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Title: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 16, 2012, 12:03:53 PM
it seems a number of us have been playing Persona 4 all of a sudden. I'm playing the OG PS2 version.

I finished Yukiko's Castle and now moving onto the next part of the story.

I appreciate that the characters here seem to be intelligent and are logically talking about the situation they are in based on the evidence they have. And the interactions between the various characters are pretty entertaining. The scene where Yosuke and Charlie eat all of the girls lunch was hilarious "My tofu... :( "

Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Van Cruncheon on December 16, 2012, 12:04:53 PM
AM I UGUU, UGUU SEMPAI
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: demi on December 16, 2012, 12:06:38 PM
game is doooooodooooo
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: treythemovie on December 16, 2012, 12:11:48 PM
Persona 4 is pretty amazing. I'm not sure Atlus fully understands why it was great though. At least those involved with Golden, Arena and the anime didn't really understand it (though subsequent fanservice cash-ins rarely do...).

Catherine gives me some hope for Persona 5.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: tiesto on December 16, 2012, 01:11:41 PM
I'll be joining you guys next weekend, when I go on my yearly holiday break. Looking forward to the uguu and making Chie my waifu.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 16, 2012, 02:02:37 PM
I'm on my second run through Kanji's dungeon, bout to fight the bonus boss. Just started the S.Link with the sexy nurse at the hospital. :o
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 16, 2012, 02:16:30 PM
need to get my courage up so i can be as forward to Chie as possible.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Himu on December 16, 2012, 02:28:17 PM
welcome to goty 2008.
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Post by: Joe Molotov on December 16, 2012, 02:36:42 PM
Also, I finally got my courage high enough so I can cut class with the slacker girl. :bow2
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: demi on December 16, 2012, 02:44:54 PM
Quote from: treythemovie on December 16, 2012, 12:11:48 PM
Persona 4 is pretty amazing. I'm not sure Atlus fully understands why it was great though. At least those involved with Golden, Arena and the anime didn't really understand it (though subsequent fanservice cash-ins rarely do...).

Catherine gives me some hope for Persona 5.

What's there to understand? It's about uguu power of friendship. Nothing exclusive to Persona... the old Personas were better.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 16, 2012, 03:43:19 PM
AHA IS THIS OUR CHANCE
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 16, 2012, 03:43:50 PM
im playing it very slowly. lik 3 hours a week. its great. fun. nice and pick up and play also
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 16, 2012, 03:45:03 PM
Quote from: fistfulofmetal on December 16, 2012, 03:43:19 PM
AHA IS THIS OUR CHANCE

LET ME TAKE CARE OF THIS ONE, SENPAI!
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Verdigris Murder on December 16, 2012, 05:11:01 PM
Basically I found P3P to be far less simplified combat wise, P4 it's just one physical type.

Diluted for simpletons.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Verdigris Murder on December 16, 2012, 06:32:37 PM
Also you can't send your team mates out to explore the floors. Unless it changes.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Huff on December 16, 2012, 10:32:12 PM
Had a bit of a panicked moment at the end of the first dungeon. Went to the top floor and made it to the boss in one go. I figured there be some spot to save or an opportunity to leave the dungeon after getting to the top so I entered the last door. Nope, straight into the boss fight were I got whooped. Thank God it let me start over at the same floor and I used that item to peace out. If I had gotten a game over and lost all that dungeon progress, man, I dunno if I would have gone back to this game. At least for a while
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 17, 2012, 12:23:17 AM
playing on Beginner gives you an item that revives your entire party to full health once you wipe lol

it actually gives you a quantity of 10 of that item as well.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 17, 2012, 01:35:44 PM
yaaay finally defeated the Kanji dungeon. was not feeling good about it but managed to turn it around after I took down Nice Guy.

now I can focus on social stuff for awhile.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 17, 2012, 02:12:39 PM
Damn, I screwed up a request. There's one dude that gives trades you a mop for a weapon (it has the same stats as your weapon, so it's okay). I thought it was just a joke weapon, but then later on there's a guy that needs the mop but I already sold it and there's no way to get another one. At least there's no trophy tied to doing all the requests, but still, it's annoying since I'd been doing them all. I guess the upside is that I can stop being paranoid about missing a request, since I already have.

