"No, I do like you, and I definitely might want to date you, but... I REALLY need to see what this next girl we'll be meeting soon is all about first."
In order to maximize your playtime, you're obliged to make use of (and most of the time pay for) her 'services' so that you can do activities after a Mementos/dungeon run. So right away the relationship feels exploitative
Story spoiler:
And even after the school is roiling from the Kamoshida scandal, another teacher at the same school appears unable to resist the temptation of her student's romantic overtures. In a game with toilet demons in a metaverse, that's stretching my suspension of disbelief.
I feel that instead of writing a better character with more believable motivations they went the 'fuck it fanservice > all' route and the MC is never seriously challenged on the decisions made with that route. This is probably a fair accusation to lob at the franchise as a whole, I just feel it's a particular weakness in this route.
In order to maximize your playtime, you're obliged to make use of (and most of the time pay for) her 'services' so that you can do activities after a Mementos/dungeon run. So right away the relationship feels exploitative
Story spoiler:
And even after the school is roiling from the Kamoshida scandal, another teacher at the same school appears unable to resist the temptation of her student's romantic overtures. In a game with toilet demons in a metaverse, that's stretching my suspension of disbelief.
I feel that instead of writing a better character with more believable motivations they went the 'fuck it fanservice > all' route and the MC is never seriously challenged on the decisions made with that route. This is probably a fair accusation to lob at the franchise as a whole, I just feel it's a particular weakness in this route.
This was kinda along the lines of some thoughts I had regarding this link as well. Also curious to see the how/what exactly they address with the english translation.
Personally, probably going Makoto 1st playthrough (if her English VA doesn't kill it for me), then probably Tae second time around or as a backup for 1st time.
In order to maximize your playtime, you're obliged to make use of (and most of the time pay for) her 'services' so that you can do activities after a Mementos/dungeon run. So right away the relationship feels exploitative
Well, some things do feel a little weird no matter what. But the way I saw the main chunk of it was
that I felt really sorry for her being in that position, and I'd rather hire her for a shift and help her with her money problem, than have some other guy hire her for that shift who won't be looking to be so innocent with her time.
I do agree, though, that there's a lot more that could have been done with the relationship in terms of telling a better story. But, I also thought the path was strangely sweet, if you didn't push to make it creepy.
I'm still on the fence though I haven't seen enough yet probably. Leaning Makoto right now, but we'll see if that changes. I went Rise for P4 and it's been so long I can't quite recall for P3.
I thought I was going to 100% be on the Makoto train when she was first revealed, but I was legit surprised how much I ended up liking the protagonist's dynamic with Ann from what I saw of import impressions and clips. Well, I was going to do two playthroughs anyway...
Also, Atlus, not being able to romance Yusuke is cruel enough, but having him voiced by Matthew Mercer is extra cruel. Drive the knife in deeper, why don't you.
Makoto : Excellent start , good middle , great ending , excellent girlfriend. Futaba : Good start , nice middle , great ending , superb girlfriend Haru : Rough start , understandable given the context , nice middle , good ending ,intresting girlfriend
Goro : Good start , excellent middle , ok ending , NIce girlfriend ( I Wish )
Munehisa : Lol Start , nice middle , good ending
Sojiro : Nice start ,Good middle , Great ending
Tae : Excellent start , Great middle , good ending , Girlfriend of the year , Top 3 waifu Hifumi : Great start , superb middle , great ending , I'm not worthy of being your boyfriend ,
Should have been part of the thieves gang
, Top 3 waifu
Toranosuke : Confusing start , intresting middle , great end
Sadayo : Good start , Great middle , Awesome ending , Hidden gem of girlfriend in this game. Top 3 waifu
Chihaya : Most predictable S-link , good start , good middle , great ending ( yet her story was well told ) , Good girlfriend.
Yuuki : Bad start , good middle , great ending
Shinya : Ok start , good middle , good ending
Ichiko : Nice start , ok middle , good ending
Igor : GREAT ,GREAT , GREAT
Caroline & Justine : GREAT , GREAT , GREAT , can i give them a hug ?
Makoto : Excellent start , good middle , great ending , excellent girlfriend. Futaba : Good start , nice middle , great ending , superb girlfriend Haru : Rough start , understandable given the context , nice middle , good ending ,intresting girlfriend
Goro : Good start , excellent middle , ok ending , NIce girlfriend ( I Wish )
Munehisa : Lol Start , nice middle , good ending
Sojiro : Nice start ,Good middle , Great ending
Tae : Excellent start , Great middle , good ending , Girlfriend of the year , Top 3 waifu Hifumi : Great start , superb middle , great ending , I'm not worthy of being your boyfriend ,
Should have been part of the thieves gang
, Top 3 waifu
Toranosuke : Confusing start , intresting middle , great end
Sadayo : Good start , Great middle , Awesome ending , Hidden gem of girlfriend in this game. Top 3 waifu
Chihaya : Most predictable S-link , good start , good middle , great ending ( yet her story was well told ) , Good girlfriend.
Yuuki : Bad start , good middle , great ending
Shinya : Ok start , good middle , good ending
Ichiko : Nice start , ok middle , good ending
Igor : GREAT ,GREAT , GREAT
Caroline & Justine : GREAT , GREAT , GREAT , can i give them a hug ?
