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Persona Community Thread: The Butterfly Effect
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SloaneRisette
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They're both mad slick looking in their style, definitely a hard choice.
Man, seeing all the artwork makes me really know more and more how much I love the style of Persona 2.
I tend to post relatively infrequently because things tend to often stray from the topic of Persona, but even I was lead to make ~3 posts about reviews and The Last of Us some pages back.
ScraftyDevil
Banned
Go for Eriko/Ellen. She's the superior choice.
TurnipFritters
Member
ellie's route is better because a) the boss fight voice acting is amazing and b) it has more yukino
SloaneRisette
Member
I'm gonna have to give my vote to Kei Nanjo, dude is baller status.
We generally talk about Persona first and foremost, I mean, Persona 5 and it's eventual release date are practically daily discussion.
Such as?
You take part in the non-Persona stuff too!
Such as?
You take part in the non-Persona stuff too!
Yeah, I'm a little curious as to what that refers to, myself.
No one is trying to make you unconfirtable. :/
At least not as far as I know...
Good choice. I think I like Kei better than Eriko simply because his route goes more into Persona mythos.
I take part, but I try to keep the conversation Persona related as much as possible, y'know? Although, there's nothing wrong with a little bit off topic.
But it gets a little bit disturbing like when you went a bit crazy with the avatar-betting posts a little bit back, or Scrafty's downright begging and calling Aeana a "Prophet Queen."
TurnipFritters
Member
which is hella dumb because it says right there that she's the medal princess
I'm pretty sure Scrafty was just joking around.
I know he was. Likewise, I know Aeana didn't seen to mind it. It didn't make it any less unnerving tho. :\
Marmaladefire
Member
Ohhhhh.
Yeah, that's a little creepsville, bros. Obviously I just reacted to Scrafty, but I was also a little taken aback by the avatar bet stuff.
Of course, but I see what's she's saying. There's a certain line of posting that bothers me, but I don't wanna put anyone on blast.
buddha0991
Member
agree on all counts
Marmaladefire
Member
I get what you're saying, but you know..Them cross audiences.
Fair enough, those posts for just for laughs. I can't speak for everyone, but you can probably just ask someone to take something down if it's upsetting.
Though as a whole, the icon bet things seems pretty harmless in my opinion. I mean you just took part in one yourself, right?
Yeah. It's not the avatar betting that bothered me. I'm in full support of that because it's hilariously awesome.
It was just the images that followed.
I have a good feeling Dantis, Omi, and Scrafty are gonna win anyhow
The Persona series is a spin-off series in the Megami Tensei family of games which began with the release of Megami Ibunroku Persona in 1996. There are currently six main titles in the Persona series. All the games take place in the same universe and share certain common elements.
The series is inspired by Jungian Psychology, from which it takes the name. Some of the themes and characters (like Philemon) are based on this.
False hype should be bannable.
The series is inspired by Jungian Psychology, from which it takes the name. Some of the themes and characters (like Philemon) are based on this.
I have a good feeling Dantis, Omi, and Scrafty are gonna win anyhow
False hype should be bannable.
sounds good tell me more
Persona 2 (ペルソナ2 Perusona Tsū?) is a duology of Japanese role-playing video games for the Sony PlayStation, developed by Atlus. Innocent Sin (罪 Tsumi?) and Eternal Punishment (罰 Batsu?) are two chapters of the same storyline. The dilogy is a direct sequel to the first installment of the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series, Revelations: Persona, with several characters from that title playing various roles, both minor and major, in both games.
Set in the fictional metropolis of Sumaru City, Innocent Sin follows a high school student named Tatsuya Suou. Eternal Punishment, which takes place afterwards, switches focus onto Maya Amano, a young magazine editor. Both characters have near-death experiences which transport them to the realm of Philemon, an astral being who exists outside of the waking world. Philemon grants them the ability to summon a Persona, an alter-ego which manifests as a mythological figure.
Unlike other Atlus' older games, which are traditionally restricted to a first-person viewpoint, Persona 2 is seen from a third-person perspective.[5][6] Several game elements, particularly the characters Philemon and Nyarlathotep, are drawn directly from the writings by Carl Jung and H. P. Lovecraft.[7]
Although the PlayStation version of Innocent Sin never received an official localization (but received a fan-translated English patch on October 15, 2008) in North America, a localized PSP version was officially released on September 20, 2011.[1]
Ironically, the PSP version of Eternal Punishment was unable to be localized due to "unusual circumstances",[8] with Atlus USA instead re-releasing the Playstation version on PSN.[9][10]
This makes Persona 2 the only Persona game to never have both parts officially localized on the same platform (as Innocent Sin was not localized for Playstation while Eternal Punishment was not localized for PSP).
In addition there is a Persona 3 and 4 but they are for silly weaboo datesim jerks.
Set in the fictional metropolis of Sumaru City, Innocent Sin follows a high school student named Tatsuya Suou. Eternal Punishment, which takes place afterwards, switches focus onto Maya Amano, a young magazine editor. Both characters have near-death experiences which transport them to the realm of Philemon, an astral being who exists outside of the waking world. Philemon grants them the ability to summon a Persona, an alter-ego which manifests as a mythological figure.
