Board 8 > Playing Persona 3 for the first time (Reload)

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catesdb
02/16/24 6:43:13 AM
#101:


MZero posted...
Long hair guy with the gun looks familiar...
to me he looks like ikutski

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MZero
02/17/24 10:05:33 AM
#102:


What's the deal with summer school? Why does it take all day?

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hombad46
02/17/24 10:16:00 AM
#103:


Because the devs wanted to throw away days I guess.

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Zigzagoon
02/17/24 11:16:03 AM
#104:


I counted the remaining days and realized I'm not going to be able to complete all the social links by like 3-4 days because I didn't follow a specific guide.

It doesn't help that you lose literally half of December to exams and then winter break.

But you know what also doesn't help? 90% of social links only being available in "After School" period. Really pisses me off that for the last month, evenings have just become a waste of time, or just going to the laptop and thinking about someone for 2 music notes.

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hombad46
02/17/24 4:11:40 PM
#105:


Same here. Now I know that for NG+ I need to prioritize school links above just about everything else. But yeah I wish there was more to do on days without school than just work at the movie theater. I finished all the no school links ages ago

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Leonhart4
02/17/24 4:13:57 PM
#106:


Atlus clearly wasn't designing the game for players to max everyone out in one go. I'm pretty sure it was literally impossible in the original version of the game.

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UshiromiyaEva
02/17/24 4:23:39 PM
#107:


There's about 2 weeks of pure free time in this version if fully optimized, including unlocking every Theurgy bonus. Closer to a month if you don't care about those.

But playing like that is just for crazy people like me.


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swordz9
02/17/24 4:25:04 PM
#108:


I usually prioritize social stats my first run and then social link maxing the second run. Im also way slower at RPGs and games than everyone else in general though
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Ifrit
02/17/24 4:28:18 PM
#109:


Leonhart4 posted...
Atlus clearly wasn't designing the game for players to max everyone out in one go. I'm pretty sure it was literally impossible in the original version of the game.

It was possible, you just had to follow a very specific guide. But they definitely wanted it to be difficult. Not sure how much leeway is in Reload, but I'm assuming it's more. The time management part of it is definitely part of the appeal. Though the original Persona 3 was far too strict with it. Persona 4 made improvements, and Persona 5 perfected it I think. Give players too much time, and it takes away any challenge to the time management portion of the game.

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Leonhart4
02/17/24 4:37:10 PM
#110:


It was possible in FES and you had virtually no wiggle room to screw up

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KamikazePotato
02/17/24 9:05:43 PM
#111:


The FES timing has like 2 whole days of wiggle room yeah. And that was with hugging a guide.

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hombad46
02/17/24 9:09:14 PM
#112:


I've heard that the Elizabeth fight is bullshit, and yeah it's living up to that. I think I'll leave it for NG+ because this is just silly.

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UshiromiyaEva
02/17/24 9:18:29 PM
#113:


Elizabeth fight is not required to Platinum so I didn't do it.

It's not an issue of difficulty, it's not even really a fight. It feels more like doing homework. It's long, boring, and for what's supposed to be a final test of your skills, it sure doesn't represent the rest of the game's combat in the slightest.

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hombad46
02/17/24 9:22:30 PM
#114:


Exactly!

You're not allowed to use any persona with null, drain, or reflect. That cuts out like, 99% of the personas that aren't from the first couple months. I'm just gonna use a guide for it in NG+ because it is not an enticing challenge whatsoever.

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MZero
02/18/24 2:06:45 AM
#115:


I get wanting to make it harder by limiting free time, but it bugs me when the explanation isn't very good lol

Like why can't I do anything during the day when there's a festival at night?

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DireKrow
02/18/24 6:07:30 PM
#116:


hombad46 posted...
Exactly!

You're not allowed to use any persona with null, drain, or reflect. That cuts out like, 99% of the personas that aren't from the first couple months. I'm just gonna use a guide for it in NG+ because it is not an enticing challenge whatsoever.

You may use personas with null, drain or reflect, you're just not allowed to have it activate. Elizabeth uses moves in a predictable order, so once you know the pattern, you can just make sure you're not on something that reflects Fire when she's about to use a Fire attack. Etc.
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hombad46
02/18/24 6:08:19 PM
#117:


So it's a memorization game? That's not much better tbh


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MZero
02/19/24 9:52:18 PM
#118:


I think I have a full party now. Ken is never making it into battle unless I'm forced to use him.

I like Shinji though. He wants to be edgy so bad

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hombad46
02/19/24 9:54:31 PM
#119:


What's wrong with Ken? He's a good healer and his second theurgy is really good

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UshiromiyaEva
02/19/24 9:54:50 PM
#120:


Needs to put on some pants.

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hombad46
02/19/24 9:55:46 PM
#121:


Okay true. At one point he asked someone else if they were cold and I was like "you're the one wearing shorts in Winter"

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MZero
02/19/24 10:03:34 PM
#122:


I haven't used him so I don't know if he's good in battle or not, I just don't want a little kid with short shorts on my team

I'm pretty anti-little kid party members in general

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UshiromiyaEva
02/19/24 10:08:08 PM
#123:


Don't worry Ken does suck, you aren't missing anything.

Probably would be ranked last in a Persona 3-5 party member ranking.

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_Blur_
02/19/24 11:18:04 PM
#124:


If I've never played a Persona game, think Reload is a good place to start?

