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Persona 5 |OT2| Someone must have been helping you go to bed early. Talk!
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I wouldn't necessarily agree that there's no value in playing. The game follows kind of an episodic structure where each dungeon has its own central conflict with tenuous ties to the overall narrative. You can absolutely can invested in these smaller episodic stories without being there for the long haul.
You might have to back out and come again later. I think maybe he's weak to light?
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Deleted member 752119
Unconfirmed Member
Of course. And note that I said that they posted disdain at it being 10-15 hours to get through the first dungeon. So I was saying no reason top play for sure IMO if you aren't willing to at least get that far.
I still don't see the point, but to each their own on that. But it would be very unfulfilling to start it up and not at least play through the first dungeon and the remaining days after to see that initial episodes story through.
ShadowSoldier89
Member
it was still largely less interesting. Dungeon 1-2 spoilers
Kamoshida besides being an obvious piece of shit, also had a lot of time to build up animosity towards your characters. He made an extremely compelling villain. Madarame however has very little interaction, and how horrible he is is quite hidden. The biggest reveal of how horrible he is comes way too late to make him very compelling. Add in that I fucking hated Yusuke and it made the second dungeon easily the weakest part of the game.
Boss 1 is definitely prime grade a asshole and the game really does its best effort at showing why exactly you need to jack him up, but I think if you connect with Yusuke more (and the further into the dungeon you get) the more Boss 2's fuckups feel strong.
I legit wanted to strangle him when his shadow said what he had done, or rather not done, for Yusuke's mum
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Goddamnit.
The regular enemy is but this boss version has no weaknesses.
wouldn't help anyway since having no party members nerfs the shit out of all out attack and baton toss...
Son Of Sparda
Member
9/17
Someone please tell me that I get the option to punch Ryuji in the mouth later on? How can you put such an asshole character in the game and not have an option to shut them up. UGH!
Someone please tell me that I get the option to punch Ryuji in the mouth later on? How can you put such an asshole character in the game and not have an option to shut them up. UGH!
I can't return it, so I better just play it. And I think it's subjective if it'll be worth it or not. I played P4G for 10-15 hours and thought it was worth it. I rarely ever complete games but that's not the purpose for me anyway. I can get a lot out of 10-15 hours. And who knows, maybe I'll even stick around till the end when I get going.
"Ryuuji is a phantom thief".
Fantastical
Death Prophet
I want to tell the airsoft gun shop owner to turn up the music.
Yep it's honestly bullshit, level check boss in a social link. I probably should have saved before hand but I had no idea a social link boss would be the hardest fight so far in the game. All the YouTube videos of people fighting it I could find they were much higher level than me too so that doesn't help.
Go play it now. You need to witness how slick and stylish it is.
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Deleted member 752119
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Fair enough. The beginning/tutorial stuff isn't quite as slow and tedious as P4G, so if you had fun playing only 10-15 hours there you should be good here too. P5 got me engaged pretty early on, where as I nearly quit P4G during the first 10 hours (glad I didn't as I ended up loving it).
If enjoyed P4G, you'll likely enjoy this game as well.
Spinosaurus
Member
No wonder she can effortlessly swing an axe around.
I'm in the last week of August, but this doesn't surprise me. Ryuji is a terrible character in general, easily one of the worst in any Persona game I played.
i love love love that haru's conception of a phantom thief is elegance and grace and... a giant battle axe and a replica grenade launcher.
the game really handicaps itself by a) introducing characters late and b) when it introduces them not giving them baton pass to start with so using them in the dungeon they're actually emotionally relevant in is deliberately nerfing yourself
I liked what they did with (Nov spoils)
the game really handicaps itself by a) introducing characters late and b) when it introduces them not giving them baton pass to start with so using them in the dungeon they're actually emotionally relevant in is deliberately nerfing yourself
I liked what they did with (Nov spoils)
Goro where they just hid all his upgrades and when they force rank you to level 5 he just pops all of them at once. It'd be an interesting further subversion if previously 'outside party' s-links could become party slinks.
mrmickfran
Member
Wait WHHAAAAAAT
Kayo Police
Member
I want to make Arsene useful, but have no idea where to begin lol.
