[PS2] Shin Megami Tensei Series/Persona 3

I loved Nocturne and DDS1 to death, but DDS2 just felt really... out of place. Couldn't enjoy it at all, story felt boring and trite compared to the premise DDS1 gave to you, and the engine felt like an exact carbon copy of the first DDS'; granted it was, but I expected more of a change than adding Berserk status (which gets me killed half the time). I didn't find anything at all engaging about it, where both Nocturne and DDS1 dragged me in and didn't let go.

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DDS2' bosses pissed me off a lot more than those of Nocturne or DDS1, as well. Come on, Agidyne, Teradyne, Bufudyne and you're the fourth, IIRC, boss? Thanks a bunch, Tribhvana, you just killed me twice over.

Persona 2 was quite enjoyable for me, also. The characters all seemed genuinely human, the demon conversations were unique (and often hilarious), the music rocked, and the story was pretty good. There were a couple lulls, but it kept my interest.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by YoMan

Question in spoiler tags:

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So has anyone tried fighting Lucifer in Nocturne without the pierce skill in either Normal or Hard mode? Post comments, was it hard, easy, time consuming etc etc?

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Tried it and got fairly well massacred.
Without Pierce, I was doing far too little damage to Lucifer, and the longer that battle drags on, the worse off you are due to how ungodly hard he can hit you at times. I died somewhere after 30 minutes to a combo of that really nasty attack that drops everyone by random amounts (name escapes me) and Megidola the next turn.

With Pierce on everyone, I actually managed to win, but then again, Freikugel doing usable amounts of damage helps.

Randomly at Zero, if you just want to play the SRW games, it's not that hard to figure out. I managed quite well with Alpha 2, for example, when I wasn't able to understand the story... but translations would be nice for some parts.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

22%, here. According to wget, it should be done in about an hour (slow download ;_; ). I'll put it up somewhere when it's done.

Screenshots have me pretty interested, at least.

EDIT:
Done. Upping to YSI~

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.