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Persona 5 |OT2| Someone must have been helping you go to bed early. Talk!

Kazzy

Member
I've been really digging this, but now that I've reached the museum dungeon, it really feels like the game is starting to hit it's stride.

In hindsight, I feel like the escalation is even slower than P4's, which I didn't even think was possible, haha!
 

Sciel

Member
Post game :

FFS game,
it seems I missed/forgot the visit to the Velvet Room in the after game section? Meaning, I missed my Fool S-Link item, fucking hell. Why did you let me do this game? WHY?
I know you get save slots and I know it asks you twice "Are you surely-sure-sure?" that you did things but fucking hell. It's not the end of the world but it fucking sucks to miss the bonus for the NG+ still.

Fucking fuck fuck fuck. Someone, please save day by telling me that I didn't do that kind of stupid mistake. Shit :(
There is no Fool S-link item. There is one from Strength though. The Prisoner's Cell Key
 

acidagfc

Member
Oh, by the way, Remote Playing this on Vita is amazing. Image quality is perfect and it controls well enough.

Now I really want Vita 2, with larger and higher res screen and triggers, so I could remote play any PS4 game..
 
There is no Fool S-link item. There is one from Strength though. The Prisoner's Cell Key

I didn't do the fusion laundry list on the first run. So I didn't fuck this up then? Now that is a relief then.

I did Shido fight + rest of the game in one go last night, it was 7 in the morning after an all nighter. So it didn't come to my mind to check for a thing that shouldn't be there anymore.
 

LotusHD

Banned
That's a disrespect to Yamcha there was at least a time Yamcha could pretend to be relevant

We gotta invite Mishima to play a game of baseball sometime:

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Jintor

Member
I didn't initially think rivers of time was as dope as other songs but fuck

it is so fitting for p5 and the baseline and disco violins are so goddamn amazing
 
Is there anywhere in a dungeon that I can find a Matador, or do I need to fuse a new one? The one I have doesn't have the skill I need to appease the Strength Confidant.
 

LiK

Member
I've been really digging this, but now that I've reached the museum dungeon, it really feels like the game is starting to hit it's stride.

In hindsight, I feel like the escalation is even slower than P4's, which I didn't even think was possible, haha!

Yea, P4 opening was mainly story scenes. This one weaves the gameplay with story more. But it's def slower because of it.
 

Frimaire

Member
Is there anywhere in a dungeon that I can find a Matador, or do I need to fuse a new one? The one I have doesn't have the skill I need to appease the Strength Confidant.

Just save beforehand and use the gallows to strengthen the Matador you already have using another Persona that has the skill you need.
Keep reloading until the random inherited skill is the right one.
 

silva1991

Member
Man Lucifer is worthless. His stats aren't anything special and has 0 resistance which means I can't even make him half as good as Yoshitsune for instance. His only saving grace are drain phys and morning star.

This is annoying me, because he cost me so fucking much and it feels like I did it for nothing.

His design doesn't even look cool(RIP Helel)....
 

Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
Is there anywhere in a dungeon that I can find a Matador, or do I need to fuse a new one? The one I have doesn't have the skill I need to appease the Strength Confidant.

Not to be that "just google it" guy... but there are guides that tell you how to get those specific conditions, like what persona to use. Thats what I did since it doesnt involve spoilers.

Just google "persona 5 matador garula" (or whatever wind spell he needs to have I forget).
 
12/24 spoilers:

Made it to the depths of Mementos. Seriously, does this game ever end? :p Thank god you have the option to go to the clinic and shop.
 

Kazzy

Member
Yea, P4 opening was mainly story scenes. This one weaves the gameplay with story more. But it's def slower because of it.

I like it, gives you a more tangible link to the world early on, whereas P4 wants you to strap in just be accepting of it's plot-dump.

I can see where the complaints about this game's pacing come in, though - between the conclusion of the castle dungeon and the introduction of the next antagonist, there's been a whole heap of exposition, with some really severe restrictions on your free-time.

Had I not cleared the castle as soon as possible, I know I would have been a bit bemused at how little I've actually been able to 'play' since that part on.

But it's such a good game, you guys. Fuck!
 

