I'll be sure to give it a watch once I finish my homework.

Yeah lol that's what I've been looking most specifically at. I'm in no rush, but as soon as an opportunity presents itself like what happened with SMT IV, I'll be more than willing to give it another swing.

Well the grinding pretty much destroys any intrest I had in P2. I'm all for a good story, but like I always say, it has to be a good game first. I can forgive bad story when there's good gameplay, but the other way around is much tougher to do, and grinding is the antithesis of good gameplay to me.

That's actually a really good point. Devil Survivor is probably a really good look at how the gameplay might be for SMT x FE... Hm...

As the MC represents you, I don`t think the MC would be able to talk, as with any MCs who represent you. It would sort of break this tie that that the MC is you by saying something or in a way that you wouldn`t say. Isabeau does seem interesting in that, unless you`re neutral, she is your enemy, seeming like maybe the side you picked isn`t the right one, which maybe makes me think I made a wrong choice or didn`t think things clearly enough. I don`t know...! I just feel bad when I had to defeat her. I wish it didn`t have to end that way...

For me, the Tokyo reveal really shattered my immersion in that regard. And while I think that was a good thing, it did disconnect me with the main character, as there's no way I could pretend to be in their shoes anymore. I already understood something about the world that the MC could never. I think it was good, but I think that the side effect is that I started looking at the MC as someone else, instead an avatar, and he felt pretty boring to me.

Doesn't Robin from Fire Emblem speak? Couldn't that work? Or something like Shepard from Mass Effect? I hate Mass Effect though...

I don't know what's best I guess, but I just didn't feel like being silent worked for Flynn like it works for other silent protags.

It's also a good way to prepare for SMT X FE.

I think in the case of SMT IV, I mean a representation of the player in terms of morality, like where you lie in terms of good and bad, or what seems right or wrong to you. In this case, I felt it was better for the MC to be silent, at least for me, or maybe I liked him being silent...

When I was thinking about the player as the MC, I did think of Robin as he does talk and it did work there. Though maybe it didn`t like I was playing as me, but a different me or someone else as me..? I`m not sure. I think voiced characters can work, as FE and ME show, although it doesn`t feel like I am Shepard but playing as a good or bad Shepard. It feels a little hard for me to explain...

Yeah, that's the biggest reason I want to play it. It's funny. Usually a crossover is meant to get the fan of one franchise interested in the other, like with Hyrule Warriors. In my case though, it's gotten a fan of neither franchise interested in both lol.

Yeah. I don't see why the character couldn't represent the players' moral choice, while still being character independant of the player. It's actually funny. Whenever I was wearing a mask, I felt like me, only to remember during battles and cutscenes that it was this completely different character. I just didn't think being silent worked in his favor very much. Expecially when the only thing you ever hear him say is Burroughs. We all know he has a voice that's not ours lol.

Hmm, all I have left is maybe the dev team wanted you to feel like you were the character, by making him silent? I`m not sure.

Yeah, he does say Burroughs, so he can talk. I guess they didn`t want him to talk... : /