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Persona 4 Arena |EU OT| Heartbeat, Heartbreak
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Huh what's going on here.
Chie is gonna dropkick.
Each character has their own story mode except for Shadow Labrys. Only four of them are available at the start and the other ones are unlocked once you go through certain ones. There isn't really an order to go through, but Yu, Yosuke, Chie and Yukiko's story modes are very similar while the rest are rather different.
buddha0991
Member
Chie's rather oddly fanservicey animations
How else would you suggest animating a character who attacks by kicking?
FUCK HIS SUPER.
That stupid three ring ball thing. JUST FUCK IT. Stupid attack has to have you air dash and still get hit. Bullshit.
You can pause the animations of a lot of sprite games to look suggestive.
Score Attack?
And onemic/Junpei trolling with Teddie versus me.
buddha0991
Member
I cant believe that out of all the extra modes Blazblue games have, the one to go into P4A, out of all of those, it is UNLIMITED MARS, what a blunder.
ThePeoplesBureau
Member
Everything about this is relevant to my interests.
This is going to be some kinky shit - looking forward to seeing the submissions. Well done!
Lowlander2
Banned
If I actually had any women's clothing, I might have joined in.
Lowlander2
Banned
So, after three or so hours with it, it's basically Blazblue where you can dash and actually do combos without picking a shapeless blob for a character. So it's infinitely better than Blazblue.
Has a lot of the same problems outside of the fighting system, though. The story mode asks a lot of time of you for a story that's ostensibly very simple, and worse, restricted to one location. Even Blazblue had tons of side characters and locations that encouraged (but perhaps not necessitated) swathes of dialogue. In light of something like Skullgirls, which had roughly the same amount of content but was released with a lower price tag, and Mortal Kombat, which was chock full of features, I'm honestly not sure this game was worth the full asking price, even without taking the extended delay into account. Call me shrewd.
Still, the beginning of the story successfully conveys the feeling of nostalgia that it's shooting for, and that Yu reflects. But even that tells less of this game and more of Persona 4's brilliant writing and characterization.
Damn, I really liked that game.
Has a lot of the same problems outside of the fighting system, though. The story mode asks a lot of time of you for a story that's ostensibly very simple, and worse, restricted to one location. Even Blazblue had tons of side characters and locations that encouraged (but perhaps not necessitated) swathes of dialogue. In light of something like Skullgirls, which had roughly the same amount of content but was released with a lower price tag, and Mortal Kombat, which was chock full of features, I'm honestly not sure this game was worth the full asking price, even without taking the extended delay into account. Call me shrewd.
Still, the beginning of the story successfully conveys the feeling of nostalgia that it's shooting for, and that Yu reflects. But even that tells less of this game and more of Persona 4's brilliant writing and characterization.
Damn, I really liked that game.
Told you.
Not to sound hyperbolic, but it would probably kill me.
I warned you bro. The story is pretty trash. I'm not sure how everyone so easily overlooks the terrible presentation and frankly poor writing (Relative to the actual games, at least).
Zeouterlimits
Member
Oh man, maybe I can rent the game...
I don't overlook it man, I assure you. It's junk food aspiring to something more.
By the way I saw it in JBHi-Fi today. $70. Fuck that shit.
The controls on this annoy me. So many techniques with obscure names, which makes it awkward to learn because my short term memory is so terrible. Controls are especially bad on my arcade stick (FightStick TE), and I can't find a layout that I'm comfortable with, especially when it comes to the 3 button moves. I expected this so I'm not disappointed; it's pretty much how I've felt about every ASW fighter, so I doubt I'll bother playing online much. Just not my thing.
I guess there's still story mode...
Edit: I just explained it best in IRC.
I get frustrated by in-game jargon -- that doesn't matter whatever the genre is -- and ASW games use it a lot. It also doesn't help that my short-term memory is junk and I struggle to remember jargon terms and their function, which on top of actually learning it makes it even more annoying. That and the three button moves, plus me coming from a Street Fighter background make learning this game incredibly frustrating.
I guess there's still story mode...
Edit: I just explained it best in IRC.
I get frustrated by in-game jargon -- that doesn't matter whatever the genre is -- and ASW games use it a lot. It also doesn't help that my short-term memory is junk and I struggle to remember jargon terms and their function, which on top of actually learning it makes it even more annoying. That and the three button moves, plus me coming from a Street Fighter background make learning this game incredibly frustrating.
Hmmmm, I don't get this. The default layout for the TE is quite perfect in my opinion, it just needs a little getting used to it. The square layout for the 4 buttons makes a lot of sense, and you even have shortcuts for the 3 button inputs.
Even with a SF background, it really only takes a little willingness to adapt.
I find it annoying and really doesn't make any sense when I'm playing the game. I don't even want this to be like an SF layout because I tried that and it's even worse.
