Every time it goes on sale, I think about picking it up, but then I rememberā¦
It takes me long enough to finish 10-hour games I already ownā¦
I highly recommend the game, but I totally get you. I didnāt buy it for years for the exact same reason. Eventually it was on a good sale when I was between games so I got a chance to play it. If youāre an anime fan you will probably love the game. And if youāre not, it may be cringy as fuck on occasion but youāll probably still love the game after getting sucked in. But if you end up never playing it, thatās totally fine too. Iāve found in life that you donāt need to watch every movie and play every video that are highly praised. I still havenāt played the Mass Effect games even after owning all of them for 5 or so years.
Iāve found in life that you donāt need to watch every movie and play every video that are highly praised.
Youāre absolutely right and Iām glad I reread that sentence: at first I somehow missed the ādonātā and was gearing up for a long and pointless rebuttal of what I THOUGHT I just read š
Personally, Iām a sucker for long completion time. I only like specific types of games that donāt get released that often, so Iām always in danger of running out of games I havenāt replayed to death yet š
Most of it being cutscenes is a huge negative if not an outright dealbreaker to me, though.
I do feel like some of these games lose their premise if they grind on for too long. I think Haru Okumuraās dungeon is one of the more inspired, but by the time you get there, the game loop has gotten stale. Then the finale is just an interminably long series of hallways.
They could have compressed that game by half (especially towards the back end), keyed up on the drama, and maybe fleshed out the daytime normal-life content a bit more.
But I say that within the context of a game with a truly captivating story, some solid twists and top 10 anime betrayals, and a charming romance system that draws you into the characters. Had a great experience on my playthrough. Canāt imagine ever trying to play it again, but it was a wild ride the first time.
Itās one of those games with a fun grind. With how snappy the UI and everything is, nothing ever really feels like a chore. I played Xenoblade Chronicles recently and I think it took my 50lbs to beat, but those 50lbs felt longer than Personaās 100+ hours.
I like Xenoblade more personally anyway, but just wanted to share my experience.
Iāve tried P4G and I just canāt stand the required grind, nor the 3h bossfights, otherwise good game
Persona 4 Golden, though it may have been a result of me just pushing through the dungeon without any grind
Those numbers would be awesome, if it wasnāt a Persona game. My friend tried getting me into it on the PS1 and I bounced right off.
If itās not for you itās not for you, but I will say the Persona series took a big turn for the better around Persona 3. The modern ones donāt have a whole lot in common with the first couple beyond some basic play structure. If the last one you played was on the PS1 and youāre at all interested in an anime JRPG then P5 is worth a second look.
I donāt have time for games that long
plays Factorio for the 274th hour
A friend of mine tried to convince me to get Factorio a couple days ago. Couldnāt help but feel like he was a junky trying to get me to try just a little bit of heroin.
Itās more like crack or meth. You start a gamenin the early evening and suddenly it dawnās outside. I hate myself for loving a game which basically simulates the job of āprocess optimizationā
I always describe it as a puzzle game where all the puzzles are designed by an idiot and that idiot is you.
Hey if your actual job is process optimization, you get to enjoy it twice as much š„²
ā120 hour anime seriesā is fair, but āoccasionally click a buttonā is not. If P5 qualifies for that, then every turn-based JRPG ever does.
This is me and Persona 4.
Thereās a lot of good game elements. But itās SOOOOO MUCH. Itās like a damn visual novel with bits of game.
And Iām sure the payoff is great, since the Persona games are very well received. But after a long day, I donāt want to think. I just want to mash buttons until the pain stops.
If you like monster collection games. Check out shin megami tensei. More rpg than graphic novel. Same overall concepts but none of the daily dating sim like aspect.
Game is okay I guess.