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Bwahahahaha, heck yeah the library is buying Gideon the Ninth!

Which is good, because my fixation on it hasn't quite gone away yet (thank goodness). I mean, I do want to read it, I've been tossing it up for well over a year, I think. Except I haven't wanted to read books for...a long time. Or not had the brain space because blehhhhhhh.

I guess I should maybe ask them to get Harrow now, just in case I like Gideon enough to want to keep reading? I dunno, I'll think about it. I'm probably going to nip in the library while I'm out tomorrow, so I can decide then.

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I started playing Persona 5 Royal, although I don't know how long I'll continue, since it seems too soon since I last played (18 months!) the original version. And, obviously, I played P5 Strikers in April, so it's entirely possible my brain has had enough of the Metaverse!.

I managed to get all the items you need lockpicks for in the first palace AND all the Will Seeds (though that took a bit of doing because, if you use the grappling hook like you're meant to, you miss an entire part of the map which you had to traverse in the OG version, meaning you'll miss the area with one of the seeds). I don't know what they are for, all I know is you have to give them to Jose, although I'm not supposed to know about him yet.

I see also they have rejigged some of the demon levels - e.g. Angel is now level 9 instead of 12 and appears in the first dungeon instead of the third. And, crucially, DOES NOT HAVE HAMA available to her! She just has Makajama, which is annoying, but not as much as a straight up insta-kill.

Also not a fan of Kasumi, but a) I haven't seen enough of her and b) I am aware that there are people who do like her, so if I decide to rant about her, I'll at least do it behind a cut and warn y'all first.

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Finally,

honigfrosch is running a love meme! Go forth and check it out if that's your kind of thing by clicking the pic below!

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There's a lot of nice retooling - I remember being so frustrated by random fights in the third dungeon in the OG version, and it was just not as bad in Royal for whatever reason.

Will seeds are great if only for the SP restore when you find them >.>;

I agree, I do feel like it's easier in some respects, and I do like the QoL upgrades from the original. And yeah, I HATE the third dungeon, so anything that makes it an easier ride is fine by me.

Yes! I was really low on SP by the time I found the first one, and I didn't know they did that, so I was pleasantly surprised.

I wasn't sure how I'd feel about Kasumi. I was worried she'd be Marie 2.0 but by the end of the game I had actually come to like her. I think her VA is very charming in the role, which helps. Hopefully you'll come to like her too (and if not, I look forward to the rants, yes bring me chaos)

I have read a P4G LP, but I remember nothing about Marie, but I do know most players didn't like her.