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Alder
Sep 24, 2013

Lord_Magmar posted:

Also you are definitely dating Yusuke, part of the humour of his confidant is indeed that you two keep going on to romantic locations together.

:same:

The final couple is always w/Yusuke since their interactions are great. Let me date boys atlus.

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Alder
Sep 24, 2013

I'm glad everyone supports Kanji because he is a good boy :3:

Anyways, I always thought (only one probably) Yusuke was asexual but at the same time Jokersexual since all of our hangouts and time together. I can see Joker moving back to Tokyo after HS for college and them renting an apt together as the game intended before plot reasons.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

Badger of Basra posted:

Forbidden knowledge is about as rebellious as someone who never leaves their house is gonna get.

e: does Futaba's finisher screen (where she drops the bomb) change when her persona changes?

ouch, it got too real :gbsmith:

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

bobjr posted:

If they did do a more adult cast of party members for a game it would be kind of interesting if you were actually more limited in party member choice for some dungeons because they had real life stuff in the way.

Then no one would join MC since they'd all be tired from their daily jobs :gbsmith:

Also, it'd get too real since I can never get any of my friends to join me when I play games together.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

YggiDee posted:

Basically our dad options are 'lovely', 'dead', 'absent', or 'fails to notice their child fighting monsters daily.' Could be worse, they could be Persona 2 dads.

In which persona games are true to life v:v:v

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

Is the Persona 5 anime just a literal adaptation of the game story? Is it worth watching

It's not good as Joker has less of a personality than Yu in P4.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

girl dick energy posted:

Better than a futon on the floor.

Edit: By Japanese apartment standards, Joker's bedroom is actually pretty big.

His room is p nice after I cleaned up and decorated it. Mostly I'm concerned about the lack of an actual door than room size.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

Arist posted:

Teddie's voice in Japanese is terrible

Never forget Rise's JPN voice too :v:

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

YaketySass posted:

Doesn't his Japanese version just say "Kuma" like a Pokémon instead of making cheesy bear puns too?

Yes, kuma.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

Twelve by Pies posted:

I don't think P5R is ever likely to happen on Switch, I'd love to be wrong but it's a PS4/5 game and it seems like they might have to do a ton of work to get it running on Switch that they probably feel isn't worth it (I'm not a tech guy so I can't say for sure but I can imagine that the Switch being a weaker system means that it'd be rough).

On the other hand I feel like there's no excuse for not giving us P3P or at least FES and P4 vanilla if not Golden.

Alright you convinced me. I will accept P5R on PC now.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

DC Murderverse posted:

I’m finally starting in on the other Persona games. I’m just going backwards from 5 so P4G is up next. I’m still very early on but man is Inaba a huge leap away from Tokyo. It very much reminds me of small towns that I’ve been in because my parents grew up in them, and as a dyed-in-the-wool city person I understand how different that can be.

Also already pre-annoyed that Chie isn’t gay because her whole vibe is very “small town teen not realizing you’re allowed to be gay”, especially with the “wait is my soulmate a girl?” conversation right as poo poo is going down

edit: also already missing Morgana sorry but cat > child & weird fake bear thing

woo boy I have a lot of words to say about P4G and how it treats their cast.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

Twelve by Pies posted:

It's been a long time since I played P4, and I guess I'll spoiler it since someone is actively playing it right now, but the only one I really remember is Yukiko's where the character arc goes "I don't want to take over the inn, I want to live my own life! No, wait, actually I want to take over the inn after all." Am I right in thinking that a lot of the other character arcs were the same way?

Eh, yeah that yukiko SL :shobon:

I rmb thinking even way back then that it would've been handled better since there was no real progress from start to finish.

Kanji: I really liked his character and SL but the actual main story scenes it's just terrible and I feel bad. I've played P4/G multiple times and it's terrible each time how everyone reacts to him and later on. I'm like he's just a good boy who deserved better.

Naoto: Wow, one of the few SL where the actual dating ending was really ... strange. I'm like devs had an idea ... and just kinda backtracked on her main problem which went nowhere. It's a shame since I liked her character but the entire feeling was a wasted opportunity.

Also, don't forget the terrible creepy jokes every cast member suffered though. Also, Teddy's constant weird remarks didn't help later on.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

Hellioning posted:

Naoto is weird because I love her character and probably would choose to date her but the actual things you need to do to date her are weird and strange so I can't.

I feel ya :v:

I'm frustrated at how limiting the MC reactions are too for difficult questions. I'm like drat it's complicated and Altus just walked away at the end.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

HootTheOwl posted:

P4G is the one I played and I went from being "oh wow, is everyone here gay?" to "Wait, none of them are gay, not even a little?" And got a little annoyed.

