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SmokyKisses said:
MellowYellow said:
Nekrosilisk88 said:
PERSONA 5!
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Same.

It's only been about, oh, ten years...
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But hey, it's literally the exact same game anyway.

10/10, GOTY.
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I wouldn't say it's the exact same game. There are definitely some differences and improvements, and while it's the same formula in a lot of ways, how it's presented is quite changed as well.
 
One thing I will say is that the game is stylish as fuck. Those all-out attacks are just... hot damn.

Still, not really a fan of the framing device. Starting in medias res pretty much ruins a great plot twist. It'd be like if they started Persona 4 by shouting the serial killer's name at you.

Also this game is a whole hell of a lot darker than P4. Only 4 hours in and you're hit with things like rape, suicide, torture and police brutality.
 
MellowYellow said:
One thing I will say is that the game is stylish as fuck. Those all-out attacks are just... hot damn.

Still, not really a fan of the framing device. Starting in medias res pretty much ruins a great plot twist. It'd be like if they started Persona 4 by shouting the serial killer's name at you.

Also this game is a whole hell of a lot darker than P4. Only 4 hours in and you're hit with things like rape, suicide, torture and police brutality.
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The more accurate statement would be that P4 is he'll of a lot more upbeat. The series as a rule has had a much darker tone.
 
Nekrosilisk88 said:
MellowYellow said:
One thing I will say is that the game is stylish as fuck. Those all-out attacks are just... hot damn.

Still, not really a fan of the framing device. Starting in medias res pretty much ruins a great plot twist. It'd be like if they started Persona 4 by shouting the serial killer's name at you.

Also this game is a whole hell of a lot darker than P4. Only 4 hours in and you're hit with things like rape, suicide, torture and police brutality.
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The more accurate statement would be that P4 is he'll of a lot more upbeat. The series as a rule has had a much darker tone.
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That's true. Though it's not really as dour as Persona 3 was.

From what I've seen so far, for all the reasons the Phantom Thieves have to be pissed at the world, they're not really angsty or mopey and manage to be pretty endearing.
 
Persona 5. Which is amazing so far.

If I had a single complaint at this point, it'd just be that I am getting what I feel to be way too many days where I just can't really go and do anything after school. I've got maybe one Confidant role that's almost maxed out, and in early to mid June, compared to in Persona 3 or 4 where I had at least 2-3 maxed out.

Also, yeah, the in medias res frame is pretty cool for the game as a narrative device, but I'm pretty damn sure I already know who is going to end up being the mole for the Phantom Thieves, just by process of elimination.
 
The twist is painfully obvious. The reason they're not letting people stream past a certain point in the game is because that's the point where the entire plot goes to garbage.

That, and Atlus is well aware that Persona gameplay is terrible.
 
SmokyKisses said:
That, and Atlus is well aware that Persona gameplay is terrible.
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I'd disagree. They aren't action games. I think the mechanics are actually very well designed. They took so.e of the best parts of the series and tied them together into a neat system.
 
SmokyKisses said:
The twist is painfully obvious. The reason they're not letting people stream past a certain point in the game is because that's the point where the entire plot goes to garbage.

That, and Atlus is well aware that Persona gameplay is terrible.
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Strong disagree, Persona, SMT, Etrian Odyssey, and DQ are the turn based jrpg's remaining with solid to great gameplay.
 
Nekrosilisk88 said:
I'd disagree. They aren't action games. I think the mechanics are actually very well designed. They took so.e of the best parts of the series and tied them together into a neat system.
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No one ever said they're "action" games.

They're RPGs with mechanics where effectively advancing your protagonist is complete trial and error, filled with visual-novel mechanics that require a guide in order to complete successfully, and built around a combat system where enemies can screw you over in a single turn because of weaknesses that party members you're forced to bring have.

No one wants to actually play Persona 5, which is why they're trying to keep people from streaming it. No one wants to put up with the grinding, trial-and-error, and frustration of Persona's garbage gameplay, not even the people who actually care about the faux-artsy crap of Persona plots.
 
