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[A Dead Diehard]

Can't think of any bigger events left this year if they're really shooting for 2015. Which they are.

I dunno, there's always Playstation Experience (Dec 5-6) if they really want to cut it fine.

 

[TheMrPliskin]

Oh :O

Is this the last event big enough for a release date announcement?

I believe so, unless they decided to just announce it on their own at some point though that wouldn't make a whole lot of sense.

 

[Mobile Suit Gooch]

Oh, I thought he was off by a few days. The pre-conference is 3 days in advance?

I wish they show GR2 over there.

 

[Aadrian1234]

I dunno, there's always Playstation Experience (Dec 5-6) if they really want to cut it fine.

That's assuming there is a chance of a simultaneous release.

I think some more news will be coming up either during TGS, or sometime REALLY soon by Atlus themselves if they are continuing to reinforce that US is getting P5 in 2015

 

[A Dead Diehard]

That's assuming there is a chance of a simultaneous release.

I think some more news will be coming up either during TGS, or sometime REALLY soon by Atlus themselves if they are continuing to reinforce that US is getting P5 in 2015

I'm only kidding, but it could be the case if they were bold/crazy enough to pull a "and it's out NOW!" situation.

 

[CorvoSol]

..................

OOOOKAY. ;

Boys and girls, despite my attempt to try and turn it back on track with the Trinity Soul talk, I think we've hit the point in this conversation where we're prooobably best just moving on. Especially because we really do not want to go down the dark and scary tunnel of suggesting that an entire group of people might be pedophiles without any evidence.

Sounds great.

So! I'm thinking of going back to Eternal Punishment soon so that I can finish it before P5 releases but I was wondering, is there some sort of guide as to what Personas I should be fusing as I progress?

I don't especially enjoy any part of the fusion process and while I was able to basically skip it entirely in Innocent Sin I doubt that's an option here. Anything that cuts down the time spent on the fusion process would certainly go a long way to helping me get through EP in a timely fashion.

Here's what you need to know about Eternal Punishment:

Katsuya is Best Girl.

Pick

Spoiler

Elly Route

because

Spoiler

Elly is God

and I was a fool to bet it all on

Spoiler

Nanjo's

sexy biker upgrade.

Also get Maia Custom early on cuz I remember using that Persona for a good long time.

Mostly stick to PK's guide. It's how I got through the entire game.

I actually really prefer EP's battle system to IS's. I think that's because I played ISPSP and ISPSP had this unholy fetishization of menus where everything in battle was an obnoxious slog through menu. I treated EP more like FFXII with gambits that I only interrupted when I saw a need to change strategy, and enjoyed how much smoother it felt.

 

[TheMrPliskin]

I'm only kidding, but it could be the case if they were bold/crazy enough to pull a "and it's out NOW!" situation.

Makes sense, Atlus are now owned by Sega who had huge success with the Sega Saturn so clearly they will follow in the Saturn's footsteps.

Here's what you need to know about Eternal Punishment:

Katsuya is Best Girl.

Pick

Spoiler

Elly Route

because

Spoiler

Elly is God

and I was a fool to bet it all on

Spoiler

Nanjo's

sexy biker upgrade.

Also get Maia Custom early on cuz I remember using that Persona for a good long time.

Mostly stick to PK's guide. It's how I got through the entire game.

I actually really prefer EP's battle system to IS's. I think that's because I played ISPSP and ISPSP had this unholy fetishization of menus where everything in battle was an obnoxious slog through menu. I treated EP more like FFXII with gambits that I only interrupted when I saw a need to change strategy, and enjoyed how much smoother it felt.

I dunno, from what I'd played Ulala was pretty great.

I definitely prefer EP's battle system to IS's. I also played ISPSP and as you say it was really menu heavy, thankfully I was able to just rush the vast majority of encounters so I avoided actually engaging with the combat for the most part.

 

[Weiss]

That list for TGS is only supposed to be playable stuff, right? I think that's the case.

PS:

Spoiler

Corvo is full of lies. Ulala is best girl.

 

[A Dead Diehard]

That list for TGS is only supposed to be playable stuff, right? I think that's the case.

PS:

Spoiler

Corvo is full of lies. Ulala is best girl.

I like your attitude.

Spoiler

And you are all wrong about best girl as long as Lisa Silverman still exists.

*convulses from indecision*

 

[snow in jamaica]

imagine if they announce an announcement of p5's release date

 

[Vox Chaotica]

These next 11 days are going to be suffering

Spoiler

And you are all wrong about best girl as long as Lisa Silverman still exists.

 

[Setsu00]

Sounds great.



Here's what you need to know about Eternal Punishment:

Katsuya is Best Girl.

Pick

Spoiler

Elly Route

because

Spoiler

Elly is God

and I was a fool to bet it all on

Spoiler

Nanjo's

sexy biker upgrade.

Also get Maia Custom early on cuz I remember using that Persona for a good long time.

Mostly stick to PK's guide. It's how I got through the entire game.

