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[freeofgreed]

Everyone aside from your party and a few select NPCs seem like assholes tbh

proper asshole town

.

Wow no kidding. Literally every NPC i've met so far is a huge asshole omg.

 

[aravuus]

Up until you meet

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Futaba

. Just... What the hell were they thinking? Ugh.

Oh yeah I can't wait

 

[TetraGenesis]

Up until you meet

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Futaba

. Just... What the hell were they thinking? Ugh.

Hearing this really bums me out since I absolutely love her design and concept (from what I've seen, it's one of my favorite in the series). I was really hoping she had a VA to knock it out of the park.

 

[psynergylover]

UGHHH!! UPS needs like really time tracking!!! the wait is killing me! I want it delivered before I have to go to work!

 

[Augemitbutter]

this game will take many hours from me. love the menu design + music.

 

[freeofgreed]

Seriously, why is there so much unsubbed audio???! Especially during the anime cutscenes. This JP audio DLC is completely useless lol.

 

[Quintin DM]

So maybe a little of topic but I can't seem to find the Ann Takamaki theme and avatar set on the PSN store. I checked the DLC schedule and it says it's supposed to drop today but the only ones up are the Protagonist, Ryuji Sakamoto, and Morgana's sets. Am I just not looking hard enough or is it not up yet? I'm in Canada BTW so I dunno if maybe it's just not up on our store yet.

 

[haolee]

Hearing this really bums me out since I absolutely love her design and concept (from what I've seen, it's one of my favorite in the series). I was really hoping she had a VA to knock it out of the park.

If you plan to play the game twice, each with different dubs, I suggest playing English first and Japanese second. The character unexpectedly became my favorite when I played the Japanese version, mostly because the VA did such a good job.

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She

was a standout. In contrast, the English VA is just so generic and out-of-tone with how the character is written.

 

[OniBarubary]

I know a lot of people are really happy that Demon Negotiation is back but count me as one of the only people that has been playing SMT games for like a decade and literally cannot stand it.

I really hope there are other ways to get Personas because fuuuuuuuuuuuuck Demon Negotiation.

 

[haolee]

So maybe a little of topic but I can't seem to find the Ann Takamaki theme and avatar set on the PSN store. I checked the DLC schedule and it says it's supposed to drop today but the only ones up are the Protagonist, Ryuji Sakamoto, and Morgana's sets. Am I just not looking hard enough or is it not up yet? I'm in Canada BTW so I dunno if maybe it's just not up on our store yet.

I checked on both the Reg 1 store and Reg 3 store and it looks like the game's pages in the PS Store are messed up somehow. The Reg 3 English version of the game is even missing the "Purchase" button on the game page.

 

[ViolentP]

So I'm sort of in an impasse. My Take Your Heart edition arrived today but not sure if I should open it. I usually go all digital but this SKU sort of stuck out to me. Anything really worth keeping in this version?

 

[TheMrPliskin]

Finally done with the first dungeon, looking forward to digging into the confidants now.

 

[JJShadow]

Maybe this is obvious to most people, but is Ann

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half-American, half-Japanese or something like that? Her design is the most western-ish so far in comparison with the rest

 

[aravuus]

I know a lot of people are really happy that Demon Negotiation is back but count me as one of the only people that has been playing SMT games for like a decade and literally cannot stand it.

I really hope there are other ways to get Personas because fuuuuuuuuuuuuck Demon Negotiation.

I don't like it either. Much prefer the systems of P3 and P4.

But at least picking the right options is pretty easy, so there's that.

Maybe this is obvious to most people, but is Ann

Spoiler

half-American, half-Japanese or something like that? Her design is the most western-ish so far in comparison with the rest

I'm like 99% sure one of the NPCs

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called her a foreigner, yeah

 

[haolee]

So I'm sort of in an impasse. My Take Your Heart edition arrived today but not sure if I should open it. I usually go all digital but this SKU sort of stuck out to me. Anything really worth keeping in this version?

Personally, it's severely lacking in value for collectors. The best thing about it is probably the artbook and the big box.

 

[Weiss]

Maybe this is obvious to most people, but is Ann

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half-American, half-Japanese or something like that? Her design is the most western-ish so far in comparison with the rest

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Ann is quarter-American, yeah.

 

[Feral Gingy]

Maybe this is obvious to most people, but is Ann

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half-American, half-Japanese or something like that? Her design is the most western-ish so far in comparison with the rest

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Quarter-American.

