#persona 5. game of all time. wish i could fucking play it

[blueskittlesart]

Ah yes, the okumura palace arc. Aka, the worst part of every p5 playthrough. The palace is horrible, the story part during this arc is shit (seriously, why does Morgana feel affected by Ryuji's insults NOW when during LITERALLY the entire rest of the game he doesn't give a shit?). And the Boss fight is both timed AND has waves for you to fight through.

At least you get Angy Floof during this part of the game, so it has A good thing to it.

i have such mixed feelings about this palace in general because i think it definitely has its moments. the dungeon itself is fairly well-designed in terms of layout and puzzles and haru's little moment with her persona was seriously great (im obsessed with her) but christ alive. i was on a solid zero-deaths streak before this fucking palace destroyed it. i have legitimately replayed okumura's stupid ass boss battle about 20 times at this point because i cant for the life of me make it past the final wave of monsters even with multiple characters using multi-enemy skills, targeting weaknesses, stat boosts, literally every strategy i could think of is not enough. like at this point i think my only option is to reset and spend like. hours grinding xp in mementos or something so i can get a big enough xp gap to cancel out the insane difficulty spike here. i couldnt even figure out what was going on at first because the game doesnt actually tell you you only have 3 turns to beat each wave it just keeps resetting the damn enemies for no fucking reason

gameplay aside i do think you're right about the story not being. super strong lmao. morgana's departure did feel very forced. i also can't quite tell rn if the player is SUPPOSED to have reservations about targeting okumura without a lot of actual evidence of wrongdoing and this is the beginning of a spiral for the phantom thieves or if the writers just got lazy and decided they didn't need to explain why the theives decided to attack this guy beyond "he has a palace so he is bad." obv they get a reason in the form of haru later on but like. going into this they didn't have much solid evidence on okumura. they were really just going off super vague rumors and people yelling at them about it online. since the game is so focused on the morality of your actions this concerns me, UNLESS it is intentionally the beginning of a spiral in which the thieves start caring more about public opinion than actually helping people. that would be the good outcome here otherwise it was just bad writing. im never going to figure it out though because i am never going to get past this FUCKING BATTLE

[evita-shelby]

They didn't know we were seeds

Chapter 21

Cw: the usual so mdni

@justrainandcoffee @emotionalcadaver @call-sign-shark @peakyswritings

The games are long, by the eighth day Eva’s tributes are both dead even after Polly Gray paid a fortune to send the boy medicine to have survive the fire and the infection from a wound he sustained in the bloodbath. And because she got the woman to spend a precious dime on a dead boy, Snow refunds Gray’s whelp with Eva on the tenth night.

The boy’s barely twenty-one, his first time here and being primed to betray Tommy because Snow knows a mother would do anything for her child.

Even betray the holy cause.

Not that Jack would blame her, if it was his kid on the line, he’d serve Plutarch’s head on a platter for Snow. Family was a weakness, but it was also their strength.

Jack’s sword could deliver the Heads of every member of Snow’s Cabinet to the elusive President of 13 if anyone even so much as breathed too hard near his wife and little boy. Campbell would die painfully, by his mother’s hand if she’s wants to beat Polly Gray to the punch.

“Wish I could just fuck off with you and come back when it’s over.” The victor admits pulling his wife onto his lap no longer caring who sees them now that the game is at a record breaking fourteenth day.

The rules have been changed to see which duo would take the other out first and face Thresh. The rules would be changed again because this would be a nice little trap to generate the drama that will keep the Capitol entertained a while longer. People don’t like the games when they last too long.

And after the alleged riots in 11 after Aveline’s kid died, Snow needs their tribute dead to keep him from joining them. So far Clove had died at the feast yesterday and Cato has been hunting Thresh for the past day and night.

The storm proves a good danger for both boys, somehow the girl from 5 evades everyone. Thresh has spotted her but gives no chase, he only wants one person, and that person is hiding in a cave faking a romance to keep them both alive.

Haymitch has no idea how right he was about her being like Eva. Sometimes he doesn’t see the girl and boy from 12 in a rainy cave, sometimes Jack sees his twin brother and Eva wandering a desert.

Enobaria can keep the night shift, he needs to be away from these screens if he wants to keep himself from seeing the 61st games repeat themselves before his eyes.

“I’ll keep you company like this every day if you like, handsome.” the witch gave him a sultry smile as she got comfortable and drank her champagne still wearing that fucking persona like a second skin.

Everything’s different, the touches, the words and all that only had the intention to seduce and make the recipient believe she was the real thing. But this was the only way they could get away with being this close in public and those false caresses held a tiny hint of the real thing to make it worth it.

“Shame we’re in public, doll,” he nuzzled her and kissed the side of her neck with one hand wandering under her short skirt. Jack had wanted to fuck her against the bathroom stall earlier, but with everyone betting on Haymitch’s girl after the sendoff she gave Aveline’s kid, there was no fucking privacy.

“My place tonight, Jewel invited Matty to a party and I’ll be all by my lonesome in my big and empty bed.” Eva plays the whore to perfection, discards her glass an lets her cold hand run up and down his chest with very clear intentions.

This one was genuine, with the new escort and Helvia fearing for her own job as well, they haven’t been able to be together as often as they are used to.

Last time they were at her place, Jewel had caught them red handed and couldn’t believe the rumors were true. Helvia had talked to the girl, but now Hel was fretting about blabbermouth telling Caesar any second and getting her put to pasture as well.

But whatever punishment they get will be set for next year, they got one fucking year to make it all count.

Who knows if the Girl on Fire proves to be the Victor in this game, they won’t even see the horrors of the Quarter Quell.

“'Baria can hold the fort for me, how about now?” He suggests when the blond kid in the cave morphs into his brother’s face.

The last three days of the games provide enough entertainment for the Capitol for them to pass by unseen.

Jack tries not to show it, but he clings to Eva because he knows how that romance will end. He’s woken up from night terrors calling out for his brother, begging her not to kill his brother and, even worse, begging her not to kill him.

He’s drinking more, numbing himself in hopes the end of the games won’t fuck him up even more. It’s late evening when Cato uses Jack’s fighting stances to kill Thresh in Clove’s name and Jack pretends he is confident that the kid will win.

They’re on the couch again, Eva snuggled up on his side and his arm around her shoulders as the other holds his fourth whiskey.

