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Post by elstoof on Aug 28, 2023 15:20:44 GMT
Could bin off the dungeons and just leave the dating sim for me
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Post by Ulythium on Aug 30, 2023 15:31:50 GMT
Grinding a few levels in Mementos before Maruki's deadline arrives. It's pretty boring stuff - hold down L2 to see what colour a given enemy is, and if it's blue, hold R2 to ram into it with the cat-bus and instakill the bastard - but the game gives you a sizeable amount of time to kill at this point, and I can only assume you're meant to use it to prepare for the final boss. |
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Post by gamecat on Aug 30, 2023 15:55:50 GMT
Hmm were you in November or December, flu season? Otherwise known as, time to cheese the reaper for xp |
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Post by Ulythium on Aug 30, 2023 16:01:37 GMT
I think that particular exploit was nerfed in Royal!
In any case, I've only encountered the enemy in question once, and got my ass handed to me - that was more than enough.
This is the only time I've done any grinding in the entire game, which I suppose isn't *too* bad.
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Post by gamecat on Aug 30, 2023 16:05:31 GMT
Ah didn't realise was it fixed, maybe you can straight up fight him in Royal with all the fancy new personas?
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Post by Ulythium on Aug 30, 2023 16:55:28 GMT
gamecatGood call! A bit of searching suggests he'll be at or around my current level, so that has to be worth a try.
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Post by Ulythium on Aug 31, 2023 18:29:33 GMT
Ugh, the last boss in Royal is absolute ass. Okumura on steroids!
I'm level 99 and can't even make a dent.
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Post by elstoof on Aug 31, 2023 18:53:03 GMT
The extra content boss? Didn’t find it that tough, think i was about lvl85
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Post by Ulythium on Aug 31, 2023 19:28:47 GMT
elstoof Yeah - Maruki, the school counsellor. How did you beat him, might I ask? Any strategy in particular?
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Post by elstoof on Aug 31, 2023 19:36:49 GMT
The tentacles each have a couple of weaknesses so suss out what they are and spam them with baton pass attacks, when they’re all out you can attack maruki. Phase 2 is straightforward enough, then phase 3 is fully scripted
You upgraded the baton pass for your charscters right?
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Post by Ulythium on Aug 31, 2023 19:42:27 GMT
You upgraded the baton pass for your charscters right?
By playing darts?
Um... not so much, no.
EDIT: I mean, a played a round apiece with Ann and Ryuji when the game pretty much made me do so, but that's about it.
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Post by elstoof on Aug 31, 2023 19:49:32 GMT
Ah, then the baton pass won’t boost the attacks so much
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Post by Rich on Aug 31, 2023 20:09:21 GMT
I just remember constantly taking out tentacles (whilst hitting/blocking their strengths/weaknesses) and getting hits in on the boss when possible. It's another shit repetitive battle of attrition.
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Post by Ulythium on Aug 31, 2023 20:16:17 GMT
I just remember constantly taking out tentacles (whilst hitting/blocking their strengths/weaknesses) and getting hits in on the boss when possible. It's another shit repetitive battle of attrition.
It absolutely is.
Adding insult to injury is the presence of a hidden restriction - not a literal countdown timer, a la Okumura, but if you take too many turns on this boss, he'll hit you with an attack that does more damage than your maximum HP. Instant death each time. (This is based upon what I've read at Reddit, but it tallies with my experiences so far.)
Seeing as I've botched the chance to max out my Baton Passes, I think it might be time to up the difficulty again!
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Post by Ulythium on Sept 1, 2023 7:27:39 GMT
Well, I got it done (and without having to increase the difficulty, to boot) - it took bloody forever, but I got it done.
As it turns out, the insta-kill move I mentioned above can be blocked if you buff the crap out of your party the turn before it comes.
The boss will do said attack more often the longer the fight drags on, which makes the entire encounter even more attritional than it already is, but at least you don't waste the best part of an hour by dying to it unavoidably as I'd initially feared.
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Post by nazo on Sept 5, 2023 7:32:01 GMT
Finally got over the line in P3P, had to force myself as it really drags later. It feels like they didn't really bother to replace the cut cut-scenes from the PS2 version with anything to explain the story as it feels very under-developed.
It's interesting as a bit of Persona history and you can really see the proto-ideas that develop themselves more fully in later games but it's definitely my least favourite of the Persona games I've played by a long way. At the same time it kind of spoiled the later games for me a bit. I remember the dungeons in P4 being very similar, in fact I suspect they just straight up reused a lot of the enemies and graphics from P3. I don't think I want to go into my P4G play through straight after this. Some of the characters in P5 are quite derivative to party members here too, it makes it seem more formulaic.
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Post by suicida on Sept 22, 2023 18:49:44 GMT
If anyone was waiting for UK pre-orders of the fancy Persona 3 Reload Aigis Edition, Amazon UK have finally listed the PS5 version It's £170 though! Persona 3 Reload Aigis Edition (Playstation 5) amzn.eu/d/2xDmoPx |
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Post by Ulythium on Nov 15, 2023 0:23:20 GMT
Tactica reviews are in:
8/10 from GameSpot
8/10 from IGN
7/10 from Push Square
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Nov 15, 2023 6:53:16 GMT
From what I've read it doesn't sound that challenging as a tactics game.
Which is fine, I guess it's intended for people who are new to the genre. But I don't think I'll be getting it if that's the case.
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Post by Ulythium on Nov 15, 2023 8:29:50 GMT
It sounds ideal for me, as I've never played a turn-based tactics game before, and planning ahead isn't exactly my strong suit (in games or in life!).
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Post by dfunked on Nov 15, 2023 8:49:38 GMT
I was hoping for something a bit more accessible than usual like Mario + Rabbids, so good news for me.
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Post by snackplissken on Nov 15, 2023 9:06:21 GMT
It just reminds me of the shame of not completing Persona 5 or 4. I don't know why but I stopped around 15-20 hours on both. One day I'll go back.. one day.
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Post by suicida on Nov 16, 2023 19:27:24 GMT
ATLUS put on a 40 minute "mini live" concert featuring members of the Persona band performing songs from the Tactica soundtrack, and it's really good. My copy of the game comes tomorrow, cannot wait
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Post by apollo on Nov 18, 2023 14:16:12 GMT
About a hour into p5 tactica and its good so far
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Post by apollo on Nov 18, 2023 16:19:27 GMT
"quest 1" was a pain until I remove mona and put Joker back into the party as its only 2 turns to wipe all bad guys
Hoping quests not all crap challenge missions
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Post by dfunked on Jan 12, 2024 13:19:49 GMT
P3R is up for preload now on Xbox... Ass temps raising.
Surprisingly small at 20.38GB, unless it's already updated without me noticing.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jan 12, 2024 15:07:13 GMT
Still haven't finished 5
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Post by Ulythium on Jan 13, 2024 13:46:19 GMT
I'm looking forward to playing Persona 3 Reload, which will be my first game in the series that's not based around Joker and the gang.
I do have slight reservations about the turn-based combat, but hopefully that'll be less of a slog than it was in Royal 'cause I have some idea what I'm doing now.
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