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[CoachKevin]

So I said I was going to ditch P3P after being 20 hours in, I just beat the 6th Shadow boss.

Any idea how much longer the game is? I keep reading/hearing that P4G is basically a much better version of the game and I already bought it.

Am I missing much just using the first 20 hours of P3P as practice for P4G?

 

[we.are.the.armada]

So I said I was going to ditch P3P after being 20 hours in, I just beat the 6th Shadow boss.

Any idea how much longer the game is? I keep reading/hearing that P4G is basically a much better version of the game and I already bought it.

Am I missing much just using the first 20 hours of P3P as practice for P4G?

There is a shadow boss for each arcana, so you still have a while to go in P3P. That game is at it's best when it isn't rushed, just set it aside and play some P4 - if P4 hooks you, stay with it and play P3P later. These games don't have enough connection in story for consecutive completion to matter.

 

[robotzombie]

So I said I was going to ditch P3P after being 20 hours in, I just beat the 6th Shadow boss.

Any idea how much longer the game is? I keep reading/hearing that P4G is basically a much better version of the game and I already bought it.

Am I missing much just using the first 20 hours of P3P as practice for P4G?

That depends on whether or not you actually care about the story... If you don't care about the story at all, then P4G is pretty much just a refined (better) version. But if you like 3's characters and story, you'd obviously want to continue playing...

 

[Trigger]

So I said I was going to ditch P3P after being 20 hours in, I just beat the 6th Shadow boss.

Any idea how much longer the game is? I keep reading/hearing that P4G is basically a much better version of the game and I already bought it.

Am I missing much just using the first 20 hours of P3P as practice for P4G?

7 left, but lots of story. lol, I'm not one to encourage people to drop games, but if you're that interested in Golden maybe you should jump on over.

 

[P90]

So I said I was going to ditch P3P after being 20 hours in, I just beat the 6th Shadow boss.

Any idea how much longer the game is? I keep reading/hearing that P4G is basically a much better version of the game and I already bought it.

Am I missing much just using the first 20 hours of P3P as practice for P4G?

P4G is better. That said, finish P3P (an awesome RPG on all accounts) then experience the all-time greatness that is P4G.

 

[Ken]

How do I fish?

 

[P90]

How do I fish?

I so suck at fishing. I read the fishing book, but still can't catch anything. Hopefully, some one else can help.

 

[buddha0991]

How do I fish?

I got the fishing rod from the old lady shiroku at night

 

[lolez2matt]

God Damn!! I didn´t remember Shadow Yukiko to be so strong....

Hard is the same one as hard in the ps2 version?

 

[bigkrev]

Whats the best way to raise Diligence? I'm in November, and while i've maxed out all the other stats, somehow i'm still a 3 in it.

 

[Trigger]

Hard is easier technically with all the improvements.

Whats the best way to raise Diligence? I'm in November, and while i've maxed out all the other stats, somehow i'm still a 3 in it.

Fold dem envelopes. There's a book that increases the Diligence gain from that. The soccer club also gives a small boost. I believe you can wash dishes at night too.

 

[Tangeroo]

I so suck at fishing. I read the fishing book, but still can't catch anything. Hopefully, some one else can help.

What you catch depends mostly on your bait but also the weather conditions/time of day. As there is no vibration to rely on, you have to wait for the bobber to *completely* submerge under water before attempting to reel the fish in. Once the fish is hooked, try to keep the arrow in the middle of the meter on the bottom of the screen using the left analog nub. While in the middle, tap/hold the circle button to reel the fish closer. If you are not in the safe zone while hitting circle, the fish will retaliate. Too many flubs and the fish will escape.

 

[LuchaShaq]

Playing on very hard, still wish it was harder outside of the big fight before any dungeons.

 

[Chris R]

Could someone spoil me as to what the benefits of fishing actually are? Need to know if I should bother with it at all or not.

