persona and smt

[earnest ravine]

die for me and mudo boost would do in that case

[earnest swallow]

i see

[earnest ravine]

persona 4 girl?

[empty socket]

Yes

[earnest ravine]

the only persona girl I simp for actively is aigis but rise is cool

the persona 4 chars are great, the only ones that I have controversial opinions on are the P5 cast

I liked Rise's SL

[earnest swallow]

man, i should probably rotate my team more often, Junpei is at his 20s

idt i have ever used aigis, too

[earnest ravine]

who have you been using?

[earnest swallow]

yukari, aki, mitsuru, and shinji

but

well

[earnest ravine]

what's wrong

OH

RIGHT YOU'RE THERE

if you need a good phys attacker aigis is right there

[empty socket]

Aigis

[earnest ravine]

my aigis figma is staring at me forcing me to write this

[earnest swallow]

ngl

kinda want to grind levels to get surt

currently at 43 tho

so that would take a while

[earnest ravine]

there's not much for me to tell you tbh you've got the hang of it at this point

there are some other good personas you might wanna look into building towards

[earnest swallow]

i was looking towards odin

thunder reign looks juicy

[earnest ravine]

namely ||Lucifer||, Helel, Beelzebub

for the first you'll need to max the Star SL

wait

[earnest swallow]

?

[earnest ravine]

no Helel is the star SL

yeah that's right

the first one is kinda underwhelming but Helel is amazing

[earnest swallow]

armageddon, right?

[earnest ravine]

nah, better

Morning Star

the best Almighty Attack in the game

[earnest swallow]

i see

[earnest ravine]

for Armageddon you also need Satan btw

wait no

[earnest swallow]

i remember seeing it once that you can also get victory cry and spell master on helel

should be fun

[earnest ravine]

ignore me I'm silly but yeah

Helel also learns Salvation

which is full hp party heal and it cures all statuses

let me know how the hell knight fight goes btw

[earnest swallow]

gonna grind junpei first

[earnest ravine]

aigis ab00se

https://tenor.com/view/aigis-persona-gif-20241488

[earnest swallow]

at least he's gaining levels fast

currently at 30

[safe tulip]

bruh why is strega disappointing

||the only time strega was somewhat annoying was after the fight of hanged man or is that strega fight before the hanged man||

[gloomy sorrel]

https://youtu.be/UsQL276MnNE

[earnest swallow]

@earnest ravine hell knight fight went well

[earnest ravine]

good

[earnest swallow]

Gonna try rotating out my teammates more

So i'm putting everyone at lvl 50

[zinc bloom]

does Persona have any of those brick wall bosses like regular SMT has?

[earnest swallow]

There's some, yea

They kinda have to make the bosses easier to accomodate the deadline system tho

[safe tulip]

if u want a not fun boss fight persona 4 has one

SHADOW MITSUO ik he easy if you have black frost

but god damn wth is this difficulty spike

by the time you enter the dungon your like level 28-29 yeah your new party member is like level 41

[earnest swallow]

There are 2 types of people

Those who died at shadow kanji and those who died at shadow mitsuo

[safe tulip]

i never died at shadow kanji

i found him a bit rough but i had decent personas to beat him (100% relied on critial hits to beat him)

kanji my only annoyance for me from him was his small frys and getting enraged

[zinc bloom]

I have only played a bit of SMT3 and I got like 10 hours into SMT4 (enough to get a bit into tokyo), is the storyline of Persona still in line with the dark apocalyptic themes of the mainlines or is it more goofy and nonserious?

[earnest swallow]

Latter

[safe tulip]

p3 is like the only one that feels it has a more darker tone to it

p4 is well to shortly describe the plot

your a group of teenagers trying to solve what going on in a diffrent dimension to say at leat and who started a murder plot that no one knows who did it

p5 is literally social issues in a way

like one charater is dealing with anxiety, another is physical abuse from your own coach, one is being exploited by a teacher which is the coach, one dealing with a teacher that a forger of paintings

[empty socket]

Yeah p5 has a lot to do with society and the masses

[earnest swallow]

Oh cool, one of the fusion spells is a nocturne reference

[earnest swallow]

@earnest ravine i beat the game

But ngl i found the hanged man to be kinda easy for the final boss

And it's strange how only 3 people awakened to their ultimate persona by the end of the game

Then there's the fact that Elizabeth mentions a 5th tartarus block, when the game ends at the top of the 4th

And i didn't get how the fool social link ends at rank 6

But it was a good game overall

Had fun

Even tho i never unlocked thanatos

Guess it's NG+ only then?

Now i guess i'll just watch the last cutscene at 11/4 and watch the credits roll

||||

[earnest ravine]

is this sarcastic

[earnest swallow]

Yes

[earnest ravine]

gotcha

[earnest ravine]

the worst part of Persona 5 is that there's no animal confidants

[maiden estuary]

All yo yens yep yep yep

[tiny hazel]

I guess you don't count Morgana as one

[earnest ravine]

yes

[maiden estuary]

Considering Morgana’s fills out automatically?

Back to handing the Fox all my yens yep yep yep

[violet finch]

its monster cat confidant

[tiny hazel]

to be fair that fox has family to feed

[earnest swallow]

@earnest ravine here comes the boy

[earnest ravine]

yoooo

you got it?

[earnest swallow]

Yep

[earnest ravine]

nice

[earnest swallow]

Btw, should i make a persona specialized in hitting each elemental weakness or should i just make a single persona with the 4 ma-x-dyne skills?

[earnest ravine]

probably the latter

your party members have good element spread anyways

[earnest swallow]

I see

[earnest swallow]

Man

Apt pupil 1 hand sword master goes kinda hard

[earnest ravine]

Yes

Exactly

[earnest swallow]

Finished the harabah block

What level should i put my party members at, 60? 70?

[earnest ravine]

70

[earnest swallow]

Ok

||Also pretty cool that the one that opened up the antique store is the one that wrote the old documents||

[earnest swallow]

I'm at december 2nd

||THE PLOT THICKENS||

[earnest ravine]

you can start aigis' SL on Jan 8th

don't disappoint me

[earnest swallow]

The Boy

[gloomy sorrel]

@random patrol @dull tundra @long bloom @gritty drum why does this actually sound like her

[random patrol]

I have no idea what the context is

[gloomy sorrel]

Someone took audio from a tiktok, decided it sounds like Chie and made this

[dull tundra]

I hate that this sounds halfway like a thing Chie would say

[earnest swallow]

Halfway?

[dull tundra]

Yes, because I refuse to accept it beyond halfway lest my view of canon be shattered

[earnest swallow]

p3

||Shoutouts to the final guardian leaving me enraged the entire fight but i kept getting crits every single turn||

[earnest swallow]

@earnest ravine

i did it

[earnest ravine]

excellent

[earnest swallow]

Btw, do i fuse ||Messiah|| or do i keep my thanatos?

[earnest ravine]

yes

why do you think I wanted you to fuse thanatos?

||he gets Salvation, a full party heal and ailment cure||

||and, more importantly, Enduring Soul||

[earnest swallow]

Damn i've been manipulated

[earnest swallow]

@earnest ravine do i farm for 8 omnipotent orbs?

[earnest ravine]

where are you?

