Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 thread

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:34 pm

35 hours, end of July...

My PS3's had some idle time though.

hkk: re-replied

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:17 am

26 hours and i'm not even done june.

i have no idle time either, aside from writing shit for doom.

jesus christ mr. edogawa, that lecture on magic was like a real class. doom you better give me major kudos for this shit!

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:38 pm

No shit, there are more to come.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:40 pm

What a surprise, you two like the game.

Fuck Nethack.

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:52 pm

Man, I wish the artbook had Persona art in there. It's great they used Kaneko's demon designs again. The art for the majority of my party now is amazing.

Fortuna

Principality

Saravasti

Naga <3

Vetala <3

Kaneko <3

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:56 pm

Purple elephant man with claws ftw.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 7:42 pm

Why is it a surprise that I like an ownage game? It's a very basic conditional.

Doom likes a game -> It owns.

End of story.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:14 pm

Oh yes, the RDM had forgotten about that law of physics.

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:15 pm

of course we like it

smt rules

Joei · Post by **Joei** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:22 pm

i can only imagine writing a faq to be the most boring thing in the universe. do you have nothing else better to do?

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:24 am

In this case, it's something that I can write as I'm playing, but in the case of something like FFXII, no.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 1:02 pm

Doom is just a crazy person. He writes FAQs and then consults them on his first playthru. It's like a time warp.

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 1:31 pm

doom we should do a fortune teller faq because her fortunes rule

Huh. I beat floor 59 boss easily with a healthy party. Being fatigued really makes a difference. o_O

I have rank 6 Magician Arcana (Kenji), and made a seriously awesome Sati that has both Mabufu and Agilon.

The July Full Moon event is in 6 days, but I'm pretty much done preparing. I've developed a schedule in the mean time, that I can use to balance out my S. Links. I've noticed a lot of recent Personae I have been making are like S. Link rank 1 or 2 or something, so I've decided to spread out my friendship equally.

Monday: Student Council
Tuesday: Art Club/Bebe
Wednesday: Yoko/Maiko
Thursday: Kendo Practice/Gourmet King
Friday: Kenji/Old Couple
Saturday: Chihiro
Sunday: MMORPG with Maya xD/shop on the tv network

Just when I decided to do this, I went and played with Maiko at the shrine and she introduces me to this guy who only appears on Sundays. Sigh.

I've got level 5 Charm, level 3 Academics, and level 3 Courage.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:26 pm

So this game gives you a whole new language to speak that makes no sense to the rest of the world, then, eh?

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 3:50 pm

I rotate each S. Link weekly. On one week I hang out with Yoko, the next week I hang out with Maiko;etc.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:17 pm

I hate Chihiro's personality. Unfortunately, Justice Personas are quite useful, so...

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:23 pm

Yuko <3

Fuuka is cute <3 I may go for her instead of Yukari

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:42 pm

Yeah Yuko is cool, not your typical stupid jock cliche.

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:02 am

Oh man. The July full moon event.

I'm anticipating and getting goosebumps when it's almost time for a full moon event. Not because of the bosses - the full moon bosses are fucking push overs - but for the story. Oh man, oh man it is great to have mind fuck and horror thrown back into the SMT mix. DDS and Devil Summoner didn't have nearly as much as Nocturne or Persona 2.

34 hours in, and I just got into July. I'm preparing for Finals now. At the rate I'm going, it's taking about 12-15 hours per month.

Oh man, that was some awesome shit.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:06 am

i saw this game for like $55 yesterday.

i almost bought it, but i resisted. must keep money for all the amazing ps3 titles coming out.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:40 am

I wish the arcana bosses were harder; the music owns. At least they're long so they give off the impression that they might be epic. There are some seriously brutal tower bosses though. Wait until you get to 110F...

Jeff 2G6 · Post by **Jeff 2G6** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:57 am

Er why the fuck is it 55 bucks when it's 50 everywhere else.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:59 am

i come from canada. as such, games are slightly more expensive here, even though that's pretty fucking cheap by our standards (PS3 games cost $70).

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:20 am

Here PS3 games cost up to $100 US

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:02 pm

That's not even close to worth buying.

