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[asariN7]

91 meta

 

[Cornbread78]

I know the game is gonna do well review wise, I've been anticipating it for years and got it preordered.
However, I wanna see one or two low scores because the online meltdowns will be really entertaining.

There will be that one review from "BroGamer" or "Daily Shooter" that got a review copy and will post a damning review about lack of multiplayer and slow gameplay and poor character designs....

It's just bound to happen.

 

[Deleted member 518609]

I'm playing on hard and it seems like it takes forever to level up, is it any different on other difficulties?
Also, mp seems really limited, then again, I'm still on the first palace so maybe because I'm low leveled.

No, EXP is the same on Hard as it is on Easy and Normal. You level up at the same rate. Same for money.

 

[BRSxIgnition]

I immediately stopped playing breath of the wild after Jim Sterling dropped the meta to 97.

Dodged a bullet there eh?

 

[Lionel Richie]

Can't take the wait.

 

[Bronetta]

Oh shit the embargos up today?


95 Metacritic lets go!

 

[Impulsor]

Dodged a bullet there eh?

I felt a bit of anxiety when it happened... in fact I still worry... what if I played it when it was at 97 without noticing it. What If I realized it went down to 97 too late?

I still lose sleep over this...

 

[Sylas]

Oh my god how did an early impressions thread turn into a metacritic thread. God dammit.

ACTUAL IMPRESSION: I got a little frustrated at the time between the first and 2nd dungeon but primarily because unlike prior Persona games, you actually need to budget dungeon time instead of beating it all in one go. I didn't get everything done that I wanted to get done, so the leftovers are getting pushed farther back. Now that I know that dungeons require actual planning and how easy it is to waste a full day inside of one, it should be fine going forward.

Super glad that the conversation system is back and seems like a really good source of backup healing items if you don't want/need to exp and are running low.

 

[Igama]

92 is my prediction.

 

[jxN3]

Just the worst

feelsbadman

 

[Yu Narukami]

Oh my god how did an early impressions thread turn into a metacritic thread. God dammit.

ACTUAL IMPRESSION: I got a little frustrated at the time between the first and 2nd dungeon but primarily because unlike prior Persona games, you actually need to budget dungeon time instead of beating it all in one go. I didn't get everything done that I wanted to get done, so the leftovers are getting pushed farther back. Now that I know that dungeons require actual planning and how easy it is to waste a full day inside of one, it should be fine going forward.

Keep your impressions from the game away from this thread please.

Spoiler

Thanks for the impressions.

 

[BRSxIgnition]

Since the first few pages will be "Predicting __ MC" anyway, I'll be posting the Review Thread at the 1-hour mark. Here's a little preview of it for those who are impatient as me:

 

[-Horizon-]

Whoa, what is this I'm reading here. Dungeons are gone after you beat them and you can't beat them in one go around? For real?

 

[BRSxIgnition]

Whoa, what is this I'm reading here. Dungeons are gone after you beat them and you can't beat them in one go around? For real?

You've still got Momentos after the dungeons though.

 

[Yu Narukami]

Persona 5 |OT| "I really, reeeeaaaally wouldn't expect too much from this game if I were you."

 

[Deleted member 518609]

Whoa, what is this I'm reading here. Dungeons are gone after you beat them and you can't beat them in one go around? For real?

Mementos is always available to visit, and each time you beat a story dungeon it expands further to contain all the enemies from that dungeon - so you can't miss any Personas.
The dungeons here are way larger than they ever were in P4, and while it is possible to beat the bulk of most dungeons in a single go, MP will sometimes force you to leave and come back.

 

[-Horizon-]

You've still got Momentos after the dungeons though.

Mementos is always available to visit, and each time you beat a story dungeon it expands further to contain all the enemies from that dungeon - so you can't miss any Personas.
The dungeons here are way larger than they ever were in P4, and while it is possible to beat the bulk of most dungeons in a single go, MP will sometimes force you to leave and come back.

What is that?

 

[Sylas]

Whoa, what is this I'm reading here. Dungeons are gone after you beat them and you can't beat them in one go around? For real?

Yeah. Mementos is plenty fun though.

Spoiler

you get to ride around in a cat bus

Not being able to breeze through a dungeon in one go is a fantastic change imo. I never felt pressed for time and it made the deadlines pointless. Going in several days in a row can be detrimental, too. Sometimes you need to work so you can make a bit of cash to buy more healing items before going back in.

What is that?

It's a big-ass dungeon, basically.

 

[Snkfanatic]

Nope!



NOPE!!

Yep

 

[BRSxIgnition]

What is that?

Momentos are randomly generated dungeons based on the hearts of the general populace. It's like a Tartarus that's always there, between all the awesome handcrafted dungeons.

 

[Totakeke]

40 hours in and it's a great execution of the Persona 3 and 4 formula, but it likely won't be revelationary to people who has tried the previous games.

