
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 20, 2007, 09:54:28 PM: yeah Mitsuru is smoking hot (specially in that sunday/holiday clothes). too bad academics is a pain to level up.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: hyp on August 21, 2007, 12:45:39 AM: Quote from: Error2k4 on August 20, 2007, 09:54:28 PM
yeah Mitsuru is smoking hot (specially in that sunday/holiday clothes). too bad academics is a pain to level up.

:bow mitsuru.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 21, 2007, 10:35:50 AM: Oh man, that floor 47 boss was easy.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 21, 2007, 12:51:06 PM: some are real dicks tho, wait till you get to a certain one that's just fucking annoying. gives the trumpeter from nocturne a run for its money when it comes to being annoying.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 21, 2007, 08:39:02 PM: man. this game is going to last me a while. i have 26 hours clocked in and i'm not even done with june yet. none of those hours were idled either.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: hyp on August 21, 2007, 08:42:28 PM: Quote from: Himuro on August 21, 2007, 08:39:02 PM
man. this game is going to last me a while. i have 26 hours clocked in and i'm not even done with june yet. none of those hours were idled either.

same here. i've been averaging 3-4 hours a night and i'm on my 20th hour. it's june 5th on my game. so much to do.. i finally found some of the s.links you mentioned before. now i'm swamped with all the micro management. i'm trying to keep my character as balanced as possible at this point, but it's hard when i haven't even discovered 1/2 of the other arcanas.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 21, 2007, 08:46:22 PM: haha I got obsessed with it and Im pretty far along into the game. this is seriously my favorite rpg on the ps2 sorry Nocturne.

no I want FES more than ever.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 21, 2007, 08:48:04 PM: Yeah i'm sorry but dragon quarter and nocturne are gonna have to step down. atlus has outdone themselves with this one man. so much to do. i'm still considering what i should do on my second play through lol

rpg of last generation omg
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 21, 2007, 08:49:54 PM: there is bunch of shit I missed in this game already but it's a bit late to bother now, Im just concentrating in the S.Links I have now and ignoring the rest. I'm bummed there is no hard mode tho.

I gotta say this is my favorite cast of characters of any rpg, such an awesome group.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 21, 2007, 08:54:52 PM: what did you miss and how'd you miss them
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 21, 2007, 08:59:07 PM: I never went to the home economics thing, I just met a dude while doing the little girl S.Link, I dunno if I'll be able to max out the Music Club S.Link and the Student Council thing, there are couple more that are spoilerish but you'll see later.

oh I never bothered with Yuko, Chihiro ftw.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 21, 2007, 09:05:41 PM: If you go with yuko, she reveals there's a Monk dude at the club. He's tower.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 21, 2007, 09:07:02 PM: well shit, add that one to the stuff I missed.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 21, 2007, 09:07:59 PM: i can seriously imagine playing this game with a guide ruining the entire experience. i haven't touched my guide since i finished reading the intro and scanned in the japanese school system thing for you.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: hyp on August 21, 2007, 09:09:47 PM: i'm still on the fence whether i like this more than nocturne or DDS even. i think the clunky interface turned me off a bit, and the fact that summoning personas is such a waste of time. they could have really streamlined everything so that spells were accessible with the type of persona associated with it inside one unified menu. i totally love that they got rid of random encounters and added an equipment to the game. that's definitely a plus. i totally hate the map system though, i wish i could just hit triangle and view the entire map as it is. most of my quirks are technical and for the most part i'm hooked.

the modified press-turn system still feels weird to me, but it's probably due to all the time spent on the other games. things are getting more interesting though, and i'm looking forward to getting new characters into my party. oh, and i'm in love with mitsuru. :-[
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 21, 2007, 09:11:34 PM: Hyp: Persona has always worked like that when it comes to demon summoning yo equip a persona and you gain that persona's attributes, I feel P3 did a better job at using personas in battles than p2 by far. if you think p3 interface is clunky, you really dont want to touch P2.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 21, 2007, 09:14:16 PM: word. i'm not a big persona fan in general. I mean, i like the story for 1 and 2, but Persona 3 is really the first one where I've got semen dripping from my nostrils because of it.

i actually like One More more than PT as of now. It feels more...I dunno, fluid? Organic? Less trial and error?
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: hyp on August 21, 2007, 09:14:41 PM: Quote from: Error2k4 on August 21, 2007, 09:11:34 PM
Hyp: Persona has always worked like that when it comes to demon summoning yo equip a persona and you gain that persona's attributes, I feel P3 did a better job at using personas in battles than p2 by far. if you think p3 interface is clunky, you really dont want to touch P2.

