Author Topic: Persona Q - Wild Card Edition (GS exclusive 3DSXL bundle) (Read 10494 times)

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #60 on:** September 04, 2014, 03:52:37 PM »

Did you preorder the P.I.M.P. Edition, bork?

bork · « **Reply #61 on:** September 05, 2014, 07:57:57 AM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on September 04, 2014, 03:52:37 PM

Did you preorder the P.I.M.P. Edition, bork?

Dunno what you're talking about.

EDIT: Oh, the thread titular Wild Card Edition? Maybe. Not sure if that extra junk is worth $20.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #62 on:** September 05, 2014, 09:26:47 AM »

Quote from: bork laser on September 05, 2014, 07:57:57 AM

Quote from: Joe Molotov on September 04, 2014, 03:52:37 PM
Did you preorder the P.I.M.P. Edition, bork?

Dunno what you're talking about.

EDIT: Oh, the thread titular Wild Card Edition? Maybe. Not sure if that extra junk is worth $20.

The only junk worth having is the Tarot cards. Which you can get from the Standard version at Gamestop so...

demi · « **Reply #63 on:** September 10, 2014, 12:25:50 PM »

PERSONA Q 3DS XL COMING

magus · « **Reply #64 on:** September 10, 2014, 01:03:54 PM »

why would you buy that knowing that the new 3DS is coming and all?

demi · « **Reply #65 on:** September 10, 2014, 01:17:12 PM »

I'll buy that when theres games for it, too

demi · « **Reply #66 on:** September 10, 2014, 01:19:28 PM »

Game sold separately

http://i.imgur.com/T2YZPNB.jpg

demi · « **Reply #67 on:** November 20, 2014, 01:30:09 PM »

Friendly reminder - game releases next tuesday, just in time for Thanksgiving weekend. Cant wait to get all comfy, naked, playing with my girlfriend Naoto - fuck Chie.

Look at all these amazing reviews for it, too

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=936727

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #68 on:** November 20, 2014, 01:49:23 PM »

Crap, I totally forgot this was coming out. So many games too little time.

demi · « **Reply #69 on:** November 24, 2014, 09:31:02 PM »

thisismyusername · « **Reply #70 on:** November 24, 2014, 11:26:28 PM »

Oh, cool. The standard edition comes in a cardboard box instead of a packing of cardboard backing and air like P4U2.

Guess I only need to check my Tarot cards for misprints and then use the cardboard box to hold them in.

Vizzys · « **Reply #71 on:** November 25, 2014, 05:52:04 PM »

this game is cool so far

they added some improvements/ideas to the labyrinth exploring that I hope gets ported into Etrian Odyssey V (which was just announced)

the battle system is mostly EO though when you hit an enemy with its weakness you get buffed and skills become free to use next turn (unless you get hit beforehand)

FOEs still are a thing and hit hard as usual

At the beginning of the game you choose between playing as P3 or P4 cast, I went with P3 cause they are cooler
Im assuming youll need to play the game at least twice to hear all the dialogue which means this game is probably super long

Bebpo · « **Reply #72 on:** November 25, 2014, 06:17:52 PM »

Quote from: Viz on November 25, 2014, 05:52:04 PM

At the beginning of the game you choose between playing as P3 or P4 cast, I went with P3 cause they are cooler
Im assuming youll need to play the game at least twice to hear all the dialogue which means this game is probably super long

Yes. But I'd imagine it's pretty much the same on both sides.

Also the battle systems gets closer to Persona than EO towards in the middle when you get more spells/attacks.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #73 on:** November 25, 2014, 08:21:53 PM »

So, can the main characters party up together?

demi · « **Reply #74 on:** November 25, 2014, 08:34:57 PM »

Freyj · « **Reply #75 on:** January 31, 2015, 06:37:32 PM »

Just finished this. Pretty underwhelmed overall.

