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Persona Community Thread: The Butterfly Effect
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Beach queens are real hit and miss. Some are nice, some are awful.Heh. Nendos.
A real boss needs a Beach Queen.
...not that I would know or anything.
They're all misses to me. Just really bad quality, imo. But you get what you pay for, and they're relatively cheap.
Being someone knowledgable on the subject, who do you think generally makes the best stuff?
Every company has their hits and misses, so it's probably better if you judge based on individual figures. But Max Factory (my very favorite), Alter, Yamato (now called Arcadia) and Good Smile Company are top tier in my opinion. Phat Company, Megahouse, Orchid Seed and Kotobukiya also make lots of good figures.
Wave has the occasional good figure (like their Rise that's not a beach queen) but their Beach Queens aren't good at all.
I don't buy swimsuit figures, but a couple of examples of good ones
Queen's Blade - Alleyne - 1/6 - Swimsuit ver. (Orchid Seed)
Shining Wind - Clalaclan Philias - 1/7 - Bikini Ver. (Max Factory)
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 - Kujikawa Rise - 1/8 - Swimsuit Ver. (Alter)
If you're interested in seeing what's out there, finding specific characters, and seeing tons of pictures, you should check out http://myfigurecollection.net/
buddha0991
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Hey guys whats going on in h-*sees page*
Thanks, I will. I don't collect figures, but I used to casually read Tomopop.com pretty regularly.
That Rise I've always liked and that SW figure is nice, too. I like Tony Taka's art.
Pretty sexy, right?
Welp.
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 - Kujikawa Rise - 1/8 - Swimsuit Ver. (Alter)
There's also the figure thread here which is pretty active. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=220268
Be aware that buying figures is very addictive. Once you buy one, its hard to not buy tons more as you keep seeing awesome stuff you want.
cj_iwakura
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I only have two, so I think I've kept myself pretty well in check.
(Kyoko Sakura from Madoka Magica and Fumiko Odette Van Stein from Castle Shikigami 2)
TurnipFritters
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i am the same everywhere, i am unchanging, like g*d almighty or julia louis dreyfus
buddha0991
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did you just fall out of a wormhole into another topic
TurnipFritters
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all topics are the same to me
buddha0991
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I think im on speed brb bed
TurnipFritters
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TurnipFritters
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IHaveCandy
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So I played P3 FES for a few hours today. Your party gets tired way faster in it than P3P. I used to be able to fight for hours before they'd get tired. Will this change soon?
TurnipFritters
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it isn't necessary to post this because it is already understood to be a universal truth.
TurnipFritters
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Alright, massive spoilers for Persona 4 (not sure if I can post this without spoiler tags, but Ill do so just in case).
BUT - I just finished the animation, and was totally confused by the final episode - because I didn't get that ending. Yep, I thought I had gotten the perfect ending. Guess not.
EDIT: Also, I really enjoyed the animation. I can see the criticisms about it, and it's definitely flawed. But I also like what they did with some of the side plots (like the dating episode with Ai). Also, it was nice to just see the plot play out in a more fluid motion, vs. the game (which is separated by grinding levels and social links). So all in all, yeah it's not the best thing ever. Especially lacking because they couldn't commit to a romance (and in the game you can choose that). It was still totally worth watching though IMO.
BUT - I just finished the animation, and was totally confused by the final episode - because I didn't get that ending. Yep, I thought I had gotten the perfect ending. Guess not.
I got the ending where you actually go all the way to Spring, and you go on your skiing trip. And you find out who the real killer is. AND you get to say goodbye, and then the ending where they all run with the train as you leave. But then I find out there is an even better ending where you go back to the gas station and confront the attendant who is Izanami. WHAT THE HELL. How did I miss this?
This really makes me sad, because I feel like I missed one of the most important parts of the game. What did I do wrong to miss this part?
This really makes me sad, because I feel like I missed one of the most important parts of the game. What did I do wrong to miss this part?
EDIT: Also, I really enjoyed the animation. I can see the criticisms about it, and it's definitely flawed. But I also like what they did with some of the side plots (like the dating episode with Ai). Also, it was nice to just see the plot play out in a more fluid motion, vs. the game (which is separated by grinding levels and social links). So all in all, yeah it's not the best thing ever. Especially lacking because they couldn't commit to a romance (and in the game you can choose that). It was still totally worth watching though IMO.
