Maya is the best female character in the franchise.
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Maya is the best female character in the franchise.
If you don't like her pretty much from the outset, you probably won't like her ever (unless some of the crazy shit she does or future character development makes you think otherwise). It's not like she gets better in Eternal Punishment.
But I tend to concur with the above that Maya's one of the best characters in the franchise, though I do like Ixquic a lot.
snow in jamaica
Member
yeah
So this is a thing eh?
P1: I haven't played it yet, but I'm going to guess MC.
P2IS: Based on how far I got into the game... Maya and Tatsuya
P2EP: Haven't played it yet. Probably Tatsuya because I got spoiled about P2IS's ending.
P3: Obviously P3MC.
P4: Nanako and Naoto.
SloaneRisette
Member
PK you're scaring me.
P1) Mark. I'm only like, 2 hours in.
P3) Koromaru or Junpei, probably.
P4) Kanji and Rise
SMT4) Nozomi
Game might as well be a Persona game.
AquaWateria
Member
I knew it, so does that mean you like Hunter X Hunter.
P1: Nanjo and Elly of course!
P2: Eikichi and Ma-Ya, Baofu is pretty cool too.
P3: Junpei, Yukari and both of the hermits.
P4: Kanji und Chie.
Don't lump me with that freak Kenji!
My favorite characters all just happen to be hotties. There's another pattern though...!
I did not pose nude with that man... Theodore Lewinski.
Someone saved that!?
It perturbs you only because it is a reflection of the true self.
I guess I'll join in to:
P1: Mark and Nanjo
P2: Lisa and Tatsuya; Ulala and Maya
P3: Junpei and Yukari
P4: Chie and Kanji
P1: Mark and Nanjo
P2: Lisa and Tatsuya; Ulala and Maya
P3: Junpei and Yukari
P4: Chie and Kanji
HUGE CHESTS.
Also, the P3P teacher falls into my "Soejima has been making the female characters a lot more 'attractive' since P3P" thing. I'd never noticed it with her until now.
EDIT: I'm just going to point out that I'm aware that the pattern PK was actually talking about was that they're all teachers.
AquaWateria
Member
If I were you I would start from persona 1-4, but if you don't want to deal with old school gameplay start with Persona 3 fes.
Persona 4 Golden is an excellent starting place. Either start there, or with Persona 3 FES. Once you're done withe either one of those, try Persona 3 Portable (for the female protagonist) or one of the classic games.
Starting with P4G would be just fine, though it might make you appreciate P3FES a bit less because of the many mechanical improvements it has over its predecessor. I wouldn't play P1 or P2 until you were invested in the series with the more modern games. I also would play P3FES over P3P for my first P3 experience, unless you can tolerate the latter's vastly regressed presentation (no anime cutscenes, lack of 3D models or in-game exploration in favor of a static, visual novel presentation...).
buddha0991
Member
Persona 4 Golden is a great starting place if you don't mind that none of the other Persona games are going to be as accessible and friendly as it, ya dig?
Controllable skill inheritance is minor?
Fairly minor, all things considered. Rerolling is a bit tedious, but you hardly need perfect Personas (or anything near it) to beat Persona 3. =P
AquaWateria
Member
Definitely, I mean in most RPGs I barely use party control and that isn't a big loss so yeah P3 fes isn't a downgrade, it's a game that's should be praised for its time and that it's still not outdated.
Very, very minor. Much more minor than people make it out to be. I've actually heard people say that it's worth buying Golden for that change alone.
These people are insane.
Well obviously it's not the huge chests or you'd be all over Naoto in the epilogue.
AM I RIGHT OR AM I RIGHT?
The interface is so impressive for it's time. It's so well done and smart.
AquaWateria
Member
Skill inheritance may be helpful, but the problem that I see with it is that it makes your Personas too OP.
SloaneRisette
Member
As nice as it can be, it's kind of dumb.
ScraftyDevil
Banned
I love lists. Lists are great.
P1: Mark and Elly
P2: Ulala and Baofu
P3: Da Man and Chihiro (SHUT UP DON'T JUDGE ME JEEZ)
P4: Kanji and Rise
Trinity Soul: Da Man
P1: Mark and Elly
P2: Ulala and Baofu
P3: Da Man and Chihiro (SHUT UP DON'T JUDGE ME JEEZ)
P4: Kanji and Rise
Trinity Soul: Da Man
TWIST.
I'm going to do my list because why not.
P1: Maki. There were other characters in Persona 1?
P2: Maya... aaaaand.. I dunno.
P3: Yukari and Junpei
P4: Everyone except Yukiko.
P4A: LOL JK THE ANSWER IS NO ONE.
Trinity Soul: Megumi and Takuro.