LiK

Member
I like it, gives you a more tangible link to the world early on, whereas P4 wants you to strap in just be accepting of it's plot-dump.

I can see where the complaints about this game's pacing come in, though - between the conclusion of the castle dungeon and the introduction of the next antagonist, there's been a whole heap of exposition, with some really severe restrictions on your free-time.

Had I not cleared the castle as soon as possible, I know I would have been a bit bemused at how little I've actually been able to 'play' since that part on.

But it's such a good game, you guys. Fuck!

It's a pain for NG+ tho. Gotta play through all the tutorial stuff all over again. I wish they let us skip that.
 

nOoblet16

Member
12/24 spoilers:

Made it to the depths of Mementos. Seriously, does this game ever end? :p Thank god you have the option to go to the clinic and shop.
I never had to bother with it because I had already gone as far as it was possible in Mementos before beginning the 7th Dungeon. So I just fast travelled to the end. But it made me wonder how one would react to getting to the depths if they never did Mementos past first few levels.

But you aren't as close to the end as you think.
The depth is another dungeon but you must have realised that already anyways.
 

Triteon

Member
Where do you get trapped, basically? If you want I can give you a general idea as to how far the next safe room is.

I used the coffee and rushed through to the section i was in, got to the last save point. Then was able to trade out two peeps and ended up getting all the way through to calling card.

Yea, that felt super knife edge. Now i need to soend some nights making coffee.
 
I never had to bother with it because I had already gone as far as it was possible in Mementos before beginning the 7th Dungeon. So I just fast travelled to the end. But it made me wonder how one would react to getting to the depths if they never did Mementos past first few levels.

But you aren't as close to the end as you think.
The depth is another dungeon but you must have realised that already anyways.

I made it pretty deep into Mementos before, so luckily the dungeon part wasn't too far away.
 

nOoblet16

Member
Is there anywhere in a dungeon that I can find a Matador, or do I need to fuse a new one? The one I have doesn't have the skill I need to appease the Strength Confidant.
Just delete your Matador and fuse a Nekomata and a Obariyon, to get a new one. But before you do this make sure to go to the compendium and lock the Matador so that the new Matador with less skills doesn't overwrite your existing one.

If you don't have those persona then get them by fusing something else. You can find what persona you need to fuse to get a specific persona here.

https://chinhodado.github.io/persona5_calculator/
 

Zolo

Member
I used the coffee and rushed through to the section i was in, got to the last save point. Then was able to trade out two peeps and ended up getting all the way through to calling card.

Yea, that felt super knife edge. Now i need to soend some nights making coffee.

Oh. I assumed all your teammates' were out of SP. Also, you don't have to worry about coffee if you get the SP 3 accessories from Tae. And Rank 7 to get them half off.
 
Just delete your Matador and fuse a Nekomata and a Obariyon, to get a new one. But before you do this make sure to go to the compendium and lock the Matador so that the new Matador with less skills doesn't overwrite your existing one.

If you don't have those persona then get them by fusing something else. You can find what persona you need to fuse to get a specific persona here.

https://chinhodado.github.io/persona5_calculator/

How do you delete Personas? Looked for it the other day in the Velvet Room and couldn't find it. Is it in the menus?
 

nOoblet16

Member
Oh man, there are some good Futaba lines in Mementos:

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The problem I have is that these lines only appear in mementos as it's the only place where you get non story related commentary. And since it's the mementos it can get interrupted by pretty much ANYTHING, including opening a door.

It also doesn't help that the dialogue box further takes up parts of the screen on top of the UI and you really need the top half of screen to be clear (because of the layout of mementos) while exploring mementos otherwise things become hard to see. But because it's hard to see, you might end up bumping into an enemy easily and the dialogue simply cuts out.
 

nOoblet16

Member
Oh. I assumed all your teammates' were out of SP. Also, you don't have to worry about coffee if you get the SP 3 accessories from Tae. And Rank 7 to get them half off.
You would still need SP recovery even with the SP accessories later in the game. Its mostly because Makoto will be the first one to run out of SP, followed by MC. Ideally you should be avoiding MC from using SP abilities as much as possible because once you start using them it drains like crazy. Makoto on the other hand is an even bigger SP drain because her abilities are even costlier.
 