“If you ask me, Katniss won’t kill him, she would’ve let him die in that cave instead of saving his life.” Eva tries her best to reassure him that her story isn’t playing out before them.

She has nightmares of her time in the arena and every moment after thanks to the star-crossed lovers. Just like Jack, she dreams she must kill him to win, to go home to Laurie with his father’s blood in her hands.

It’s not always her arena, sometimes it’s his or this one they are watching.

Eva is seventeen again, Jack is sometimes the teenage heartthrob she rolled her eyes at when he checked her out after her interview, and sometimes he is the man she loves and is a menace in the kitchen.

“You know the games won’t allow two victors, Evie. She’s got a sister and a mother who depend on her to survive, Peeta’s best chance is that Cato or the ginger take him out first.” He doesn’t look at her, his eyes glued to the screen as the cameras go to the ramrod thin girl from 5. The girl could win, hiding had helped the two victors from 6 and Annie Cresta as well.

But she is not the girl on fire or else Cinna would’ve picked her.

And sure enough, Marissa from 5 dies when starvation has her forget Peeta Mellark knows little about foraging like his fake girlfriend. She gorges herself on the things she stole and hesitates with the nightlock berries before eating them all in one bite.

An accident or suicide, no one will ever know. Marissa, with her foxlike character, dies after the excess of berries cause a violent seizure after the vomiting and sweating drives her to dehydration even at the edge of the water.

When her picture is broadcasted in the fake sky, the cameras focus on the girl’s blue eyes in the wolf mutt with the collar reading:5.

Eva cannot help but wonder what sort of creatures will be unleashed on them next year.

Neither sleep that night, even the comforting sight of Eva’s farmhouse in his ceiling cannot shake away the feeling that they will see her story play out once more. It was what Snow wanted them to see, to show them all no one can bend the rules and go unpunished.

Seneca Crane’s life was in Katniss Everdeen’s hands and the girl didn’t even know it.

“You don’t have to see him die.” Eva tells him in the afternoon of the 17th games when his student stops being the hunter and becomes the hunted. The boy reaches the Cornucopia by late evening and when he goes for the easy kill, Peeta Mellark, the girl’s last arrow sends him careening down to his slow and torturous death.

“I stayed the entire day like this in your games, I had hoped you’d be killed by Aveline’s kid because I knew Laurie wouldn’t do it.” Jack admits keeping his eyes on the boy being mauled to an inch of his life as a punishment for everyone watching. “Then I saw the snake in your hand when you went to him knowing he wouldn’t suspect a thing. They cut the footage of you killing yourself here too, they made it look like you didn’t care about him and only wanted to win. Heavensbee is damn fool for thinking his symbol exists, his symbol wants to live like we all did.”

And then on the morning of the 18th Games, Katniss convinces Peeta to commit a double suicide and forces Snow to change his rules.

Jack was right, Katniss wanted to live as badly as they do. Only she will have to live chained to Peeta and their false romance until the Games are no more.

The odds won’t be in their favor.

They never are for victors.

End of Part 3: Mentor

[wario-land]

I'm still going fucking insane btw. But slowly recovering my love for videogames as well, even if in a slightly unhinged unhealthy way

Me and my brother got a PS3, I'm not sure if I've mentioned it. It's unlocked and has a bunch of high profile games in it.

I've been playing Skyrim for the first time ever, Persona 5 (fucking finally), Guilty Gear Xrd with my bro, replaying Persona 3 FES on my laptop, a little bit of GTA San Andreas, and Chrono Trigger on the 3DS

Been really enjoying Skyrim actually, didn't expect that. I'm a heavy armor Orc with a hammer, and I've explored and looted so many places. And I really wanna talk about Persona 3 and 5 now that I've finally played all 3 of the main series. Really wish I could play P3 Reload tho

[mostmagical]

nicole my love will you rank your top three or top five or top ten video games… whichever number you wish to gush about… i love you…

hi sunny..... oughh I have a tough time picking favorites.... I looked at this question like a homework assignment.. I did a top 10 and I put reasoning even though you did not ask for that but I'm putting it under this read more in case you want it... you don't have to read more though... but you can... i love you...

Top 10

Kingdom Hearts - Obviously of course. I don’t always even rank KH1 as my favorite KH game but basically this was my “oh games can be like that?” game. Until I played this, I mostly played simulator games and movie tie-ins and Barbie games, and I loved those but this one had a STORY I could bury myself in. I forced the friend I played this game with to sit and wait while I read through every journal entry and character file looking for MORE, because I was so immediately hooked on everything.

Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories - This one always ranks high not just because of the story, which I love, but because this was the first game I ever beat entirely by myself. A lot of people skip or can’t stand this game so I’m extra proud of myself tbh. But this is the game where one of my favorite characters became one of my favorite characters, so it’ll always have a special place.

Ōkami - I love this game so much… It’s so visually stunning, I love the unique game play, and Amaterasu is such an amazing protagonist despite the fact that she does talk outside of barking and howling and also she is literally a dog. But she’s so good. There’s a dedicated bark button, which is important. AND THERE’S FISHING!

Final Fantasy X - I’ve literally never sobbed more over a piece of media in my entire life. The game wasn’t even over yet. I had to fight a boss with tears in my eyes. This was my first FF game and oh my god. Oh my god. I can say no more.

Horizon Zero Dawn - I got so sucked into this game. It was all I could think about for months. I love the environmental storytelling and the world-building and Aloy is a female protagonist WITHOUT a love interest in this game and it’s so huge to me and ugh. UGH.,

Hades - This game is so fun… I usually don’t like games that make me feel like I’m struggling but they somehow made it such a joy to die over and over again and see what’s up in the house. The sheer amount of unique dialogue makes it impossible to get annoyed. And it’s just FUN. Full of complicated family dynamics and Greek mythology… Collectibles… WOO (also has fishing)

Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life - This is a really sentimental add, but it’s genuinely one of my favorites. I have so many memories of me and my childhood best friend staying up until the wee hours of the morning playing this game, only to go to bed and set an alarm to get up and play it again. AWL has some of the best NPCs of all HM/SOS games, and also the cutest cows. Ever.

Final Fantasy XV - FISHING. And also stories about bonds we build… friendship… ough.. I love sitting in the back of the car and letting Ignis drive and feeling like we’re all on a friendship road trip together. Random stops for pictures and bathroom breaks included. Luna deserved better but the hours I spent fishing made up for that.