 

[P90]

What you catch depends mostly on your bait but also the weather conditions/time of day. As there is no vibration to rely on, you have to wait for the bobber to *completely* submerge under water before attempting to reel the fish in. Once the fish is hooked, try to keep the arrow in the middle of the meter on the bottom of the screen using the left analog nub. While in the middle, tap/hold the circle button to reel the fish closer. If you are not in the safe zone while hitting circle, the fish will retaliate. Too many flubs and the fish will escape.

How do you right it if it is too far left or right?

 

[Sseklebeast]

I'm out of the loop, what does 'Very Hard' difficulty bring to the table?

 

[Bullza2o]

So I said I was going to ditch P3P after being 20 hours in, I just beat the 6th Shadow boss.

Any idea how much longer the game is? I keep reading/hearing that P4G is basically a much better version of the game and I already bought it.

Am I missing much just using the first 20 hours of P3P as practice for P4G?

I'm 55 hours in P3P spoiler month (quite late, I think)

Spoiler

January, after all the intense drama happened

, and I placed it on hold until after I beat P4G.

I'm 30 hours in P4G, 4th dungeon. I can say I got hooked on P4G a lot more so far.

 

[Dresden]

I'm out of the loop, what does 'Very Hard' difficulty bring to the table?

Damage taken from enemy: High
Damage given to enemy : Low
Exp and money: Less than normal (around 0.4x from normal)
Dungeon and battle retry disabled

 

[we.are.the.armada]

Could someone spoil me as to what the benefits of fishing actually are? Need to know if I should bother with it at all or not.

I think that

Spoiler

you need fish in order to trade with the shrine ghost for high end gems used in getting cosmetic and EXP+50% weapons. The "legendary fish" quest may also be in this game, and might require fishing mastery - that I don't know for sure.

 

[Tangeroo]

How do you right it if it is too far left or right?

Use the left analog stick to push the arrow back towards the center. If you aren't good at applying analog pressure, you can always try feathering (tap-tap-tap) the stick.

 

[TheGrue]

I have The Lovely Man and am trying to read it on the sofa, but it won't let me. I have two other books as well, that it will let me read. Lovely Man has gray squares for the chapters, but the other two have red squares. Why wouldn't it allow me to read this book? I really want to raise my Courage to go into shrine at night.

 

[Bullza2o]

I have The Lovely Man and am trying to read it on the sofa, but it won't let me. I have two other books as well, that it will let me read. Lovely Man has gray squares for the chapters, but the other two have red squares. Why wouldn't it allow me to read this book? I really want to raise my Courage to go into shrine at night.

You already finished it? Iirc that's one of the first books available in the store.

 

[Trent Strong]

I'm worried that if I play this game I won't make the right social links and won't be able to get the right personas and won't be able to a beat boss and then I'll be stuck forever. But I heard on the Giant Bomb podcast that in this new version, you can see a list that shows what percentage of people did what activity on what days. Is this true? Does it show a percentage for every day? If I do the same thing that the biggest percentage of people did, will I be able to pass the game? My worst fear is not being able to progress because I didn't get the right persona.

 

[Trigger]

I'm worried that if I play this game I won't make the right social links and won't be able to get the right personas and won't be able to a beat boss and then I'll be stuck forever. But I heard on the Giant Bomb podcast that in this new version, you can see a list that shows what percentage of people did what activity on what days. Is this true? Does it show a percentage for every day? If I do the same thing that the biggest percentage of people did, will I be able to pass the game? My worst fear is not being able to progress because I didn't get the right persona.

Hm? That will never happen. It's like pokemon in that having the right persona for the right occasion helps, but you'll never be truly screwed over by your choices.

I have The Lovely Man and am trying to read it on the sofa, but it won't let me. I have two other books as well, that it will let me read. Lovely Man has gray squares for the chapters, but the other two have red squares. Why wouldn't it allow me to read this book? I really want to raise my Courage to go into shrine at night.

