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Comment on What game is your current addiction? in ~games
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Comment on What game is your current addiction? in ~games
syncope Link ParentMan, I wish I were able to experience P5R for the first time again like you are now! I had so much fun playing it for the first time; I lived much like you did, playing it throughout my waking...Man, I wish I were able to experience P5R for the first time again like you are now! I had so much fun playing it for the first time; I lived much like you did, playing it throughout my waking hours, except that this was during the lockdown in my country so I essentially did nothing but play it for two weeks or so being a university student on holiday.
SMT (excluding the Persona games) tend to have a relatively simple, same-y story that would turn away people who would enjoy more story-based games. I'm a fan of SMT (mainline, various spinoffs, and of course Persona) but it's a hard sell to most people who don't already like the games. Not to mention the brutal, unforgiving difficulty of them, especially the older ones.
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Comment on What is prestige television? in ~tv
syncope Link ParentI agree with this. I've not watched either Game of Thrones or Westworld myself, but from the people I know who did, their later seasons were not 'good' (in the sense that they as viewers did not...So maybe not 'good', just fancy.
I agree with this. I've not watched either Game of Thrones or Westworld myself, but from the people I know who did, their later seasons were not 'good' (in the sense that they as viewers did not enjoy it) and the consensus on the internet is the same, but they're unarguably 'prestige dramas' at the same time. The term doesn't provide a useful indicator of narrative quality.
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Comment on Getting older and nostalgia - what do you miss? in ~talk
syncope LinkI was recently visiting a lot of websites I used to frequent in the past (ostensibly to reset my password and/or delete my unused accounts; apparently some of the passwords teenage me used to...I was recently visiting a lot of websites I used to frequent in the past (ostensibly to reset my password and/or delete my unused accounts; apparently some of the passwords teenage me used to repeat on many websites had, in fact, been pwned) and visiting some of the old sites brought back a lot of memories.
I miss mutiplayer browser games. I used to frequent browser-based Pokemon fangames - largely Pokemon Crater in my childhood days until its owner shut it down. I have many fond memories of logging on after the end of a school day to battle my friends and hunt for rare mons to show off to them. And after that, I played DelugeRPG for a fair bit too. I also liked Neopets and probably dabbled in a few more whose names I've forgotten as well. Even though them were rough around the edges and janky when compared to modern games/websites, I miss their simplicity and honestly, the roughness added a certain charm to them too.
The appeal to me is pretty much the fact that it's kinda like Pokemon, but with more complex gameplay. And I like the gotta catch (gotta fuse?) them all aspect too. And I've also played all the modern Persona games including the spinoffs, so I need something else to scratch that itch... But yeah, even though I'm a fan, I do wish they invested more into the story of the SMT games.
By the way, I saw that you have a 3DS in your initial comment. Have you tried Devil Survivor? It's also part of the SMT series, and it's more Persona-like, in the sense that the characters are better developed and there's more story in them too. The second game also has a feature similar to the Confidant mechanic in Persona 5. The big difference is that the gameplay is in the form of a tactical RPG (kinda like Final Fantasy Tactics/Fire Emblem) and that it's waaay shorter than Persona 5. You may want to give it a try!