Originally Posted by TimesTicking Anyone know how to find those Reapers??? I came across them so many times in the beginning when I was low level, but since now I am lvl +90 those Reapers won't show up T.T Are they afraid of me? I wanna kill them so baddddd.

Open 20 chests in total, then you'll hear the chains rattling. On the 21st chest, make sure it is a regular chest and not a gold one. When you do, there's a slight chance the Reaper will pop out, it will warn you before he does. If you open the chest and he does not pop out, you have to do it all over again.

So I saved Rise/Teddie . Man was that second round a long-ass battle. While I was grinding before the boss I came across three golden hands and a tank-like shadow. . That. Shit. For whatever reason, the tank was one-hit killing my party. I ended up winning, but I was the only person alive. 15,000 EXP...for 1 character. *sigh*. At least I'm now a level 38? My other charcters are 33-36 so they aren't too far behind.

I would really like to see a guide that shows the suggested character levels for each boss, just to give me an idea if I'm close or not.

Originally Posted by SynGamer So I saved Rise/Teddie . Man was that second round a long-ass battle. While I was grinding before the boss I came across three golden hands and a tank-like shadow. . That. Shit. For whatever reason, the tank was one-hit killing my party. I ended up winning, but I was the only person alive. 15,000 EXP...for 1 character. *sigh*. At least I'm now a level 38? My other charcters are 33-36 so they aren't too far behind. I would really like to see a guide that shows the suggested character levels for each boss, just to give me an idea if I'm close or not.

If you make one extra run through of the previous "dungeon" you should be okay.

I can't decide who to romance...are all of the girls options, or will one of them eventually go for some other guy, thus wasting my time? I don't foresee myself maxing out all of the Social Links so I want to make sure I'm focusing on the right one(s).

Originally Posted by SynGamer I can't decide who to romance...are all of the girls options, or will one of them eventually go for some other guy, thus wasting my time? I don't foresee myself maxing out all of the Social Links so I want to make sure I'm focusing on the right one(s).

You can romance any/all of the girls, they won't go for anyone else. It doesn't really matter who you choose though.

On your first playthrough, you should focus on leveling up your party's (especially the characters you use most) SLs, since their personae will evolve once they reach rank 10.

Originally Posted by SynGamer I can't decide who to romance...are all of the girls options, or will one of them eventually go for some other guy, thus wasting my time? I don't foresee myself maxing out all of the Social Links so I want to make sure I'm focusing on the right one(s).

You can max social link in playthrough. You even have more time in golden than the original.

Was around 60 hours in...got the bad ending (which definitely lives up to its name). Good thing I saved on multiple files when it warned me that shizzle was about to get real. How many hours of gameplay are left on the table if you get the bad ending? Looks like a considerable amount.

Well, I'm 34 hours in and I just unlocked the Void Quest Dungeon. I figure once I complete this I'm half way through the game? My character levels range from 38-31, which Chie at 31. I just went and beat the first two optional bosses. I may grind a bit in the Marukyu Striptease dungeon to try and raise Chie up to around 34-35. She'll still be one of the lower leveled characters, but better than 31.

Do any of the main characters die? I don't mind if there is a spoiler, I just hate leveling characters up if it is ultimately useless.

Also: I freaking love the social aspect of this game. It pretty much lets me relive my youth as the "cool kid", which I definitely wasn't in High School

Originally Posted by SynGamer Well, I'm 34 hours in and I just unlocked the Void Quest Dungeon. I figure once I complete this I'm half way through the game? My character levels range from 38-31, which Chie at 31. I just went and beat the first two optional bosses. I may grind a bit in the Marukyu Striptease dungeon to try and raise Chie up to around 34-35. She'll still be one of the lower leveled characters, but better than 31. Do any of the main characters die? I don't mind if there is a spoiler, I just hate leveling characters up if it is ultimately useless. Also: I freaking love the social aspect of this game. It pretty much lets me relive my youth as the "cool kid", which I definitely wasn't in High School

You can just fight the enemies in the Void Quest dungeon, they should be around the same level and if not, shouldn't have any trouble defeating them.

Nobody dies.