[earnest swallow]

1/1 still

[earnest ravine]

if you want, sure

[earnest swallow]

Aight then

Getting everyone to lvl 99 first

[maiden estuary]

How would you guys rank the Nocturne Fiend fights in terms of difficulty

[earnest swallow]

Damn the 1% chance got hands

[earnest ravine]

passing a kidney stone

around that level

[maiden estuary]

Oh I meant like a tier list of how difficult each Fiend fight is

[earnest ravine]

oh

[earnest swallow]

Can't exactly give my input on it since i have played it like what

7 years ago?

I do recall stuff like mother harlot, hell biker and trumpeter being pretty easy compared to the other fiends

While pale rider, Matador, and dante being on the harder side

[safe tulip]

matador is basically impossible without dekaja and the other version of dekaja

dante is tanky and does a lot of damage and his speed is pretty fast

[earnest ravine]

Matador is easy man

Nocturne is not very hard, it's actually middle of the road when it comes to difficulty

the problem most players run into is that they try to bruteforce their way through the game

Nocturne has rules and following them is your key to success

[maiden estuary]

Like Matador ig teaching how good buffs and debuffs are in the game/across the series

[earnest ravine]

yes pretty much

[safe tulip]

keep your pixie from the start of the journey

it will do something later on in the game

[maiden estuary]

Like I swear MegaTen is one of those RPG franchises were they really make buffs and debuffs worth it

Especially stuff like Dekunda and Dekaja

[earnest swallow]

So after 1539296 hours i finally finished my grind at tartarus, so i'm now at january 2nd

[earnest ravine]

ROMANCE AIGIS NOW.

[safe tulip]

why romance aigis

[violet finch]

because shes cute

[earnest ravine]

BECAUSE IT'S THE CORRECT OPTION

[safe tulip]

you guys REALLY WANT that girl frontline experience then

[violet finch]

join the robot fucker society

[safe tulip]

hell no

[earnest swallow]

So i have realized that i haven't got enought onyx to max out my helel the first time

BACK TO THE TARTARUS GRIND

[earnest swallow]

||FUCK YOU ATLUS||

||I DIDN'T NEED TO REMEMBER THAT||

||||

[earnest ravine]

you watched jetman?

[earnest swallow]

Yea

[earnest swallow]

||||

@earnest ravine

[earnest ravine]

LET'S GO

[safe tulip]

noice

[earnest swallow]

||The moment man devoured the fruit of knowledge, he sealed his fate... Entrusting his future to the cards, man clings to a dim hope. Yes, the Arcana is the means by which all is revealed... Attaining one's dream requires a stern will and unfailing determination.||

||The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed... The silent voice within one's heart whispers the most profound wisdom.||

||The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed... Celebrate life's grandeur... its brilliance... its magnificence...||

||The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed... Only courage in the face of doubt can lead one to the answer...||

||The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed... It is indeed a precious gift to understand the forces that guide oneself...||

||The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed... There is both joy and wonder in coming to understand another...||

||The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed... One of life's greatest blessings is the freedom to pursue one's goals.||

||The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed... To find the one true path, one must seek guidance amidst uncertainty...||

||The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed... It requires great courage to look at oneself honestly, and forge one's true path...||

||The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed... Alongside time exists fate, the bearer of cruelty.||

||The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed... Only with strength can one endure suffering and torment.||

||The Arcana is the means by which all is revealed... In the face of disaster lies opportunity for renewal.||

||The moment man devoured the fruit of knowledge, he sealed his fate... Entrusting his future to the cards, man clings to a dim hope. Yet, the Arcana is the means by which all is revealed... Beyond the beaten path lies the absolute end. It matters not who you are... Death awaits you.||

[earnest swallow]

@earnest ravine quick question, if you don't mind

[earnest ravine]

shoot it

oh did you fight the final boss

[earnest swallow]

||why does it cost all my hp?||

[earnest ravine]

no reason lol

[safe tulip]

NO NOT THIS DUDE

[safe tulip]

plot reasons

[earnest swallow]

I finished the game

Will go to sleep and start the answer tomorrow

[empty socket]

Congrats choc

[earnest ravine]

What did you think?

[maiden estuary]

||Sure gave me the question of how comfortable would putting your head on a robot’s lap be||

[violet finch]

Kimi ha ne tashika ni ano toki watashi no soba ni ita
Itsudatte itsudatte itsudatte sugu yoko de waratte ita

[earnest ravine]

I WILL NEVER

LEAVE YOU

[earnest swallow]

Was a good ending

[safe tulip]

oh well after doing all of that im pretty sure there more to play

like uh i won't say it but gl doing this boss

[earnest swallow]

I am aware of ||Elizabeth||, yes

[safe tulip]

no the answer is something else

to say the least

and yeah ik she in the game but there quite more than her unless im wrong that the answer is a huge lead up to something else

[violet finch]

the epilogue of all time

[earnest swallow]

Ngl

Should have grinded tartarus less

The ||Nyx|| fight ended up being quite anticlimatic due to every single party member holding an omnipotent orb

[earnest ravine]

but what did you think of the game in general

[earnest swallow]

Had flaws, but it was pretty good overall

Kinda sucks how the game barely gives you free daytime

Also the tireness system didn't really add anything other than being an slight inconvenience

[earnest ravine]

that's fair, hope the remake fixes it

[earnest swallow]

Yea

[earnest ravine]

but what about the writing

[earnest swallow]

Had some pacing issues tbh

Everything after the second semester was really good but the first half of the game didn't really have anything interesting going on

Strega also felt a bit underutilized

Also i know the femc route had them but i do miss the male party member social links

[earnest ravine]

I know it's praising objective flaws but I liked how the game toiled around at first and felt like a slog

it kinda accurately captures depression

[earnest swallow]

Didn't really felt that way to me tbh

I just ended up sitting there waiting for the next full moon shadow to show up

[earnest ravine]

that's how it do be sometimes ngl

you do have a point, the pacing isn't perfect, but that's one flaw i can forgive

[earnest swallow]

Most of the social links felt like a hit or miss for me personally

There were some great ones like Akinari and Mutatsu

[earnest ravine]

wait did you do the sun SL

ok good

[earnest swallow]

But then you had people like kenji and nozomi

[earnest swallow]

I mean

[earnest ravine]

oh right lol

I liked the P3 SL's because they weren't cringy like P5's

less socially reprehensible too

[earnest swallow]

P3's does have the benefit that you're not brainwashing people, yea

[earnest ravine]

I think I also played the game differently too tbh

I maxed out Aigis' SL and never romanced anyone else

[earnest swallow]

Yea, the fact that you're forced into the romance routes really bothered me

[earnest ravine]

alright I'm willing to excuse it as being a mistake they learned from

P4 got rid of it

in the remake hopefully they'll fix that

[earnest swallow]

Yea

Really looking forward to the remake

[earnest ravine]

I'm glad you gave it a shot tho

people don't like The Answer but I think you'll appreciate the story

[earnest swallow]

Also a minor nitpick but

Am i the only one who thought that p3mc's voice is too high pitched?

[earnest ravine]

idk I played in Japanese

I can see it tho

fun fact, Mitsuru and Makoto's english VA's are married

irl

[earnest swallow]

Cool

[maiden estuary]

iirc it’s the same for FeMC and Theo

[earnest swallow]

Also i find it pretty funny how Makoto and Akihiko's VA's voice like

90% of fallout new vegas

[maiden estuary]

I can’t play NV anymore without thinking of protein help

Though I am extremely biased positively towards best boi Akihiko

[earnest swallow]

Wow

Metis is broken

[earnest swallow]

Btw roast, when you eventually see this since i don't want to ping you for the 47926th time in a row

What do you consider to be the hardest smt game?

