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[kai3345]

Depending on your firmware, you may have to put in more effort, but there hasn't been anything in a while that won't simply run on CFW.

I just remember when I got i think it was P1 actually and the game forced me to update to OFW to play it.

Of course I did it because I'd paid fucking 40 bucks for the game, but if I don't have to update to OFW I'd prefer to not.

 

[TheSeks]

Okay, Zodiac: Does passing

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the second floor is a maze

give/gain you anything? Because I've been dicking around on the second floor so far and haven't ran into too much there yet.

 

[KibblesBits]

Okay, Zodiac: Does passing

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the second floor is a maze

give/gain you anything? Because I've been dicking around on the second floor so far and haven't ran into too much there yet.

It does just as the rumor suggests.

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Makes it a maze and adds more items than you would normally find.

 

[Hours Left]

I'm willing to look past it if they bring us EVERY custom dungeon available to Japanese users.

Yeah, I hope they can at least confirm that.

 

[TheSeks]

It does just as the rumor suggests.

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Makes it a maze and adds more items than you would normally find.

That's what I figured, but I wanted to make sure.

 

[creid]

I'm willing to look past it if they bring us EVERY custom dungeon available to Japanese users.

Why would you expect this to happen?

 

[TheSeks]

Why would you expect this to happen?

I think he means the official Atlus ones. Of which there are more than 2 in DLC.

 

[KibblesBits]

I think he means the official Atlus ones. Of which there are more than 2 in DLC.

Yep.

 

[atomsk]

ok cool thanks

9 days later, it's finally here! (I didn't get the super huge box, bummer)

Works just fine doing Iso Tools 1.51 and patching it.

Which brings me to my other project for the day....

Replacing my PSP screen

Look at the "Heheh!" section of the screen, it's a weird banding issue that has been getting worse the more I play.

 

[TheSeks]

Wait, what? If I fully map

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the second floor of Zodiac, the rumor goes away!?

WTF. I just wanted to map it before changing it to see if my auto-map has mapped parts filled in to help me explore the changes.

 

[cj_iwakura]

For anyone who beat the Bomb Shelter only. This will blow your mind if you played EP.


Guess who that drunk guy was.

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Kaoru.


As in Saga.



As in



Baofu.

 

[TheSeks]

Did I miss anything by not doing that rumor, in terms of useful items? :/

Man, I'm pissed. But I'm not rolling back and redoing that area again. Screw that. Lesson learned, spread the rumors once you get them.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Did I miss anything by not doing that rumor, in terms of useful items? :/

Man, I'm pissed. But I'm not rolling back and redoing that area again. Screw that. Lesson learned, spread the rumors once you get them.

Spell cards.

 

[Eusis]

Look at the "Heheh!" section of the screen, it's a weird banding issue that has been getting worse the more I play.

How cheap are replacement screens? My 2000 screen is even worse off, with several dark spots along the edges. At this point however I'm more inclined to either wait until the Vita or get a 3000.

 

[TheSeks]

Spell cards.

Oh, that's it? I can get those in Mu IIRC.

 

[KibblesBits]

Oh, that's it? I can get those in Mu IIRC.

But they were free... FREE!

 

[TheSeks]

But they were free... FREE!

Meh. I don't need the spell cards too much. I need the fusion/stat cards more. >_>

 

[KibblesBits]

I forgot how much I *love* the dungeon music for Mu Continent.

 

[atomsk]

How cheap are replacement screens? My 2000 screen is even worse off, with several dark spots along the edges. At this point however I'm more inclined to either wait until the Vita or get a 3000.

33 for a generic brand, 44 for the "Genuine Sharp LCD" at Deal Extreme (free shipping)

I think the Sharp one has a return policy for dead/stuck pixels, where the generic one does not.

I got 1 noticeable stuck pixel buying the generic, still better than the text in all my games being messed up on the left side.

 

[Reknoc]

European release date has been announced, 4th November. £40 or £70 for both Persona 2 and Trails in the Sky Collectors Editions.

Source

 

[Witchfinder General]

Yay, my copy arrived. Doubt I'll play it for a while due to everything else on my plate.

