its a play on the title of the book "everything bad is good for you"
have to say, I know you gotta keep fusing to stay competitive, but I will be missing some of my demon bros.
yah you really have no chance but to fuse as much and as quickly as possible in order to finish the later dungeons. im kinda used to being a little lazy about demon mgmt - hanging on to dudes with one skill i really liked or just needed for s.link (obv not a factor) or wanting to avoid paying to resummon them for future fusions but you really need a full component in this game
a little bit stalled btw school and some other things but still hype 4 this
― Lamp, Monday, 19 April 2010 18:49 (fourteen years ago) link
i actually have heard of that book but i thought there was some kind of SMT-related punning going on
― Nhex, Monday, 19 April 2010 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
yah i think i had some convoluted deep meaning in mind when i started this thread but that was kinda @ the height of my obsession. dont remember what i was referring to lol
most o_O thing for 2day: eo3 is out in jpn
― ( ª_ª)○º° (Lamp), Tuesday, 20 April 2010 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link
ebigfy opening para has sibling synchronicity w/P3 iirc tho it's a while since I read it
― Steve Sharta (cozen), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 19:50 (fourteen years ago) link
are any of the 8/16-bit shin megami whatever games worth emulating while i look for a copy of strange journey
― thomp, Saturday, 14 April 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
i am oddly fascinated by this blog: http://whatyuwannaknow.tumblr.com/
― thomp, Sunday, 15 April 2012 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
what a great idea!
― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 15 April 2012 00:11 (twelve years ago) link
http://asktheinvestigationteam.tumblr.com/
is this, like, a thing
― thomp, Tuesday, 17 April 2012 01:45 (twelve years ago) link
lots of SMT & related news recentlyPS1/Saturn game Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers is being remade for 3DSP3:FES is up for download on the PS3 in US, both Digital Devil Saga games coming next month to EU PS3Ghostlight are localising Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked 3DS and its DS sequel Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 in EU
where will i find the time/when will Atlus stop with ports and make a new game dammit
― zappi, Wednesday, 25 April 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
oooh Shin Megami Tensei 4 announced for 3DSplaying thru Strange Journey atm, the demon conversations can get pretty funny
― zappi, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
is something weird going on with experience distribution in strange journey or am i missing something
― thomp, Thursday, 5 July 2012 16:25 (eleven years ago) link
I'm playing through P3P on vita, yes I am
― killer camel beej (cozen), Thursday, 5 July 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
this game has the biggest disconnect between theme and mechanics of anything i've played since left 4 dead afaict
― thomp, Friday, 6 July 2012 09:21 (eleven years ago) link
thomp did you ever emulate any of the old-school SMT games? i fucked around with the fan translations of the first few but never made any real progress.
― adam, Friday, 6 July 2012 12:18 (eleven years ago) link
nah i just decided to order a copy of strange journey. apparently they're a lot more annoying/arbitrary? i feel like the more user-friendly version of this experience is probably all i need for the moment, especially given the more user-friendly version still means running into enemies with a one-hit instant kill game over for a couple of hours before you can do anything to avoid it
― thomp, Friday, 6 July 2012 12:21 (eleven years ago) link
avoiding the majority of random encounters by talking to demons is a pretty good mechanic
dark rooms you can't automap is kind of an annoying one
― thomp, Friday, 6 July 2012 12:22 (eleven years ago) link
"Yes, the Shibboleth ...You pronounce it well, Zelenin."
― thomp, Friday, 6 July 2012 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
rmde
i gave my dude a polack name in this and have found myself getting more and more resentful of how the fn WASPs on board the red stripe keep expecting the ethnic minorities to do all the work
― thomp, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 10:54 (eleven years ago) link
Buncha these are on sale for 3ds. I'm just wondering if the Soul Hackers or DDS Overclocked are actually worth picking up thru the 3ds
― Delbert Gravy (kingfish), Friday, 16 January 2015 08:19 (nine years ago) link
new Persona 5 trailer, looking and sounding good!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc_9r4wifFc
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 5 February 2015 13:15 (nine years ago) link
came here to post this too haha
the angles/etc during many of the scenes are very Catherine
― otm rcuise (Will M.), Thursday, 5 February 2015 15:50 (nine years ago) link
no surprise that P5 has been delayed, now coming out "Summer 2016" ... maybe. new trailerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvpOwQaqRXA
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 17 September 2015 13:21 (eight years ago) link
I was getting frustrated 50 hours into P2: Innocent Sin when I was in what was clearly the final dungeon for forever and the difficulty suddenly jumped into the stratosphere and I was randomly encountering one-hit-killers like 2/3 of the time and using up all of my unreplenishable items, and I was seriously about to pack it in but I stuck it out until the end and I'm glad I did because the penultimate boss was (spoilerz) Hitler. Sorry, 'Fuhrer'. But seriously: Hitler. Followed by Nyarlathotep. So that was dece.