 

[TI82]

UPS:

"Our scanner may be broken your package may be out for delivery"

😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

 

[silva1991]

Ok fuck that

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fortune teller lady. it takes forever to start her social link and on teh top of that she stole 100K from me.

I'm gonna load the save before talking to

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her

.

Anyone knows what is the ultimate persona of the social link at least?

 

[Big Brett]

How's Vita remote play? Switch has me aching for portability all over now, haha.

 

[Neoweee]

As far as I know, Merciless is just Hard but half XP and Money gain. So unless they changed it, it's best for a fresh run instead of NG+ where you inherit money and etc.

It sounds like it is a crit/weakness multiplier increase (3x?). The XP and Money change has the effect to mostly require you be more concerned about dungeon deadlines and preparing for the boss fights, and the change barely matters in NG+ if you're carrying stuff over.

I kind of liked the XP/Money reduction in P4G's Risky mode, but it is really hard to use that as a point of comparison due to how much variation there is in the series with respect to explicit level dependence in damage/accuracy algorithms, etc. Also, I belive in P4, being Strong against Physical straight up prevented Crits, which doesn't appear to be the case here?

Can you reduce the difficulty mid-game, unlike Risky?

 

[aravuus]

Anyone got a list of dates when you can initiate other social links? Don't want to miss them, but I don't have the time to be running around town every single day looking for them.

Just the dates are enough, I'll figure out the rest for myself.

 

[Renkax]

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sae is like "I don't have much time" but then I'll be telling you the story that'll take about 100+ hours lmao

 

[Mediking]

I got my copy!!!!!

 

[super-famicom]

My copy arrived!

 

[ViolentP]

Personally, it's severely lacking in value for collectors. The best thing about it is probably the artbook and the big box.

Yeah. Not really feeling it. And can't remember why I preordered about a year ago. Never even finished a Persona game.

 

[Shouta]

It sounds like it is a crit/weakness multiplier increase (3x?). The XP and Money change has the effect to mostly require you be more concerned about dungeon deadlines and preparing for the boss fights, and the change barely matters in NG+ if you're carrying stuff over.

I kind of liked the XP/Money reduction in P4G's Risky mode, but it is really hard to use that as a point of comparison due to how much variation there is in the series with respect to explicit level dependence in damage/accuracy algorithms, etc. Also, I belive in P4, being Strong against Physical straight up prevented Crits, which doesn't appear to be the case here?

Can you reduce the difficulty mid-game, unlike Risky?

Yes, you can reduce difficulty midway through the game. That's how I tested Challenge mode when it released for JP.

 

[Vaev]

.

 

[Auto_aim1]

Lost 30 min progress because of no autosave. I have a habit of quitting the game directly meh.

 

[tedrotheredro]

How's Vita remote play? Switch has me aching for portability all over now, haha.

Can confirm it works well. Text is a bit small, but legible. R2 is only used for running in dungeons (which I rarely do), don't think L2 does anything. Textures aren't super high resolution in the first place, and of course the delay/lag doesn't matter much with it being turn-based.

 

[Shahadan]

Lost 30 min progress because of no autosave. I have a habit of quitting the game directly meh.

Lost two hours yesterday because I loaded instead of overwriting a save,lol

 

[Big Brett]

Can confirm it works well. Text is a bit small, but legible. R2 is only used for running in dungeons (which I rarely do), don't think L2 does anything. Textures aren't super high resolution in the first place, and of course the delay/lag doesn't matter much with it being turn-based.

Just what I was hoping to hear! Only ask because my Vita is currently charging from being dead for who knows how long.

 

[JJShadow]

I don't like it either. Much prefer the systems of P3 and P4.

But at least picking the right options is pretty easy, so there's that.



I'm like 99% sure one of the NPCs

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called her a foreigner, yeah

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Ann is quarter-American, yeah.

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Quarter-American.

Thanks guys!

How's Vita remote play? Switch has me aching for portability all over now, haha.

So far so good, I've been playing on my Vita most of the time and I love it. Texts are big enough to read and you only need R2/L2 for sprinting in dungeons and some situational actions, so no big deal

 

[Venfayth]

Is there a trick to demon negotiation or is it all luck?

 

[Gestahl]

Ok fuck that

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fortune teller lady. it takes forever to start her social link and on teh top of that she stole 100K from me.

I'm gonna load the save before talking to

Spoiler

her

.