Persona 5 Strikers - It probably seems silly to put this here and not Persona 5, but I really loved Strikers so much. It had such satisfying gameplay, completely different from the source material, yet still somehow felt like such an homage to the classic movesets. It was a really good adaptation to a new genre. I loved the story and the new characters, who MADE ME CRY! and I think it’s such a shame, because a lot of Persona players skipped this one!!! Ryuji gets to say fuck. Come on, people.

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles - I love the characters in this game so much… I miss them… I love the original AA trilogy, but this one was so much fun for me. I love Herlock Sholmes… I love him so much I forgot that his real name is not Herlock Sholmes. All the characters are so dynamic and the cases are so fun… That was a game I wished never had to end.

Special mention to Animal Crossing: Wild World, Barbie Horse Adventures Mystery Ride, Secret Agent Barbie, Ni No Kuni, God of War (2018), Gris... I love video games. Damn.

[styrmwb]

I beat Persona 5 Royal

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Knocking another game off the list of games I should have played a long time ago, and this one is just... so so so so good. Ever since I booted it up I was absolutely absorbed into the game the entire way through. I don't think I really had Persona in my sight until Joker was announced for Smash a while back, and then this game was always like "I really need to at least interact with it like I have every other character in Smash", but that obviously took a while. I am glad I waited though, cause from what I've heard, Royal is just objectively the better experience. For what is my first entry into the series, it completely hooked me and I am in for the rest (and also SMT but that's later)

Gameplay

Turn! Based! RPG! Of course I'm gonna fucking like it I love turn based RPGs. But like actual shit, there's two aspects to this game and I love them both.

Battling/Hanging out in the Metaverse is very fun. All turn based needs to really pop off in the modern day is fun options, and I feel as though I am given that. Baton passing alone is all I really needed, as it makes me think of the optimal order to take down each enemy for the best result. I absolutely loved the magical elements used. Like yeah you got the classic Fire, Ice, Wind, Electricity, but then you also got fucking Psy, Bless, Curse, and my new favorite of all time Nuke???? I love Nuke so much it's such a cool concept! They each have like, their own unmentioned counters/duos which is super cool! Also Almighty goes incredibly hard. Then you add on the buffs and debuffs. I FREQUENTLY used all of them and felt like they were critical to fights which is awesome. Combine these two for technicals, certain statuses making a weakness when hit with certain elements, it's just such a joy and it makes battles where I can actively use all of these something I look forward to (and then when you have a stupid bullshit fight and your name is Okumura, I hate you forever and I'm going to date your daughter in revenge, FUCK that fight eternally it was the only boss I actively disliked).

The other half of the game is your slice of life student simulator. The other half of the game is also like crack, and I swear they put demons in the game cause something would possess me whenever I got to roam the world. Despite the limited clock, I relished managing my time. I loved thinking of who to spend my time with, when to focus on skills rather than confidants, how to optimize my Mementos trips, knocking out an entire Palace all at once so I could have maximum time for the rest of the month, it was so addictive! It really came to a head in the Royal Third Semester section where I literally created saves and calculated if I had enough time to do everything I wanted to, and finished it on Literally the last free day. Also, when like 75% of your game is writing, it helps when the writing is good, and I absolutely loved reading everything, but maybe I'll talk about that more later.

Last bit that I'm gonna expand on why I love more later, but I was NOT expecting this game to be a monster collector. Regardless, I loved the flow of collecting new guys, then seeing what I could fuse together to obtain.

Characters

I! Love! This! Cast! I love them to the bottom of my heart! The best way to make me love an RPG is by making me care about the core group to the bottom of my heart and I do. When I write these, I mean the tag of game ramblings literally cause this is all just stream of thought, so I have a feeling this is gonna be the longest section. Sorry in advance.

The Phantom Thieves of Hearts is a name that goes incredibly hard (and I wish they didn't make me name the group separately cause I just stuck with the default anyways (I'm a default daniel)), and a group that I hope keeps their group chat open for the rest of their lives and is always friends.

Ryuji is my fucking BOY. I don't care if he's an idiot and needs to keep his damn mouth shut sometimes, I'm ride or die with that dude for life. I thought his backstory as a former track star now dealing with his physical disability and ruined record was really interesting, and added an extra layer to the usual delinquent + stupid best friend energy. In battles, I would bring him in when I needed to smash shit, cause he does that Very well. Captain Kidd is a sick design and namesake, and I really wish I could have kept the basic design.

Morgana :) kitty (despite what he says). I'll admit, he's not my Favorite of the bunch (this does not mean he is bad! B tier is still good, but it is ultimately below A and S!) as his bits of I'm NOT A CAT and Lady Ann~ didn't really hit it for me, and I didn't usually use him in battles, as Joker tended to take over the wind damage role (although I always used him for healing outside, or in harder battles), but I cannot deny that he's a very good companion. It was nice to have your little buddy always by your side. He's with you when you're playing games. He's cheering you on while you eat a big burger. He lays on top of you at night like a cat is best at doing and he confides his secrets in you. I get why he had his moment of weakness and insecurity, but if that was me in there, I'd be giving Morgana as much love and appreciation as I could.

Ann is so strong, both story wise and game wise. Seeing her rise up against the constant bullshit she has to deal with, from the teacher, her best friend's struggles, and other models, was inspiring, and I rooted for her constantly. I essentially always had her in battle, with the magic SP usage down passive, her fire damage being usually relevant, and her buffs/debuffs being Very useful. Ann was the goat in the whole playthrough. I almost chose her as the romance but sadly I held out and was rewarded for doing so. Also, her third awakening Persona SLAPS

Yusuke is... probably my least favorite member of the group. Again, not bad. Not hated. Just least favorite. I rarely ever used him in battle, but his up to evasion did very much come in clutch. I couldn't really mesh with his love for the arts, but that's mainly on me over the actual writing of the character I think. I did, however, really appreciate the fact that he was clearly struggling in life and had a group to back him up. I also quite enjoyed his literal starving artist shtick. Poor guy, let him eat the sushi and have more than sugar water and slice of toast for dinner.