that's true. i gave p2 a try and it wasn't what i expected. :lol

they should have made the crane game an actual mini game. now that would've been cool.

edit: i got the toy bow and the nail bat last night. sooo awesome.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 21, 2007, 09:16:28 PM: you can play mini-games in the arcade in FES :(

Quote
i actually like One More more than PT as of now. It feels more...I dunno, fluid? Organic? Less trial and error?
word, not only that but even if you have a decent plan/strategy shit can go south quickly anyway, makes for more interesting fights. in nocturne/dds once you had decent strategy it was pretty hard to lose. also they nerfed the shit out of buffs.

the AI is great, I never felt it gimped my plans at all. in fact it sometimes amaze with the strategy it comes up with like Aigis using sukukaja/rakukaja on me when I was fighting this boss that all it used was physical attacks and always using dekunda when enemies used debuffs
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: hyp on August 21, 2007, 09:16:45 PM: Quote from: Error2k4 on August 21, 2007, 09:16:28 PM
you can play mini-games in the arcade in FES :(

:o USA SHAFTED
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 21, 2007, 09:18:29 PM: i'm not a big fan of the equipment. One of the best things about these games were that I didn't have to worry about that bullshit. The lack of random battles, I'm mixed on that, because on one hand it's a plus; on the other, smt is like the one rpg series that did random battles RIGHT. it was great getting tense for battles because you weren't exactly sure which would be your last, and I liked that. Then again, that element is still present in P3, because enemies you encounter are still random, it's just you don't die from normal enemies nearly as much. Although I've had my share of deaths because I was careless and got fucked over by 3-4 spams of Mabufu when I have a Pyro Jack equipped.

I guess I should solo more. I think that'd give me more thrills.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 21, 2007, 09:21:37 PM: a solo run of this game would be cool.

my only complain is that full moon boss battles while awesome (fortune one was so cool) are totally pushovers compared to the ones in Tartarus.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 21, 2007, 09:21:57 PM: a solo run would be fucking AWESOME. unlike nocturne, it feels almost impossible to progress without your team mates. you really appreciate those guys, and they make a helluva difference.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 21, 2007, 09:23:38 PM: Quote from: Error2k4 on August 21, 2007, 09:21:37 PM
my only complain is that full moon boss battles while awesome (fortune one was so cool) are totally pushovers compared to the ones in Tartarus.

i really really want a hard mode :'(
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 21, 2007, 09:25:45 PM: it was pretty nice to see the fusion system not gimped like in Devil Summoner.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 22, 2007, 10:39:44 AM: Holy shit I'm on the floor 59 boss and that thing is TOUGH.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 22, 2007, 10:57:52 AM: I told you, game starts throwing nasty ones as you keep climbing higher and higher.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 22, 2007, 11:25:55 AM: Right now my party is:

Oberon
Saravasti
Naga
Berith
Fortuna
Pyro Jack

Pretty good team. I've got a Unicorn and Omoikane for fusion purposes. I tried to fight Emperor while my team mates were fatigued, and as expected, the battle was troublesome. I'm going to have them rest for a few days, and in the mean time I'm going to solo until I'm about level 24. I'll be able to make me a couple of goodies then, like Vetala.

I'm thinking of dismissing my entire party and remaking them so they all have Media. I dunno though. Fortuna's got Media...I think Saravasti's got it...
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 22, 2007, 12:53:20 PM: I dont bother giving healing spells to every persona, yukari and a couple of personas with healing spells is more than enough. I try to spread out a lot attacks between different personas so I have more options in battles.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 22, 2007, 01:15:42 PM: All of my Persona have varied attacks, but in the chance I ever need healing, it's good to have some options.

Hmmm. I forgot about my Principality. It's got Media too. Oberon's got Media. Nevermind about the fusion thing. I'm level 21 now so I should be making Vetala's and stuff soon. <3
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 22, 2007, 01:54:58 PM: (http://users.wfu.edu/bonedk1/nocturne/genma_cu_chulainn.jpg)
:bow

I have that persona
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 22, 2007, 02:21:08 PM: He's my bud's favorite demon in nocturne and he was ecstatic when he got him in P3. lol

Man, I wish the artbook had Persona art in there. It's great they used Kaneko's demon designs again. The art for the majority of my party now is amazing.

