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[Shin Megami Tensei/Persona]: the Strange Journey is underway. Suit up!

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  • vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I've enjoyed P3 a fucking ton more than I've enjoyed P4 as far as story and dungeons/battles go. I only enjoyed P4's Social Links more.

    Part of that is the saving the world versus lolmurder mystery. Part of that is actually seeing the game over screen playing P3. And part of that is P3 having a fucking awesome ending.

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  • ZerokkuZerokku Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    One more question. Exploring Bootes Floor 1.
    Norris is at the palace, and a distress signal from one of the other ships

    I have no clue where the hell I need to go. I have a ton of doors around I can't unlock.

    Edit: Figured it out. Didn't realize I could open those doors already :lol:

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  • YggiDeeYggiDee The World Ends With You Shill Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I named my ALL AMERICAN HERO "Ace Punching"

    It feels right

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  • Casually HardcoreCasually Hardcore Once an Asshole. Trying to be better. Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Zerokku wrote: »
    One more question. Exploring Bootes Floor 1.
    Norris is at the palace, and a distress signal from one of the other ships

    I have no clue where the hell I need to go. I have a ton of doors around I can't unlock.

    Edit: Figured it out. Didn't realize I could open those doors already :lol:

    U have to find a Forma to unlock some hidden doors.

    Also, my guy name is 'Eater of Babies'. Sadly, there's no babies in this game.

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  • JebralJebral The guy nobody pays attention to Down South in the land of free thinkingRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    What I'm wondering is this: Does magic help your gun damage? I got speed support, and I'm finally starting to get access to new equipment and was wondering if I should prioritize new guns over new swords.

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  • RenegenRenegen Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Normal gun damage is STR. The elemental damage is MAG.

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  • Xenogears of BoreXenogears of Bore Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I'm MAG focus and early on it seems like it is a rip.

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  • RenegenRenegen Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    There's practically no difference at all what you're focused. Stat increases are actually random. I was agility focus and I didn't get an agility increase until like level 7.

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  • MattakuevanMattakuevan Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Yeah, I'm STR focus and its my second lowest stat atm. It's certainly an odd system.

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  • Xenogears of BoreXenogears of Bore Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I've also noticed this. Also I had to lie quite a few times before I figured out how spineless and immoral you have to be to get magic chosen.

    Answer:
    Pretty fucking spineless and immoral!

    My honest choices got me strength and my middle choices got me luck like three different ways.

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  • Steel AngelSteel Angel Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Renegen wrote: »
    There's practically no difference at all what you're focused. Stat increases are actually random. I was agility focus and I didn't get an agility increase until like level 7.

    There's a slight skew towards what stat your focus is, but not by much. Like 24% chance of going up instead of 18/19ish.

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    Big Dookie wrote: »
    I found that tilting it doesn't work very well, and once I started jerking it, I got much better results.

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  • VeganVegan Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Beck wrote: »
    Vegan wrote: »
    DeMoN wrote: »
    One day I'll have to play through P4 again, I missed out on so many Social Links.

    But playing through a game that long is an investment. And the story wasn't particularly great.

    I Youtube'd the ones I missed.

    I'm kind of embarrassed to admit how many times I've youtubed game endings, and extras.

    I'm not. Games too often want you to replay them for, literally, a different cutscene and nothing more.

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  • Steel AngelSteel Angel Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I just had my first encounter with the "Strange Girl."
    "She" goes by "Louisa Ferre."

    I don't think he's even trying anymore.

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    Big Dookie wrote: »
    I found that tilting it doesn't work very well, and once I started jerking it, I got much better results.

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  • elliotw2elliotw2 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I just had my first encounter with the "Strange Girl."
    "She" goes by "Louisa Ferre."

    I don't think he's even trying anymore.

    Well, it's something slightly different

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  • BeckBeck Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Vegan wrote: »
    Beck wrote: »
    Vegan wrote: »
    DeMoN wrote: »
    One day I'll have to play through P4 again, I missed out on so many Social Links.

    But playing through a game that long is an investment. And the story wasn't particularly great.

    I Youtube'd the ones I missed.

    I'm kind of embarrassed to admit how many times I've youtubed game endings, and extras.

    I'm not. Games too often want you to replay them for, literally, a different cutscene and nothing more.

    You seem to have a good reason. I just get bored.

