| spemanig said: I don't know how many dating sims you've played, but that's literally exactly what you do in dating sims. Like literally all of them. There is a misconception that every mechanic in a dating sim is about going on dates and sleeping with people, which literally is not how these games work. A dating sim is a time management, skill accumulation visual novel where dating is a major incentive for fulfilling these mechanics. That's what every Persona post-3 is, including 5. You can have a dating sim where not every interaction is about dating. P5 is not alone in this. It doesn't matter if going on dates is your choice. It's your choice in literally every dating sim. You don't have to date anyone in literally any dating sim. It being a choice doesn't make the genre different, especially when going on dates has such a significant mechanical benefit in dungeons. I'm sure there are a lot of FPS games that you can beat by just using melee attacks. That doesn't make them beat 'em up games. You're just making the game needlessly difficult for yourself by not playing the way the mechanics are incentivising you to play. It's the same thing when you play a Persona game as if it's not a dating sim. |
Yeah, I haven't played any dating sim but just because it's applying the same concept of time management and having similarities from dating sim doesn't make it a dating sim. It's one of the aspect yes but I wholeheartedly disagree that Persona is a dating sim especially P5. I like the social aspect so don't get me wrong. I just disagree on how you portrayed Persona especially 5 because it's very different.
Out of curiosity, did you already played Persona 5 though? Just like Super Boom and me said it's all a choice. I mean Persona is litterally 3/4 JRPG and 1/4 dating sim. Persona 5 didn't focus on Social links or confidant. It felt like an extra. Yes, having to socialize with the confidant will make it easier for the main character but it doesn't force you to do it because you have a choice to do a different path. The romance itself is not even significant to the point that just get what you need and you are good to go unlike with the previous that it feels it's force on you. Just do things I have said above you can create a persona that will make you invincible.