Makoto is amazing. Such a sudden turn around from stuck up student president to the MVP of the group. Her design is so cool, I loved the biker aesthetic, the fist weapons, the fucking motorcycle! Her role as someone to bring thoughts and logic to the group, as well as the connection to an "antagonist" with her relation to Sae was very needed. I wish her confidant storyline focused a little more on her, but that's ok. The girl's an absolute badass, and a joy to have in the group. She was another essential part of the team, usually being my team buffer, but also nuke damage is goated (again it's like, my favorite element in this game). Plus both of her showtimes are amazing lmao

Futaba is my little sister, and deserves a hug. Her palace is absolutely heartbreaking, and it is something that makes me so so glad to see what happens to her afterward. Seeing her grow from a severely traumatized teen wanting to die to someone that enjoys and loves life and her friends makes me so happy. She didn't deserve ANYTHING that happened to her. Gameplay wise, once I started to get her levels up and max her confidant, she absolutely came in clutch, and somehow always consistently gave me whatever support I needed. I also quite enjoyed her constant nerd references that came really close to lawsuits (she straight up said gym leader)

Haru :) <3 I love Haru. The moment I saw her, acting like a dramatic masked hero, and then she fuckin pulls out an axe and grenade launcher, it was over. I've seen a lot of people lamenting her screen time, and while I do wish she got more, it certainly didn't stop me from enjoying her character (although maybe Royal helps that?). She's sweet, silly, caring, soft, and somehow brutal. Like Kirby in human form. I feel like she really got it rough out of the party, her dad getting assassinated, and still having to deal with the burdens of a company, but she still made it through. She's the best. Gameplay, I feel like she very much came in clutch with her Psy affinity constantly comboing for technicals, and her reflect spells protecting Joker from dying. Fuck you Okumura and the stupid fiancee you picked I'M GONNA GIVE HARU THE BEST LIFE EVER TO SPITE YOU

Akechi is interesting. The moment I see this fucker, my brain connects him to Light from Death Note. I'm constantly waiting for him to hit his villain arc. Then he joins the party, and I'm surprised! Oh shit, that's the second big rpg I've played this year that has a surprise party member I didn't know about! How cool :) Then pancakes happen, and I realize the game sucker punched me into forgetting that THE DUDE WAS SUS AS FUCK FROM THE START THE BASTARD! I really enjoyed him in the third semester though. Completely dropping the act, and powering through full of anger and spite regardless of his inevitable fate. Akechi is a cool character. I didn't use him much in battle, but he was great for big physical/gun numbers. Also Loki is a sick ass Persona.

Then the last member, Sumire. i do feel like she felt... a little forced in? Like I could definitely tell she was extra Royal content. I wish she had more scenes with the group, and longer playability. Regardless though, I still enjoyed her character. A story of someone dealing with self-esteem and aspirations of death really hits close to home, and I loved seeing her accept herself, still walk forward in life, and thrive, finding a group she belongs in. I can't say much gameplay wise cause she just wasn't there for long, but her big physical moves were very appreciated in the final battle.

Now everyone else. The other confidants were very enjoyable. Sojiro is like, EASILY the best one out of the whole group. He's my actual literal dad, and I wish Joker could have stayed with him cause fuck his real parents, if no one got me I know Sojiro got me! I also really enjoyed Iwai I'm just a sucker for dad type characters. While I don't really fuck with the whole maid-master shit, I did still really like Kawakami too. The only one I didn't really care for was Ohya. I just like... couldn't lock in with her or her story line (we love Lala though!) Everyone else, even Shinya, I wanted to see through their story, and was excited for each bit I got. (Shoutouts to Yoshida, the ONLY good politician. This is how you can tell this is a fictional game)

The villains as I look back, aren't exactly the peak of characters compared to most of the list, but they were still enjoyable. Kamoshida was the perfect introduction, an absolute scumbag the game made sure you would hate, and someone that set the tone for me of what the rest of the game would look like. Like, once I noticed the middle name of his boss fight being one of the princes of hell, I got really excited. Madarame and Kaneshiro were fine, I more appreciated what they served narratively over their actual characters. Okumura is a piece of shit and I hate him forever (but jokes aside there was something very cathartic about a game presenting a CEO as a cartoonishly evil pile of garbage), and Shido I felt was a nice way to tie everyone together, having connections to everyone from the start. I can't really call Sae a villain per se, but I will put her here anyways. I thought her palace was super cool, and her turn from antagonist to support was appreciated. Yaldabaoth I think was a cool reveal character, and an awesome classic JRPG ending, but overall I think I appreciated Shido more.

Now since this is Royal, the real MVP is Maruki. I love this dude. I appreciated him at the start, a therapist character I feel like, isn't something super common? I loved how much it seemed like he genuinely cared about people. And that was his whole deal, even to the end. He wasn't a bad guy, he honest to god cared about people. Like yeah, he wasn't doing anything the right way, and even his outfit being like a bishop or a pope showed that he was Not there mentally, but he was such a cool character. A hurt and sad man who lost too much, wanting to prevent others from feeling the same way. I think he especially makes me appreciate how the Phantom Thieves' methods don't kill, because it gave him a semi happy ending. Now, I think I've rambled about characters long enough, but again, I did really enjoy this whole cast.

Story

I think the fact that I played this game at this time in my life rather than when it came out is nothing but a benefit, because the story of a group of people hurt by society fighting back against the shitheads and taking down the corrupt really hits different (although it does have a bit of an FFVII effect where the mass popularity and marketing of the game kinda goes against the original message, I can't help but think of the possible Okumura or Kaneshiro in the background). But regardless. I was locked in the whole way through. Most of my love for the writing of this game comes with the characters and their interactions and stories, but that major theming of rebellion, fighting for the people, just sits well in my heart.

Like I mentioned before, this was my first Persona game. It also feels weird to like, Say this, but I am a big fan of Jojo as well, Part 4 being my favorite. Persona hits that same itch, that slice of life setting, a group of high schoolers having fun, enjoying their life, but also fighting against the people harming their city and way of life. It's like, a venn diagram that's a circle (I've heard 4 is even more similar and I'm looking forward to playing that next).

The writing felt very modern, like whoever was behind it was in tune with what they were portraying. The dialogue, the subjects, things that felt real, even if they were caricatured or something like that, I could see that this was a real world, and I really appreciated that.

The Look. The Vibe.

Holy fuck this game is aesthetic incarnate. The style imbued into every single pixel; the menus, the transitions, the bits where the model of like Joker, or Iwai, or Takemi moving around; the ransom letter aesthetic with the flat colors and everything MY GOD it's such a good looking game!

