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Persona Community Thread |OT9| SPOILER TAGS OR DIE
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BRSxIgnition
Member
Thank you all very much - super glad to hear I don't need to worry about it.
Especially when the alternative is...
You probably shouldn't post that in the Community thread, even tagged... I feel like we may need to set up a list of users who folks can PM to ask "how badly spoiled was I", heh.
So I really enjoyed Persona 4 despite feeling obligated to use a walkthrough for social links. I'd really like to play this one through without a guide, but still maximize my enjoyment of the social links and at least get the true ending. Is there any kind of general approach/strategy I can approach the game with to reasonably guarantee this without using a guide?
Edit: Re:below post- I also have no idea if there is/isn't a true ending- just basing this post off experience with previous titles. I'm actually pretty much unspoiled on P5, so if you saw my post and think you were spoiled to the existence of multiple endings, much less a true ending- don't worry. I really don't know anything.
Edit: Re:below post- I also have no idea if there is/isn't a true ending- just basing this post off experience with previous titles. I'm actually pretty much unspoiled on P5, so if you saw my post and think you were spoiled to the existence of multiple endings, much less a true ending- don't worry. I really don't know anything.
You still need to do some decent optimization to max out all the social links, but it's not like P3 or P4 where a day-by-day guide was practically necessary. I wrote a general guide for optimizing SLs (no spoilers, but talks about general things you should be doing and which SLs to prioritize).
Re: endings: this isn't a spoiler but I get that people might want to avoid any talk of endings at all:
don't worry about getting the true ending. It's extremely clear what the deciding point is and the game lets you save beforehand.
Yu Narukami
Member
How long do you have to play before you can save for the first time? Just want to plan ahead. My gaming time is limited.
R_thanatos
Member
Yes .
NG+ let you keep your character stats but you restart at LV1.
With them it's MUCH easier to max every Slink
Does the game have dialogue options that are only available with high enough stats, like asking Chie for her number outright at the beginning of Persona 4?
EDIT: Specified Persona 4, so that people don't get the wrong idea. I doubt that anyone thinks she's in 5, but wanted to be clear. People can be crazy about that stuff.
EDIT: Specified Persona 4, so that people don't get the wrong idea. I doubt that anyone thinks she's in 5, but wanted to be clear. People can be crazy about that stuff.
SeriuzBiznus
Member
Same here. I'm going to try and go blind on my first run and then might use a guide to max everything out on NG+.
It's not a lot, but yes, if I recall correctly. Nothing really significant though (to me anyway), a couple incidents happened during the daily life section of the game
^answer to the above question. Just my own impression
ThanksVision
Member
is there pro support for this game, and if so, what is it?
artsi
Member
Nope.
GasProblem
Member
There's a max confidant walkthrough on GameFAQS, but it recommends to play it on Safety because otherwise there's a risk to be underleveled or without enough money. I wanted to play on normal. How doable is a max confidant playthrough on normal? I kind of want to go in blind, but I wont replay this big ass game soon and I want to see most of the confidants on my first playthrough.
Ludger Kresnik
Member
I'm definitely going in blind at first. Completionist runs can wait!
Quoting myself above.
I played on normal until the penultimate dungeon, where I bumped it to hard. Maxed all the SLs with I think 2 weeks to spare?
Playing Tokyo Mirage Sessions last year made me realize how addicting Atlus' core gameplay mechanics are even removed from Persona and SMT contexts. TMS is basically persona-lite yet it was still surprisingly more engrossing than it probably should have been just due to that tight, quick battle pace and fun "between dungeons" character focus. Different teams and all, but I feel like the company has this stuff down to a science.
GasProblem
Member
ThanksVision
Member
Damn... I thought all PS4 releases going forward would have pro support >.<
Hopefully boost mode offers something.
klabautermann
Member
Don't think it changes anything. The game is essentially a PS3 game ported to the PS4. It's not a large budget game nor is it taxing performance wise. Runs about as good as it could already on standard hardware.
Mediking
Member
Going Easy my 1st playthru. Lol
CrimsonFist
Member
I don't think there's any Atlus game where you don't.
Dangansona
Member
Can't wait for reviews to come out! Do we have a date yet?
Dead End Irony
Member
March 29. 9 AM PST. I think. Hopefully there's more 10/10 reviews coming!
Not really sure if I want to read reviews at all. I know I'm getting the game and I really don't need much more hype at this point. All they could do are set weird expectations that I'd rather not have.
That said, it's always so tempting to read them. I already read the OPM UK review.
That said, it's always so tempting to read them. I already read the OPM UK review.
artsi
Member
Not that either, sorry.
I mean, the game runs perfectly on base PS4, there's nothing boost mode would need to fix really.
Loading times might be slightly faster using boost mode, but I also might be imagining things.