Unlike other Atlus' older games, which are traditionally restricted to a first-person viewpoint, Persona 2 is seen from a third-person perspective.[5][6] Several game elements, particularly the characters Philemon and Nyarlathotep, are drawn directly from the writings by Carl Jung and H. P. Lovecraft.[7]
Although the PlayStation version of Innocent Sin never received an official localization (but received a fan-translated English patch on October 15, 2008) in North America, a localized PSP version was officially released on September 20, 2011.[1]
Ironically, the PSP version of Eternal Punishment was unable to be localized due to "unusual circumstances",[8] with Atlus USA instead re-releasing the Playstation version on PSN.[9][10]
This makes Persona 2 the only Persona game to never have both parts officially localized on the same platform (as Innocent Sin was not localized for Playstation while Eternal Punishment was not localized for PSP).
In addition there is a Persona 3 and 4 but they are for silly weaboo datesim jerks.
It's not false hype. Just delusional hype!
"Old Maid" is a spell from Persona 2, which temporarily turns one of your teammates against you(by using said character as a medium for the boss to attack you). You have no idea which character was cursed with this ailment, and they attack the entire party. Fortunately, you can command all characters to "guard" to avoid heavy damage.
In other words, its a freaking cool spell from
In other words, its a freaking cool spell from
an awesome boss, Tatsuya Sudou.
I have a good feeling Dantis, Omi, and Scrafty are gonna win anyhow
...I think you're wrong. We've lost.
Also, not being able to talk about other things in here is lame.
Young Magus
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I hated that move
, the horror....the horrorViola of the Abyss
Member
Question: how long is
in Persona 4 Ps2?
How long does it take to beat on average?
Is it very difficult? Grindy? What level do you suggest me to be to beat the boss?
Yomotsu Hirasaka
How long does it take to beat on average?
Is it very difficult? Grindy? What level do you suggest me to be to beat the boss?
thequickandthedead
Member
Has Persona 5 been announced yet?
No.
Someone really needs to grab a domain for that question a la Half-Life 3.
I think 75 - 80 is the recommended level.
And it takes however long it takes to get to that level.
It's probably the best dungeon on the game though. Looks really nice and the music is perfect.
Viola of the Abyss
Member
I think 75 - 80 is the recommended level.
And it takes however long it takes to get to that level.
It's probably the best dungeon on the game though. Looks really nice and the music is perfect.
Excellent, I'm almost there. Spending all that time catching those 6 Guardians paid off in the end
Excellent, I'm almost there. Spending all that time catching those 6 Guardians paid off in the end
To this day I have never even tried fishing on Persona 4.
The PS1 game? Only if you really want it as a collector's item. The PSP version is infinitely better.
Wow, that's really come down. I saw it at a show a few years ago and they wanted like 80 bucks for it.
Like Dantis said, if you are getting it for collection purposes, grab it. But the PSP version plays better and has the optional quest.
thequickandthedead
Member
Is the first Persona worth playing at all? Gameplay is probably boring and tedious but how does the story compare to 2,3 and 4?
I don't think that it's good enough to make the gameplay tolerable. Clearly, it's your own choice, but there is nothing wrong with not being able to overlook just how antiquated it all is.
It's ok, but nothing special. Though P1 cameos in Persona 2 have more meaning if you've met them beforehand in the previous game.
cj_iwakura
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P1 on its own has its charms(and some good characters), but it's mostly worth playing to get an even better build for P2(like with Suikoden 1 & 2 for the superior 3).
It also is a very unique experience, especially on the PS1, but the localization... issues.
Also, Eriko: best route. More fun contacts, better story. Nanjo's has its moments though, also more P1 connections and Eikichi.
It also is a very unique experience, especially on the PS1, but the localization... issues.
Also, Eriko: best route. More fun contacts, better story. Nanjo's has its moments though, also more P1 connections and Eikichi.
I seem to remember being able to spot who was hit with the Old Maid spell pretty consistently by looking at the commands each character would do, and whoever was set to just regular Attack was the Maid.
If they get rid of the terrible tarot card system in favor of Contacts + Fusion, I'd be all for this. D:
cj_iwakura
Member
The best thing about contacts is how easily you can end a fight if you know the demons' personalities. Who needs Estoma?
I like contacts. I just don't like the tarot card system because it means you have to do a hell of a lot more contacting just to get a Persona. Where as in mainline SMT if you do contacts right you simply get the demon pronto.
Young Magus
Junior Member
While true, the problem comes with how it ties into fusions and demon collection. That and even if you know the their personalities, you can piss them off in a stupid decision which isn't helped with the system in IS.
THIS! Not much of a big fan of the tarot card system in p2, as it requires a loads and loads of conversation that (while still entertaining) makes the feature tedious after a while. This becomes a problem in EP as there is more fusing required and encouraged then IS. Hell in p1, after 1 convo, you get the card right then and there IIRC, liked that a lot better and wish that they would have went that route in p2.
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