    In my defense I dislike games that assume the player has nothing better to do with their time than to play, but I can't be bothered to finish most games even once.

    On the subject of Strange Journey, though. Man, this is awesome. This is...Maybe better than Nocturne, if it does keep this pace up, and I would probably consider SMT III to be my favorite SMT.

    It's a great entry point into the series, too. I'll be promoting this for a while.

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  • DisDis Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I've also noticed this. Also I had to lie quite a few times before I figured out how spineless and immoral you have to be to get magic chosen.

    Answer:
    Pretty fucking spineless and immoral!

    My honest choices got me strength and my middle choices got me luck like three different ways.

    I prefer to call it being RATIONAL.
    It's simple to make rational decision but difficult to do so when in an actual situation with time contraint.

    *shoots u with his Magic Shot

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  • Casually HardcoreCasually Hardcore Once an Asshole. Trying to be better. Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Beck wrote: »
    Vegan wrote: »
    Beck wrote: »
    Vegan wrote: »
    DeMoN wrote: »
    One day I'll have to play through P4 again, I missed out on so many Social Links.

    But playing through a game that long is an investment. And the story wasn't particularly great.

    I Youtube'd the ones I missed.

    I'm kind of embarrassed to admit how many times I've youtubed game endings, and extras.

    I'm not. Games too often want you to replay them for, literally, a different cutscene and nothing more.

    You seem to have a good reason. I just get bored.

    In my defense I dislike games that assume the player has nothing better to do with their time than to play, but I can't be bothered to finish most games even once.

    On the subject of Strange Journey, though. Man, this is awesome. This is...Maybe better than Nocturne, if it does keep this pace up, and I would probably consider SMT III to be my favorite SMT.

    It's a great entry point into the series, too. I'll be promoting this for a while.

    What I love about this game is its atmosphere. At first you can easily dismiss it as being some generic dungeon crawler. But if you look carefully at the texture, at some of the demons, and the overall tone of the game.

    Holy shit is this one grim as game or what!

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  • ZerokkuZerokku Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I've also noticed this. Also I had to lie quite a few times before I figured out how spineless and immoral you have to be to get magic chosen.

    Answer:
    Pretty fucking spineless and immoral!

    My honest choices got me strength and my middle choices got me luck like three different ways.

    I uh... I answered honestly and got magic. D:

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  • YggiDeeYggiDee The World Ends With You Shill Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    ACE PUNCHING is HOT BLOODED so I guess I have a strength affinity suit.

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  • MrBlarneyMrBlarney Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Three hours in. I'm horrible at demon negotiation. Reviving demons is expensive. I still haven't wiped out, though!

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  • XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    My import is apparently waiting for stock to be delivered to them
    Not actually backordered, but taking its time.
    :/

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  • hoodie13hoodie13 punch bro Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    OK, so how can I get back to talking to these demons that won't talk to me simply because of my alignment? Full Moon and Lunatic?

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  • Casually HardcoreCasually Hardcore Once an Asshole. Trying to be better. Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Punch them in their face until they beg for mercy!

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  • ZerokkuZerokku Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    hoodie13 wrote: »
    OK, so how can I get back to talking to these demons that won't talk to me simply because of my alignment? Full Moon and Lunatic?

    Dark Demons are unobtainable outside of Full Moon + Lunatic or fusion.

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  • apotheosapotheos Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2010
    I find it interesting how they always throw in these soundtrack CD's. Really makes the product stand out on shelves, which I assume is the point considering how relatively unlistenable to they are.

    Yes I know you are out there, Mr. Fan, who considers these good music. You are insane and we all love you anyway.

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  • Xenogears of BoreXenogears of Bore Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I hope you realize the truth behind your unlistenable comment! :P

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  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    MrBlarney wrote: »
    Three hours in. I'm horrible at demon negotiation. Reviving demons is expensive. I still haven't wiped out, though!
    I think it gets easier. Demon fusion should be right around the corner and Ive had a couple demons join me without negotiations which is nice.

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  • animaleanimale Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Ohh mudo how I hate you. I had just found a heal terminal and I paid my dues and I knew there was a save terminal around but a little piggy had to go and end my life. Not sure if I had been able to save since I got a beneficial fusion accident. ;_;

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  • Mortal SkyMortal Sky queer punk hedge witchRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    apotheos wrote: »
    I find it interesting how they always throw in these soundtrack CD's. Really makes the product stand out on shelves, which I assume is the point considering how relatively unlistenable to they are.