TBH this is how I feel every time I start a new Persona title...let me date boys Atlus.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

I still recc'd P3P even with the missing scenes and locations. Overall, just that the FeMC adds much better SL and interactions except for one kid. Also, the basic idea of FeMC raised it higher than the base P3/FES.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

I didn't like the P5:S gameplay but drat, I really want to play P5:R someday if it ever comes to PC in a decade. I liked just spending time wandering Tokyo and hanging out with my best anime friends.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

Mirello posted:

hoping that by posting about it I jinx it into existence, but I can't believe they havent announced a pc port of p5r. They released strikers, the sequel. They released p4 gold, and it sold a ton. its the anniversery, and so far... nothing. All we get is arena, which isn't even the same genre of game. I mean it seems like such an obvious slam dunk. The game came out 5/6 years ago. come on already atlus! lol

I'm even starting to believe the nonsense rumors that they might have a secret 10 year exclusivity deal with sony. but why would they?

Remind me in 5 years :v:

I feel like eh, we won't see it anytime soon but I can still hope it'd happen someday.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013



The teacup set is pretty tempting to me.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

HootTheOwl posted:

Finally. I only assume our constant badgering and harassment payed off. Manifesting a reality where p5r is on PC.

This is truly mankind's desire. To be told to go to bed by a cat.

tbf I heard Mona got better in P5:R and I'm hyped so I can finally complete the full game now.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

wizard2 posted:

Nice!!!! I'm glad I decided to check out this thread. Seriously; the very moment it's confirmed one can mod out "Looking coool, Joker!" I WILL give Royal a second go on the PC. 😩

:same:

Mostly I'm waiting for adding Akechi to the team earlier...someday.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

AnonymouseNo5 posted:

I actually started to watch that for Akihiko but stopped for some reason. I forget why.

I admit, I watched this series before I played P3 but I have no memory of the show other Aki showing up so you didn't miss out much.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

Mix. posted:

give us the scrapped yosuke romance where we can fix him :v:

I actually did play a fangame VN based on this romance Yosuke and it's still pretty much a mess. I haven't played the PC mod for it yet but the more I reflect on P4:G canon story...I'm like it is what is.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

I like to think that the extra dev time is because they are finally adding FeMC to P6 :v:

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

Best Friends posted:

100%. Yosuke reads to me like a teenager reacting to internalized homophobia. But without any explicit confirmation that he’s struggling with coming to terms with his own sexuality in a homophobic world, he just comes off as a hateful little poo poo.

Although I've been aware of this mod since ... a long time ago I haven't played it yet other than I dream of being free from P4 but I'm worried it won't really reflect my thoughts on everything :sigh:

I feel like all the fanfics and AU I read will vanish if I play this route and it's really not good but ...someday.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

Sapozhnik posted:

I'll never understand pay-to-win in single player games

"Oh I don't have time to grind in video games, I'm a busy professional" then idk watch the game on YouTube or play something better designed that doesn't make you do in-game chores. Persona 5 really isn't a difficult video game to begin with, it's a pure indulgence-fest that isn't meant to challenge you.

It's for me :v:

I'm bad at games so I'll play with mods/DLC that will help me out even though I played Normal on P5 years ago too.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

I've always said the canon ending is just Joker X Fox and every time I redo his SL events I'm convinced this is true.

Currently at the 2nd Palace and my self-motivation declining, I realized I need to do so many more floors and places. Also, I'm like drat the most I can play is 1 hour daily before I get burned out.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

So it's 6/20 and I unlocked Akechi's SL but I haven't seen him at the Darts place yet at night? I read in the guide that he could be there any day except Sunday.

Usually, I try to rush the palaces in 1-2 days unless the game stops me for plot reasons, and spend the remainder of time grinding stats which I need Kindness and Charm to 3 soon.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

Sapozhnik posted:

I haven't got around to actually starting P5R on PC again but it feels like the lack of a console-style quick suspend is going to be a real pain in the rear end. Anybody dealing with obnoxiously long stretches between save points?

Rumor has it that a quick suspend feature is being added to P4G in the game itself so we'll see, hopefully they'll patch it into P5R as well. There's a decent amount of activity in the steamdb QA depots for both games at the moment.

I don't mind since you can save pretty much everywhere except for active battles and maps. I've been saving a lot between sessions jic I miss out on anything just in case.

Yeah, I played P4G on vita and I did like how I could take as many breaks as I wanted since I could suspend the game before I went to sleep.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

Pwnstar posted:

People say you should be able to date Yusuke but I will only accept that if Yusuke doesn't actually realise you are dating and just keeps being a weird little guy.

"You wish to embrace me? Yes.. our two forms will become one! Surely such a composition would spark my creativity!"

