Author Topic: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A (Read 8415 times)

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #60 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.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #61 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.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #62 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.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #63 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

the vita version is real nice.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #64 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.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #65 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

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #66 on:** December 23, 2012, 12:00:15 PM »

On the last boss.

Amazing music

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #67 on:** December 23, 2012, 12:44:21 PM »

True ending

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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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Don Flamenco · « **Reply #68 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.

demi · « **Reply #69 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.

Huff · « **Reply #70 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

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #71 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.

demi · « **Reply #72 on:** December 23, 2012, 11:19:11 PM »

* Tips may not be valid on difficulties higher than beginner

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #73 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.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #74 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

tiesto · « **Reply #75 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...

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #76 on:** December 24, 2012, 03:12:44 PM »

about to start P4A

LETS DO THIS.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #77 on:** December 24, 2012, 03:48:24 PM »

thats not chie.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #78 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.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #79 on:** December 24, 2012, 04:57:00 PM »

oh thats right. i dont know anything about fighting games.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #80 on:** December 24, 2012, 07:37:18 PM »

too late breh. already finished the game. didnt have to worry about any of that. beginner

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.

bork · « **Reply #81 on:** December 26, 2012, 09:20:54 AM »

Yup...P4A has (older versions of) characters from Persona 3.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #82 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.

demi · « **Reply #83 on:** December 26, 2012, 07:37:47 PM »

Its clear you don't care about the actual game. Just watch the scenes on YouTube.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #84 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.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #85 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!

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #86 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

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #87 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.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #88 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.

(Spoilered for Size, Spoilers, and Sexiness

)

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fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #89 on:** December 27, 2012, 01:36:26 PM »

I really hope they release P4G on PSN.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #90 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

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #91 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.

Timber · « **Reply #92 on:** December 29, 2012, 10:44:30 AM »

Those beach screens had me gigglin. Have they announced P5 yet?

archnemesis · « **Reply #93 on:** December 29, 2012, 10:47:29 AM »

Nope, not yet.

Timber · « **Reply #94 on:** December 29, 2012, 11:23:59 AM »

Not cool. I'll check back with you tomorrow.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #95 on:** December 31, 2012, 12:26:38 AM »

Just beat the normal ending dungeon.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Adachi went down like a bitch.

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Lv. 78, 65 hours logged.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Still got bonus dungeon and true ending dungeon left to go.

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Himu · « **Reply #96 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

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #97 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.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #98 on:** December 31, 2012, 01:14:29 PM »

OG Chie

Himu · « **Reply #99 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.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #100 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.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #101 on:** January 10, 2013, 02:10:18 PM »

i can leave the house at night

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #102 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.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #103 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.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #104 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.

SantaC · « **Reply #105 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?

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #106 on:** January 10, 2013, 07:59:42 PM »

Steak is short for Steaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #107 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

tiesto · « **Reply #108 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.

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #109 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?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #110 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.

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #111 on:** January 17, 2013, 11:51:01 AM »

Wow, that quite literally mirrors my own view of deadlines. What a game !

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #112 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.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #113 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.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #114 on:** April 22, 2013, 11:12:24 PM »

I liked P4 more than P3, but I enjoyed both of them.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #115 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.

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #116 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

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #117 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.

Rufus · « **Reply #118 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.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #119 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.

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Author Topic: Thread for people who are playing Persona 4 to talk about Persona 4 and P4A (Read 8415 times)