Pretty much agree with what Bebpo said on the last page: the first several floors of each dungeon are fun and the puzzles are just right for a dungeon crawler; the last several of each dungeon from #3 onwards range from extremely frustrating to pure unfiltered bullshit. Having puzzles that span half a floor with 100+ movements that have a single path solution + the semi-random beginning pattern of the FOEs is not fun. Having an "every 5 steps" encounter rate just compounds any frustration. It's rare that these kind of games make me say "fuck this shit". Strange Journey has nothing on Persona Q.

I usually end up moving on from every EO game I play by about the 30-40 hour mark, so if this is the norm in the latter half of those games, I'll just avoid them from now on.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #76 on:** February 01, 2015, 12:28:08 AM »

Quote from: Freyj on January 31, 2015, 06:37:32 PM

Just finished this. Pretty underwhelmed overall.

Pretty much agree with what Bebpo said on the last page: the first several floors of each dungeon are fun and the puzzles are just right for a dungeon crawler; the last several of each dungeon from #3 onwards range from extremely frustrating to pure unfiltered bullshit. Having puzzles that span half a floor with 100+ movements that have a single path solution + the semi-random beginning pattern of the FOEs is not fun. Having an "every 5 steps" encounter rate just compounds any frustration. It's rare that these kind of games make me say "fuck this shit". Strange Journey has nothing on Persona Q.

I usually end up moving on from every EO game I play by about the 30-40 hour mark, so if this is the norm in the latter half of those games, I'll just avoid them from now on.

I haven't finished yet. But what about the encounter rate frustrates you? What difficulty did you play on? Outside of having to worry about the boost SP/HP that the Personas give, I haven't really ran into issues of blowing through them in a matter of 1-2 minutes with the boost system.

Freyj · « **Reply #77 on:** February 01, 2015, 05:02:43 PM »

Quote from: thisismyusername on February 01, 2015, 12:28:08 AM

I haven't finished yet. But what about the encounter rate frustrates you? What difficulty did you play on? Outside of having to worry about the boost SP/HP that the Personas give, I haven't really ran into issues of blowing through them in a matter of 1-2 minutes with the boost system.

The first half of the game? Nothing really. The puzzles are small enough that the encounter rate isn't frustrating and there's so many ways to completely break the random encounters (Mudo / Hama spam) that they don't become that frustrating, if not more than a little boring to deal with.

By the last dungeon, Mudo / Hama don't work that well anymore as most of the random packs are comprised of 1-2 shadows that block one or the other and the rest just seem to have much higher dodge capacity. Granted, I didn't fuse Samsara / Die For Me until the last floor, but by then I was just using the "no encounters for X steps" items so I could focus on finishing the god damn game. If I hadn't the final two floors would have easily taken 6-8 hours to 100%.

Plain and simple: The fun in Persona Q is few and far between. Any concepts with potential wear out their welcome with the 10th iteration and 10th hour of dealing with them.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #78 on:** February 07, 2015, 07:24:40 PM »

Well, I'm up to the third dungeon now. (out of five?) So we'll see how I feel. I'm playing on Safety so maybe that's why most of the random battles aren't bothering me so much. I'm just able to blow through them with minimal effort/grinding.

demi · « **Reply #79 on:** February 09, 2015, 09:29:15 AM »

Game is fine, Freyj showing his casual side again

Freyj · « **Reply #80 on:** February 09, 2015, 08:38:46 PM »

thisismyusername · « **Reply #81 on:** May 09, 2015, 01:47:16 PM »

Quote from: Freyj on February 01, 2015, 05:02:43 PM

Quote from: thisismyusername on February 01, 2015, 12:28:08 AM
I haven't finished yet. But what about the encounter rate frustrates you? What difficulty did you play on? Outside of having to worry about the boost SP/HP that the Personas give, I haven't really ran into issues of blowing through them in a matter of 1-2 minutes with the boost system.

The first half of the game? Nothing really. The puzzles are small enough that the encounter rate isn't frustrating and there's so many ways to completely break the random encounters (Mudo / Hama spam) that they don't become that frustrating, if not more than a little boring to deal with.