Anyone knows what is the ultimate persona of the social link at least?

Uhhhhh

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Lakshmi

maybe? It's one of the weakest ultimates level wise if I remember right.

You really need some prep time for that link, the requirements for unlocking it are the most intense in the game.

 

[aravuus]

I could swear someone shouted something like "Mr. Kamoshida, no bueno!" during (early May spoilers)

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his confession after the first dungeon

lmao

Is there a trick to demon negotiation or is it all luck?

Recommended negotiation answers for (all?) 4 persona types, if someone wants to know them:

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Timid:
Serious -
Playful x
Kind o
Ambiguous x

Irritable:
Serious o
Playful -
Kind x
Ambiguous x

Upbeat:
Serious x
Playful o
Kind -
Ambiguous x

Gloomy:
Serious x
Playful x
Kind -
Ambiguous o

o = positive, x = negative, - = neutral

Got em from gamefaqs board, not sure if they're 100% accurate.

If you recruit a persona when you're full and don't take them with you, do they get automatically added to the compendium?

 

[Pachimari]

Seriously, why is there so much unsubbed audio???! Especially during the anime cutscenes. This JP audio DLC is completely useless lol.

Aren't you supposed to delete the Japanese audio and then download it again to fix it?

 

[Gentleman Jack]

As far as I know, Merciless is just Hard but half XP and Money gain. So unless they changed it, it's best for a fresh run instead of NG+ where you inherit money and etc.

Someone posted earlier that it also increases critical damage multipliers.

 

[Vic_Viper]

Is the Protag's canon name still: Akira Kurusu

When I go to type in my Protags name, do I enter the last name first or first name first?
As in do I use the American or Japanese style for the name?

 

[tiva]

there's no way to get rid of the annoying border that's constantly around the entire screen, is there? because it's really ugly and distracting

 

[haolee]

Aren't you supposed to delete the Japanese audio and then download it again to fix it?

No. It's not a bug. There are a lot of unsubbed background audio for both dubs.

 

[silva1991]

What gift should I get for the

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clinic lady

and where do I buy it from?

Uhhhhh

Spoiler

Lakshmi

maybe? It's one of the weakest ultimates level wise if I remember right.

You really need some prep time for that link, the requirements for unlocking it are the most intense in the game.

I'll just leave it for NG+ aka the JP audio walkthrough lol.

Jesus that was a waste of time.

 

[OniBarubary]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhh, Ann? You knew that

Spoiler

that other Ann with Kamoshida wasn't a real person

right? Cause you straight up just

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slashed it with a sword without knowing

...

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Is the Protag's canon name still: Akira Kurusu

When I go to type in my Protags name, do I enter the last name first or first name first?
As in do I use the American or Japanese style for the name?

I would not call the name canonical, it's just what they used in the Manga adaptation, and history has shown us that Atlus plays fast and loose with protag names in spinoff media. The P3 protag has 3 names. P4's protag got two. It's the only actual name we have for now, I guess? I would just pick something else. :V

 

[Weiss]

I would not call the name canonical, it's just what they used in the Manga adaptation, and history has shown us that Atlus plays fast and loose with protag names in spinoff media. The P3 protag has 3 names. P4's protag got two. It's the only actual name we have for now, I guess? I would just pick something else. :V

Dammit, I thought it was Kurosu.

 

[TankRizzo]

I would not call the name canonical, it's just what they used in the Manga adaptation, and history has shown us that Atlus plays fast and loose with protag names in spinoff media. The P3 protag has 3 names. P4's protag got two. It's the only actual name we have for now, I guess? I would just pick something else. :V

I named my dude Chillbro Swaggins

 

[ymgve]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhh, Ann? You knew that

Spoiler

that other Ann with Kamoshida wasn't a real person

right? Cause you straight up just

Spoiler

slashed it with a sword without knowing

...

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probably just thought "I am the real me, therefore the other me is fake."

 

[TankRizzo]

Seriously, why is there so much unsubbed audio???! Especially during the anime cutscenes. This JP audio DLC is completely useless lol.

weeaboos rejoice

 

[JJShadow]

Is the Protag's canon name still: Akira Kurusu

When I go to type in my Protags name, do I enter the last name first or first name first?
As in do I use the American or Japanese style for the name?

First name you type is the given name, second one is the family name (American style)

 

[Pachimari]

No. It's not a bug. There are a lot of unsubbed background audio for both dubs.

Oh dammit. Guess I'm going English then.