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Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfS75Ekqzs4

this is incredible.

stick with it for at least three minutes.

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Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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oh hey that's adam neely on bass. he does a cool youtube channel, and this whole project is super interesting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFXcwv9XISc

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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Rosalind posted:

That was sick.

Edit: Ugh just saw it was in Brooklyn like a few weeks ago! I woulda gone if I had known about it. Darn!

yeah fuckin tell me about it.

I hope they do the gig again next year.

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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also, make personas. brutally. all the time. matador's cool huh, well gently caress MATADOR INTO THE GALLOWS HE GOES

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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don't even watch the answer jesus christ it's bad. 3's ending is perfect, just leave it.

I played FES a long long time ago and fell back in love with the series with 5. I'm going back through 4 for the first time, and it completely holds together as a modern game, especially with a widescreen patch and 5x native resolution.

The only thing I think 5 completely blows away 4 with is the soundtrack, but 5's soundtrack has ruined me for all other game soundtracks forever, even Meguro's other work.

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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I honestly didn't think the AI was nearly as big a problem as Tartarus being Tartarus.

edit: and this comes from someone who really likes mainline SMT

Dr. Fishopolis fucked around with this message at 02:38 on Jun 1, 2019

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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hot take: i think having futaba as a romance option is nearly as bad as ken

the implicit power dynamic is super hosed up and sojiro literally tells you he isn't comfortable with it

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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Kaza42 posted:

That is a really bad hot take. The power dynamic is nowhere near as hosed up as with Ken, or even the adult P5 romances. Futaba isn't as broken as people seem to think, she's portrayed as being awkward and prone to panic attacks but not helpless. Sojiro also says explicitly that he is okay with the two of you dating so you're just flat out lying there

yokay, well her whole social link is about her slowly learning how to socialize without literally clinging to your side in fear, and dealing with her separation anxiety coupled with that. it culminates with her finally becoming comfortable in public and being able to spread her wings without you. you then have a choice. do you A: stay a friend and support her growth or B: gently caress her brains out

also (spoiler)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGvgjkrulOI&t=2513s

but yeah no it's not nearly as hosed up as ken, that was hyperbolic

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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sure, acknowledged, ken thing was an exaggeration

just sayin if that decision doesn't give you the fuckin willies I dunno how you're reading that story.

edit: lol jesus yeah uh i forgot about kawakami nevermind

Dr. Fishopolis fucked around with this message at 03:44 on Jun 1, 2019

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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ImpAtom posted:

Yeah, to be honest, the vast majority of the romances in P5 weird me out. Most of them involve abusive adults no matter how they try to gussy it up.

that's the theme of the game, though

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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i think a romantic partnership with yusuke would be rewarding to experience regardless of your preference

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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Mason Dixon posted:

People ignoring the actual obvious pick, Haru.

She sometimes takes a little pack of mayonnaise, and she’ll squirt it in her mouth all over, and then she’ll take an egg and kind of... Mmmm! She calls it a “mayonegg.”

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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ImpAtom posted:

It feels like a lot of developers have more ambitious ideas and then either get scared or get straight-up told they're too far and so we so often end up with half-baked stuff. I think the best you can look towards in indie titles which have a lot less riding on having huge success, but of course also have significantly smaller budgets and a whole lot more competition so even a well-made game runs the risk of just getting completely lost in the shuffle. I have a hard time thinking of any serious big budget games that have done anything more controversial than "have a woman in it" or "maybe a person isn't straight" or the lightest dusting of "maybe (home country) has a FLAW OR TWO?"

The way the devs speak about games like The Division and Far Cry 5 really drive this point home. I didn't think it was possible to express that much cognitive dissonance out loud without your head exploding.

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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Fojar38 posted:

On the other hand it's because of this that we got the "tender touch of a soft butt" line

i always wondered why the cat bus from totoro had such a huge grin all the time

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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Looks like Q2 is getting good reviews. Gonna have to dust off the ol' 3DS for one last swan song, and then maybe finally finish SMT4 lol.

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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I'm honestly glad I'm not playing Golden. Maybe if a Vita emulator appears I'll give it a whirl, but the changes certainly don't sound thrilling enough to buy a piece of hardware I'll only ever use for one game.

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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Well poo poo. Found a Vita at a Goodwill for $40.

I wonder how long it'll take me to power through the first 20 hours of p4 to catch up to my emulated ps2 save. At least I'll be doing it in OLED style, this thing is the best piece of hardware nobody ever gave a poo poo about.

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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Maya Amano was adult, female, well written and fun to play as.