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
Lol, the MC takes all his dates to the same place (
), what an asshole. I'm there with
right now and I was there with
the day before. And I'm romancing them both of course.
the Ferris wheel
Hifumi
Chihaya
LurkerPrime
Member
Arsene is very useful. You can use him and fuse him right from the start! Doesn't get any better than that.
Sun Confidant or bust, I say!
Yeah I've been going for everyone on my second playthrough since I really wanted to see the valentines scene, and I've seen Ann's and Makoto's dates there.
MC has no shame, lol.
yup. like, when theres different ones I always went "damn it, I already have that one, I wanted the other one" until I finally decided to try and choose the one I wanted lol >_<
also, 9/13:
Morgana
Ryuji
Ryuji
Augemitbutter
Member
yup, i did as well earlier. he is my old bro.
Yea, fuse him with someone else. He's such a lame Persona.
Poor GRIMES
Banned
If you played 10-15 hours of P4 and thought it was worth it, there's no reason to think you won't feel the same about this.
Dungeon with prelude and boss fight always takes about 8 hours for an arc. The game really starts after the second/third dungeon, but then really kicks off and you won't think about anything else. Well except for if you are impatient (too much text for many people) or just don't like (gotta say it after finishing it) the really clever story.
But I will never understand someone starting a game and not even experiencing the whole game or even anything after the prologue. Even P4G only starts to get really good after your mentioned play time. Why even bother with wasting life time and not even seeing the main story.... such a waste. There are better games with explicit more gameplay in these hours for that. Buuuut it's your thing and you also don't have to rush the game (which I recommend shouldn't be done at all, kills the game a bit in this case)
Son Of Sparda
Member
Keep on playing. Don't worry, Ryuji will prove how big of a trash he is.
Holy shit, I beat it.
Took like 15 tries but still.
Basically was a gamble in that I needed Futaba to cast Atk/Def/Ev up but sometimes she did nothing at all before I died in 3 turns. Finally got her to cast it and had enough luck to dodge one of his attacks and let me win with a sliver of health left.
Basically did Agilao followed by Freila each time to do enough damage to take him out.
Ridiculous.
Took like 15 tries but still.
Basically was a gamble in that I needed Futaba to cast Atk/Def/Ev up but sometimes she did nothing at all before I died in 3 turns. Finally got her to cast it and had enough luck to dodge one of his attacks and let me win with a sliver of health left.
Basically did Agilao followed by Freila each time to do enough damage to take him out.
Ridiculous.
I wish there was a way to ambush enemies in the lowest levels of Mementos without instantly killing them. I've made it to
and half the time end up insta-killing them instead of going into combat.
I don't need the levels and I don't need to recruit any more persona, just gimme your sweet sweet yen.
Yeah, it took me some time to figure that out as well. Before I was planning out how to down demons in specific order to interrogate the one I needed to recruit. Realizing you could shift between them made extortion so much better too.
section 7
I don't need the levels and I don't need to recruit any more persona, just gimme your sweet sweet yen.
Yeah, it took me some time to figure that out as well. Before I was planning out how to down demons in specific order to interrogate the one I needed to recruit. Realizing you could shift between them made extortion so much better too.
The Guillotine makes him useful.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Do people forgot that from the moment they met Morgana was a dick to him.
Who wouldn't.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
To be fair at the start I wanted to be a dick to him too.
PancakeBurglar
Member
By the way the baton and the technical system are dope.
Making statuses useful beyond their effect or trying to figure whether to pop them for the extra damage or leave them for their effects was great.
I also like that combat is focused around wiping all out in one go, so to speak
Making statuses useful beyond their effect or trying to figure whether to pop them for the extra damage or leave them for their effects was great.
I also like that combat is focused around wiping all out in one go, so to speak
Fox's name basically became Inari after Futaba joins lol.
The baton thing reminded me of a manual version of the Sessions mechanic in TMS. Wombo combo your way to victory.
Yeah, I was like you and maxed it in october but I studied a bit here and there and also got bonuses from the star confidant and finishing the super burguer.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Yea it's not as flashy as TMS wombo combo system, but it's still a super satisfying mechanic.
The 5th boss fight is so awesome because of it aswell.