buddha0991
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I'm writing this in the middle of the ocean on a cruise ship, technology sure is neat! time to read that article.
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Persona Community Thread: The Butterfly Effect
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Really, this is just confirmation that your life is much more exciting than mine.
I really hope there's a black character you can S.Link with in P5.
I wish I got to experience Mark. Seem like he would of been more interesting than Masao.
I think overall I found 3 to have more interesting S.Links than 4. Not sure if anyone else felt the same way?
3: Akinari, Bunchiki/Mitsuko, Tanaka, Maiko
4: Hisano, Rise, Naoto (even if I wasn't nuts about her as a character), Sayoko
Supermanisdead
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I liked the Social Links in 3 better than 4, too. My favourites:
Tanaka, Maya, Mutatsu, Nozomi, Akinari, Kenji
The only ones I really liked in P4 were Naoto and Dojima.
Tanaka, Maya, Mutatsu, Nozomi, Akinari, Kenji
The only ones I really liked in P4 were Naoto and Dojima.
I dunno, both games had their awful social links. Tanaka and the old couple are pretty boring. At the same time I don't care for Naoki, Shu, or Ai's social links in 4 either.
FeMC's social links in portable blow away anything in vanilla 3 or 4 tho.
Yes!
Woot! I'm in first.... wait that's not a good thing is it? >_>;
Nozomi? Really? God I hated that guy. The only reason I finished his SL was because I had already completed out everyone elses and my stats were maxed out at that point lol.
Mutatsu, Mayas and Akinari's were pretty good though. I also liked Mitsuru's but I'm a bit biased.
I honestly dont remember any of the SLs in P4 except for the nurse. I should give it another playthrough when I'm done with Persona 2.
Supermanisdead
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You will respect the Gourmet King!
You will respect the Gourmet King!
What a weird and random social link. >_>;
Hmm. I'm slacking.
Ai's S. Link really grew on me. Not gonna call it god tier or anything, but I enjoyed it. It's very grounded, which I think is the nice thing about half the S. Links; the drama is never really all that high. You're just helping somebody deal with something.
Also: I feel closer to Atlus after reading that Kotaku article.
SloaneRisette
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I totally forgot about this thread and wondering why I wasn't seeing this on the Gaming forum, now I know why D:
buddha0991
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Look on the bright side, clearly the best two posters areat the top!
Reception is spotty here btw
I think it means you're a bad person. :O
Weirdly, I was a bit disappointed. I was hoping for a bit more insight. The bit about Game of Thrones was interesting (And I feel sorry for them in regards to it), but other than that it seemed like just standard stuff.
I really liked Tanaka's. Complete subversion of the standard S Link formula -
Generally, it's about solving a problem, and warm and fuzzy. Tanaka genuinely is just a bit of a twat.
Agree on FeMC's S Links being mostly the best, but I think it's because they're the most recent.
I dunno about that... >_>;
TurnipFritters
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I'm not even on that list though?
buddha0991
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You are one of the few fabled OG Megaten fans here, yet you just want them magic stones, brah.
It kind of made me angry that for whatever reason, Atlus couldn't have the chance to publish Dark Souls when they're the ones who brought Demon's Souls over. Would have probably done a better job with the online, too.
It says the reason in the article: They were outbid by Namco.
Yes, but I meant that I think they should have had the moral right to work on Dark Souls when they're the ones who took a chance with Demon's Souls and supported it so well in the first place. Of course, it doesn't work like that, but it still would have been my preferred outcome.
That Kotaku article should be a new thread like the XSeed one and not buried in this ghettoized community cesspool (no offense!)
The most interesting part by far is the bit about the apparent sales success of Growlanser and the talk about the viability of PSP game releases. It makes all that armchair analysis about sales potential justifications for Eternal Punishment PSP's lack of a release seem kinda foolish right? Always suspected there was some other reason if freaking Gungnir had made it out. Taking into account Shidoshi's cryptic post a while back it's a definite hint that some weird non-sales related stuff went down to prevent EP from making it out here.