The music is an essential part of this as well. There's a joke I've seen occasionally (it might just be exclusive to a community I'm in but I could be wrong) that Persona 5 invented jazz, and I'd believe it honestly. The soundtrack feels like, perfect background music. It's usually not the Highlight of the scene (save for any vocal track stealing the show), but it's ALWAYS the enhancer of any moment. I can feel the stress of battle, I can feel the chill vibes of a rainy day, I get hyped when we're stealing a treasure, etc.

This game is an A+ class example of style, making any activity you're doing enjoyable.

Hoo Boy.

I mean. Fuck. I don't think I've felt this entranced by a game in a good while. VII Rebirth was up there for sure, but something about Persona just felt addicting.

Something I really really really loved about this game that I couldn't quite fit anywhere else, but makes me super excited to check out the rest of the series, is the usage of mythology. Mythology is sick as fuck. But what really got me hooked, is how EVERY sort of mythology was used. You got your classic Greek and Egyptian. You have plenty of Japanese Yokai, but then you also have gods and monsters from like... things that people still actively worship??? From religions that are in my head as "religion" and not "mythology". Seeing angels and demons from Abrahamic religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, and even seeing some old Zoroastrianism in there? Also like, to bring it back to the start, using mythical creatures from everywhere! I saw European monsters, Celtic creatures, American cryptids, the whole thing was so cool! This alone is a huge part of what made me addicted to this game. I wanted to keep seeing just where they would pull inspiration from, and I was constantly surprised and overjoyed, reading the backgrounds for everything, and going to look up where some of them came from, trying to guess what else would be next. I genuinely cannot wait to play more Persona and later Shin Megami Tensei to get more of this kind of stuff, but also I think I need to take a break so I don't get burned out hahaha

I loved my time playing this game. I can see why it's so loved. Sure, there were a couple things that I wish hit my heart or I connected to a little more, but overall I am very satisfied with my experience.

9.7/10. Great characters, great concept, amazing style and super cool inspiration. Some things just needed a little extra to really hit home for me for a perfect 10, but still an experience that will stick with me.

[blazescompendium]

Shin Megami Tensei is 31 years old today.

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Yeah, Shin Megami Tensei for the Super Famicom is now 31 years old. It is surprising for me how a game that came out full 6 years before i even give my first breath on this Earth, would be so important for me and my life. But here we are.

Even after playing the entirety of the mainline franchise, and a lot of spin offs, this game still holds its position very well in my heart because it is such a unique game. First, i always loved mythology and religion, so much so that i pursued it as a career. It started when i was little, with the influence of my father who was a scholar (albeit amateur) of those fields. Religion always played a major role in my life, both for the good and the bad, and although i don't actually align with any religion at the moment, i was studying the bible in a religious school since a very early age.

So, when i found out about Shin Megami Tensei, it clicked really, really well with me. I know that it is just a game, and even if it tries a lot to be faithful, as a researcher and scholar of Mythology and Religion we got to say it not always gets it right. But it tries! And when it tries, it can achieve very good results, and that's why i love it so much.

And that was when i was a teen/young adult. Now i grew up a lot, and even started my career in those fields, and still regard this game very high.

The characters are great for me, because i love how this game can be incredibly inclusive. Your main character is not a destined hero, or magical being. It is just an average guy, going to the groceries when the world start to end. He lives with his mom, have its problematic friends, and lives an average life. He always acts like any other person would act, and even his looks are just average.

Now, the thing is that this game did not aged well, but its absolutely playable and very fun to play. The old SMT titles have this ''survival horror'' energy, where you have to take care of resources while advancing in the game. ''Should you use your complete party in this dungeon, since its dangerous, but risk to deplete your MAG stock?'' Stuff like that got me.

And this brings me to how much i hate Atlus as a capitalist company. They made this effort to show us they care about the anniversary of the franchise that kick-started their business, but did not do anything about it. Just shoved merch to the US audience, that is not available anywhere else. Us, from outside, just did not got anything from this ''anniversary''. And i thought the Persona 25th was bad enough lol. But i guess merch hoarders are happy?

And that was a big fucking lie

I honestly don't want anything out of the ordinary. If they could at least port the SNES titles to the Switch Online at the west, because its already available in Japan, i beleive we would be very grateful already. Playing and presenting this games for a new generation is a pain. And i believe Shin Megami Tensei deserves it as a series, not only for its uniqueness but also for everything this IP did to Atlus.

But hey, i guess we are getting something, right? We have a whole new Persona 5 spin off coming next week! I am so hyped to see the same characters, exactly as they were 7 years ago, in another story about teen rebellion or whatever.

Im sorry, SMT. We failed with you. But your legacy will never be gone. I beleive SMT message keeps relevant to this day, and even more so as the time passes by. The world is a very different place then it was in 199X, but still a very divided and extremist place. SMT was the only game of its time to tackle this issues.

Happy anniversary to Shin Megami Tense, as a great game as one of my favorite games of all time. I wish more people could play it at least once!

And yeah, to celebrate i think i will be beating SMT 2 tonight, after lectures!

[firebornamari]

Prime numbers!

*googles prime numbers* Sweet Lord, here we go. 2. Top 5 games of all time -Tales of Symphonia, Majora's Mask, Fire Emblem Path of Radiance, FE: Three Houses and Hades

3. Favorite Boss This is so hard. I'm going to be honest, I have like a faint idea of something I enjoy fighting in some game, but I can't grasp it. I do like Humiliating Theseus in Hades, though.

5. Most memorable gaming moment? So, one of the memories that sticks with me the absolute most is when I was just a silly teenager playing Tales of Symphonia for the first time (In like 2005), I genuinely believed the game was ending when you first go to the Tower of Salvation. I thought the other characters on the cover and in the op were just like, filler? Didn't think they were characters. So when you get betrayed by Remiel, and the Game CONTINUED I was really, really shocked. I remember that awe every time I get to that moment again.

7. Most recent game you played? If by recent as like recently released, I guess it would be Persona 3 Reload. Otherwise, I played Arknights and Honkai Star Rail at the same time today lol.

11. Favorite game genre? This is going to shock and awe everyone, but I like JRPGs, Woah. I know. I'm surprised too. I do prefer turn based ones to, but I don't mind action ones either if they let you baby mode it to hell and back.

13. Coolest enemy/boss design? Kind of like Favorite Boss fight, I feel like I know this answer but it's just beyond my grasp. I'm sorry!!

