Was this game always this easy?

[Salbert]

So I've gotten around to playing this game, and something's kinda bothering me. I started out on normal mode, but the enemies in this game seem... really weak. Really, really weak. Granted, I'm keeping my equipment upgraded, but I don't think I'm over-leveled (I'm like level... 12 I think and just got through the bomb shelter at Cuss High). It's just that the vast majority of physical attacks do like 2 or 3 damage to all my characters, and magic attacks will always do around 12 or so, which is nothing. Hell, I switched it to HARD mode right before I fought the Student Body President boss, Yasuo, and I beat him barely scratched.

I don't really see the need to make any new Personas; I'm mostly using my starting ones. I know this is an OLD GAME, but it feels less balanced than Persona 1..

[Yukichin]

It gets a little tougher as time goes on. Your attacks start doing much less damage.

[izanagi_the_creator]

It depends on the equipment, persona, and level in terms of difficulty. Persona is most important!

[Dave3]

Yeah this game is pretty easy overall IMO. I made it through almost without a hitch aside from the occasional insta death and the Bolontiku messed with me a bit. The game does get a little harder as it goes on but don't expect the difficulty to get on par with Nocturne or anything like that.

[Salbert]

Interesting. Thanks for the replies.

I guess, back in the day, they figured they SHOULD make the game easy since the battle mechanics are pretty bad .


I'm sorry, but the whole "rank up" system is really stupid. All it does is DEMAND you use your Persona ALL THE TIME, EVERY TIME, regardless of whether or not it makes sense to do so. And it takes so god damn long to get to max. Sure, you could get to rank 8 faster by using fusion spells, but it's a guessing game to figure out each one of those. Once you do figure them out, it's just a repetitive, tedious process in each battle of doing the same fusion spells over and over again.

So I guess I'm pretty glad this game is easy. It'd be a pain to actually have to deal with a challenge with this battle system.

[Dave3]

When I played, after a while I didn't really focus on ranking each persona up to max unless there was a specific spell I absolutely needed which was rare. I would use whichever personas I needed for each situation and eventually the ones I frequented made it to rank 8 without me worrying too much about it.

I actually enjoyed the battle mechanics a fair bit, but I didn't have the need in my mind to max out each persona rank or find every single fusion spell either. Fusion spells were just something cool when I stumbled across a new one. The ones I did have were really useful but didn't have to go out of my way to find them. Maybe if you play with that mentality you might enjoy the system a little more. I may actually go back someday and try to get them all but for the first time through there's no absolute need to do so IMO.

[Raptorg]

Originally Posted by Salbert

Interesting. Thanks for the replies.

I guess, back in the day, they figured they SHOULD make the game easy since the battle mechanics are pretty bad .


I'm sorry, but the whole "rank up" system is really stupid. All it does is DEMAND you use your Persona ALL THE TIME, EVERY TIME, regardless of whether or not it makes sense to do so. And it takes so god damn long to get to max. Sure, you could get to rank 8 faster by using fusion spells, but it's a guessing game to figure out each one of those. Once you do figure them out, it's just a repetitive, tedious process in each battle of doing the same fusion spells over and over again.

So I guess I'm pretty glad this game is easy. It'd be a pain to actually have to deal with a challenge with this battle system.

How is doing the same fusion spells over and over any different from casting the same individual spells over and over?

If you ask me, you're just complaining to complain, the rank up system is far better than the level up system of the later games. And I'm NOT a P2 fanboy, I like P3 and P4 far more. P2 did a lot of things right, that I do wish P3 and P4 had kept.

Also, there are equippable items that help you figure out fusion spells.
Plus there's a logic element to it as well(Not that I'd expect you to get it).

And the battle system is perfectly fine.

[Apollo]

Your feelings are correct
yes .It is very easy
But this is because psp version Is a bad remake

This is the screenshots of Ps version
You can see
damage From the enemy is different










Yes this is a game in 1999
But it was a good system ,
I'm upset remake version Give you a different impression

[Kylaila]

Also noticed it, only 25 hours or so in hard mode, but meh..

Did you recover your mana with lvl ups in the initial version?
And somehow you recover some after fights .. or it's just me seeing things.
It's damn easy thus far, but I still change Personas whenever possible
(you can return them for items, you know - nothing beats my hee-ho-cap!)
Not fusing new Personas when you can't "Rank Up" your old ones anymore .. that I cannot do.
It's impossible for me.

I'm glad to hear that EP is more difficult, though. (now we just have to somehow get it)

So I still end up casting all the time .. but wait, hold on .. didn't you usually do that in P3 and 4, too? Just to trigger an all-out-attack, though.

I do like the Tarotcard system.

[Iris]

You always recovered it with level-ups and got some back slowly by walking around, yeah.

[Kylaila]

I just beat it with lvl 53 and the few Personas I just had with me for the sake of ranking up. Easy as hell, but the fight took me a little while.
And I found a use for Recarmdra for the first time. (more in the battle before, but anyways).

It does drain your mana a little .. but when you've got reusable items for that it's not much of a problem.
I didn't bother focusing on one limb, I just spammed God's Hand and the Ma-casts I had at hand while keeping my mana up and that's that.
When his attacks decrease mana instead of hp it got even easier .. so .. well.

It was an awesome game as a whole, though.
The battle-system can never match the press-turn system, but it is quite enjoyable.
I like how you can adjust your turn-order and change Personas before actually using them. You can nullify certain attacks that way (even though there's no need to). Or trying to guess the right combo for certain fusion attacks. Guard works before getting your turn, too, and such little things.
I liked it overall, but I skipped most battles.

[Strawhat_sniper]

I beat this game with all my guys at 60....I found that all the bosses were especially easy expect the last one gave me a little trouble. Not even Hitler was that much trouble. Did they not expect me to get all the Ultimate Personas and level them up to max?