[earnest ravine]

Strange Journey, Nocturne, or one of the originals

SMT2 or 1

SMT isn't hard at all, it's just hard to get into

[earnest swallow]

I see

[earnest swallow]

Just reached antenora

Ngl, really liking the new difficulty

[gloomy sorrel]

https://i.redd.it/9nx30qa2sjva1.jpg

[dull tundra]

This would either go super great or especially terrible and I'm not sure which

[earnest ravine]

https://twitter.com/tohruadachi0/status/1658812410596061184

Tohru Adachi (@tohruadachi0)

Sleepy

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Twitter · May 17, 2023, 12:31 PM

[violet finch]

irrevelant for 75% of the game lmaooo

[earnest swallow]

waste all my money buying gear

go grind levels

Shop unlocks better gear

https://tenor.com/view/table-hit-yakuza-hitting-table-walk-out-gif-15307369

[gloomy sorrel]

[gloomy sorrel]

https://twitter.com/Persona_Central/status/1661215170058747907?t=ZK05CBMKZHEjPl1RsoQ7pg&s=19

Persona Central (@Persona_Central)

New Persona 5 Related Domain Name Potentially Discovered: 'P5T' - https://t.co/CRxemmU5H9

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Twitter · May 24, 2023, 3:38 AM

[violet finch]

goddamit atlus you motherfuckers

[dull tundra]

https://twitter.com/click_burgundy/status/1662297090758946816?s=20

はんくり/hungry_clicker (@click_burgundy)

https://t.co/7h2oEQd4AL

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42567

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Twitter · May 27, 2023, 3:18 AM

[violet finch]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Megaten/comments/1342s5f/真did_you_know_tensei_smt1/

this is the most fucking funny thing ive came across today

[gloomy sorrel]

Fatherless behaviour

[gloomy sorrel]

anyway y' all remember this

[earnest swallow]

Thinking about it

Metis kinda looks like monsoon

[gloomy sorrel]

Atlus registered p3re

The remake is real?

[earnest ravine]

sorry for ping but can you elaborate a bit more

[gloomy sorrel]

The domain for it and p5t updated

[earnest ravine]

OH SHIZ

[gloomy sorrel]

So we're probably getting a persona 3 remake, meaning the leaked footage was real

And a mystery persona 5 game

Persona 5 T

Idk what the T could stand for, tactics?

[random patrol]

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/275/861/86c.png

Finally a worthy successor

A tactics game would be wild

[gloomy sorrel]

Well what else could the T stand for tbf? If it was p5a I'd say fighting game but nope

[random patrol]

Tapdancing

[gloomy sorrel]

Unless it's a renamed western version of the gacha

In which case we can ping Jot

[random patrol]

Tournament?

No thats clunky

Just odd because Atlus doesnt really do tactics games

[earnest ravine]

Trains

it's OTTD

[random patrol]

[gloomy sorrel]

Either way @random patrol @earnest ravine the reveal is likely this week? Summer games on Thursday and xbox got their thing on Sunday

I imagine they will reveal it to come to gamepass

[earnest ravine]

please give PC reveal

🙏

where does Summer Games Fest broadcast?

[gloomy sorrel]

... i have no idea, Twitch probably

[random patrol]

Inb4 its just P5 Twitch

Twitch integration into P5R

[gloomy sorrel]

Ah so the J in Jerma stands for Joker

[earnest swallow]

Jokes on y'all, i had this in my calendar since last month

[earnest swallow]

Oh yea btw @long bloom more evidence the jet set radio leak was real

[gloomy sorrel]

Now you can replay it!

Also betting femc is day 1 dlc

[earnest swallow]

Let's go new game++

[earnest ravine]

it's kinda tilting that what was otherwise included in the game in its entirety is just

sold as DLC

[gloomy sorrel]

I mean seeing they made Dante DLC for smt 3

[earnest ravine]

yeah I know

[gloomy sorrel]

Yeah genuinely though, femc is either dlc or just

Not included at all

Since p3p could maybe be done in a "so that the femc lovers still have her"

[earnest swallow]

Dante was kind of a special case since they had to re obtain permission from capcom

[earnest ravine]

hey yami would you mind pinning this just in case

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDXcGEo1TfU&ab_channel=thegameawards

or I guess it could be posted in #video_games

[long bloom]

Why did you tell me here tho

[earnest swallow]

[gloomy sorrel]

https://twitter.com/Okami13_/status/1666177795959947272?t=kKolxZ8_wYejPBrbfwnO3Q&s=19 oh actually maybe it's july

Okami Games (@Okami13_)

Exciting Atlus announcement teased before Anime Expo on July 3.

Atlus is holding two 50 minute panels which read:

"Join ATLUS West and be the first to know about all the exciting happenings! By the time you’re reading this, the cat is out of the bag."

https://t.co/jYie89sMEE

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Twitter · Jun 6, 2023, 8:18 PM

When they reveal it

[earnest ravine]

please no

I don't want to wait A WHOLE MONTH

[earnest swallow]

By the time you’re reading this, the cat is out of the bag.

Are they talking about the leaks?

[gloomy sorrel]

Probably

But you know what that means? Clearly p5t is a morgana spinoff

[gloomy sorrel]

@random patrol so about p5t according to the current leaks (grain of salt ofc) ||I am right. It is persona 5 tactics||

The full name is supposedly Persona 5 ||Trigger||

[random patrol]

||That sounds more like an FPS lmao||

[gloomy sorrel]

True lmao

But as I said grain of salt

Afaik this leaker has no cred lmao

[earnest ravine]

https://twitter.com/UltimaShadowX/status/1666932954357022721?t=SRsXwXoLZyIlxkxogxplqw&s=19

Ultima📛 | #вʟм (@UltimaShadowX)

I guess the Atlus West instagram just casually dropped Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Tactica

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Twitter · Jun 8, 2023, 10:19 PM

I

what the fuck

https://twitter.com/ScrambledFaz/status/1666934712412131330

Faz (@ScrambledFaz)

Atlus messed up. They revealed Persona 3 Remake too early on their instagram

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▶ Play video

Twitter · Jun 8, 2023, 10:26 PM

BRRRRRRRRUH

[maiden estuary]

Oh so Tactica is a Persona Q style thing?

So Q2 is getting English

Because we all need more Aigis injected into our veins

[dull tundra]

Good thing I never bought P3, then

Also lmao Atlus

[gloomy sorrel]

https://twitter.com/H1meya/status/1666938939750379523/photo/1

Sean (READ PINNED PLS) (@H1meya)

yeah tartarus still has a bazillion floors we’re so fucking back

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Twitter · Jun 8, 2023, 10:43 PM

[random patrol]

All is right with the world

[maiden estuary]

We’ll have to see as well on FeMC/Theo and The Answer over the coming months

[gloomy sorrel]

I do hope p3's remake ends up the definitive way to play so I can go play those

[craggy summit]

oh they’re remaking p3

[empty socket]

100 years persona 5

[earnest swallow]

early 2024

oh yea right, still need to finish the answer

[earnest swallow]

ok so

on rewatch

i noticed something

TIREDNESS IS GONE LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Also looks like the MC can only use 1 hand swords again, similiar to p3p
There's also an "Assist" button during combat, could be something similiar to p5's baton pass maybe?

Also, dont really mind that tartarus isn't going to change much, but i do want them to rework the full moon operations

btw, what do y'all think of the new menus?