This is only because it's more recent, but I like Cocolia's Final fight is so fucking cool.

17. Do you play mobile games? No! Of course not! Gacha Games are bad and evil and hey stop looking at my phone! Don't look at my profile -- HEY STO--

19. A game that you wish you could play for the first time again. I feel like the easy answer is Symphonia, but like I also don't want to replace the memories that I still have from my first playthrough.

23. Do you typically choose to play a male or female character (when asked to pick)?

Used to always be the girl, lately it's been the boyos, but honestly it's down to whose design I like better.

29. Favorite childhood game? I'm going to call childhood as like before I was a teenager. I guess if you were to say it was by pure hours I put into it, you could argue it was either Pokemon Sapphire or Pokemon Puzzle league. There's a part of me that wants to scream Ocarina of time, but I genuinely had no idea what I was doing despite how much I dinked around in that game.

31. If you could only play one game for the rest of your life, what would it be? Like I know you're sick of me saying Symphonia, but it's true. It really is. I already go in such a Zen mode playing it, that like it's such a comfy place for me to be in, I wouldn't mind continuing forever. 37. FMK. Skipping until someone actually gives me characters.

Thanks so much for taking the time to read!! Send some more!!

[aluckiicoin]

6!!

What other fandoms are you in, apart from this one?

Tl;Dr?: I fit's not participating it's: Star Rail, Genshin (are the ones I RP in), Dragon Age (I adore, no way I step into rp there), Digimon, SMT (+persona), Kingdom Hearts (but kh3 ruined it), Shadowrun, DnD, Servamp, Bungo Stray Dogs (but only the anime sources), Devil May Cry, League of Legends and more

if it is participating? Well, only HSR by now.

I'm never really active in any fandom, I'm the silent lurker unless I rp and since I exclusively rp'ed OCs until Aventurine I usually slipped under the radar there too. (And Ven is a very special exception I feel, I mean, look at Blade or my Multimuse, they're wastelands xD). But when we go for fandoms I enjoy? Then, oh boy, there's a lot.

Now, first of all, what will always get me talking is Dragon Age, I have the novels (or read them), I still want all the comics, I played all games. It went as far that I wanted to weep over Baldurs Gate 3 because that one finally gave me the “hd, new content” game I wanted from Bioware in the dragon age universe for years. We can even say centuries now.

The second one that comes to mind is Digimon, I claw for every Digimon game I can get, I adore the idea in most iterations. It's always fun.

And while we're at Digimon it's easy to say: Shin Megami Tensei. Yes, also, all I can get my hands on except of the next fucking persona 5 spin off because listen. Persona 5 was awesome, yes, but I suck at rhythm games and I don't have a ps5. But I especially adore the digital devil saga. I want a HD remake of that.

Also, I have to mention Persona separately now given per 5 it's officially not a SMT game anymore, funny, given they finally brought the demons back. And when we're at persona, I played P2, innocent sin and couldn't get my hands on either P1 or eternal punishment. I will never forgive p5 for using the butterfly theme on someone and it not being a connection to persona 2.

I used to love Kingdom Hearts but then it just became more and more of buy this console too, do that thing too and I really didn't like how KH3 looked despite giving my favorite char a keyblade. Such a waste.

I put Shadowrun in all my futuristic RP characters, I love delving into a world that is worse than our own. It just happens that we come always closer to it being real. I hate how we got scammed out of magic though. Any augmentations I put on my characters can usually be found and described on the shadowhelix.

Well, I couldn't find anyone to rp Shadowrun so I settled on DnD and I've been reading up. Still preferring Pathfinder pantheon/lore though.

League of Legends has been a part of my life for a really long time. With HSR and Genshin having actually valuable dailies I haven't played a game in months. But I adore the lore, the world, and I wish I could play in it. The first time I tried the fandom was really nice. But damn I fear I that won't be the case anymore and I don't wanna flood my HSR blogs with league rp'ers so I'm not following anyone from there anymore (not that the ppl I liked are still around to begin with).

[penroseparticle]

all the primes, gaymer

Platform of choice when gaming? I'm a switch gamer these days, but my end all be all was the PS2.

Top 5 games of all time. FINAL FANTASY TACTICS, LEGEND OF ZELDA: A LINK TO THE PAST, PERSONA 5, MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 2, and POKEMON RED VERSION. No I am not taking criticisms.

Favorite boss? I would have to say... Well, I said Whispy Woods already but if I have to pick another, I'm gonna say Shadow Sae from Persona 5. The whole setup around the Casino actually fucking slaps.

Most memorable gaming moment? I went into the Weigraf vs. Ramza fight completely blind in Final Fantasy Tactics and won my first time in, then won against the zodiac beast in the second phase, also first time. I felt like a total badass.

Most recent game you played? I'm working my way back through Etrian Odyssey 1 right now- I'm in the 4th Stratum and building up my B and C teams. and my team of Survivalists to farm materials.

Favorite game genre? Turn Based Strategy Games are MY JAM. It's either this or roguelikes. If you can combine both I am INTO IT.

Coolest enemy/boss design? I think that unironically designs like Shadow Link or Shadow Sora or whomever are just... great. Duel bosses that are a shadow version of the player. Mirror match. Lots of drama.

Do you play mobile games? I do. I play Fire Emblem Heroes, The NYT Crossword App (It's in my game launcher app natively, it counts ok), 2048, and technically I have Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions in app form which counts as a mobile game.

A game that you wish you could play for the first time again. You can't bottle a feeling, but I wish I could replay Persona 5 for the first time. I liveblogged it.

Do you typically choose to play a male or female character (when asked to pick)? Depends on the vibes. In Pokemon Crystal Version I played as a girl because you couldn't before in Red Version. I played Male Alear in Fire Emblem: Engage because I thought his outfit was slightly less dumb. I played Female Byleth in 3 Houses for the easy Sylvain recruitment and Peg Knight access. Sometimes the mechanical advantages will sway me one way or the other too lol. In World of Warcraft I usually made dude characters.

Favorite childhood game? When I was like 11 I played the Original Smash Brothers for literal hours at a time at my friend's house. Easily one of the greats.

If you could only play one game for the rest of your life, what would it be? Final Fantasy Tactics and it's not even close. I replay that game like. Every year.