 

[Teletraan1]

This game doesn't have the cache of a GTA, Zelda or Bethesda game so its faults won't be overlooked. It should still score great if impressions are to be believed.

 

[MetatronM]

Oh my god how did an early impressions thread turn into a metacritic thread. God dammit.

ACTUAL IMPRESSION: I got a little frustrated at the time between the first and 2nd dungeon but primarily because unlike prior Persona games, you actually need to budget dungeon time instead of beating it all in one go. I didn't get everything done that I wanted to get done, so the leftovers are getting pushed farther back. Now that I know that dungeons require actual planning and how easy it is to waste a full day inside of one, it should be fine going forward.

Super glad that the conversation system is back and seems like a really good source of backup healing items if you don't want/need to exp and are running low.

It's possible to do the dungeons in one go. I did for the first one. Barely.

And the main reason I was able to do it was the conversation system. I basically hit a stone wall right at the very very end of the dungeon, knowing I only had to fight maybe two or three more battles and I'd have the whole thing cleared, but I was absolutely out of gas with no SP left, only 1 or 2 SP restoring items that only gave me 5 SP each, no bullets left, few healing items left, and no real options remaining going forward. So I fast traveled back to the start of the dungeon and started picking on weaker enemies and forcing them into conversations to get them to give me a whole bunch of items. This also helped with leveling (though it is slower than straight up killing everything) since you do still get exp for any enemies you take down during the fight, even if it ended in a negotiation. Leveling gets you back a tiny amount of HP and SP, equal to the amount your max HP and SP increases by, and that extra 5 or 6 SP per character that came from getting one level was just barely enough to get me over the hump and to the end of the dungeon. Took me like an extra hour or so, but it saved me from having to burn a whole day or more in-game just to get past a couple enemies that I knew I would have no problem with if I was at full strength.


And I'm going to arbitrarily guess an MC score of 91.

 

[Impulsor]

Oh my god how did an early impressions thread turn into a metacritic thread. God dammit.

ACTUAL IMPRESSION: I got a little frustrated at the time between the first and 2nd dungeon but primarily because unlike prior Persona games, you actually need to budget dungeon time instead of beating it all in one go. I didn't get everything done that I wanted to get done, so the leftovers are getting pushed farther back. Now that I know that dungeons require actual planning and how easy it is to waste a full day inside of one, it should be fine going forward.

Super glad that the conversation system is back and seems like a really good source of backup healing items if you don't want/need to exp and are running low.

It kinda always happens when reviews are about to drop and there isn't a review thread.

This game doesn't have the cache of a GTA, Zelda or Bethesda game so its faults won't be overlooked. It should still score great if impressions are to be believed.

Sorry, what faults?

 

[BRSxIgnition]

It kinda always happens when reviews are about to drop and there isn't a review thread.

Don't worry. Posting in 3 minutes.

(The first few pages will be MC predictions anyway.)

 

[Impulsor]

Don't worry. Posting in 3 minutes.

(The first few pages will be MC predictions anyway.)

OMG! It's happening!

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

There will be that one review from "BroGamer" or "Daily Shooter" that got a review copy and will post a damning review about lack of multiplayer and slow gameplay and poor character designs....

It's just bound to happen.

WORST RPG RELEASED ON ANY CONSOLE AT ALL: PERSONA 5

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TURN-BASED NONSENSE

THIS SERIES NEEDS TO INNOVATE AND BECOME MORE INFLUENTIAL

WHY DON'T YOU JUST FUCKING PUT THEM IN A DESERT, GIVE THEM A GUN, AND PLAY IT FROM A FIRST-PERSON PERSPECTIVE

Spoiler

89

 

[Sylas]

It's possible to do the dungeons in one go. I did for the first one. Barely.

And the main reason I was able to do it was the conversation system. I basically hit a stone wall right at the very very end of the dungeon, knowing I only had to fight maybe two or three more battles and I'd have the whole thing cleared, but I was absolutely out of gas with no SP left, only 1 or 2 SP restoring items that only gave me 5 SP each, no bullets left, few healing items left, and no real options remaining going forward. So I fast traveled back to the start of the dungeon and started picking on weaker enemies and forcing them into conversations to get them to give me a whole bunch of items. This also helped with leveling (though it is slower than straight up killing everything) since you do still get exp for any enemies you take down during the fight, even if it ended in a negotiation. Leveling gets you back a tiny amount of HP and SP, equal to the amount your max HP and SP increases by, and that extra 5 or 6 SP per character that came from getting one level was just barely enough to get me over the hump and to the end of the dungeon. Took me like an extra hour or so, but it saved me from having to burn a whole day or more in-game just to get past a couple enemies that I knew I would have no problem with if I was at full strength.


And I'm going to arbitrarily guess an MC score of 91.

...I never thought of going down a few floors and bullying enemies. That's incredible and thank you for the idea. COMING FOR YOU, NERDS.

 

[DrunkShogun]

It's possible to do the dungeons in one go. I did for the first one. Barely.