So anyway PROTIP: Don't sell the mop.

Almost to the end of Rise's dungeon now.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Huff on December 17, 2012, 04:00:14 PM
beat the first dungeon. more than 10 hours in. I'm playing this pretty slow arn't I
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Himu on December 17, 2012, 05:45:57 PM
p4 has much more content than p3, that's normal huff.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 17, 2012, 06:55:35 PM
is there any logic behind the fusing system or is it random what persona you'll get?
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Huff on December 17, 2012, 06:57:25 PM
Quote from: fistfulofmetal on December 17, 2012, 06:55:35 PM
is there any logic behind the fusing system or is it random what persona you'll get?

i've totally been using a faq for the fusion stuff. and i still have no idea what i'm doing
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 17, 2012, 07:00:00 PM
Quote from: Huff on December 17, 2012, 06:57:25 PM
Quote from: fistfulofmetal on December 17, 2012, 06:55:35 PM
is there any logic behind the fusing system or is it random what persona you'll get?

i've totally been using a faq for the fusion stuff. and i still have no idea what i'm doing

It seems fusing is really the only way to keep all your personas at a decent level. i'm never swapping them around or using them all enough so some tend to fall behind. by fusing you take two and make one that's usually going to end up higher (thanks to the social link XP bonus) and it tends to have combined powers.

Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Himu on December 17, 2012, 07:26:28 PM
When playing SMT:

1. Never get "close" to a demon. Always make sure your demon party is up to task depending on the floor, or even dungeon. In order to gain new abilities and demons (persona, in this case) you must fuse.

2. The logic between fusion is that each demon has its own unique type or 'race'. In SMT proper, Angel is an Divine type demon, for the purpose of Persona series, demons which are called Persona, have Arcana. In Persona, Angel is a Justice type Persona. In order to make Angel you need x level of two different Justice Personae.

3. To create a specific demon, you must know fulfill level requirements. You will know what the level requirements are by looking at the demon in question, if it is blurred out, and then see what level is required. The game will tell you.

4. Each demon has a specific ingredient, i.e. this demon, or that demon, to make the persona. Some don't have heavy requirements, but if you want to make a Metatron or extremely high level demon, you are going to have to go through a specific amount of steps. Sometimes on rare occasions the fusion WILL mess up so always save before you fuse.

Addendum (basics of playing SMT):

Cards contain persona and each dungeon has a specific set of demons you fight. Depending on the situation you will need to switch up your persona roster. If the majority of the demons are weak to wind, get a wind based Persona or two. Always cover your bases, so that you have Persona that protect from whatever strengths the enemies throw at you, this includes death magic.

It's suggested to try to level up all slinks, even with characters who may not interest you because this increases their potency in battle as well as leveling up your Arcana types. For example, Chie's arcana is The Chariot. By leveling up Chie's slink, you are by leveling up Chariot. This means you can get better Chariot Persona. By balancing your slinks, you are by also helping yourself to a wider palette of peronsa to fuse and create.

Fusion is the hallmark of SMT demon collection. You fuse to make whatever demon you need at the time, or that you think you will need eventually. Any Persona you make is entered into your compendium, which allows you to buy and rebuy any demons you discard or fuse. Need to make something that requires your Jack Frost? No biggie, save your current Jack Frost so you retain levels, spells, abilities in the Compendium, then save the game, fuse, go to compendium history, re-order that Jack Frost, you got your persona back for a select fee. The more powerful the Persona the more it costs to get them back from the compendium.

With S links, compendiums, fusion, and roulette card shuffle, you have a lot of options to get ahead in P3/4.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 17, 2012, 07:54:14 PM
Quote from: AWESOM-O on December 17, 2012, 04:36:52 PM
Not really. It takes like 3 hours just to get the story started. That was the biggest problem with P4. IIRC, P3 just threw you right into the action.

P3 still took like an hour to actually get to the dungeon, but yeah it's even more so in P4.