I can't believe they actually give you a social link of
a teacher who moonlights as an escort and you spend time by hiring her
. Not sure if incredibly wrong or incredibly hot. Maybe both. Definitely not something you'd come across in a western game that's for sure!
 
The problem I have is that these lines only appear in mementos as it's the only place where you get non story related commentary. And since it's the mementos it can get interrupted by pretty much ANYTHING, including opening a door.

It also doesn't help that the dialogue box further takes up parts of the screen on top of the UI and you really need the top half of screen to be clear (because of the layout of mementos) while exploring mementos otherwise things become hard to see. But because it's hard to see, you might end up bumping into an enemy easily and the dialogue simply cuts out.

Indeed. There are some good banter in mementos, but man that was so messy. We have to basically not doing anything to hear them, and in mementos everything happens so fast. Why did the choose mementos only but not for the palace?
 
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Deleted member 57681

Unconfirmed Member
That feel when (Palace 3 boss)
that pig goes into VIP form one last time but three of your party members are struck with fear
:(
 

Chaos17

Member
Indeed. There are some good banter in mementos, but man that was so messy. We have to basically not doing anything to hear them, and in mementos everything happens so fast. Why did the choose mementos only but not for the palace?

THIS
Oh man, that was so annoying in the palaces: cutscene, press stwitch! >_<
 

SkylineRKR

Member
You would still need SP recovery even with the SP accessories later in the game. Its mostly because Makoto will be the first one to run out of SP, followed by MC. Ideally you should be avoiding MC from using SP abilities as much as possible because once you start using them it drains like crazy. Makoto on the other hand is an even bigger SP drain because her abilities are even costlier.

My MC went pure physical at that point.

I specced for Cripple, Snipe, One shot kill, Riot Gun, Arms master, Charge etc. Bosses can't be weakened anyway and I figure i'd save the SP for heals and buffs.
 

Wink

Member
Spoilers through 11/30, complaint about the writing in a scene.

The exposition scene between Akechi and Shido in his office has to be the worst writing in the entire game. They just stare into space while telling each other exactly what they've been doing up to that point besides being already completely aware of that. You can't even call it a conversation or reminiscence since they're barely reacting to each other. Feels like it was written as two inner monologues that were cut up and thrown together, really horrible. Phew, needed to get that off my chest.
 

Chaos17

Member
Spoilers through 11/30, complaint about the writing in a scene.

The exposition scene between Akechi and Shido in his office has to be the worst writing in the entire game. They just stare into space while telling each other exactly what they've been doing up to that point besides being already completely aware of that. You can't even call it a conversation or reminiscence since they're barely reacting to each other. Feels like it was written as two inner monologues that were cut up and thrown together, really horrible. Phew, needed to get that off my chest.

Too much time the game send me the vibe: "don't worry bro, if you're too dumb, I'm going to explain it alllllllllllllllllllllll and again and again." That was horrible to feel that, lol Thank god, I'm at the last palace, I won't have to feel that anymore.
 

Thud

Member
Feels good being on NG+ and beating bosses so much faster it's ridiculous.

Finished Madarame's Palace and already maxed the Chariot confidant.
 

nOoblet16

Member
My MC went pure physical at that point.

I specced for Cripple, Snipe, One shot kill, Riot Gun, Arms master, Charge etc. Bosses can't be weakened anyway and I figure i'd save the SP for heals and buffs.
I don't use MC's SP for attacks, it's for party wide buffs and debuffs. And what are you talking about bosses can absolutely be weakened.
 

nOoblet16

Member
Spoilers through 11/30, complaint about the writing in a scene.

The exposition scene between Akechi and Shido in his office has to be the worst writing in the entire game. They just stare into space while telling each other exactly what they've been doing up to that point besides being already completely aware of that. You can't even call it a conversation or reminiscence since they're barely reacting to each other. Feels like it was written as two inner monologues that were cut up and thrown together, really horrible. Phew, needed to get that off my chest.
It's the worst scene in the game by far. They aren't even talking, just giving a monologue.
 
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