Fortuna

(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x189/atm1986/Fortuna.png)

Principality

(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x189/atm1986/Principality.png)

Saravasti

(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x189/atm1986/Sarasvati.png)

Naga <3

(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x189/atm1986/Naga.png)

Vetala <3

(http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x189/atm1986/Vetala.png)
Kaneko <3
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 22, 2007, 02:42:21 PM: I like samael too, he was probably THE Mudo demon in Nocturne, you kinda get him early in p3 so he only gets mudoon.

Metatron is in the game and he is one my favorites too
(http://users.wfu.edu/bonedk1/nocturne/seraph_metatron.jpg)

also the Persona designs in p3 are badass, Im already getting the
spoiler (click to show/hide)
evolved ones and they look awesome
[close]
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 22, 2007, 02:44:49 PM: There's no need to spoiler tag that. They have the evolved Personae in the artbook. :-\
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 22, 2007, 02:46:55 PM: yeah art book spoiled me too, Atlus could at least put a Spoiler Warning there.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 22, 2007, 02:47:27 PM: Naw, it's an artbok. We probably deserved it.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 22, 2007, 02:49:37 PM: I was only spoiled of Yukari's evolved persona... plus the ones I have seen in the game, so I still havent seen them all at least.

where you at?
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 22, 2007, 02:52:57 PM: I'm still in June. I haven't beaten the floor 59 boss yet. Still preparing.

http://www.hongfire.com/cg/data/12/f61aee23257ba0e2ed5e73730c8ea36a.jpg

omfg Error there's this pic that has characters from various SMT's plus Persona 3 here with that pissed off face look they get when they summon Persona. Demifiend <3
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 22, 2007, 02:56:42 PM: that's awesome, haha raidou is there too.

<3 chihiro
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 22, 2007, 03:04:41 PM: Starts on the third row of characters.

1. Raidou (Devil Summoner: Raidou)
2. Hitoshura (Nocturne)
3. Serph (DDS)
4. ?
5. Ellen (Persona 1)
6. Katsuya (Persona 2)
7. Lisa Silverman (Persona 2)
8. ?
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 22, 2007, 03:15:40 PM: 1. Raidou (Devil Summoner: Raidou)
2. Hitoshura (Nocturne)
3. Serph (DDS)
4. the Maid from Soul Hackers
5. Ellen (Persona 1)
6. Katsuya (Persona 2)
7. Lisa Silverman (Persona 2)
8. I really dont know this one.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: y2kev on August 22, 2007, 04:25:18 PM: just got it after i beat the 'cock.

OMG
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 22, 2007, 04:36:40 PM: game rox
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: hyp on August 22, 2007, 05:18:26 PM: persona 3 is like hard-earned sex. lots of talk beforehand, but a nice NUT at the end.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 22, 2007, 05:47:57 PM: yeah that is totally the chick from soul hackers
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 23, 2007, 10:02:29 AM: Huh. I beat floor 59 boss easily with a healthy party. Being fatigued really makes a difference. o_O

I have rank 6 Magician Arcana (Kenji), and made a seriously awesome Sati that has both Mabufu and Agilon.

The July Full Moon event is in 6 days, but I'm pretty much done preparing. I've developed a schedule in the mean time, that I can use to balance out my S. Links. I've noticed a lot of recent Personae I have been making are like S. Link rank 1 or 2 or something, so I've decided to spread out my friendship equally. I rotate each S. Link weekly. On one week I hang out with Yoko, the next week I hang out with Maiko;etc.

Monday: Student Council
Tuesday: Art Club/Bebe
Wednesday: Yoko/Maiko
Thursday: Kendo Practice/Gourmet King
Friday: Kenji/Old Couple
Saturday: Chihiro
Sunday: MMORPG with Maya xD/shop on the tv network

Just when I decided to do this, I went and played with Maiko at the shrine and she introduces me to this guy who only appears on Sundays. Sigh.

I've got level 5 Charm, level 3 Academics, and level 3 Courage.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 23, 2007, 01:42:30 PM: http://www.entdepot.com/ps2/article_2584.php

Quote
For instance, the daytime high school sim simply has too many characters to befriend. If you decide to adopt a strategy to spread your social links thin, you'll waste a lot of days because you often need to spend more than one day with someone to raise the link's level. If you don't talk to someone for a long period of time, he or she will get mad at you and you'll have to waste another day getting back in good graces. However, if you get to be very good friends with a female, she'll consider the two of you as dating and will get mad if you spend time with any other girl.