At least the console is whisper quiet as there's not that much load, so you can enjoy sweet Meguro music without distractions
Because again , Persona 5 in PS4 is a ps3 game which runs in 1080p , i dont know why there people out there who try to make it look like the ps3 version is like p4 in ps2 vs the ps4 version is an updated port like P4 golden haha.
Maybe in a couple years , people who gives a fuck about the pro and other things can get their wish granted with Persona 5 Goro Edition , or Crimson , Masquerade or whatever they gonna called it.
Maybe in a couple years , people who gives a fuck about the pro and other things can get their wish granted with Persona 5 Goro Edition , or Crimson , Masquerade or whatever they gonna called it.
Martylepiaf
Member
P5 could have been a 60fps game on normal PS4, or had better texture in some places, Atlus just doesn't care
This is disingenuous. No developer simply goes "ehh ps4 idgaf ¯\_(ツ
_/¯" There could be many reasons as to why they opted not to make the PS4 version 60 frames per second. Maybe they were having issues with it running at 60 FPS. Maybe they wanted to keep their code close enough for each version to make life easier. Maybe they ran into other technical issues. Maybe time constraints. Who knows? But they almost certainly didn't just flat out didn't care. :\
Martylepiaf
Member
This is disingenuous. No developer simply goes "ehh ps4 idgaf ¯\_(ツ
There could be many reasons as to why they opted not to make the PS4 version 60 frames per second. Maybe they were having issues with it running at 60 FPS. Maybe they wanted to keep their code close enough for each version to make life easier. Maybe they ran into technical issues. Who knows? But they almost certainly didn't just flat out didn't care. :\
I didn't say it would have been easy, it would have cost money and took time, it just wasn't a priority and I don't think it's a bad thing. I just wanted to say that the PS4 have the power to more and they didn't use it.
Money and time they might not have potentially been able to afford after a few delays. The point is, they had their reason for targeting 1080p/30 fps on PS4, and it probably wasn't because they "didn't care"
Martylepiaf
Member
yeah I should have said it wasn't a priority, wrong choice of words
While I don't want to excuse development oversight, people tend to forget that during P5 development the entire company of Atlus was almost completely dissolved as its parent was involved in a gigantic scandal. There's a reason it took them over 5 years to release a PS3 game. Hashino even briefly touches on this in his Toco Toco interview.
It's also been said that they even started conceptualizing P5 as a Vita game but bailed on that when the Vita underperformed, thus pushing to the PS3 when it was already late in its life cycle.
P5 went through the weirdest series of events during development... and that doesn't even explain the later delays.
It's also been said that they even started conceptualizing P5 as a Vita game but bailed on that when the Vita underperformed, thus pushing to the PS3 when it was already late in its life cycle.
P5 went through the weirdest series of events during development... and that doesn't even explain the later delays.
Persona 4 was also made during a time atlus was struggling
It seems that atlus will finally get some breather now with the fantasy project, smt and p5 spinoffs and the extra sega support
CrimsonFist
Member
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
Got Persona 4 Dancing All Night to help bridge the gap.
Matt Mercer is a lot better at sounding like Troy Baker than Ashly Birch is at sounding like Laura Bailey.
Game's fun though. I haven't really played a rhythm game outside of Rock Band/Guitar Hero and DDR.
Matt Mercer is a lot better at sounding like Troy Baker than Ashly Birch is at sounding like Laura Bailey.
Game's fun though. I haven't really played a rhythm game outside of Rock Band/Guitar Hero and DDR.
klabautermann
Member
Yeah that Rise voice is... weird. It's not the best rhythm game I've played, actually not even close as a big rhythm game fan myself. But I love Persona enough to be blinded by it's shortcomings. Really fun and enjoyable game and actually my favorite Persona spin-off hands down. It's an easy platinum as well, so I also played it enough to 100% it and bought all the DLC like a dumb idiot. Hope you enjoy it!
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
It's sort of close, but I never stopped hearing the difference. But Matt's Kanji was basically dead on.
I finished story mode yesterday, and I'm hoping to wrap up the platinum tonight.
Then I have to convince myself not to start Persona 3, which I've already bought, because I don't want to either rush thru it or get burnt out before 5 comes.
klabautermann
Member
Oh yeah, I honestly never noticed Matt Mercer and Troy Baker shared the role until I looked it up. Man, P3 was my introduction into the series and it is really phenomenal, but yeah 2 weeks might stretch you a little thin. As long as you get around to it at some point it's all good.
plasmawave
Banned
Where's my Futaba theme?
Mediking
Member
Is that link a safe place to get fanart from?
Lmao I know right??? I'm in the exact same boat as you!
Yeah it's safe, my friend runs it and made it a point that all pieces should be spoiler-free.