Makoto : Excellent start , good middle , great ending , excellent girlfriend. Futaba : Good start , nice middle , great ending , superb girlfriend Haru : Rough start , understandable given the context , nice middle , good ending ,intresting girlfriend
Goro : Good start , excellent middle , ok ending , NIce girlfriend ( I Wish )
Munehisa : Lol Start , nice middle , good ending
Sojiro : Nice start ,Good middle , Great ending
Tae : Excellent start , Great middle , good ending , Girlfriend of the year , Top 3 waifu Hifumi : Great start , superb middle , great ending , I'm not worthy of being your boyfriend ,
Should have been part of the thieves gang
, Top 3 waifu
Toranosuke : Confusing start , intresting middle , great end
Sadayo : Good start , Great middle , Awesome ending , Hidden gem of girlfriend in this game. Top 3 waifu
Chihaya : Most predictable S-link , good start , good middle , great ending ( yet her story was well told ) , Good girlfriend.
Yuuki : Bad start , good middle , great ending
Shinya : Ok start , good middle , good ending
Ichiko : Nice start , ok middle , good ending
Igor : GREAT ,GREAT , GREAT
Caroline & Justine : GREAT , GREAT , GREAT , can i give them a hug ?
What made you dislike Anne and like Tae that much? From everything I've heard Anne is among the more fulfilling romances. In fact, I haven't seen shit of Tae's romance. Is it well developed or does it seem like an after thought by the writers? Loads of events?
I ask because Tae was definitely the one I was interested in the most on the first reveal, but everything I've heard is that
she largely uses you as a test subject for her medicines
It's infuriating because we as Westerners can criticize it and campaign up and down but it won't make a difference to a game meant for Japanese people. Whatever. It's going to get brushed under the rug because "LOL Japan".
I wonder who the least popular romance option will be. I'm gonna guess it will be Ichiko(reporter) just based on pre-release chatter on who will romance who.
Makoto : Excellent start , good middle , great ending , excellent girlfriend. Futaba : Good start , nice middle , great ending , superb girlfriend Haru : Rough start , understandable given the context , nice middle , good ending ,intresting girlfriend
Goro : Good start , excellent middle , ok ending , NIce girlfriend ( I Wish )
Munehisa : Lol Start , nice middle , good ending
Sojiro : Nice start ,Good middle , Great ending
Tae : Excellent start , Great middle , good ending , Girlfriend of the year , Top 3 waifu Hifumi : Great start , superb middle , great ending , I'm not worthy of being your boyfriend ,
Should have been part of the thieves gang
, Top 3 waifu
Toranosuke : Confusing start , intresting middle , great end
Sadayo : Good start , Great middle , Awesome ending , Hidden gem of girlfriend in this game. Top 3 waifu
Chihaya : Most predictable S-link , good start , good middle , great ending ( yet her story was well told ) , Good girlfriend.
Yuuki : Bad start , good middle , great ending
Shinya : Ok start , good middle , good ending
Ichiko : Nice start , ok middle , good ending
Igor : GREAT ,GREAT , GREAT
Caroline & Justine : GREAT , GREAT , GREAT , can i give them a hug ?
So if i can talk about characters ..let me write my thoughts about them:
Protagonist : AWESOME
Ann : Goood at the start , rough in the middle , nice end
Yusuke : Great when he appears , Dull in the middle , ok ending.
Morgana : Superbe start , awesome middle , excellent ending Makoto : Excellent start , good middle , great ending , excellent girlfriend. Futaba : Good start , nice middle , great ending , superb girlfriend Haru : Rough start , understandable given the context , nice middle , good ending ,intresting girlfriend
Goro : Good start , excellent middle , ok ending , NIce girlfriend ( I Wish )
Munehisa : Lol Start , nice middle , good ending
Sojiro : Nice start ,Good middle , Great ending Tae : Excellent start , Great middle , good ending , Girlfriend of the year , Top 3 waifu Hifumi : Great start , superb middle , great ending , I'm not worthy of being your boyfriend ,
Should have been part of the thieves gang
, Top 3 waifu
Toranosuke : Confusing start , intresting middle , great end Sadayo : Good start , Great middle , Awesome ending , Hidden gem of girlfriend in this game. Top 3 waifu Chihaya : Most predictable S-link , good start , good middle , great ending ( yet her story was well told ) , Good girlfriend.
Yuuki : Bad start , good middle , great ending
Shinya : Ok start , good middle , good ending
Ichiko : Nice start , ok middle , good ending
Igor : GREAT ,GREAT , GREAT
Caroline & Justine : GREAT , GREAT , GREAT , can i give them a hug ?
Sae : Great start , Awesome middle , Great end
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Waifu ranking :
1) Tae
2) Hifumi
3) Sadayo
4) Makoto
5) Futaba
6) Haru
7) Chihaya
8) Ann
I wanted to get this off my chest in MONTHS
Dammit R_T... How am I going to be able to choose one?
Answer these for me please:
- Which would you say is the best "pure" romance? Straight out of a romance novel
- Which is the most "lustful/ecchi" romance?
- Which is the most "fun" romance?
My first time through my plan was to just feel out the story and go from there. It's what eventually led me to Haru. I won't spoil anything, but for me it just made the most sense.
More like the second you talk about your choice of romance the conversation tends to devolve and/or somebody immediately starts crying that they can't discuss the game without it going into waifu talk. So better to keep it separated so we can have our time.
More like the second you talk about your choice of romance the conversation tends to devolve and/or somebody immediately starts crying that they can't discuss the game without it going into waifu talk. So better to keep it separated so we can have our time.