By the last dungeon, Mudo / Hama don't work that well anymore as most of the random packs are comprised of 1-2 shadows that block one or the other and the rest just seem to have much higher dodge capacity. Granted, I didn't fuse Samsara / Die For Me until the last floor, but by then I was just using the "no encounters for X steps" items so I could focus on finishing the god damn game. If I hadn't the final two floors would have easily taken 6-8 hours to 100%.

Plain and simple: The fun in Persona Q is few and far between. Any concepts with potential wear out their welcome with the 10th iteration and 10th hour of dealing with them.

I dunno. The third dungeon wasn't too bad. And I haven't ran into Hama/Mudo issues besides LOL IMMUNE just yet. But I'm on the last floor of the fourth dungeon after like 3+ hours of figuring out the "proper way to dodge" the FOE's. So I can understand your frustration. Those last two floors of #4 were pretty bullshit. Throw in the Flame + having to dodge and it's just oof.

demi · « **Reply #82 on:** May 09, 2015, 03:05:16 PM »

Naoto + Impure Touch = Broken Azzzzzzzzzzzzzzz game

thisismyusername · « **Reply #83 on:** May 09, 2015, 03:14:58 PM »

Hell, you can throw Impure Touch onto Koromaru and Ken for nearly the same thing.

The problem is dodging the FOE's in the Inaba Pride Exhibit's 4th Floor. The stupid ass Sweaty FOE + that other chasing FOE is pretty bullshit trying to cross when you can't use the torch to slow the one chasing you down. Ugh.

I got the last dungeon to power through but I need to finish a few sidequests and the 3DS is charging right now before I can continue to plunge through this to the end.

demi · « **Reply #84 on:** May 09, 2015, 03:27:07 PM »

Sure but fuck Ken and Koromaru they wack as fuck. Naoto best waifu

thisismyusername · « **Reply #85 on:** May 09, 2015, 04:49:44 PM »

That feel when I use Koromaru, Ken, AND Naoto.

demi · « **Reply #86 on:** May 09, 2015, 05:39:10 PM »

Physical skills are better than magic, best to roll with heavy hitters

thisismyusername · « **Reply #87 on:** May 09, 2015, 10:53:30 PM »

Well, up to the fourth floor of the last dungeon now. Just to finish the last 6 floors. Ugh. Thankfully the floors are WAYYYY smaller than the previous dungeons so it's a matter of blowing through them, but the monsters are nearly annihilating me now.

$:-\$ I think I may need to grind for the final boss, ugh.

demi · « **Reply #88 on:** May 12, 2015, 11:18:31 AM »

I think the boss/ending of the Inaba Pride level was really well done. It does kind of come out of left field, though. But it definitely starts feeling very SMT/Persona.

Bebpo · « **Reply #89 on:** May 12, 2015, 05:03:03 PM »

Quote from: demi on May 12, 2015, 11:18:31 AM

I think the boss/ending of the Inaba Pride level was really well done. It does kind of come out of left field, though. But it definitely starts feeling very SMT/Persona.

Which dungeon # was that?

thisismyusername · « **Reply #90 on:** May 12, 2015, 06:47:06 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on May 12, 2015, 05:03:03 PM

Quote from: demi on May 12, 2015, 11:18:31 AM
I think the boss/ending of the Inaba Pride level was really well done. It does kind of come out of left field, though. But it definitely starts feeling very SMT/Persona.

Which dungeon # was that?

4. Before the last one/Clocktower.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #91 on:** May 12, 2015, 08:24:27 PM »

And finished.

Not too bad, but I dunno if I'm glad that I preordered this solely for the Tarot cards.

The last three dungeons were a bit of a slog. Still, the EO combat system was a nice change of pace from "One More" but it was pretty easy to abuse the hell out of multi-hit melee attacks to gain free "boosts," double so with Agility Binds. I'll probably play the P4 route sometime later, but not right now. I've got other stuff to clear off my plate.

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Author Topic: Persona Q - Wild Card Edition (GS exclusive 3DSXL bundle) (Read 10494 times)