EDIT: Wait, why did you say Da Man for Trinity Soul?
Golden is defiantly easier than the rest of the series. For example,is a pushover in P4G, while in P4--it's a pretty fuckin' tough boss.Shadow Yukiko
Though it's not as big of a jump as people are suggesting, you'll have a great time regardless.
I actually thought Golden was too easy. By a good margin no less.
On the other hand, I understand why they did it. Hard games have low completion rates.
Every game has low completion rates, especially a 60-80 hour JRPG.
P4G's problem is giving you a lot more options without scaling the difficulty to make up for it.
DDS proved that player-determined skillsets can still make for a challenging game. It's just making bosses varied and demanding enough to force you to take advantage of that.
True.
Though rolling for a Perfect Messiah still gives me nightmares.
Elucidate.
DDS proved that player-determined skillsets can still make for a challenging game. It's just making bosses varied and demanding enough to force you to take advantage of that.
True.
Though rolling for a Perfect Messiah still gives me nightmares.
Elucidate.
they just need to design the game around it better
And you make them lower when you make your game difficult.
Persona 4's late game is pretty weak. After the boss fight with
not much comes in the way of pre-battle strategy. In contrast, Persona 3 still has a number of Tartarus bosses where such elements are important.
Trying to fight the Jotun of Grief without a proper setup (either a Persona equipped to use break spells, or an all pierce party.) tends to end in failure. To say nothing of the bosses in The Answer.
Shadow Mitsuo
Trying to fight the Jotun of Grief without a proper setup (either a Persona equipped to use break spells, or an all pierce party.) tends to end in failure. To say nothing of the bosses in The Answer.
That image was so supposed to represent my penchant for hot ladies
And DAMN right I saved it, it's probably the best piece of Teddie fanart on the internet!
Originally, I had her in the P4 slot with Kashiwagi in the P3 slot (due to her retroactive appearance in P3). I ultimately ended up switching to Ms. Kanou for the teacher theme.
Golden is defiantly easier than the rest of the series. For example,is a pushover in P4G, while in P4--it's a pretty fuckin' tough boss.Shadow Yukiko
Though it's not as big of a jump as people are suggesting, you'll have a great time regardless.
Not easier than Persona 2:IS!
inb4 imaginary games don't count
Friend of mine recently tried P3, ended up hating it because
Nyx
I certainly hope Persona 5 offers a fair challenge, or at least should have some scalable difficulties. There's no reason why "very hard" is also easy.
you know, this may be some kind of personal failing, or just the old-school jrpg-ness of the games driving me away, but I really can't see what you guys see in P1 and P2. Even character stuff, all that, I find it very difficult to engage with and give a damn about anything that's happening. (Easier in P2 though).
maybe at the heart of it i'm just a P3-P4 fan and not really a persona fan. sigh
maybe at the heart of it i'm just a P3-P4 fan and not really a persona fan. sigh
You really think they were concerned with that when balancing the difficulty of the game, despite having two lower difficulty levels under Normal?
Start on normal. The difficulty can't be changed later.
Well, I'd start on normal. Just because it's a super long game, and P3 can actually be a pretty tough game even on normal.
Yes.
Ha!
I've heard of this being quite a common thing. Never happened to me personally, but I can see why it would be frustrating.
Red The Hunter
Member
My favorite characters from Persona
P1(playing through right now): Nate's butler, Yamaoka and Elly.
P2 IS: Yukino and Eikichi
P2 EP: Baofu and Katsuya (I really love Maya a lot in both games, but thought I should also spotlight some of my other favorite characters from the games as well.)
P3: Junpei and your online friend Maya.
P4: Nanako and Kanji
P1(playing through right now): Nate's butler, Yamaoka and Elly.
P2 IS: Yukino and Eikichi
P2 EP: Baofu and Katsuya (I really love Maya a lot in both games, but thought I should also spotlight some of my other favorite characters from the games as well.)
P3: Junpei and your online friend Maya.
P4: Nanako and Kanji
snow in jamaica
Member
i love it
i hope difficulty settings do more than just change damage outputs
Jotun of Grief is a breeze compared to Sleeping Table, at least in FES. I just used Kartikeya's Power Charge + Myriad Arrows (didn't learn Primal Force yet), Aigis as another pierce user, and Akihiko as healer/support.
I only died once compared to 8 with Sleeping Table >.>
I didn't use Yukari because I never change my party members, no matter how hard the boss is.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
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ScraftyDevil
Banned
I fought the Jotun of Griefing with Seth as my Persona, an Axe-wielding MC, Junpei, Mitsuru and Akihiko.
It took me 4 tries, but I didn't switch out my party or Persona at all.
It took me 4 tries, but I didn't switch out my party or Persona at all.