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OR MAYBE I JUST WON'T GO AT ALL.

Atleast this way I get ABSOLUTELY nothing done.

I don't think there's many other people who only buy Sony consoles for Persona/Atlus, at least. I've never heard anyone else complain about it not being on Nintendo. Probably just because Nintendo people haven't been given the opportunity to try it out yet in the first place.

I just had a PS2 because back in the day I wanted to play Kingdom Hearts and it wasn't on Nintendo yet, except for the GBA one. And Katamari. Holy s**t there'd better be Katamari on 3DS someday.

'cept it could maybe not have motion control, and use 3D instead. Seeing the quick flip in 3D would be neat, if they did it right.

Ugh yeah I actually tried following a ROMSL guide for P3FES and it just did not work. Following a complete guide kinda ruins the fun, anyway. I figure just screw it; if you really want to max out all social links, just do a NG+. People say it's crazy to replay a 70+ hour game, but it really isn't that bad if you can carry over your levels, money, compendium AND attributes. Takes nowhere near as long.

P3 and 4 are the only RPGs so far where I really enjoy grinding and don't feel like falling asleep and/or just giving up

Pokemon and Mario RPGs too because I don't think you really have to grind in those

Or the Mother series? Ehh the battles in that are kinda lame, I dunno what to think of it.

All other RPGs SUCK THO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111 scream

I could never get enough money to buy the Personas I needed thoughhh emo maybe i just did it wrong

anyway it still isn't worth doing

The battle system relies less on levels and more on tactics. Make sure the MC is high enough to fuse decent demons for fights, but exploiting weaknesses and getting demons with good racial abilities can more than make up for being a bit underleveled. Also, take advantage of the fact that you can attack and heal/revive people in the same turn.

And grab Drain as soon as it shows up on Skill Crack. Almighty attack that costs 2 SP and leeches the opponent's HP/SP? Incredibly broken, especially on a magic nuke.


Other stuff:
- ROMSL: I did one for P3FES my second time through, and I absolutely hated it. I got to do one thing that entire playthrough, and that was choosing which girl to hang out with on the one free day at the end of the game. I didn't even have much choice over Personae or going to Tartarus; those aren't spelled out in the guide, but arcana and stat requirements are so restrictive that they might as well be. I don't know that I could do one for P4, even with the month or so of extra days.

- RPGs where I didn't hate the grinding: TWEWY's battle system is pretty fun once you get the hang of it, and outside of plot battles you only fight if you choose to. EarthBound also deserves a mention since they skipped the battles entirely if you were against low-leveled enemies. There are a couple of other games where I didn't have a problem with levelgrinding, but I was generally underleveled in those cases.

I've always found grinding in Pokémon to be pretty boring, though. Audino and Lucky Eggs make it slightly better, but it still takes a lot longer than I'd like it to.

- P4G: I don't want to buy a system just for a game that I already have. But P4 is one of my favorite games of all time, and if they give it the same treatment P3P got then I could more than justify playing through it a third time for MShe and the various new/updated content. I may have to make an exception and hope that we get some other good games on the Vita.