 

[creid]

So I just finished the Caracol and it looks like

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I've got 4 new dungeons open of me. Are they shortish? Not nearly as long as Caracol? Pleas say yes.

 

[KibblesBits]

So I just finished the Caracol and it looks like

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I've got 4 new dungeons open of me. Are they shortish? Not nearly as long as Caracol? Pleas say yes.

They're not that bad. You may find them more tolerable.

 

[creid]

They're not that bad. You may find them more tolerable.

It's not that the last one was bad, it just took me 3 days to do. I'd like to finish this soon because I've got other stuff to play, and I know that an SMT final dungeon is usually an 8-hour affair.

 

[cj_iwakura]

The music in Kasugayama was amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2E97DGpmxY

 

[KibblesBits]

The music in Kasugayama was amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2E97DGpmxY

I love this one too.

Goodness, if EP comes to the PSP I hope the remixes are of the same quality.

 

[creid]

Between this and NieR, I don't think I've enjoyed a soundtrack more in the last 10 years or so.

 

[cj_iwakura]

I love this one too.

Goodness, if EP comes to the PSP I hope the remixes are of the same quality.

To be fair, most of the work is done. A lot of locations are revisited.

 

[KibblesBits]

To be fair, most of the work is done. A lot of locations are revisited.

This is true, but now it has to be remixes of EP remixes of IS music. >.>

 

[g.r.e.]

So guys, I am against the (warning, near end game spoilers)

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Fuhrer, and I've noticed how people in my party seem to instantly die for no reason whatsoever. Maybe there's a pattern in his moves that I ignore, and it's frustrating because even if I kill him there's all the fathers'crap to defeat and my party is preatty beat up by then.

tasukete :'(

 

[KibblesBits]

What level persona are you using?

 

[Heart Attack]

my girlfriend gifted me this as my b-day present. HYPE!!!

 

[TheSeks]

Hmmm...

Told Yukino

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That I talk with my fists

, gain new contact. Let

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Eikichi stand up for himself

hopefully that gives me the ultimate starter persona for them.

Went to Kasugayama, now I'm curious to know if

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I should feed Eikichi's hype for himself or say I'm cooler than him

because I'm sure this is a fusion combo junction point... but then again their initial combo helped with

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pixies and other females get interested/happy ratings so I'm not too sure how well that'll go

. :/

 

[C-Jo]

Finally got my copy from Amazon.ca yesterday. Half-crushed in a paper envelope, of course.

Cheap bastards.

 

[creid]

Are fusion spells really that important? I'm nearing the end, (I'm up to

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the 4 skull dungeons

) and I've barely used them.

 

[TurnipFritters]

So guys, I am against the (warning, near end game spoilers)

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Fuhrer, and I've noticed how people in my party seem to instantly die for no reason whatsoever. Maybe there's a pattern in his moves that I ignore, and it's frustrating because even if I kill him there's all the fathers'crap to defeat and my party is preatty beat up by then.

tasukete :'(

He's using

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Omega Cluster

, which causes the

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the lowest level character to die at the end of the round

. It's

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dark-elemental

, so you can probably get by it with

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Tetraja

, or any

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null-dark

Personas. Alternately:

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Get everyone at the same level

.

Are fusion spells really that important? I'm nearing the end, (I'm up to

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the 4 skull dungeons

) and I've barely used them.

They generally speed things up, yes.

 

[TheSeks]

Are fusion spells really that important? I'm nearing the end, (I'm up to

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the 4 skull dungeons

) and I've barely used them.

No, but they help.

 

[TheSeks]

Okay, WTF. I

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Tell Michel he's cooler

and I lose a combo contact ability? :| Gee, thanks Allegory of Whatever for screwing me over. I thought I GAINED something from that.

(REAL SPOILERS): http://www.oocities.org/Tokyo/3857/pdeci.html <--At least this helps somewhat but it uses the fan translation (or funky translations of the Japanese version) for the choices. Damn it, I wish I found that before I gave my answer. :/ Oh well, not a big deal I guess since I can just find another way to make the demons interested/happy.

 

[Akselziys]

Does anyone know if the bust art for this game (the PSP version) is available somewhere?

