I don't think people avoid talking on a post because that post is off topic very often, heh.

I just wanted to come over here and respond to this post because it is awesome. Everyone is commenting on the hateful post next to yours and pushing it to the top of the thread, but I say your post is better.

I think you have to look past the (provided by Kotaku) title a little bit here—it seems to me like what the gamemakers intend is not "Persona translated into a western RPG" verbatim, they were just using that as a shortcut to describe what their game was about. It doesn't have to be just like Persona in order to be a…

I like Ubisoft, but I feel like every story-heavy game I play from them ends on a ridiculous cliffhanger. Granted, I'm mainly counting Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed for that, but it annoys me. I feel like a 20+ hour, $60 game should actually end.

I skipped the first one, and I had some trouble following certain things (especially geography and political stuff) early on in the game. But I think the game is just like that in general, I wouldn't be surprised if it was the same in the first game.

I was confused by this too. The pandas = endangered thing seems to make the most sense so far.

This is totally plausible but considering that the complaint is for trademark infringement it can't be the whole picture. A clause in the contract doesn't really support a trademark infringement claim—it supports a breach of contract claim (or tortious interference with contract against Bridgestone). The fact that…

For me it was entirely the opposite—the story never really interested me, I liked the game mostly because I started off doing a pure stealth run. I messed it up somehow though and didn't get the achievement for not killing anyone...

I didn't realize you could play that as a stealth game. That's making me wonder if it is worth playing. Mark of the Ninja reminded me how awesome stealth games are (although, honestly, it hasn't been that long since I played Deus Ex).

I wouldn't pass on this just because of that. I don't know exactly what all you like, but I've played a lot of stealth games and I think this game was a blast. It wasn't ever really challenging for me (beat the whole game on new game+ and all the achievements over the weekend), but it was a heck of a lot of fun.

That was my thought. I guess it was just more derisive than maniacal...

So if they keep building Death Stars, maybe they can get it down to a Death Star a week?

But by the same token, if you don't like someone's criticism don't listen to them. We aren't talking about actually banning the sale of anything, which I agree would be absolutely wrong.

But you can't say that that kind of criticism is bad in all situations, and "criticism of things that shouldn't be criticized" is completely circular. If someone were to make a game that really shouldn't be made, mobs protesting outside the game maker's offices would be exactly what should happen. Or in a slightly…

You're confusing "criticism is bad in general" with "this specific criticism is bad." The problem with Six Days to Fallujah (assuming it was a game worth producing, which I have no opinion about) is not that people could criticize it, it was that people criticizing it did so unintelligently.

He didn't.

Well, maybe a lot of things ARE like porn. I think at the very least, much reality TV, celebrity game shows, and a decent amount of YouTube are like porn. What makes sports (watching or playing) and the Olympics different is they are based on something more than visceral pleasure and spectacle. Those things may play a…

I think JRPGs (and RPGs in general, although that may turn this into a fight about what "RPG" means) actually fit perfectly. The satisfaction isn't the combat itself, the satisfaction is the risk/reward loop of leveling up, beating bosses, etc. I think that is what the comparison is really about, it isn't about…

I did the same thing, and I like them both a lot. It's always hard to see a movie after you've read a book, because movies inevitably cut stuff.