lol

Quote
Without a doubt, the most irritating aspect of Persona 3 is your allies' horrible, horrible AI, which is exacerbated by a particularly annoying design decision: if your main character dies, the game is instantly over. Never mind that you can easily revive your allies when they are knocked out; apparently they are just too stupid to figure out how to return the same favor. Since you must, at all costs, keep your leader from dying, the best thing to do in every battle is to knock as many enemies down as possible. Even if you can't knock them all down and get the powerful attack, you can at least steal their turns. However, if you are in the middle of doing this and one of your spells misses, your allies' default AI tells them to attack enemies with the lowest HP. This means they go for the downed enemies you've already hit, which means the enemies regain their turns and get more opportunities to kill the hero.

someone is not using the knockdown tactic.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: y2kev on August 23, 2007, 02:18:14 PM: OMG THIS GAME!!!
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 23, 2007, 02:32:25 PM: :bow P3 :bow
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 23, 2007, 03:38:04 PM: :bow P3 :bow

*looks at watch to see how long it's been since he played it*

THIS GAME...!!!

*shakes fist*

>:( :bow
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: y2kev on August 23, 2007, 03:47:10 PM: I think junpei is my favorite rpg character ever...
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 23, 2007, 03:56:17 PM: rofl you gotta be kidding me

where are u
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: y2kev on August 23, 2007, 04:04:01 PM: Quote from: Himuro on August 23, 2007, 03:56:17 PM
rofl you gotta be kidding me

where are u

still early

floor 6

he's totally awesome

hater
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 23, 2007, 04:04:18 PM: has anyone bothered with fusion spells? I only have 3.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 23, 2007, 04:13:13 PM: I love Junpei, Kev. TAH DAH DAH JUNPEI HAS LEVELED UP is the best level up chant/sound/whatever.

I've only encountered 2 Fusion spells:

Orpheus + Asparas = Cadenza (heals 50% hp for whole party, no matter what magic stat. Increases agility highly for whole party)

Jack Frost + Pyro Jack = Jack Brothers (chances knocking down enemies, low odds)
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 23, 2007, 04:16:45 PM: king frost and black frost is another one.

I guess Succubus/Incubus have one same as Clotho/Lachesis/Atropos.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: y2kev on August 23, 2007, 04:21:21 PM: Quote from: Himuro on August 23, 2007, 04:13:13 PM
I love Junpei, Kev. TAH DAH DAH JUNPEI HAS LEVELED UP is the best level up chant/sound/whatever.

I've only encountered 2 Fusion spells:

Orpheus + Asparas = Cadenza (heals 50% hp for whole party, no matter what magic stat. Increases agility highly for whole party)

Jack Frost + Pyro Jack = Jack Brothers (chances knocking down enemies, low odds)

Yeah, when I heard that TA DA DA DA I was like OMFG :lol

I use Cadenza but that's it.

I LOVE how the battles are fast.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 23, 2007, 08:15:49 PM: I found another one in my Fusion spells list. Forgot the name but it's a Light based attack.

Anyways, I'm coming into this thread to say OMFG OMFG OMFG @ the July Full Moon event. Holy SHIT, Atlus I belong to your ass. It's great to have mind fuck and horror brought back to the SMT table. <3 Oh man oh man oh man oh man.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: hyp on August 23, 2007, 08:17:29 PM: i just finally got past the june event. i'm so far behind you guys. :-\
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 23, 2007, 08:22:52 PM: I'm anticipating and getting goosebumps when it's almost time for a full moon event. Not because of the bosses - the full moon bosses are fucking push overs - but for the story. Oh man, oh man it is great to have mind fuck and horror thrown back into the SMT mix. DDS and Devil Summoner didn't have nearly as much as Nocturne or Persona 2.

34 hours in, and I just got into July. I'm preparing for Finals now. At the rate I'm going, it's taking about 12-15 hours per month.

Oh man, that was some awesome shit.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: hyp on August 23, 2007, 08:25:15 PM: glad to know the story gets darker. it's what i really liked about DDS and nocturne.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: y2kev on August 23, 2007, 08:42:06 PM: i beat the floor 10 boss

BOW TO ME
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: hyp on August 23, 2007, 08:42:44 PM: CONGRATZ, now go hump MITSURU
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 23, 2007, 08:46:03 PM: Oh my fucking GOD. THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 24, 2007, 01:29:16 AM: sorry to be a little off-topic someone posted this gaf

(http://blog.roodo.com/dds/6bf52407.jpg)

looks badass
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: y2kev on August 24, 2007, 01:32:55 AM: Quote from: Himuro on August 23, 2007, 08:46:03 PM
Oh my fucking GOD. THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!!
THIS GAME!!!!!!!!11111
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Mondain on August 24, 2007, 09:41:54 AM: urgh how can you beat the early October boss, any special strategy?

