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by Worm 01/22/2009, 8:23pm PST |
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I don't know why it's so hard to explain exactly why Persona 4 is perfect. I think from being a kid with nothing to do there arose this utilitarian purchasing strategy that got us all hooked on JRPGs. Even long after, sure the dialog/story/etc is retarded, but it will chew up the most time of my(your, I mean your) miserable life, so lets give FF9 a go. Text speed, skipping cinematics, FAQs are all coping strategies designed to rationalize a genre we fucking hate. What's important is that they occupied time like nothing else.
I don't even know what represents JRPGs anymore, I have the latest Final Fantasy on my PS2's hard drive, and Crisis Core on my PSP's memory stick. I just can't keep interested in them, why would I keep interested in them? It's just the scab picking of video games. The reason I like Persona 3 and 4 is even if you want to stomp your feet, grit your teeth and try to speed through everything at a blistering pace and quickly get yourself to new and exciting numbers, it's going to take you the same amount of time, because there really isn't much slow about the dialog. It's spoken, it's spoken quickly, and you're not dismissing a million "..." prompts. The game is designed with being fun and engaging in the forefront.
There are only two possible reasons to dislike Persona 3 and 4, one is if you're hardcore just not into JRPGs at all. This is perfectly fine, I don't think I've finished a JRPG since Final Fantasy 7 (besides Persona 3), some people just don't like Japanese shit. The other is that first guy, except he still plays the things, he's just such a joyless dour faggot who has been playing and finishing games he hates in a genre he hates methodically for years or even decades of his life, just to give himself some respite from watching the paint crack and flake or thinking about the furnace.
Persona just takes the best elements ever to be tested in JRPGs, combines them all together, and makes a game that's pretty easy to pick up, put down, and calmly enjoy. |
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Persona 4 by Zsenitan 01/07/2009, 9:36am PST 
You mean the dialog segments as cutscenes? by Worm 01/07/2009, 10:14am PST
Re: You mean the dialog segments as cutscenes? by Zsenitan 01/07/2009, 10:48am PST
Re: You mean the dialog segments as cutscenes? by Worm 01/07/2009, 11:51am PST
* (not at all hidden cutscene x-button-pressing minigame, comprises 80% of the g NT by Zsenitan 01/07/2009, 11:59am PST
Oh you were using 80% as a serious figure? Well that just makes you a liar. NT by Worm 01/07/2009, 12:13pm PST
here lies billy he went to hell for killing himself NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 01/07/2009, 12:33pm PST
What does this mean? by FABIO 01/22/2009, 3:59pm PST
it's a recommendation NOT to buy fursona 4 because it's retarded NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 01/22/2009, 5:02pm PST
Maybe Alex Jones is a big SMT guy? by Worm 01/22/2009, 8:23pm PST
Re: Maybe Alex Jones is a big SMT guy? by Creexuls, a monster >:3 01/22/2009, 8:52pm PST
I just tagged furnace on the end, everyone knows you don't paint a shack NT by Worm 01/22/2009, 8:59pm PST
Nice giving off a strong impression that you apparently never heard of a shack. by Creexuls, a monster >:3 01/22/2009, 9:03pm PST
isn't wromg still living in his parents basement? (wow what a scumbag he must be NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 01/22/2009, 9:29pm PST
He doesn't even know what carbon monoxide is, brother. 8( NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 01/22/2009, 9:33pm PST
you're kidding seriously is that like a joke I never imagined such a thing could NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 01/22/2009, 9:34pm PST
Well, that's wrom! ^_^ *boiiiing?* NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 01/22/2009, 10:00pm PST
The three of you are killing this website NT by Quentin Beck 01/22/2009, 10:14pm PST
You mean just wrom is. NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 01/23/2009, 12:34am PST
Nope. You're Wrong. NT by Quentin Beck #2 01/23/2009, 12:41am PST
People always say that when I'm right, so I'm right. 8) NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 01/23/2009, 12:45am PST
it looks like this person has no idea about wrom, maybe he should be educated NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 01/23/2009, 2:16am PST
It's kind of hard to make wrom posts out when Creexul posts outnumber them 2 to NT by Quentin Beck #2 01/23/2009, 1:49pm PST
Worms posts are the ones above a string of Cable replies claiming indifference. NT by Last 01/23/2009, 1:58pm PST
Step 1 shit pants. NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 01/23/2009, 4:06pm PST
Steps 2-10, write a post denying any pants-shitting. NT by This is what the Cables actually be 01/23/2009, 4:23pm PST
so I wonder why wrom feels the need to take a shit on every single thread NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 01/23/2009, 4:39pm PST
Worm shits manageable human turds. You take massive elephant shits all over the NT by Concerned about the ecosystem 01/24/2009, 8:43am PST
Well whatever makes you cry in the morning is okay. by Creexuls, a monster >:3 01/24/2009, 9:13am PST
Nothing is lost........ except me. NT by The readability of Caltrops 01/24/2009, 11:41am PST
Aw that's a shame welp don't instigate it anymore and you won't have to cry. by Creexuls, a monster >:3 01/24/2009, 10:04pm PST
Don't grip your armrests too hard while spraying blood from your mouth and ass. by Creexuls, a monster >:3 01/23/2009, 4:44pm PST
This line was really funny. NT by Last 01/24/2009, 9:43am PST
Can't you jerk each other off in private? NT by Arbit 01/23/2009, 9:11am PST
detecting large volumes of bitter whiny tears from the above post NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 01/23/2009, 1:20pm PST
haha yes brother, we have trolled another person with weeks of shitty posting NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 01/23/2009, 2:40pm PST
wrom has more than a few weeks of shitty posting under his belt NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 01/23/2009, 4:40pm PST
Actually you whined for weeks about everything first. by Creexuls, a monster >:3 01/23/2009, 4:46pm PST
PS wromg squad is at stage 4 and 2 and 3 and 5 at the same time. NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 01/23/2009, 4:49pm PST
the joke is just totally beyond him (pearls to swine) NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 01/23/2009, 4:52pm PST
holee shit NT by Worm 01/23/2009, 5:27am PST
Why play JRPGs: they are tiny pretty worlds where it is possible to be the best. NT by Zsenitan 01/23/2009, 9:47am PST
Parasite Eve was the best jRPG by FABIO 01/23/2009, 1:59pm PST
I agree NT by Weyoun Voidbringer 01/23/2009, 4:41pm PST
Have you explained this at length somewhere? by Lizard_King 01/26/2009, 6:33pm PST
Probably by FABIO 01/26/2009, 9:43pm PST
I don't know why I had the impression that it was a Resident Evil knockoff by Lizard_King 01/27/2009, 7:34pm PST
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