I actually really prefer EP's battle system to IS's. I think that's because I played ISPSP and ISPSP had this unholy fetishization of menus where everything in battle was an obnoxious slog through menu. I treated EP more like FFXII with gambits that I only interrupted when I saw a need to change strategy, and enjoyed how much smoother it felt.

The decision between Elly and Nanjo is one of the reasons I'm afraid to pick up Eternal Punishment. I don't want to miss out on either scenario, but I know I'll never finish the game twice considering that it took me over a year to beat IS.

 

[Spectrasonic]

That list for TGS is only supposed to be playable stuff, right? I think that's the case.

PS:

Spoiler

Corvo is full of lies. Ulala is best girl.

Yes, not only is it just playable games, but :

Here's the full lineup of confirmed playable games, though Sony noted this list only includes titles that can currently be disclosed, opening the possibility for additional games to be revealed at a later date.

Anyways, I bet P5 will be released 11/24 in NA!

 

[Olengie]

I'm only kidding, but it could be the case if they were bold/crazy enough to pull a "and it's out NOW!" situation.

I wouldn't mind that at this point

 

[Ludger Kresnik]

I'm only kidding, but it could be the case if they were bold/crazy enough to pull a "and it's out NOW!" situation.

Everyone please remember how I totally called that like a month ago.

 

[CorvoSol]

Makes sense, Atlus are now owned by Sega who had huge success with the Sega Saturn so clearly they will follow in the Saturn's footsteps.



I dunno, from what I'd played Ulala was pretty great.

I definitely prefer EP's battle system to IS's. I also played ISPSP and as you say it was really menu heavy, thankfully I was able to just rush the vast majority of encounters so I avoided actually engaging with the combat for the most part.

Ulala is great. But Katsuya is the best. There's an endgame revelation I won't spoil that just puts breh above the pack. Even if he is yet another gun wielder in the game.

Also he's easily the best dressed member in Maya's party. Baofu lost when I realized he had a chin beard straight from the Last Battalion.

The decision between Elly and Nanjo is one of the reasons I'm afraid to pick up Eternal Punishment. I don't want to miss out on either scenario, but I know I'll never finish the game twice considering that it took me over a year to beat IS.

I took Nanjo route, and I loved it. Because Nanjo is Mitsuru plus Batman. But I'll always regret not picking Elly because Elly is easily the character with the best attitude towards Persona in Persona. Her reactions to everything are the best.

 

[TheMrPliskin]

Ulala is great. But Katsuya is the best. There's an endgame revelation I won't spoil that just puts breh above the pack. Even if he is yet another gun wielder in the game.

Also he's easily the best dressed member in Maya's party. Baofu lost when I realized he had a chin beard straight from the Last Battalion.

Well now you've peaked my interest, I'll need to finish FF13 before I move onto another JRPG but I'm really looking forward to getting back to EP as despite my issues with the combat in IS I still had a fantastic time with it. Then if I have it in me I'll try and finish P1 this year, but if it's similar to P2 in terms of gameplay that might not happen.

Spoiler

I never even realised that Baofu had a chin beard and now I feel like my whole world view has shifted.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

The MGS threads are too spoilery so I will take cover here for a while if that's alright with you guys

When I am done with MGSV, I'll try to finish Persona 3 Portable, which is actually not that grabbing as Persona 4 Golden.
Do you guys think Atlus has the balls to not show anything of Persona 5 and just release it in december ? I would be fine with that, if we get a release date if not, I'll panic.

 

[KenjiGlove]

Do you guys think Atlus has the balls to not show anything of Persona 5 and just release it in december ? I would be fine with that, if we get a release date if not, I'll panic.

Very doubtful, since they've already shown of gameplay and things like that I don't see a reason why they wouldn't show more at some point in the future.

I wouldn't really mind it though, but I still want some of my question to be answered in the promo material, like what that "co-operation" mechanic does for example.

 

[CrimsonFist]

Atlus will next mention Persona 5 after its already been released for a week.

 

[TheMrPliskin]

I wonder if once a release date is announced we'll see more frequent trailers for P5 or if they'll remain relatively silent. Each of the spin off games had a number of trailers leading up to the release but the way that they've advertised P5 makes it seem like they don't really want to put out too much info on the game.

Atlus will next mention Persona 5 after its already been released for a week.

Persona 5 is just going to released like Frog Fractions 2, it's already out there but no one has realised yet.

 

[Nimby]

11 days. Someone hold me.

 

[CrimsonFist]

The best part of the Sony stream will be the reactions when the Atlus logo comes up, only for it to be the Vanillaware game.

Unless the Vanillaware logo comes first, but that would ruin the fun.

 

[Nimby]

The best part of the Sony stream will be the reactions when the Atlus logo comes up, only for it to be the Vanillaware game.

Unless the Vanillaware logo comes first, but that would ruin the fun.

I remember that fateful Nintendo direct when the Atlus logo popped up, and I screamed, but then it was just an animu game. Or so I thought...