I hate when a monster has the spell heat wave, often they can annihilate the whole party in one shot with it
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: y2kev on August 24, 2007, 06:17:39 PM: i'm in late may, post midterms. floor 25 of Tartyrooos.

omg this game!!!! lol

I'm still learning how to fuse well, but for ONCE i finally understand SOME smt spell names. except the kuju and kajas and rakujaka and iwo jimas and aunt jermimas.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 24, 2007, 06:23:53 PM: raku=defense
suku=evasion
tara=attack
mara=magic

or something like that.

kunda=debuffs
kajas=buffs

edit: I heard the manual has a chart for fusion, I havent look at it yet tho.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: y2kev on August 24, 2007, 06:42:34 PM: Quote from: Error2k4 on August 24, 2007, 06:23:53 PM

edit: I heard the manual has a chart for fusion, I havent look at it yet tho.

my manual's not here yet :hyper

coming soon. damn u gamefly.

i did keep the game though! :hyper
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 28, 2007, 01:21:03 PM: Dude. I'm in September now. Fucking July and August sucked because they were so linear. I mean, it wasn't that bad. I was able to almost max my Academics stat because you learn Academics twice as much if you study during summer break, but I really missed school. I haven't played in about 2 days. Been busy studying, hanging out with people, and exploring Florida (OMG JUST LIKE IN PERSONA 3!!!11 gotta up those social links in real life, am i rite!). I'm 4 days away from the September full moon event. I love this game so much.

Okay, July and August didn't suck, but they were certainly too linear. I was able to manage because I love this game's plot and character so much. If you know me, it's rare for me to ever gush over a game's plot, much less a jrpg, but I'm gushing over this game's characters and shit. Aegis :-[ Shinjiro :hyper

"She so cute...but she's a robot..." lol

I have decided that Aegis is the best character in the game and no one can sway this decision. It's about time a character finally gets some stones and goes all SMT and shoot fucks with guns and crap. I got my lil' robot pal a Grenade Launcher :love

I met Tanaka and he fucking rules. "If you tell anyone I'll post your picture on a site where ex convicts visit" :lol I've gotten to level 5 with him already and he owns. Striped shirt makes me feel bad. What I love about S links is that you're essentially using these people to up your Persona ranks, you don't care about them at all. It's really unique in how it handles conversations with npcs. Just like how the character has the ability to switch multiple personas on the fly, he uses multiple personas when engaging with the npcs. It's cool how you'll get involved with doing nice things for people, from helping an old couple at a bookstore and comforting a terminally ill character (<3) to pushing every single person in school to find out who smoked that cigerrete (i have a theory who it was) and learning how to con people from a businessman.

Mamoru <3
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 28, 2007, 01:33:58 PM: Aigis is the best character in the game by far.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 28, 2007, 01:34:35 PM: AEGIS !!!! :hyper
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: abrader on August 28, 2007, 02:04:20 PM: Anyone else rokkin the soundtrack? I actually imported it into itunes and was listening it in my car this morning.

Anyway - I just got past the first tower block - loving this game. I am playing PErsona (PSOne) in between sessions for fun.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: hyp on August 28, 2007, 02:18:51 PM: cant believe how easy 57F boss was... :lol

i'm still in june, i'm spending way too much time grinding my way up the floors, i think i just need to skip past all that and move the game along. *sigh*
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 28, 2007, 04:35:09 PM: Himuro: 'Operation Babe Hunt' ftw!
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: hyp on August 28, 2007, 05:12:11 PM: lemme guess, kenji?
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 28, 2007, 05:45:33 PM: you'll see.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 28, 2007, 05:54:21 PM: operation babe hunt fucking owned
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: abrader on August 28, 2007, 07:04:27 PM: when you guys sit down to play this, how long are you playing?

I generally do 1-2 hidden hour exploration sessions each time I play - then I maybe do one more day of school, etc and then save/quit...
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: hyp on August 28, 2007, 07:12:23 PM: i try to go through a whole week with each playthrough.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Beezy on August 28, 2007, 09:13:43 PM: I still haven't really played this game. I tried to start it a few nights ago, but it was late and I fell asleep at the beginning. :(
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Post by: Error2k4 on August 28, 2007, 10:24:09 PM: jesus titty christ, the last set of bosses in Tartarus are so fucking well designed.
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Post by: Himu on August 29, 2007, 09:39:04 AM: Oh man. The 110 floor boss. omg. GENIUS. The guy had no fucking WEAKNESS so you had to go all out and use phsyical attacks, and he's cast an attack barrier. In order for me to get past his defenses, I sacrificed my main character's hp for when he got hit by his counter so my other members could attack. So awesome. I need dekunda asap.

