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    • RE: Persona 5 (PS4/PS3)

      I didn't even realize how long the initial tutorial section of this game is on my first go around, but it's pretty lengthy. Took me a good 3-4 hours I think to finally get to where the game was like "K, go prepare and do whatever now".

      Now I can finally start making progress towards my missing trophies though. Took me a solid 45min of save scumming to get the home run trophy (I was really bad at even hitting the ball) and I think it took me a good 2 hours of solid grinding to finally nab the competent negotiator trophy >_> I can't believe I made it through the entire game without ever running into that. The requirements to trigger the hostage situations aren't even remotely extreme... To the point where I'm curious if there's something that got borked in the code/enemy AI script making it not trigger as often as they intended.

      EDIT: Spoilered trophies just in case, though I don't think there was anything too spoilery about what I mentioned.

      posted in Gaming Discussion
      GalacticSugarPunk
    • RE: Persona 3: FES vs P3P

      @michemagius Really? If so, that's pretty cool. Netflix has been consistently surprising me with what's actually available on it in terms of anime.

      posted in Gaming Discussion
      GalacticSugarPunk
    • RE: Persona 5 (PS4/PS3)

      @SabotageTheTruth I dunno...

      I felt like Akechi's character arc suffered from being too little too late. I also was pretty against his character from the very beginning. The big story moments he was involved in were some of my favorites though. The whole school festival event honestly had me on the edge of my seat and verbally freaking out~

      Starting my second playthrough tonight to go for the platinum. I literally have only even attempted/gotten a platinum once (for Shantae 1/2 Genie Hero), they usually don't interest me at all. This game though... I just haven't had enough

      posted in Gaming Discussion
      GalacticSugarPunk
    • RE: Persona 5 (PS4/PS3)

      @SabotageTheTruth Wow! I don't own a record player or have any personal attachment to vinyl, but I'm still pretty surprised that there's going to be a whole official vinyl release. I would be curious to hear the alternate master though, as some of the choices made for the CD release I'm not super in love with (though I wouldn't say I hate it or anything).

      I totally get the appeal of sitting down and just listening to music though! Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person who does this anymore. Almost everyone else I know (even musicians) have to be doing something else while music is playing. It's like, are you really getting anything from that album you claim to be listening to if you're reading a book the whole way through it? Ugh! Sorry for the mini rant. This stuff bugs me though >_>

      posted in Gaming Discussion
      GalacticSugarPunk
    • RE: Persona 5 (PS4/PS3)

      @FF7Cloud I imported it through Amazon. It was, like, $50-60 including shipping I think? Which honestly I thought was a pretty fair price for three CDs full of music + a nice case and liner notes/lyrics. The notes are in moon speak of course, but the lyrics are English and there's some character art through the whole thing as well.

      All in all it turned out to be a pretty good purchase despite it being a post-2am impulse buy...

      posted in Gaming Discussion
      GalacticSugarPunk
    • RE: Persona 5 (PS4/PS3)

      @TokyoSlim Ha, that's a fair point!

      In other news, just got this in:
      Super Pumped!

      posted in Gaming Discussion
      GalacticSugarPunk
    • RE: Persona 3: FES vs P3P

      @michemagius Well, I share the same bias, so it's a strong pull in that direction~

      General consensus seems to be that FES is the way to go... I'm still torn though. I might just wind up playing both. Or trying both and returning whichever one I like less......

      ....Is what I would say if you could actually get refunds from the PSN store scrunchy face FES would still be returnable though so not a complete non-option.

      Luckily both of these games are fairly cheap (I saw a hard copy of FES on Amazon for, like, $17, and there's a good chance a local store has an affordable copy as well).

      posted in Gaming Discussion
      GalacticSugarPunk
    • RE: Persona 5 (PS4/PS3)

      @TokyoSlim What I missed was the original comment. Judging by the snarky response I'm guessing what I originally responded to (somewhat sincerely) was also you giving sass.

      All I wanted was some hope that you got to see the other confidants in cool thieves outfits at some point. Which of course doesn't happen but a girl can dream.

      posted in Gaming Discussion
      GalacticSugarPunk
    • RE: Persona 5 (PS4/PS3)

      @TokyoSlim Uhhhhh

      The only costumes I saw after beating the game were on party members and I guess bosses. Was there something I missed?

      posted in Gaming Discussion
      GalacticSugarPunk
    • Persona 3: FES vs P3P

      Hi allies!

