Lavenza is incredibly cute. What a great character design. Shame she's only in the end game.
I checked all 4 vending machines during November and bought everything there. Might make a note when I get home and compare against what items are stated in the list.
Her walking into the Velvet Room animation is an order of magnitude more detailed than any other animation in the game.
well, arena and ultimax are pretty big reasons why expanding anti shadow groups to the wider world sucks, because it turns persona kinda into MIB and that's not what persona is
There are two vending machines in northwest of Akiharabara. Get the drinks from both there. I got the trophy after I bought from the second machine. Turns out that was what I was missing after I bought from all the other available locations mentioned in guides. I did this with a save in 11/28 and wasn't even able to buy from the machines at school there anymore.
Yea, that was such a nice detail. Way nicer than Caroline kicking us in, lmao
Pretty sure I got them. Will do enough run as I've just beaten dungeon 7 with about 12 days until deadline. So you don't have to drink the items.
Aigis looks good in the suit tho.
I wonder about the whole "Dark Hour/Midnight Channel/Metaverse are the same thing" theory. It all starts to sound a little weird if you begin to bring the Arena/Ultimax story into things, where you have (Arena/Ultimax story spoilers)and (this one I remember less, so I could be wrong)the Kirijo group sponsoring an anti-shadow task force. Surely word of all this would have made it to Tokyo, and vice-versa. Persona 4 is different because of how isolated those cases were from any instrument of earthly power, but Persona 5's manifestation of shadows and the cognitive world directly intertwines with political and police forces. I can't imagine the relevant parties from previous games would sit this one out if they had a choice.Naoto/Kirijo still working with the authorities on anti-shadow cases?
I almost feel like Akechi's arc plays on your knowledge of Persona 4 in a very Metal Gear Solid 2 sort of way, where they deliberately make you think you know where it's going only to rip the floor out from under you.
He's so transparently set up to be a Naoto counterpart. He's called the Detective Prince. He's set up as an enemy of the group only to join them as an unlikely ally later. He specializes in bless/curse skills, and has a very childish theme to his Persona and outfit just like Naoto. Then 11/20 hits, he leaves the party and becomes an antagonist, everything about him is revealed to be an act, and his character takes a wild departure from his Naoto-clone nature.
I don't think so, I think the whole deal with Akechi is that the real twist is that the characters already knew he had ulterior motives, rather than the twist being that he was the traitor.
I don't think so, I think the whole deal with Akechi is that the real twist is that the characters already knew he had ulterior motives, rather than the twist being that he was the traitor.
You should have farmed the $ in your previous playthrough by confusing Momento bosses. Pretty easy to get a few million.Just started ng+. How are people getting enough money to fuse satan and lucifer? My level is reset to one and its costing a ridiculous amount to fuse those persona.
I'm so disappointed they didn't get Igor's original VA back. That twist was by far my favourite part but the impact was so much less with a new VA.
You should have farmed the $ in your previous playthrough by confusing Momento bosses. Pretty easy to get a few million.
This is one of the things that bothered me the most. After what they've built up in the spin off games I was severely disappointed that none of the characters from P3 or P4 return. They didn't even have to be playable I'd have loved to see Naoto or someone show up as a friendly social link (although playable still would be be great since Akechi is only temporary) hell there was a hugely missed oppertunity to have Ann's model social link bring up Rise or even include her just as a nice nod at one point or another. But nope, just posters and what a short reference to Naoto on TV at one point?
I get that they wouldn't want older character to overshadow new ones and they would like to have these games have singular stories but P4 had plenty of references to Persona 3 including returning (although minor) characters and locations.
It just feels like a massively wasted opportunity to bring the story of the entire series forward instead of just this singular story.
Also while were on the subject... Can we talk about the last arc of the game because the more I think about it the more I'm convinced they just copied what they did last time for P4 and just didn't put anywhere near as much effort into foreshadowing everything.
Lets just go over the similarities...
There is a god secretly behind everything that gives you the power of Persona and is revealed to you at the very end of the game.
Said god wants to destroy the world.
You beat said god by unleashing the powered up Persona of the MC with a single final ability.
