Time time & Time

[Besmooth9]

Hi guys, I bought this game last month and I truly enjoy it so far but the thing is I hate to do game more than once. And in this kind of games, with a lot of dialogues, I want to see and to do all the possible things in the game. But, you saw that coming, the calendar is my worst ennemy. I am one month before what I think is the LAST event of the game and I wanted to max my links, royal virtues, to see all of the cutscenes and to do all the last quests and it does not fit the 29 days left.

So, I wanted to go on cheat engine to freeze the day or to freeze the deadline but nothing seems to work for me. I went on forums and youtube but, I am either stupid or something is wrong. So can any of you help me with that ? Like how to use this specific Cheat engine table for this specific purpose ?

I mean, I know cheating is bad but it's a solo game, i'm in 60h+ hours into it, i just dont want to do a new game +, i'm just here for the lore and the challenge of the first run. Thank you in advance, I am counting on you !

[Blunette]

So long as you do not literally do nothing for days, you will have plenty of time without cheats. Virtue values will seem like the enemy, but they do give far more values for activities per each base progression in the story. The Opera House in Altabury in particular gives heavy chunks per night to whatever Virtue you want, and Nighttime is probably the time you have most open to screw around with since most of your Followers are Day-Only.

[Besmooth9]

Well, I just counted, I miss 27 social links in total for 28 days, and there are some hard quest to come, so I really think that it cannot fit mathematically I mean. +The social links that are left are all due in the afternoon not at night...And I miss like 9 points in total i think but then again, it's in 3 virtues so i cannot max em just once. Anyway, I have like 4 dongeons to do, 27 social links and 28 days, do you still think I can get away without cheating ?

[Blunette]

You probably wasted time with multi-day dungeon trips then at that point. Also this entirely depends on whether or not this is September or October in regards to 'not enough time'.

[Besmooth9]

Yes, I might because I haven't play the game with a guide. I thought you can have a calendar-free play at the end of the game so I just went with whatever I wanted and now I'm stuck. And it is the later one. That's why I need that cheat engine. Do you have any advices in this regard ?

[steven]

Originally posted by Besmooth9:

Yes, I might because I haven't play the game with a guide. I thought you can have a calendar-free play at the end of the game so I just went with whatever I wanted and now I'm stuck. And it is the later one. That's why I need that cheat engine. Do you have any advices in this regard ?

You know you don't need to 100% everything first run ? It's not because you did 76.5% of the game, missed 3 cutscenes, 4 side quests and 5 archetypes the world is doomed and you need to cheat... It's normal to miss things.

These games are designed around managing timing. Going blindly means you will 100% miss some things in your First Run. It's logic and totally normal.
If you do a 100% first run, you :
1- Are good with time management / already played other ATLUS games
2- Play with a guide
3- Already played this game on another friend computer / another console

You failed to put everything in one run, next. No need to have everything now, you will do better next run (that you will not do as you said). You did good, be proud of you, cya.

[Blunette]

Originally posted by Besmooth9:

Yes, I might because I haven't play the game with a guide. I thought you can have a calendar-free play at the end of the game so I just went with whatever I wanted and now I'm stuck. And it is the later one. That's why I need that cheat engine. Do you have any advices in this regard ?

I hate to say it, but what you needed was to realize you're playing a time-management RPG. In what world did you expect that, after the game has stressed that you need to plan your day-to-day affairs for ingame months, you'd suddenly be completely off the hook?

There's only two possible ways I can think of that you'd be able to screw yourself this badly. Either A: You did absolutely nothing but sleep for several days, never tried to improve Virtues, or chose poorly on what to pursue each day... Or B: You required several daily trips to multiple dungeons, in which case I hate to say it but 'skill issue' on MP management. Save your MP restoration items, use Junah's Follower bonus, cook food for healing, downgrade your spells if you're only hitting for coverage, lean into Merchant or Brawler or Mage's Hero Passive or something. Fight more efficiently.

[Besmooth9]

Sooo. I know all of that but you guys are missing the point. I played the way I wanted because it looked fun.
I did persona 3 4 and 5 and I had to play with a guide and it really took me off the game so I wanted to do things differently this time.
The only dungeon I did twice was the one with Junah in it. Otherwise I cleared them at first try. I might have waste some days while trying new mechanics such as fishing or bathing to see if i could get something new and I tried to read all of the books and sometimes I cooked (before the skills for free cuisine). I focused the links on the class I loved the most first cause they seemed more important to me and I thought i'd have more time. I am somewhat around lvl 55, i maxed links with most of people (the one I focuses the most) and I miss 3 points in 3 royal virtues.

You guys are telling me things I already know. I should've read so tips on the game, like what to do first, what is useful or not, why I should not have spend time on etc... But I know all of that.

I am not asking how to do better in the next session (cause i never play games twice) I am just asking how to cheat engine my way out of it.

I just want to explore 100% of it before shutting it down because the lore, the dialogues, the cutscenes and the fights are really good. If you don't know how to use cheat engine to block the date, or something along those lines don't bother answering. After so much hours into the game I think I gathered enough experience to figure these kind of things by myself.

If not, I'll just keep going my way and watch a 100% let's play right after to go and see the dialogues that I've missed.

Thanks your previous answers and for your time !

(PS : English is not my first language, be kind )

[Belazur]

For an Atlus Game, Metaphor Is WAY more lenient than P3R or even P5R considering time management.
Maybe you multi day too much dungeons? If you manage your mana with a mage to quick fight low level enemies, you can pretty much do them in one day each. After that, you will have all the time needed to up your social stats and social links without a need for cheats.

[Besmooth9]

Yes, most likely, but how can I use the cheat engine for now ? I mean I know that I could restart the game and do better BUUUT I don't want to throw 60+ hours away. If noboby know how to, I'll just watch some let's play