I think I'm going to take a break before hitting the second P2 though.
― Your Ass Is Grass And I Will Mow It With My Face (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 02:06 (eight years ago) link
the difficulty suddenly jumped into the stratosphere and I was randomly encountering one-hit-killers like 2/3 of the time
yeah that's the point where I tapped out of P4.
― JimD, Tuesday, 26 April 2016 10:07 (eight years ago) link
gotta admit i am super fucking psyched for persona 5
― adam, Tuesday, 4 April 2017 14:48 (seven years ago) link
yeah! for whatever reason i thought it was delayed until september
― just another (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 4 April 2017 15:55 (seven years ago) link
94 on metacritic is currently enough to make it the highest rated non-remake in ps4 history
i should get off my ass and go pick it up before t he store closes
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 April 2017 20:48 (seven years ago) link
Played the first couple of hours, strong start and super stylish. Already fighting the urge to play all night!
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 4 April 2017 22:18 (seven years ago) link
2.5 hours in and i am bored as fuck tbh
― adam, Wednesday, 5 April 2017 00:22 (seven years ago) link
feels slow and clunky and talky after nier: automata
― adam, Wednesday, 5 April 2017 00:23 (seven years ago) link
did you like p3 and p4?
the pacing so far is pretty much exactly that, slo to start but ramps up into itself after a while. i'm enjoying it!
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Thursday, 6 April 2017 03:09 (seven years ago) link
Oh, huh, I blasted through the first two and guess I got distracted like an hour into 2b. Maybe I should just jump ahead to 3 so I can get caught up and play 5 in like 2021.
― The Godzilla/Globetrotters Adventure Hour (Old Lunch), Thursday, 6 April 2017 03:50 (seven years ago) link
P5 otmhttp://i.imgur.com/EOVY0WO.jpg
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 7 April 2017 00:56 (seven years ago) link
Do I have to play any of the first 4 because I'm only just hearing about this
― Gukbe, Saturday, 8 April 2017 18:59 (seven years ago) link
You can start wherever, they aren't really linked (apart from the two P2 games obv)Into the second dungeon, this game has really got its hooks into me now. Appreciate the minor SMT tweaks added to the battle system. Soundtrack is incredible.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 8 April 2017 19:19 (seven years ago) link
P5 is probably the best place to start due to all the quality of life improvements in the menus and such, no more 5 minute long re-rolls of fusion results to get the right skillset inherited.
― chihuahuau, Saturday, 8 April 2017 19:44 (seven years ago) link
it's a paradox. all can be played separately. P5 is probably the best. (i'm not done yet but i already like it more in every conceivable way.) however P3 and P4 I also LOVE and they'd be hard to go back to. but i'm not gonna sit here and tell you to get a SP and PS Vita to play the essential versions of those two sooooo
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Monday, 10 April 2017 20:46 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUWQFnC2zqU
also lmao
i have been playing this fucking compulsively for the past week. being unemployed + this existing = uh oh
per my post 2 above, this may be my fave entry into one of my fave series OAT. wow wow wow
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Monday, 10 April 2017 20:48 (seven years ago) link
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-10-16-atlus-has-released-a-nifty-free-shin-megami-tensei-metroidvaniahttps://www.atlus.co.jp/news/5854/
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 05:15 (six years ago) link
surprisingly long for a gag game. i got to the second teleporter and had to take a break.
