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ImpAtom
May 24, 2007

Nameless Pete posted:

Also it makes narrative sense for all your levels to reset and you can just say nobody held onto their old weapons, but I kinda wanna know how a 17-year-old spent the 10 million yen(~100k USD) I left him with at the end of Royal in just a few months.

Choosing to believe Joker bought and then immediately wrecked a sports car.

Honestly my assumption is that once everything was settled the Phantom Thieves probably donated it to some cause or another because at the end of the day they didn't get into this poo poo to get rich which is one of their defining traits.

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Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
---------------------------->
Besides, they have Haru.

Nameless Pete
May 8, 2007

Get a load of those...
Technically it's the idea of a hundred thousand dollars.

Deltasquid
Apr 10, 2013

awww...
you guys made me ink!


THUNDERDOME
I like to imagine that at the end of P5R, their monopoly money disappeared and Joker got a lot of angry calls from Iwai, Takemi and Chihaya

Jade Rider
May 11, 2007

All the pages have been censored except for "heck," and she misread that one.


Finished the first Jail and just got to the town with the second and god drat I hope this relentless dunking on Zenkichi continues to be a theme throughout the game :allears:

Omobono
Feb 19, 2013

That's it! No more hiding in tomato crates! It's time to show that idiota Germany how a real nation fights!

For pasta~! CHARGE!

They ease up a bit but it's still a thing.

To be fair, it switches from "you're a cop and thus a bastard" dunking to (Zenkichi character arc spoilers) "you're a good cop and thus OUR bastard" dunking.

Nameless Pete
May 8, 2007

Get a load of those...
He becomes a slightly more renegade version of the uncle from Persona 4.

ApplesandOranges
Jun 22, 2012

Thankee kindly.
Well, finished post-game. Time for Merciless NG+ I guess??

I'm going with these pre-emptive rankings for it based off endgame, let's see how much they change:

S+:
Joker

S:
Ryuji
Wolf


A:
Sophia
Ann
Yusuke


B:
Haru
Morgana


C:
Makoto

waah
Jun 20, 2011

Better stay in line when
You see a Pavel like me shinin

Deltasquid posted:

I like to imagine that at the end of P5R, their monopoly money disappeared and Joker got a lot of angry calls from Iwai, Takemi and Chihaya

Well you see that's why all their shops are closed up in P5S

Omobono
Feb 19, 2013

That's it! No more hiding in tomato crates! It's time to show that idiota Germany how a real nation fights!

For pasta~! CHARGE!

Jail number---6--- mostly done.
Life Will Change with vocals? :hellyeah:
Wait, boss got a Gundam? Sign me the gently caress up.
Rivers in the Desert remix? :hellyeah:
New song for the final phase of the boss? :tviv:
(what's the title on the new one btw?)

Now some last downtime before the other shoe drops. Again.
Speculation: it's gotta be Ichinose, EMMA barefacedly lied to Konoe there. I knew she was hearing Morgana but I assumed Pancakes mk. II, not Izanami mk. II.
Now which goddess could she be?


EDIT:
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV

Harrow posted:

It's called Counter Strike and it rocks

Thanks :rock:

Omobono fucked around with this message at 17:43 on Mar 6, 2021

Harrow
Jun 30, 2012

Omobono posted:

New song for the final phase of the boss? :tviv:
(what's the title on the new one btw?)

It's called Counter Strike and it rocks

Arist
Feb 13, 2012

who, me?


Ahahahaha, this scene pre-5th Jail, great job Zenkichi, you really boned it up this time

BearDrivingTruck
Oct 15, 2011

You see the most shocking sights sometimes

Arist posted:

Ahahahaha, this scene pre-5th Jail, great job Zenkichi, you really boned it up this time

Which scene is this, exactly?

Arist
Feb 13, 2012

who, me?


BearDrivingTruck posted:

Which scene is this, exactly?

I was under the impression that Owada had used Zenkichi's appointment with Konoe as a pretext to blame the Phantom Thieves for hacking EMMA, but it seems like they were gonna do that anyway from some later stuff, so whatever.

Hunt11
Jul 24, 2013

Grimey Drawer
Spoilers for the 6th prison. I really wish we could yell a Konoe both for how similar he sounds to Akechi and Shido, and how without us he would have most likely been killed by them.

BearDrivingTruck
Oct 15, 2011

You see the most shocking sights sometimes
Final dungeon spoilers: the solution to the looping hallway puzzle is some excellent gameplay/storytelling mixing, holy poo poo

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



What determines which Persona skill is used for a given combo finisher?