SmokyKisses said:
Nekrosilisk88 said:
I'd disagree. They aren't action games. I think the mechanics are actually very well designed. They took so.e of the best parts of the series and tied them together into a neat system.
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No one ever said they're "action" games.

They're RPGs with mechanics where effectively advancing your protagonist is complete trial and error, filled with visual-novel mechanics that require a guide in order to complete successfully, and built around a combat system where enemies can screw you over in a single turn because of weaknesses that party members you're forced to bring have.

No one wants to actually play Persona 5, which is why they're trying to keep people from streaming it. No one wants to put up with the grinding, trial-and-error, and frustration of Persona's garbage gameplay, not even the people who actually care about the faux-artsy crap of Persona plots.
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No one wants to play this garbage game, which is why it shipped 1.5m copies worldwide in less than a year of its release?

Is the fun i'm having from the game a meme?
 
SmokyKisses said:
Nekrosilisk88 said:
I'd disagree. They aren't action games. I think the mechanics are actually very well designed. They took so.e of the best parts of the series and tied them together into a neat system.
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They're RPGs with mechanics where effectively advancing your protagonist is complete trial and error, ... ,and built around a combat system where enemies can screw you over in a single turn because of weaknesses that party members you're forced to bring have.
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Hi, I'm a Japanese RPG. Have we met before?
 
Saber Arturia said:
No one wants to play this garbage game, which is why it shipped 1.5m copies worldwide in less than a year of its release?

Is the fun i'm having from the game a meme?
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Without getting into exactly how those complaints are also almost entirely wrong (Or at the very least, definitely wrong-headed), I'd also like to add that for a game that "nobody wants to play," It is currently not only the highest rated game in the series to date, it's also the second highest rated game of the year behind Breath of the Wild, and only beaten out by GTAV, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, and The Last of Us (And even in the case of those last two, just barely) in critical ratings in the last 5 years beyond that.

In other words, it's currently tied at the 5th best rated game of the last five years.
 
Diablo 3 season 10, and Path of Exile, that is when I have time to goof around on them. Once in a blue moon (tehe, get it?) I'll mess around on Overwatch.
 
Grayfox176 said:
Without getting into exactly how those complaints are also almost entirely wrong (Or at the very least, definitely wrong-headed), I'd also like to add that for a game that "nobody wants to play," It is currently not only the highest rated game in the series to date, it's also the second highest rated game of the year behind Breath of the Wild, and only beaten out by GTAV, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, and The Last of Us (And even in the case of those last two, just barely) in critical ratings in the last 5 years beyond that.

In other words, it's currently tied at the 5th best rated game of the last five years.
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Reviewers care less about the shit gameplay and shit plot of every Persona game than they do about a bunch of people who throw a fit because a female character in a game isn't a sex object.

Persona 5 only got good scores because reviewers are pathetic hipsters pandering to people who don't give a crap about the quality of games and just want their fanboy backsides kissed.
 
SmokyKisses said:
Grayfox176 said:
Without getting into exactly how those complaints are also almost entirely wrong (Or at the very least, definitely wrong-headed), I'd also like to add that for a game that "nobody wants to play," It is currently not only the highest rated game in the series to date, it's also the second highest rated game of the year behind Breath of the Wild, and only beaten out by GTAV, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, and The Last of Us (And even in the case of those last two, just barely) in critical ratings in the last 5 years beyond that.

In other words, it's currently tied at the 5th best rated game of the last five years.
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Reviewers care less about the shit gameplay and shit plot of every Persona game than they do about a bunch of people who throw a fit because a female character in a game isn't a sex object.

Persona 5 only got good scores because reviewers are pathetic hipsters pandering to people who don't give a crap about the quality of games and just want their fanboy backsides kissed.
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Hmmmmmmmmnope

The game is pretty fun, and engaging. Sorry the series ran over your dog or something.
 
