hipsterpants
Member
You should probably get farther in the game before making fun of the dark parts of P3. If you've only just gotten to Operation Babe Hunt you've barely even gotten to the heavier stuff in the game.
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Persona Community Thread |OT4| The Golden Number
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AquaWateria
Member
Dude if a game's theme is death I think it's supposed to be dark and serious, it's even shown through the random people who are affected by the dark hour and social link. Shit you haven't even gotten to the point where it's seriously tense, so yeah it's grimmer than Persona 4.
The game's theme is death and nobody's even bitten it yet.
True, true, and I reserve the right to admit I was wrong down the road, but at present my thoughts are what they are.
Green Mamba
Member
I feel really overleveled in P3. I always manage to hit the topmost possible floor in like a week, but there isn't enough to do at nights anymore since I have maxed out my social skills so I tend to go to Tartarus a lot even when I have absolutely no reason to do so. Every time I enter a new unlocked area after a Full Moon Operation a bunch of enemies are already distressed at my presence.
I will say that I agree with some of the other posters that we shouldn't really judge the game on those kinds of terms Corvo until we've beaten it.
EDIT: I do feel confident in judging P3's pacing though, which is ass.
I will say that I agree with some of the other posters that we shouldn't really judge the game on those kinds of terms Corvo until we've beaten it.
EDIT: I do feel confident in judging P3's pacing though, which is ass.
buddha0991
Member
You are only at Operation Babehunt, this game is longer than P4
P3's themes are definitely more morbid, however morbid and dark =/= better storytelling.
I really like P3's themes and story though, I'm just saying that it doesn't take the whole story being morbid to make a good story. It's how you use the themes you have. Both P3 and P4 use their themes excellently.
I really like P3's themes and story though, I'm just saying that it doesn't take the whole story being morbid to make a good story. It's how you use the themes you have. Both P3 and P4 use their themes excellently.
MysticDistance
Banned
No one is saying that. Literally just arguing that P3 has many less moments of levity compared to P4 and that it's thematically more serious.
AquaWateria
Member
Phantasmal Repose
Member
Nobody is arguing that a morbid/dark story makes for a better story. The only argument is that P3 is a darker game than P4.
Interesting. Too bad I can't read any of it.
I mean, you're absolutely right of course, but so far the game hasn't clicked for me much, I guess. I could go more into detail on my complaints, but I think I've harped on the game enough for one night, and it's no fun when one guy comes in and starts shitting on a much liked game.
Man even spoilered it's not hard to guess what's behind that white line. So now I apologize to Green Mamba for forcing someone to reveal a spoiler of that nature.
hipsterpants
Member
By the end of the game you'll see why those goobers from P4 should be thankful as shit that they don't have to go through that stuff. Speaking of which, I really hope they actually learn what happened in P3 in P4A2. I'd like to see their reaction.
I wonder if you'd like it more if you were playing FES. I honestly can't imagine playing P3 VN style it would just seem... wrong.
I wonder if you'd like it more if you were playing FES. I honestly can't imagine playing P3 VN style it would just seem... wrong.
buddha0991
Member
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My thoughts as expressed in Robot.
AquaWateria
Member
Sorry I messed up big time, I was in a hurry
So weird, they don't even have a news section associated with it on p-ch.
buddha0991
Member
I like to call P1 and P4 the happy years of Persona, and P2 and P3 are True Despair TM
hipsterpants
Member
Poor Corvo, forever spoiled.
And I'm saying I agree. I just get the weird sense that people like to call it out as dark because that makes it better or something.
MysticDistance
Banned
Green Mamba
Member
I missed it.
I don't mean a news page, I mean a section or a "tag." Every news topic so far has had a color and a respective tag associated with it like "p-ch" with black, "PQ" with purple and so on, but everything with this one is blank.
I already know how the game ends, which is possibly the bigger issue with my enjoyment of the plot, and in a sense I provoked this spoiler. I just feel bad for Mamba.
Don't be. Like I said, I already know more or less P3 ENDING SPOILERS
that the protagonist is dead or sealed or what have you
It isn't that I hate the game, though, guys. I can't say I've really resonated with it the way I did P4, but it's still not a bad RPG. I mean I played FF13. Bar is pretty low.
AquaWateria
Member
I am really sorry if anything got spoiled, I was watching Hunter X Hunter forgive my rashness
buddha0991
Member
It's all good man, just be more careful next time
Red The Hunter
Member
hipsterpants
Member
I had the P3 ending spoiled for me too but it didn't really hamper my enjoyment of the game. In a way knowing
Of course I bet P3P totally butchers it so unless you're a bad enough dude to also play through FES you should check out the stuff you missed on youtube once you're finished.
what happens actually improves it, believe it or not.
Only goes downhill from there.
Not if you have as much self-control as I do.
buddha0991
Member
Red The Hunter
Member
I've actually though of getting the Elizabeth D-Arts one. Would look great next to my Persona 4 Wall-scroll.
I knew the same spoiler you did when I played P3 and the game still threw plenty of curveballs at me. Just try keep it out of your mind and enjoy the ride
Are wall scrolls still a thing? I remember having a totally sickknashtee Evangelion wall scroll when I was 13.
speaking of news, I found rss feeds for p-ch news hidden in the site.
For P4AU
For Persona Q
For Dancing All Night
For Persona 5
_10 does P4G and _11 does P4A; every other number 404s, so there's no rss feed for the main site, sadly.
For P4AU
For Persona Q
For Dancing All Night
For Persona 5
_10 does P4G and _11 does P4A; every other number 404s, so there's no rss feed for the main site, sadly.
MysticDistance
Banned
Very nice.
ScraftyDevil
Banned
Guys, The Walking Dead Season 2 is really good so far. You all clearly enjoy a good story and characters, so you owe it to yourselves to play this game.
This is tangentially related to Persona because both series have plot and death and stuff.
This is tangentially related to Persona because both series have plot and death and stuff.
It's about all I can do, I guess. And for the most part I am enjoying the game.
When I'm playing as the vastly superior Famke 
I beat the first Season of that. I need to finish 400 days.
Chet Rippo
Member
Don't you mean that you have no money?
I also
ScraftyDevil
Banned
Kenny was my favourite character from S1. He could be a selfish dick at times yeah, but in my playthrough he and Lee were turbros who stuck with each other through thick and thin.
I can totally understand not liking him based on the choices one made throughout the game, though.
Twilightzoney
Member
I remember the one got me into Persona had sent me the ending video to me. When I had finished P4G, I had no idea what was going on. Then when I played it kinda ruined that moment but made sense.
Nah, see, I felt bad because during the whole Hotel thing I didn't stand by Kenny enough and it came back to haunt me as the game went on.