― Einstein, Bazinga, Sitar (abanana), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 06:32 (six years ago) link
holy shit @ this game
i don't really play rpgs ever, but... dang dog
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 00:31 (six years ago) link
this game is going to take over my life, isn't it
i keep reading about "time management" and choices i get to make about down-time but so far there hasn't been any. i keep getting hustled to the next bit and then told to go to bed. don't get me wrong, the game is amazing (if a bit disturbing tbh) but i do feel a bit pushed around like it's on rails
i forgot how much fun turn-based battles can be. still trying to work out how confidantes' abilities map into this, how to "fuse" persona, wth arcana are, etc
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 15 February 2018 11:44 (six years ago) link
the game does take a while before it opens up, the 'hustling' in this one definitely felt more obnoxious than in P4. You should be able to fuse by talking too the twins but basically you can make new persona by combining two or more other ones and it will let you choose certain abilities to gift to them based on the persona you are fusing. the game will also allow you to go back and buy persona you've fused at the level you last had them so there's no need to worry about losing certain persona.
each confidante represents an arcana and the higher yr social link with that character the more bonus xp you'll get when you fuse a persona of that arcana. Also if you currently have a persona of a certain arcana in yr 'deck' your relationship with the corresponding character will grow faster when you hang out with them. which are good reasons to be fusing persona.
sorry if that made no sense
― devvvine, Thursday, 15 February 2018 13:26 (six years ago) link
lol it totally makes sense now, feels funny that i ever had to wonder about it
question though: how do you get the background music out of your head??????? this is a major problem with videogames with this many hours of play built in imo!!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 23:17 (six years ago) link
I realized that I'm never going to actually push through with Persona 2B (which, I gather, is just a variation on the first version of Persona 2) so I jumped ahead to Persona 3. I don't know how I feel about the PSP version so far, since it does that thing that way too many Japanese Vita/PSP games do where they reduce the gameplay to not much more than clicking buttons amidst static images of talking heads (just watched some PS2 clips to confirm that the portable version strips away all of the cutscenes and character animation). Maybe the actual battles will make this feel like less of a (yaaaaaaawn) visual novel? Everyone seems to agree that it's actually better than the PS2 version so I'm hanging in there. I'm probably just spoiled by the fact that the PSP ports of the first two games are newer and more polished than P3.
This post has been sponsored by the year 2006.
― I'm not meltdown. (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 March 2018 02:57 (six years ago) link
the psp version is far superior in that you actually get to control your whole party, iirc. in the original i think you just set their "AI" and only had direct control of your own character. plus they added some stuff like the other gender main character. enjoy it! that game gets buckwild in the best way.
― flippy bard (Will M.), Thursday, 8 March 2018 16:18 (six years ago) link
Persona 5 (PS3) is finally a reasonable price on the PS store so here I go
― Simon H., Wednesday, 20 June 2018 00:33 (five years ago) link
:D
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 00:38 (five years ago) link
Apparently Royal has quality of life improvements too.
― Basic Chan Ho Park (Leee), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 18:30 (three years ago) link
i've put 400+ hours into P5 and i'm getting Royal as soon as i've got a machine to play it on, worth every penny
― Bandscamp Fryday (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 18:42 (three years ago) link
i should play TMS first though since i already own that one
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 25 November 2020 18:51 (three years ago) link
actually P5R is half price on the PS Store over here, very tempted to buy it now so it's ready for when PS5's are available next summer
― Bandscamp Fryday (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 18:54 (three years ago) link
been playing a lot of persona 3 lately. I haven't played any other games in the series yet so I don't know how it stands up against the others, but the world it creates is just so perfect. and the characters! and dialogue! I'm far from even being halfway through the game, but I already feel so attached to the characters and story
the summer vacation beach scene -- where junpei drags akihiko and the protagonist into trying to pick up girls at the beach before they meet aigis -- is such a good portrayal of adolescent male awkwardness and arrogance (except for that one part where it gets weirdly transphobic. that part has not aged well!)
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Monday, 26 July 2021 04:10 (two years ago) link
sadly you get those little moments of stupid unpleasantness in the series but yeah otm, the Persona games have become the most emotionally affecting games I've ever played and I'm fairly obsessed.
(not obsessed enough to take a chance on Strikers yet tho. has anybody played that?)
