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Nem on 16 December 2013
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Ponyless said:
 

Ignoring Aviggo's Flamebait, i gotta call something out.

First off, pokemon is a grindy game not for everone? Have you seen the sales of the thing, if 10+million sales for each game is now considered niche, i really don't know what to say to you.

No 3DS rpg comes close to P4G? Have you played Etrian Odyssey? Have you played SMT 4? Have you played Pokemon? Gameplay wise, it absolutely smashes P4G. Persona 4 has amazing characters, great story, and the social link element is amazing, but the gameplay is still bad. You complain about grindy games like Bravely and pokemon and yet you still say how excellent P4G is? You go through a dungeon with the same music, same enemies, same combat, that tends to last 3-4 hours. You need to grind off the golden hands or else your party will get destroyed by the boss stage. The only thing that stops it from being unplayable is the fact that at least the music is nice and changes per dungeon, unlike Persona 3's 250+ floor tower with the same music throughout.

P4G is still an amazing game, but to say nothing on 3DS matches it....i would say you need to broaden those horizons on 3DS games.


Pokémon is a game for pokémon fans. If you dont like pokémon its just a grindy fest with little story. Yes, there are lots of pokémon fans though. 

Etrian odyssey does not compare to P4G. Its has simplistic presentation with 2D graphics for the most part and a first person dungeons navigation. SMT4 is better but it still holds to 2D graphics on battles aswell.

I dont understand how you say SMT4 is good but the gameplay on P4G is bad? How can it be bad? All you do is move on envyronments talking to people and running into monsters in dungeons (and opening chests). The batlle is where the meat is and that is very strategic and enjoyable. I wouldnt even have looked twice to the SMT series if it werent for the Persona 3/4 games. The ammount of character development and the quality of the story is leagues ahead anything that was put out for the 3DS. The graphics are full 3D and quite pleasant aswell as the soundtrack.

Most of all though, Persona isnt grindy. And that is extremely important when measuring the wide appeal of a JRPG.

Oh and i do have a 3DS and i have played and beaten pokémon Y. I do not limit myself to only one device nor do i go to the internet to rile people up and say how much better system X is compared to System Y. That annoys me, wether i have the system or not and i will speak up against it. If you want to hate someone, hate the companies and their policies, but none of the consoles on the market is inherently a bad product. 32X... THAT was a bad system.