And since you can buy back any persona you've previously held, my strategy is to just fuse the hell out of everything. The only thing that sucks is trying to get personas with specific abilities for Margaret, but you can use an FAQ for that.
Title: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Huff on December 17, 2012, 08:00:13 PM
Is there any difference in the physical attack moves? Like more HP cost more damage?
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 17, 2012, 08:05:53 PM
Quote from: Huff on December 17, 2012, 08:00:13 PM
Is there any difference in the physical attack moves? Like more HP cost more damage?

i would imagine, yeah.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Himu on December 17, 2012, 08:36:40 PM
Quote from: Huff on December 17, 2012, 08:00:13 PM
Is there any difference in the physical attack moves? Like more HP cost more damage?

Yes.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 18, 2012, 03:03:55 PM
All done with Rise's dungeon. Was mad easy.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 18, 2012, 06:18:59 PM
no,
spoiler (click to show/hide)
strip joint.
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Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Himu on December 18, 2012, 06:20:37 PM
Quote from: fistfulofmetal on December 18, 2012, 03:03:55 PM
All done with Rise's dungeon. Was mad easy.

You are playing on easy mode.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
A lot of people have trouble on Rise and later, Teddy's bosses.
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Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: demi on December 18, 2012, 06:24:10 PM
lol, "gee that was easy"

> plays beginner mode
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Himu on December 18, 2012, 06:30:43 PM
> gives me shit for thinking dark souls sucks
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 18, 2012, 06:59:03 PM
also just beat the option boss. also mad easy

also deal with it.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 19, 2012, 03:33:17 PM
Kanji is the funniest character in this game.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 20, 2012, 01:59:14 AM
My guys are getting mad OP. I'm Lv. ~42 in the Void Quest dungeon and I'm just killing it. I guess I should have went with hard, but I was afraid it would get too grindy and I'd just get bored. Oh well, sooner I blow through the dungeons, quicker I can get back to my S.Links yeaaahhhh!

:uguu
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 20, 2012, 07:12:32 PM
I've been maxing out a number of my S.Links (Chie, Yukiko, Yosuke, Dojima, Nanako, Yumi) and most of the others in 6+

I havent bothered with some specific ones like Ai, the old lady that wears black, the young mother.... and maybe another. I can't figure out how to start Naoto's ....
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 20, 2012, 07:51:07 PM
So far the only one I've maxed is Yosuke. Can bromance bloom on the battlefield?  :heart

Chie is close to getting waifu'd though, I've got her to 8.
Title: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Huff on December 20, 2012, 10:06:35 PM
You guys must be way ahead of me. My highest slink is like 5. I just like fucking around with the personas, which costs way more money then youd think, and fighting in the dungeons. I'm a grinder and way over leveled.

I've just in the early days of June
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Sho Nuff on December 20, 2012, 10:21:55 PM
Hey bros, how's the P4 Animation and will it spoil the game for me
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 20, 2012, 10:26:28 PM
9 hours before i could fuse my first jack frost this game is shit you dont keep the best persona till 10 hours in :piss

btw who do i slink to raise magician skill
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 20, 2012, 11:14:38 PM
I think Yosuke is magician?

I'm in the final parts of the game I believe, major plot spoilers for late game:

spoiler (click to show/hide)
NANAKO! Currently in the final dungeon i believe.
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I'm starting to understand the fusing system more.
Title: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Huff on December 20, 2012, 11:24:05 PM
How many hours are you at fistful?
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 20, 2012, 11:25:45 PM
Around 55.

But remember I am playing on Beginner so most dungeons only take 2, maybe in-game days to complete. So I'm not doing any grinding really.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 20, 2012, 11:30:15 PM
how many floors in each dungeon are there
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 20, 2012, 11:52:43 PM
typically around 10. sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 20, 2012, 11:55:34 PM
thank you :)
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 21, 2012, 12:37:15 AM
Quote from: Sho Nuff on December 20, 2012, 10:21:55 PM
Hey bros, how's the P4 Animation and will it spoil the game for me

From what I've heard the P4 anime follows the plot of the game pretty closely, so yeah it will.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 21, 2012, 02:30:53 PM
nearly done

