Persona

[Wolf Kanno]

Akihiko is pretty tough to date actually, not quite as difficult as (SPOILER)Shinjiro and Ryoji but he's pretty tough since I don't think the dating option opens up until late in his social link and assuming you said the right things leading up to it.

Also I double checked and I think I misinformed you Fynn, you do get access to Monad in New Game + right off the bat. The difference now is that in the console versions, Monad unlocked automatically if you were on the path to the true ending on a first playthrough. Whereas P3P changed it so you had to beat the the Death Shadow first, which unlocked Elizabeth/Theodore's final request and Monad. So she can totally power through a second playthrough if she wanted.

[Pumpkin]

I have no idea what a Monad is but I'm probably not interested

[Fynn]

It's an additional layer of Tartarus.

Just think of it this way - you get to keep your character's level and Compendium on New Game +, so you could technically breeze through the game when replaying as a boy, but what about your teammates? You take them to Monad, power through once, and see those levels skyrocket. The rest of the game is no effort, only taking in the dating sim elements, and only entering tartarus sometimes for quests, and those stages become substantially shorter.

[Pumpkin]

The boy looks dweeby though

[Fynn]

He looks like I did in high school...

[Pumpkin]

I don't even have a response

[Wolf Kanno]

He's actually pretty sarcastic.

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He's generally more aloof than the FemMC, but I feel it makes the ending have more impact actually as it comes across as more of a surprise where the FemMC's personality makes it obvious how the situation is going down.

[Fynn]

He's actually pretty sarcastic.

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He's generally more aloof than the FemMC, but I feel it makes the ending have more impact actually as it comes across as more of a surprise where the FemMC's personality makes it obvious how the situation is going down.

SHHHHHHHH

[Pumpkin]

Maybe I'll try it in a few years


No promises

[Fynn]

Encouraged by Pumpkin, here's an interesting article on P3 I found today!

http://kotaku.com/5598679/what-i-dis...ng-like-a-girl

[Pumpkin]

I thought it was a good read, even if I don't agree with all of it. Like the author mentions trying to be likeable and sweet because she was playing a female character because those are the social expectations on women. She said when she plays a man, she felt more free to pick different options.

I try to be that character because it's who I try to be in real life and it's who I try to be in game when playing both male and female protagonists. I've played plenty of male characters and I choose responses to try and be likeable and sweet because I just want to make people happy. And for me personally, that has less to do with being female and more to do with being mistreated growing up and never wanting others to be made to feel like crap like I was. When I'm playing, I'll often say the nicer, more comforting things because I think it's just a nicer thing to do. The only thing I've been rude on his with the french exchange student because I find him creepy as all heck and that's where my line is drawn.

I've often wasted my free days spending time with someone I didn't want to (when I would rather be doing something else) because they called and I have a hard time saying no to people.

That isn't to say that some women don't face that issue when playing a female protagonist (obviously the author does) or that some of these issues don't exist, but from my own personal experience playing games, I find it easier to play a female, whereas the author seems to find it more challenging.

Also her spot on the tension of being leader vs Junpei, while real issues exist in the world as far as female authority go and how well they're respected, I didn't feel it boil down to a gender issue in this game. I got the impression Junpei would have been threatened either way because he feels so insignificant. Meanwhile the other males, like Akihiko, have no problem with me being a leader and show no disrespect towards having a woman leader.

This isn't to minimize actual gender issues, which do exist obviously, just comparing our different view points when playing the game. I haven't felt the same issues or pressure by playing a female. It is kind of bum that in a lot of dating sims, you'll only be able to play as a male or as a female with LESS romantic options. I am disappointed by that.

[Fynn]

You don't like Bebe!?

Also, if you're a boy, Junpei is upset too, but considerably more when you're a girl. And I also felt Yukari is much nicer when you're a girl.

[Pumpkin]

I'm not huge on Yukari. She's a bit too aggressive for my tastes. I can see why but I can only handle that personality type in moderation

[Fynn]

She and Junpei are my favorites because they feel the most human, but I've said that so many times already

Honestly, though? I don't think there's a single character that I dislike in this game. In the party at least.

[Pumpkin]

I don't like emo dude we just picked up