Consider this, then, nothing more than my unfortunate attempt at mockery. It's been that kind of night.
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Persona Community Thread |OT5| Pull up a chair! [NO PQ OR P4U SPOILERS!]
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Consider this, then, nothing more than my unfortunate attempt at mockery. It's been that kind of night.
S'alright. We all have our moments.
Speaking of having moments: I don't have anything against K-On. Never seen it, never claimed to, never said anything good or bad about it. I can agree to not be a butt if people can agree to let that go and not be butthurt.
Fair enough?
You're probably looking too deeply into it, to be honest.
hipsterpants
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If someone was to ask, I would say that I like anime, just stuff that's minimal on fanservice, tsunderes, and cute girls doing cute things. Stuff that's more "western" I guess.
There's no depth for me to dive into. I'm not trying to put you on blast, just calling a spade a spade. Seems more like you're just not being honest with yourself.
But we've been down this road before. You'll have to settle your own self-loathing and I hope you do!
We've been down this road, too. Dead end.
Yeah, but I'll take any opportunity to promote Mushishi.
ShmeebAlina
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1984 was a great year because I didn't exist then.
LelouchViBritannia
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I adore anime, but that's probably because ive been fortunate enough to watch only the ones that appeal to me.
If you want to get into the genre, AVOID the animes with fan service, cute school girls, harem etc. Then again, if this is your taste then go for it.
However, i encourage non anime fans to start with Death note or Shiki. The reason why these are so great is because there's no other anime like them. If you find that you enjoy them, move on to Future Diary, Steins Gate, and if you're MAN enough............
CODE GEASS!!!!
In all seriousness though, Dantis and other non anime fans, give Death note a try, and tell me what you think. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
I do like a good shounen aswell, but I think that will only appeal to those who were extremely fond of the genre in the 90's.
Either way, Dantis and others, get on Death note. All the anime that i have listed have an amazing storyline, characters, soundtrack, tension, mindgames, etc.
If you want to get into the genre, AVOID the animes with fan service, cute school girls, harem etc. Then again, if this is your taste then go for it.
However, i encourage non anime fans to start with Death note or Shiki. The reason why these are so great is because there's no other anime like them. If you find that you enjoy them, move on to Future Diary, Steins Gate, and if you're MAN enough............
CODE GEASS!!!!
In all seriousness though, Dantis and other non anime fans, give Death note a try, and tell me what you think. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
I do like a good shounen aswell, but I think that will only appeal to those who were extremely fond of the genre in the 90's.
Either way, Dantis and others, get on Death note. All the anime that i have listed have an amazing storyline, characters, soundtrack, tension, mindgames, etc.
SpacePirate Ridley
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I think it's persona 3 the one that has that big problem and 4 the one that does that right.
What you are talking about more is a problem that the game has making you a really important protagonist trying to help everyone, but they really feel like real friends becuase of their multiple interactions even is af you say, they are too stupid to resolve their problems until you get there (in reality, that could be true, there lots of good friends that wouldn't know how to help each other becuase they are afraid of talking about the problem, and others that are really good at resolving this types of problems becuase they are charismatic even if they are new to those people, the main character in this case). Persona 3 in the contrary says all this people live in this house are friends, but they feel like total strangers the majority of the time, the problem you have with 4 (the thing about helping each other without you) doesn't feel as bad in 3 because they are really not friends in that game.
I will give you that they treat Kanji (yosuke is the worst in this) sometimes like shit, but I don't feel its done with a bad intention at anytime.
Psycho_Mantis
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Persona is the good type of anime.
ScraftyDevil
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However, i encourage non anime fans to start with Death note or Shiki. The reason why these are so great is because there's no other anime like them. If you find that you enjoy them, move on to Future Diary, Steins Gate, and if you're MAN enough............
CODE GEASS!!!!
Pff. True men watch Gurren Lagann :B
LelouchViBritannia
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I have yet to watch that to be honest, but ive heard good things. I'll put it on the backlog
There's something really conflicting and "soap operay" about FeMC's social link with Akihiko in that
if you finish it after Shinji's, which is fairly likely, you can totally be sleeping with your former boyfriend's best friend while he's dead/in a coma.
SpacePirate Ridley
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I like some anime, and I don't like others. Anime is japanese animation that contains different types of artstyles and tropes. It's the same with western animation, I like some and don't like others.
It's true that anime has a lot of typical tropes some people would not like, and the same is for me, I like some of its tropes and I don't like others. I feel that hating all anime is a huge over exageration.
I even sometimes like fanservice if Im in the mood, or at least I don't mind as much as other people.
Persona is an anime game through and through, it uses it's typical tropes, it uses one of it's visual styles, etc... The thing is, I feel they use them the majority of time in a good way (inverting expectations of a typical trope, or just make them really fun that you don't mind having watch that same trope in other things before for example), that's why I think that some people in this thread that say that they don't like the majority of anime, like these games, it's nothing to be surprised about.
