General Chat

[OrpheusJoshua 126]

They chmaged some stuff yeah

[Xendran#1406 1]

you can technically win by playing the old way, but it's pretty dumb to do that

[OrpheusJoshua 126]

They changed some stuff yeah

[Xendran#1406 1]

baton pass and technical damage are now core combat mechanics instead of being sidelined

[Xendran#1406 1]

if you properly use them together you can deal thousands and thousands of damage

[Xendran#1406 1]

kinda like SMT4 Apocalypse

[OrpheusJoshua 126]

There are now showtime moves which are super pog

[OrpheusJoshua 126]

You can upgrade the baton pass

[OrpheusJoshua 126]

:bizSweat:

[OrpheusJoshua 126]

Technical damage is a big deal in this ye

[Xendran#1406 1]

the new baton pass + will seed mechanics + huge technical damage plays removes the need to instantly buy SP Adhesive 3

[Xendran#1406 1]

and the huge buff to equipment by putting skills on them further incentivizes you to use real equipment

[Xendran#1406 1]

and lets you add extra skills to party members

[Xendran#1406 1]

allows new formation options

[OrpheusJoshua 126]

Yeah. And if you buy sp adhesives on top of that makes sp a non worry

[OrpheusJoshua 126]

Thank god

[Xendran#1406 1]

sp is a non worry without adhesives if you take advantage of everything

[Xendran#1406 1]

adhesive just gives you a way to bail yourself out if you aren't playing as efficiently

[OrpheusJoshua 126]

It is I'm sure. I just ran out quick without them since will seeds don't give too much

The Okumura boss is the only fight I've disliked so far because it reminded me way too much of an SMT boss. But other than that, all of the changed bosses have been great

Also a lot more lines have been voiced

Like a fair amount of those scenes where you're by the train are voiced now.

And the new akechi social link is probably the best one in the game:bizLol:

It's firetrucking amazing

[Otti#8624 26]

Wait, it's an actual social link?

[Otti#8624 26]

And not just main story related

[Xendran#1406 1]

i was glad they improved the bosses, because i personally thought the original p5 bosses were very boring

P5 vanilla bosses were almost entirely just damage sponges with some special animations to make it look like there is a "unique mechanic"

[OrpheusJoshua 126]

Yeah akechi's link is like the others now

[OrpheusJoshua 126]

It's not main story related

Original p5 bosses were underwhelming yeah

I like Persona more than SMT primarily due to its characters. The bosses implement them pretty well in this

Like for instance, Kamoshida summons a cognitive version of Shiho during his boss fight

Which was firetrucking great

[Otti#8624 26]

Oh man, that was so firetrucked up