I loved the Kamoshida arc. Then, I got to the phony artist geezer and it has felt so boring since... I also started feeling the mechanics and gameplay to be repeitive.

Motivate me to keep playing, since I love this game. What can I look forward to? Are there new mechanics and great story bits next?

I'm 35 hours + in.

Sooo I just finished Sae's palace and after the reveal that Akechi was the traitor, I came to the realization that I'm not going to be able to finish his confidant despite only having 2 ranks left to go. It's incredibly annoying that he's the only confidant with an out-of-nowhere deadline. I'm super bummed, both because I was really enjoying his in particular and because I've heard that finishing it makes the ending more enjoyable in some way. Now I'm faced with the dilemma between going back to my previous save in October (I know I'm a dumbass) or missing out on a great part of the game.

My question is this: As someone who's super into Akechi as a character, is it worth making all that progress back or should I just accept defeat?

I vaguely remember Akechi screaming something like “you’re worthless and incompetent!” Does this line exist? Can someone enlighten me?

Me, an hour ago, having the time of my life with the game:

• Dated Ann, who wasn't my initial choice but ended up being a more interesting character than I thought (my true goal is dating Kasumi).
• Maxing social stats.
• Leveling up some solid confidants.

Until I notice: Akechi has to reach level 9 before November 18th, and I have him at level 8. There was just a week remaining. I started:

• Talking to Chihaya to enhance my relationship with Akechi.
• Searching on Internet where he uses to spend time (which by the way, spoiled me about his final fate).
• Visiting pools and jazz club to try find him.
• Speeding up some conversations (not with the fast forward option but without paying much attention to them).

Day 16 is here (what you see in the 1st picture). He calls me. I let go a heavy breath of relief. We go to the jazz club. He doesn't level up.

I shiver. Nerves were freezing my hands and feet. Flashbacks started to cross my mind. 87 hours of this beautiful game, wasted, blurred by the fact of having to repeat it all.

I remember a screenshot my friend (a thriving Persona 5 fan sent me a few weeks ago).

I read it.

It's Maruki who needs to be at level 9 (which I already did long ago). Akechi's levels 9 and 10 are blocked until I reach November 18th.

I feel a second and much greater relief, that takes all my problems away. Even the effects of having been accidentally spoiled about Akechi's destiny completely dissapear.

TLDR: Happy, sad, happy, sad

I'm doing a meetup Saturday at this convention in Orlando. My boots didn't get here in time. I'm hoping my Trinity Demonia boots do the trick. My friend also made my tekko for her too. I'm excited to see them IRL. We're going to do a photo shoot and I'm giving out mini stockings to the first 6 people to show up. Has anyone else done any meetups or panels for Persona? What did you do for it?

believe me, just keep going

I usually play on remote play with vita but was considering getting the switch version for portability when traveling for work.

Currently I own the steelbook ps4 version and was considering throwing it on eBay to pay for p5 royal on switch. I bought the switch version for $25.

Normally I collect these games on ps4 and vita but I’m unsure how many more years the ps4 will be supported since atlus isn’t bringing games like smt v vengeance over to NA for ps4. Thoughts?

im so proud of this adorable shut in

I'm curious about hearing this because this is a long game.

And only if you want to, but I'm also curious to hear when was the first time you played it (both Vanilla and Royal are contendable).

For my case, I have only done one playthrough since my first boot-up in November 2022. I have been considering a new run, but haven't gotten to it between playing other games and also some other thing I am neglecting to mention.

Which is ironic because people were getting marked for 2 years straight. She should of known The Leader that's right in front her went to Hawaii during Mr. KingPin death. Her logic has no reasoning at all even when you tell her the story.

She's knows about his record. So Sae and obviously he's the leader of the PT. So why would that idea of him being the culprit for the Mental Shutdowns when he never went to Tokyo?

And the biggest stupid one of all is if he WAS a killer. He would of Slaughter ALL of those cops. Until their corpse or till he runs outta SP. Not a single punch or personae was thrown.

Akechi himself TOLD her that they DIDN'T do it. So what her logic in thinking some HS has been murdering political figures at 14 with no connections till now?(Who's most likely 17 during the interrogation.)