[gloomy sorrel]

yeah so atlus brand manager got fired it seems 💀

due to leaks

[dull tundra]

O o f

That is a pretty big fuckup, yeah

I don’t feel bad for Atlus, but I do feel bad for the ex-manager

[earnest ravine]

https://twitter.com/ScrambledFaz/status/1667288071878918146

Faz (@ScrambledFaz)

Spanish retailer xtralife lists Persona 3 Reload for Switch, PS4&PS5

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Twitter · Jun 9, 2023, 9:50 PM

[earnest swallow]

Hmm

Guess i'm saving money now

[maiden estuary]

Yukari looked lovely in the trailer ngl

[earnest swallow]

Ok but

What did they do to junpei?

Guy looks almost unrecognizable

[maiden estuary]

Into the Marvel de-aging machine

[gloomy sorrel]

There are now rumors of ANOTHER persona spinoff

Supposedly it has ||Characters from 1 to 5 and co-op elements||

And as for the persona 6 rumors ||2026 is supposedly the year||

And also ||P5X will get localised, so hey Jot got another gacha||

[zinc gull]

||this sounds fake cause persona 1 and 2 dont exist||

[earnest swallow]

||Bro if they acknowledge p1/p2 i'm getting myself a tatsuya plushie||

||The change in directors makes it extremely unlikely to happen unless atlus gets him back on board again||

[gloomy sorrel]

||Yeah I'm doubtful of any of these except for persona 6 being 2026 lmao||

||And even that feels hopeful||

[earnest ravine]

http://p3re.jp/

site is up

[gloomy sorrel]

femc?

[earnest swallow]

Oh shit

Definitive edition?

Inb4 it has neither femc nor the answer and its like that thing where there's 3 versions but no definitive edition

Aka any pokemon gen that got a remake post hgss

[gloomy sorrel]

I mean still getting femc is day 1 dlc so lmao

[earnest swallow]

No anime cutscenes gives me hope because that means they can just throw in the femc model in there and be done

Femc probably means they will lock the male party member slinks behind her again tho

Which would suck

Kenji being confirmed as a slink doesnt give me much hope either

[gloomy sorrel]

I do hope they actually add new slinks

[earnest swallow]

And unlike p4 and p5, p3 gives you NO wiggle room for completing all slinks without ng+

[gloomy sorrel]

and fix p3's so you don't have to like

[earnest swallow]

If you do everything perfects by the end you max everyone you have 6 free days

[gloomy sorrel]

force to date them

[earnest swallow]

And like, p3's plot forces them to not change up dates too much

||Unless they make february playable and make an optional boss after nyx, but that would feel EXTREMELY anti climatic||

||Also make tanaka still be able to solo nyx cowards||

[random patrol]

I do hope we get Femc

With a certain social link fixed

Btw @long bloom remind me was there any female romance option as Femc?

[earnest swallow]

Aigis

And elizabeth

[long bloom]

Aigis/Elizabeth

Aigis’s arc was debatably ruined by Gayngst but Elizabeth’s was good

[earnest swallow]

Honestly

[long bloom]

Aigis’s arc changed her preferred pronouns to better fit the “why am I a gay robot” arc of the female character

[earnest swallow]

I wonder if we'll get the hermit slink changed

[long bloom]

It is bad lmao

But also it’s cute idfk

I hate it but I don’t hate it

[random patrol]

Wait what

[earnest swallow]

Yea uhh

[long bloom]

Aigis in male arc doesn’t really care about pronouns

[earnest swallow]

Aigis wished she had a male body in the femc route

[random patrol]

They made the robot a transformer?

[long bloom]

Fine with He/She/They

[random patrol]

[long bloom]

In female arc she is strictly she/her

[random patrol]

Oh thats surprising

I though Aegis was always she/her

[long bloom]

And her arc changes from general existentialism to “why am I a gay robot”

“Why was I created, what is my purpose, why do I have sentience” to “oh god I’m a gay robot”

This is probably offensive in some way idfk

[earnest swallow]

To be honest

It's kinda inoffensive enough since the game pretty much expects you to have played as makoto before the femc

So you would already be familiar with the original aigis slink and not miss anything

[long bloom]

I softly disagree, I feel like knowing her arc makes it worse but

Eh

It’s whatever tbh

[earnest swallow]

This reminded me of a vc i was doing with my friend

And she got super mad when she found out you cant romance yukari as the femc

Since that was her headcanon ship

Lmao

[long bloom]

I say this as someone with pronouns™️

It comes off really badly that her arc goes from “what is my purpose and why do I exist” to “oh god am I fucking gay oh fuck”

[earnest swallow]

Understandable

[long bloom]

It is an extremely early 2000’s way of approaching it

[earnest swallow]

Speaking of early 2000's

[random patrol]

Imagine having pronouns

[earnest swallow]

If they remove "roflcopter" from the game i'm gonna riot

[random patrol]

Roflcopter?

[earnest swallow]

Basically the hermit link in the Makoto route is a character you only "meet" in an dead mmo

[random patrol]

Oh right

I forgot it had outdated lingo lmao

Although roflcopter being early 2000s sounds wrong

Its early 2010s at least

BB has a move that still gets called the roflcopter

[earnest swallow]

P3 is set in 2009

So like

It kinda fits?

[long bloom]

I’d honestly rather Roflcopter over modernizing it, but I’d also take just removing it over modernizing it

[earnest swallow]

Oh yea

[long bloom]

Either is fine

[earnest swallow]

One thing i want them to keep but will never happen

[long bloom]

If they modernize it I might die

[random patrol]

Get ready for Amogus in Persona

[earnest swallow]

The weird ass model scaling

[gloomy sorrel]

they start saying kek

[long bloom]

I would explode

[earnest swallow]

Like, the giant beds, the doorframe that can fit 8 yukaris on it

The cat

[gloomy sorrel]

Aegis will call you her little pogchamp

[random patrol]

Damn I didnt know Spooks had a bombshell figure

[long bloom]

I would fucking explode

[long bloom]

Die

[earnest swallow]

for context about the cat

[random patrol]

Yknow if someone else made that joke, that would border on sexual harassment.

[long bloom]

Banned

[earnest swallow]

But yea like

https://www.reddit.com/r/PERSoNA/comments/116g9av/i_always_thought_the_doors_in_the_iwatodai_dorm/

P3's model sizes were wack

I also wonder if they will change ||Ryoji||

[long bloom]

I hope they change fucking Ken tbh

[earnest swallow]

Not his involvement with the plot, but his character in general

[long bloom]

Fem!Ken is like

[earnest swallow]

Oh yea the ken shit must go

[long bloom]

The actual worst arc

In the entire series

There are several arcs with creepy pedophilia undertones

[earnest swallow]

People would sadly get mad of they removed it tbh

See: the ken romance deleter mod

[long bloom]

Ken is the one where they went upfront with it and it is fucking awful

[gloomy sorrel]

Nah fuck those who'd get mad

remove the pedo shit

[long bloom]

^

[earnest swallow]

Remember when people tried to justify ken's arc because maiko's exist?

[long bloom]

Ken literally threatening the Fem!MC into dating him is

[random patrol]

????