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Saved Nanako. Now just waiting for her to recover. Working on all my S.Links. Naoto, Kanji, Rise... also trying to max out understanding so I can enter the meat dimension.
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Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 21, 2012, 03:50:00 PM
I'm on the September dungeon.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Saving Naoto-kun so she can become a sister wife with Chie and Rise. :uguu
[close]

I'm around Lv. 50 now, about 40 hours in.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: demi on December 21, 2012, 04:40:20 PM
Quote from: Sho Nuff on December 20, 2012, 10:21:55 PM
Hey bros, how's the P4 Animation and will it spoil the game for me

It's pretty good. It follows the plot relatively good, and will spoil the big reveals.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Verdigris Murder on December 21, 2012, 05:20:46 PM
Infinity Holmes Lane.

And you can just literally spend HOURS just fiddling around with the persona stuff. Holy shit.

P3P still felt more tactical though. Who's with me everyone?
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Verdigris Murder on December 21, 2012, 05:22:44 PM
The girl I share my bed with would be seriously wtf if she just glanced over at certain bits.
Title: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Verdigris Murder on December 21, 2012, 06:09:35 PM
My points still stand.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 21, 2012, 06:17:51 PM
I just fused THOR and got him to level 70. He just learned THUNDER REIGN which deals SEVERE lighting damage. :rock
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 21, 2012, 10:33:34 PM
true ending dungeon :fbm
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 22, 2012, 11:36:05 AM
I basically beat the game... just need to grind and struggle through this last final final dungeon.

I'm really happy I played this game. I never would have unless I had watched the Giantbomb Endurance Run and found the writing/story to be so interesting.

Playing through it I've been consistently impressed with how the game managed to make the two parts of the game feel connected. What you do outside dungeons can and will directly affect your fighting inside dungeons. I really like that because it adds that extra layer of depth and also adds purpose to the S.Links.


I also just... bought P4 Arena...
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 22, 2012, 01:34:18 PM
Quote from: fistfulofmetal on December 22, 2012, 11:36:05 AM
I also just... bought P4 Arena...

Me too, it's $21.99 on Amazon.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 22, 2012, 01:44:18 PM
I wish it was easier to see which moves are what so I dont have to be a distinguished mentally-challenged fellow and craft my favorite persona jack frost but forget to give him a electricity move :piss me
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 22, 2012, 01:50:07 PM
the main elemental moves are pretty easy to remember. the buffs and debuffs can be difficult tho.

when fusing, you know only the Red moves are the ones that are inherited right? and they are random so if you don't get a good roll you can back out and reselect the personas to re-roll.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 22, 2012, 01:57:05 PM
it's not random in the vita version, you get to choose what ones, thankfully.

so i have yosuke and myself with 4 sleep/fear/silence/paralyze moves between us makes the game trivial at times but i like that. :smug
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 22, 2012, 01:58:21 PM
Quote from: MyNameIsMethodis on December 22, 2012, 01:57:05 PM
it's not random in the vita version, you get to choose what ones, thankfully.


WHAT

that almost seems like... cheating.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 22, 2012, 02:03:50 PM
not cheating just makes it less stupid. whats the difference between just picking wat u want and having to restart the stupid thing. atlus am gods :bow

the vita version is real nice. :)
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 22, 2012, 02:07:14 PM
The idea of playing a 60+ hour RPG on a handheld seems to unappealing to me.

I would hope an HD version of P4G gets released on PSN or XBL.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 22, 2012, 02:17:21 PM
A mainline personaw ill never appear on xbox hth.

and persona is like the perfect handheld rpg; do a floor or two a night ur done :bow
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 23, 2012, 12:00:15 PM
On the last boss.

Amazing music :bow2
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 23, 2012, 12:44:21 PM
True ending (http://www.the-coli.com/images/smilies/ahh.png)


spoiler (click to show/hide)
And I just remembered they tell you the story of Izanami and Izanagi during one of the school days. The writing in this game is amazing.
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Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Don Flamenco on December 23, 2012, 12:53:17 PM
Quote from: fistfulofmetal on December 22, 2012, 01:58:21 PM
Quote from: MyNameIsMethodis on December 22, 2012, 01:57:05 PM
it's not random in the vita version, you get to choose what ones, thankfully.


