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Coldforge
Oct 29, 2002

I knew it would be bad.
I didn't know it would be so stupid.
Also just finished the game. Mona pretty much sums up my thoughts about the game perfectly towards the end, "You're the best, stupidest teammates I could hope for."

A really great cast of characters trapped in a pretty stupid (though crazy stylish) game.

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darealkooky
Sep 15, 2011

You sayin' I like dubs?!?

DO IT TO IT posted:

I thought i wouldnt like Futaba too much but I gave her a chance and she actually owns.

I'm glad that they mostly kept futaba's "lol I''m a nerd that loves VIDEO GAMES did you know that" stuff to her slink/some bits of incidental dungeon dialogue and instead she's an actual character for the main game.

Electric Phantasm
Apr 7, 2011

YOSPOS

Let me go to LA with Yusuke game.

Zore
Sep 21, 2010
willfully illiterate, aggressively miserable sourpuss whose sole raison d’etre is to put other people down for liking the wrong things

darealkooky posted:

I'm glad that they mostly kept futaba's "lol I''m a nerd that loves VIDEO GAMES did you know that" stuff to her slink and some bits of incidental dungeon dialogue and instead she''s an actual character for the main game.

And honestly, even her S-Link doesn't have much of that. Most of it is about her trying to not be a recluse any more.

Which is cool and good.


Of the main cast, only Yusuke really gets a one dimensional link. Which is fine because they play it for laughs and its mostly pretty funny.

DO IT TO IT
Mar 3, 2008

I know "mon" means man, but I don't think "Och" means anything.

Agreed, that's why Futaba ended up working well for me.

Zore posted:

Of the main cast, only Yusuke really gets a one dimensional link. Which is fine because they play it for laughs and its mostly pretty funny.

Yusuke's rank 5 scene might be the funniest thing in the game so far.

The Lord of Hats
Aug 22, 2010

Hello, yes! Is being very good day for posting, no?
Late October: Sojiro you goddamn MVP of a dad. I liked you from the very beginning and god drat you have not disappointed me at all. Adopt me this instant, please.

Calihan
Jan 6, 2008
Goddamn. I got to September and I am getting punked by every social link I care about being cock-blocked by needing max level stats when I am around half-way through the ranks with most of these people

Priestess demands max level charm out of the loving blue before she will talk to me more. Star wants max level knowledge, Hierophant needs max kindness, Hanged Man demands max guts etc. I don't remember Persona 4 being anywhere near that savage with skill checks outside of a select few arcana.

At this rate I'm just going to end up hanging with some grade school kid in the arcade until the cops haul me away.

Fajita Queen
Jun 21, 2012

There are too many best characters in this game, it's overwhelming. Sojiro and Makoto are awesome, but so are a few others and I can't decide who is the best of the best.

Definitely gonna date all 9 girls though.

FractalSandwich
Apr 25, 2010

Saint Freak posted:

Cue the 'actually the age of consent in japan...' crew.
A little late, but I want to add to this for any of those age-of-consent rules lawyers who might be reading. If you genuinely don't know why people make fun of you for this, and don't want to ask in case people get the wrong impression (which they might), I'll tell you: there's a world of difference between what's technically not illegal and what's actually okay, and it's genuinely pretty insulting to people who happen to live in places with a lower age of consent to suggest that we think they're the same thing.

Intoluene
Jul 6, 2011

Activating self-destruct sequence!
Fun Shoe

Calihan posted:

Goddamn. I got to September and I am getting punked by every social link I care about being cock-blocked by needing max level stats when I am around half-way through the ranks with most of these people

Priestess demands max level charm out of the loving blue before she will talk to me more. Star wants max level knowledge, Hierophant needs max kindness, Hanged Man demands max guts etc. I don't remember Persona 4 being anywhere near that savage with skill checks outside of a select few arcana.

At this rate I'm just going to end up hanging with some grade school kid in the arcade until the cops haul me away.