Poor UK.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:09 pm

I like how you used to be able to use the exchange rate for the CAD to justify the higher cost. Not anymore. Ops.

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:17 pm

full moon bosses are too ez

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:52 pm

Use extremely bad strategies against them to make them harder.

Killey · Post by **Killey** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 7:38 am

Doom wrote: I feel that using a guide really hurts the experience in this game. There's an FAQ to max every S.Link your first time through, but where's the fun in having pretty much a fixed schedule for the first three months, with nonsense such as resetting if you don't get the Academics boost at the shrine every day thrown in?

I can't help but feel that this comment was in reference to me.

I am following the max s.link faq and it is sucking the fun out of the game but I can't find myself to deviate from the schedule. I still enjoy the game but the repetitiveness of building stats is quite annoying.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:37 pm

Even the author suggests playing it on your own the first time through, man.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:46 pm

Doom wrote:I like how you used to be able to use the exchange rate for the CAD to justify the higher cost. Not anymore. Ops.

you tell me.

I still cringe when I get books that are 12USD and they sell them to us $22.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 1:00 pm

You pretty much should never use the guide for the first playthrough.

Unless you're a ridiculous Spade and are just totally petrified that you might miss something by playing sub-optimally.

Killey · Post by **Killey** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:58 pm

Well I have my own reasonings for using guides/faqs. I have far too many games that I would like to play but I think I don't have the time to get through them all. I'm not a person who needs to collect every little thing in a game. I just want to maximize the experience of the story and character development on my first play through so I'll use a faq to achieve that. I use faqs for Suikoden to collect all 108 stars so I can get the best possible ending. I'm using the faq for P3 so I can see all the social link events, as they are an interesting part of the game. I have plans to play P3 in Japanese so I can import the data over to P3 Fes so I can't spend too much time on the english version of P3.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:38 pm

Oh.

The RDM disagrees with your gaming strategem, but he will not castrate your for it.

Yet.

Killey · Post by **Killey** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 3:29 pm

I don't expect anyone to agree with my reasoning but I don't really care. I'll play games however I please.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 3:31 pm

How can you not expect everyone to always agree with you!?

This is the internet, damn it!

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:19 pm

doom i got ur shit done all the way up to august something and then i stopped doing it

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:18 pm

You got Doom's shit?

That's just weird.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:15 pm

himurokoken wrote:doom i got ur shit done all the way up to august something and then i stopped doing it

i don't need that much

Yuka · Post by **Yuka** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:20 pm

The Robo D Monkey wrote:You got Doom's shit?

That's just weird.

I hear it smells of happy.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:57 pm

Now everyone's just being weird.

Killey · Post by **Killey** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:40 am

Completed Persona 3 earlier today and that was one of the most satisfying endings I've seen in a long time for an RPG that is. It was executed in an interesting way and was quite long but it really ties the cast together. Most of the RPG's this year had good endings, FFXII and Tales of the Abyss come to mind, but it wasn't anything that makes you go wow. They had endings that tie up the game but nothing that makes them stand out from the rest. Persona 3's ending still furthers the character development and reaffirms the bonds the cast has made. It's so rewarding to see an RPG with a excellent cast of characters and I think the only other RPG that had such a great cast would be Tales of the Abyss. The only cast member that could be omitted would be Koromaru.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:47 pm

Maybe you got the secret ending.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:48 pm

FFXII pretty much had an ending just as crap as the entire game. I wouldn't call that "good."

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:08 pm

Maybe it was good in that it told you not to bother playing the game any more.

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 7:45 pm

holy jesus this game owns.

the october boss fight was genius. that was creative stuff.

i am 62 hours in and in october.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:08 pm

Lord Golbez wrote:FFXII pretty much had an ending just as crap as the entire game. I wouldn't call that "good."

The ending was A LOT better than the rest of the game.

Jeff 2G6 · Post by **Jeff 2G6** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:53 am

That's not saying much.

Yuka · Post by **Yuka** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:57 am

Endings are usually where even the best RPGs fall flat on their face, tbh

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:26 pm

Yuka wrote:Gameplay, repetition, game length, story, character design are usually where even the best JRPGs fall flat on their face, tbh

fixed