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Official Persona 3 thread: first time in school for NA players.
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diablopanqueque
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dillenger said:
Make it easier for yourself and do what I do and just watch the 42 minute preview of the game over and over again until the game comes out.
dillenger said:
According to the latest EGM thread it got 8.5/9.5/9.5 and Game Of The Month for September 2007.
DarknessTear
Banned
Danj said:
I think he means what they actually say about it.
Even though i'm so hyped for Persona 3 that I couldn't possibly be hyped any more.....I just can't picture it being better then Nocturne was. That's setting my expectations way too high by expecting it to top Nocturne. The only RPG better then Nocturne is Xenosaga ep3 and is the best rpg of last gen.
Systems_id
Banned
You think so? The more time I put into Nocturne the more I think it's RPG of the generation. It's atmosphere is unmatched, the story awesome but subtle at the same time, and demon collecting/fusing is addicting as hell. If P3 can top that then lord I'm in for another great time.Error said:
Persona 3 is better than Nocturne because Nocturne is an unbalanced, incohesive mess.
Also, it's fun. Where Nocturne was fun in the artsy sort of sense rather than the visceral game sense.
I don't know about 9.5s, maybe it's a little high, but P3 falls just short of masterpiece, so maybe 9.5 is right.
Mind you, I'm not saying Nocturne is bad, I'm just saying that for a niche game, it's overrated way more than it should be. Basically, it wasn't that good. Also, Persona 3 is Nothing Like Nocturne, so comparing them is a pointless exercise anyway.
Also, it's fun. Where Nocturne was fun in the artsy sort of sense rather than the visceral game sense.
I don't know about 9.5s, maybe it's a little high, but P3 falls just short of masterpiece, so maybe 9.5 is right.
Mind you, I'm not saying Nocturne is bad, I'm just saying that for a niche game, it's overrated way more than it should be. Basically, it wasn't that good. Also, Persona 3 is Nothing Like Nocturne, so comparing them is a pointless exercise anyway.
eXistor
Member
Nocturne is a very different experience than most other rpg's and prior to Nocturne I hadn't played a lot of rpg's in this vain and I was blown away by Nocturne's absurd quality. It might be exactly because this type of rpg was new to me that I liked it as much as I did, but I do think it's one of the very best rpg's in the last years and trust me when I say I've played a lot.schild said:
it depends on what you prefer I guess, Nocturne is a hardcore rpg with maddening difficulty something rarely seen in JRPGs released on PS2 before it, so it was a welcome change. the fact that Nocturne lives and dies on its setting instead of a strong narrative was also something fresh when almost all JRPGs before it relied on cinematic cutscenes, a bunch of dialogue and extremely linear estructure.
Nocturne just came at the right time, offered something new and different... that's why people enjoy/like the game so much.
Nocturne just came at the right time, offered something new and different... that's why people enjoy/like the game so much.
Yes, but the difficulty of Nocturne was totally and completely fabricated. Making numbers larger than they should be to increase difficulty just doesn't impress me. At all. And it sure as shit doesn't make a non-twitchbased bog standard JRPG more fun.
Now, if we're just talking about setting and setting ONLY, Nocturne had it in f'ing spades and it's what kept me playing it. But even then, I liked Shadow Hearts 1 & 2 more. And Persona 3 is better than all 3 of those titles.
Now, if we're just talking about setting and setting ONLY, Nocturne had it in f'ing spades and it's what kept me playing it. But even then, I liked Shadow Hearts 1 & 2 more. And Persona 3 is better than all 3 of those titles.
Systems_id
Banned
I don't think Nocturne is THAT hard. Ok sure I'm using the guide but it all comes down to having the right skills rather than powerleveling. A level 25 party could probabky wipe out a level 70 party if said party had the right skills since stats don't mean much. That's one thing I enjoy. The only reason to grind is if you need a particular skill badly and even then there's probably another demon you could recruit. Some of the dungeon designs are tricky though (stupid warp points).
SatelliteOfLove
Member
schild said:
Are we talking about a Press Turn-sporting title here? It's hard to tell from this paragraph. The only way numbers could overwhelm you in this game is if you were WAY underleveled, and even then, debuffing/buffing/and smart exploiting of weaknesses could level the playing field.
Semjaza Azazel
Member
I didn't think Nocturne was that hard either. It's mostly about being prepared. You always need a well rounded team and you need to make sure you register demons as they grow. Even if you do die, you'll know what to use for the battle the second time around. You'll be able to use a demon you have (on you or in the Compendium) or just level him up some more. I don't think it's that bad.