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KamikazePotato
02/19/24 11:19:04 PM
#125:


_Blur_ posted...
If I've never played a Persona game, think Reload is a good place to start?
Yup

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catesdb
02/20/24 9:26:43 AM
#126:


Im officially behind and need to stop reading this topic closely

kinda lost momentum whilst doing the batch of Tartarus after you get Koromaru (who I am a fan of)

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MZero
02/20/24 10:38:17 AM
#127:


welp I'm pretty sure I just saw massive spoilers on accident (not in this topic, I was looking something unrelated up)

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Zigzagoon
02/20/24 11:54:06 AM
#128:


catesdb posted...
Im officially behind and need to stop reading this topic closely

kinda lost momentum whilst doing the batch of Tartarus after you get Koromaru (who I am a fan of)
Koromaru is best boy. I'm so glad with all the buffs he got for this game as well! Strong dog!

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BK_Sheikah00
02/20/24 12:56:37 PM
#129:


After finishing this, can safely say this has the best daily life music compared to 4 and 5. In p5 Beneath the Mask is excellent but the rest is whatever, and I find p4 to be a bit too intrusive.

But these are incredible and will stick with me for a long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwfV9N2RlgI

https://youtu.be/GcGFMV1h9WY?si=_xHZBjBxyFEVHVMv


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UshiromiyaEva
02/20/24 12:58:18 PM
#130:


Beneath the Mask is #1, but yes Reload's new daily life tracks are incredible and definitely the overall winner.

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MacArrowny
02/20/24 1:00:22 PM
#131:


Your Affection #1

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UshiromiyaEva
02/20/24 1:04:28 PM
#132:


I wouldn't necessarily even disagree with that, but if I'm approaching it as which one would make the best casual background music, Your Affection can only go on for so long before I'm like "OK let's wrap it up". The rest of these fit right into the lo-fi beats aesthetic to have in the background for hours.

Those first 15 seconds of Your Affection are my favorite intro to any of these, though.

I cannot wait for the remix.


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greengravy294
02/21/24 1:44:51 AM
#133:


i gotta say bossman coolguy has really grown on me as an adult

he aint any joker or yu narukami but...

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MZero
02/21/24 7:54:05 AM
#134:


Joker > Makoto > Yu

Did I just sleep for 3 days straight because there was a typhoon

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hombad46
02/21/24 8:10:02 AM
#135:


Yes

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foolm0r0n
02/21/24 11:37:24 AM
#136:


Pawlonia Mall is best
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eafbj_KMxaM

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MZero
02/22/24 12:35:40 PM
#137:


MZero posted...
welp I'm pretty sure I just saw massive spoilers on accident (not in this topic, I was looking something unrelated up)

Well didn't take long to get there. I saw a question asking if it was possible to keep Shinji alive while scrolling, so I wasn't sure if I read it right. Unfortunately it appears I did :/

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hombad46
02/22/24 1:29:46 PM
#138:


From what I hear it actually is possible in Portable. I hear if you reach rank 10 with him as FeMC he'll survive but be in a coma. I haven't actually checked lol


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Leonhart4
02/22/24 1:40:38 PM
#139:


hombad46 posted...
From what I hear it actually is possible in Portable. I hear if you reach rank 10 with him as FeMC he'll survive but be in a coma. I haven't actually checked lol

This is correct but he still basically disappears from the story and doesn't rejoin the party

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02/23/24 6:00:29 AM
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MZero
02/23/24 7:00:30 AM
#140:


I feel like the game is lying to me. Yukari's been stuck on S.Link level 3 and I noticed a yellow note pops up when you cook or watch TV together, but I've done that like 7 times now (there's not much to do at night...) and she's still not ready to level up, so I feel like this isn't doing anything

I tried the shrine once and that worked, but I reloaded my save and hung out with her at night like 3 times since then, and still nothing. Does anyone know if this actually does anything? lol

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MZero
02/23/24 8:46:49 AM
#142:


Okay I finally got to Level 4, it just took hanging out with her at night about 10 times lol

I've already maxed all my social stats and both Tower and Devil, so not too concerned about wasting nights. Days are much more valuable

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Thorn
02/23/24 8:56:32 AM
#143:


Ah, yeah, I thought it might be that - but wasn't sure how much Reload changed (there was no gaining points at night at all, for example) but in the previous versions Yukari's link had some points in it where it would take a lot of work to get to the next level, probably moreso than any link in P3/P4/P5. Even in the super optimized max social link guide for FES, etc. there'd be times where you'd have to use your afterschool action just to get the points to advance the rank.

Looking at an old FES guide, Rank 3 to 4 was one of those ones.

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UshiromiyaEva
02/23/24 10:35:46 AM
#144:


The optimized guide for Reload has a stretch where you hang out reading with Fuuka at night like 5 times even after finishing her reading quest, and even though the last SL level had plenty of musical notes.

P3 just be like that sometimes.

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catesdb
02/23/24 2:14:30 PM
#145:


what i'm hearing is that i should not have spent any time with the female party members before starting their social links

oh well

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catesdb
02/24/24 5:20:07 PM
#146:


Spent every day of the film festival going to the movies with a party member

Some of these S-Links just arent going to happen

Wishing I didnt have Magician 10 and Moon 9 right about now

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MZero
02/25/24 9:04:01 AM
#147:


Just finished Sun and the ending completely shocked me. Not sure how to process what happened lol

Great link overall though

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MZero
02/26/24 2:42:10 AM
#148:


I knew as soon as Junpei mentioned going to the bath that there was a terrible scene coming up

why does every scene in Japanese media that involves a hot spring dumb as heck

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UshiromiyaEva
02/26/24 3:20:07 AM
#149:


It continues to be a franchise stain!

They fixed the beach scene, you'd think they'd keep it up.

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MZero
02/26/24 3:31:54 AM
#150:


UshiromiyaEva posted...
They fixed the beach scene, you'd think they'd keep it up.

oh Lord you mean it was worse before?

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