[long bloom]

So fucking yikes on so many levels

[random patrol]

What does Maiko have to do with anything

[earnest swallow]

But yea i really hope the ken stuff is gone

[earnest swallow]

I dont think i can even cite the arguments use without violating discord tos tbh

On another topic though

[long bloom]

Simply do not then

[earnest swallow]

Yea i wont

[earnest swallow]

I hope they make some things that normally wastes time to just not

Stuff like going to the cinema with party members, for example

And rework the naganaki shrine

I wonder if they'll also rework the social stats mechanic

[earnest ravine]

https://twitter.com/fnlwpn/status/1667975253862014978?s=46

Final Weapon (@fnlwpn)

ATLUS reveals new voice cast of Persona 3 Reload:

Aigis – Dawn Bennett
Akihiko Sanada – Alejandro Saab
Fuuka Yamagishi – Suzie Yeung
Junpei Iori – Zeno Robinson
Ken Amada – Justine Lee
Mitsuru Kirijo – Allegra Clark
Protagonist – Aleks Le
Shinjiro Aragaki – Justice Slocum…

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Twitter · Jun 11, 2023, 7:21 PM

[long bloom]

But

Why

Why a complete recast

[dull tundra]

Good for Alejandro Saab! He’s been really getting out there lately

[long bloom]

Like good for them that got cast but like

Losing Yuri & Liam is huge tbqh

[random patrol]

Maybe there were some schedule conflicts

And then they decided to go clean slate

Rather than frankensteining it

[gloomy sorrel]

also iirc I heard two of the va's became controversial or something

[long bloom]

It wasn’t Yuri or Liam it was uh

Vic & someone else iirc

[gloomy sorrel]

Ah vic makes sense ye

[long bloom]

Yeah it was Junpei & Aegis

[gloomy sorrel]

I do expect there to be mods to bring back the old voice lines, but rip to the fans of the old cast

[earnest swallow]

Fuuka's va got replaced for 4arena too

[long bloom]

Yeah Junpei was Vic

Karen Straussman was Aigis

[random patrol]

1Oh thats unfortunate

[long bloom]

I cannot remember why she was controversial

[random patrol]

I liked Junpeis voice

[long bloom]

But she was

[random patrol]

Its got the right amount of sincere dumbass energy

[earnest swallow]

Honestly

Akihiko's va change was the biggest one imo

[gloomy sorrel]

genuinely can't believe kaggy keeps getting bigger roles lmao, I remember when I used to watch his yt

[long bloom]

I genuinely do not know what Karen did tbh

I am trying to figure it out

I know she did something

[gloomy sorrel]

antivaxxer

trump supporter

google tells me

[long bloom]

Ohhhhh yeah

I vaguely remember hearing about this because the Sonic fandom was upset about it

Since she voiced Rouge

[gloomy sorrel]

oh right

[earnest swallow]

Honestly

Might be a hot take

I like that they replaced yuri

[long bloom]

No.

[earnest swallow]

Nothing against him, just didnt like his performance imo

[long bloom]

Yuri is my fuckin’ dude

[earnest swallow]

Idk, his voice just felt too high pitched

[long bloom]

Losing Liam is a hard L either way though

Liam is so good

[earnest swallow]

Yea

Losing liam was huge

[maiden estuary]

Kaggy will never hear the end of it if he fucks up “I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!”

[gloomy sorrel]

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1667986296323682305 @earnest swallow @long bloom @random patrol @earnest ravine

Wario64 (@Wario64)

Persona 3 Reload Won't Include Content from FES or Portable, Including the Female Protagonist https://t.co/RoZOhrdh6s

"the basic concept of the Persona 3 remake was to remake the Persona 3, we don't have the FES and Portable contents included"

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Twitter · Jun 11, 2023, 8:04 PM

why are they doing a gamefreak 💀

[long bloom]

But

Fucking

Why

Why are we doing this again

Calling DLC for F.E.S most likely

[gloomy sorrel]

mfw they make pq2 to literally adress femc getting shafted
still shaft her

[long bloom]

Can’t wait for Atlusheads to justify this

Why would I fuckin’ buy this over the P3P rerelease then

[gloomy sorrel]

uhhh it's hd

[long bloom]

So is that

Just less

[gloomy sorrel]

literally that's all I can think

visuals

but yeah I won't get it day 1 at the least lmao

[long bloom]

I won’t get it at all tbqh

[random patrol]

Fucking

Atlus

Why

[long bloom]

Locking in no rerelease content makes me go “this has no reason to exist”

I have no reason to care

Especially when they just rereleased the best version of the game

[earnest swallow]

The battle frontier project all over again yaaaaaaaaaay

[earnest swallow]

This brings up the question tho

Why does this remake exists?

The whole reason people wanted a remake was to have a definitive edition to end the fes vs portable debatle

What this does is add a third option

[long bloom]

Money

[earnest ravine]

incorrect tbh

[long bloom]

You can have your opinion as you like on it

I’ll take the generally better written Fem!MC (Ken arc aside) over a mostly superfluous overworld

[earnest swallow]

And i'm gonna be honest

In terms of an experience

The remake might be a downgrade over fes

[long bloom]

It’s the same issue as all the superfluous remakes right now

It’s easy to sell people the shit they already like

[earnest swallow]

It gives me "reskined p5" vibes

[earnest ravine]

alright spooks let's take some deep breaths

[long bloom]

I swear all the time. It’s how I talk.

[earnest swallow]

Of course, i was more asking from a creative design point of view

[earnest ravine]

it's not that I just don't want you to stress too much over something we have no control over

[long bloom]

I’m not stressed lol.

I enjoy discussing it.

[earnest swallow]

Speaking of

What's your opinion on the matter, roast?

[earnest ravine]

as long as you're okay

what's my opinion on what

[earnest swallow]

This and the va recasts

[earnest ravine]

personally, my ideal version of Persona 3 would be without the Answer or the FeMC but with all of the niceties that FES and Portable added mainly because I don't really care for FES/Portable's BS all that much but I understand being frustrated that they want you to pay a cold, hard 60 dollars for objectively less content

I won't be buying it day 1, maybe if the stuff they add for the Remake makes up for no Answer/FeMC I'll get it

maybe when it's on sale

[earnest swallow]

I see

[earnest ravine]

or, more likely, I'll wait 3 years for the Persona 3 Royal version

which will have everything

[earnest swallow]

Honestly

My biggest fear is that the turn the remake into "persona 5 but with a coat of paint"

For example, some people were speculating that the cooking cutscene with yuraki was gonna be an equivalent to making coffee in p5

A bit too early to be dooming about the game but

I do have my concerns

imagine if they try to make takaya an equivalent to akechi

[random patrol]

I mean its fine

Its updated and likely has nice QoL changes but

Idk it feels weird to just not use the content you have

Especially with how good the Femc stuff is barring one exception

[earnest swallow]

Honestly

Still need to do a femc run tbh

So i dont exactly know what's so good about her route

[random patrol]

@long bloom can probably explain it better than I can

I just like how it changes stuff around

[earnest ravine]

I don't like FeMC at all but y'know

oh also idc about recasting VA's

it's been 17 years, let new talent get the chance to star for once

instead of leaning back on Yuri Lowenthal for the 5000000th time

[long bloom]

As a general rule, the Fem!MC Route is written... softer in a way. Still has some of the same issues, but generally speaking it softens some of the edges off in ways that let characters breathe a bit.

[random patrol]

||Also the Shinjiro romance is cute||

[maiden estuary]

Also FeMC soundtrack is just chef’s kiss

[long bloom]

It's a little hard to explain, but the Fem!MC herself is written as being a little more emotionally in touch, so she generally talks to people better?