But yeah, it's pretty funny most of the time.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Interesting thing about Nanjo VS Elly is that Nanjo's ties more into Eikichi and

Spoiler

Kandori

from Persona 1, while Elly's is more about Wang Long Chizuru(and has a more awesome character).

You have to see them both if you want to fight the(amazing) optional boss.

 

[TheMrPliskin]

Interesting thing about Nanjo VS Elly is that Nanjo's ties more into Eikichi and

Spoiler

Kandori

from Persona 1, while Elly's is more about Wang Long Chizuru(and has a more awesome character).

You have to see them both if you want to fight the(amazing) optional boss.

Well now I'm torn, Elly is supposed to be great but I already know that Eikichi is awesome.

 

[PK Gaming]

The decision between Elly and Nanjo is one of the reasons I'm afraid to pick up Eternal Punishment. I don't want to miss out on either scenario, but I know I'll never finish the game twice considering that it took me over a year to beat IS.

No worries dude

Just pick Elly

Deep down, you know y o u w a n t t o

 

[Jintor]

newbie got himself bant. weird.

 

[Squire]

newbie got himself bant. weird.

Or inevitable.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Well now I'm torn, Elly is supposed to be great but I already know that Eikichi is awesome.

The downside is that Nanjo just isn't as useful in battle. His contacts suck, and he doesn't have a tenth of the magic stat Elly does.

 

[A Dead Diehard]

newbie got himself bant. weird.

I was wondering why the page seemed smaller...

 

[Nimby]

So apparently the Sony TGS conference is 3:00 AM for the East Coast. No way I can watch it unfortunately, and I won't be able to sleep.

 

[Aadrian1234]

So apparently the Sony TGS conference is 3:00 AM for the East Coast. No way I can watch it unfortunately, and I won't be able to sleep.

That would be midnight for me. What day (by day i mean the previous day that i will be staying up to watch it) would it be? Hopefully it's on a day when i don't need to get up in the morning for something

 

[A Dead Diehard]

That would be midnight for me. What day (by day i mean the previous day that i will be staying up to watch it) would it be? Hopefully it's on a day when i don't need to get up in the morning for something

Friday the 14th.

EDIT:
Oops, my calendar was still set to August. Quad is right.

 

[QuadOpto]

Friday the 14th.

....?

But the 14th is a Monday(from East Coast)...I don't think there's any timezones with a 3 day difference...

...Unless that's a joke. In which case I don't understand joke.

 

[Nimby]

It's Monday night going into Tuesday. On the bright side, it makes it easier to just look for a release date and call it quits on new info.

 

[Weiss]

Sweet, I can wake up to some crushing disappointment before I head to class.

 

[Mobile Suit Gooch]

Sweet, I can wake up to some crushing disappointment before I head to class.

I'll probably rewatch the new trailer during class.

 

[Olengie]

I'll probably be sleeping. lol.

 

[Spectrasonic]

Wasn't Ultimax supposed to get a major balance patch? I loaded up the game for the first time in months and saw that stupid bug where Ken is called "Margaret" still hasn't been fixed since last year 😡

 

[Squire]

Wasn't Ultimax supposed to get a major balance patch? I loaded up the game for the first time in months and saw that stupid bug where Ken is called "Margaret" still hasn't been fixed since last year 😡

Western release doesn't seem to be getting that patch.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

5 days

Western release doesn't seem to be getting that patch.

The Japanese release hasn't gotten that patch either.

 

[Squire]

The Japanese release hasn't gotten that patch either.

Oh? I thought people were bugging Atlus USA about that a while ago? It was premature?

I assumed the patch had been released in JP already. I should've known better, but I'm not really surprised.

Um, did you go from 11 days to 5 or am I crazy? What's in 5 days?

 

[Cannon_Fodder]

Um, did you go from 11 days to 5 or am I crazy? What's in 5 days?

Sega opens their TGS website. They have Atlus listed on the teaser up now, so it could be interesting.

 

[Nimby]

Sega opens their TGS website. They have Atlus listed on the teaser up now, so it could be interesting.

Sega is having a conference? So which would Persona 5 be at, this or Sony's, or none ;=;

 

[Cannon_Fodder]

Sega is having a conference? So which would Persona 5 be at, this or Sony's, or none ;=;

Not a conference, as far as I'm aware. Just a special website. So if Persona 5 is at a conference, it'll be at Sony's.

 

[Aadrian1234]

It's Monday night going into Tuesday. On the bright side, it makes it easier to just look for a release date and call it quits on new info.

Sweet, i have class on afternoon/ evenings on Tuesdays, i can stay up for it then

 

[FluxWaveZ]

As Cannon_Fodder states. And we all know 5 is a very important number.

I like this screenshot, conceptually.

 

[A Dead Diehard]

I like this screenshot, conceptually.

Conceptually? I like it as-is.

 

[Makio]

I want to see people crazy when that P5 logo show up in the Sega website.

And then we get a lot of news of the VanillaWare game and others in the event and almost nothing of P5...

Wonder if Atlus is going to release PV02 to the world some day or they are going to keep it exclusive for the P4dan "lucky" first buyers.