      I've got a bit of a dilemma, but first I've got some context (there's a tl;dr if you don't care). Just last night I finally beat Persona 5 (after a little over 120 hours 0_0;). I really loved it, so much so that about partway through I was inspired to go back to Persona 3 and Persona 4, both of which I had given a try in the past but didn't really get into at the time (mostly because the battles were tough, spell/ability names were weird, and persona fusion confused and intimidated the hell outa me). I had, at one point, owned the vanilla PS2 version of P3 and bought the vanilla version of P4 through the PS3 on the PSN (that's a lot of P acronyms!). Sadly, I sold off my PS3 when I moved last year, and I traded in my copy of Persona 3 long ago, so I no longer own the base game for either. So I've got some choices as to which versions of each game to get. At the time, I didn't own any Sony handhelds, so I was looking at just picking up P4 on PS2 again (since I didn't have access to the PSN version, frustratingly), but after reading a lot of praise for Golden, I started to reconsider. I'll fast-forward a bit here and just say that after doing some more research, I decided to put off getting a Switch and instead went and bought Persona 4 Golden and a shiny used Vita (slim).

      Now that I have a Vita though, I have another set of versions to consider for Persona 3, FES for PS2 (which I think I'd have to get a hard copy of) or P3P for PSP (which I can get on the Vita PSN store). I went in assuming that the better version would again be clear-cut, but sadly that doesn't seem to be the case. From what I can tell (through some googling), I have to choose between P3P's superior gameplay (and fem MC option) and Fes' superior presentation/story experience.

      Normally I'd be OK sacrificing some gameplay tweaks in favor of an overall better story and presentation, but the tweaks in P3P are, for me, ones that can make or break a game. I've straight up stopped playing and returned games before because of AI incompetence driving me up a wall. That said, I can look past an aggravatingly stupid party AI in some instances. For example, games where most battles don't require a lot of very specific team synergy, or resources are easy to come by/conserve, or the MC is just super OP making your party not very important (I'm looking at you Berseria). But Persona is not that kind of game (well, except for maybe the OP MC thing, but that seems like more of a late game thing). In P5 I was constantly messing around in practically every fight with who was doing what in and in what order so I could conserve resources and deal with awful situations I'd sometimes put myself in. Having to deal with questionable party AI in situations like that sounds like an absolute nightmare to me, and it drives me nuts when party AI is slinging spells left and right when a simple physical attack would suffice, especially if those spells are using up a valuable resource.

      Based on this alone, it would seem that getting P3P on Vita is the way to go. On top of that, there's the benefit of being able to play as a fem MC (which I would love to be able to do, especially in a genre like this that seemingly doesn't give that option practically ever). If the Persona series wasn't so well known for its stories this would be a no-brainer. But that isn't the case, and after playing through P5 I think losing out on both the animated cutscenes and all of the 3D interactions would be a massive blow to the story presentation and overall experience. I'm worried that not having that is going to severely hamper my enjoyment of the game and what I take away from it.

      SO.

      TL;DR
      To you all who have actually played one or both versions of Persona 3, what were your experiences? Was the AI intelligent enough for you in FES? Did the lack of cutscenes/full character interactions make you lose interest in the story in P3P? Have any of you tried playing P3P and watching the cutscenes on YouTube as you play? There's also the silly option of getting and playing both, but are the two different enough for that to be worth it? I'd love to hear some thoughts!

      P.S. I plan on playing through P3 before getting to P4G, but I'm going to finish Gravity Rush as a bit of a palate cleanser first (and I'm still debating if I want to go for P5's Platinum now or maybe sometime later as well), so there's time to mull things over.

      P.P.S. For the record, I don't really care about "The Answer" from FES. It sounds like it's basically just a grind fest and I'm definitely not willing to deal with the AI party members through that. Plus, I've read it doesn't really give that great of a closure to the story anyways. Also, portability is not something I consider a plus or minus. If I play a game on a handheld, I play it at home like every other game. It just has a different vibe (which sometimes I really like).

      posted in Gaming Discussion
      GalacticSugarPunk
    • RE: LGBTQ+ Allies!

      @pinecone I'm really not into Survivor at all (or reality-ish TV in general) but I caught murmurs of this episode on the net-wind and wound up watching it on CBS' website (for anyone curious, it's listed as S34 Ep6: What Happened on Exile, Stays on Exile). Was definitely a powerful moment, and seeing people's reactions filled me with all the best fuzzy feelings.

      Would definitely recommend watching at least the last half or so of the episode (when the council thing starts) to anyone interested, even if you don't care about survivor. It's free on CBS' website as of typing this, but not sure how long it'll stay up there.

      Also, hi everyone! I've only recently (last 6 months) come out to myself and some others as a lesbian trans woman. Unfortunately, when it comes to video games, I have yet to be really interested in any that actually have good/any representation. The original Mass Effect trilogy being possibly the only exception that I've played so far (and it wasn't exactly great there, if we're being honest). I've heard Persona 4 makes a decent attempt though, and after getting utterly consumed by P5 that might be one that's on the horizon for me.

      posted in General Discussion
      GalacticSugarPunk