Her relationship with Yukari is a bit less toxic for example

granted I like Yukari in the male route but still

[earnest swallow]

I see

Maybe

I think

[random patrol]

Must ... resist

But yeah no I like Femcs writing

||Again, the Shinjiro stuff is genuinely nice and bittersweet||

[long bloom]

Ye

[earnest swallow]

Oh yea btw

Do yall think they'll finally ||Let shinji live in makoto's route?||

[random patrol]

||... honestly, im not sure||

||Im also not sure it would be a good idea||

[earnest swallow]

Speaking of

How does p3p handle ||akihiko and ken's second awakenings if you gave shinji the pocketwatch?||

[long bloom]

I do not remember tbqh

||Shinji is in a coma through most of the route though so||

||Probably similarly||

||He only lives if you max his romance, and he still ends up in a coma for most of the route only to wake up at the end of it||

[earnest swallow]

Icic

[random patrol]

||Yeah he only wakes up to rush back ... just in time to see Femc die in his arms||

[earnest swallow]

Anyway

Can't wait to pick up the remake

And see the best mechanic ever made is back

RANDOM SKILL INHERITANCE™️ BABYYYYYYY LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

CAN'T WAIT FOR RESET FOR 4 HOURS TO GET A FUCKING ZIONGA ON MY PALE RIDER

[earnest swallow]

Wait

They might make monad day 1 dlc

Fuck

[earnest swallow]

Btw

Anime cutscenes got confirmed

[earnest ravine]

https://twitter.com/ScrambledFaz/status/1668201286880092163?t=E2b7VlKchdwlJon7ps7QEg&s=19

Faz (@ScrambledFaz)

The latest Famitsu interview about Persona 3 Reload heavily implies that Aigis will have a social link.

While Persona 3 Reload won't include The Answer and FeMC, that doesn't mean it won't include content from FES at all.

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Twitter · Jun 12, 2023, 10:19 AM

[maiden estuary]

Oh okay, that’s cool!

[earnest swallow]

Oh cool

So they're willing to add stuff that was in fes/p but not vanilla

So hopefully the elizabeth requests and the koromaru walks are also in

[earnest ravine]

https://twitter.com/NoisyPixelNews/status/1669055095449739264

Noisy Pixel (@NoisyPixelNews)

Persona 3 Reload is Not an "Evolution," But a "Deeper Dive" That Won't Betray Fans' Expectations, Says Producer

https://t.co/oJiniBwjXj

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Twitter · Jun 14, 2023, 6:51 PM

[gloomy sorrel]

as part of all the fucking persona 3 leaks they also got a smt v complete edition leak, boy I sure can't wait for the new obligatory waifu who doesn't fix the story lmao

[earnest ravine]

persona 3 or smtv

[gloomy sorrel]

smt v

persona 3 I haven't played so I can't judge the story

smt v's story however left a lot to be desired

[gloomy sorrel]

https://youtu.be/7OaEYvOOeZ0

[dull tundra]

https://fxtwitter.com/AleksLeVO/status/1676091034907074560?t=uf2Gx42lwTP2FhFpYDOwHg&s=19

[gloomy sorrel]

https://vxtwitter.com/CathedralofHee/status/1676353661079900161?t=4WJ9b0ku50s-aPttiqtgHg&s=19 @random patrol

[random patrol]

[gloomy sorrel]

https://twitter.com/ScrambledFaz/status/1676327726163152896?t=IgfABlny7cCV9Y63qScuew&s=19

Faz (@ScrambledFaz)

In Persona 3 Reload, you can no longer break a social link. You can still reverse them, but it's a bit harder to than in the original

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Twitter · Jul 4, 2023, 8:30 PM

[earnest swallow]

about to fight i'll post the video after

i got my ass beat i'm not posting that shit

[random patrol]

@bold sundial

[gloomy sorrel]

https://vxtwitter.com/vivy_madeline/status/1681017075374907394?t=4UMwRmoodLTI7PF74Cn5KA&s=19

[gloomy sorrel]

[dull tundra]

[gloomy sorrel]

@random patrol

[random patrol]

True!

[snow kelp]

*X

[earnest ravine]

https://twitter.com/ScrambledFaz/status/1694255579269566853?t=mcdH9sUzfJP2zl-a3UkNhw&s=19

Faz (@ScrambledFaz)

Persona 3 Reload cover

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Twitter · Aug 23, 2023, 7:49 AM

[earnest swallow]

Oh, didnt noticed that they changed the armband designs

Will take a bit to get used to it

[earnest ravine]

yeah no it sucks

[random patrol]

I kinda vibe with it

It gives me Ben 10 vibes somehow

[earnest ravine]

coincidentally, I hate Ben 10

[random patrol]

My condolences

[earnest ravine]

oh

I don't know if this was prior knowledge

but the game comes out February 2nd

https://twitter.com/DMidorito/status/1694247449626321206?t=rRYP5_rl7wrGDR50or5EKw&s=19

Hollowegg (@DMidorito)

@ScrambledFaz Broo this is clean af

Twitter · Aug 23, 2023, 7:17 AM

nah, it was just the angle

that looks horrendous

[empty socket]

but he was even voiced by ben 10....

[earnest swallow]

ok so

i noticed that during the cutscene where everyone is showing off their weapons

the mc doesn't have any

you may be able to use different weapons like in the original?

also, looks like you can choose between the remake outfits and the original ones (no gloves, original armband design)

[earnest swallow]

alright, grinded for 2 months straight, time for the rematch

I DID IT

[earnest swallow]

Reached the credits screen

... wow

[earnest ravine]

what'd you think?

[earnest swallow]

Not as bad as people said it would be

I honestly enjoyed it

[earnest ravine]

https://twitter.com/NSuperGamerGuy/status/1704144564439662664

Nathan (@NSuperGamerGuy)

Good Morning

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Twitter · Sep 19, 2023, 2:45 PM

[gloomy sorrel]

It feels boneless

[earnest ravine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZizrjvUpLk&ab_channel=DemonDaysxOST

peak version btw

[earnest ravine]

https://twitter.com/Atlus_West/status/1704548517518393371

Official ATLUS West (@Atlus_West)

The Persona 3 Reload content drop isn’t over yet! Today we’re debuting the new character art for Elizabeth, Ikutsuki, Pharos, and Ryoji! 💙

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Twitter · Sep 20, 2023, 5:30 PM

[earnest ravine]

https://twitter.com/stealballsrun/status/1704403501504180231?t=sd4CZHYVqwiIWjdRsnaSyQ&s=19

stealballsrun🌹 - Check Pinned!!! (@stealballsrun)

WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL SOEJIMA REFERENCE SHEET FOR AIGIS ULTRA MEGA ORGIA MODE

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Twitter · Sep 20, 2023, 7:53 AM

[random patrol]

@long bloom

[earnest ravine]

I love aigis

[earnest swallow]

I wonder if they'll do any changes to the orgia mode

Maybe something similiar to metis?

[earnest ravine]

what they should do is not change the combat system and still have other characters take their own actions except for exactly aigis

but you actually give the characters' battle personalities and make it less frustrating

[gloomy sorrel]

I mean if they change the game's balance around you able to control them, and make the automatic stuff still optional, it's probably a best of both worlds

[earnest ravine]

https://twitter.com/NSuperGamerGuy/status/1704430960584925507

Nathan (@NSuperGamerGuy)

"When the Moon Reaches for the Stars" - Persona 3 Reload

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Twitter · Sep 20, 2023, 9:43 AM

oh it's EVERY TRACK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iupq4GUgiQ8&ab_channel=VariousArtists-Topic

[earnest ravine]

https://twitter.com/MbKKssTBhz5/status/1704687393767370878

みどり (@MbKKssTBhz5)

Cospa is producing an official Gekkoukan High School uniform with Atlus.