You finished it. I've never seen the books in red though. Are the skills related to them maxed?

 

[TheGrue]

You already finished it? Iirc that's one of the first books available in the store.

Lol! Yeah, that is probably it. Gotta find some other Courage stuff, I guess.

 

[Omikaru]

definitely, TWD was trully awesome!

Yup. This, TWD and Virtue's Last Reward are all in the running for my GOTY.

So far Persona 4 Golden is winning, but that may change as I get deeper into the game.

 

[Mutagenic]

I'm so glad I can put the system to sleep at any time. I wouldn't have the time to finish an RPG like this these days otherwise.

 

[pyrandes]

I'm worried that if I play this game I won't make the right social links and won't be able to get the right personas and won't be able to a beat boss and then I'll be stuck forever. But I heard on the Giant Bomb podcast that in this new version, you can see a list that shows what percentage of people did what activity on what days. Is this true? Does it show a percentage for every day? If I do the same thing that the biggest percentage of people did, will I be able to pass the game? My worst fear is not being able to progress because I didn't get the right persona.

I dont think its a percentage from what I saw, but you can get an idea of the more popular options utilized on any given day (the more popular the activity, the more text bubbles when you view this option). Itll give you an idea at least.


Ive been working on a spreadsheet myself to see what activities I can do and what Id give up. This will be more useful on a 2nd run tho, since Ill be able to plan accordingly.

 

[we.are.the.armada]

I'm worried that if I play this game I won't make the right social links and won't be able to get the right personas and won't be able to a beat boss and then I'll be stuck forever. But I heard on the Giant Bomb podcast that in this new version, you can see a list that shows what percentage of people did what activity on what days. Is this true? Does it show a percentage for every day? If I do the same thing that the biggest percentage of people did, will I be able to pass the game? My worst fear is not being able to progress because I didn't get the right persona.

You're Trent Strong, not Trent Weak!

Yes, the daily percentage/popular pick is good bet, but you can mix it up and play the links you want because this game is not hard. I'm using the starting Persona (Izunagi) and some random other ones that I made with some nice skills that I bought. I don't know what the "right" personae are, I just make ones that are around my level and try to keep group healing skills. Maybe this would matter on Very Hard.

This OT is pretty active so any time you are stumped, just ask for advice.

 

[Trent Strong]

Hm? That will never happen. It's like pokemon in that having the right persona for the right occasion helps, but you'll never be truly screwed over by your choices.



You finished it. I've never seen the books in red though. Are the skills related to them maxed?

I dont think its a percentage from what I saw, but you can get an idea of the more popular options utilized on any given day (the more popular the activity, the more text bubbles when you view this option). Itll give you an idea at least.


Ive been working on a spreadsheet myself to see what activities I can do and what Id give up. This will be more useful on a 2nd run tho, since Ill be able to plan accordingly.

You're Trent Strong, not Trent Weak!

Yes, the daily percentage/popular pick is good bet, but you can mix it up and play the links you want because this game is not hard. I'm using the starting Persona (Izunagi) and some random other ones that I made with some nice skills that I bought. I don't know what the "right" personae are, I just make ones that are around my level and try to keep group healing skills. Maybe this would matter on Very Hard.

This OT is pretty active so any time you are stumped, just ask for advice.

Ah, that's good. Thanks.

 

[Dantis]

Reasonably far in now. I still stand by all the complaints I made before, from the Japanese release, but some of the minor stuff is handy. And even though I don't care for most of the new content... Persona 4. Man. Best ever.

Also, I forgot how good Marie's theme was. Character themes for P5 please.

 

[BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO]

I haven't seen anything yet. It's probably for the best that P5 isn't too heavily tied to P4.

Agreed. I love p4 but the game is way to bright and happy.

 

[Ken]

I got the fishing rod from the old lady shiroku at night

You just talk to her?

 

[Doombear]

You get the hook from her fish, after giving her a tiny tomato I think?