After you're done saying bye to everyone on the last day, assemble at the food court to start the chain of events.
I don't know about that.
YES.
This is perfect. As far as an opening music and video combo goes, this wins for me.
Yup. Golden's is vile for a lot of reasons, the main one being its complete irrelevance.
WRONG. Konishi's Knights arrangement isn't close to Pursuing My True Self.
This is exactly my problem.
Lowlander2
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Fuck it. I'm gonna have to buy the other Personae next week. Reminiscing about 4, it's just too accomplished...and plenty of people think it's dumbed down, so that can only mean good tidings for past games.
Ehh... People on Gaf think cars are a dumbed down version of horse and carriage.
4 isn't at all dumbed down. They just removed a lot of redundant systems.
You're aware that 1 and 2 are drastically different, right? 3 is very similar to 4 though.
If that fun includes badly animated and thoroughly out of place dancing in Persona games, then absolutely.
You're in for an unpleasant surprise.
That weird moment, when you realize just how tall Kanji actually is!
I can never wholeheartedly recommend the older games. They are definitely interesting, but I'd be naive to think that they aren't a list of warnings to go along with that.
So yeah, I'd recommend looking into what those games actually are, and whether or not you'd be able to tolerate how they play. Because no matter how far you think your fandom runs, these games can really put paid to that.
If ever there was faint praise...
eikichi and lisa are the two best persona characters certainly better than robot girls
just thought i'd put that out there.
Lisa is amazing and the fact that most of waifufans/otaku don't care for her just reinforces that point.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
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How long do you think it'll take for Vita to get a P5 port? I just don't think I can play 60 hour plus jrpgs on consoles again.
Lowlander2
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I know they're a lot closer to PS1 era RPGs in form.
It's more than that.
You know they're very different from the newer Personas. 1 has a story that kind of goes nowhere except at the end, characters that go nowhere except at the end, and a very very meh combat system(that I only got through because I exploited how powerful Nuclear was). It's amazing though in that I can say it was worth playing just because of those last 5 hours. Then again it's only a 20 hour game anyway.
2:IS was great. Right from the get-go, the characters are wonderful, and the story itself doesn't have any lows. It's also short at about the 30 hour mark. Just keep in mind Fusion Spells are that game's claim to fame, and as long as you know what the strongest ones are and have personas to enable their use, you'll be fine(good weapon on Eikichi + persona capable of Tackle on him + another one with Zio = Dashing Strike, doing upwards of 2-3k per turn on bosses).
2:ES picks up right where IS leaves off, but the interface in comparison is terrible. 2:IS on the PSP does a lot of smart, simple things that you're really going to miss the second you start up ES. People keep saying there are ways to make sure your party uses the exact same turn order, but I can't see a way to do it that lasts more than one round in combat. This slows down battles dramatically, and just requires annoying babysitting that didn't exist in the PSP version of IS. Still very early on it, so I'll wait and see how it goes.
Ultimately though, I've missed playing old school RPGs, so this is scratching an itch that's been annoying me for a bit, so I'm happy playing them. 1 is really the black sheep here, but it's also the oldest game, so it figures.
Shut up Kazzy. ;_;
Love her design. She's fun too based on the little bit of p2 I played. I'm told she has quite an arc.
Edit: I see now, Doi did illustration "finishing". Whatever that means.
In Innocent Sin, it was all Soejima. I guess he was busy with Golden when they did Eternal Punishment, because they got Doi to do it.
That picture I posted is from Innocent Sin.
A few of the differences between Doi and Soejima: Soejima uses simpler shading, his female characters are less curvy, his poses are less dynamic, his faces are rounder and he draws his eyes differently. Doi also puts loads of crease lines in his linework, whereas Soejima generally keeps them to a minimum.
CrazyTank940
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Seriously, I went into the menu one day after starting Golden and I watched the original intro, I thought "wtf why was this not what they used it's so much better"
Yeah S.A.C. has an amazing dub to it. Also it's one of the few shows I could marathon over and over again.
CrazyTank940
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Solid State Society imo felt like more of a longer episode of the show than a movie. Not exactly a bad thing though. I'd say it's a good watch.
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