Mister Negative
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I just watched Escape from NY for the first time and man, there is a fine line between "homage" and "ripoff", hideo
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Incandenza
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Yeahhh there's some jokes about Naoto in particular that they definitely would not (and should not) make today. Not that the game itself handles her much better (the crossdressing pageant is... rough). Luckily it doesn't crop up enough to ruin the series.
Well to be fair, the bitches thing wasn't until pretty much the end of the game, and Persona 5 is darker in general than 4. So there's time.
Death Metalist
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This is an incredible Runescape documentary, like even for non-players it's still extremely well done. I've never been a big player myself, played it from time to time in 2002 all the way to 2004. My younger brother however and cousins were way into it(still are). Nostalgia overload, good stuff.
That theme song is so good.
That theme song is so good.
Finish the job, watch Escape From LA
This is gonna be the first Persona game where you can bang your teacher huh? I mean 3 and 4 came close IIRC.
I hope so, the game seems like it's gonna allow you to get with a few different adult women
Yeah I'm dating the doctor and I'm getting the sense the lush you meet for Devil arcana wants to bang.
Maybe a little messed up given the Kamoshida stuff but there's always been a double standard with male students I guess.
Maybe a little messed up given the Kamoshida stuff but there's always been a double standard with male students I guess.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Well I mean it kind of is
but kamoshida is just straight up blackmailing and coercing his students.
That's true. There's just straight up a lack of consent in that situation.
Yeah, it's weird that it's somehow both darker and cleaner so far. I don't know if that's a societal thing, a localization thing, or simply a writing thing. As of 24-ish hours in, this seems like the writing team loathes large swathes of the country they live in.
You're right, it may be my presumptuousness. Given how much less Scooby Doo the team is this time, I'm noticing there's less cursing from the team and banal misogyny from the rest of the cast, to the point that that "<target>'s bitches" line from some random students on the way to school one early morning came off as more of a translation issue than actual intention of tone, really.
Edit: Also I did the first step of the
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petethepanda
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Just had my first "lost an hour of progress" moment in Persona, and I'm quickly remembering why I don't play JRPGs as often as I did back when 3 and 4 were coming out lol. In a 100 hour game it's hard to not view severe consequences like that as the game failing to "respect your time."
How early are you? The latter parts of the first Palace have been by far the hardest for me, so far.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
It was hilarious because he made the right call. They completely flubbed that entire story.
petethepanda
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I think I'm near the end of the first palace, and I was ambushed by a shadow that wasn't marked on the map. I hadn't saved since before the previous midboss as there were suddenly a bunch of shadows between me and the last safe room.
I'm tempted to just knock it down to easy. I'm patient, but I don't know if I want to invest time in combat that feels even remotely tedious. I'm already feeling like I have to grind a bit before I can tackle the red shadows where I died, and the idea of grinding just... like, I have a stack of irl books I could be reading right now :lol
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I want a college based Persona
but not based on the P4 cast.
If you're at the same place I was, I did a wee bit of grinding to hit level ten then came back another day and just avoided most enemies besides the ones I needed for the "key items" you need at that point. I think I spent literally twenty minutes "grinding" and then since the first dungeon I have felt overlevelled for everything through to the end of the second. So don't fret, it gets easier from here on out.
Edit: As to the Life is Strange talk, that shit is an acquired taste from episode one. I won't deny that. However, I will defend the ending.
It was much less of a "how do you feel" choice like the rest of the game and more of a "do you actually get the themes and motivations of this? Check yes or no" choice. Like, while I ultimately DO get where Austin et al would come from in their want of that decision, I would lay that on the feet of either not enough writing supporting Max believing in Chloe, or Austin et al not believing in Chloe enough themselves and instead leaning into the weaker side of Max taking over in that moment. Of those, I'd guess the latter is the truer one. Despite all that, that the choice resulted in a 50/50 split tells me it kind of worked, regardless, though, despite my insistence. That has to be the best case scenario for a dev designing a final choice in a story-based game.
Nobody's going to read all of that. I'm sorry for typing it. I'm very tired.
If you think that there is any chance you might want to play Yakuza Kiwami when it releases, I'd play 0 sooner rather than later. Give it some breathing room.
As half Quebecois, I feel like I appropriately named my team "Amis bon Vol", which as per my broken Google Translate methods sort of means "Good Thievery Friends". I think that fits with this game's (and Japan's as a whole) weird obsession with France.
Basileus777
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Why don't you ever post more than the link? It's easy to actually post the text of a tweet.
slightconfuse
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Iv hardly touched the story been doing a lot of side stuff. The world they built is pretty great
starting to get more into it now
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Team Fuccbois still representing hard.
If I had photoshop installed I'd give the text a black backdrop and put Morgana on someone's shoulder.
Incandenza
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I was gonna be the Thot Police but I just went with the default in the end.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Since this has become the official P5 thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUWQFnC2zqU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUWQFnC2zqU
Also, not to be that guy, but these Persona 5 teens aren't millennials. This whole game has (so far) sidestepped the millennial generation. The kids are Gen Z and the baddies are Gen X and beyond. I wouldn't be surprised if younger adults became enemies at a point, but that isn't the case.
So "#Millennials" isn't really fair. Honestly, it seems like an early case of not-young folks stretching to feel part of a younger crowd despite their age. I "can't" wait for this to keep happening for another decade.
So "#Millennials" isn't really fair. Honestly, it seems like an early case of not-young folks stretching to feel part of a younger crowd despite their age. I "can't" wait for this to keep happening for another decade.
Seriously. Based on how often the word came up, I almost wanted to call my team "The Problematix", but there isn't even enough characters for that.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Quite a number of the confidants outside your team are millennials though.
Basileus777
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Applying our generational stereotypes to Japan is probably missing the point.
As far as I've gotten, uh...kinda just
the doctor?
Oh, for sure, this is all facetious bullshit I'm spouting. The way my generation of people on this side of the Pacific seem to be flocking to this, though, looks like the early days of a...uh...trend.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Yeah probably, but some still apply in a way, like the apathy from the younger generations from inheriting and older generation's system.
If anything it's a little more...acute in japan
Incandenza
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In the year 20XX, any teen can be a #Millennial.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
You know that would explain why ryuji kinda sucks.
Persona 6 will have a social link about someone trying to stream a game and an evil corporation persecuting them. Some real snake eating its own tail shit.
Ryuji's just Yosuke plus some extra anti-adult bias, which I totally understand as a new character trait they inserted since a decade ago. Hell, the relationship with the mascot character has been the damn same so far, too.
If it's another decade til the next one, VR/AR gaming/social spaces will be a key component in it. No fucking doubt.
If it's another decade til the next one, VR/AR gaming/social spaces will be a key component in it. No fucking doubt.
Piston Hyundai
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you know, I don't see what Persona 5 has to do with Giant Bomb
Persona 4, though
Persona 4, though
Persona 5 is Persona 4 + disco violins + widescreen + smartphones.
Not that that's a bad thing.
Basileus777
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Persona 5 has a great quick look and would be a great candidate for more coverage if not for the extra baggage the franchise carries for them.
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