Hahaha, yeah, it feels that way when you say it like that.
It's true that anime has a lot of typical tropes some people would not like, and the same is for me, I like some of its tropes and I don't like others. I feel that hating all anime is a huge over exageration.
I even sometimes like fanservice if Im in the mood, or at least I don't mind as much as other people.
Persona is an anime game through and through, it uses it's typical tropes, it uses one of it's visual styles, etc... The thing is, I feel they use them the majority of time in a good way (inverting expectations of a typical trope, or just make them really fun that you don't mind having watch that same trope in other things before for example), that's why I think that some people in this thread that say that they don't like the majority of anime, like these games, it's nothing to be surprised about.
Hahaha, yeah, it feels that way when you say it like that.
LelouchViBritannia
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Significant Persona project announcement due May 2
http://gematsu.com/2014/04/significant-persona-project-announcement-due-may-2
http://gematsu.com/2014/04/significant-persona-project-announcement-due-may-2
I haven't finished Akihiko's S.Link, but I always thought that
Shinjiro's death/ coma
MysticDistance
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What if the "latest information on the series" is P5 related? May is the fifth month of the year, and Friday is the fifth day of the week. They did say specifically that they will show the latest information on the series, so who knows.
Now, about the project... That could be anything. It could be a P3 remake for all we know, or just something else entirely. I don't know. I'm just speculating here.
I think it might be P5 info, since P5 was revealed with the "55:555" countdown, and the teaser showed five chairs, five chains, etc.
I just want one picture of Persona 5. That would hold me off till the next info dump. Beyond that, I wouldn't mind P3 on vita...
Psycho_Mantis
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Watch it be a teaser even shorter than the first one.
I called you Captain Marvel.
Thank ye verily!
I called you Captain Marvel.
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Thank ye verily!
CrazyTank940
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What I'd like it to be: Persona 3 Vita release given the P4G treatment
What I know it won't be: Persona 3 Vita release given the P4G treatment
What I am expecting: Region locked Niconico stream snrk
SpacePirate Ridley
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Why would they do a P3 "remake" for vita when they already did the golden treatment to P3P on the PSP (yeah I know, it's more like a visual novel, but they added a huge amount of things to the rerealease, I think it was meant to be the golden type of game p4 got). And you can already play portable on the vita, it seems pretty far fetched to think it would be something like that.
I hope is P5 news hopefully, but it's probably some kind of event like a concert or something similar like that.
I hope is P5 news hopefully, but it's probably some kind of event like a concert or something similar like that.
LelouchViBritannia
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A golden version of P3 would be awesome. I say throw it on psn and the vita. I love my 3DS, but im dead against upcoming games being released on it due to the stupid region lock.
Im probably in the minority here, but i think they should leave P5 alone until they release Q
Im probably in the minority here, but i think they should leave P5 alone until they release Q
Because when people ask "What version of Persona 4 should I play" the answer is Golden if you have a Vita, since it's the best version of it. If you have no access to one, only then is 4 PS2 the correct answer.
You can't answer "What version of Persona 3 should I play" without giving a paragraph of an answer detailing the positives and negatives of both versions.
SloaneRisette
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Cool people watched Digimon Tamers as a kid back when it was just a cartoon and then swore off the evil of anime
When's Marvel
When's Marvel
So basically, avoid Persona 4? Got it.
Think about a 3DS version is that I don't see it get all that better of a treatment than P3P got, bar some content additions.
LelouchViBritannia
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CrazyTank940
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haha
If that's how you interpreted that sentence, then by all means
Well, Persona 4 is pretty anime.
Still think it's going to be anime related, but will watch regardless.
HAHAHA, OH WAIT, THE STREAM IS REGION LOCKED. NEVERMIND, THANK YOU ATLUS.
Young Magus
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Yep.
DryEyeRelief
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Eh, I'll have to disagree on this one. The protagonist not being directly involved in some of their histories/interactions makes them feel like an actual group of people. The IT in 4 are a more pleasant group to be around, but they all just function as an extension of your supposed awesomeness. Being constantly reminded that you can do no wrong even though you barely say anything. Rise and Yosuke are the most guilty of this.
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While I agree with you that the MC of Persona 4 is way too involved in the personal advancement of each character, I much prefer the way P4 does it because I did feel much closer to the group as a whole. While P3's group felt more like real people, they were way too distant for a game that is 50% about social interaction. Perhaps in Persona 5 we can get to know the entire group without having the MC be the "savoir" of each individual. Atlus is good at learning from their mistakes.
LelouchViBritannia
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Agreed, but i think it contains a lot of mature themes within its story and characters, which most of us can relate to. I think this is what separates it from the typical anime game.
Not a good sign for us UK/Europeans. Atlus if you region lock a stream, will you be mean enough to region lock Ultimax?
Hell yeah. I'd love to see this to happen
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