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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TVs Ian posted:

I haven’t gotten to that point in P4G yet, but in #FE they would randomly trigger during attacks. Like a super crit, functionally.

In P4G it happens after an all-out attack that doesn't kill everything. Somehow I always forget it's a thing, so it's really nice when it happens.

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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swole haru is getting dangerously close to a corner of the internet I'd rather not visit

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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Ryuji is what happens when you try and glue Yosuke and Kanji together.

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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I'm unironically looking forward to the musou. Any news on that?

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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I'm just happy to have a new meguro tune. that synth bass rules, but it's not exactly stretching lyn's range.

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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They need another animation pass on that intro. They really shouldn't be animating fast dance moves on twos and threes like that.

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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I was 100% expecting a brainless musou with a lazy P5 paintjob and I was still excited about it. I'm loving thrilled that it looks like they're actually putting some effort in. Also thrilled to see a new sojiro cutscene for my top 5 anime dads of all time mega edit.

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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HIJK posted:

Mainly because that's the content I see every day. Sjw anti-porn Sony vs BASED NO CENSORSHIP GODS NINTENDO etc.

I think you think you're somehow owning someone by purchasing a sony consumer product, but I can't even tell who you think you're owning.

the whole thing is as confusing as it is depressing.

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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HIJK posted:

I don't know why this is such a problem for you people.

you take all of... whatever that was seriously, which is really weird.

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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Expect My Mom posted:

no, she just joins the profession in japan that loses 99% of the time, will almost never see trial and is primarily there to negotiate plea deals and settlements

but don't worry! her little sister becomes a cop in her place ensuring that nothing actually changed and the status quo is upheld!

Apart from Sae being not much of a character, this part drove me a bit crazy as a westerner. I honestly couldn't tell if there were subtle jabs at the Japanese legal system in the text or if I'm just reacting that way as someone whose jaw drops open wider and wider the more you honestly explain how it works.

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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I'm not actually interested in doing another first playthrough. If they just let you new game + for Royal, I'd buy it, but at this point I'd rather just youtube the new stuff.

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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Fojar38 posted:

In light of the fact that you bought the game I think it's fair.

*incoherent screaming about dq11*

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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Kaboom Dragoon posted:

I'm up to Futaba's palace in Vanilla and I got a P5R preorder as an Xmas gift. Is it worth continuing my current playthrough or does P5R add enough to the game that a new playthrough when I get it would be justified?

Honestly, I would spend the three months catching up on other megaten games and come back for P5R, since you already own it. There's no save transfer.

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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I think it's a perfectly OK dungeon that overstays its welcome by half. The second round of mouse puzzles were just unnecessary padding.

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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Namnesor posted:

Who cares, apparently the P5S demo was datamined and a handful of new songs were posted, including a :krad: remix of Last Surprise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHF8ZzMpIlU

Jesus gently caress :thatsrad:

I've never been hyped for a musou before.

e: nor have i been as hyped for persona live this year, esp if the rest of the tracks are half this good

Dr. Fishopolis fucked around with this message at 07:23 on Feb 13, 2020

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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Folt The Bolt posted:

It still isn't a musou. I like how it looks and I'm getting it since it looks extremely my jam, but I'm not going into this with the kind of mindset that I go into musou games with.

i'm gonna pursue lu bu and there's nothing you can do to stop me

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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Folt The Bolt posted:

It doesn't have a lu bu

wait but it's a musou? how do you have a musou game without lu bu!?

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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The original version is great, but I'll take a ludicrous arena metal version too. It's a mood.

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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I am way more hyped for Scramble tbh.

I'm not buying Persona 5 again for full price, that's for sure, regardless of how much they added. I get that it's a good move for them, they can milk new game hype out of it twice, but I do not get why I can't at least transfer my save so I can NG+ the new stuff instead of slogging through literally everything again.

Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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Endorph posted:

the japanese aren't backwards homophobes with no understanding of social norms relating to gay people

Gay culture in Japan is a long and interesting history that gets erased every time katsura hashino does a thing. Dude's just awful and i'm really looking forward to him not being involved in the next game.

This wasn't even a problem in the series until P3. Tatsuya and Jun's whole deal in Persona 2 was well written and realistic. Hashino just sucks, I hope Shoji Meguro has it in him to direct another Persona.

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Dr. Fishopolis
Aug 31, 2004

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Arist posted:

And then, in a classic Hashino move, guess what they do in Full Body, lmao

Persona is generally like "well it's an astounding game that's worth playing but you have to ignore a few scenes"

Full Body was like "okay nope, full stop i'm ejecting this poo poo out of my PS4 and flinging it away from me as hard as I can"

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