Everything goes back to normal
MC then has to leave and go back home
Friends say goodbye.
I mean its not all exactly the same but that entire last arc felt like it was just echoing what P4 did but they didn't foreshadow things like they did with Izanami in P4.
I'm so disappointed they didn't get Igor's original VA back. That twist was by far my favourite part but the impact was so much less with a new VA.
Still working through my feelings after finishing. I can't decide whether I'm disappointed, or whether I loved it. So torn.
They did that with adachi, but kinda undid it with golden?
I knew there was something up with the guy, and atlus do love their sick twist villain reveals, so it didn't really end up being a twist. Especially since they have a really obvious hint early on.
I dunno, in some ways it is kinda disappointing how much 5 falls back onto 4's tropes. 6 needs to be a break from the formula, just like how 4 was for 3, for better or worse.
I wonder if that has something to do with the Japanese VA for Igor dying a few years ago. Maybe Atlus USA decided it was a convenient way to get a new voice actor in the English role as well? Or maybe it's just the Persona VA curse striking again. How many voice actors now have been replaced?
Yeah I thought that was great too. The rest of psycho Akechi was far shakier.The only good thing about Goro VA is when he shout this in his last battle:
"Pheeersoonaaaaauughhh!!"
That was actually quite malicious and intimidating.
God damn it i spent most my money filling out my compendium before the final boss and now I only have around 200k. I wish the game had a better way of farming money once the 12/24 dungeon starts. Whats the earliest boss you can farm for tons of money in NG+?
The only good thing about Goro VA is when he shout this in his last battle:
"Pheeersoonaaaaauughhh!!"
That was actually quite malicious and intimidating.
I think a little bit of foreshadowing is the fact that you never receive the Velvet Room key (which you receive right at the start in P3/P4 iirc) till the end of the game. But yes, there is a lack of anything major that tells that that Igor = major baddie.The God of Control in P5 being Igor was at least a decent twist but there is no real foreshadowing for it, hell the game knows this giving Igor this malicious aura and changing his name to Igor...? right before its actually revealed so that you as the player figure out things aren't as they should be because until then he never really acted out of character ever. All the foreshadowing is about the Twins and while that is important to what happens it doesn't directly link to Igor being a fake so while its a nice twist overall it isn't anywhere near as well written as Izanami in P4 and despite the 'size' the God of Control gets to I never found him all that threatening, he just looked like a mecha angel or something, its just not a subtle design at all.
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*Scratches head*
Why would people use blackbars in a SPOILERS thread?
I think a little bit of foreshadowing is the fact that you never receive the Velvet Room key (which you receive right at the start in P3/P4 iirc) till the end of the game. But yes, there is a lack of anything major that tells that that Igor = major baddie.
A huge shame that the character with the most wit had to turn into a omnicidal maniac, that needed to be killed off just because...
The way he tricked Sae's shadow with the coins ordeal was amazing. In all honesty, it's hard to imagine the Phantom Thieves outplaying a guy like this. Very disappointing.
Lavenza Best Waifu.
I knew something was shaky the moment I stepped into the velvet room. Voice is one thing, but it didn't have that welcome to the velvet room vibe.One thing that seemed off about Igor were the sequences when he teases about knowing who the other Metaverse user is. You ask him and he just gives this creepy laugh and continues on.
There's no way that could have tipped me off on its own, but in retrospect it was definitely a bit OOC.
Wuuuuut. When did she say that?
I'm sad I haven't heard "Don't fuck with this Prime Minister." jokes in regards to Shido's final form.
That battle was some shit. 4x buff, party debuff then Tyrant's Wave? Jesus.
Oh yea that song was fucking on point. When the mount dies and you're actually fighting him and those lyrics kick in? Yesssssss~The music was so epic tho.
Hmmm. When you start in the interrogation room, the dialogue by the Twins (whatever her combined form is called?) is
"You are held captive. A prisoner of fate to a future that has been sealed in advance. Truly an unjust game... your chances of winning are almost none..."
I guess they just tell you straight up lol. Though they're not talking about the prison but about the whole situation with Yald and shit.