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[ArclightBorealis]

Hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas.

I very much did. And I'm also looking forward to getting back to playing video games when I get home.

Also, nice avatar. One of these days I'll get around to playing Awakening, if only for Tharja.

 

[misses bull]

Hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas.

Dat wii u

 

[DXLelouch153]

Dat wii u

just stay away from a PS4 or Xbone or a lizard will ddos the shit outta your gameplay

 

[Phantasmal Repose]

Hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas.

It was pretty good. Hung with the family, watched Ippo, played DMC4. It was a good day.

 

[misses bull]

just stay away from a PS4 or Xbone or a lizard will ddos the shit outta your gameplay

Can't dox my gameplay when they got no games

 

[DXLelouch153]

Can't dox my gameplay when they got no games

looks at TV Screen with Bayonetta WiiU*

 

[misses bull]

looks at TV Screen with Bayonetta WiiU*

My bayonetta won't be here till monday

 

[RecursiveFault]

You're going to take 2 at once? How lewd.

http://i.imgur.com/t9ZT1yW.jpg

 

[GlassEmpires]

Hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas.

My sister got me a woman's Marvel shirt and It's Always Sunny is having a marathon.

It broke even

 

[misses bull]

It's Always Sunny is having a marathon.

 

[Loco4Coco]

I thought Matt and Bless were best friends at one point, no?

 

[Banana Aeon]

I thought Matt and Bless were best friends at one point, no?

I don't think he ever said that.

Also, i had an okay Christmas. Ate well, Bulls whupped ass today, and all in all, even though I didn't get any presents or see any family, I'm doing well.

Fuck this cold, btw.

 

[GlassEmpires]

I certainly hope so. Lost my aunt earlier in the year. First time I ever dealt with a close death in the family or at all and I'm pretty old. Had a scare with my dad and uncle (who were brothers of my aunt) each and it's been pretty fucking rough elsewhere as well. Health problems and everything. I need a clean slate.

I hope you get that clean slate. My Dad got into some family troubles shortly after I lost my grandma over the summer so I can relate to that feeling

 

[RecursiveFault]

I thought Matt and Bless were best friends at one point, no?

Nah the story is that they were at the same school, and Bless was supposed to do a project with him, but Matt had to do all the work and the teacher gave Matt a good grade for putting in all the extra effort and didn't give Bless anything. Then he said something to the effect of "Man fuck this shit".

That's just from memory, probably missing details.

 

[Alfebit]

http://i.imgur.com/t9ZT1yW.jpg

That's a good one.

 

[DXLelouch153]

everyone shut up and listen to Xenoblade Chronicles X music
http://xenobladex.jp/media/xeno_sound1.mp3#?1#?1#WebrootPlugIn#?1#?1#PhreshPhish#?1#?1#agtpwd
http://xenobladex.jp/media/xeno_sound2.mp3#?1#?1#WebrootPlugIn#?1#?1#PhreshPhish#?1#?1#agtpwd
god this is so sick
cant wait till i play the first one hopefully next week

 

[skLaFarebear]

http://i.imgur.com/t9ZT1yW.jpg

That's not as lewd as this one

 

[Ultimate_Trainer]

Might be a little bit offtopic, but to the ones that played the P2 IS, does my justifications for the game seem right/somewhat makes sense in this post?

 

[RecursiveFault]

That's not as lewd as this one

Not embedding these in case it's too lewd

 

[Phantasmal Repose]

Might be a little bit offtopic, but to the ones that played the P2 IS, does my justifications for the game seem right in this post?

While I like natural character progression more than the S Link system, I don't think P3 or P4 had "forced" character growth. I think both games handled it really well.

 

[GlassEmpires]

While I like natural character progression more than the S Link system, I don't think P3 or P4 had "forced" character growth. I think both games handled it really well.

It's not the case for P3 since the main gameplay reward for character growth is independent of social links, but I never appreciated being made to forge social links to get better personas in P4

 

[Alfebit]

Not embedding these in case it's too lewd

Jeez, Goodwil. That's really gross. What the fuck?

 

[skLaFarebear]

While I like natural character progression more than the S Link system, I don't think P3 or P4 had "forced" character growth. I think both games handled it really well.

