Deified Data posted:

Can anyone remind me what happens to your free time after finishing the casino? I don't remember how this was handled in the original and don't want to waste a bunch of days on cutscenes. Was it wise to save stealing the treasure for the last minute or not?

seiferguy posted:

Yeah it's also pretty annoying that despite her helping out in Sae's palace, you reject her help for Shido's palace.

Sydin posted:

One thing they added to the ending that I really liked was that It's no longer just Joker moving on, but everybody. In vanilla Joker goes back home to parents who don't want him for no reason, while all his friends stick around and it's weird that Sojiro wouldn't just let him stick around for another year. Now though everybody has a culmination of their arc in how they're going to move on in the near future. Ryuji moving away to a place with better physical rehab facilities so he can take a second shot at track, Futaba entering HS, Haru actually stepping up to lead Okumura Foods, etc. It gives a better sense that everybody has grown from their experiences and is moving forward in a positive way with their lives.

Ultiville posted:

More 3rd semester/Royal addition spoilers within:
I wish they'd managed to come up with a way to have Maruki's stuff happen before the normal ending, rather than added at the end. I get that it'd be a much more complete overhaul and so probably not feasible but it just feels out of order to me. Both sort of thematically - I find "reject heaven -> kill god" to be better than the reverse - but also in terms of both the scope, and the specific beats they hit, especially the character beats for the Thieves. I like a lot of things about it, and I agree so much with your point about resolution, but other than the thematic thing, the ending of the original game was really strong, I thought. And the Satanael summon is just clearly the last thing that should happen. After that the Maruki thing theoretically works like the Scouring of the Shire, but one of the key things about the Scouring is that the heroes are ludicrously overpowered for it in obvious ways, and it's about showing off that growth. That doesn't happen with Maruki's Palace - not only does the game (reasonably, it's a game not a novel) make the shadows there more powerful and Maruki more powerful, it's also the fault of our heroes that it happens. And we have the third persona awakenings, which to me seem like the clear worst part of the semester; I think it's fine to have more development for the main cast, but in addition to not being voice acted, they're all basically the same - oh I took the easy route and should have known better. And to be honest, yes, I feel like at this point in the story, the characters should know better; this feels like a rehash of the scene where you find everyone in the Velvet Room, which already was too samey.

Not that I dislike Royal or anything! I think it's clearly a huge improvement to the game overall, and I like the additions. It's just frustrating that the final semester starts off really weak with the unsatisfying and samey character beats of waking up your party + third awakenings, given that I do think it ends strong. Especially since I feel like they could have done some reordering to make it work a lot better, though maybe not within the budget/tech limitations. And it's frustrating that the moving on stuff by and large doesn't involve continuing to reform society, but as you say, that backing off is sadly pretty in keeping with the base game.

AlternateNu posted:

That makes me wonder. Did they ever confirm that P3 MC and FeMC were twins (or had the same parents)? They were both present on Moonlight Bridge when Aigis and Ryoji originally fought, but I don't remember if they hinted that they had a sibling die with their parents.

Zvahl posted:

I got the speed reading book around June-ish iirc so there was plenty of time to finish some of those before that, and the early stats are really helpful

RazzleDazzleHour posted:

I didnt even use a guide for the social link responses and I maxed it with a few days to go in the 2nd semester. It seems like you're kind of meant to do it then, considering how little non-scripted time you actually get in the new semester

Oxygen Deficiency posted:

Yes I switched to Merciless difficulty for the extra weakness damage. The farthest I got on hard was the last big robot but I was wasting the clock trying to revive and heal people after the stupid amounts of damage he puts out.

rosenritter posted:

Does Haru seem a little bit more irritating to anyone this time around?

In her father's palace, no one can shut up about how badly her dad is treating his workers. But after he dies, she basically becomes a trust-fund kid, and her biggest concern for the company is... that the coffee they're serving doesn't taste good enough?

Not that I'm expecting amazing writing from a Persona game that's mostly focused on style, but why does this game present the characters as rebelling against societal norms that are hurting young people, when it's too scared to critique something as benign as who benefits from intergenerational wealth?

Ytlaya posted:

By the way, what's up with the scene where during New Years you and Yoshizawa encounter Yoshizawa's dad, and he suddenly glitches out and changes what he's saying. Obviously that was the reality adjusting, but I couldn't figure out how what he said posed some kind of problem and why it was changed.

ApplesandOranges posted:

Give me P3P, but with P5R style and QoL.

Ytlaya posted:

The dungeon thing is definitely something that didn't seem as bad at the time

Simply Simon posted: