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	themadscientist 2013-08-16 02:28 am UTC (link)
	The weirdest was the lady made o' boobs. I'm really not sure what they were going for there besides "BOOBS! BOOBS EVERYWHERE!" Ironically I quite like the angel designs ~~except they're still too humanoid o well~~ (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

tez
2013-08-16 03:23 am UTC (link)

I think that was probably the only point. Boobs, boobs everywhere. P3 is my first foray into the SMT franchise; I was looking over the weapon fusion lists going "Okay, so I need Mara to make Akihiko's ultimate weapon, if I fuse this and this and this I get Mara OH MY FUCKING GOD WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST MAKE." Once you see that, you cannot unsee it.

The angels weren't bad. I have, like. The Angel Squadron as my Persona lineup. Gabriel's total lack of elemental weaknesses is a major bonus.

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themadscientist
2013-08-16 03:33 am UTC (link)

Huang Long + Shiva + Vishnu is kind of the untouchables as far as I am concerned

But it just got to a point of "Okay seriously? Seriously, why does this exist i that a vagina dentata what the hell man

I'm sure it's a meta-commentary on ancient civilization's fixation on sex and fertility but it just got weird. And kind of pointless when there are so many different combinations and so little guidance as to which fusions give the best benefits. The demon fusion idea is awesome - the Guide Dang It aspect not so much

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tez
2013-08-16 03:36 am UTC (link)

Yeah, I went into this cold. My poor innocent mind knew nothing of this horror and was purely thinking 'make ultimate weapon' and then I realized too late that 'make ultimate weapon' required 'make giant penis on wheels'. (Alas, Mara is also the only Persona with Maralagidyne. There's a Skill Card for the spell, but Mara is the only one to cough it up, so if you want that you have to carry the penis around.)

I don't understand how ANYONE could get through the fusion without a guide. I spent the first part of my first P3 run just kind of fusing everything together willy-nilly trying to see what I could make.

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themadscientist
2013-08-16 03:45 am UTC (link)

SMT4 takes it to absolutely absurd levels. Like, were it not for the completely broken DLC all I'd be doing is grinding so that I can purchase monsters to fuse them properly. And it's not even wroth it!!

It's not that I hate the game - it's mediocre to decent at best, but the sheer amount of everything is just so... pointless. At least with Pokemon the whole leveling / evolution / type comparisons is very simple mechanically. Not so much here and it kind of makes me laugh when people are like "It's SUPPOSED to be a hard game for advanced players!" because it is not so much that as simply counterintuitive.

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tez
2013-08-16 04:03 am UTC (link)

I completely filled out my Compendium, finally, so I just loaded way the hell up on yen so the next run I can actually whip on the extra bosses and really FINISH the game. (I'm a completionist, I have to get ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING in every game I play. Pokemon takes me forever.)

Yeah, "hard" and "counterintuitive" aren't the same thing. I'd rate P3 as being legitimately pretty tough, without the whole fusion thing, because the fusion isn't hard so much as it is aggravating sometimes. It's hard to get the very highest-end Personas, sure, because you have to fuse several other things to get there and you have to be a high level yourself, but that's more along the lines of just grinding.

Social Links are a whole new brand of hair-pulling though.

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	iczer6 2013-08-17 01:45 am UTC (link)
	I've always felt that if you go into a MegamiTensei game without a guide or a FAQ you are doing it wrong. And sometimes they don't even help that much. In conclusion fuck the Labyrinth of Amala. If Lucifer wants my help he can ask politely like he did in all the other games. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	caffeine_fairy 2013-08-17 12:47 am UTC (link)
	I think "fusing things together all willy-nilly" pretty much sums it up, even if you had a guide... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tez 2013-08-17 09:41 am UTC (link)
	I accidentally fused the highest Temperance persona without realizing it the first time. That double snake thingamabobber is still one of the most useful Personas I've got. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	cmdr_zoom 2013-08-16 02:10 pm UTC (link)
	I'm sure it's a meta-commentary on ancient civilization's fixation on sex and fertility As compared to our sterile and sexless world of 2013, of course. (Crystal spires and togas for everyone!) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sepiamagpie 2013-08-17 07:19 am UTC (link)
	The day I realized that if Barbie was found by an archaeologist she'd be declared a fertility symbol was an odd one. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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