final fantasy 7 vs persona 4, pick your winner round 3.

[SHMUPGurus]

Words Of Wisdom said:

SHMUPGurus said:

ZenfoldorVGI said:

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P4 is alright though. Unbelievably repetitive dungeon and slow, slow introduction, antiquated one time only events, tons of missable crap, and predictable ending, but fun, hip artstyle and characters, and a feeling or sense that the game is greater than the sum of its parts.

Ever heard about something called a New Game+? This argument is pretty much invalid.

I think it's reasonable for some people to want to see everything in a game on one playthrough.  I mean, when it comes to games that take 30+ hours to complete, there has to be a very large incentive to complete it a second time and a few minor bonuses and dialogs really doesn't cut it.

I love the New Game+ concept and I'm glad it's being implemented in more games, but very few of those games are providing strong incentives to use it.

Are you seriously telling me, in different wording, that Zen didn't miss a single thing the first time he played FFVII? Why didn't he complain about this? If he didn't know about this feature in Persona 4 in the first place, it's his fault and proves that he didn't really play the game to its fullest. If he did, he wouldn't have said that you can miss un-important stuff in the first place.

Since I'm a completionist, I'm always glad to know that there are ways to experience everything the game has to offer. Persona games have good uses of the New Game+ concept (add more Fusions, opens a lot of other dialogues, new dungeon/boss fights, etc.). The only thing you can miss in the first playthrough are optional dialogues from different Social Link possibilities, which you can experience on a New Game+ anyways, or optional equipment, which is really nothing to whine about here.

With all that said, I only wished Final Fantasy games would have the feature too, especially for titles in the series such as FFIX and FFXII.