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Xen on 17 August 2017
SegataSanshiro said:
VGPolyglot said:

Least memorable characters? I can remember them very clearly.

Outside of Futaba they are super bland unlike 4 or 3. Yeah MC is dull in both but the supportng cast in P5 overall is super bland, Futaba aside. Morgana is maybe the most annoying ever. Makes Teddie seem fine. People moan about "all indies have bad stories" when you really look around. Most games indies, AAA, B games and the like, most have bad stories. Even the proverbial champion in gamers eyes, Xenogears has a rubbish story. I love the game as well but it's story isn't very good.

If Xenogears is garbage now, what is an example of a good story in your eyes?



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AngryLittleAlchemist on 17 August 2017
SegataSanshiro said:
VGPolyglot said:

Least memorable characters? I can remember them very clearly.

Outside of Futaba they are super bland unlike 4 or 3. Yeah MC is dull in both but the supportng cast in P5 overall is super bland, Futaba aside. Morgana is maybe the most annoying ever. Makes Teddie seem fine. People moan about "all indies have bad stories" when you really look around. Most games indies, AAA, B games and the like, most have bad stories. Even the proverbial champion in gamers eyes, Xenogears has a rubbish story. I love the game as well but it's story isn't very good.

Dude I agree! I played the first 5 hours of Persona and the only characters I remembered where Shinji Ikari, Ryuji, Ann, Morgana, Igor, Shiho, Yusuke, and Kamoshida!!!!



flashfire926 on 17 August 2017

Lucky looks like a cheap rip-off cross between conker and bubsy tbh.why can't ms come out with a conker or banjo game instead of this.......



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KLAMarine on 17 August 2017
Ka-pi96 said:
Indies suck at graphics, gameplay and story... so why wouldn`t they suck at character design as well?

Excuse me!?



SegataSanshiro on 17 August 2017
Xen said:
SegataSanshiro said:

Outside of Futaba they are super bland unlike 4 or 3. Yeah MC is dull in both but the supportng cast in P5 overall is super bland, Futaba aside. Morgana is maybe the most annoying ever. Makes Teddie seem fine. People moan about "all indies have bad stories" when you really look around. Most games indies, AAA, B games and the like, most have bad stories. Even the proverbial champion in gamers eyes, Xenogears has a rubbish story. I love the game as well but it's story isn't very good.

If Xenogears is garbage now, what is an example of a good story in your eyes?

Few recent examples. Nier,Yakuza 0 ,Nier Automata.



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Xen on 17 August 2017
SegataSanshiro said:
Xen said:

If Xenogears is garbage now, what is an example of a good story in your eyes?

Few recent examples. Nier,Yakuza 0 ,Nier Automata.

Try older I am not playing many recent games (though, each and every one of those three, I am interested in/getting)



IkePoR on 17 August 2017
pokoko said:
Mass generalization threads like this always make me chuckle.

I'll never really understand why people limit themselves with generalized labels. "I don't like indies!" "I don't like AAA games!" "I don't like modern games!" I don't really give a rat's ass about that. If I see a game that looks fun or entertaining, I'll play it.

There have been some fantastic games made by smaller developers and I'm very glad I didn't miss some of them because of a preconceived bias.

Finally, someone making sense in this god awful thread.



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SegataSanshiro on 17 August 2017
Xen said:
SegataSanshiro said:

Few recent examples. Nier,Yakuza 0 ,Nier Automata.

Try older I am not playing many recent games (though, each and every one of those three, I am interested in/getting)

FFIV,FFVI,CT,Max Payne,Planscape,Grim Fandango,Silent Hill 2,Balders Gate 2,Duex Ex to name a few.



Ljink96 on 17 August 2017

The only indie character I can easily recognize is Shovel Knight and Cave Story.



fleischr on 17 August 2017

The same reason so many suck at fonts and user interface too



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