Persona

[Mirage]

You should tell us how it goes Mirage!

I'll probably stream it

[Pumpkin]

I just learned you can get the cooking the lunches thing wrong and I haven't got any wrong so yay I can cook! Not that I've done very many. But I thought it would just lead to a different dish if you did it differently

Also I hate that some scenes don't have subtitles. Can I change this? Because I often play while sharky is watching something or sleeping and I have to put it right up to my face to hear it and it is very annoying. One of my game pet peeves

[Pumpkin]

Yukiko is my girlfriend now !!!!!!!!

[Fynn]

I wanted to record me saying "You've climbed the stairway to maturity!" with my flawless Teddie voice, but sadly, I was away from home most of the day and have no means to do it now

[Pumpkin]

Sorry haven't been updating this too much. I'm in September and doing (SPOILER)Naoto's dungeon

I liked the music from the 8-bit boss, that was a cute touch. Most of my relationships are progressing alright. I do very much like how much easier the game is in this one. I hardly ever need to use Persona's so I just have a party of the ones I really like! So far that is Alraune, Kikuri-Hime, Sarasvati, and Jack Frost. There's probably some more I'll add but I am keeping some room so I can get some more from the dungeons and fuse them. The four I keep around keep pretty much all of my needs covered anyway!

I love the outfit changies

[Fynn]

Yeah, the easy mode is really easy

So who're you maining?

[Pumpkin]

Hmm? Like who am I using? I rotate them all based on level

[Fynn]

Oh, okay

How are you liking Rise as your navigator? While I was annoyed by Fuuka's Dull Surprise tone, I personally found Rise's commentary really enjoyable. I think Laura Bailey has an amazing voice.

[Pumpkin]

I don't mind her like I did Fuuka, although I haven't exactly been enjoying it either. Just kinda... there. But I do really enjoy her voice and she's also been in a few other games I've been playing recently!

[Anzai]

*Takes an interest and reads entire thread in one go* ... I must hand it to you guys for making me wish I had a physical copy of either P3 or P4 to get back into it. A pity when I had a passable emulator the computer with the save files on it died before I could finish P3, hard to get back into things after losing 60~65 hours of progress. Regrets aside, I'd like to offer a few of my thoughts, hopefully without derailing the thread overmuch...

Persona 3 struck more of a cord with me via the darker story, and the delightful Eldritch Location that is the Dark Hour. Most of the Social Links were quite satisfying... Until I remember being forced into dating status at the higher ranks due to playing as a guy. Truly sad that Tartarus grew so repetitive, as I could only go through so much Social Linking before needing to balance it with a round of dungeon crawling. The 'professional' sort of vibe I got from the party in as a whole was refreshing.

Persona 4, Dear Azathoth so much yellow.... and a bit too optimistic for my liking most of the time. This may simply be because I couldn't fully play through the game like P3 and learned most of it from less personal sources, but the character development among the party seemed inferior to P3. Despite this the Shadows of the playable cast (except Shadow Kanji with his ridiculous behavior) were a thing of beauty to me, the manifested Shadow Archetypes of the characters is something I hope to see more of as the series continues.

I apologize if this is the wrong place or time for this question, but has anyone here played Persona Q?

[Pumpkin]

It's a general Persona discussion thread, so bring up anything Persona you'd like, or even give us updates of your progress while you play if you want

I haven't played it because it seems a bit too dungeon crawlery for my taste but I dunno. I might try it out one day

[Fynn]

I'm playing it, and I'm loving it. Just changed my set from a Persona Q one

[Anzai]

After dredging up my save files for PQ it seems I never finished a Risky Mode run. However I did finish the P3 side on Hard Mode in about 80 hours with an average lvl range of 70~73. Along with killing a few of the optional bosses such as (SPOILER) The Reaper and Elizazeus Hm, time to finish P4!Risky... without the NG+ benefits.

[Fynn]

Just found out they changed Rise's voice in Persona 4: Dancing All Night

I mean, it's not bad, because it's Ashly Burch now, and I like her a lot too (Hey Ash Watcha Playin' is like my favorite thing on Youtube).

But it's not Laura Bailey

[Pumpkin]

I am now in November right when (SPOILER)Nanako was kidnapped. A few social links maxed out.

I have ended up liking Nanako much more than I did at first. I can see why she's so popular now!

Something I don't like is we have had two adult women making uncomfortable advances towards teenagers, one of them a teacher at the school, and it's treated as funny. It's not funny, it's creepy and it's disturbing and I wonder if it would have been treated as comedy if it had been reversed genders. It may have, I dunno, but either way it's not in the least bit funny to me. Might be working at a sexual trauma center where I've seen serious cases like this. Don't mean to be a buzzkill but yeah, it's very uncomfortable for me.

Other than that I am having fun, although I am also running out of steam. But unlike P3 which I liked playing but doubt I'll ever play again, I'm pretty sure I'll end up playing this one again.