WHAT

that almost seems like... cheating.


i can hear the menu noises from Nocturne and Persona 3+4 ringing in my mind 24/7 from constantly re-rolling fusions.  Even better when they introduced tri-fusions. 

I think it would make the game significantly easier if you pick your own, since most of the time I compromised some shit with some good skills.  It would be nice to have something in between the slot machine and choosing skills directly.   But for Persona fans in general, it probably doesn't matter cause it's about the story, i guess.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: demi on December 23, 2012, 01:38:16 PM
Quote from: fistfulofmetal on December 22, 2012, 11:36:05 AM
I basically beat the game... just need to grind and struggle through this last final final dungeon.

I'm really happy I played this game. I never would have unless I had watched the Giantbomb Endurance Run and found the writing/story to be so interesting.

Playing through it I've been consistently impressed with how the game managed to make the two parts of the game feel connected. What you do outside dungeons can and will directly affect your fighting inside dungeons. I really like that because it adds that extra layer of depth and also adds purpose to the S.Links.


I also just... bought P4 Arena...

Sweet, now you can buy Persona 2 and enjoy a much better game.
Title: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Huff on December 23, 2012, 10:41:53 PM
Oh god now I have to pick my party. Too my choices. This is like when I had to put pikachu in the box in Pokemon yellow
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 23, 2012, 10:47:24 PM
yosuke, chie and yukiko, bro.

Yosuke's late game wind attacks are consistently the most powerful thing that gets thrown out there
Chie is a physical monster in the late game. Tarukaja + Power Charge + God Hand = Totes OP and has the ice damage under control.
Yukiko is the main healer and has strong fire.

This allows you to have Electricity as your main and can dabble in light/dark and buffs, debuffs.

Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: demi on December 23, 2012, 11:19:11 PM
* Tips may not be valid on difficulties higher than beginner
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 23, 2012, 11:36:44 PM
tomorrow i'm gonna edit this thread to add P4 Arena so Joe and I can talk about it.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 24, 2012, 12:09:36 AM
LOL, I killed 5 Luxury Hands in a single battle and got a Lv. 8 Exp card and a Lv. 7 Coin card. #swag
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4
Post by: tiesto on December 24, 2012, 01:27:17 AM
I just played up to where you unlock Chie's persona... so far the game is awesome but I'm not as into the music as much as 3...
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 24, 2012, 03:12:44 PM
about to start P4A

LETS DO THIS.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 24, 2012, 03:48:24 PM
thats not chie.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 24, 2012, 04:09:15 PM
My copy should be here Thursday.

Also, I'm glad I never played the PS2 version of P4 because now new Chie is the only Chie for me.  :P
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 24, 2012, 04:57:00 PM
oh thats right. i dont know anything about fighting games.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 24, 2012, 07:37:18 PM
too late breh. already finished the game. didnt have to worry about any of that. beginner :bow2



playing P4A... I assume some of these new characters are from Persona 3?

Also, the way this game is structured, I hope they attempt to make it all make sense in some form. Because it straight up doesnt. I will give them the benefit of the doubt because P4, for being as wacky as it was, managed to explain itself pretty well.

Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: bork on December 26, 2012, 09:20:54 AM
Yup...P4A has (older versions of) characters from Persona 3.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 26, 2012, 07:34:46 PM
i was hoping i would be able to get into P4A but fighting games are pretty much impossible for me. i had the same problem with Mortal Kombat. i find them so hard to understand and approach. i'm on this fight with the sister of Margaret and she's just dominating me over and over and i don't even know what i'm doing wrong or how to approach beating her.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: demi on December 26, 2012, 07:37:47 PM
Its clear you don't care about the actual game. Just watch the scenes on YouTube.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 26, 2012, 07:48:33 PM
i'll give it a few more goes. see how i manage. if not i'll just give up and resort to that.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Don Flamenco on December 26, 2012, 08:16:01 PM
The best way is to break it down. Look at your defensive options in combat--blocking, dashing, parry (or w/e is available, haven't played P4A.)  And look at offensive stuff-- normal moves + specials + supers.   Figure what you aren't doing well-- maybe you're not blocking because you're trying to spam offense too much.  Maybe the CPU has a slow move you can dash away from and punish.  See what the CPU is doing that you're constantly getting hit by and figure out a way around. 