I'm the one that made the video. Obviously if you're that worried about knowing things, then don't touch it. I mean, it's the opening of the game.
But at the same time, I think this quote is true. It reveals almost nothing in the scheme of things. If you've ever kept up with any videos at all you've seen almost all of this, you're aware of the story. You've probably seen every FMV clip in it already, for example.
To put this into context, that takes place over like one day and takes up one and half pages in the strategy guide. It reveals almost nothing in the scheme of things.
I'm not saying this to convince people to watch the video (it does me no good, I don't even get a link to my site lol)... but rather to give them an idea of how much better the game gets, how much more the story does develop and just how much BIGGER it is.
My intention was mostly to help keep the game on people's minds due to the delay, to help ease up some of the disappointment. I also felt that showing a good deal of it might get people who have completely ignored the title to be like "whoa, 42 minutes, maybe I'll look at it!". You sometimes see 30 minute demo videos around E3 and whatnot and they go over well.
Either way, if you're avoiding media about it and don't want to know anything, obviously you should avoid it like the plague. It's not that long until the full game and there's plenty of other little clips out there.
diablopanqueque said:
I'm the one that made the video. Obviously if you're that worried about knowing things, then don't touch it. I mean, it's the opening of the game.
But at the same time, I think this quote is true. It reveals almost nothing in the scheme of things. If you've ever kept up with any videos at all you've seen almost all of this, you're aware of the story. You've probably seen every FMV clip in it already, for example.
To put this into context, that takes place over like one day and takes up one and half pages in the strategy guide. It reveals almost nothing in the scheme of things.
I'm not saying this to convince people to watch the video (it does me no good, I don't even get a link to my site lol)... but rather to give them an idea of how much better the game gets, how much more the story does develop and just how much BIGGER it is.
My intention was mostly to help keep the game on people's minds due to the delay, to help ease up some of the disappointment. I also felt that showing a good deal of it might get people who have completely ignored the title to be like "whoa, 42 minutes, maybe I'll look at it!". You sometimes see 30 minute demo videos around E3 and whatnot and they go over well.
Either way, if you're avoiding media about it and don't want to know anything, obviously you should avoid it like the plague. It's not that long until the full game and there's plenty of other little clips out there.
Systems_id
Banned
I mostly use the guide the fusion charts since it's nigh impossible to get all of the demons without it.mcgarrett said:
All of the enemy and boss attack patterns aren't to figure out at all and require a normal RPGs worth of trial and error. If you need specific skills then, 90% of the time, there are always enemies around the area with specific skills and strengths to a certain element.The Matador only took me about two or three tries once I figured out most of his attacks were Force based. Dante and Hell Biker gave me a lot of trouble though simply because their attacks are powerful. In terms of enemy difficulty I'd put this at around Dragon Quest 8. The REAL difficulty comes from the absolutely massive dungeons and their complex designs not to mention the strict item management. 50 Chakras isn't really a whole lot when you're trying to get through The Obelisk.
Teasel said:
Kaja/Nda spells are greatly de-emphasized in P3, mainly because you can't stack the same Kaja/Nda multiple times any more, and there aren't as many varieties.. The standard version isn't AoE, and the AoE version's pretty rare.
Also, pretty early on you'll get Personae with Auto-Kaja abilities, which are very nice. If you can fuse something with all three Autos (Taru/Raku/Suku), you can save yourself a lot of SP.
I got stuck on Matador, but I ground 8 levels so I could control some more monsters (lol grinding is so bad, but I ground while talking on the phone cause the game has auto battle).
The only part where I really got stuck was on the three boss challenge (thor) in Ikebukuro.
The only part where I really got stuck was on the three boss challenge (thor
) in Ikebukuro.I had two things that really made me not like Nocturne.
First was the requirement to fuse new demons quite frequently because the demons you got didn't level up very fast. I hated that because I get attached to my characters and want to use them for the entire game but it makes me too gimp to do so.
I also hated having to switch out skills so much and being limited to six or eight skills. I could never tell which skills I needed and which skills were useless so every time I leveled up I would stress about which skills to learn for my main character and which ones to get rid of.
I sure didn't see much in the guide in terms of optimal party and skillsets. If I did play it again, I would want to use a faq that gives me that information so I could enjoy it more.