I'd imagine it'd be easier to make avatars with the extended bust art from the PSP version than the shorter PS1 bust art

 

[creid]

So I went and checked prices for the soundtrack on play-asia. It's $46, which is a bit more than I'd like to pay, but it has 6 friggin discs. Impressive. Also, pretty sure I hit a spoiler buried in the track titles ;_;

Halfwayish through the last dungeon. Hopefully this last boss isn't as bad as people say.

 

[TurnipFritters]

So I went and checked prices for the soundtrack on play-asia. It's $46, which is a bit more than I'd like to pay, but it has 6 friggin discs. Impressive. Also, pretty sure I hit a spoiler buried in the track titles ;_;

Halfwayish through the last dungeon. Hopefully this last boss isn't as bad as people say.

I'm honestly still flabbergasted that they didn't change that to something a bit more ambiguous.

 

[Credo]

Halfwayish through the last dungeon. Hopefully this last boss isn't as bad as people say.

What level are your characters? I just entered what I think is probably the last dungeon, and I'm wondering if I'm underpowered. I know that grinding was a lot more prevalent during the time P2:IS was made, so I wouldn't doubt that I need to spend some time leveling. Each of my characters just hit lvl 55.

 

[KibblesBits]

Okay, WTF. I

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Tell Michel he's cooler

and I lose a combo contact ability? :| Gee, thanks Allegory of Whatever for screwing me over. I thought I GAINED something from that.

Why did you save?

 

[TheSeks]

Why did you save?

I raged, but then I checked and had a save file right outside of the third dungeon. Reloaded that save, made sure the contact combo wasn't broke and continued. So in essence, I didn't. But still. :|

 

[KibblesBits]

I raged, but then I checked and had a save file right outside of the third dungeon. Reloaded that save, made sure the contact combo wasn't broke and continued. So in essence, I didn't. But still. :|

*gentle pat pat*

Be careful. That one really should have been obvious though. :3

 

[TheSeks]

*gentle pat pat*

Be careful. That one really should have been obvious though. :3

Oh, it was obvious, but I wasn't sure if the game was trying to trick me because I wasn't sure if there was some evolution to the combo contact for that.

 

[g.r.e.]

Just finished it...well, it was one hell of a ride. Really enjoyable game, couldn't not recommend it to any psp/ps1 jrpg lover.

Oh, and thanks to the ones who helped me earlier in the thread.

 

[Akselziys]

Just finished it...well, it was one hell of a ride. Really enjoyable game, couldn't not recommend it to any psp/ps1 jrpg lover.

Oh, and thanks to the ones who helped me earlier in the thread.

It's quite the amazing game <3 One of my all time favorites <3

 

[semiconscious]

My enjoyment of the game was basically like a 10/10 until I got all party members and started getting into lots of random encounters, now I am having a bit of a hard time losing patience with the battles because I can't seem to figure out tricks for making the negotiation thing go smoothly. Can anyone give a quick non-spoiler dummy guide for how to negotiate with the monsters? Or do I really have to look up FAQs or something for each one?

i've been using this guide, & it's been 98% correct. be sure to widen your browser page to see it all, or just print it out (& note that e=michel)...

i haven't felt bad about using this guide - if there's any mechanism i find pretty painful with the early personas, it's this one, where you have to discover, & then remember, which of 20 different approaches 'works' (& in which way) for every demon. that, much more than frequent encounters, got really old really fast for me - replacing this stuff with the s-link mechanism in 3 & 4 gets a huge thumbs-up from me ...


meanwhile, i've finally gotten hold of some of the more kick-ass lvl 30-40 demons. the game's dragged a little for me at times, but i'm still having fun for the most part...

 

[creid]

What you'll eventually find out. Keep playing, because it's a huge spoiler if I reveal it and the twist.

I finished the game last night and I don't think I ever did find out. I thought I remembered that she said

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something about him being Tatsuya's father, or sounding like Tatsuya's father, or something.

What level are your characters? I just entered what I think is probably the last dungeon, and I'm wondering if I'm underpowered. I know that grinding was a lot more prevalent during the time P2:IS was made, so I wouldn't doubt that I need to spend some time leveling. Each of my characters just hit lvl 55.

I was probably around there when I entered. I was level 59-60 when I beat it, but

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that's probably because I put it on Easy before fighting the last bosses.