I low-key believe that Joker is keeping their relationship a secret in all the events because of reasons so I wouldn't really mind it since everyone is in denial in the main story anyways.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

Mailer posted:

Man I'd forgotten how on-the-nose it got with the rank 10 romance options. Like P4 was "spend a long time" but the adult confidants have some very direct implications.



Thankfully mods solved that issue for everyone :v:

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

I saw this posted and I thought this is the perfect gift for fellow Akechi fans who have everything already.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

Spiffster posted:

All DLC persona shouldn’t be touched on a first playthrough… except for raoul. If you itemize him you get a free hat.

Is it a cool hat?

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

After 5 years I forgot the horribly timed puzzles in the factory palace and now I'm forced to clear them again. Also, I see that the airlock puzzle remains there too.

I'm pretty close to the 3rd semester but my motivation has declined once more :v:

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

Just finished the casino palace and we managed to start the ship palace :gbsmith:

I forgot how Crow only joined us for a few weeks and now I'm sad again. Also, I got everything set up for the 3rd semester but I admit it took a long road since I started way back in October 2022 so now we're actually around the same time IRL too in-game.

I liked all the QOL stuff and it was great to see everyone again along with Akechi having a better story role. It's amazing all the new venues are unlocked and I had fun with hangouts...I wish we had more events like in P4G, but so it goes. Also, the skip button is the best tool to move past all the old stuff and I just paused for new scenes.

Also, I bought P4:G on PC for mods and I feel like eh, I want to replay it but at the same time the sheer effort again is tiring.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

Alacron posted:

So I'm into June on first run through of Royal. There's something I don't like about Maruki.

I dunno what it is. It's almost, not sure if this is the right word... cloying? Not the character himself but the way the game is just trying so hard to put him across in a certain way.

I already know the broad strokes of the spoilers regarding him so I know there's kind of a reason for this.

I'm not sure if this is the best way to put it but it's like I can see the strings on the puppet show and I don't like it.

TBH, during his intro I agreed with the one person going he has a nice voice since he does have a great voice :v:

I feel like the entire confident up to where I am was less sus than I expected but it might go to an extreme place in a few days now.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

I feel like the final palace would've improved if we had like needed 2 letters and then everything would be great and rattled mazes should've been like once only.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

I'm almost done with Dec and I forgot how awkward Romance Rank 9 choices were to each female LI :gbsmith:

Clearly, my Joker politely declined everyone, but for 5 minutes, I thought this was probably not the right moment for that comment.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

Sapozhnik posted:

Emotional blackmail is the cornerstone of every successful relationship

I'm reminded that I messed up Naoto's SL in my last replay of P4:G and I ended up alone but maybe it was a better ending than I imagined since yeah :aaa:

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

I started the 3rd semester:

All the happy fake memories of the team made me feel their suffering esp since we all know how it will end for everyone now :gbsmith:

Also, Futuba and Makato's late parents being alive made me relate a lot since there's like I wonder if alt world my other parent would be alive too.

I do find it funny Joker's idea of Akechi is someone who is relentless and then it's him nearly dying each time during the duo battles but then telling me not to hold him back later. I'm like finally I got Sumire to be my party member...I waited so long.

Also, I'm feeling fatigued too as I'm tired of backtracking to find keys to unlock the special locks on the Maruki's palace and the floors feel too big. And I dream someday I will be free from Mementos too.


BTW: I feel like Mona could have shared the bed though because we're just great pals.

I finished it 51 hours with ALOT of forwarding of old parts :v:

I admit Maruki was sympathetic all the way until he made us do the extremely tedious boss battle and then I felt maybe he should've died earlier to save me the effort. The entire time I felt like a lot of suffering exists and there is nothing we can do about it but move forward. Also thanks for shipping Joker/Akechi the most out of the entire cast.

Akechi being his true self who is just extremely honest is just pretty amusing for the 3rd semester and I get it yeah he's gone but at least his memory will live on with us. Also, I'm like glad Royal exists to give everyone a better idea of what motivated him and his final choice for us.

Sumire was ok...I admit I feel kinda meh towards her confidant and events since she only joined us at the final palace and I'm like drat I know it would have made no sense but I still felt I waited way too long.

Mementos are still super tiresome even with Jose and boost to everything I ended up stopping the last requests since I just wanted it to stop.

As I mentioned earlier I got the Forever Alone ending where Joker didn't date any of the girls and I liked the new scenes with Futaba and Soijrio.

Then the final few weeks I just spent cooking curry and brewing coffee only to realize I never used them at all is how some things never change when I play JRPG.

Alder fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Jan 14, 2023

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Alder
Sep 24, 2013

AlternateNu posted:

Naoto has the most heartbreaking scene in any modern Persona if you two-time her.

I haven't cheated on any LI, but yeah, I watched that in an LP, and I'm glad the P5 event is funnier overall and yes there are now consequences.

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