    Yes I know you are out there, Mr. Fan, who considers these good music. You are insane and we all love you anyway.

    Yeah, since I've been playing Persona 3, I've been pondering the music. i've decided it's a really good pastiche of video game music, but for actual listening per se, it's not very good for anything. Well, the opening themes like Burn My Dread might be exceptions, but that's about it. It's a lot like the music from The World Ends With You. Excellent in 30 second bites but meh for over a minute and a half.

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  • DartboyDartboy Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    What sort of beneficial fusion accidents are we talking about? Extra skills, good demons?

    Anyway, I'm finding the random stat-ups kinda weird. I got agility, but does that affect gun skills or anything, or is it just speed? Because my agility is nearly double my strength, but sword attacks are still more damaging.

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  • MrBlarneyMrBlarney Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Bedlam wrote: »
    MrBlarney wrote: »
    Three hours in. I'm horrible at demon negotiation. Reviving demons is expensive. I still haven't wiped out, though!
    I think it gets easier. Demon fusion should be right around the corner and Ive had a couple demons join me without negotiations which is nice.
    Yeah, I just got access to the Demon Fusion program (and I can definitely see the fact that it is built in to the Demonica to be of great convenience later on in the game) but that doesn't help when you can't get more demons to join you! The only things I've recruited so far are Pixies and Knockers, but then again, I've only just gotten to see the new demons on Antiles/B1F and have still yet to have enough interactions with them to figure out their idiosyncrasies.

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  • hoodie13hoodie13 punch bro Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    MrBlarney wrote: »
    Bedlam wrote: »
    MrBlarney wrote: »
    Three hours in. I'm horrible at demon negotiation. Reviving demons is expensive. I still haven't wiped out, though!
    I think it gets easier. Demon fusion should be right around the corner and Ive had a couple demons join me without negotiations which is nice.
    Yeah, I just got access to the Demon Fusion program (and I can definitely see the fact that it is built in to the Demonica to be of great convenience later on in the game) but that doesn't help when you can't get more demons to join you! The only things I've recruited so far are Pixies and Knockers, but then again, I've only just gotten to see the new demons on Antiles/B1F and have still yet to have enough interactions with them to figure out their idiosyncrasies.

    God, there are so fucking many

    I've convo'd a ton of times with one or two species and I'll rarely find overlap in convo. Sometimes between species, but otherwise no.

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  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Zerokku wrote: »
    hoodie13 wrote: »
    OK, so how can I get back to talking to these demons that won't talk to me simply because of my alignment? Full Moon and Lunatic?

    Dark Demons are unobtainable outside of Full Moon + Lunatic or fusion.
    Wait are you saying Dark vs light has to do with the moon? Because I did not know this.

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  • animaleanimale Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Dartboy wrote: »
    What sort of beneficial fusion accidents are we talking about? Extra skills, good demons?

    I ended up getting a Dark demon that was a few levels higher than I was at the time, sadly I can't remember it's name now.

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  • elliotw2elliotw2 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Huh, were there always mixed alignment parties in SMT games? I don't remember getting a enemy party with both law and chaos demons before this game.

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  • BeckBeck Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    apotheos wrote: »
    I find it interesting how they always throw in these soundtrack CD's. Really makes the product stand out on shelves, which I assume is the point considering how relatively unlistenable to they are.

    Yes I know you are out there, Mr. Fan, who considers these good music. You are insane and we all love you anyway.

    Hey, the battle theme isn't bad! It's coming on between The xx's VCR and World Sick by BSS on my itunes randomize today and it might not really stand up, but it's not terrible!
    Mortal Sky wrote: »
    apotheos wrote: »
    I find it interesting how they always throw in these soundtrack CD's. Really makes the product stand out on shelves, which I assume is the point considering how relatively unlistenable to they are.

    Yes I know you are out there, Mr. Fan, who considers these good music. You are insane and we all love you anyway.

    Yeah, since I've been playing Persona 3, I've been pondering the music. i've decided it's a really good pastiche of video game music, but for actual listening per se, it's not very good for anything. Well, the opening themes like Burn My Dread might be exceptions, but that's about it. It's a lot like the music from The World Ends With You. Excellent in 30 second bites but meh for over a minute and a half.