At least there's good justifications for them all. Sojiro's requirement felt the most arbitrary of those, honestly. Haru will require max Proficiency, as well.

Bogart
Apr 12, 2010

by VideoGames
I like how as soon as Makoto joins the team, she's driving the frickin' car. Also: Palace 4 ending: so that's where all the Catherine tech went. Catherine x Shadow Teddie.

ThisIsACoolGuy
Nov 2, 2010

Shaped like a friend

I saw a achievement for rescuing a teammate from a hostage situation or something

Was that a mechanic? I've literally never had that happen and I'm kinda confused.

Saagonsa
Dec 29, 2012

ThisIsACoolGuy posted:

I saw a achievement for rescuing a teammate from a hostage situation or something

Was that a mechanic? I've literally never had that happen and I'm kinda confused.

Very rarely when a teammate is knocked down they're taken hostage and you have to negotiate to get them back (or just hit the touchpad to get them back instantly)

The Lord of Hats
Aug 22, 2010

Hello, yes! Is being very good day for posting, no?

ThisIsACoolGuy posted:

I saw a achievement for rescuing a teammate from a hostage situation or something

Was that a mechanic? I've literally never had that happen and I'm kinda confused.

It's happened to me all of once; you have to be surrounded and then they have to score a knockdown on a teammate, and even then it isn't a guarantee.

TheLoser
Apr 1, 2011

You make my korokoro go dokidoki.

ThisIsACoolGuy posted:

I saw a achievement for rescuing a teammate from a hostage situation or something

Was that a mechanic? I've literally never had that happen and I'm kinda confused.

E: fb

Bogart
Apr 12, 2010

by VideoGames
Where does Makoto like to go out tho.

Calihan
Jan 6, 2008

Intoluene posted:

At least there's good justifications for them all. Sojiro's requirement felt the most arbitrary of those, honestly. Haru will require max Proficiency, as well.

Thanks for the heads-up.

Calihan
Jan 6, 2008

ThisIsACoolGuy posted:

I saw a achievement for rescuing a teammate from a hostage situation or something

Was that a mechanic? I've literally never had that happen and I'm kinda confused.

I saw it happen twice in the third dungeon and not at all in the next two/mementos/anything since.

Hunt11
Jul 24, 2013

Grimey Drawer
Is there any reason not to send the 6th calling card as soon as possible?

Bogart
Apr 12, 2010

by VideoGames

Bogart posted:

Where does Makoto like to go out tho.

She likes the theme park.

Captain Baal
Oct 23, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022

Hunt11 posted:

Is there any reason not to send the 6th calling card as soon as possible?

You can't

TheLoser
Apr 1, 2011

You make my korokoro go dokidoki.
So I just fixed the laptop.

Is there anything I actually REALLY want to buy at the higher tiers? I already have some of these beginning items.

I'm glad Tanaka and Igor are the only two recurring characters since 3, though.

Supremezero
Apr 28, 2013

hay gurl

TheLoser posted:

So I just fixed the laptop.

Is there anything I actually REALLY want to buy at the higher tiers? I already have some of these beginning items.

I'm glad Tanaka and Igor are the only two recurring characters since 3, though.


The Roland accessory at the top level is neat. +5 to all stats.

There's also a refreshing stock of transmutation gear.

Lotus Aura
Aug 16, 2009

KNEEL BEFORE THE WICKED KING!

Vanilla Mint Ice posted:

Mishima is a good kid and I was very sad that you can't hang out with him outside of rank ups.

Mishima won't stop asking me to hang out on Sundays/off-days during the daytime, which wouldn't be rank ups because he's a night link and those kind of events are only for points towards the next rank. Except he doesn't need them so it's pointless and it's like no kid I don't want to hang out with you, gently caress off you creepy weirdo.

JackDarko
Sep 30, 2009

"Amala, I've got a chainsaw on my arm. I'll be fine."
I really don't like that guy, he's exactly the kind of person who goes psycho once he feels spurned. gently caress Mishima basically.