Kill, Fuck, Marry (choose three characters) You didn't pick 3 characters. BOOOOOOO

[panthera2912]

P5R broke me

Hello tumblr ! I finished playing Persona 5 Royal and I have a lot of feelings about it and need to put it out there. And tumblr seemed like the best place for it even though I haven't posted in years x)

Beware, this post will contain spoilers (well, the game is old but there still might be people like me who are late to the party).

So, first of all, I wanted to play a Persona game for a long time since I heard a lot of good things about it, but I never got to it 'cause I didn't have the motivation to spend 100+ hours into a game (says the girl who played WoW for 10 years). But since it recently came out on Switch and I didn't have any ongoing game I decided to finally give it a try. And I'm SO glad I played the royal version because Akechi was by far my favorite character and a big part of why I loved this game, and apparently he didn't have as much development in the original ? And Sumire was my second favorite so... yeah, royal for the win !

Anyway, to talk about the plot, basically this game broke me several times.

The confrontation with Akechi in Shido's palace was absolutely heartbreaking (props to the voice actors, JA and EN). A lot of what he said hit way too close to home, and the whole time I was yelling at my screen for Joker to say something ("say something i'm giving up on you" cover by Robbie Daymond playing in the background).

Anyway, I spent the rest of the game grieving (and raging against Shido because will you fucking die goddamnit, I've been fighting you for 45 minutes !!!!), but then Akechi reappears like nothing happened ??? And he's way too evasive about how he survived ????? And then Maruki's like, sike, got you, he dead ! ... Thank you game, I don't need to grieve a second time.

And of course, Akechi knew the whole fucking time, and didn't say anything, and he basically tells Joker he wants to die and tells him he doesn't need pity. Like, excuse me Sir ?! But first of all don't talk about yourself like that, and secondly, what about Joker in all of this ? This is not about pity, Joker wished for Akechi to be here. Like, seriously, Joker deserves to be happy after everything he's been through. And I get what Akechi is saying, he doesn't want to be toyed with by Maruki, like he's been controlled all his life, but he's aware of it, and I'm sure he could find happiness somewhere in this...

So... after staring at my screen 5 whole minutes, I took Maruki's offer. I'm weak, I know, I really just wanted to see them happy for once, they deserve the world. That end card is my wallpaper now.

But anyway, after taking a break, back to the true ending because I'm still curious despite it all. So we defeat Maruki, and Joker's reward is some time in jail and Akechi disappearing. Great. At least they get him out of jail but like, nobody talks to him about Akechi ? They know that Akechi was Joker's wish but they don't address it with him. Seriously, someone at least give this guy a hug, wtf ? Through the WHOLE game, he helped every single one of them. But no, he's the leader, he needs to stay strong, right...

And then when Joker goes to the jazz club.. and he still has Akechi's glove in his pocket... Excuse me, just crying over there.

To top it all, I was dating Sumire in this playthrough (rank 9 event done), but since I didn't get her to 10, the game acted like nothing happened. I spent valentine's day alone and it felt like Joker and her had broken up so it just added that much more drama lol.

But really, I love tragedies, and this game delivered. This was a well-crafted rollercoaster of emotion from start to finish and every hour was worth it. And it's very rare for me to do multiple playthough of a game, but I definitely will for this one. This is going in my top 5 games of all times for sure.

Anyway, I'm dead inside now and I'll probably be reblogging memes to cope x)

(Also, on a lighter note, the music in this game is a bop. Lyn is absolutely incredible.)

[tarotcard0]

I finally beat Persona 5. Final time, including end credits: 123 Hours, and 54 Minutes game time. Let's just round that up to 124 Hours.

I had a good time, but I would like to continue from my previous post and reiterate the complaint that the game is too damn long!

124 Hours. 124 FUCKING hours!? If I never slept it still would have taken me a week! Why did the game need to be this long? And further, I missed a lot of stuff. I only maxed out, like 4 Confidant ranks, and 2 of them just happened as the story did, so I'm not sure if I can count them. I'm given to understand that there's multiple endings and ending variants, but I've been playing for 124 fucking hours!?!? The fact that I can tell I would have gotten more ending per ending by maxing out more Confidants made me a little annoyed because there's stuff that I missed. Including, I'm given to understand, an entire extra dungeon and ending? - Okay, how many final bosses can one game have?

This is going to be a hot take, I'm certain, but I don't think games this long should have multiple endings. If I want to see more of the game's content, including this extra Palace, I'd have to use New Game + to go through the whole thing again. I'm too afraid to skip cutscenes because I might miss something important, and I just don't think I have the energy to go through the whole thing again.

I'd say that if I played the game differently, then maybe I would have gotten to this bonus, Royal Exclusive, Double Extra Really Final Final Battle For Reals This Time(tm), but honestly, after the whole thing with [Spoiler] and [Spoiler], hearing "Oh, by the way, there's one more dungeon" from any character probably would have given me an aneurysm. I just wanted the game to be over at that point, god damn.

On that subject, I'm pretty sure my lack of picking a romance option didn't help either. I'm not sure if it was because almost all of the romancible characters were outside my age group, or if I'm just that bad at playing as boys now, but I just wasn't interested. Being Not Interested In Romance Right Now however didn't seem to be an actual option, and instead the game mostly treated me like a lonely loser, though it thankfully wasn't as harsh as it could have been.

I wish I had gotten more Confidants maxed out, so that I got some of that extra dialogue and whatnot, but there's a hard time limit imposed on the game, trapping it in this bizarre state of "Holy shit why is this game so long" and simultaneously "Holy shit there isn't enough time to do all of this"

Here's hoping that the next Persona has a female protagonist. And is also half the length.

[aesthetic-bastard]

Media Interaction 2022

Part 5: May

Shin Megami Tensei IV - After picking up Persona 4 Golden in April and scrambling to purchase as many titles as possible before the Nintendo 3DS eShop shuts down I bought Shin Megami Tensei IV. Like Persona 4 Golden, this is my first Shin Megami Tensei Game. I knew SMT is a little darker and more advanced compared to its spin-off series, Persona. Unlike P4G where my hand was held extremely tightly for the first 3 hours of the game, SMT IV dropped me right into the first dungeon and grabbed me by my nut sack.

