Vinny was talking about wanting to see some of his P4 buddies in P5 on the last BB episode, but after how much revisiting was done in Golden and Arena I think it's best if P5 is totally new. Of course Vinny doesn't have 100 spare hours to play thru those games, but it would be nice if there was a youtube summary of the major parts.
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Vinny was talking about wanting to see some of his P4 buddies in P5 on the last BB episode, but after how much revisiting was done in Golden and Arena I think it's best if P5 is totally new. Of course Vinny doesn't have 100 spare hours to play thru those games, but it would be nice if there was a youtube summary of the major parts.
thechristoph
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Go back to Whiskey business talk, that was more interesting.
Well I never actually said that at all, if anything I actually like the anime more than the game because I like what they did with the main character. He is absolutely hilarious. I'd love if there was a remake of the game itself where the main character has the lines and acts like he did in the anime.
The reason the anime made me realize how generic P4 was, was entirely because they cut out the hours and hours you spend going through dungeons and forget what is happening with the characters. The anime just has it all laid out bare. The structure of it is exactly the same as the dozens of other shows I've watched over the years. 90 or so hours of gameplay hides that a lot better.
lol @ making a big deal about "Truth Bullets." They're simply a metaphor for evidence to fit the stupid gameplay gimmicks in the trial sections of the game. The characters don't even acknowledge them as "Truth Bullets" because it's purely a gameplay element that is entirely separate from the narrative.
The term "Truth Bullet" isn't any different from other dumb names for gameplay mechanics, like "Limit Break" and "X-Factor" and "Social Link."
Man, if Alex and Patrick are so weirded out by these very innocuous elements of Danganronpa, I really wonder how they would fair with Ace Attorney and Persona as well. I mean, in Ace Attorney, you're cross examining parrots and orcas whales, and Persona has you making friends so you can make Satan more powerful.
The term "Truth Bullet" isn't any different from other dumb names for gameplay mechanics, like "Limit Break" and "X-Factor" and "Social Link."
Man, if Alex and Patrick are so weirded out by these very innocuous elements of Danganronpa, I really wonder how they would fair with Ace Attorney and Persona as well. I mean, in Ace Attorney, you're cross examining parrots and orcas whales, and Persona has you making friends so you can make Satan more powerful.
Incandenza
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Persona 4 is probably the only anime thing I've ever seen where the writing didn't feel super stilted and awkward. I imagine it's because the localization for that game was so excellent. Dangan Ronpa seems like it's probably pretty cool though.
Granted: I have seen very little anime.
Granted: I have seen very little anime.
Bolt Vanderhuge
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You guys are completely missing the point. What you need to remember is that popularity leads to intamicy.
so...? I don't see what's so crazy about that. Those games even spend a lot of time familiarizing the player with those concepts and includes the appropriate amount of nonsense pseudoscience to justify it. that's just standard sci fi BS
dangan ronpa has a scene where a character deals with the death of his friend by turning into a super saiyan and absorbing his ghost. HIS EYEBROWS LIGHT ON FIRE.
one of the central mysteries of the game gets cleared up by showing you the statue of liberty with monokuma's face on it. This information is conveyed to you by a "final boss" with 6 personalities, half of which are anime references.
the final boss also literally tells you to not worry about "insignificant details" like how they managed to erase everyone's memory and what the Worst Event In The History of Mankind was.
one of the central mysteries of the game gets cleared up by showing you the statue of liberty with monokuma's face on it. This information is conveyed to you by a "final boss" with 6 personalities, half of which are anime references.
the final boss also literally tells you to not worry about "insignificant details" like how they managed to erase everyone's memory and what the Worst Event In The History of Mankind was.
non-spoiler/tl;dr version: you gather "truth bullets" in dangan ronpa and shoot them at word clouds to "gain credibility" and corner the culprit with a rhytm game
razgriz417
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Patrick has seen the light!
