LOL, just wait til they keep begging you to hang out.
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Persona 5 |OT| Lupin The Fifth. Label spoilers properly! (see post #4621)
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LOL, just wait til they keep begging you to hang out.
I put 63 hours in over the past week and I'm still going to my day job. I've lost quite a bit of sleep that I hope to make up sometime next week. Maybe I'll just sleep for an entire week after all this is done.
I've yet to get a failed fusion. Been waiting for that to happen, especially on the strength fusions.
The boyfriend shadow? Yeah, I was on him earlier, but I had a full party and it was taking too long cycling through 4 characters the entire time.
I don't think he is intentionally being as mean as he is, he just doesn't realize that what he is saying hurts Morgana as much as it does. He's careless and stupid, but not actively malicious.
Son Of Sparda
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Yep. It's a shame cause he started off pretty good.
JumpJeff84
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I play a shitload of JRPGS, but this one is something special. 17 hours in, love it.
lovely ladies
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I find the side characters to be better in this one than 3 or 4. Besides Dojima and Nanako, I found the other characters to be pretty forgettable in 4 and if you count those two as main cast characters then it's even more lopsided in favor of 5.
RampagingSoul
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I'm about 30 Hrs in and the game has gotten me in its grasp. I didn't play at all yesterday since I was at college until 9-9:30 and I was too tired to care about anything... I played almost all of Sunday too.
I actually have been addicted to a few games this year (Zelda, Yakuza 0, NieR: Automata), but it really is going to hurt Persona 5 since it's getting toward the end of the semester and I have the whole crunch time looming far as school work goes.
I'd definitely agree with that in my time playing the game so far. I think the social links are better integrated in the game as well far as what you are getting for your time invested. There seems to be more benefit in trying to max out each social link this time around than in other Persona games, even though I maxed them out in P4G back in the day.
PixelatedBookake
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Nah
that cat has agency. When you shit on somebody for months and get all sensitive when he starts firing back? Fuck outta here.
Quotes like this one were scattered all over the place in Catherine and it's not like this series isn't heavily based on Jungian psychology to the point that most gameplay and story elements in its modern entries can be traced back to that or something.
And some nights it's the only thing you can do. That happened after I got back from finishing the first dungeon or the night before; Morgana wouldn't let me read or watch a DVD, but I could make coffee.
Dojima and Nanako are something else though, I literally felt connected to those two. The characters in P5 are fun and I really like most of them, but I don't feel the same connection I felt for Nanako and Dojima. But I'm still at the 5th palace so who knows, maybe things will change.
Domstercool
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Back home!! Well people, I think it's time to finish the game now!
This is my thoughts on it too.
Morgana's been insulting Ryuji right from the start. Although Ryuji does basically become the butt of everyone's jokes/insults.
When I read the manual I kind of groaned when I read that (manual spoilers, lol)
there is another young detective. Hopefully he's not too much like Naoto. She was great, but I'd like him to be a very different character.
Finished Palace 3, it was the best one design wise. I liked the lack of save rooms coupled with the sorta-metroidvania design.
On other hand, I need Charm 4 and Proficiency 4 to finish Yusuke and the Doc. At least I should have Temperance to 10 soon.
To be fair the party happily discussing their phantom thief business in the middle of the station are not better.
On other hand, I need Charm 4 and Proficiency 4 to finish Yusuke and the Doc. At least I should have Temperance to 10 soon.
To be fair the party happily discussing their phantom thief business in the middle of the station are not better.
LordGorchnik
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So is there a good low-level persona that has a psy or nuke skill that can down (but not kill) the lvl 10 regent treasure gem enemies so I can get one added to my compendium completion %? My lowest level one is level 12 and it instantly kills them.
TetraGenesis
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I never even try to use status ailments on bosses (and minibosses) because I assume they'll fail. This works?
I honestly think it wouldn't be that hard to add just a liiiiittle bit of Confidant level overlap with the main story if they could be bothered to do it.
Hypothetical (not a real spoiler):
During a main narrative conversation on 9/9, a single little exchange could take place given a variety of parameters. Morgana (whose Confidant is hard locked to a date) mentions how close you are with [Romantic Partner Team Member (if true) > Highest Ranked Team Member Over Rank 7 (if true) > Highest Ranked Non-Team Member Over Rank 7 (if true) > "You're not easy to get to know." (if all above are false)]. Just stuff like that sprinkled more liberally through the main narrative would do so much for the feeling of a cohesive world.
On the other end, insert a single line into Confidant scenes about where you are in the main narrative to make those scenes feel so removed from time. "Hanging out with you is a blast. Hopefully we get more time after we conquer [character relative to date's] palace."
Only on some. Not all of them.
The game has some pacing problems in the last quarter of the game I think, some characters are introduced way too late and their confidant unlocks even later. I mean starting to level up from rank 1 so late in the game is kind of shit when you'd rather spend that time to max out your other confidants who are close to rank 10.
lovely ladies
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The backstories for the characters are more intriguing at least for the ones I've encountered so far. Some kids like the superficial blonde girl and the volleyball kid in 4 were pretty much worthless.