Take the hook to the old man on the waterfront, he will give you the fishing pole.

 

[Venfayth]

You get the hook from her fish, after giving her a tiny tomato I think?

Take the hook to the old man on the waterfront, he will give you the fishing pole.

You give her a bug. You can get a bug from talking to the kid at the Shrine during the day.

 

[Doombear]

You give her a bug. You can get a bug from talking to the kid at the Shrine during the day.

Oh right sorry, you give him a random vending machine drink he wants for the bug. Tiny Tomatoes come from the woman in the lobby of Junes? It has been a blur the last week just diving into this beautiful game.

 

[buddha0991]

Reasonably far in now. I still stand by all the complaints I made before, from the Japanese release, but some of the minor stuff is handy. And even though I don't care for most of the new content... Persona 4. Man. Best ever.

Also, I forgot how good Marie's theme was. Character themes for P5 please.

Kickin' it old school

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx_UPCeAfnU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcIbX-LwpFo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnK24tgMc1c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2jg8oCD-Rs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30rn8SxFHJc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfHEedtOkrs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLMnCukhKiI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLALzjt3NFY

 

[Dantis]

Kickin' it old school

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx_UPCeAfnU

Maya's theme > All.

 

[buddha0991]

Maya's theme > All.

Well we all know that's true, Maya is my favorite Persona character out of them all anyways.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5fD08Udnus

 

[Venfayth]

Oh right sorry, you give him a random vending machine drink he wants for the bug. Tiny Tomatoes come from the woman in the lobby of Junes? It has been a blur the last week just diving into this beautiful game.

Yup, and eventually you just buy seeds from her to grow your own stuff :3

 

[BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO]

Kickin' it old school

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx_UPCeAfnU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcIbX-LwpFo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnK24tgMc1c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2jg8oCD-Rs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30rn8SxFHJc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfHEedtOkrs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLMnCukhKiI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLALzjt3NFY

Have you noticed that the original poem for everybodys soul is much better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4loSMvSUy5Q&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[Sophia]

Kickin' it old school

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx_UPCeAfnU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcIbX-LwpFo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnK24tgMc1c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2jg8oCD-Rs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30rn8SxFHJc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfHEedtOkrs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLMnCukhKiI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLALzjt3NFY

Meh to Character themes! Meh I say!

Now Awakening Legend is where it's at.

Have you noticed that the original poem for everybodys soul is much better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4loSMvSUy5Q&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Pretty sure that's an arranged version, and I actually don't like it... >.<;

I wanna see more classical music like what Persona 2 had for the Velvet Room tho.

 

[buddha0991]

Have you noticed that the original poem for everybodys soul is much better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4loSMvSUy5Q&feature=youtube_gdata_player

True that.


Lame how 3/4ths of the character themes were removed in P1P


If the characters got themes for P3 and 4, what would you guys match them with, using songs already in the games??

 

[Noi]

JAXVILLE, FL, United States 11/21/2012 Package transferred to local post office

Sigh. I'm gonna have to call UPS in the morning cause the estimated delivery date was 3 days ago and it's still in Florida. This is getting ridiculous.

 

[Varna]

Yup... SOS is a bit OP. I was getting tons of extra SP in the third dungeon. Made is incredibly easy to finish the dungeon in a day.

 

[SerRodrik]

Man, reading through this thread reminds me how much I love Persona 4, and how much I want them to just announce Persona 5 for crying out loud!

 

[Trigger]

I wonder what's taking so long with Persona 5.

I neeeeeeeeeeed it.

 

[Astra]

SoS sucks for me. I would answer a bunch of calls for help, and then when I get into battle, I'd have maybe one person who answered mine.

Edit: Post 5,000! Woo!

 

[buddha0991]

p2 to p3 took way longer ballers, calm down son

 

[SteeloDMZ]

Is there a reason why the game is called Persona 4 Gold instead of Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 Gold.