The most interesting part by far is the bit about the apparent sales success of Growlanser and the talk about the viability of PSP game releases. It makes all that armchair analysis about sales potential justifications for Eternal Punishment PSP's lack of a release seem kinda foolish right? Always suspected there was some other reason if freaking Gungnir had made it out. Taking into account Shidoshi's cryptic post a while back it's a definite hint that some weird non-sales related stuff went down to prevent EP from making it out here.
If Namco funded the development of Dark Souls, then there's little reason as to why Atlus should have had the moral right, regardless of success with Demon's Souls. =P
buddha0991
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^no offense taken bro, I know how the Persona fanbase can be at times, but most of the bullshit (most) is avoided here!
I literally don't even know what you mean by this, but it definitely sounds offensive.
Also, what's this about some cryptic post by Shidoshi?
Supermanisdead
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Gekko High just has all the weirdest students. The absurdity of his SL and Kenji's too... I was dying. I actually thought
Kenji was dating the teacher!
Oh man now there's another really dumb Social Link. And Kenji only gets dumber when you do Rio's social link in Portable. Wish they would have replaced Kenji's with Junpei for the male.
I always interpreted it as a sign that P3MC just associates with weirdos because he's an outcast himself, whereas Yu associated with relatively more normal people because he's a more outgoing guy.
Haha I just enjoy giving you people shit, don't take me seriously.
(for real though, look how superior the resurrected SMT community thread top ten is, FANWARZZZ)
cj_iwakura 104
Aeana 33
randomkid 31
SatelliteOfLove 25
TheSeks 20
charlequin 15
Watanabe Kazuma 14
Jucksalbe 14
Urban Scholar 13
Jenga 13
Seems to be pre-Turnip era.
buddha0991
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It's nothing objective; it's just that it doesn't sit right with me for the company to make the first game both a critical and financial success but then for a bigger company to swoop in for its sequel.
Never thought about it like that, but would you describe P3MC as an outcast?
Absolutely. It works because it's yet another way that P4 and P3 are thematically opposite.
Well, guess that was From Software's choice. *shrugs*
It's kind of bittersweet for me. I like Atlus, and their success with Demon's Souls (and the risk they took to bring it over) should've translated to lucrative rewards with Dark Souls, but I also like gaming on my PC. I don't think Atlus would've underwritten Dark Souls on PC like Namco did.
That said, I'm glad to see that digital download and online shopping is working out for them. Now if only they'd open up a UK/European branch and put an end to our delay misery.
Ha, I just did a search for "atlus" because I was surprised there was no thread on it. Found people talking here. Glad you guys enjoyed!
I hope we get to s.link with more teachers if we're in a school environment again.
I kinda wonder if they should upgrade the overworld animations or not. I kinda like how non-detailed they are right now... there's enough room for it to be expressive, but not enough for them to fuck it up by looking 'off'.
Don't worry, you can still go to the gaming journalism thread for your regularly scheduled dose of hate!
I kinda wonder if they should upgrade the overworld animations or not. I kinda like how non-detailed they are right now... there's enough room for it to be expressive, but not enough for them to fuck it up by looking 'off'.
Don't worry, you can still go to the gaming journalism thread for your regularly scheduled dose of hate!
You should've asked them why they treat their European fans like dogshit scraped from their shoe.
Seriously, though, I love taking a look at companies like this. It's even better when they're as apparently candid as your story suggests they are, especially about disasters like Game of Thrones.
Thanks. You should check out our other longreads, if you're interested: http://kotaku.com/kotaku-longreads I also recently wrote profiles on XSEED and Obsidian that people seemed to dig.
I imagine because they don't actually have a presence in Europe!
Yup. Such a shame.
I know they're a small company and all, but Europe isn't exactly the boonies.On the topic of longreads like this, do you have any others of interest coming up? I enjoyed that one.
You really do. It's so weird that you haven't, tbh.
It's my favourite puzzle game of all time. By a good large margin too.
It was pretty good, but there was that part where you mention that the deluxe edition of Catherine came with a body pillow and I was sad that that wasn't true.
Could've gotten a lollipop chainsaw one dude!
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