Board 8 > continuing to try to finally play persona 5 pt. 3: the cat is still garbage

(+) Yeah! (+)

Also the bonuses for doing his confidant are good.
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Mishima is a very realistic character, which is unfortunate for his likability because real people usually aren't hyper-competent Persona users
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Also every single dialogue option with Mishima has an option to insult him. And since it levels up automatically you can say it without consequence. That's pretty worth it.
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Mishima is a legitimately good character. He's just not sparkly and quirky like so many others, but he's generally a good guy -- and his Confidant arc is quite good.
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Mishima also gets one of the best moments in the game if you max his S. Link before the game ends, so that helps too!
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Went to a P5 panel at a convention yesterday. So fun, but so spoilery
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Zenkaikon is in less than a month

I intend on having Persona 5 done by then
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Also Sae is the next target?

Hmmmmm
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Ew makoto reads out emojis out loud
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Johnbobb posted...

Ew makoto reads out emojis out loud

this is probably the thing that put her over the top for me
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beat the Cosmic Tower

need to somehow reach max guts though, and I feel like time is starting to run out for working on all these confidants
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goddamnit now that I've hit max charm it seems like EVERYTHING increases charm

Getting good grades and dodging thrown shit increases charm? Give me Knowledge and Proficiency for that!

and more guts so I can finish Iwai
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better keep stuffing Joker full of burgers
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Frequent Customer: "That politician is honest and carries an overwhelming amount of charisma!"

Ron Howard: "The politician was neither honest, nor charismatic."

FC: "It feels like a trustworthy leader for Japan has finally come forth. Don't you think, Boss?"

RH: "He did not."

Sojiro: Sorry, wasn't listening.
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oh so now the burgers only give me guts

that's still something though
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oh wow akechi is growing in popularity along with the phantom thieves

just after we discover that someone was secretly trying to make the phantom thieves more popular

woooooooah
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Don't forget to use Chihaya if you're increasing social stats.
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yeah fuck off akechi that's what you get for stealing our food
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Joker > Yusuke > Morgana > Makoto > Futaba > Ryuji > Ann > Haru

great cast. Much better than 4's
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well I did call that Akechi could access the metaverse

and I don't believe his story about ANOTHER metaverse user doing the bad shit

I mean there are probably more but I don't think he's just some innocent investigator that stumbled in
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I can go to the post-festival party with Haru or Ryuji & Mishima

man I don't really want to choose either
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When in doubt, bros
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Johnbobb posted...

beat the Cosmic Tower

need to somehow reach max guts though, and I feel like time is starting to run out for working on all these confidants

No one maxes all the S. Links/Confidants on their first time playing through a Persona game, you just don't know enough about the system to game it yet
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so Sojiro found out, and he's not really cool with it, but he's also not really punishing us or interfering

he's a pretty cool guy
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Sojibro
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wait Ryuji just said fuck

is that the first time that's happened? I mean I know the game swears but I don't actually remember any F-bombs before, and Ryuji usually just saying things like "Eff that"
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KamikazePotato posted...

Johnbobb posted...

beat the Cosmic Tower

need to somehow reach max guts though, and I feel like time is starting to run out for working on all these confidants

No one maxes all the S. Links/Confidants on their first time playing through a Persona game, you just don't know enough about the system to game it yet

Ill have you know I was exactly one link away from pulling it off in my run of P5. Stupid Tower confidant not being available enough toward the end of the game...
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I mean it's possible to get close on your first P5 run just because you have more leeway than ever before, but it's pretty tough if you've never played one before and you aren't exactly sure what to do.
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You can do it if you meticulously follow a 100% completion guide!
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Oh, right, I keep assuming Johnbobb has played P4 even though we have discussed at length that he hasnt. My bad.
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mnkboy907 posted...

You can do it if you meticulously follow a 100% completion guide!

yeah but who would actually do that (besides SHINE)
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Arti posted...

yeah but who would actually do that (besides SHINE)

I did!

No time to replay 100+ hour games these days
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I lazily followed a 100% completion guide on NG+, mostly to make sure I was giving the correct answers for all choices.
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I maxed Persona 5 on my first try, but I also looked up test answers, looked up how to get the Eternal Lockpick as soon as possible, used guides for the Justine/Caroline Confidant, completed dungeons in one day as soon as I got the SP accessories, went to Chihaya constantly, ect. I'd played P3 and P4 before (P4 twice) so I knew the score.

My previous Persona 4 run was a thing of beauty. I completed all the S. Links on the last timeslot possible. I also didn't have enough points to finish Naoto's in time so I continuously reset the game for hours until I got the lucha libre dream with that specific character involved so I could get extra free points for them, which barely put me over.
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LordoftheMorons posted...

Arti posted...

yeah but who would actually do that (besides SHINE)

I did!

No time to replay 100+ hour games these days

I'll admit it probably takes some fun out of it, but left to my own devices I'd probably stress over it and feel like I missed out, so it balances out I guess.
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for what it's worth, the only things I've used guides for are looking up some class answers and finding Justine/Caroline's creatures
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KamikazePotato posted...

Johnbobb posted...

beat the Cosmic Tower

need to somehow reach max guts though, and I feel like time is starting to run out for working on all these confidants

No one maxes all the S. Links/Confidants on their first time playing through a Persona game, you just don't know enough about the system to game it yet

Uh... I did.
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Did anyone watch the first episode of the anime. I thought it was good, especially with more akechi
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It was pretty good, especially with more Joker talking.
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GANON1025 posted...

Did anyone watch the first episode of the anime. I thought it was good, especially with more akechi

wait there's an anime?

shit guess I need to finish the game even quicker
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oh hey btw

Started working on a P5 art project as a birthday present for the person whose game I've been playing this whole time


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I like that! Has a nice minimalist style
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OH NOES! The players are all NPCs now!
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Johnbobb posted...

wait there's an anime?

The first episode literally just came out two days ago, so it won't be complete for quite a while.
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KamikazePotato posted...

I like that! Has a nice minimalist style

Strife2 posted...

OH NOES! The players are all NPCs now!

Thanks!

and the plan is still to include all the playable characters too, with all the actual Persona users appearing inside the mask (and Igor and the twins in the eyes of the mask, if I can make them fit without it looking too awkward)
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Johnbobb posted...

oh hey btw

Started working on a P5 art project as a birthday present for the person whose game I've been playing this whole time

I'm personally not a fan of the 'minimalist' style and think that it's just a silly concept

But putting that aside it's pretty well done IMO.
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well the original intention was to do a SAI drawing of the characters (with that same mask->character structure)

but then I woke up this morning with severe hand numbness that's lasted all day and has made using a tablet pen incredibly difficult

so I had to do something else, and I've done posters for my sister before that used a similar style in Photoshop that I thought turned out decently



I made a Don't Hug Me I'm Scared one too but I don't think I saved the file for that from my old laptop and I can't find it posted anywhere
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Bump.
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at the casino

still don't trust akechi even a little

this place looks really familiar. So am I getting arrested as the palace is collapsing after the treasure is stolen?
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oh my god akechi


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