And the main reason I was able to do it was the conversation system. I basically hit a stone wall right at the very very end of the dungeon, knowing I only had to fight maybe two or three more battles and I'd have the whole thing cleared, but I was absolutely out of gas with no SP left, only 1 or 2 SP restoring items that only gave me 5 SP each, no bullets left, few healing items left, and no real options remaining going forward. So I fast traveled back to the start of the dungeon and started picking on weaker enemies and forcing them into conversations to get them to give me a whole bunch of items. This also helped with leveling (though it is slower than straight up killing everything) since you do still get exp for any enemies you take down during the fight, even if it ended in a negotiation. Leveling gets you back a tiny amount of HP and SP, equal to the amount your max HP and SP increases by, and that extra 5 or 6 SP per character that came from getting one level was just barely enough to get me over the hump and to the end of the dungeon. Took me like an extra hour or so, but it saved me from having to burn a whole day or more in-game just to get past a couple enemies that I knew I would have no problem with if I was at full strength.



And I'm going to arbitrarily guess an MC score of 91.

Is the dungeon set on a timer or is just limited supplies. Don't like the idea of needing to rush a dungeon due to ingame timer.

 

[Totakeke]

Is the dungeon set on a timer or is just limited supplies. Don't like the idea of needing to rush a dungeon due to ingame timer.

There's no timer, the only limit is whether you are capable of killing more enemies.

 

[BRSxIgnition]

She's up... Technically.

<3 you ModBot.

 

[DrunkShogun]

There's no timer, only whether you are capable of killing more enemies.

Ah that's fine. I managed to one day all persona 4 dungeons so hopefully I can replicate that in persona 5. Need to save time so I can chill with everyone.

 

[Impulsor]

She's up.

Locked until the embargo is actually up... awww, shucks.

 

[silva1991]

*it's time*

 

[Cornbread78]

Locked until the embargo is actually up... awww, shucks.

"Wow, that was quick..."

 

[PhazonBlazer]

I kinda want to cancel my standard edition and get the steelbook.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Its going to get an 8.5/8.8. jRPGs really have difficult times getting any higher than that.

 

[BRSxIgnition]

I kinda want to cancel my standard edition and get the steelbook.

Its going to get an 8.5/8.8. jRPGs really have difficult times getting any higher than that.

You do know that the past few Persona games have all gotten above that, right?

 

[meltingparappa]

It's possible to do the dungeons in one go. I did for the first one. Barely.

You mean, until you had to get out of the dungeon for the

Spoiler

calling card segment

.

And then in the second dungeon, there's another time-based barrier, to make it take at least

Spoiler

three

full days, in addition to the one you spend scoping the place out before being able to do anything.

I don't have time for these dungeons! I gotta

Spoiler

return dvds

and do

Spoiler

laundry

!

(the most unnecessary spoiler tags of all time)

 

[Nightbird]

You should be careful, I think it has that very dangerous steelbook cover because of which Amazon preorders were canceled. You might be the reason the human race goes extinct then. -While one could argue that Atlus is at fault for not creating a 99+ MC-Game of course.

Real Talk: I was so psyched to see that i could pre-order the CE after i spent a whole week keeping my Laptop on, just that i could get it, that i would probably die inside if it would end up being cancelled after all.
I am even okay with waiting 4 more Days after release just to get it.

True Hell begins next Tuesday.

 

[Astral]

After finishing everything there is to do in Nier, I feel so empty. It's a good thing this game comes out in less than a week or I'd fucking die.

 

[DrunkShogun]

I kinda want to cancel my standard edition and get the steelbook.

I'm all on luck. Amazon uk doesn't give much info other than take your edition or launch edition. Will be surprised whether I end up with standard or steelbook.

 

[Cornbread78]

I kinda want to cancel my standard edition and get the steelbook.

GS gave me a choice when I pre-ordered the game last summer, so I naturally said I wanted a steelbook copy. Same price for both...

 

[MetatronM]

Is the dungeon set on a timer or is just limited supplies. Don't like the idea of needing to rush a dungeon due to ingame timer.

No timer other than the usual sorts of deadlines Persona games give you. Like you must clear the current dungeon by X date or it's game over. That sort of thing.

 

[Squire]

Ah that's fine. I managed to one day all persona 4 dungeons so hopefully I can replicate that in persona 5. Need to save time so I can chill with everyone.

Umm, just so we're clear, they're still tied to deadlines like in P3/4, so you do need to hurry up and finish them ASAP.

 

[BRSxIgnition]

I'm all on luck. Amazon uk doesn't give much info other than take your edition or launch edition. Will be surprised whether I end up with standard or steelbook.

Launch Edition is the Steelbook.

 

[Seiryoden]

Just got my CE purchase confirmation from Shopto. It's happening

 

[OnionPowder]

Going in at 77

 

[marmoka]

45 minutes to cancel my preorder

Spoiler

i won't

 

[Blitzhex]

Going in at 77