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Twitter · Sep 21, 2023, 2:42 AM

[earnest ravine]

https://twitter.com/Pikachu_Dubstep/status/1705032536538116184

*•°✩⋆グレース⋆✩°•* (@Pikachu_Dubstep)

ペルソナ !

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Twitter · Sep 22, 2023, 1:33 AM

[gloomy sorrel]

https://twitter.com/CDRosenn/status/1705679675455139870/photo/1

🔻Corey🔻 (@CDRosenn)

Ren: I'm the best protag in the series
Yu: Not even close
Maya: It's clearly me
Makoto: ...
#Persona3 #Kagurabachi

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Twitter · Sep 23, 2023, 8:24 PM

[gloomy sorrel]

https://twitter.com/gimmie20dollas/status/1707633250934411307/photo/1

G20D 🍁 (@gimmie20dollas)

comm

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Twitter · Sep 29, 2023, 5:47 AM

[dull tundra]

Canon

[gloomy sorrel]

https://vxtwitter.com/Atlus_West/status/1707798856946298970?t=AP1QFyzk0S772b-XW5XWIA&s=19 @long bloom @random patrol

[random patrol]

@earnest ravine

Koro is a good boy

[earnest ravine]

LET'S GO

[maiden estuary]

You get to pet the goodest of dogs, this is the best game ever made

[gloomy sorrel]

https://vxtwitter.com/margiejojofan/status/1706871967784071655

[earnest ravine]

https://twitter.com/Atlus_West/status/1709006515481489848

Official ATLUS West (@Atlus_West)

He’s seriously one of a kind. ✨

Introducing the fearless leader of S.E.E.S. - our Persona 3 Reload protagonist, voiced by @AleksLeVO!

We’re dropping character tributes weekly! Who do you think is coming next week?

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Twitter · Oct 3, 2023, 12:44 AM

https://fxtwitter.com/ThanosPagkidis1/status/1709074489491816954

[earnest swallow]

The p5 igor voice will take a while for me to get used to

[maiden estuary]

I should replay p5 too actually

Where I ended up with one my favourite Personas ever in Matador

[maiden estuary]

p5 royal do be my first megaten game and that’s how I met the bag of bones rather than his legendary boss fight in Nocturne

[earnest swallow]

Is Kawakami's voice actress the same as Yukari's?

[earnest ravine]

yes

[maiden estuary]

Feel Michelle did better as Kawakami tbh

Not that she didnt do a good job with Yukari

[earnest swallow]

I wonder why the date was changed to 20XX

When persona 3 and 4 had clearly defined years

[maiden estuary]

Never really thought about that

[earnest swallow]

Man they really give you 100k at the beginning at the game huh

[gloomy sorrel]

https://vxtwitter.com/gimmie20dollas/status/1715141364239774008?t=IKPGyH7tPoe2Wfitf39S8w&s=19

@long bloom @random patrol

[maiden estuary]

Aigis do be radical

[dull tundra]

https://fixupx.com/gimmie20dollas/status/1734823314462261590?s=20

[maiden estuary]

Doing Carnevale masks dirty man

[earnest swallow]

Man i hate how this game is so easy

Okumura aside, i've been using mostly persona with light magical skills the whole run up to this point

[gloomy sorrel]

https://youtu.be/fVZ1bhQuFZM?feature=shared

[earnest ravine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndPkeLBftRc

https://tenor.com/view/crying-crying-man-black-guy-crying-black-man-crying-gif-21786839

[maiden estuary]

Holy shit

One month away iirc

[earnest ravine]

I... really enjoy this actually

it's a lot more upbeat in comparison to the original and I hope tonally the game pivots from being about remembering death to being about honoring life

the same theme, idealistically, but seen through a different perspective

the new singer KILLED it

the new Mass Destruction is an affront to God but the more reserved, gentle and soft voice she sings with compliments Lotus Juice's rap segments in this original composition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbVQmQKsrGg

I DIDN'T LISTEN TO THIS B EFORE

THOS FUCKS

[earnest ravine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P_K2JCvRLU

[earnest ravine]

🏳️‍🌈 ?

[earnest swallow]

Do you think they'll end up changing the ending in some way?

Given the elizabeth plotline they've been working on in the spin offs

[earnest ravine]

probably not?

they said it was faithful to the story of P3

you can see Makoto disappear in the opening of Reload after he tosses the music player

[earnest swallow]

Hm

Haven't noticed that

[earnest ravine]

yeah give it a rewatch

[earnest swallow]

Man

I keep thinking "i probably shouldnt get p3r on release, wait for a sale"

But then i listen to the ost

[earnest ravine]

CRAZY HOW TIME FLIES

[dull tundra]

https://fixupx.com/click_burgundy/status/1745543298931151254?s=61&t=7tWIxbOdxNC_-wEw2U-VHg

Also yea the P3R song is a hardcore banger

[maiden estuary]

Yukiko

[earnest ravine]

https://vxtwitter.com/ChaosODed/status/1745471059732914654

[dull tundra]

Endless rotation of P5 slander

[random patrol]

Real @long bloom vibe

[long bloom]

Accurate

[earnest ravine]

me and Spooks are magnetically aligned in many ways

[maiden estuary]

Something something Persona 4 peak

[earnest ravine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKxLqIXS5I4

I like it more than the OG

[maiden estuary]

Up to the Steamy Bathhouse for my latest P4G

Love the music in there

[earnest ravine]

oh yeah it's good

[maiden estuary]

A thought struck me actually

I might replay P3P before Reload releases

Should I do both playthroughs or one of them before Reload?

Or at least try to beat them before Reload releases

[earnest ravine]

please don't play P3P

well okay gameplay-wise it's probably the best P3 has

but it's not authentic

[random patrol]

P3P is good, Id recommend it

[maiden estuary]

Yeah Its the main p3 I have already which is why its what I’m planning to play through again before Reload’s release

[earnest swallow]

P3P is good but probably only play the femc route

Since reload is going to revamp the male route

[earnest ravine]

just don't romance Ken

I'd recommend FES if only for The Answer

honestly?

I would've been fine if they didn't put FeMC in Reload

but only if they let Makoto be gay

[earnest swallow]

While on this

Hot take: the answer bosses having evade skills was a based decision and it's very overhated

[earnest ravine]

Yes

[maiden estuary]

Also femc has the better ost

[earnest ravine]

I agree but I only really like one P3P song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9-devZzZNk

[earnest swallow]

Wait

You dont like wiping all out?