play a bunch of matches in a row paying attention to that stuff and you'll eventually get it.  Patience!
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Don Flamenco on December 26, 2012, 11:19:27 PM
well i had a bunch of psn cred so i decided to check out p4g.   

man, chie's new va is really, really bad.

edit: wait, some lines are normal, others are like she has too much saliva in her mouth or something  :lol
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 27, 2012, 01:05:06 AM
57+ hours in, I'm about to start the December dungeon. I'm trying to max out a few last S.Links before I go in, including Margaret's. I pretty much blew off Death, the Tutor, Saki's Brother, and Kanji (sorry breh :( ) but I think I'll be able to max the rest by the end of December. I'll be cutting it close on the Fellow Athletes one.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 27, 2012, 01:29:10 AM
I took a lot of pics from P4 for some reason, so now it's PIC DUMP TIME! Here's the P4G-exclusive fanservicey beach event. It's got all the P4 gals running around in bikinis natch, but there's a little something for ladies too.  :-*

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Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 27, 2012, 01:36:26 PM
I really hope they release P4G on PSN.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 27, 2012, 02:02:13 PM
just buy a vita ffs

also i opened it and spoiled a plot point later on for myself, but instead of being mad I laffed and can't wait to see how it happens  :lol :lol
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Don Flamenco on December 29, 2012, 10:31:48 AM
voices = off. 

fuck teddy.  fuck chie.   

maybe it's cause i'm playing when i'm tired and 5 minutes before bed, but game's pretty hard.  good stuff.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Timber on December 29, 2012, 10:44:30 AM
Those beach screens had me gigglin. Have they announced P5 yet?
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: archnemesis on December 29, 2012, 10:47:29 AM
Nope, not yet.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Timber on December 29, 2012, 11:23:59 AM
Not cool. I'll check back with you tomorrow.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 31, 2012, 12:26:38 AM
Just beat the normal ending dungeon.

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Adachi went down like a bitch. :smug
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Lv. 78, 65 hours logged.

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Still got bonus dungeon and true ending dungeon left to go.
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Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Himu on December 31, 2012, 12:28:24 AM
Quote from: Don Flamenco on December 29, 2012, 10:31:48 AM
voices = off. 

fuck teddy.  fuck chie.   

maybe it's cause i'm playing when i'm tired and 5 minutes before bed, but game's pretty hard.  good stuff.

old chie is pretty great
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Don Flamenco on December 31, 2012, 01:10:47 PM
yeah, she wasn't bad.  I saw criticism saying she sounded too old?  Really?  Do any of the characters in either P3 or P4 sound like teens?   Mitsuru sounds like some cougar.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 31, 2012, 01:14:29 PM
OG Chie :heartbeat
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Himu on December 31, 2012, 01:15:52 PM
Junpei sounds like a teen.

Chie is the best in P4, everyone who disagrees get out the thread.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: fistfulofmetal on January 09, 2013, 10:39:33 PM
the worst thing about new chie is she has a lisp or whatever its called. that weird nerd voice trope where s's sound like "sssch"

Teddie is fine.


Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: fistfulofmetal on January 10, 2013, 02:10:18 PM
i can leave the house at night  :o
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Don Flamenco on January 10, 2013, 02:12:57 PM
Quote from: fistfulofmetal on January 09, 2013, 10:39:33 PM
the worst thing about new chie is she has a lisp or whatever its called. that weird nerd voice trope where s's sound like "sssch"

Teddie is fine.


it's not a normal lisp though, it's like a braces lisp, on account of having too much saliva in the mouth.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: fistfulofmetal on January 10, 2013, 02:20:37 PM
Quote from: Don Flamenco on January 10, 2013, 02:12:57 PM
Quote from: fistfulofmetal on January 09, 2013, 10:39:33 PM
the worst thing about new chie is she has a lisp or whatever its called. that weird nerd voice trope where s's sound like "sssch"

Teddie is fine.


it's not a normal lisp though, it's like a braces lisp, on account of having too much saliva in the mouth.