― mogwai oh wai oh wai (Noodle Vague), Monday, 26 July 2021 07:16 (two years ago) link
those atlus writers are really queer-phobic. look up the scenes they added in catherine full body if you want to be disgusted.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Monday, 26 July 2021 17:26 (two years ago) link
Finally finished P3:FES (The Journey) after 4 months and 100 hours of gameplay. Man, what an absolutely incredible — and just downright heartbreaking — ending. I know 4 and 5 get more acclaim (probably because 3 does have some gameplay flaws), but I’ll be amazed if either of them can pull off a better finale than that.
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Monday, 11 October 2021 20:42 (two years ago) link
3 is the best ending
― look on my guacs, ye mighty, and dis pear (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 00:28 (two years ago) link
it's out
this went well pic.twitter.com/nbIwkih86B— ella (@Ninto55) November 20, 2021
― chihuahuau, Saturday, 20 November 2021 11:09 (two years ago) link
yep it's been kicking my ass too haha
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 20 November 2021 11:28 (two years ago) link
Soul Hackers 2 for every platform except Switch, Aug 25th 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emsm8wfo_MQ
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 21 February 2022 13:08 (two years ago) link
rip all my jokes about how atlus's ps4 game will come out in 2025
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 February 2022 15:13 (two years ago) link
if they are willing to make a Soul Hackers 2 this means that Digital Devil Saga 3 can't be far off ... right?
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 21 February 2022 15:51 (two years ago) link
define "far"
anyway finally something i might want to buy for PS5
― I have a voulez-vous? with death (Noodle Vague), Monday, 21 February 2022 15:54 (two years ago) link
So I've beaten Persona 4 Golden now... the (true) ending was kinda underwhelming? Like most stories have a trajectory where they build up to a thrilling climax and then there's a denouement and conclusion.. but in P4G it hits a massive climax in december, then there's a period where not much happens, then suddenly there's another big confrontation at the end that happens so suddenly the payoff doesn't feel too large?
Of course it's still an incredible near-perfect game with characters i love to death, but P3 had such a more satisfying ending! and (slight spoiler!) i may have shed a tear when all your maxed-out social links visit you during the last battle
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Sunday, 6 March 2022 05:27 (two years ago) link
over time i've come to appreciate the relatively downbeat P4G - there's a lot going on with rurality and mythology and connection to place. 3, 4 and 5 all have very distinct moods
― Nordle (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 6 March 2022 09:18 (two years ago) link
xp isnt that because the stuff after december is all after-the-fact additions in Golden?
P3 has always been considered the one with the good story. 4 was a hit due to the cast and setting, 5 due to style
― ciderpress, Sunday, 6 March 2022 16:02 (two years ago) link
Finally time to play the other ones?
https://www.polygon.com/23165846/persona-5-royal-4-golden-3-portable-ps5-steam-nintendo-xbox-release-date
Just noticed that the URL is misleading:
There’s no mention of the Persona games coming to Nintendo Switch
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Monday, 13 June 2022 17:15 (one year ago) link
oh good i can buy Golden again, probably Portable too but i hope they buff the mechanics
― Armenian Idol (Noodle Vague), Monday, 13 June 2022 17:23 (one year ago) link
v disappointed that P3 is a port of the PSP game and not a remaster of FESlearnt the other day that there's a fan hack of FES that lets you control all the characters, but it's very unstable
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 13 June 2022 23:03 (one year ago) link
And 3-5 are coming to Switch now: https://kotaku.com/persona-5-royal-4-golden-3-portable-switch-release-jrpg-1849118719
― Antifa Lockhart (Leee), Tuesday, 28 June 2022 20:06 (one year ago) link
aaaaand now i'm making my way through Persona 5 Royal. And it's just as amazing as everyone said it is. the writing, characters, dialogue, combat... it really feels like the peak of entertainment
it's also been super fulfilling playing them in order from 3 to 5 and watching the series grow and get better. 3 blew me away (even without directly controlling party members!), but it feels like an atari game in comparison to 5's maximalism!
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Friday, 8 July 2022 12:59 (one year ago) link
5 Royal is the best
― bury my heart in wounded kieth (Noodle Vague), Friday, 8 July 2022 14:19 (one year ago) link