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Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth |OT| -- No Dating, Just Dungeons
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chicagocubsfan
Member
Anybody else see that the case for the Wild Cards edition has LL instead of XL on it?
They must have some left over from Japan haha.
They must have some left over from Japan haha.
CrimsonFist
Member
Persona 4 Golden
NIS America, Inc
The content of this game is suitable for persons aged 16 years and over only.
It contains: Realistic looking violence - Encouragement of the use of alcohol/tobacco
I guess the less realistic artstyle was what made PEGI lower the rating, if they had more trouble with the violence and alcohol than the sexual stuff.
Splash Wave
Member
Who are you guys using in your party so far? As always, I'm having a hard time choosing between characters I like and the ones that seem useful. Here's what I have going now:
MC
Kanji
Yosuke
Zen
Yukiko
I'd love to use Chie and Naoto, but neither seem terribly important to rounding out my party. And Teddy has Ice, but I don't like keeping him around.
MC
Kanji
Yosuke
Zen
Yukiko
I'd love to use Chie and Naoto, but neither seem terribly important to rounding out my party. And Teddy has Ice, but I don't like keeping him around.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Still in the first dungeon and I started with the P3 side so right now:
MC, Mitsuru, Aki
Yukari, Aigis
Not sure who I'll switch out once I get everyone else. Thinking about replacing Yukari with Yukiko.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Can't speak on EU for sure, but I always got the impression that EU was less sensitive to sexual themes and more sensitive to violence in video games.
NA just marks almost anything as a mature theme.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
What difficulty level did you chose in Persona 3 & 4? I'd go with something similar in PQ.
Tribes of Trusty
Member
The first time I always chose the standard difficulty. Ulterior playthrough are with upped difficulty levels.
Thanks !
I'm afraid to choose a more difficult level as I really hated the unfair difficulty of The Answer in P3FES. But then again, if the core game isn't that difficult to begin with, I should choose that.
Throughout the game, really. I never had any issue with money because abusing Power Spots is way too easy.
CrimsonFist
Member
Using: P3MC/P4MC/Aigis
Yukai/Rei&Zen
Rei and Zen are starting to feel a little underpowered though, their healing and buff skills are good, but I might swap them out if they don't learn better offensive skills soon.
Yukai/Rei&Zen
Rei and Zen are starting to feel a little underpowered though, their healing and buff skills are good, but I might swap them out if they don't learn better offensive skills soon.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Yeah, I don't know about Rei/Zen. On the one hand, they have good abilities & high stats, but on the other hand, I can see not having the versatility of being able to use a sub-persona on them to cause them to get relatively weaker as your sub-personas get better & better.
Using:
Front: P4MC, Chie, Yosuke
Back: Naota, Yukiko
Still in the first dungeon. Not sure who I will switch around when I get the P3 cast. I would like Aegis in my team though. And I might switch Yosuke for someone. I don't really plan on using Zen/Rei much. Mainly because there is only 5 slots as it is and too many great characters to pick from that I already know. Reading some of the thoughts on Zen/Rei leave me not too disappointed that I am leaving them out, for now.
Front: P4MC, Chie, Yosuke
Back: Naota, Yukiko
Still in the first dungeon. Not sure who I will switch around when I get the P3 cast. I would like Aegis in my team though. And I might switch Yosuke for someone. I don't really plan on using Zen/Rei much. Mainly because there is only 5 slots as it is and too many great characters to pick from that I already know. Reading some of the thoughts on Zen/Rei leave me not too disappointed that I am leaving them out, for now.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Between sub-persona temporary SP & boost mode, running out of SP shouldn't be a problem outside of maybe bosses if you're careful (I'm on Risky mode). Also, I wasn't aware that Rei had a party SP regen skill (she does have an early SP regen passive but that's just for her).
I might just be confused on how temporary SP works. If you use have a sub persona that has +20 SP and you only use 8 during a battle, will it replenish that 20 SP during the next battle?
CrimsonFist
Member
No, it will replenish to +20, it won't restore any of the non temporary SP.
Not being able to fuse Power and Mind charge onto new Personas is annoying me. I feel like I'm stuck with lower level Personas because those skills are so incredibly useful that I don't want to lose them.
Is there a guide yet that shows which Personas give them as skill cards?
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Temporary SP is added to your current SP at the beginning of each battle and any temporary SP that is still left at the end of battle is lost. Basically, if you use less SP in each battle than your sub-persona's SP, you don't lose any of your regular SP.
Matt Attack
Member
MC Kanji Teddie
Yukiko Naoto
I'm terrified of when the P3 cast becomes available, it's going to be so hard to pick who to use.
The Elite
BOSS
Damn. Decided to pick this up. I wasn't planning on picking up another game this years since I already have hundreds of hours of gaming from these past few weeks but I was worried that physical copies were going to become harder to find.
Oh well, I played through both P3 and P4. I loved them both so I assume I will like this.
Oh well, I played through both P3 and P4. I loved them both so I assume I will like this.
Just pick what cast you want to spend more time with. It's mostly for the first dungeon party anyway from what I heard.
Thanks, I'll probably remove Zen and Rei from my party then.
Chrono Helix
Member
And after that you have to NAME them.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Still waiting on UPS. They were supposed to deliver my LE yesterday, but they screwed up somehow. Now it's just "out for delivery".
The Elite
BOSS
I think I'm returning the game. I'm not qualified to make a decision like that.