Firebert
Aug 16, 2004
lol

The end of the game is pretty much anime Ghostbusters, it was so great. I legit just starting playing the song from when they go to fight Gozer on my phone because the tone and scene were so similar. The gauntlet from the casino mission to the end of the game was probably the best sequence the series has had since the final few months of Persona 3. Really, really wish they would stop the animated cutscenes at this point, the in-game cinematics are so much better at this point.

Oxxidation
Jul 22, 2007
The little dweeb just wants a friend. :smith:

BaDandy
Apr 3, 2013

"This taste...

is the taste of a liar!"

DO IT TO IT posted:

Yusuke's rank 5 scene might be the funniest thing in the game so far.

*Pose* Farewell!!

Expect My Mom
Nov 18, 2013

by Smythe
I'm a doofus and activated Ann's Rank 9 event and now I'm just staring at the screen wondering if I want to date her or break her heart so I can keep my options open

Ann's S. Link wasn't great but her actual Rank 9 scene was good imo, she has some good scenes scattered throughout it, but some are a bit eh

SyntheticPolygon
Dec 20, 2013

Moltrey posted:

I'm a doofus and activated Ann's Rank 9 event and now I'm just staring at the screen wondering if I want to date her or break her heart so I can keep my options open

Ann's S. Link wasn't great but her actual Rank 9 scene was good imo, she has some good scenes scattered throughout it, but some are a bit eh

The scenes about her and Shiho are good, and I kinda wish it focused more on that.

JT Jag
Aug 30, 2009

#1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver
The close to the Sun confidant is good as hell

Expect My Mom
Nov 18, 2013

by Smythe
Yeah the focus on action movies and the other model were a little off, but Ann's whole theme of wanting to be better for her only friend she feels like she completely failed is great. I like Ann way more than I expected tbh she's strong and determined but still goofy to text you about how much she wants crepes and ask you go to Love, Actually with her

Regy Rusty
Apr 26, 2010

JT Jag posted:

The close to the Sun confidant is good as hell

I was really not expecting that one to end up being one of my favorites in the game, but it was.

ApplesandOranges
Jun 22, 2012

Thankee kindly.
Ann is the best Lovers girl but a mediocre SL. But at least it's a bit more focused than Rise's.

Caidin
Oct 29, 2011
Well, I've mostly finished palace 7 and this place is a complete loving slog, with Akechi there at the end to sponge damage like a proper lunatic. Goodnight sweet trash boy, thanks for the metatron and I wish you had died alone.

Supremezero
Apr 28, 2013

hay gurl

Caidin posted:

Well, I've mostly finished palace 7 and this place is a complete loving slog, with Akechi there at the end to sponge damage like a proper lunatic. Goodnight sweet trash boy, thanks for the metatron and I wish you had died alone.

It entertains me to see you say he sponged damage, since my MC cut off half of his health per hit.

Gruckles
Mar 11, 2013

Dragonatrix posted:

Mishima won't stop asking me to hang out on Sundays/off-days during the daytime, which wouldn't be rank ups because he's a night link and those kind of events are only for points towards the next rank. Except he doesn't need them so it's pointless and it's like no kid I don't want to hang out with you, gently caress off you creepy weirdo.

Mishima's invite events usually have another Confidant show up too so you can get points for them. Going with him to investigate some weirdo that's been reported and finding it's Yusuke, or seeing him get blown off by The King are pretty funny. Though you'll have no way of knowing who will show up or if it'll be someone you actually need the points with, so that kinda sucks still.

Expect My Mom
Nov 18, 2013

by Smythe
man im still sitting here watching ann sob about how she's alone in the world again as the MC just stares at her thinking of what to say, this is awkward

Shard
Jul 30, 2005

Can I just say that I love that skull is anime negan.

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Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

Vanilla Mint Ice posted:

Someone mentioned earlier that Mona's jp actor is pikachu, well I got a little easter egg for you; If you let a certain boss turn Mona into a mouse you'll hear a little surprise
there's also a "Morgana, I choose you!" dialogue option.

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