Megaten Haven 2.0 - Game of Year 2007 lists

Spider Bike Senior Member Posts: 350	Re: Game of Year 2007 lists Reply #15 - 03/07/08 at 21:03:06 Quote from SHODAN on 03/07/08 at 18:40:42: So Persona 3 is sorta like the beginning of FF8 in Balamb Garden...but the whole game is like that? Also, you can't avoid it if you wanna not suck.
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Louis Cypher

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Re: Game of Year 2007 lists
Reply #16 - 03/08/08 at 00:24:33

Quote from Kroni on 03/07/08 at 18:32:49:

Quote from Gemini on 03/07/08 at 04:51:41:

There are several reasons for hating P3, at least for me:
1) No Kazuma Kaneko;
2) Emo Kid;
3) FES looking a lot like Dawson's Creek.

This, and the fact the 3 turned the Persona series (originally a good spinoff that didn't have some ridiculous glorified view of Japan) into generic poppy high school animu crap.

To be fair, the SMT series has been heading in that general direction for awhile now, even down to what's powerful. But eh.

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Spider Bike

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Reply #17 - 03/08/08 at 00:29:50

Quote from Tallgeese on 03/08/08 at 00:24:33:

Quote from Kroni on 03/07/08 at 18:32:49:

Quote from Gemini on 03/07/08 at 04:51:41:

There are several reasons for hating P3, at least for me:
1) No Kazuma Kaneko;
2) Emo Kid;
3) FES looking a lot like Dawson's Creek.

This, and the fact the 3 turned the Persona series (originally a good spinoff that didn't have some ridiculous glorified view of Japan) into generic poppy high school animu crap.

To be fair, the SMT series has been heading in that general direction for awhile now, even down to what's powerful. But eh.

Yeah. I blame pokemon

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Louis Cypher Senior Member Posts: 299 Gender:	Re: Game of Year 2007 lists Reply #18 - 03/08/08 at 00:49:10 Explanation?
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Spider Bike Senior Member Posts: 350	Re: Game of Year 2007 lists Reply #19 - 03/08/08 at 01:58:58 Quote from Tallgeese on 03/08/08 at 00:49:10: Explanation? It sounded good at the time. Ask me when I am coherant
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Louis Cypher Senior Member Posts: 299 Gender:	Re: Game of Year 2007 lists Reply #20 - 03/08/08 at 13:12:34 -THREE YEARS LATER...-
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SHODAN Full Member I Wub Nodens-Wodens Posts: 249 Gender:	Re: Game of Year 2007 lists Reply #21 - 03/08/08 at 15:28:13 Perhaps Alizarin's blaming Pokemon since Persona and such has somewhat of a "gotta catch em all" premise with the cards/personae. I'll trade you my Bacchus for your Nodens.
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Kroni Less Newbies Durgs lol Posts: 15 Gender:	Re: Game of Year 2007 lists Reply #22 - 03/09/08 at 02:47:18 Ever since Okada left the series has gotten progressively more mainsteam, but also worse. It's probably going to stay that way, but I'll probably still hang on to it like an abusive girlfriend.
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Spider Bike Senior Member Posts: 350	Re: Game of Year 2007 lists Reply #23 - 03/09/08 at 22:05:16 Ok, I waited too long and lost my point. Oops
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SHODAN Full Member I Wub Nodens-Wodens Posts: 249 Gender:	Re: Game of Year 2007 lists Reply #24 - 03/10/08 at 16:26:09 Quote from Kroni on 03/09/08 at 02:47:18: but I'll probably still hang on to it like an abusive girlfriend. I understand that. clings to Phoenix Wright HIS PUNCHES MEANS HE LOVES ME
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EzraSolomon Less Newbies Mind Your True Bee Posts: 21 Gender:	Re: Game of Year 2007 lists Reply #25 - 03/11/08 at 04:53:56 >> Persona 3 was an okay PS2 JRPG... but doesn't say much as an SMT/Persona game. At least when they decide to go back to some techno-apocalyptic deliciousness, it stands a better chance at getting translated. Cash cow and all. camps in front of Aeon Genesis with a sign saying FINISH SOUL HACKERS**
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mknzy Global Moderator Hell Biker Posts: 87 Gender:	Re: Game of Year 2007 lists Reply #26 - 03/16/08 at 11:22:41 It did get RPG of the year from Gamespot
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Reply #27 - 03/17/08 at 15:12:43

Didn't Gamespot advertise the hell out of it? I really don't count on them for reviews anymore anyway.

Oh, Brand, as for the P3 hate... have you PLAYED the others? Persona, even with the horrid localization still > Persona 3. If they had seriously cut out ALL of the dating garbage and the 'I need to go to school... and learn... in a game...' it would have been a MUCH better game. I beat P3 on principle, but I absolutely hated the persona levelling system (even if most of the
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ends of the persona levelling were all just screwed up lives. e.g. one goes off to get a job, one leaves with a divorced parent, etc.)
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It really felt like the game didn't know if it wanted to be a japanese date sim, or a horrible dungeon crawler (the random dungeons just spammed into the tower of druaga didn't help it). It was constrictive at every turn. Granted it was an RPG, but there was little... openness that things (including the ones from PSX) had, and have had since console RPG console birth on the NES (I want to say Dragon Warrior, but I may be wrong).

Err... that may have been a long rant... so if you get this far first, you may want to skip it.

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SHODAN Full Member I Wub Nodens-Wodens Posts: 249 Gender:	Re: Game of Year 2007 lists Reply #28 - 03/17/08 at 17:55:35 ..wow. Persona was BETTER? Persona wasn't horrible, it was just that first-person view in the dungeons that made me want to break the game in half. I could get over the dating sim aspect in 3, but random dungeons and doing school learning things? Noooo. I still may get it if it drops in price though. >.>
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Brand

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Re: Game of Year 2007 lists
Reply #29 - 03/18/08 at 01:35:47

Yes, I've played the other Persona games. Do I think Persona 3 was better then the others? No. Do I think Persona 3 is a lot better then a lot of the other crap we got? Yes. Honestly I no problems with the game, the dating part was just enough that it was cute but not boring, the school stuff could have gone a little faster but I did like the whole Social Links thing (I enjoyed the little side characters stories), I didn't mind the dungeons at all (if anything they were to easy), and I enjoyed the story. Overall my main complete would be that Persona 3 was way to easy. Really all I want from a game is to enjoy my time playing it, and I did.

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