    I'm playing TWEWY right now and I'm having a really hard time with it because of the music. jrock/pop needs to fuck off.

    It's terrible.

    Let's play some BORIS or something.

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  • elliotw2elliotw2 Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Beck wrote: »
    apotheos wrote: »
    I find it interesting how they always throw in these soundtrack CD's. Really makes the product stand out on shelves, which I assume is the point considering how relatively unlistenable to they are.

    Yes I know you are out there, Mr. Fan, who considers these good music. You are insane and we all love you anyway.

    Hey, the battle theme isn't bad! It's coming on between The xx's VCR and World Sick by BSS on my itunes randomize today and it might not really stand up, but it's not terrible!
    Mortal Sky wrote: »
    apotheos wrote: »
    I find it interesting how they always throw in these soundtrack CD's. Really makes the product stand out on shelves, which I assume is the point considering how relatively unlistenable to they are.

    Yes I know you are out there, Mr. Fan, who considers these good music. You are insane and we all love you anyway.

    Yeah, since I've been playing Persona 3, I've been pondering the music. i've decided it's a really good pastiche of video game music, but for actual listening per se, it's not very good for anything. Well, the opening themes like Burn My Dread might be exceptions, but that's about it. It's a lot like the music from The World Ends With You. Excellent in 30 second bites but meh for over a minute and a half.

    I'm playing TWEWY right now and I'm having a really hard time with it because of the music. jrock/pop needs to fuck off.

    It's terrible.

    Let's play some BORIS or something.

    Nintendo should add in custom soundtracks with the DSi and it's SD card slot

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  • BeckBeck Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    elliotw2 wrote: »
    Beck wrote: »
    apotheos wrote: »
    I find it interesting how they always throw in these soundtrack CD's. Really makes the product stand out on shelves, which I assume is the point considering how relatively unlistenable to they are.

    Yes I know you are out there, Mr. Fan, who considers these good music. You are insane and we all love you anyway.

    Hey, the battle theme isn't bad! It's coming on between The xx's VCR and World Sick by BSS on my itunes randomize today and it might not really stand up, but it's not terrible!
    Mortal Sky wrote: »
    apotheos wrote: »
    I find it interesting how they always throw in these soundtrack CD's. Really makes the product stand out on shelves, which I assume is the point considering how relatively unlistenable to they are.

    Yes I know you are out there, Mr. Fan, who considers these good music. You are insane and we all love you anyway.

    Yeah, since I've been playing Persona 3, I've been pondering the music. i've decided it's a really good pastiche of video game music, but for actual listening per se, it's not very good for anything. Well, the opening themes like Burn My Dread might be exceptions, but that's about it. It's a lot like the music from The World Ends With You. Excellent in 30 second bites but meh for over a minute and a half.

    I'm playing TWEWY right now and I'm having a really hard time with it because of the music. jrock/pop needs to fuck off.

    It's terrible.

    Let's play some BORIS or something.

    Nintendo should add in custom soundtracks with the DSi and it's SD card slot

    Yeah!

    It would honestly make TWEWY a better game.

    Though maybe the music is supposed to be terrible since you're chilling in the incredibly gaudy Shibuya.

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  • VeganVegan Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Mortal Sky wrote: »
    apotheos wrote: »
    I find it interesting how they always throw in these soundtrack CD's. Really makes the product stand out on shelves, which I assume is the point considering how relatively unlistenable to they are.

    Yes I know you are out there, Mr. Fan, who considers these good music. You are insane and we all love you anyway.

    Yeah, since I've been playing Persona 3, I've been pondering the music. i've decided it's a really good pastiche of video game music, but for actual listening per se, it's not very good for anything. Well, the opening themes like Burn My Dread might be exceptions, but that's about it. It's a lot like the music from The World Ends With You. Excellent in 30 second bites but meh for over a minute and a half.

    They're a good way to "revisit" the games, though. Especially considering how long they are; there's no way I'm replaying any time soon, no matter how fond I am of the experience.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Some demons are really nice, even more than series standards. Even if I screw up, they might still go into negotiation mode.

    I hate to say it, but I think I might go Law. Their demons are looking a lot more appealing and useful.

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