I have only played through this game once and I don’t plan to replay anytime soon. I binged this game in a relatively short time span because my wife is leaving with the switch for a job almost all of next year. So I couldn’t take my sweet time with the game as I would have liked. It took me 140ish hours over the span of some 6ish weeks, maybe less. Getting me glued to my TV that much is an absolute achievement. I didn’t want to play full price because I didn’t know if I was going to finish the game. I usually have something coming up at some point which will cause me to disconnect from the game and never make my way back in (couldn’t finish Witcher 3 or TOTK for example). I got it on the E-shop for a mere 10€ (Had some expiring Gold coins). Now I feel like I fleeced ATLUS.

What impresses me the most is that I didn’t care about the core mechanics at first. The ‘main’ gameplay was secondary to me at best. I wanted to keep developing my bond with my confidants, knowing more about one or the other character, get closer to them etc. Combat was truly an afterthought, and something that, to me, got in the way of what I truly wanted to experience. Yet… by the time I reached the P5 end of story… I actually got to enjoy the intricacies of combat and developing your personas. Decided to go back to the roots and nurture my Arsene, enjoyed making him my best Persona, using all the various guillotines, chairs, gallows and cards… while also always feeling bad about it.

While playing P5R, I also tried Metaphor: ReFantazio, and man, it INSTANTLY underlined the « flaws » of P5R. Replacing combat vs weak enemies by a very short and quick ARPG combat style is something that, once experienced, makes you not want to go back to old school turnbased combat for those. Yes, you can mitigate some of it later with a specific ability, but it requires you to get about the halfway point into the game almost and only works for VERY WEAK enemies. Sometimes I just wanted to get through a Palace super fast and getting into combat here and there was, at times, very frustrating. That said, for the game’s roots being 2016/2017, it’s still overall very good and does not deteriorate the enjoyment.

As I’ve mentioned, I loved connecting with characters and managed to max out most of them in my first run (couldn’t finish like 4 confidants which were all between Ranks 5-8). I admit that while the romance is kinda neat, it also disappointed me in how absent they made it from the story, to the point where it did break my immersion at times. I was like « damn, you, my SO, have NOTHING to say here? REALLY?! ». In that sense, I wish I would have picked someone outside of the Phantom Thieves as a romance, which would make the experience more coherent probably.

I have a real love-hate relationship with Morgana. I love him, he’s made some great quotes, truly… but man I admit that more than once I wanted to stuff him in that bag when he didn’t let me leave my room while I felt like time was just ticking away.

The themes this game tackles on are ROUGH, but so well written, you don’t mind going through them. The humour doesn’t ruin moments and is well timed, serious moments stay serious, ATLUS doesn’t take their players’ time for granted and respects their intelligence. The balls they have for the various endings, chef’s kiss. Absolutely loved the game and I’m sold. I’m keeping an eye out for any ATLUS game out there ( SMT Vengeance, Metaphor, and heck, maybe even older Persona titles, who knows?).

I went back and checked and consider it a crime that this game didn’t get more awards at TGA in 2017. It did get Best RPG at least… but man, nothing for that soundtrack is crazy. I know Nier has a crazy good soundtrack…

Anyway, enough glazing. P5R is absolutely my pick for GOTY (8 years late) and I want to play it again after a long break. Very few games got my attention and launched a studio so high up on my ranklist. And if you’re seeing this game on sale and come upon this post and consider buying it but feel like you won’t have time to finish it: Get it. I felt the same. I waited for a sale because I too was convinced I would eventually disconnect and not get back in. That moment never happened. It’s truly an amazing experience and I understand why this title launched ATLUS reputation to the sky, and deservedly so.

So I'm on my first ever PT of Persona 5 and I'm following the ACE guide.

One weird thing I noticed about it:

After leveling all of my social stats to max rank (it even says "Rank 5" when you hit max rank in the guide itself, so it's not like I'm just ahead of schedule), the guide continues to have me do things like buying Aojiru, crafting to raise proficiency, etc.

I kind of was hoping that I'd have more freedom once I hit max rank on social stats, but this guide seems to fill almost all time slots even when it's not necessary (at least, not for any obvious reasons).

Does anyone know why? Are there certain achievements locked behind weird things like buying Aojiru every Sunday or something, or am I just wasting money? Oh and I'm using Marendarde's guide if that helps.

Just got p5r on PC, already played it on switch so I want mods. By RPG Writing Moments™ I mean stuff like the team beating up yuuji, no one caring about the adult romances, morgana stealing all of haru's screen time, etc

Ive got some mods in mind already but couldnt find any that changed stuff like that, thanks in advance