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Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

Firm Stance is actually negating my dodge skills so I'm gonna Card it out. The description is worded so oddly on it I just thought it was half dmg forever -_________-

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Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

i put masukakaja on him instead, i had nothing better lol

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

Coffee is ready, it's a rainy Saturday, and it's time to rip the final bosses rear end clean off. The Crew:

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

I beat the game.

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

I thought the design of the casino palace boss was lame but the fight was pretty cool

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

frank.club posted:

This game is really good. It kinda makes me mad at myself for only having played SMT IV in the past

Welcome to true gaming.

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

I'm getting drunk and starting NewGame+. Merciless.

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

Zas posted:

I'm on like the 6th palace and everything's been great but I don't think there's been a narrative thread as good as that first Kamoshida one, that was pretty amazing

I agree with the exception of Futaba's palace/storyline/boss

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

The Milkman posted:

the first one has so much built up around it it's hard to beat


to me the fifth was by far the weakest at both the dungeon and story, but that kinda narratively makes sense I guess.

Which one was that again? I can't keep track of them by number anymore lol

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

Oh yeah, that was kind of a dud.

I think this game desperately needed other things going on aside from "Adults Are SCUM Us Kids Know Better!!" Which is great for a time, but after the 15th request to change some parents heart I kinda just X'ed through most of them because they were all the same. A little variety in mementos requests woulda gone far imo. Later in the game it gets really cheesy with the Teen Knowledge stuff too.

It also feels unfair to compare this to P4, which was the first game I ever played in this series so obviously it blew me away in every possible aspect.. but I still think a teen murder mystery is more interesting then most things going on in P5. I almost wish they went with the fun angle of being an endearing rogue stealing and breaking into buildings w/your friends. That's kinda what I got out of the initial trailer but the final game is nothing like that. That's more my fault for reading into things wrong tho.

Still GOTY.

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

The Milkman posted:

When you finish off a boss with a repel



This is how I beat Futaba's boss w/Despaired MC and no way of healing it :madmax:

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

THE AWESOME GHOST posted:

I like persona 5 because the theme is "society is poo poo and hosed up stuff happens" which strongly resonates with me

Like it's good that every Confidant is a little lovely in some ways

Yeah, I get what you're saying, but for me it felt like they went back to the well a few too many times. More people cheating at videogames and less people torturing cats/children for instance. At some point things that normally would gut punch you end up feeling numb and meaningless because it's all you've been exposed to for 100 hours. But regardless, I know I'm being nitpicky and this is still the Persona game people should play if they're brand new to the series. Mechanically it's the best by far, which is arguably more important then any story qualms I might have

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

Social stats and confidant links are equally important with one major difference: Social stats carry over to NG+ while confidant links do not. Just keep that in mind while you move forward. Since I knew by the end of the game I wasn't going to max everyones link I opted to max my social stats since I already had NG+ in mind.

You also get more slots as you progress the story

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

Evil Eagle posted:

Beat Palace 1 last night. This is the first Persona that I've played that makes hard mode fun and interesting. The new combat mechanics like baton pass and being able to negotiate after knocking​ enemies down are awesome. And thank god for real, not randomly generated dungeons. I'm enjoying it. I wasn't impressed with the first boss but all of the minibosses and normal encounters have been great.

I didn't realize Merciless mode modifies both xp and gold (0.4x) until I finished up Palace 3 a full 6 or 7 levels below the character I just recruited, essnentially forcing a low level run. Plus every crit/tech/weakness does 3x damage to both enemies and characters alike, meaning if you're ever ambushed you're basically dead. Any baby spell weakness will 1hko my characters. I might have to swap to Hard just to make some money going into the later s.links/compendium completion.

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

Safety - Damage received: x0.5 - Damage dealt: x2.0 - Experience: x3.0 - Money: x5.0 - can't switch difficulty if this selected any time
Easy - Damage received: x0.5 - Damage dealt: x1.0 - Experience: x1.0 - Money: x1.0
Hard - Damage received: x1.6 - Damage dealt: x0.8 - Experience: x1.0 - Money: x1.0
Merciless - Damage received: x1.6 - Damage dealt: x0.8 - Experience: x0.4 - Money: x0.4 - Critical and technical hit damage on both enemies and allies is tripled

From le reddthumb. Maybe the weakness hits aren't tripled

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

hubris.height posted:

a lot of people had trouble with the palace 2 boss on normal, howd you handle it on merciless

Things are a bit trivial with Yoshitsune from my first play thru summoned. You keep the best perks from your max confidant links so I was able to summon him day 1, lol. Things definitely got harder in the third palace so I think it'll still end up being a nice challenge.

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

Any kind of status effect helps

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

Burning is really the only lovely effect, but at least its exclusively coupled with a dmg spell

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

an actual dog posted:

pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop

Daikatana Ritsu posted:

EPIC LEVEL UP SCREEN!!!!!! (party member spoilers)


Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

Yusuke husbando.

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

I stuck with the original crew 99% of my first run. I would hotswap Haru in to plunk down a Heat Riser during boss fights but that's about it. That's probably also why I never got the Good Listener trophy

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

Baton Passed Swift Strike Ryuji is MVP for a majority of the game imo

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

I feel like the heavier hitting skills are almost never worth it compared to mutli-hit skills. I also kept Headbutt well into the final dungeon because it saved my rear end regularly

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

Haru has the best metaverse outfit by a macaroni mile.

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

I'd buy the Devil Summoner outfits for 7 dollars if morgana didn't look incredibly stupid in it

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

tumor looking batty posted:

So far, Makato and Morgana and then whoever has the most Sp. I never use Ann

Ann is a casting beast

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

mycophobia posted:

i just got wiped out right before what i assume is the final safe room for the second time. this stupid dungeon is bullshit :qq:

Which one

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

hubris.height posted:

this was the most fun i have had getting a plat, and i really enjoyed this game.

i liked it better than p3 and p4, but its because it just came out at the perfect time to resonate with me



grats

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

yeah man.. wtf you doing without buffs/debuffs

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

I.N.R.I posted:

stuff that hits tons of times like swift strike (even though it says its light physical damage) works really well with charge too

Yoshitsune w/Charge and Hassou Tobi beats every boss in the rear end.

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

In Training posted:

This is getting an anime adaptation, but of course it is

The anime cutscenes always look like poo poo compared to the game itself, especially in 5. Plus once you're watching the story by itself away from the gameplay you realize Persona is basically Digimon

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

I never played PQ but ppl seemed to like it. gently caress the dancing AIDS however

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

In Training posted:

It should be SMT theatrhythm instead of 20 songs that aren't even from the persona 4 soundtrack for 50 dollars

Yeah this. Rhythm games are fun when they aren't injected with Japanese diarrhea

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

The Milkman posted:

please stop releasing games i want on 3ds

3DS is the best nintendo console

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

The Milkman posted:

the library is extremely good; the system is extremely bad

That's an oxymoron

Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

Lmao at brain damaged pc gamers counting frames and talking resolution about the strongest game library since the ps2

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Daikatana Ritsu
Aug 1, 2008

lol bruh you said 3DS is a bad system which is patently false due to its insane library of good games. Sorry your hands hurt but the scoreboard doesn't lie

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