September full moon event = omg

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the mall's fountain turned into blood omg
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Post by: Error2k4 on August 29, 2007, 12:07:50 PM: the best has yet to come.
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Post by: Himu on August 29, 2007, 01:38:17 PM: i heard october is omg
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Mondain on August 29, 2007, 01:45:52 PM: the little boy Ken, the dog and especially Shinjira are more powerful characters than Aigis; now my party is more balanced (these new characters are way more leveled-up than your default characters) and Aigis even seems to be dragging my party down

I really hate that character, what a pointless, not to mention creepy inclusion... the FES content that takes place after the main quest centers around it, so in the end I'm glad that Atlus will never release it here

also, I'd like to know the name of the rap song that plays during Operation Babe Hunt
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Post by: Himu on August 29, 2007, 01:49:56 PM: Aegis rules. Shut the fuck up. She uses GUNS.
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Post by: Junpei the Tracer! on August 29, 2007, 03:41:12 PM: Quote from: Mondain on August 29, 2007, 01:45:52 PM
the little boy Ken, the dog and especially Shinjira are more powerful characters than Aigis; now my party is more balanced (these new characters are way more leveled-up than your default characters) and Aigis even seems to be dragging my party down

I really hate that character, what a pointless, not to mention creepy inclusion... the FES content that takes place after the main quest centers around it, so in the end I'm glad that Atlus will never release it here

also, I'd like to know the name of the rap song that plays during Operation Babe Hunt

Deep Breath.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 29, 2007, 04:53:36 PM: Aegis is fucking awesome, she's all physical attacks (from all types) AND has all the good buff spells (she also has dekunda!) plus a couple of healing spells she is the most complete character of the whole bunch aside from the hero of course.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 30, 2007, 02:08:50 PM: where are you guys
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 30, 2007, 02:43:26 PM: January
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Post by: Himu on August 30, 2007, 02:44:28 PM: hahaha

how many hours buddy
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on August 30, 2007, 02:45:56 PM: 96 hours or something, dont remember very well.

I did have some idle time while playing it, so uh... probably like 89 hours or less.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 30, 2007, 02:47:19 PM: I haven't idled SHIT and I'm 50 hours into it and in September.
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Post by: ananus on August 30, 2007, 06:03:15 PM: does the boss on floor 36 have a weakness?

also, where does the second part of the tartarus end? or how far do i have to go before the second full moon?
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 30, 2007, 06:05:44 PM: look on your calender. second part of tartarus ends i dunno. floor 50 or some shit?
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Post by: ananus on August 30, 2007, 06:14:30 PM: it's 5/31 i think. do you remember if he has a weakness? he looks like a statue and uses wind spells.
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Post by: hyp on August 30, 2007, 06:15:56 PM: finally hit july. damn this game is LONG
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on August 30, 2007, 06:18:52 PM: Quote from: ananus on August 30, 2007, 06:14:30 PM
it's 5/31 i think. do you remember if he has a weakness? he looks like a statue and uses wind spells.

oh the statue. get yourself an asparas and then use cadenza with orpheus. If i remember correctly, if this is the right boss then I'm probably right, but cadenza raises your agility about 1000 x, so when he tries to hit you, he'll miss and probably be downed. that's your cue to do all out attack, which is the best way to beat him. not all enemies you face have a weakness.
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Post by: ananus on August 30, 2007, 06:21:03 PM: i already have that. are you sure he falls tho? he was using magic last time i faced him. i thought you could only fall by using physical attacks.

junpei and akihiko did manage to get him down with their phys skills tho.
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Post by: Himu on August 30, 2007, 06:22:23 PM: enemies fall if they miss. your party members do the same. it's a good tactic to force your enemy to miss you, if you can't damage him with decent magic or physical attacks. that way you can get an all out attack and all out attack = massive damage

wait. you mean they downed him with their physical skills? he's weak against phsyical or did they just do critical.

if you have the ability, use rebellion. it raises critical attacks for every cahracter on the field including enemies, but if you manage to get critical on the enemy one after one he may not last long to begin with
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Post by: ananus on August 30, 2007, 06:38:39 PM: i don't have rebellion. ;(

also, i think they just got him down without criticals. akihiko got him down, i used the all out attack, junpei got him down, i did it again. i find it hard to believe i was so lucky to get 2 criticals in a row. maybe it's a property their phys skills have, i dunno.