Originally Posted by SynGamer So I saved Rise/Teddie . Man was that second round a long-ass battle. While I was grinding before the boss I came across three golden hands and a tank-like shadow. . That. Shit. For whatever reason, the tank was one-hit killing my party. I ended up winning, but I was the only person alive. 15,000 EXP...for 1 character. *sigh*. At least I'm now a level 38? My other charcters are 33-36 so they aren't too far behind. I would really like to see a guide that shows the suggested character levels for each boss, just to give me an idea if I'm close or not.

I know what you mean. I've been watching walkthroughs on YouTube and those guys are at ridiculous levels.

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Just wrapped up with the true/golden ending. Close to 100 hours. Holy shit, I had no clue what I was in for, but I'm glad I spent time with this game.

I was one of those weirdos pulled in by playing P4A before anything from the SMT lineage. Pretty cool to realize that everything from P4A has foundation in the source games. Names like "Bufudyne" make way more sense now.

Prolly gonna hop back and try out P3 at some point. I'm hearing That FES is the way to go, but I play on my Vita way more often now, so I may go P3P. Any opinions on that?

Originally Posted by IanKazimer Prolly gonna hop back and try out P3 at some point. I'm hearing That FES is the way to go, but I play on my Vita way more often now, so I may go P3P. Any opinions on that?

The only problem with P3P is that it replaces all of the school/town exploration with a 2D interface where you move the cursor over interaction points to talk to characters and travel. In FES the exploration works just like in P4. The big thing that P3P adds is the female main character, and of course portability. But unless you're planning on actually playing as the female MC I'd say FES is the preferred version.

Originally Posted by Ryuukishi The only problem with P3P is that it replaces all of the school/town exploration with a 2D interface where you move the cursor over interaction points to talk to characters and travel. In FES the exploration works just like in P4. The big thing that P3P adds is the female main character, and of course portability. But unless you're planning on actually playing as the female MC I'd say FES is the preferred version.

Thanks, Ryuu. I recall someone discussing the combat in P3 as well. Saying that you don't control your party, I think. Are both versions like that? I assumed direct control of my party in P4G pretty quickly, but I'm pretty sure I'd get over it.

As for the fem-MC, I feel like I could definitely live without her. Also recall hearing about The Answer being available in FES, but it's just epiloguey stuff, I probably wouldn't mind youtubing it after the fact.


Just kinda thinking out loud here. Thanks for the input, dude.

Original P3 definitely had only the main character manually controlled. I do not remember whether they added manual control for the other party members in FES or in P3P... It might be P3P. I always let the AI control the other party members anyway; it makes them feel more alive!

P3P is the only version of Persona 3 that lets you control the whole party just like in Persona 4.

Thanks guys. I'll dwell on it. Think I should probably spend some time outside and doing shit after that P4G marathon!

Having NOT played the previous Persona games, I can't see myself going back to 1, 2, or 3 after playing P4G. The tweaks/changes/additions are just...perfect, at least based off of what I've read when compared to previous entries in the series.

Side note: I'm really hoping they make Persona 5 for the PS Vita.

Originally Posted by SynGamer Having NOT played the previous Persona games, I can't see myself going back to 1, 2, or 3 after playing P4G. The tweaks/changes/additions are just...perfect, at least based off of what I've read when compared to previous entries in the series.

I'm in the same boat here, but I think I still might enjoy P3P. My wife already owns it , one of these days I just might boot it up.

Originally Posted by SynGamer Having NOT played the previous Persona games, I can't see myself going back to 1, 2, or 3 after playing P4G. The tweaks/changes/additions are just...perfect, at least based off of what I've read when compared to previous entries in the series. Side note: I'm really hoping they make Persona 5 for the PS Vita.

Persona 2s are still decent games as long as you don't expect P4. Persona 3 is still pretty playable and better than 90% of the RPGs out there. Then again all this can be avoided if you play Persona 3 first.

Well, I'm getting ready to fight Shadow Mitsuo . Any suggestions? My MC is level 42, Yosuke is 40, Yukiko is 40, and Teddy is 39. I'm ignoring Chie for the rest of the game I think (currently level 31). I'm thinking of dropping Yosuke for Kanji after this boss battle, we'll see. I'm actually on floor 7 (out of 10) so I should be able to gain at least 1 or 2 more levels for everyone before the boss(es).

Still not sure who I am going to "romance", currently leaning towards Yukiko but damn if Rise isn't laying it on thick...

37 hours in and I'm having a blast.