Dungeon 6's music alone makes up for the later half of dungeon 5.
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Dungeon 6's music alone makes up for the later half of dungeon 5.
Freezasaurus
Member
Eh, not really. I'm at the 6th Palace and I'm at about 64 hours.
Perfect. Thanks!
WhiskerFrisker
Member
The only thing I would consider bad about palace 5 is the puzzles which can become confusing. Just see for yourself.
PsychoSoldier
Banned
I know everyone hated the 5th palace, but I disliked the 3rd one more just because of how tedious it got puzzlewise---to say nothing of the huge gaps between save points.
4th was great design-wise but way too long.
4th was great design-wise but way too long.
Son Of Sparda
Member
Same palace. 105 hours.
Not difficult at all. You just need some tips and pointers that you can get here. The only thing for which you'll need a proper document is the trophy for getting all personas. You need a list of what fuses into what
Sumio Mondo
Member
I was gonna ask if anybody rolled with AI party members, P3 style, but I think the last page answered that for me, ha. I'd imagine it'd be a good way of making the game more challenging on NG+? Other than that, I don't see why anybody would use it. Does the AI suck? Anybody tried it yet?
Its mostly the social links I'm worried about. Never been able to fully complete them in P3 or P4 without a guide but I'm assuming this game is more lenient.
His annoying cartoon voice was so grating and sucked all the tension out of most situations. The decision to give Morgana a normal sounding voice alone elevates him above a token mascot character.
Tower skill for downing them is also a must for treasure demons. I kill them them with regular skills.
Persona needs something like false swipe
.This is the first Persona I've played and I did it on my first playthrough being really sloppy so this seems lenient. On NG+ your social stats like knowledge and stuff pull over so you have a lot more time to do whatever since that's out of the way.
PsychoSoldier
Banned
This is also true. I think the puzzles make it worse.
What makes it even worse, I think, is that the game encourages you to finish it as fast as possible in order to have more time for S. Links. Thus you end up slogging through these long-ass palaces when most of the game is in fairly bite-sized chunks.
If there was less incentive to get through them so quickly then maybe it would feel better. I don't know how you do that without undermining a lot of the time management elements though.
I'm not sure how far I'll get into an NG+ run. Doing some of those palaces again doesn't sound that fun.
It's pretty insane how much playtime varies between players. I've read a lot of people beat the game in 80 hours and yet I'm at the beginning of palace 7 with 120 hours haha.
... It's literally the opposite though? If anything it makes more sense to rank up as many as possible before tackling the palace to make sure you get more arcana bonuses too.
The game doesn't encourage you to max every SL at all and gives you more than enough time should you choose to aim for it anyway, even if you decide to beat palaces in 2 or more days... Which the game actually encourages.
Did you say puzzles? I love puzzles. Puzzles are the best part of the first 4 dungeons.
There are perks to doing it late as well, primarily you have more of your squad abilities unlocked if you do confidants first and palaces later.
Palace 5 is half combat and half puzzle. The last part has some nice puzzles. Animations are a bit long though.
TetraGenesis
Member
Yeah, it blows my mind. I can just imagine some poor ignorant soul assuming the default was the better way to play. How fucking frustrating would this game be if you didn't have the ability to strategize with the rest of your team's abilities?
I juuuust beat Palace 6 and I'm a solid 117-118.
Only 1 of the 3 game mechanics introduced in palace 5 could be considered a puzzle, but
it happens at the end, so you may be a little frustrated by that point.
*Reaper starts to sweat*
zelhawks37
Member
Well, after 108 hours, persona 5 is complete. This was a truly special game from start to finish just like 3 and 4 were and I am blessed that I was able to experience this journey. Now, I'm gonna bask in this to the fullest.
Son Of Sparda
Member
The 6th palace has a good music tho.
Good to know that I'm not the only one with such crazy hours into this game lol
Yeah actually. As I was opening the shortcuts I was 100% sure the post-calling card run would make you make you go from the palace gate to the treasure room without saving, it makes too much sense.
Son Of Sparda
Member
Not only that, but they are sometimes other ideas that you see in other palaces which then go away in later ones. It's apparent that they had to cut back on some of their ideas.
Yeah,that's true too. I wish I could have gone to Palace 3 with SP Regen Item (I'm at level 6 with Tae) but I think I'm enjoying more hanging out or doing other activities with my party now that the Palace has been beaten.
Freezasaurus
Member
Good lord, what are some of you guys doing that takes so much time?
demosthenes
Member
I need as much time with that sweet heist song as possible. Warping to the last save room and running to the Treasure in like twenty seconds kind of undercuts the high.
SkylineRKR
Member
Yeah me too but I hate 5.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
lol for real I only got 51 hours after palace 5. And I'm feeling it
I need to do this against reaper lol.
just finished the game. man, what a ride, and i loved nearly every second of it. maxed out all but 2 confidants (tower and hanged man), which is a lot better than i was expecting. i felt like i was really behind in around october-ish since i had only maxed out like 1 or 2 by then, but everything worked out fine. i also made a pretty good yoshitsune which made the endgame ridiculously easy, but it was worth it lol
gonna jump right into NG+ now, anyone know what's the best max confidant guide out there right now?
gonna jump right into NG+ now, anyone know what's the best max confidant guide out there right now?
I was confused at first, but I guess you were saying that 6th palace's music was so good that it retroactively made the 5th palace better.
UnlimitedRulebook
Member
Yea only picks the music based on jokers costume. It's too bad I wish they would have chosen randomly from the party members costumes so you could have some variety each fight. Something I wish Tales of games would do also with their DLC
brianmcdoogle
Member
I accident pressed the network button and saw I was like five levels below the average (first day of palace 2) and realized I was so much lower because i kept negotiating thinking I was getting the same amount of exp as defeating an enemy. Whoops. Guess I'm going to stop asking for money and items.
BeastlyMandible
Banned
Did you already meet with the team about it? I think that happens automatically, and then you have to give him the calling card. If so, give it a couple days.