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Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth |OT| -- No Dating, Just Dungeons
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I never knew Margaret was a JoJo fan. I mean, they even got Josuke's pose down.
I'm really feeling the game though after I turned off the battle animations. Mapping in this game is so...easy. I feel spoiled
Atlus always includes worthless CDs in their special editions.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Remember the SJ one? That one was literally worthless.
Equip them to your navigator I believe
CrimsonFist
Member
https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/538014418693787649 For anyone in Europe buying digitally, looks like it should be available for preloading now. I didn't realise that was even possible on the 3DS yet.
Dungeon related ones should be equipped to whoever the dungeon navigator is, they should all be passive skills.
Dungeon related ones should be equipped to whoever the dungeon navigator is, they should all be passive skills.
Wait, when do you unlock sidequests? Are they missable and such?
Sometime after the first dungeon, offered by Liz in the nurse's office. Some requests have "time limits" and are marked appropriately. I don't really know how the cutoffs work as I did these as soon as I got them.
Got a few questions.
The battles seem extremely slow and I have the speed up to fastest. The problem mostly just seems to be time in between attacks, it takes a while for the next person to go. Even going into auto attack/Rush mode it seems like it takes a long time between attacks. Is there any way to speed up animations even further like in EO?
I was looking through the manual and there seems to be school stuff. How important are the out of labyrinth stuff in terms of gear and skills? Are they mostly for character interaction or will I miss something gameplay related by skipping them?
What governs when an All Out attack or follow up will trigger exactly? Is it based on how many people are boosted in your party or by the enemies' state? I assume there is some randomness to it.
The battles seem extremely slow and I have the speed up to fastest. The problem mostly just seems to be time in between attacks, it takes a while for the next person to go. Even going into auto attack/Rush mode it seems like it takes a long time between attacks. Is there any way to speed up animations even further like in EO?
I was looking through the manual and there seems to be school stuff. How important are the out of labyrinth stuff in terms of gear and skills? Are they mostly for character interaction or will I miss something gameplay related by skipping them?
What governs when an All Out attack or follow up will trigger exactly? Is it based on how many people are boosted in your party or by the enemies' state? I assume there is some randomness to it.
Yeah, it's significantly slower than all of the Etrian Odyssey games I've played, even when going full auto. Not a dealbreaker but definitely not as smooth as Etrian Odyssey or even other SMT games.
BTW, this game needs to get off the 3DS. This screen resolution is killing me. There's a great looking game under there!
B-but...mapping!
Like in the EO games, the environments are just way too detailed and busy for the resolution of the handheld. It just makes things farther than a couple blocks away look like pixelated barf.
Other than that and the slower battle speed, I'm liking the marriage between EO and Persona. It's so far sidestepped the early game issue in EO where you have so few options while also not being a complete pushover either. Of course, like SMT once your know enemy weakness the game get significantly easier but the enemies are still a drain on resources.
Other than that and the slower battle speed, I'm liking the marriage between EO and Persona. It's so far sidestepped the early game issue in EO where you have so few options while also not being a complete pushover either. Of course, like SMT once your know enemy weakness the game get significantly easier but the enemies are still a drain on resources.
Matt Attack
Member
I've spent like, two hours today just staring at the party select screen because it's so hard to decide who to use. For now, I've settled on P4 Hero, Kanji, Junpei, Naoto and Yukari.
Not using Koromaru, Shinji or Teddie is killing me though.
Not using Koromaru, Shinji or Teddie is killing me though.
Xenoflare
Member
Those are basically faux-social links.
Loving the game so far! Finally got the full cast. Does the number of Persona you can have at once ever get higher than 14? I've been cycling the cast around to keep the levels even. I've had different Persona on each character before this but now I have 19 people to give them to. Is this the point where I should focus on a smaller amount of Persona and just keeping bringing them into battle?
I can live without it. The dungeons are great with or without having to stop every three steps to draw some lines and move icons around.
Right? And it's not just the environment. Character models appear to have some subtle texturework that's completely lost at that resolution.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Tyrant Rave
Banned
My one niggle is that the characters often call a power spot a "P-Spot", which is the term for the prostate gland that can be stimulated in men
"Pee spot", hence the yellow glow.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I'm going to say that it's pretty safe that a PS3 game will look better than a 3DS game.
Hey, dungeon crawling (and mapping) is a long, arduous task! Sometimes you've just got to find a quiet spot of the labyrinth to relieve yourself!
Sorry if this has been asked before, but can anyone tell me whether there are Persona 4 spoilers in this game? I am a big Persona 3 fan, but I've tried a couple times to start Persona 4, and for whatever reason, petered out. Persona Q has caught my eye (being portable), but I want to one day go back to P4, and I was just wondering if PQ has any serious spoilers for it.
Coffee Dog
Banned
Not major ones. It'll spoil who the party members are, though.
Um, yes?
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
Member
Yeah, I'm curious about streetpass in this game.
Thanks for the answer. I think I know all the party characters already, so I'm not worried about that so much. I was moreso just concerned with finding out any major story twists (such as
who the killer is
It's pretty much SMTIV' StreetPass feature, if you're familiar with that. You can select a sub-Persona you own to represent your customizable player card, which other players can then use on their end.
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
Member
Thanks.
Looks like I gotta go hard then risky so I can do both. I don't wanna miss Moranji or Stupei.
Yeah at some point I should probably replay the game for the P3 stuff. P4 protag is so good though lol. I guess I'll end up using both next time.
Matt Attack
Member
One of the reasons why I went with the P4 side is that I'm much more interested in seeing how the P3 protagonist acts. I've seen plenty of Narukami in the anime and Arena games already, so it's interesting seeing his counterpart speak.
Touch fuzZy. get BizZay
Member
Any word on if there is maybe some extra stuff that's for second playthrough only, like fighting margaret on the second playthrough of Persona 4? Additional incentives beyond enjoying the other cast members would be pretty cool.
That and the battle music (I prefer the P4 version) are the only reasons I really regret going with the P3 protagonist.
But I fully plan on replaying this anyway, so it's no big deal. I'll catch the other side sometime next year.
I threw a growth to the P3 MC because the thread kept mentioning this. Does anyone know what the cutoff point of availability for this quest is?
I thought opposite though, and presumed "oh be 3 to see 3" and not the illogical way :'(
Damn it, fell for a trap & had to fight 5 of those sword arm guys. Wasted my first turn thinking I could escape, but couldn't. I won, but with two or three of my party members down. It REALLY annoys me when games decides "nah, despite fighting 90% of the battle, they get zilch EXP cuz their HP's 0" which then ruins the balance of my party members leveling up equally. I HAVE AN EXACT SYSTEM WHEN IT COMES TO RPGs, DAMN IT!!
OCD strikes again >.>
Inquisitive_Ghost
Member
Goho-Ms used to cost 200 Yen, but now Theodore's charging me 90. What changed?
Is there any way to get a discount like this on Elizabeth's healing?
Is there any way to get a discount like this on Elizabeth's healing?
3 isn't just P3MC. I went with the P3 side for the P3 cast.
B-but no Yosuke!
There is none, I did it today actually, and I've already beaten the game. I just had to get P4MC caught up.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
So you get a bonus for going with p3 then.