I shut down at the next step, where they ask you to name both of them. Still undecided on what to put.
moeshizzle
Member
I am loving this game so much. Its so fun to play
Dumb question as someone who is potentially looking to get this game. Is there still the elements of Persona collecting and fusion? All the stuff I have looked at about this game has shown the characters with their starting personas, including both protags.
Secondly, which protagonist's Persona can change if you can change them? Both?
Secondly, which protagonist's Persona can change if you can change them? Both?
Everyone can use a second persona of your choice. So everyone has their main persona's + one that you fuse and make. This includes the main characters.
Joyful
Member
fusion is in, you get personas as drops from battles
everyone has a secondary persona in addition to their main because plot reasons
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
All of the characters have a default Persona (including the mains) and a slot for equipping a secondary persona. Unlike other Persona games, the secondary persona is always in play (no battle swapping) & gives you access to its abilities and a pool of temporary HP & SP that is added to your base at the beginning of each battle.
The one exception is the PQ exclusive "character" who doesn't have a secondary persona slot (and instead essentially has two default persona).
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
This stupid FOE is keeping me from getting 100% on the floor. Guess I'll have to come back later.
Xenoflare
Member
I love DA MAN but seriously his stats are bit ugly, his slow speed is really hampering the flow of the battle.
P4MC obviously has the best stats, (not including Zen). at level 14 all of them are either close or slightly over 20.
P3MC is a lot more magic focused and his weakness to darkness is scaring me for late battles where enemies starts Mudooning.
and seriously what is up with the SP spending in this game, seems like physical skills is the better way to go. 28sp for Agilao? wat.
P4MC obviously has the best stats, (not including Zen). at level 14 all of them are either close or slightly over 20.
P3MC is a lot more magic focused and his weakness to darkness is scaring me for late battles where enemies starts Mudooning.
and seriously what is up with the SP spending in this game, seems like physical skills is the better way to go. 28sp for Agilao? wat.
WHY CAN'T THEY GO BACK TO THE "WILD CARD" PARTY OF PERSONA 1/2!? *throws game out the window*
Seriously though: I don't think I like this "primary/sub" Persona system. I want to be able to change Personas on Minato at will and be able to "Victory Cry" SP gain my way through the dungeons.
ARGHHHHHH.
Totally didn't do that
Seriously though: I don't think I like this "primary/sub" Persona system. I want to be able to change Personas on Minato at will and be able to "Victory Cry" SP gain my way through the dungeons.
ARGHHHHHH.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
I unlocked fusion, and then I was disappointed to see that the fusion system was pretty gimped compared to SMT IV's. I don't want to return to a world without a full fusion search.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
On the other hand, you don't need a map of Tokyo to play P:Q
The treasure chest at the end will highlight in blue the area you missed. Odds are you missed some steps behind FOEs or a secret room.
End of the entire dungeon, or do you just mean that simple chest at the top right of the final room on the floor?
edit: reentered the dungeon, I see it. I went to eat right in front of it and I think i never actually opened it >.>
Right now my team is:
Front: P4MC, Aigis, Kanji
Back: Naoto, Yukari
Kanji's strength stat is monstrous. I don't know if he'll get as good abilities as the other characters though (I already saw Power Charge on Chie). I might switch him out for Chie. Naoto is soooo good lol. She's almost always the fastest character, and she generally kills one enemy by herself each turn.
Front: P4MC, Aigis, Kanji
Back: Naoto, Yukari
Kanji's strength stat is monstrous. I don't know if he'll get as good abilities as the other characters though (I already saw Power Charge on Chie). I might switch him out for Chie. Naoto is soooo good lol. She's almost always the fastest character, and she generally kills one enemy by herself each turn.
Y-you mean yukiko? Or do you eventually get the ability to group mix?
Oh uh, I kinda assumed I wasn't the first one to mention it. Sorry if you wanted to keep it a surprise. :<
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
So what's the general opinion on Rei? I want to use her because she's the new character but I don't see her in many teams, is it beause she doesn't get the extra SP from a subpersona?
I'm also not sure about having both MCs in my team. So far I'm having no trouble even in hard so I'm not trying to have an optimal team but I'm just being curious about what others think.
I'm also not sure about having both MCs in my team. So far I'm having no trouble even in hard so I'm not trying to have an optimal team but I'm just being curious about what others think.
Woot!
Nah, no need to make it a surprise, I'm happy I get them both in one party
Actually, I think I knew that awhile ago and then forgot
"Use Play Coins X 156?"
hahahha 156 play coins to get a chest nooo thanks.
SoulUnison
Banned
Oh my god, mapping is the weirdest feature I never knew I wanted.
There's a sense of attachment to slowly moving through an area, making ridiculously detailed layouts and using several colors and styles that all mean something to you and putting Notes on every little thing you find interesting or just to "name" things, then optimizing your auto-route through an area and being able to "see" your progress and revisit the path you took...
This is really cool. I know we'll never get the mapping system, but I hope Team Persona takes some ideas home from working with the Etrian Odyssey guys.
There's a sense of attachment to slowly moving through an area, making ridiculously detailed layouts and using several colors and styles that all mean something to you and putting Notes on every little thing you find interesting or just to "name" things, then optimizing your auto-route through an area and being able to "see" your progress and revisit the path you took...
This is really cool. I know we'll never get the mapping system, but I hope Team Persona takes some ideas home from working with the Etrian Odyssey guys.