and i've never seen a character fall 'cause their magic missed. but if whatever i try later on doesn't work, i'll use candeza. i think i'll just tell akihiko or junpei to take him down and wait for him to get up, without going all out so he wastes his turn. sucks that i traded my ara mitama for a stupid jack frost, otherwise i could use rakunda while he's getting beat.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Junpei the Tracer! on September 01, 2007, 12:41:16 PM: The end is near.I fear that I won't be able to max everyone out.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on September 01, 2007, 12:47:54 PM: is it possible to max out every single s link in one playthorugh?
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on September 01, 2007, 10:26:19 PM: Quote from: Himuro on September 01, 2007, 12:47:54 PM
is it possible to max out every single s link in one playthorugh?
yes there is a faq for it in gfaqs

btw the Last boss looks amazing and the graphics are unholy the music for the fight is OMFGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
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Post by: Ichirou on September 02, 2007, 09:58:05 PM: Is there a Persona that sort of looks like a robot chick? With blonde hair?
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Error2k4 on September 02, 2007, 11:58:50 PM: yeah Aegis/Aigis, she is not a persona she's a character in the game.

btw the last boss is kinda sucky, motherfucking fight drags on for too fucking long. a shame because the graphics and music are zomg.
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Post by: y2kev on September 03, 2007, 12:04:46 AM: Quote from: Error2k4 on September 01, 2007, 10:26:19 PM
Quote from: Himuro on September 01, 2007, 12:47:54 PM
is it possible to max out every single s link in one playthorugh?
yes there is a faq for it in gfaqs

btw the Last boss looks amazing and the graphics are unholy the music for the fight is OMFGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

BURRNNNN MYYYY DREADDDD
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Ichirou on September 03, 2007, 01:44:32 AM: Quote from: Error2k4 on September 02, 2007, 11:58:50 PM
yeah Aegis/Aigis, she is not a persona she's a character in the game.

Really? I thought all the characters were high school students? She certainly doesn't look like one.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on September 04, 2007, 07:19:27 PM: bump. goty.

Quote from: Ichirou on September 03, 2007, 01:44:32 AM
Quote from: Error2k4 on September 02, 2007, 11:58:50 PM
yeah Aegis/Aigis, she is not a persona she's a character in the game.

Really? I thought all the characters were high school students? She certainly doesn't look like one.

buy the game ichi!!!
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: ananus on September 05, 2007, 06:01:14 PM: i'll try to clear the third moon event tonight. i wish i had more time to play this. ;( i don't like playing in small bits since it takes away from the games, but i saw everyone hyping it up, and then once i popped it in and saw the openings i had to play it. damn internet
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Post by: Error2k4 on September 05, 2007, 10:06:30 PM: finished the game, great ending.

I want fes :-\
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Post by: Himu on September 06, 2007, 01:53:09 PM: i'm in october now. october 2nd to be exact. preparing for oct 4.

floor 135 guardian boss was the shit.

goty. hard as balls fight that was. took me 4 or 5 tries to beat him.
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Post by: Ichirou on September 07, 2007, 03:58:43 AM: Quote from: Himuro on September 04, 2007, 07:19:27 PM
bump. goty.

Quote from: Ichirou on September 03, 2007, 01:44:32 AM
Quote from: Error2k4 on September 02, 2007, 11:58:50 PM
yeah Aegis/Aigis, she is not a persona she's a character in the game.

Really? I thought all the characters were high school students? She certainly doesn't look like one.

buy the game ichi!!!

I wanted to, but it's nowhere to be found. I'd have to import if from the States.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on September 07, 2007, 03:56:27 PM: Get it from PlayAsia, nub.

GOTY. October full moon event is likely best boss fight of the year. ftw. Genius. :bow

This game ooowwwwwwnnnnssssss :bow
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: ananus on September 09, 2007, 01:01:28 AM: it seems i can date yukari now, but i had a thing going with chihiro, i think it was around lvl 7. if i start dating yukari, will chihiro find out and screw up the slink? if so, do i have to tell her some awful stuff or something to lower the slink? also, is mitsuro dateable?

as for operation babe hunt:
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is there a way to succeed in it? 'cause i got owned
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Post by: Error2k4 on September 09, 2007, 09:27:57 AM: mitsuru becomes available at winter, if you date a girl while you are on an intimate relationship with another, the girl you are very involved with will get mad and her respective arcana will go into broken status. you'll have to damage control like crazy for her to care again.

