Megami Tensei Topic

[erwos]

The game assumes that if you did well on the exams, you did well during the semester as well.  Which, if you're going by Japanese school standards, is probably true.

Well, yeah. The crux of my complaint was more that it's kinda difficult to tell how well you're going to do on the exams - unless I'm missing something, your academics stat doesn't seem to tell the entire story.

[kyuusei]

I found that it was just the academic stat and how I answered the questions. Although in Persona 3, I found that if I didn't study lots I got more questions that I hadn't seen in the classroom scenes. I got a couple of those in P4, too. In other words, studying really did make writing the exams easier. =P

[Gen Eric Gui]

That's what it is exactly.  Each Quiz is graded based on the # of questions asked that you got right + 1 un-asked question which is answered based on your Academics stat.  If you have a high enough stat, it's answered correctly, and if not, it's wrong.  Generally speaking you want to boost Academics at least one level between each set of tests to be golden.  Also, several of the quizzes don't require you to answer everything correctly to make top marks, I've messed up and had sub-par Academics stats at least twice and still made top of the class anyway because I got all the other questions right.

Also: studying has no effect whatsoever on the questions that are asked.  They are always the same, no matter what you do outside of class.  The thing you are probably noticing is that a lot of the specific questions that get tossed at you are ones that were mentioned offhand during the lectures.  Like, even if the lecture in question was about science, if the teacher broke into a segue about her relationship with her husband, she might actually ask a question about that instead of the pertinent topic.

[MeshGearFox]

You haven't played the game, have you?

I haven't, but I wiki'd it awhile ago and I knew what you were talking about. I just... you know. His teddy bear form is just a lot more amusing. In fanpron.

[kyuusei]

Proves that I should have paid attention in class. I did let the MC sleep every once in a while in class in Persona 3, too. Oops.

On another note, for those who have played both, which did you like better: Digital Devil Saga 1 or 2? I've just started 1, am maybe an hour in, and I like it a lot. (I do have 2 sitting in the 'to play' pile, too. =P) Nice change of pace from some bouncy high school kids for sure.

[Gen Eric Gui]

They sort of go hand in hand, and neither feels complete without the other part.  But given that, I still felt that 2 was a teeny bit better, if only because all of the game systems are polished up and the game feels a little more diverse in it's settings and world.

[Lard]

I prefer DD1 over DD2

[Lucca]

This might be somewhat relevant:

http://hiimdaisy.livejournal.com/26044.html#cutid1 - Spoilers for the first hour or two of Persona 4.

[Eusis]

Spoilers for the first hour or two of Persona 4.

Or five! But it's safe to read so long as you've gotten far enough in to actually PLAY the game and not simply be dragged along by the plot.

[CDFN]

This might be somewhat relevant:

http://hiimdaisy.livejournal.com/26044.html#cutid1 - Spoilers for the first hour or two of Persona 4.

OMG, I almost died! That's brilliant!.

[Draak]

This might be somewhat relevant:

http://hiimdaisy.livejournal.com/26044.html#cutid1 - Spoilers for the first hour or two of Persona 4.

Haha, hillarious!

"Dude why can't I be 'sensei'?"
"Because you're comic relief!"

I'd love to see a P3 one.

[Dincrest]

I liked I am thou, thou art me, we're a happy family. 

[Gen Eric Gui]

hiimdaisy is one of the most magical people on the entire internets.  I haven't laughed this hard since the last time I read one of her comics.

[kyuusei]

This might be somewhat relevant:

http://hiimdaisy.livejournal.com/26044.html#cutid1 - Spoilers for the first hour or two of Persona 4.

This wins. I liked the description of Yosuke's Persona, Disco Ninja Frog! I'd love to see her do a P3 one.

[Draak]

I completely forgot about this, but someone translated those Persona 3 4koma:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14011431@N04/

May contain spoilers.