The Persona/Shin Megami Tensei Game Thread

[KasumiLover]

Whoops, edited my post to fix that. Turns out it was Mishima. P5 basically rubs Confidants upon you even though it's optional to make these links with people. You don't have to link with X or Y characters, but if you want the game to be naturally smooth for certain difficulties you might as well do them due to the benefits they provide.

@KasumiLover69 There were extra turns in the other ones too. P5 still happens to be the game where they strip some of the old stuff and place them into Confidants for you to earn them. Before you gained more EXP based on the shuffle mechanic cards after battles, since that's gone, the better way to gain more EXP now is off the arcana and finding a good spot that gives you the most.

I'm gonna definitely need to try the arcana, I saw a bonus for it in the velvet room but I'm still not used to it completely, for now I just use it to make more powerful personas but when I have free time after this palace I'll experiment more with it to see how it works

There's also chests I need to unlock too but I never have picks around and whenever I want to make one morgana always going on about how it's too late to make one lol. I try to stay in the palaces as long as I can and get as far as possible so that's probably a fault on my part, the exploration aspect just sucks me in and I keep going, had to restart a part tho since when all but two of my party members died and when I tried to heal the joker and fox I used the wrong item and got max SP....yep, I was dead but now I'm going in stronger and wiser

 

[HajinMonSect]

I got so pissed I wanted to sell this game today. Here I am playing the game just like I did in p3fes and p4. Climbing the tower, saving, build bond, do acitivies, climb some more and finish before the deadline but then the game pulls this fucking card bullshit out of nowhere! NO FUCKING WHERE! The developer should really consider giving you valuable info ahead of time. I got the treasure 4/30..they force me to leave and do that card shit 5/1...i wake up 5/2...Game Over!

I really dont need this shit. Seriously...I dont have that much time to allocate to video games nowadays. Way to waste my precious time. Rage rage rage rage rage rage etc.

 

[KasumiLover]

I got so pissed I wanted to sell this game today. Here I am playing the game just like I did in p3fes and p4. Climbing the tower, saving, build bond, do acitivies, climb some more and finish before the deadline but then the game pulls this fucking card bullshit out of nowhere! NO FUCKING WHERE! The developer should really consider giving you valuable info ahead of time. I got the treasure 4/30..they force me to leave and do that card shit 5/1...i wake up 5/2...Game Over!

I really dont need this shit. Seriously...I dont have that much time to allocate to video games nowadays. Way to waste my precious time. Rage rage rage rage rage rage etc.

I don't think the card thing is bad. Yes it's a surprise but the game is about time management, the load screen even says take your time lol. To me the most optimal way to ensure you don't lose by a deadline is to do as much as possible within a few days in the palace and have a decent amount of time on the deadline left, o finished the first one with six days to spare and this second one I still have more than ten days left and I'm part way through. The card thing I like because it allows the player to basically finish the palace when they're ready and if they have enough time left

 

[Juihau]

The card thing I like because it allows the player to basically finish the palace when they're ready and if they have enough time left

In the previous games, when you reached the end of a dungeon, you could just fight the boss then and there. I believe the main complaint is that now, once you reach the end, you have to leave and then come back two days later to finish it. That said,

Climbing the tower, saving, build bond, do acitivies, climb some more and finish before the deadline but then the game pulls this fucking card bullshit out of nowhere! NO FUCKING WHERE! The developer should really consider giving you valuable info ahead of time.

The game does tell you ahead of time. It should really be more obvious, I agree, but if you look at the calendar, it will tell you that you have to find the treasure at least two days before the actual deadline.

 

[KasumiLover]

In the previous games, when you reached the end of a dungeon, you could just fight the boss then and there. I believe the main complaint is that now, once you reach the end, you have to leave and then come back two days later to finish it. That said,


The game does tell you ahead of time. It should really be more obvious, I agree, but if you look at the calendar, it will tell you that you have to find the treasure at least two days before the actual deadline.

Juihau! I was wondering when you'd come in the thread, I saw you playing this like yesterday when I was online and was surprised to see you playing it too

And yeah, that's the general thing, time management, which I why I think the loading screen legit says take your time. If you rush through days neglecting the palace the deadline will come closer and you'll have less time to do the objectives, whereas if you take your time like I do and complete as much of the palace as you can in 1-3 days, you'll have plenty of time to spare, and when the card option comes up you can use the bulk time to gain knowledge and other stats before you really gotta do it I'm almost done with this palace now so since I have several days left I'm gonna go back and unlock whatever chests I couldn't and get whatever items I need

 

[DestructionBomb]

What I would do from the previous games is to instantly finish the dungeon right away while finding ways to preserve SP for longevity runs or endurance. Maybe skip a day or so, but immediately go back right after. P3 Tartarus to get to the floor where you can't proceed anymore and then gather from what you need there. P4 same way, though If I had to be perfectly honest, the only hardest dungeon with P4 was the first one for Yukiko simply because you don't have access to most of the stuff to burn the dungeon.

