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Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Yes

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Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Big Lupin fans

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Same

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Or boobs

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Neeksy posted:

I am honestly more interested in Caligula lately, even though it’s a flawed-as-hell game. The online creator culture with vocaloids and people producing music video stories was a neat angle to use as a vector for talking about escapism.

The PS4 updated version has a FeMC and I hope it gets released in the west because it looks interesting but the Vita version ran like crap.

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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I'll buy Caligula if they translate the PS4 one

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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How long until we find out if the new girl in Catherine has a penis or not?

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Then maybe modern Persona is wrong

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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CJ posted:

How is it because he's old? To me the game's biggest problem is it feels like they went in to it wanting to hit a series of specific plot beats and did a poor job of creating a story around it. I don't know what age has to do with it.

Old people suck and have bad opinions

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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CJ posted:

I think it's pretty weird that you can get so upset about 2 scenes that discriminate against gay people and yet be so willing to discriminate based on age. I don't know much about japanese society but is there that much of an age difference in attitude towards gay people? If it was directed by a japanese guy in his 20s or 30s would there be no chance of those scenes being included?

I HAVE poo poo TASTE AND CANNOT BE TRUSTED

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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CJ posted:

I think it's mainly an american thing to hate police. There's not much animosity towards them in the UK. Japan as a society seems to like their police even more and P5 is pretty explicit about how the police and other government institutions are corrupt so i don't know how you can say that that's an issue. I agree that the Persona games have some pretty problematic stuff with regards to gay people and terrible scenes like Ryuji looking up Ann's skirt when she falls asleep and the beach anime cutscene, but i'm pretty sure that's just a result of japan/anime culture rather than the game director being an out of touch old man. That same exact poo poo was in Persona 3.

I live in the uk and loving hate the police

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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AriadneThread posted:

i just want to play as a lady
p3p was great (mostly)

Hope for a PS4 Caligula localisation then

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Yes

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Motto posted:

Why would you ever not use headphones with handhelds though.

Takes more effort than not

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Endorph posted:

the average age of the game's developers

The average age of people in Japan

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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I don't think that's true

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Oh huh I have that too, didn't realise it was that rare.

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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I'm amazed they're even still around.

That 'if enough people pre-order Devil Survivor 2 we'll release it' thing was hilarious when it had been out for like two years and everyone who cared had already imported it from the US.

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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I absolutely enjoyed TMS more than P5

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Time to see which comes out first SMT V or Rebuild 4

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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It's pretty much illegal to depict someone smoking in media aimed at teenagers, this isn't limited to Japanese stuff either.

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Is there a recommended stat to pump for the MC in SMT 4 or should I just go with what I'm gonna use most skill wise + some luck?

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Are there like any general tips for bosses in SMT 4? Any fight that not a one sided stomp for me on the first turns into a one sided stomp against me and obviously the former isn't going to happen on a boss.
Currently stuck on Medusa.

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Looks like my only choice for one of those right now is grinding a Gremlin up to lvl 14 which might take a while. :sigh:

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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You can play it on PS3, unless the emulation for that is considered janky

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Artelier posted:

Certain regions don't have it. Like mine. :(

Oh yeah, making a US account is easy though and you can get PSN fun bucks pretty easily off Amazon, just make up a US billing address, they never check.

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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I couldn't get past the second stage the only time I tried to play Catherine lol

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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My favourite one of those is the eye poke machine from Dead Space 2, it was freaking horrific the first couple times then by the fifth time you hosed it up because Issac moved his eye the wrong way a fraction of a second too late it was just loving annoying.

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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There are approximately zero Japanese companies who don't consider the western market more important for traditional games because even the most obscure otaku focused thing possible will still sell more here than in the mobile obsessed domestic market.

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Not so far, I doubt Atlus would leave money on the table like that but it also wouldn't be the first time they passed on a western release something because it was on a system that was in the way out.

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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The problem with the touch screen is that games have to be playable docked so very few make it an integral part of the experience.

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Yakuza 3 had a bunch of stuff cut for the western localisation because Sega were trying to cheap out and somehow thought no one would care when the only people who knew and cared about Yakuza then were hardcore fans. And the hostess stories were still there they just cut out the club bits.

Sakurazuka fucked around with this message at 07:08 on Feb 21, 2019

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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The Japanese reaction to Answer x Answer getting cut from the western version was 'lucky bastards'. It's not in the remaster at all.

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Baofu deez nuts haha

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Currently playing through DDS1, anything I should watch out for or skills I should beeline other than obviously the buffs/debuffs? I'm like 6 hours in and muddling through okay just learning whatever, it seems easier than other SMT games I've played in general anyway.

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Sorry, yeah I was playing Nocturne a bit today just because but I'm mainly playing DDS1.

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Merilan posted:

The biggest 'gotcha' that got me in DDS1 was that I was pretty heavy on physical skills cause they work really well in this game! But the last boss has a gimmick that requires you to hit her a lot with all kinds of elemental spells

Yeah, I actually played DDS1 back when it first came out and this is why I never finished it lol

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Dragonatrix posted:

You need two elements. Two. This isn't some kind of gotcha trap. One single target skill and one multi-target skill. Tada, you win.

The only part that is a mean trick is that they heavily resist Almighty.

I thought it was like a bunch of orbs each one weak to a different element and you had to destroy three of them quickly or it did a super mega laser attack that wiped your party?

It has been like 15 years though.

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Is it weird that I preferred DDS when I had a forced party? Having a full roster with different specialisations would work a lot better if swapping them out was a free action and I didn't have to keep a passive equipped for people not in the party to get experience.

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Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

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Haha oh poo poo I remember that one it was Digital Devil Saga? There's at least another one called Tokyo Revelations.

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