Is Persona 2 a good starting point?
Is Persona 2 a good starting point?
Ethan Myers
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John Jones
Persona 2 is so different from the highschool teenage shit you'll experience in P3 onwards that it's like you're playing two completely different games stuck in the same series.
Luke Ross
No. Atlus has more or less ignored its existence along with P1. 3 is the best starting point since everything about it became standard for Persona and later games kept improving the formula. You'll be fine if you start with 4 or 5 though.
Chase Kelly
Best starting point for what? P1 and 2 are basically their own series completely detached from both Persona and SMT.
William Turner
Yes, but I enjoyed it more than any other game in the series
Easton Clark
>be Katsuya
>love baking, kittens, and being a sub
>mom fucking dies, dad has back problems and got screwed over by ((()))s
>shit, now I have to take care of my little brother
>work your ass off to become not only a cop, but the best in the city, to support your family
>can't engage in your real passions, but it's what has to be done because you love your brother and need to provide for him
>he's an absolute little shit, doesn't give you any respect for the work you put in for him, but you still care about him
>meet a hot big titty genki journalist girl who's just your type
>try to romance her
>she falls for your chad younger brother who you've dedicated your life to supporting, just because he's taller than you, rides a motorcycle, never talks because he's an autist, and never stops flicking his fucking lighter to look cool
>you have no chance with her after your brother is gone because it would be fucking awkward and she probably wants to move on from your family
Jaxon Cruz
Maya is for her job only.
Austin Hill
yes if you want to play a jrpg
no if you want to play some visual novel with random dungeon crawling and jrpg-lite mechanics
Dylan Hill
I mean, It's not like any mentally sane guy would want her.
Threadly reminder:
>44 years old
>Stinky feet
>Severely autistic
>No fashion sense
>Turbovirgin who still masturbates to the feeling of kissing a guy 20 years ago
>Hairy armpits and pussy
>Doesn't clean her bedroom
>Pads her bra
>Diet consists exclusively of cup ramen AND FUCKING ROTTEN CANNED CRAB ALL OVER HER FRIDGE
Nathan Smith
I don't mind a traditional rpg. Is it first person like P1 and are there any bad end pitfalls I should avoid?
Julian Long
for what, Megaten or Persona?
if all you want is Persona play 3 FES (you could skip the Answer for now), 4, 5.. maybe go back if you're curious about the Persona when it had more to do with the Mainline series. All that shit with Philemon and nyarlathotep is nifty, and dungeon crawling CAN be a fun experience if you play the PSP rereleases.
For Megaten in general, fuck no. Play Nocturne or Raidou or someshit to have fun with/learn the system. Any of the PS2 releases are good, if a little archiac. On portable Devil Survivor is a middle ground Tactic RPG with a Persona feel, Strange Journey will break you into knowing how to play Megaten, IV/IVA are viable and newer releases that have QoL adjustments.
Really, just play any recent Megaten game and work your way back the more you want to. Play other games between Megaten (maybe not Digital Devil Saga) or else you'll burn yourself out.
James Thompson
Based
Christopher Ramirez
It's all third person and no, there's no cryptic answer shit except for getting souped-up personas, but that's hardly necessary since the game is kinda easy anyway,
Charles Bell
Jack James
Suspect No. I'd appreciate if you refrain from posting anymore silly rumours.
Charles Ward
Based
Eli Bell
not a bad pick, like many other SMT games and spinoffs it's fairly self contained. Maybe check out Persona 1 since they are connected in some places, I'm playing P1 (psp with music patch) right now and it's a pretty good time imo you might like it if P2 seems up your alley.
Jason Rivera
Okay cool, but in that case would I be better off doing it on playstation as opposed to PSP? I heard the latter was made even easier somehow
Lucas Morgan
Josiah Cook
Reposting from /smtg/ since it's directly relevant.
Know the file transfer the nips got for Eternal Punishment on both PSX and PSP? Well the western PSX version can take advantage of it too. You need to use the debug build of EP as a middleman but transferring a save from Tom/Gemini's Innocent Sin translation to Atlus USA's Eternal Punishment on PSX works just fine.
Press Start+Select to access the debug menu, follow the sequence in this webm and after you load your Innocent Sin save, begin a new game and immediately save it. If it has a little Tatsuya head on the file, you can switch back to the retail build and resume from there. What does doing this get you? Various things.
>Karma Rings from beating Alice in IS will carry over
>Fusion Spell Command list has all the ones you discovered in IS
>Tatsuya's stats if your save is above his default level in EP (funnily, it transfers him exactly as he was. Mine was brought into EP still poisoned from Xibalba)
>certain flashbacks reflecting important choices
>who you confessed to will change dialogue slightly (if you pick Lisa, Tatsuya keeps calling her Ginko in EP for instance)
Atlus USA went and made sure it all worked. The Metal Trio even all had their lines dubbed, despite only Jun's playing in normal circumstances. The only thing that won't carry over is Tatsuya's name and that's for the best anyway.
Chase Gray
>no stinky autistic mommy gf
Michael Wilson
Start with Persona 4 or Persona 5. Persona 3 has very tedious, monotonous, broken gameplay. The story is also worse, despite what Zig Forums will tell you. The characters are underdeveloped (especially the villains) and the pacing is hot fucking garbage. The whole thing just reeks of Linkin Park AMVs, honestly.
Most overrated game I have ever played to completion, to this day.
Jason Williams
Why does Doi's art look so nice here but so weird in SMT IV/IVA?
Owen Sanchez
Bro Tatsuya's hair is a blob of chocolate, what do you mean? Also I'm 70% sure the IS PSP renders were Soejima but Doi definitely did EP PSP's.
Asher Gomez
Christopher Bennett
His hair ain't great but otherwise it looks good, but I guess you're right that it's probably Soejima. I was thinking of this image but got the poses mixed up and thought Doi drew that Maya.
Ian Young
>Eikichi's theme has gone unused or unreleased in both P2's
>sole exception to the rule being his EP remix was used twelve years later in the Tatsuya scenario
Being Michel is suffering.
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Cameron Martinez
Did Yasuda spread the rumor?
William Hill
start with p1
Nicholas Turner
>cultist
Hunter Garcia
Why does Maya dress kinda like a showgirl?
Connor Turner
Ulala dresses her. I'm not kidding.
Lucas Ross
No, it's a good stopping point, start with 1
Joshua Cooper
Absolute garbage. Even ancient fucking P1 is better
Juan Williams
She's autistic, she doesn't know what she's doing.
Nathan Rogers
she has autism user, prease understandu
Noah Green
Hey, I can believe that. Look at what she's wearing.
Anthony Stewart
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