E_Darkness
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I'm on floor 4 of the 2nd labyrinth
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the idea that Marie's poetry is so bad it is a punishment is amazing, fucking Marie
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Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth |OT| -- No Dating, Just Dungeons
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Was it just me or was the dungeon 2 boss easy as hell? I reloaded my save and played it back on hard just to make sure. Didn't have nearly as much problems as...well, anything else so far.
Starting to think I should have started on risky. The game was busting my balls in the beginning (freaking beetles) but now it's all getting pretty tame. Though that "protagonist dies, game over" thing sounded really unappealing considering I like to use main characters as front line damage dealers. I'll be damned if I'm sticking them in the back.
Starting to think I should have started on risky. The game was busting my balls in the beginning (freaking beetles) but now it's all getting pretty tame. Though that "protagonist dies, game over" thing sounded really unappealing considering I like to use main characters as front line damage dealers. I'll be damned if I'm sticking them in the back.
Wait till you get to the second floor of the third dungeon.
I felt the same way, but the 3rd dungeon presents a noticeable hike in difficulty
Make sure you stay on hard though
Oh boy. The last time I played I was maybe mid way through the 1st floor of dungeon 3 so I better start preparing myself.
I'm definitely keeping it on hard from now on. Normal was pretty difficult back when I played Persona 3 but it's gotten way too easy now. Risky will be saved for my P4 run.
avengers23
Banned
The sub-Persona Orpheus Telos is free to download today, and Magatsu Izanagi and Thanatos are on sale for $2 each.
This annoys me as hell too. P4G did it correctly, enabling Auto only applied to voiced dialogue.
"Healng Harp: Restore HP & remove ailments/binds for each turn for 3 turns (party)"
Welp, I know what I'm using.
MetalGearOnlineK
Member
Could someone list the stats / moves of Orpheous Telos please? Not home right now.
That, on top of Fuuka, would be kind of lol good.
Lv. 26, HP + 125, SP + 33. Flame Link & Golden Link. Learns Healing Harp at Lv. 27, which does what I mentioned in my previous post.
MetalGearOnlineK
Member
Thanks.
Can you actually access the DLC? I wasn't able to download Kaguya for some reason (presumably since I have a PAL copy)...
You can do it in the Velvet Room, under StreetPass.
Nope. Sends me back to title.
Is it NISA? We should tweet them.
Chie, Teddie and Akihiko are completely ruined in this. Weird, because everyone else feels like a more whimsical version of their usual self.
Well that worked out nicely. Did the first request which gave me enough EXP to level up to fuse the persona needed for the other request.
12/9: Margaret, Elizabeth, & Theodore
12/16: Marie & Nanako
So that's $15 for them all.
For $3 each:
12/9: Margaret, Elizabeth, & Theodore
12/16: Marie & Nanako
So that's $15 for them all.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I wish all the DLC was out, I want the Elizabeth DLC.
I had completely forgotten how bland the enemy designs from the Persona games really are.
Grey slime with a mask, grey table with a mask, grey cupid with high pitched voice (don´t forget the mask!), grey flying snake with male symbol, grey flying girl sitting on a floating pyramid. Grey boulder with mask. (The only one I really liked was the giant beetle, which was really well animated and look properly menacing, unlike those lame
.)
Coupled with the inexplicaply slow battle speed (with even rush mode taking ages) this is really picking away at my curiosity for what´s ahead. Reminded me of Final Fantasy Tactics A2, where each action was paused with some large period of nothing where the game seemed ponder the meaning of life. And man, those characters never, ever seem to shut up, just one dialog box after another interrupting the gameplay.
Which is a shame, since there´s still stuff I enjoy: The great visual design of the dungeons and the cute animations of the chibi-fied characters. But this game is getting tedious far sooner than I expected - the first boss especially was a huge disappointment, basically a mix between slightly too easy and just a gigantic healthbar. The only positive thing was the outright cheesy rap part in the battle tune, when he does the little "waaaaaaaaay" part - I picture a campy early 90s eurodance video going along with that.
I thought that EO had made me fall in love with dungeon crawlers in general, but I realized that it´s really those details that make or break these games for me.
Grey slime with a mask, grey table with a mask, grey cupid with high pitched voice (don´t forget the mask!), grey flying snake with male symbol, grey flying girl sitting on a floating pyramid. Grey boulder with mask. (The only one I really liked was the giant beetle, which was really well animated and look properly menacing, unlike those lame
card knight FOEs or the irritating cupid/horse ones
Coupled with the inexplicaply slow battle speed (with even rush mode taking ages) this is really picking away at my curiosity for what´s ahead. Reminded me of Final Fantasy Tactics A2, where each action was paused with some large period of nothing where the game seemed ponder the meaning of life. And man, those characters never, ever seem to shut up, just one dialog box after another interrupting the gameplay.