I wish there was a practice arena or something lol, I can sense that that combat can get pretty intricate and technical but it is pretty overwhelming when you're in the "thick of it" lol, to process everything I'm often just hovering on the edge of the battle and spending a lot of time in the menu. I also keep forgetting to use my aimed shots, leaving damage on the table...

Gaius Marius
Oct 9, 2012

BearDrivingTruck
Oct 15, 2011

You see the most shocking sights sometimes
Final dungeon: WHAT THE gently caress AN ACTUAL VOICED LINE FROM JOKER

WHY COULDN'T YOU DO THIS THE WHOLE GAME YOU COWARDS

Blockhouse
Sep 7, 2014

You Win!

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

What determines which Persona skill is used for a given combo finisher?

I wish there was a practice arena or something lol, I can sense that that combat can get pretty intricate and technical but it is pretty overwhelming when you're in the "thick of it" lol, to process everything I'm often just hovering on the edge of the battle and spending a lot of time in the menu. I also keep forgetting to use my aimed shots, leaving damage on the table...

I believe it's different per Persona. The shorter combo will give a buff or debuff or physical attack depending on the Persona while the longer combo will give an attack of that Persona's element (the icon next to their name in the stat screen)

Omobono
Feb 19, 2013

That's it! No more hiding in tomato crates! It's time to show that idiota Germany how a real nation fights!

For pasta~! CHARGE!

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

What determines which Persona skill is used for a given combo finisher?

I wish there was a practice arena or something lol, I can sense that that combat can get pretty intricate and technical but it is pretty overwhelming when you're in the "thick of it" lol, to process everything I'm often just hovering on the edge of the battle and spending a lot of time in the menu. I also keep forgetting to use my aimed shots, leaving damage on the table...

It heavily depends on the persona.
Generally:
3xAttack->Special, or Follow-up->Special, brings out its elemental attack (at basic/-ga/-dyne tier depending on the persona), some Personas get a physical skill instead; Sarasvati gets a low power Mediarama. It's intended as the bread and butter free skill.

2xAttack->2xSpecial can be almost anything, and some Personas do a generic attack instead of a skill on this one.

5xAttack->2xSpecial is usually the gigantic guns for how long it takes to do this combo. I've seen ma-dynes 10 levels early, ma-kaja skills, motherfucking CHARGE (Ganesha) and CONCENTRATE (can't recall).
Also gigantic whiffs like Marin Karin or Makajamon, fair warning.


You can practice combos out of battle, at least for checking what skills your personas casts for each combo.

Blockhouse
Sep 7, 2014

You Win!
Turns out the Shin Megami Tensei wiki pages have their Strikers move sets on them.

BearDrivingTruck
Oct 15, 2011

You see the most shocking sights sometimes
Post final boss: lmao at Ichinose turning herself in to the police and immediately being let go because they don't believe a word of her supernatural mumbo-jumbo

AlternateNu
May 5, 2005

ドーナツダメ!
Downloading this now for PS4. Look forward to joining the old crew after a year away from P5R. :getin:

MechaX
Nov 19, 2011

"Let's be positive! Let's start a fire!"
Doing the post 3rd dungeon scenes now and this is absolutely amazing, from Zenkichi essentially being Dojima if Nanako loving dunked on him repeatedly, to Akane's room reveal, to some pretty amazing dialogue from the "We are the Phantom Thieves." blunt answer to "Fist of the Phantom Channel" to Fukaba simultaneously making a Titanic and Whitney Houston joke.

I do have to say, this game is having a lot more fun with the cast than I remember P5 doing, and I replayed it for Royal when that hit too.

BearDrivingTruck
Oct 15, 2011

You see the most shocking sights sometimes

MechaX posted:

I do have to say, this game is having a lot more fun with the cast than I remember P5 doing, and I replayed it for Royal when that hit too.

It helps that the gang is all together from the start so they can immediately begin playing off of each other

ImpAtom
May 24, 2007

MechaX posted:

Doing the post 3rd dungeon scenes now and this is absolutely amazing, from Zenkichi essentially being Dojima if Nanako loving dunked on him repeatedly, to Akane's room reveal, to some pretty amazing dialogue from the "We are the Phantom Thieves." blunt answer to "Fist of the Phantom Channel" to Fukaba simultaneously making a Titanic and Whitney Houston joke.

I do have to say, this game is having a lot more fun with the cast than I remember P5 doing, and I replayed it for Royal when that hit too.

It benefits a lot from the fact that it is a game almost exclusively about the already-together cast on a road trip so the focus is on them almost exclusively.

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!
It makes me wish more persona games just start out with people knowing each other before the game started.