I'm going to try
ACD
B
and see how I get along with that.
If I like that, then all I have to do is learn the in-game jargon. That should be fun. If I had more motivation, I'd campaign for clear English in fighting games.
It's not a bad layout, but you're going to have to stretch those fingers to hit the BD furious action. ^^
As for the jargon moves and their application, I'm probably just going to have to suck it up and learn. Slowly.
There's not that much.
Told you.
Not to sound hyperbolic, but it would probably kill me.
I warned you bro. The story is pretty trash. I'm not sure how everyone so easily overlooks the terrible presentation and frankly poor writing (Relative to the actual games, at least).
I admit that the story is pretty meh, but somehow it's really cool seeing all the characters from a game I really like in a new/continued story, even though it isn't Persona quality.
Lowlander2
Banned
Going through Chie's story, it is surprisingly nice to get a glimpse into the first person psyche of the other characters, especially when they're interacting with Y(o)u. Chie's first fight, where
, is pretty good.
Still, Yu being led definition and character of his own devices means he falls into the obvious trap of contradicting player mood and choices made in the original story. Most blank slate protagonists of this sort tend to have very neutral, middle of the road personalities, or solemn, calm ones, when control is taken away from the player in order to reinforce the loose, yet malleable, hand they have on the story. However, Yu stands out just a bit too much.
He's portrayed as the leader, which is consistent with what we were shown and told in P4, but he's quick with a snappy joke, a characteristic too bombastic to fit with the generic conservative style. The anime suffered the exact same problem.
Yu is saying how belligerent and misguided she is, leading Chie to question how much was lost in Yu's time away
Still, Yu being led definition and character of his own devices means he falls into the obvious trap of contradicting player mood and choices made in the original story. Most blank slate protagonists of this sort tend to have very neutral, middle of the road personalities, or solemn, calm ones, when control is taken away from the player in order to reinforce the loose, yet malleable, hand they have on the story. However, Yu stands out just a bit too much.
He's portrayed as the leader, which is consistent with what we were shown and told in P4, but he's quick with a snappy joke, a characteristic too bombastic to fit with the generic conservative style. The anime suffered the exact same problem.
You can probably get by just knowing All Out Attacks, Sweeps and Bursts. Let the rest come as you learn the game.
I don't mind Yu having a personality like that. Always got, even as a silent protagonist, that he's more friendly/socialable than P3's. Him telling jokes and stuff, especially to Yosuke, fits to me and speaks more of all of their relationship than anything else.
The story being the same for everyone does hurt playing through it all at once which you're encouraged to do, but it's still appreciated getting everyone's thoughts on things as they happen. Only bad thing is because it can't be a long story, they have to condense characters to some easy to label traits(Chie - "DID YOU SAY STEAKS?!"). Thankfully, they do touch on some of the things that made the characters deep at least, just was a small focus unfortunately.
Anyway, time to actually start learning the game/playing online. Probably the last chance I have to do so with some new blood in.
The story being the same for everyone does hurt playing through it all at once which you're encouraged to do, but it's still appreciated getting everyone's thoughts on things as they happen. Only bad thing is because it can't be a long story, they have to condense characters to some easy to label traits(Chie - "DID YOU SAY STEAKS?!"). Thankfully, they do touch on some of the things that made the characters deep at least, just was a small focus unfortunately.
Anyway, time to actually start learning the game/playing online. Probably the last chance I have to do so with some new blood in.
Lowlander2
Banned
Well, I'm confused.
There's been criticism over Chie's growing penchant for steak, but Golden and the anime would have you believe that it's an affable personality trait that everyone in the story loves. But if you chase it in Arena, you get the bad ending and all of your team mates hate you. Is it a lovable trait or not? Make up your damn minds!
There's been criticism over Chie's growing penchant for steak, but Golden and the anime would have you believe that it's an affable personality trait that everyone in the story loves. But if you chase it in Arena, you get the bad ending and all of your team mates hate you. Is it a lovable trait or not? Make up your damn minds!
Or maybe I'm just bitter at this meaningless multiple choice system. Which, again, I hated in Blazblue.
PartTimeWarrior
Banned
I hope all of you are doing the right thing AND MAINING KANJI
ScraftyDevil
Banned
He's my secondary main after Yosuke. I also like to play Naoto, but I'm not very good with her.
PartTimeWarrior
Banned
But dat Boston accent is god tier
buddha0991
Member
Hah
Bad endings are bad mostly because instead of doing what you're supposed to do, you succumb to your desires and chase after it. In other words, like with Chie, instead of protecting people, you want steak. Her bad ending was really uncomfortable with how everyone treats you, but it makes sense.
At any rate, I think there's only 3 bad endings anyway, and you have to see them to get 100% story completion.