Saber Arturia said:
The game is pretty fun, and engaging. Sorry the series ran over your dog or something.
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Sorry you haven't played good games and swallow whatever crap pandering clickbait artists shill brainlessly.

Any reviewer who gave the game a good score is a moron who only gives a shit about kissing the asses of the pretentious hipsters who think good storytelling is "stop the personification of the death wish humanity totally has by wanting to die".
 
SmokyKisses said:
Reviewers care less about the shit gameplay and shit plot of every Persona game than they do about a bunch of people who throw a fit because a female character in a game isn't a sex object.

Persona 5 only got good scores because reviewers are pathetic hipsters pandering to people who don't give a crap about the quality of games and just want their fanboy backsides kissed.
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Or, you know, they actually enjoyed the game, and likely, the series as a whole, if scores are any indicator, whereas you clearly don't. And that's fine. Your dislike won't ruin my fun.
(But seriously, reviewers, people whose JOB is to tell us about the quality of a game, only pander to people who don't care about the quality of a game? You know, the thing that's the reviewer's job to talk about? yeah, okay.)

Not that, you know, any of that matters. Nor am I saying that the word of reviewers should be treated as law, god knows I disagree with them at times (I still think that TLOU was a better game than GTAV, for instance, although definitely not by much). My whole point in that post was that you claimed that no one cares about the game or wanted to play it, and yet, both commercial (A niche title becomes a company's best selling game of all time less than a year after its initial release, and literally days after releasing in the other regions) and critical reception (One review in the lot of them that drops a score below 9/10, and it still was a high scoring review) flat out disprove that statement.

And while we're at it, you can miss me with that 'fanboy' shit, considering you literally jumped into this thread just to shit on a game you don't like and start condescending to and/or attacking anyone who had a different opinion from you.
 
Minxette, since that is your name, please kindly put this to rest. I'm sure everyone remembers the last round of antics with Under Tale. This is the only warning. Convo on this ends now. Let's move on. Thank you.
 
Stayin said:
Goddamnit. This is why we can't have nice things!

Playing me some Mass Effect:Andromeda! Gonna be sad when it's over.
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I've been having fun with Andromeda, but it kinda takes a back seat to Persona.
 
Yeah, the character models at the time of my playing Andromeda were rather ugly, imo, but it probably has the best gameplay of any of the games in the series, and I still did quite enjoy the story as well. I haven't really tried the multiplayer yet, but I do intend to sometime soonish.

Plus, I haven't checked it out yet, but supposedly, the newest update has at least started taking steps in the right direction for fixing some of the issues the character models and animations had, so that gives me something else to look forward to when I go back into the game.
 
It says a lot about the people whining about Andromeda that all they can whine about is not getting horny from female characters.

But hey, Persona 5 is a mediocre game with PS2-era visuals and lifeless anime dolls for character models. 10/10, game of the year. Andromeda is a fantastic game with great visuals, but some people can't stand Cora's hairstyle, so reviewers have to kiss the asses of those human trash.

And that's why review scores are useless: they say nothing about the quality of the game and everything about what the whiny hordes of the internet want to hear.
 
That strikes me as a very uncharitable attitude to have, particularly given the fact that your 'everyone else hates this but me' logic does not extend to other online forms of criticism. Critics loved the new Ghostbusters, audiences panned it. Critics hated Suicide Squad, audiences loved it. It doesn't even hold up against gaming criticism in general. Critics gave Mad Max the game a collective 'eh', but it was very successful and had a considerable fanbase despite being a fairly generic sandbox.

Not to mention your assessment seems entirely focused on the least compelling portion of a game, its visuals. Ignoring gameplay, music, dramatic structure etc. By this logic, Undertale should be the worst game in modern memory while Destiny should be the best.

But I digress.

At present, I've been playing handheld games since my computer is out of commission. I recently finished Corpse Party, and I'm starting Megaman Zero. Quite fun, even if I can't help but think Megaman platformers are not meant for handhelds.
 
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