I think P3 had a nice balance in its character growth (though its just that P2's characters are a lot better), but P4 had very little of it. When a character in that game joins your team the character development completely stops unless you do their social link. But then the problem with that is social links are complete garbage.

Not embedding these in case it's too lewd

Disgusting. Does

Spoiler

Santa

know what his wife is doing?

 

[jack_package_200]

So how was everyone's Christmas?

I got $200 to blow through. Either gaming stuff or strippers

 

[GlassEmpires]

So how was everyone's Christmas?

I got $200 to blow through. Either gaming stuff or strippers

Gaming strippers.

You're welcome

 

[Phantasmal Repose]

It's not the case for P3 since the main gameplay reward for character growth is independent of social links, but I never appreciated being made to forge social links to get better personas in P4

Yeah, I wasn't fan of that either.

I think P3 had a nice balance in its character growth (though its just that P2's characters are a lot better), but P4 had very little of it. When a character in that game joins your team the character development completely stops unless you do their social link. But then the problem with that is social links are complete garbage.

I wouldn't say that P4 had very little character growth.

 

[ArclightBorealis]

So how was everyone's Christmas?

I got $200 to blow through. Either gaming stuff or strippers

200? Gat damn.

I already went through 50 on Christmas Eve. And I've got 20 bucks set aside for the Seattle Gameworks on New Years Eve. Gonna actually go out and do shit that evening instead of sit at home and watch the rest of the internet enter 2015 before I do because fuck timezones.

 

[RecursiveFault]

Jeez, Goodwil. That's really gross. What the fuck?

"I CAN'T CONTROL IT, DARK PHOENIX RISING "

Disgusting. Does

Spoiler

Santa

know what his wife is doing?

The one day of the year that

Spoiler

Mr. Claus

leaves the house.

Gaming strippers.

You're welcome

Pay a stripper to come play Custer's Revenge.

 

[Alfebit]

So how was everyone's Christmas?

I got $200 to blow through. Either gaming stuff or strippers

I'll be going to get a new phone this weekend and I got the Korra blu rays.

Gaming strippers.

You're welcome

The only choice.

 

[skLaFarebear]

I wouldn't say that P4 had very little character growth.

Then I'll say it. Its horrible, especially for Persona standards.

Characters have as much depth as your average mediocre SoL anime.

 

[Ultimate_Trainer]

Not embedding these in case it's too lewd

Spoiler

Christmas

/10

 

[GlassEmpires]

I wouldn't say that P4 had very little character growth.

The weird thing

Spoiler

is that the cast lacks the conclusion to their social links, Yosuke still uses Jiraiya in Ultimax for example while Junpei gets Trismegistus. There's character growth in P4 that is canonically discarded by sequels.

 

[Phantasmal Repose]

Then I'll say it. Its horrible, especially for Persona standards.

Characters have as much depth as your average mediocre SoL anime.

I don't see that. Care to elaborate?

The weird thing

Spoiler

is that the cast lacks the conclusion to their social links, Yosuke still uses Jiraiya in Ultimax for example while Junpei gets Trismegistus. There's character growth in P4 that is canonically discarded by sequels.

I don't know what the deal is with that.

 

[RecursiveFault]

The weird thing is

Spoiler

that the cast lacks the conclusion to their social links, Yosuke still uses Jiraiya in Ultimax for example while Junpei gets Trismegistus. There's character growth in P4 that is canonically discarded by sequels

.

I believe the reasoning is that

Spoiler

all that character growth is like optional side stuff, and that people might not have done that, though that's dumb. More likely they just found the original Persona designs more iconic.

I think the Flanderizing content we've been getting over the past few years are giving people a way worse opinion of P4 in hindsight though.

 

[skLaFarebear]

I don't see that. Care to elaborate?

Actually, I'm just gonna go ahead and apologize here and not say anything. I really should learn to stop talking about games I really dislike. Its a horrible habit of mine

 

[Aaron-Lagann]

Goddamn I'm exhausted. Ended up only playing a few Smash matches with my brothers and ended up playing with kids all day. Also, watched The Interview. That's a comedy movie. There are jokes and comedic situations. It's kinda bad and kinda okay.