Blockhouse
Sep 7, 2014

You Win!
It's funny how little of a poo poo this game cares about recapping just boom two minutes till protagonist's talking cat no elaboration gently caress you

ApplesandOranges
Jun 22, 2012

Thankee kindly.

Omobono posted:

It heavily depends on the persona.
Generally:
3xAttack->Special, or Follow-up->Special, brings out its elemental attack (at basic/-ga/-dyne tier depending on the persona), some Personas get a physical skill instead; Sarasvati gets a low power Mediarama. It's intended as the bread and butter free skill.

2xAttack->2xSpecial can be almost anything, and some Personas do a generic attack instead of a skill on this one.

5xAttack->2xSpecial is usually the gigantic guns for how long it takes to do this combo. I've seen ma-dynes 10 levels early, ma-kaja skills, motherfucking CHARGE (Ganesha) and CONCENTRATE (can't recall).
Also gigantic whiffs like Marin Karin or Makajamon, fair warning.


You can practice combos out of battle, at least for checking what skills your personas casts for each combo.

Siegfried uses Heat Riser as part of its combo. It's kinda silly but hey.

Ytlaya
Nov 13, 2005

lmao this scene where the party all says "Hee ho!" (at least if you say it, not sure if they do if you don't)

Sophia's was the funniest

hughesta
Jun 12, 2012

i know its super duper kooper
cool like up the bitches snitches
so whats the best way to grind Bond in the post-game

Item Getter
Dec 14, 2015

BearDrivingTruck posted:

Final dungeon: WHAT THE gently caress AN ACTUAL VOICED LINE FROM JOKER

WHY COULDN'T YOU DO THIS THE WHOLE GAME YOU COWARDS


I finished the game a year ago and forgot about a lot of things, what is the line again?


Tae posted:

It makes me wish more persona games just start out with people knowing each other before the game started.

Funny enough I guess Persona 1 and 2 mostly qualify for this.

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

ROBOT

Ytlaya posted:

lmao this scene where the party all says "Hee ho!" (at least if you say it, not sure if they do if you don't)

Sophia's was the funniest

love that everyone itt chose the right option

Goodguy3
Aug 11, 2016

"What?! I'm not tangled up like this for fun, you know!"
Man I want to love this game and I am so glad it got ported to PC...but I'm getting random yet consistent stuttering in game.

It's not that the Framerate is dropping or anything, its just during gameplay it will just freeze up for about half a second every few seconds or so. It's made the game very hard to enjoy.

Specs

AMD Ryzen 9 3900x 12 core processor
24 gb RAM
NVidia GTX 1070

https://imgur.com/a/YwKeSGL
Every one of those spikes in CPU usage and dips in GPU usage is when it freezes up.

Not really seeing anyone else complaining about this either in the steam community or by doing a google search, so maybe it's just me.

BearDrivingTruck
Oct 15, 2011

You see the most shocking sights sometimes

Item Getter posted:

I finished the game a year ago and forgot about a lot of things, what is the line again?

It was a few hours ago so I can't remember exactly but it was 4+ whole voiced words strung together

poe meater
Feb 17, 2011

Goodguy3 posted:

Man I want to love this game and I am so glad it got ported to PC...but I'm getting random yet consistent stuttering in game.

It's not that the Framerate is dropping or anything, its just during gameplay it will just freeze up for about half a second every few seconds or so. It's made the game very hard to enjoy.

Specs

AMD Ryzen 9 3900x 12 core processor
24 gb RAM
NVidia GTX 1070

https://imgur.com/a/YwKeSGL
Every one of those spikes in CPU usage and dips in GPU usage is when it freezes up.

Not really seeing anyone else complaining about this either in the steam community or by doing a google search, so maybe it's just me.

I know it sounds stupid, but have you cleaned out the dust in your PC recently? Im running an amd 3600 and 1070 with no freezes like you describe. Couldn't hurt :shrug:

Ytlaya
Nov 13, 2005

Dr. Fishopolis posted:

love that everyone itt chose the right option

This game has a lot of great Joker dialogue options.

Omi no Kami
Feb 19, 2014


Okay, so wait- I'm still on the first dungeon, but it looks like time doesn't pass when you leave jail? So is there any reason to not constantly bounce out to refill HP/SP, then dive back in?

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BearDrivingTruck
Oct 15, 2011

You see the most shocking sights sometimes

Omi no Kami posted:

Okay, so wait- I'm still on the first dungeon, but it looks like time doesn't pass when you leave jail? So is there any reason to not constantly bounce out to refill HP/SP, then dive back in?

No, it's actually a very useful strategy. And in the first dungeon you'll need it. Activate checkpoints whenever you see them

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