[earnest ravine]

okay two songs

[random patrol]

Ok time for the hottest of hot takes

[earnest ravine]

but I think this is better

[random patrol]

Mass Destruction is not that good

[earnest ravine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F39Tpy-u-EI

[earnest ravine]

not a hot take though

[random patrol]

(And by that I mean I dont like Mass Destruction)

[earnest ravine]

"BABY BABY BABY" has been a franchise meme staple since P3 came out

FES Mass Destruction goes so hard though

[earnest swallow]

Time to make history is the best generic battle theme of the franchise but the world isnt ready to hear that yet

[earnest ravine]

okay THAT

THAT is a hot take

especially when this exists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNOoMF8Ibxk

oh and this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb4PX3rPg6o

[earnest swallow]

A lone prayer is so good but so short

I really wish it didnt loop every 30 seconds

[earnest ravine]

a full version would've killed every bicurious white male in the world

that's fair

but OVERWRITE THIS PAIN TEARING ME APART is too good

a bit of a hot take from me is that Full Moon Full Life and all of the OST both new and remixed in Reload improve upon P3's original identity in every way that matters

putting a different spin on the general outlook while not erasing what makes P3 P3

[earnest swallow]

trumpets?

[earnest ravine]

more this image but trumpets too

I'm jumping headfirst into the nostalgia hypetrain and not looking back

[maiden estuary]

Also I am just generally positively biased toward FeMC due to her weapon of choice

[earnest ravine]

the naginata/polearm?

[maiden estuary]

Yes

Naginatas are awesome

[earnest ravine]

true!

[maiden estuary]

Part of that is due to my love of Benkei

Even if he’s more legend than man historically speaking

Playing SHS is also a big factor into my loce of the Genpei War

[earnest ravine]

well you're in luck

the best Persona in 4 and base 5 is Benkei's bestest friend in antiquity, Ushiwakamaru

or Yoshitsune I guess

[maiden estuary]

I am keenly aware of how terrifying Hassou Tobi is

I still wait for the day I learn that either a new MegaTen game has a Persona/Demon based on Benkei

Or learn one existed in the series

As acceptable as Yoshitsune is

[earnest ravine]

https://megamitensei.fandom.com/wiki/Benkei

Sega Saturn game lol

[maiden estuary]

R O N D E

Looks cool though

But one day…

[maiden estuary]

It’ll happen again someday

[earnest ravine]

one day...

[earnest swallow]

so i was looking at the reload trailers again

man i had forgotten that they whitewashed junpei

[earnest ravine]

they did?

[maiden estuary]

Finally have Kanji and actually might use him for once. Who should I replace out of Yosuke, Chie and Yukiko? Maybe Chie?

[earnest ravine]

Yukiko

[earnest swallow]

Nah, chie

You need a healer

[earnest ravine]

Yu/You can be the healer

[maiden estuary]

Also been falling in love with Eligor all over again as well

Awesome Persona

[maiden estuary]

True, same for doing physical Ice stuff in the case of replacing Chie. Though Chie does come with Rebellion for funnies wifh Golden Hands

But Yukiko does have a lot of cool healer stuff

[maiden estuary]

But yeah Chie seems like the best option to replace with Kanji even if she does have more for multiple target physical damage

[earnest ravine]

HOLY SHIT

https://vxtwitter.com/osu_MeovvCAT/status/1747785702136234325

LOKI

[maiden estuary]

Izanagi my beloved

Like I still think he’s the goat of first Personas

Comparing to Orpheus and Arsene here

Love Johanna though

But damn the first AND second stage P5 Personas

[earnest ravine]

and no other P4 personas lol

[maiden estuary]

Actually would Robin Hood count as 1st stage?

||Given Akechi just faking what he looked like to the Phantom Thieves at first?||

Either back to making the funny line chart with strong and thumbtacks for my theory that Kanji Tatsumi is in reality a girlboss

[earnest ravine]

Yes.

[maiden estuary]

Also up to the camp curry incident

[earnest swallow]

kaguya counts, kinda

[earnest ravine]

only on a technicality

but you know what I'm talking about

[earnest swallow]

yea

[maiden estuary]

Though unrealistic given Rise’s role in 4

Would’ve loved Himiko though

[earnest swallow]

ok so

kuri

himiko has a battle mode in arena

[maiden estuary]

Oh right you can play as Rise

The goat on support and on offense with Arena ig

[maiden estuary]

Yeah bois Power Charge on Kanji!

[earnest ravine]

https://tiermaker.com/create/all-megaten-games-v3-33267

[maiden estuary]

Nocturne bosses have some pretty cool gimmicks

Like how Ahriman did the Maruki thing first

And Mot being capable of infinite Press Turns

Though jokes aside with Mot

Albion is one of the coolest bosses

[gloomy sorrel]

https://twitter.com/fizzi_ly/status/1749260631285358701?t=q5hg8hF8y7K7MDFS4nhXxw&s=19

https://twitter.com/fizzi_ly/status/1749262612490080287?t=0csgrWrSfwhTrvhNL34EKA&s=19

fizzi (@fizzi_ly) on X

DUDE HELLO

Twitter · Jan 22, 2024, 2:40 AM

fizzi (@fizzi_ly) on X

Twitter · Jan 22, 2024, 2:48 AM

[dull tundra]

Oh I LOVE that

[gloomy sorrel]

https://twitter.com/mvthwus/status/1749224219735376333

Matt (@mvthwus) on X

♪ EVERY DAY IS GREAT AT YOUR JUNES ♪
Featuring Nanako Dojima from the Persona™️ series!

#Persona #Persona3Reload #Persona4 #Persona5

Twitter · Jan 22, 2024, 12:15 AM

[maiden estuary]

Oh Teenage Nanako, what context am I missing?

[earnest ravine]

she was meant to be a character in P5, they found a model of her in the beta/prototype builds of P5

which genuinely kinda pisses me off because that could'

ve been amazing

[maiden estuary]

True!

Still love the nods to Rise and Kanami though

(and Naoto too ofc)

[maiden estuary]

And that’s ||Ameno-sagiri||
Got a bit lucky with it using God’s Judgment on Naoto twice

Hilariously got lucky against ||Kunino-sagiri|| since it only used Control when it was a hit from death

[dull tundra]

https://x.com/yrfreakyneighbr/status/1748768893311807945?s=61&t=7tWIxbOdxNC_-wEw2U-VHg

Neighbourh (@yrfreakyneighbr) on X

"No fighting!”

Twitter · Jan 20, 2024, 6:06 PM

[gloomy sorrel]

https://twitter.com/ScrambledFaz/status/1749629339853795731?t=fViev9owDYg6P_r2vZIa3w&s=19

Faz (@ScrambledFaz) on X

Twitter · Jan 23, 2024, 3:05 AM

[maiden estuary]

THE CURSE OF RA

[maiden estuary]

But yeah super excited for P3R

[dull tundra]

The only games to have escaped the P5 gacha curse afaik are War of the Visions, Another Eden, and Granblue Fantasy

And Puzzles and Dragons lol

[maiden estuary]

To quote Mitsuru because why not “C’est magnifique.”

[earnest swallow]

There's been an arguement roaming around that "you can't say 3 Reload is good/bad because you haven't played the game yet"

While completely ignoring the other 3 versions of the same story

[earnest ravine]

they're right though

you can't say it's good or bad yet because you haven't seen the writing, the voice-acting, and the tone of the game

Persona 5 completely falls flat in its story because of the writing and the tone they have

[maiden estuary]

As much as I doubt I’ll complete my FeMC playthrough before Reload, time to get this party started

[maiden estuary]

Also I understand that the Dark Hour can also be reached by drinking 5 doses of 5 Hour Energy

Along with being able to deep clean your entire apartment and read minds

[maiden estuary]

Bit of a question about Tartarus

Specifically the bosses

What are the most famous/infamous and iconic Tartarus boss fights?

I tend to personally think of stuff like the Venus Eagles (for being first and for the surprise when you realise Yukari is trained in the bow)

[earnest swallow]

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