 

[GlassEmpires]

I believe the reasoning is that

Spoiler

all that character growth is like optional side stuff, and that people might not have done that, though that's dumb. More likely they just found the original Persona designs more iconic.

Yet they make Culprit a playable character. And I'd take Susano-o or even Takehaya Susano-o over Jiraiya.

Also, I updated my entry in the Friender doc with my Steam ID

 

[Phantasmal Repose]

I think the Flanderizing content we've been getting over the past few years are giving people a way worse opinion of P4 in hindsight though.

God, the flanderization is awful. A good cast of characters just ruined.

Yet they make Culprit a playable character. And I'd take Susano-o or even Takehaya Susano-o over Jiraiya.

I mcuh prefer Disco Ninja Frog to Susano-o. I actually like most of the P4 starting personas more than their upgraded versions.

 

[Ultimate_Trainer]

Yet they make Culprit a playable character. And I'd take Susano-o or even Takehaya Susano-o over Jiraiya.

I think they stuck with Disco Ninja Frog because that fits in with Yosuke's playstyle. Those other design's don't look very agile or mischievous for his playstyle.

Also, I updated my entry in the Friender doc with my Steam ID

What happend to GOG?

 

[ultimax]

God, the flanderization is awful. A good cast of characters just ruined.

The golden content is the worstttt

 

[Hemi-PoweredDrone]

http://i.imgur.com/t9ZT1yW.jpg

Pretty sure I've read this before...

Jeez, Goodwil. That's really gross. What the fuck?

Is anyone really surprised anymore?

 

[Phantasmal Repose]

The golden content is the worstttt

It is. Same goes for Arena and Ultimax.

 

[misses bull]

Actually, I'm just gonna go ahead and apologize here and not say anything. I really should learn to stop talking about games I really dislike. Its a horrible habit of mine

It's not as bad as me. Don't get me started on bioshock infinite

 

[ArclightBorealis]

The golden content is the worstttt

And people say it's the best version of P4.

Pheh. Persona 4 Endurance Run is all that matters, fuck any other version of P4.

God, it'll be so refreshing once P5 comes out and we have a new cast of characters.

 

[skLaFarebear]

I think the Flanderizing content we've been getting over the past few years are giving people a way worse opinion of P4 in hindsight though.

I actually like the new designs of most of the characters in ultimax though. Yukari being a super sentai/power ranger, Junpei being a baseball player, Akihiko traveling the world shirtless wearing a cape fighting the strongest opponents. Its pretty sick.

It's not as bad as me. Don't get me started on bioshock infinite

For some reason I have a bad habit of talking about games I hate for being so disappointing like Dark Souls 2 and Persona 4, more than games I love like Wonderful 101 and The World Ends with You. Its really sickening

 

[RecursiveFault]

Is anyone really surprised anymore?

Nah dude this is the one that freaked out Alfebit. He couldn't stomach it.

Not embedding these in case it's too lewd

 

[GlassEmpires]

What happend to GOG?

I still prefer GOG, but it feels wrong to leave out my Steam ID which I've had for longer.

 

[RecursiveFault]

I actually like the new designs of most of the characters in ultimax though. Yukari being a super sentai/power ranger, Junpei being a baseball player, Akihiko traveling the world shirtless wearing a cape fighting the strongest opponents. Its pretty sick.

The Persona 3 characters are at least interesting from a design standpoint, but their storylines aren't much of anything. They turned into fighting game characters, for all intents and purposes. Somehow I don't feel like they regressed like the P4 cast did though, maybe cause the story parts focus on the P4 cast.

 

[ultimax]

It is. Same goes for Arena and Ultimax.

That being said, the only character i really hate wether its vanilla or golden, is Yosuke. hes just terrible

And people say it's the best version of P4.

Pheh. Persona 4 Endurance Run is all that matters, fuck any other version of P4.

God, it'll be so refreshing once P5 comes out and we have a new cast of characters.

I cant wait. Hopefully P5 doesnt get whored out like P4 did.....

Meh, it probably will.

 

[DoktorEvil]

Ok so I have a problem.

I have 2 tickets to Video Games Live I purchased. My +1 just cancelled on me -_-

So now I have an extra ticket for this huge nerd shit and zero nerd friends who're into Tommy Tallorico/Orchestrated Game Scores.