Saturday, July 23, 2011

The Whole PC versus Console feud is getting ridiculous.

It matters not whether you're partial to your mouse and keyboard or you'd rather swing your Wiimote or mash the buttons on your controller. Using a PC to game does not mean that you have to make an arse out of yourself , proclaim that using the PC for gaming is the only way to go and that those who use consoles are pathetic dweebs who really know nothing about 'true gaming'.

What the heck is true gaming anyway?

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Of Personas and why I love the Shin Megami Tensei Series

I find it aptly fitting that I started and finished playing Persona 4 this year. Persona 4 was the first Shin Megami Tensei franchise that I've finished and I really enjoyed it a lot. Actually I've tried Persona 3 Portable and I must say that the game was pretty drab in comparison to Persona 4.Sure, the premise of Persona 3 was way more intriguing than P4 (shooting one's head to evoke the fear of death which causes them to summon Persona, while in P4 you just crush a card. Anticlimactic, right?)For someone as dark and brooding as I am,you'd think I'd prefer the darker setting of Persona 3. Well I didn't.I found P3 very tedious to play, while Persona 4 was very much enjoyable.But what makes P4 better than P3. What Persona 4 does better than Persona 3 is the characterization. P3 provided us with characters that are basically stereotypes. Depth, what character depth? Zilch, nada, nil.Persona 4's characters felt really human, like they could be the people in your school, with their issues and such. That said, I'm a sucker for Naoto Shirogane and Kanji Tatsumi. Their issues are kind of my issues. Totally relatable.