EmCeeGramr
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Giant Bomb #6 | You'd be hard pressed to find 10 more anime threads this year.
MiniBossBattle
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Oh great now we have anime in this thread now?
Antiwhippy
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To be fair he specialises being late at stuff, with all those spelunky, dark souls and binding of isaac coverage.
I enjoy them, btw.
TheBaronOfNA
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Well, I think the anime is bad because eliminates every subtle or crafty thing that the game did for the sake of cheap jokes.
But that is my personal opinion.
LackingSaint
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SatelliteOfLove
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Kawaii Jeff is terrifying.
Timestamp me.
Worth listening to or is it just going to make me angry?
LackingSaint
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF6ROuxI-Ao#t=1105
If the time-link-thing doesn't work, he starts at about 18:20.
Can I just say that I think the crew is doing a great job hosting today's UPF? Everyone, Brad included, is actively involving themselves in the game and trying to contribute. Much better than last week with the submarine game, where everyone just seemed sort of distracted.
Incandenza
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Rorie in the chat saying that a new Pathfinder campaign is coming "after we hire someone to do some camerawork for us."
Alright, fine, but I'm not ready to concede that VLR's grounded in comparison, mainly because of the "standard sci-fi BS."
Conversation's not too bad. I feel like Patrick was really being kinda hung up on the whole 'truth bullets' thing, and Alex's outright dismissal is... irritating, but he's never displayed any kind of tendency towards liking it and it's not like Patrick really was trying to sell it to him so much as he was describing it.
...okay, Alex, I know you're the caustic one, but you don't get to "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU PLAYING" us when the last few games you reviewed were a game where you are an octopus attempting to lead a regular life without anybody founding out you are a cephalapod, a game where you are an freelance espionage agent in an insane unpredictable world of bright lights and weird colours, or a game where you are playing a person making a video game out of the genetic memories of dead people about a world-wide conspiracy that primarily focuses around aliens.
...okay, Alex, I know you're the caustic one, but you don't get to "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU PLAYING" us when the last few games you reviewed were a game where you are an octopus attempting to lead a regular life without anybody founding out you are a cephalapod, a game where you are an freelance espionage agent in an insane unpredictable world of bright lights and weird colours, or a game where you are playing a person making a video game out of the genetic memories of dead people about a world-wide conspiracy that primarily focuses around aliens.
Fantastapotamus
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I never got the impression he disliked them, he just pointed out that "Truthbullets" are fucking weird. And guess what? He is right.
Alex was obviously just playing it up a bit. You know that thing humans do? Having a bit of fun? Calm down people.
But they're not literal bullets. Can things not be abstracted anymore?
I was surprised they never justified it in universe or something though. I'd have expected it from there.
I'm more irritated at Alex than Patrick.
LackingSaint
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You don't need to start belittling people because they find something obnoxious, dude. :/
I think anime fans are being way too touchy.
or that he isn't getting paid to play them and having to buy his own. He usually buys a fair amount of PC games when they are on sale.
or that he isn't getting paid to play them and having to buy his own. He usually buys a fair amount of PC games when they are on sale.
hahaha Rorie shutting down Jeff's segue
Some should draw a bunch of Patrick anime fan art and send it to him, obviously.
Some should draw a bunch of Patrick anime fan art and send it to him, obviously.
LackingSaint
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Felix Lighter
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It's like they found that the environments were to restricting during play testing so they just increased the size of everything by 30%.
small business owner Vinny, of course.
Infinite Justice
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that joke with Dracula's face and Jeff's scream never gets old lol
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Also don't forget. Brad was trying to steal Patrick's streaming spot and now Patricki tries to take away Brad's title as anime editor
it's not anime.
bloodyroarxx
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Like seriously is there any other option?
bloodyroarxx
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razgriz417
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when hes playing dota or raging over lizards
speaking of which, this was linked in chat earlier
http://i.imgur.com/kwefG1d.gif
anyway to make it into a chat icon?
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