That was also why I loved DDS so much, after getting fed up with two aspects of SMTN I found that they were completely "fixed" in DDS so that I could enjoy it.
First was the requirement to fuse new demons quite frequently because the demons you got didn't level up very fast. I hated that because I get attached to my characters and want to use them for the entire game but it makes me too gimp to do so.
I also hated having to switch out skills so much and being limited to six or eight skills. I could never tell which skills I needed and which skills were useless so every time I leveled up I would stress about which skills to learn for my main character and which ones to get rid of.
I sure didn't see much in the guide in terms of optimal party and skillsets. If I did play it again, I would want to use a faq that gives me that information so I could enjoy it more.
That was also why I loved DDS so much, after getting fed up with two aspects of SMTN I found that they were completely "fixed" in DDS so that I could enjoy it.
Shouta
Member
Ravidrath said:
AoE version isn't all that rare. Quite a few of the hero's personas can get them and your partners later will get them (Aegis and Junpei for buff, Akihiko and someone else for debuff) to use as well. They might not be nearly as broken as they are in Noctrune but the strength of Nda and Kaja are still incredibly powerful. This is especially true later on when the damage you do starts getting much better and the effects are more noticable.
Error said:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4256693&postcount=634
Basically, One More! feels less like a game of RPS than Press Turn does.
Tokubetsu
Member
Y2Kev said:I got stuck on Matador, but I ground 8 levels so I could control some more monsters (lol grinding is so bad, but I ground while talking on the phone cause the game has auto battle).
The only part where I really got stuck was on the three boss challenge (thor
That's exactly where I am right now :lol
jaundicejuice
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Sirusjr said:
Playing through the Digital Devil Saga games should almost be a requirement before one tackles Nocturne, although I know Reilly would say otherwise
A limited skill set I can deal with, it was simply not knowing what certain abilities did and the whole throwing abilities away bit. Playing through the Digital Devil Saga gave me a complete grasp on every ability, and now I have an understanding of what it is I'm walking into as far as the Hitoshura's ability developement goes in Nocturne.
I also got attached to some of my demons when I was initially playing Nocturne and would rather level them up or swap them out if they were a liability in a given area than fuse them for something more powerful or something immune against the attacks of the critters native to whatever area I was in. Then I started hitting the ceilings on their skill sets, many of my critters started to quickly become useless, and thus fodder for fusion.
"Sorry lil' buddy, we'll always have the Demonic Compendium" *ZAP*
Sirusjr said:
You have them updated at the demon fusion place (I forget how to spell it). So, if you wanted them again, you could purchase them with all the skills and level they had at the time.
You could theoretically use (for example) a Jack Frost the whole game and get him to level 99. It would take some careful demon crafting to upgrade his skills, but it could be done.
Sirusjr said:
You want to switch your skills because the mantra you get later on have better skills. It adds a ton of customization to creating the type of Demi-Fiend you want which, imo, is awesome.
jaundicejuice said:Playing through the Digital Devil Saga games should almost be a requirement before one tackles Nocturne, although I know Reilly would say otherwise
Of course, DDS is terrible.
jaundicejuice
Member
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Error said:
Same. I mean, the game certainly was more difficult than other RPGs I'd played, but it wasn't difficult to the point of frustrating. I actually had more problems with Thor than Matador, but that may have just been chance.
So, who all occupies the Velvet Room this time around?
diablopanqueque
Banned
I'm gonna miss the original three people. Especially the blind guy. He always had something to say which made me as a player think on a deeper level.
Error said:
The "One More!" system is more generous both to you and your enemies. With Press Turn, you had to be REALLY careful about using all-enemy skills, because if a single one of them voided/drained/repelled it, you lost a turn icon. With One More!, it's the opposite--you only need one of the enemies in a targeted group to be weak to a skill, and you'll get another turn, but the same is true for the enemies. So on bosses, you want to make REAL sure no one in your party is vulnerable to the stuff they dish out, or else put up some good defenses, because there are a couple of bosses in particular who only bust out the really nasty attacks if they happen to get a second turn off you in one round.
What makes One More! tricky is trying to get different enemy types on the field all to get Down status in the same turn, so you can pour the All-Out Attacks on them. It's a really different kind of challenge than maximizing your Press Turn icons.
Systems_id
Banned
I wouldn't say the DDS games are generic but they're definately the most "mainstream" titles from the team, especially DDS2. The unique atmosphere, artstyle, and soundtracks keep the games far away from generic territory.Avalon said: