Ludger Kresnik
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Sho is cute.
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A Dead Diehard
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Like a baby seal.
No wonder I want to club him.
Well of course! How else could
Yu and Labrys bend over backwards to make excuses for Sho if Adachi wasn't treated as a puckish rogue? (And I really like Adachi as a character and a villain)
HyperInuyasha
Neo Member
I thought that Episode P3 was okay compared to P4 story. Half of the P4 characters just felt like they were there for the sake of being there. I enjoyed seeing Junpei and Yukari again and I liked Ken more than in the original game (though this is partly because Sho makes everyone look better in comparison).
Also, hooray for Adachi apologism, let's all forgive him and act as if his crimes weren't as much as a big deal than they were!
ShadowSoldier89
Member
P4AU reference spoilers
this has become a pretty common trope in anime "forgive the villain" shit, its awful and needs to stop
Heh, we've entered the Ultimax part of the cycle again.
Seems this was the opinion of most, but I can't say I totally felt what you say with the latter. Maybe with the exception of the final scene in
This reminds me that I still haven't played P4AU's story with English text yet. I should get on that.
Seems this was the opinion of most, but I can't say I totally felt what you say with the latter. Maybe with the exception of the final scene in
Episode Adachi, with him smiling together with Dojima.
This reminds me that I still haven't played P4AU's story with English text yet. I should get on that.
A Dead Diehard
Member
Oops...
The text in the DLC episode is very well written, I'll give it that. Really visceral description.
I won't say they're whitewashed, but Atlus has gotten dangerously close to
making Adachi a roguish villain friend rather than, you know, a crazed murderer. I'm fine with the concept of him eventually finding redemption, just not anytime soon. P4A got a little too close to it for my tastes, but ultimately Adachi was still a monster, just working on the other side this time.
cj_iwakura
Member
I enjoyed how Adachi was personified, but not how easily everyone was forgiving him. Hell part of me wishes he had been evil, just so people didn't forget the thread he presented. He's still dangerous. He's still a Persona user, and if he lapses, he could easily pose a major threat.
Adachi
Adachi
Kagutsuchi
Dojima visiting the man who almost killed his daughter
cj_iwakura
Member
The intro to it is great. Adachi is being treated like dirt for being a cop gone bad, getting the hell beaten out of him by a rough cop. It's all downhill from there.
HyperInuyasha
Neo Member
Also, Sho genuinely seems to be the worst character in the entire franchise. Like, Ken has some defenders and he has better reception outside of the original P3 and the movie and Marie gets argued over a lot, sure, but she never seems flat-out hated. But I've never seen anyone defend Sho at all.
A Dead Diehard
Member
Because neither Ken nor Marie are nihilist vermin.
WellBattle6
Member
Well to be fair, Sho is pretty much an assh*le with puns with no redemption. I don't see how anyone can defend him.
You're saying nihilist as if it's a bad thing, when some of the best characters in the series are.
cj_iwakura
Member
A Dead Diehard
Member
That sure as hell wasn't the reason they were good, was it?
He's just a walking cliche. There's no substance or depth to his character.
Ludger Kresnik
Member
Sho could've been a well-rounded character with an interesting arc, you can't deny that the potential was totally there. They could've gone deeper into his past, his coping mechanisms, bothered to connect him more to the cast, given his story a proper conclusion, etc.
Unfortunately, we're talking about Ultimax here. Failure was the only option and subtlety doesn't exist. It's a shame, I really like his design and penchant for puns.
P4 and Ultimax spoilers throughout this post.
I personally enjoyed
story in Ultimax. The whole
The only bad thing about their Ultimax story to me is the
I personally enjoyed
Adachi's
redemption angle already started in Persona 4, with him writing the letter to help the investigation team. Ultimax only continued from that. I liked the final scene with Dojima. And I don't think the Investigation team has forgiven him. Yu only saved him from getting completely killed by Sho, because Yu isn't the kinda guy to just let people die.
final fight, but not necessarily because Adachi is there at all, but rather I think this should have been Labrys' fight. That would have been better than another episode of "Yu saves the day".
Completed Persona 4 (PS2) again, with the true ending.
I'm wondering, what ending did you all get your first play through. Golden or Original.
Major spoilers.
I think I'm gonna go watch all the new scenes and stuff from Golden on Youtube now, as I don't want to replay the entire game again so soon. xD.
I'm wondering, what ending did you all get your first play through. Golden or Original.
Major spoilers.
My first time I got the ending where Nanako dies, and you don't fight Izanami, I think it's bad ending #1? I was kind of ready for revenge at that point... so, yeah I acted a bit radically.
I think I'm gonna go watch all the new scenes and stuff from Golden on Youtube now, as I don't want to replay the entire game again so soon. xD.
Ludger Kresnik
Member
I got the true ending
because I have a compulsive need to spoil everything for myself, even *while* I'm playing it, so I already knew what to do hahaha um
A Dead Diehard
Member
Same here.
Knowing it could go so wrong, I couldn't settle for anything less than true.
Sure it was. (Persona 4 spoilers)
Shadow Teddie
It's not out of character.
Dojima got a stretcher for Adachi and it was stated before that he visits him. Murderer or not, he was still his partner.
I expected that it was Adachi all along, and was really surprised when it looked like he wasn't really the culprit. He's always hanging around Junes and leaking info, he's shady as hell. But, the game made me believe he was just a red herring.
I'm excited to see his social link. I wonder if it makes it more heart wrenching for those that never expected that lovable guy to be such an asshole. lol
I'm excited to see his social link. I wonder if it makes it more heart wrenching for those that never expected that lovable guy to be such an asshole. lol
A Dead Diehard
Member
And then you call it out on its bullshit, beat the stuffing out of it, develop one of your characters, and gain a new party member.
How many of these does Sho provide?
Persona 4 Golden:
His Social Link paints him as a less sympathetic person who has some problems with others.
I can't say any of that is why I liked that character more than Sho. It's simply a matter of execution, which is why Sho sucks and other characters in the series with his mindset are good. Hell, (Persona 4)
Adachi shares many similarities with Sho's motivations and mindset, yet I vastly prefer Adachi.
Persona 2: Innocent Sin:
None of what you describe applies to Nyarlathotep in P2:IS, yet he is most definitely a nihilist and is one of the best villains in the series.
The kicking of the Arena games' story is what I live for.
A Dead Diehard
Member
What date are you at so far?
I know it sounds crazy, but P4G was so worth getting a PSTV on launch just for it.
I'm not playing it. I'm watching random videos as I just completed persona 4 on PS2.
But it seems they added a lot of scenes
janurary through march plus motorbikes plus new social links plus new cut scenes
properpropaganda
Member
So I am looking at these title screens for P4AU and are these all of them or do all characters have one? I am looking for a title screen for something and decided Persona but 3,3P, 4 and golden were all kinda meh, then I found these? If there are ones for all anyone know where I could find them?
Every character (not sure about the DLC ones...?) appears on the title screen I believe. It starts off with one character and goes through the cast. The person announcing the game's title changes every time you boot up the game, and whoever announces it is also the first character on the title screen.
Spectrasonic
Member
DLC characters appear too, at least Marie and Margaret do. Come to think of it, not sure if the other guy appears.
The other DLC character can appear as well.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
So ya'll out here beefing on the comments section of McDonalds wikia huh
Marie is trash tho
NotDreamcast
Member
Wow, Fuuka is relentless.
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
So ya'll out here beefing on the comments section of McDonalds wikia huh
Marie is trash tho
Marie is waifu bait.
Green Mamba
Member
Fuuka going in.So ya'll out here beefing on the comments section of McDonalds wikia huh
Marie is trash tho
cj_iwakura
Member
A Dead Diehard
Member
That can't be Fuuka!
She's nowhere near as much of a doormat.
She's nowhere near as much of a doormat.
NCR Redslayer
NeoGAF's Vegeta
We must know when the ribwich is available!
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A Dead Diehard
Member
Hey, if one of them's Satan or Beelzebub, I will gladly put my health at risk!
properpropaganda
Member
hmmm.... anyone know where i can find Naoto or Chie's or, if anyone has the ability, screen cap them? I would be grateful for your assistance.
properpropaganda
Member
i dont know if it is different from ps2 p4, from what i hear no but
after you talk to every one of your s.links, go to Junes. You really want to go to Junes.
also,
fuse a trumpeter