I'm in full agreement about Dojima and Nanako, that's why I'm hesitant to call them mere side characters. I'm just giving them that designation because you don't control them.
MetalGearOnlineK
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Are there any gameplay benefits to me only dating one girl, or can I just date all of them?
Is Valentine's Day a thing in this game?
But no, nothing that effects gameplay.
What? Weeb games love throwing out academic quotes or references to establish a character as smart. It saves them having to write the character actually doing anything smart.
Charlouie Jonesman
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Just started yesterday, and I'm on my way of making it through the first palace. Here's a question!
So I have 14 days to do this, right? If I finish the palace much sooner, does the game then skip ahead the remaining days or do they all continue to play out without any main story progress? Basically, if you finish the palace early, do you miss out on time to build your stats and strengthen your bonds?
So I have 14 days to do this, right? If I finish the palace much sooner, does the game then skip ahead the remaining days or do they all continue to play out without any main story progress? Basically, if you finish the palace early, do you miss out on time to build your stats and strengthen your bonds?
MetalGearOnlineK
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Is Valentine's Day a thing in this game?
But no, nothing that effects gameplay.
Cool, thanks! DATING EVERYONE IT IS.
Audioboxer
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Damn this game can be dark! That is all.
Is Valentine's Day a thing in this game?
But no, nothing that effects gameplay.
Maybe you work harder when your crush/girlfriend is on the team
Heh.
lovely ladies
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No, you still get the alotted time. You can use those days to do whatever you want.
Make sure you set aside at least 3 days if you don't plan on doing the Palace until near the end.
But if you do the Palace right away, you don't lose days.
Out_Of_Ammo
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Where are my 20th anniversary themes atlus? The character themes are nice and all but I need those amazing themes with Life Will Change playing in the background!
Hikami
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You could just use an item that does 50 nuke/psy damage. You can make them from the infiltration tools menu thing. Not sure how else to get them.
Charlouie Jonesman
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That's what I wanted to hear. Thanks!
She is the only one who doesn't come across as stereotypical anime shy/submissive when you get to know her better (or pretends to be submissive like the maid). Nor does she come across as the opposite of that seen in anime i.e. domineering but rather just mature and normal. So she was the natural choice.
The only problem with her is that because she is a side character you most likely don't get an extra moments outside of the ones you spend time ranking up or valentine's day.
Didn't get to the opportunity to date anyone yet but does the game really let you bang adults?! lol
They stole your heart and you never saw them coming
Fourth palace plot question
When Sojiro was explaining to the group his relation to Futaba, did he say that he and her mother were a couple? I remember him saying that he met Futaba's mom when she was already pregnant, but I don't know if it was implied that Sojiro and Futaba's mother were actually romantically involved.
That's how I understood it.
Yeah, except that Morgana started this shit but then is super sensitive when Ryuji talks back. Fuck Morgana.
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Deleted member 57681
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So to get rid of the annoying "no screenshots" message after trophies, do I have to completely disable the trophy-screenshots, or is it enough to disable the blocked scenes notification?
Holundrian
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Insert...
Friendship ended with
Ryuji
Now
Bishoujo Kaitou
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Every time you would get relationship points you will get one more. Can be the difference between getting another rank up the very next time or to have to spend time with the confidant before another rank up.
Spinosaurus
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(Mid September spoilers)
Morgana is way way too prideful, it's not Ryuji's fault he took it hard especially when he's been doing it to Ryuji for months. It all started with him being jealous of Futaba, anyway. It really adds to the character. I don't remember Teddie getting much characterization in comparison.
Only 60 hours in. Not going to hang around here in case of accidental spoilers but I want to say...
I was not a fan of Persona.
Persona PSP single-handedly ruined the franchise for me.
And after playing Breath of the Wild, I was sure that it would be the only GOTY (maybe Mario Odyssey but idk)
But. Persona 5.
Persona 5 brought me out of that dark hole and shown me the light.
Best JRPG I've played in a while. Everything about this game frigging amazing.
Not only is the gameplay, its like I'm also watching very long interesting anime.
Persona 5 has stolen my heart. This and Breath of the Wild are now at the very top for me.
I guess my only problem with the game is that
I was not a fan of Persona.
Persona PSP single-handedly ruined the franchise for me.
And after playing Breath of the Wild, I was sure that it would be the only GOTY (maybe Mario Odyssey but idk)
But. Persona 5.
Persona 5 brought me out of that dark hole and shown me the light.
Best JRPG I've played in a while. Everything about this game frigging amazing.
Not only is the gameplay, its like I'm also watching very long interesting anime.
Persona 5 has stolen my heart. This and Breath of the Wild are now at the very top for me.
I guess my only problem with the game is that
FUCK YOU MORGANA YOU STUPID CAT, I SWEAR I'LL THROW YOU AND YOUR SLEEP FETISH OUT THE WINDOW. LET ME DO WHAT I WANT!!!11
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