Favorite Games?
Wow, everyone plays shooters. I feel really weird right now.
Anyway, I tend to enjoy playing RPGs [especially Japanese RPGs; I don't know, the grimdark, grizzledsoldier archetype isn't my cup of tea for characters] and fighting games. I play RPGs for the story and/or for the characters, and fighting games for the competition and technical skill. Overall, though, my favorite game has to be an RPG called Persona 4.
Forgive the English. It's a Japanese game.
The basic plot of the game is: The main character [who you get to name] is moving into a rural town for a year due to his parents' work. In the very beginning of the game, you view a dream-esque scene where a strange man warns you that you will face a mystery at this new town. He moves in with his uncle, and then starts school. The game starts off slow—you have to wait almost three hours before you can even control your character due to all of the dialogue—and you're slowly introduced to some of the other reoccuring characters. One day, you have a strange dream, and then someone found dead the following day, hanging on an antenna. A few days pass, and another person, someone from your school and the person who had found the body, is also found dead in a similar manner. You and your friends investigate, and you realize that it could possibly be related to a strange television program, the 'Midnight Channel', that only goes on at midnight when it rains. The people who have died have shown up on that channel. Also, you find that you have the ability to enter TVs, and you find a strange world when you enter.
Yes, it sounds very convoluted, but I tend to forgive strangeness [and sometimes poor writing as well] when things have redeeming features, and I feel that this game has those features. I like all of the characters in the game, and I feel that the characters are the driving force of the game. Then again, it's easy to say they're all cliche, comic-relief characters, but it's all up to preference.
The best thing about the game has to be the atmosphere. Everything, from the setting to the interface to the music, gives off a very retro feel, which makes the setting feel much more interesting. The game has a very strong visual style [if you could tell by the opening], and I think that's the strongest thing about the game.
Anyway, I tend to enjoy playing RPGs [especially Japanese RPGs; I don't know, the grimdark, grizzledsoldier archetype isn't my cup of tea for characters] and fighting games. I play RPGs for the story and/or for the characters, and fighting games for the competition and technical skill. Overall, though, my favorite game has to be an RPG called Persona 4.
Forgive the English. It's a Japanese game.
The basic plot of the game is: The main character [who you get to name] is moving into a rural town for a year due to his parents' work. In the very beginning of the game, you view a dream-esque scene where a strange man warns you that you will face a mystery at this new town. He moves in with his uncle, and then starts school. The game starts off slow—you have to wait almost three hours before you can even control your character due to all of the dialogue—and you're slowly introduced to some of the other reoccuring characters. One day, you have a strange dream, and then someone found dead the following day, hanging on an antenna. A few days pass, and another person, someone from your school and the person who had found the body, is also found dead in a similar manner. You and your friends investigate, and you realize that it could possibly be related to a strange television program, the 'Midnight Channel', that only goes on at midnight when it rains. The people who have died have shown up on that channel. Also, you find that you have the ability to enter TVs, and you find a strange world when you enter.
Yes, it sounds very convoluted, but I tend to forgive strangeness [and sometimes poor writing as well] when things have redeeming features, and I feel that this game has those features. I like all of the characters in the game, and I feel that the characters are the driving force of the game. Then again, it's easy to say they're all cliche, comic-relief characters, but it's all up to preference.
The best thing about the game has to be the atmosphere. Everything, from the setting to the interface to the music, gives off a very retro feel, which makes the setting feel much more interesting. The game has a very strong visual style [if you could tell by the opening], and I think that's the strongest thing about the game.
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