Persona

[Pumpkin]

You know things are getting dramatic when the game warns you of the upcoming drama

[Anzai]

Yup, Fynn has summarized everything horrible about PQ Akihiko. Honest confession... I spent most of my P3 side run of PQ debating rather or not to Mercy Kill Akihiko before his protein-related brain tumor claimed the remaining scraps of his mind. Seriously I can only recall Akihiko mentioning protein twice during the events of Persona 3.

Now I'm having the same problem with Chie with her thought patterns being reduced to meat obsession, even if she retains the basic essentials of kicking things to death. Perhaps I'd miss Chie less... Sadly all attempts to abandon Teddie inside the Labyrinths have failed.

Brace yourself Pumpkin, too many feels with a side order of doom are no doubt inbound.

[Pumpkin]

It's a shame they've apparently flanderized the characters in PQ. But I do think it would be interesting to see the two casts together.

So question about the P4 murders

(SPOILER)
When they're thrown in the TV and the fog sets in, their shadows kill them. But the first two victims showed up dead outside of the TV. So how do they get outside of the TV after they died in the TV? I feel like I'm missing something or misunderstanding something important here

[Anzai]

Some of them made it through relatively intact, worst of the flanderization bat hit Akihiko, Chie, and Teddie... Everyone else is at least recognizable. I am however happy to say that Yukiko did get a fair share of scary moments.

Regarding the murders... (SPOILER) I do not recall the series giving a clear answer about the body disposal, or finding one on the wiki. At best I can offer the following theory. The TV world is a landscape greatly based on conscious thought, so it is unlikely that a thoughtless carcass can remain there for long. Dead bodies and other refuse are likely automatically ejected from the TV world after a certain time if they are left unclaimed by a sentient entity. I theorize being strung up on TV antennas to be a result of the antenna's connection to the world's medium, the television set.

[Fynn]

I just found the opening video for Dancing All Night!



Can I just say that 1) I LOVE the music and 2) I think those character redesigns are really nice! Especially Kanji and Naoto.

I won't like, I kinda want the game.

EDIT: Holy crap! Just found out they got Akira Yamaoka do some of the remixes!

[Pumpkin]

So i wasn't planning to do the True Ending part, and instead was going to save it for my New Game+

BUT THEN THEY GAVE ME SOME NEW OUTFITS THAT I WANT TO USE

I have Christmas outfits, Chie has an adorable Kung Fu outfits, Yukiko's winter outfit is so pretty (so is Nanako's). Yukiko also looked much pretty in her Kimono

[Fynn]

You can still not get the true ending at this point, though.

[Pumpkin]

I know that, Im saying I want to do it now so I can use my new outfits. I might just revisit old dungeons if they let me, theyve been kinda streamlining me so far

[Fynn]

Yeah, the added winter portion is pretty rigid.

[Lazerface]

The only Persona games I've played is Persona 1+2. Both were pretty interesting but I haven't dedicated too much time to finishing them. Persona 1 was excruciating and Persona 2 had the highest damn random encounter rate I've seen since Fallout 2, FFII, and FFV. But yeah I like them. One thing that was interesting about Persona 2 was summoning new Personas. Though I saw it as a bit complex at time. But luckily they improved the negotiation system from Persona 1 and made it far better.

Eh I would if I could afford a Playstation 3 or 4. Speaking of which, I haven't even beat Persona 1 or 2. Would you recommend I finish the first before I get back to the second one.

[Scotty_ffgamer]

I definitely want Dancing All Night. I'm a sucker for rhythm games, and I think the music in Persona has always been pretty great. It does seem kind of weird though.

[Anzai]

So I can technically say I spent most of last night murdering inter-dimensional babies with chemical and nuclear weapons.... but lets address the new spinoff first.

Persona 4 Dancing All Night makes me question what the people at Atlus are smoking. The genre shift from RPG to a rhythm game is incomprehensible! I'll just ignore this spinoff and maybe read up on the story behind at a later date. On the other hand the character redesigns are a pleasant surprise, but even though I enjoyed the music I just can't indulge that play style. I'm not getting my hopes up for the culprit being any more dignified than Teddie.

Some context to the first statement of my post, you can thank or blame Persona Q for this weirdness. Midway through the second labyrinth I decided to cut the knot by using one of the movement puzzle to backstab a F.O.E. instead of just running from them.... The Great F.O.E. Hunt has begun! I've taken a real liking to the Impure Reach + Toxic Slice combo for wearing down F.O.E.s, and boost is probably the best 'reason' for casting Megido. Ah, now if only the Labyrinths would last a bit longer without the questionable longevity of high random encounter rates....

[Mirage]

Incomprehensible , because SE hasn't been doing the same thing just recently

[Fynn]

Incomprehensible , because SE hasn't been doing the same thing just recently

Yeah, this. Theatrhythm was a huge success and rhythm games are huge in Japan, so it's no wonder Atlus decided to follow.

Plus, rhythm games are awesome

Lazerface - you don't need to have beaten any of the previous games to enjoy P3. I've never beaten P1 because that game was just stupid.

[Pumpkin]

How was it stupid?