cheers for PS2 best rpg, this game is really something special the ending is total class. in my top 3 when it comes to rpgs, a bit bummed that it ended but oh well.... I want FES!
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Post by: Himu on September 09, 2007, 05:19:38 PM: october boss :bow :bow :bow
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Ichirou on September 09, 2007, 11:52:29 PM: Quote from: ananus on September 09, 2007, 01:01:28 AM
it seems i can date yukari now, but i had a thing going with chihiro, i think it was around lvl 7. if i start dating yukari, will chihiro find out and screw up the slink? if so, do i have to tell her some awful stuff or something to lower the slink? also, is mitsuro dateable?

lol, does this game have different endings depending on which girl loves u the most :heartbeat :heartbeat :heartbeat
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Post by: ananus on September 10, 2007, 06:33:30 AM: i dunno, but mitsuro is definitely the nicest looking one. :elephant

i think i'll just max chihiro to get her item, hope to get caught with yukari before she cares about the relationship and then work my way from there.
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Post by: Himu on September 10, 2007, 09:21:48 AM: Jesus Christ. The floor 145 (I think it is?) boss is hard. I've fought them a good 4 times now and can't come up with a way to beat them. Hmmm.

Maybe I should level up so I can get better Persona. Not that that matters, because they nullify your Zio immunity. Maybe I should charm them or something so they can't nullify my immunity. The heat wave attack isn't so bad, it's the goddamn thunder attacks that make the battle hard, because they buff up their magic attacks before using them. I guess the whole thunder immunity thing wouldn't matter if I had a Persona or party member who had Dekunda...

Anyways, I tried the 5 Persona fusion...DAISOUJOU! :-[ :-* I can't make him yet because I'm not level 53 but...awesome!
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Post by: Junpei the Tracer! on September 10, 2007, 09:52:49 AM: I beat it.Roughly 80 hours.I was a tad overpowered for the final boss.

Nice game.
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on October 19, 2007, 07:03:11 PM: HIMU, THIS IS FROM GAF TODAY:

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The US voice actor for Takaya in Persona 3 had this tidbit on his website:

"GAMES TO WATCH OUT FOR:
Persona 3 Expansion Pack (PS2)-Takeharu, Vice Police Detective"

Early leak that FES is coming?
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Post by: Himu on October 19, 2007, 07:05:54 PM: OMFG
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Post by: ananus on October 19, 2007, 07:09:28 PM: awesome! :elephant :elephant :elephant
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Mr. Gundam on October 19, 2007, 07:10:25 PM: NOW ANNOUNCE SUPER ROBOT TAISEN OG FOR THE PS2!!!
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Ichirou on October 19, 2007, 10:17:21 PM: sfspadofuads;foadsif

HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT

Now all we need...is a bit of Super Robot Taisen Original Generations, and a lot of luck.

please please please let this be true
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Himu on October 19, 2007, 10:20:50 PM: it is. they took it off of the site. it's always true if that happens.
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Post by: Ichirou on October 19, 2007, 10:23:14 PM: :D :D :D :D :D :D

I am happy now. Can you tell?
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Post by: Vizzys on October 19, 2007, 10:34:21 PM: cools
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Vizzys on October 01, 2009, 03:24:20 AM: bros before hoes

also this thread is a blast from the past damn

id say about an hour or two before you have control, i forget

play persona 4 afterwards
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 01, 2009, 10:22:14 AM: First hour or two is really hand-holdy, but it opens up a lot after that.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 01, 2009, 02:04:01 PM: Quote from: Green Shinobi on October 01, 2009, 12:41:57 PM
Will my character have the opportunity to pursue anything with Yukari or Mitsuru?

Yes. You might want to read an FAQs about the relationships though, some can be pretty complicated and it's easy to miss opportunities to advance your relationship with them.
Title: Re: Persona 3 = worth the year long wait
Post by: Fortus on October 01, 2009, 09:44:35 PM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on October 01, 2009, 02:04:01 PM
Quote from: Green Shinobi on October 01, 2009, 12:41:57 PM
Will my character have the opportunity to pursue anything with Yukari or Mitsuru?

Yes. You might want to read an FAQs about the relationships though, some can be pretty complicated and it's easy to miss opportunities to advance your relationship with them.

I wouldn't recommend a FAQ for the first play-through. Just wing it and enjoy the game. Use a FAQ for NG+ if you're stressed about getting 100%. If the game doesn't grab you enough that you want to do NG+ you can always just youtube the s-link ending anyways