Which is a shame, since there´s still stuff I enjoy: The great visual design of the dungeons and the cute animations of the chibi-fied characters. But this game is getting tedious far sooner than I expected - the first boss especially was a huge disappointment, basically a mix between slightly too easy and just a gigantic healthbar. The only positive thing was the outright cheesy rap part in the battle tune, when he does the little "waaaaaaaaay" part - I picture a campy early 90s eurodance video going along with that.
I thought that EO had made me fall in love with dungeon crawlers in general, but I realized that it´s really those details that make or break these games for me.
GeekyDad
Member
Thanks for the heads-up.
Muffin Awesome
Member
Couple of questions, does this follow normal persona rules where you can't fuse above yor level unless it is an accident, and how many total floor levels are there, and are they all separate dungeons, and if this spoils too much you can tell me to just find out.
I wouldn't call them bland. Subdued seems more appropriate to me. Also, I don't really see why you complain about the enemies wearing masks since "Persona" means "Mask".
About the speed thing: Have you tried adjusting the battle speed in the config menu?
Matt Attack
Member
I don't know the answer to your last two questions, but I can say that it seems to follow the normal fusion rules.
CrimsonFist
Member
You can't fuse above your level, but you can sacrifice other Personas to give them exp which can put them to a higher level than you.
There are 3 floors plus a boss floor in the first dungeon, and 4 floors + Boss in later ones. There are
about 5
Haven't played P3, but yeah Chie's characters seems to basically be "meat".
Its kind of odd though considering that (from what I have played so far) some characters's... endearing traits were toned down. Like Yosuke obsession with girls doesn't get brought up all that often really, wasn't even expecting him and
Ken to have a talk about Saki and Ken's mother.
Teddie is weird cause all he does is hit on girls in this game, but I honestly don't remember that many other traits from him in the main game lol, just that he did not do that often.
Splash Wave
Member
I think you're right about the enemy design, as I made the same observation. They definitely stand out compared to something like EO4, where the monsters are generally pretty interesting to look at.
I did, but that did almost nothing, sadly, it´s still way too slow for my taste. Which is weird, since EO:Untold already had the option for very speedy battles, and is made by the same team (or so I´ve heard).
It´s such a minor detail but easily my biggest gripe. I can´t go back to EO1 and EO2 for the same reason - in games with hundreds of random battles, I don´t want to waste my time by having these arbitrary delays during the battles.
Not sure myself, but I can verify that I got the four DLC sub-Personas earlier, though (US).
One Foul Note
Member
Not working for me (PAL) either, seems like an issue with our region. Very annoying.
CrimsonFist
Member
https://twitter.com/NISAmerica/status/539865275915440128 So apparently it should be working.
Wow, they brought over her robot
CrimsonFist
Member
http://i.imgur.com/o4pdFSY.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/zvAYkds.jpg
I think that's the puzzle you're talking about.
If you drew the map right, you would notice that
the FOE locations make each section of the room look like dice.
This thing actually makes me curious because I'm wondering if auto-mapping marks things besides walls.
EDIT:
Er, it might be the other puzzle, as mentioned in the other post.
The enemy design in Persona is fine and unique; the problem is how the games have recycled fan-favorite aspects to a barely discriminating audience since 2008.
Persona 5 needs to fold in some of PQ's smarter game features and abandon the exhausted character tropes that PQ's shorthand character writing has highlighted.
The Persona series is great but it's never been perfect and its less-critical fans will put it in the ground.
Persona 5 needs to fold in some of PQ's smarter game features and abandon the exhausted character tropes that PQ's shorthand character writing has highlighted.
The Persona series is great but it's never been perfect and its less-critical fans will put it in the ground.
The dungeons are godly, and I love fat-puppy Koromaru, but man. The writing is like some kind of caricature fanfic sometimes. Chie likes meat. Akihiko likes protein. Teddy likes girls.
But, good dungeons and puzzles, unlike P3 and P4. Also, I expected the recycled images of personae that we've been seeing for years, especially given it's a handheld. But then, Oukuninushi in a badass action pose! Ippon Datara, dance champion! Flauros going hulk, Setanta looking stealthy and thoughtful!
The more dynamic portraits - different angles, more varied poses - is really refreshing. While not all of them have different portraits, I'm sure it's my first time seeing a good number of them, and I like most of them more than the original (not like SMTIV where art was different in a bad way).
CrimsonFist
Member
The Personas are technically recycled, they're still using the PS2 era models rather than original art, just in new poses.
I don't think the writing is all bad, it's mostly fairly decent and there are times where it really shines. It's just those three characters who are awful.