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How hard is it to platinum this game?
So I'm in the middle of November right now during my first playthrough and I found out I missed two books from the Strength social link. ~w~

How hard would it be to do Compulsive Reader and maxing all social links in the second playthrough? Those two and Hardcore Risette Fan are the ones I'm kinda worried about because, you know, missable and stuff.

Completing the Persona Compendium is another big one, but at least you only need to worry about collecting a fair amount from cards on the fly and grinding money to do lots of summoning/fusing.
Originally posted by Soulkey:
It is possible to get both Compulsive reader and Legend of Inaba in 1 playthrough (NG+ that is, not sure about a clean start), but it will put you at a huge disadvantage.

You should focus on obtaining all books first, by November 1 you should have all books.
Create a backup save here. At this point just focus on reading everything to get the achievement done, then reload this file and just focus on S-links.

The "LawlieBlack" calendar is quite useful, but it is inaccurate in several places, so don't rely on just that entirely.

For social link use the calendar as a reference to see who will be available at night so you can further your relationship faster without wasting a daytime activity.

For Hardcore Risette fan, there's a very useful Google Spreadsheet I used to keep track.
That combined with Teddie's 3rd awakening skill (Kamui Miracle) made the 250 voiceline challenge very easy.

Overall I would say it's not hard to 100% the game, only if you try to accomplish everything in 1 run.
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jaredbftball Sep 16, 2021 @ 5:28pm 
Yes it is possible, but quite difficult. I had to do the same thing as you did for my second play through. You need to be very careful about how you spend each day if you really want to get the social links and read all the books in the same play through. Because you have already completed the game once, it should be okay for you to look for a guide online to help you plan how you spend each day. Here is a social links calendar you can you use for reference for who should be available on each day: http://persona.lawlietblack.com/#/days/0411. Hopefully this was helpful and good luck!
Lee Sep 17, 2021 @ 4:45am 
Originally posted by jaredbftball:
Yes it is possible, but quite difficult. I had to do the same thing as you did for my second play through. You need to be very careful about how you spend each day if you really want to get the social links and read all the books in the same play through. Because you have already completed the game once, it should be okay for you to look for a guide online to help you plan how you spend each day. Here is a social links calendar you can you use for reference for who should be available on each day: http://persona.lawlietblack.com/#/days/0411. Hopefully this was helpful and good luck!
i think the calendar dosent work for me
its blank under the titles "after school | even storyline" and night | restricted"
or its supposed to be blank and i need to fill it up ?
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Soulkey Sep 17, 2021 @ 5:08am 
It is possible to get both Compulsive reader and Legend of Inaba in 1 playthrough (NG+ that is, not sure about a clean start), but it will put you at a huge disadvantage.

You should focus on obtaining all books first, by November 1 you should have all books.
Create a backup save here. At this point just focus on reading everything to get the achievement done, then reload this file and just focus on S-links.

The "LawlieBlack" calendar is quite useful, but it is inaccurate in several places, so don't rely on just that entirely.

For social link use the calendar as a reference to see who will be available at night so you can further your relationship faster without wasting a daytime activity.

For Hardcore Risette fan, there's a very useful Google Spreadsheet I used to keep track.
That combined with Teddie's 3rd awakening skill (Kamui Miracle) made the 250 voiceline challenge very easy.

Overall I would say it's not hard to 100% the game, only if you try to accomplish everything in 1 run.
Last edited by Soulkey; Sep 17, 2021 @ 5:12am
Thanks a lot! I never thought about just creating a backup save. That's genius!
Freudesleid Sep 17, 2021 @ 2:09pm 
Dont bother to much about doing everything in your 1st playthrough since you have to play through the game at least 2 times to get every achievement. There are a lot of guides to help you with what to do both day-by-day guides and general 100% achievements guide.

The only thing you should do in your first playthrough is to get 12 slots and all social skills (understanding, courage, etc.) to max.
That should make it easier to get both max socials and books on your 2nd playthrough.
Risette achievement is a matter of coordinated farming. If you know what you do its just a matter of time thing
Originally posted by Hurensohn:
Dont bother to much about doing everything in your 1st playthrough since you have to play through the game at least 2 times to get every achievement. There are a lot of guides to help you with what to do both day-by-day guides and general 100% achievements guide.

The only thing you should do in your first playthrough is to get 12 slots and all social skills (understanding, courage, etc.) to max.
That should make it easier to get both max socials and books on your 2nd playthrough.
Risette achievement is a matter of coordinated farming. If you know what you do its just a matter of time thing

Yeah, I already have 12 slots and max social stats
jaredbftball Sep 18, 2021 @ 1:17am 
Originally posted by Lee:
Originally posted by jaredbftball:
Yes it is possible, but quite difficult. I had to do the same thing as you did for my second play through. You need to be very careful about how you spend each day if you really want to get the social links and read all the books in the same play through. Because you have already completed the game once, it should be okay for you to look for a guide online to help you plan how you spend each day. Here is a social links calendar you can you use for reference for who should be available on each day: http://persona.lawlietblack.com/#/days/0411. Hopefully this was helpful and good luck!
i think the calendar dosent work for me
its blank under the titles "after school | even storyline" and night | restricted"
or its supposed to be blank and i need to fill it up ?
So there wasn't anyone there on the date that I sent it to you on because that is the first day in the game. If you click through the calendar dates for a little bit, you should start to see some changes. At the beginning of the game, they don't really let you do anything for a few days. If you want to skip quickly to a date much further in the future, there is a calendar button in the top left corner that allows you to navigate to a different date.
Lee Sep 18, 2021 @ 8:48am 
Originally posted by jaredbftball:
Originally posted by Lee:
i think the calendar dosent work for me
its blank under the titles "after school | even storyline" and night | restricted"
or its supposed to be blank and i need to fill it up ?
So there wasn't anyone there on the date that I sent it to you on because that is the first day in the game. If you click through the calendar dates for a little bit, you should start to see some changes. At the beginning of the game, they don't really let you do anything for a few days. If you want to skip quickly to a date much further in the future, there is a calendar button in the top left corner that allows you to navigate to a different date.
oooh ok tysm ! <3
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