Any playthrough involving social links I normally do them on NG+ because you'll have the right stats and management to do them. P5 is making me go through a different approach now involving Confidants but I still keep the completion of dungeons for same day completion or 2nd day. I recommend not selling the game, give it another shot but getting the dungeon out the way early days instead of later days.

Also lol:

 

[KasumiLover]

Just watch Makoto

 

[DestructionBomb]

 

[KasumiLover]

I wonder when they'll unlock screenshots. I'm sorry but people are still gonna just snap screens on their phones and upload lol. I don't do spoilers but I have quite a few shots although I think we can all agree ps4 shots are a lot less of a hassle

It's also flawed too, when I get a trophy it always says "can't take a screenshot" even tho I didn't try...i guess that's for the trophy feature that takes a shot of the exact moment you earn one

 

[DestructionBomb]

Very doubtful. It's a company decision. People are also blaming Sony for this problem when Sony literally responded to them that it was Atlus and that it's up to the game company. Atlus has to be the one to go to them.

Sony could easily open that no problem with a game update with Atlus. They made it clear that they want to avoid spoilers of any kind. People use their phones yeah, but that's just bypassing the logic even though phone shots is spoiling stuff. You need a huge vocal fanbase to tweet to Atlus about opening up screenshots/videos/streaming etc. If I had to be make a quick guess? people are likely enjoying the game more than jumping on the screenshot train. Maybe later down the road people might be more vocal about it. If people want to pass all that, they might have to get a capture card.

Yeah the screenshot is just the trophy settings off your PS4 to take a screenshot of the exact time you earned the trophy.

 

[Juihau]

Honestly, so far, I think this is one of my favorite moments. As soon as I heard that last line, I just kind of lost it. No spoilers, don't worry.

Also, is it me, or is this game actually pretty long? I'm a good 45 hours in and it still doesn't feel like I'm approaching the end.

 

[KnacKrover]

That's also happened to me. It's prolly <<< just like Ryuji says>>>..... because some people haven't get a copy yet, so they don't like being spoiled from anyone who already have it.

 

[UpSideDownGRUNT]

Honestly, so far, I think this is one of my favorite moments. As soon as I heard that last line, I just kind of lost it. No spoilers, don't worry.

Also, is it me, or is this game actually pretty long? I'm a good 45 hours in and it still doesn't feel like I'm approaching the end.

It's pretty damn long I'm on the Palace 5 boss and about 60 hours into the game.

Spoiler

There's 7 Palaces, and judging from the calander it goes until next March possibly.

Also Makotos Hawaii date was so cute~!

I dated Ohya in the end, how can I resist a hot older woman with the Chie cut?

That and cuz you need max charm to get past Rank 5 of Makoto's Confidant...

 

[DestructionBomb]

Probably my favorite theme in the game. Probably would of liked this as a switchable option to a battle theme whenever.

 

[KasumiLover]

Honestly, so far, I think this is one of my favorite moments. As soon as I heard that last line, I just kind of lost it. No spoilers, don't worry.

Also, is it me, or is this game actually pretty long? I'm a good 45 hours in and it still doesn't feel like I'm approaching the end.

I feel that way too, but I'm fine with it, I don't want the game to end anytime soon

 

[DestructionBomb]

Spoiler

This space station palace is pretty damn boring. Solving a puzzle with these airlocks is a bit annoying as well lol.

EDIT: So I figured out the trick. Seems you need to preserve the green airlock routes to give you passage to deeper parts.

 

[KasumiLover]

This bitch still following me...

 

[DestructionBomb]

Anyone tried to fuse Orpheus and Izanagi together? I don't have Orpheus yet since both him and Izanagi are DLC, curious what it'll turn out if it's anything special.

 

[KasumiLover]

I don't have the money to get those two but if i see something on my Twitter feed or YT concerning those I'll link or for you!

Also lol this game just gets better and better:

Sorry if it's on the side... also my friend on kik shared this with me(No it's not brad) and I died when I saw it! I covered the contact info tho in case he didn't wanna be shown

@Aerospark

 

[Forlorn Penguin]

Anyone tried to fuse Orpheus and Izanagi together? I don't have Orpheus yet since both him and Izanagi are DLC, curious what it'll turn out if it's anything special.

No idea. They may not even be fuseable. I'll probably only be getting the free add-ons myself, honestly.

It's pretty lame that it seems like you can't get any new outfits without DLC, but it's not really a big deal. I'm digging everyone's phantom outfits anyway. I haven't seen what they all look like though, as I'm still only in the second dungeon.