thank you. thats what i was trying to describe. it's weird.


also

they completely changed shuffle time.  :o
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Don Flamenco on January 10, 2013, 02:24:18 PM
shuffle time is free now.  i get the clear bonus (forget what it's called) every single time after getting it once. 
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: SantaC on January 10, 2013, 03:38:27 PM
Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on December 31, 2012, 01:15:52 PM
Junpei sounds like a teen.


a teen sounding like a teen?
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: fistfulofmetal on January 10, 2013, 07:59:42 PM
Steak is short for Steaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: fistfulofmetal on January 14, 2013, 07:22:18 PM
Decided to play this on normal and already feeling the difficulty in the first boss. took 4 tried to beat Shadow Yukiko

Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: tiesto on January 14, 2013, 10:18:15 PM
You should definitely give 3 a try, fistful. Loved the atmosphere in the game, even if it's more of a PITA to play through. But you can get the portable version where you can control your party members manually instead of relying on AI.
Title: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Verdigris Murder on January 17, 2013, 11:13:09 AM
Guys, I'm into early dec and my aeon link is 5, can I max it out before the deadline?
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Joe Molotov on January 17, 2013, 11:28:31 AM
Probably, but it might be close. Sometime around the first of January is the deadline. Make sure you always have an Aeon persona with when you're doing the S.Link.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Verdigris Murder on January 17, 2013, 11:51:01 AM
Wow, that quite literally mirrors my own view of deadlines. What a game !
Title: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Verdigris Murder on January 18, 2013, 10:09:02 AM
Actually I seem to be in early nov.

Panic over!

I'm playing on normal, and actually it's a bit too easy now.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Stoney Mason on April 22, 2013, 10:43:02 PM
I just started Persona 4 via emulation. I'm basically just past the tutorial stuff and now in control. I like it so far. I like how earnest the Japanese are in both their storytelling and their game mechanics. I tried playing Persona 3 last year but it didn't click with me. I'm enjoying this more so far.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Joe Molotov on April 22, 2013, 11:12:24 PM
I liked P4 more than P3, but I enjoyed both of them.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Stoney Mason on April 24, 2013, 01:22:40 AM
Some of the bosses feel random. Like they have a set of attacks but it doesn't feel like they always do them in a predictable manner which is frustrating. I feel like I can either get lucky during a boss fight or I need to grind and over level for it.

Of course it could be that I just suck. But those are my initial thoughts about 12 hours in.


edit: I just beat a creature I was stuck on for a good bit because he has this attack that can wipe out my entire party. But for some reason after fighting him like 5 or 6 times and getting wiped out by it, he didn't use it once during a fight for some reason. And it was a long fight so he had an opportunity to do it. That's weird to me and I don't really like that as it makes some of the fights unpredictable.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Sho Nuff on April 24, 2013, 03:40:07 AM
I liked P4's story way more than P3's, less bombastic save-the-world. Better characters too, I'd totally hang out with those guys
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Stoney Mason on April 24, 2013, 03:43:54 AM
Yeah, the characters are very charming. Oddly enough the game feels like a slightly darker version of that recent Scooby Doo Cartoon to me for some reason.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Rufus on April 24, 2013, 09:26:54 AM
You just have to know the gimmick for each fight, or you will have to rely on luck. Oh, and also be immune to insta-death magic. I forgot what the heaven one is called, but the death one is mudoon.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Stoney Mason on April 25, 2013, 02:05:42 AM
Really enjoying the characters and the story. It's absurd and silly in the best way possible. That being said, I'm glad I'm playing on an emulator where I can just save state in multiple slots whenever I want. If I didn't have that feature I'd be a lot more annoyed at some of the design mechanics.
Title: Re: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A
Post by: Stoney Mason on May 11, 2013, 06:26:37 PM
Had to reformat my hard drive and unfortunately one of the victims was all my saves on this game. Really too damn bad. I was about 50 to 60% through the game. I really really was enjoying it. And that's the first time I can say that for a jrpg in awhile. I may come back to it some day in the future but I just can't motivate myself to start again so soon and I don't want to use somebody else's save.

Really good game though.