I died probably five times in the tutorial. I got my ass handed to me so much that probably by the 5th time I got to the game over negotiation sequence this game mocked me for having such an emaciated wallet from constantly being shaken up and down for in-game currency each time I died and paid the fee for being resurrected. But going through such a brutal first dungeon feels so worth it just to hear this battle theme. SMT IV has probably one of the most splendid official soundtracks I have ever heard in any videogame I have ever played and this is an OST composed for a game on the fucking Nintendo 3DS. Besides Battle A1 I think my other favorite tracks are Battle B1, Battle B2, Aboveground Urban Area A, The Huner Association, Challange Quest A, and Shinjuku Underground District but that's just to name a few I can literally keep going. I think what makes SMT IVs soundtrack so perfect is that it actually does an incredible job of capturing that 1980s synth that a majority of video game soundtracks fail horribly at grasping when trying to compose music inspired by that era. An aspect of the SMT series I like better than Persona is the lack of Social links. You are isolated in the world of SMT. Your party is composed of demons you sacrificed an arm and leg for to recruit, there are no light-hearted aspirational friends you've met along the way. The world has ended it's over now suffer. You can either accept the world as it is and try and fix it by shaping a new society with law and justice across this demon-infested landscape or you can bring chaos and destruction and choose to wipe out all life instantly ending the world. Like any game out of the Persona or SMT series, there are a lot of hours you have to sink into these games, and even as I am writing this I still have yet to complete SMT IV. I strongly feel that out of either series Persona 4 will be my favorite Persona game and Shin Megami Tensei IV will be my favorite SMT game despite each game being my first in the series. After spending at least 46 hours with SMT IV I feel like I am more interested in mainline MegaTen games than any other games in the Persona series.

The Beatles: Get Back - Jesus Christ I completely forgot this was something I watched in 2022. My memory of this Disney+ exclusive documentary is extremely fuzzy and I feel like the main reason I have such a terrible recollection of sitting through it is that each episode is a whole fucking hour long. There is so much to take in when watching this precious raw footage from the recording sessions of Let It Be that sitting through 60 minutes of it is hard to process. I feel like there was enough footage to work with that it could be cut down into maybe 30-minute episodes so it's easier to digest every moment during the recording sessions of what would be the final album The Beatles ever produced. The moments that I recalled the most from Get Back were any instances where you can feel the tension between Paul and George or the rest of The Beatles as they are reaching the breaking point of their professional relationship that would ultimately lead to their permanent break up. There are so many excellent things shoved into this documentary but I wish it wasn't fed to me all in one sitting with each episode maybe someday I will revisit this documentary and expand my thoughts.

[dreamsy990]

fuck it heres an attempt at my top 5 games of all time

1: slime rancher (its a comfort game)

2: danganronpa 2 (i was completely spoiled and yet the story and character writing still managed to fuck me up so hard i was obsessed with it for a year or two and ngl i would do it again if i could pick any game to play again for the first time without any spoilers it would be this god i wish i experienced the story the way it was intended)

3: kingdom hearts 2 (i played this game as a kid and roxas meant so much to me that even after i quit i still thought about him regularly hes been in the back of my mind for years and coming back to this game was such a cathartic experience it was finally wrapping up a story that meant so much to me and the rest of the game was exactly what id hoped for. also its just fun to play the gameplay is very good)

4: professor layton vs phoenix wright / apollo justice (theyre tied for my favorite ace attorney game really)

5: persona 5 (its persona 5 ofc it belongs this high up. anyways i didnt have too many major spoilers going in and im so thankful because i ended up loving it.)

honorable mention to deltarune because its not finished enough for me to form a very good opinion on it but it could definitely overtake some of these, and ff7r which i havennt finished but i think could probably take 6th place

danganronpa 2 is one of my favorite games of all time actually like i dont know how id rank it on a list of my top 5 favorite games but its probably on there

[x-i-l-verify]

[ A playlist for the Torturer, the Prisoner, and the Warden, the various ways they irrevocably broke themselves and each other within the obsidian walls of Pandora’s Vault, and the malignant, toxic, dysfunctional bond that inextricably intertwines the three of them together. ]

(Full tracklist below the cut)

~

Intro: Dramatis Personae 

1. “A Rain of Brass Petals (Three Voices Edit)” by Akira Yamaoka [“I am the first / A shadow at the end of the hallway / I spin the carousel, the laughter recedes away / (...) I am the second / Alone in a faceless crowd / A human caught in monochrome dreams / (...) I am the third / A master / a sentinel of awakeness”]

2. “Heathens” by Twenty One Pilots (First to Eleven Full Band Rock Cover) [“You'll never know the psychopath sitting next to you / You'll never know the murderer sitting next to you / You'll think, "How'd I get here, sitting next to you?" / But after all I've said, please don't forget / All my friends are heathens, take it slow / Wait for them to ask you who you know / Please don't make any sudden moves / You don't know the half of the abuse”]

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Act I: The Torturer

3. “Guns & Roses” by Paradise Lunch

4. “Eyes on Me (Vox’s Song)” by Paranoid DJ [“I'll corrupt, manipulate, control what they see / I am the master of obscuring through our technology / I'll sell your every single weakness back to you for a fee /  Don't be a fool and stand there droolin' / Get those eyes on me / Take a chance, play my game, get the rush in your veins”]

5. “Chandelier” by Sia (Spanish cover by Kevin Vasquez)

6. (@ the Warden) “The Pit” by Silversun Pickups [“ I'm sure you recognize my noise and you heard about the Pit / Been told to be afraid of everything that lives within / But it's much worse where you are / So will you go for it? / I have a feeling you might / Feeling you might / Somebody somewhere / Will clean out your wounds / With dirty fingers / We'll bury the lie”]

7. (@ the Warden) “Addict” by Silva Hound (NateWantsToBattle feat. Leeandlie cover) [“So what if I misbehave? / It's what everybody craves / You already know / So come if you're feeling brave / And fancy yourself a mate / You want it, I got it, see what you like? / We could have it all by the end of the night / Your money and power, my sinful delight / A hit of that heaven and hell, a hell of a high”]

8. (@ the Prisoner) “Eyes on Fire” by Blue Foundation [“I'll seek you out / Flay you alive / One more word and you won't survive / And I'm not scared / Of your stolen power / I see right through you any hour / (...) I'm taking it slow / Feeding my flame/ Shuffling the cards of your game”]

9. (@ the Prisoner)  “King of the World” by Porcelain and the Tramps [“I'm the fucking king of the world / Get on your knees / I'm the fucking king of the world / Do as I please / So get up and get out and I'll show you / What it means for me to control you”]

10. “Magnum Bullets” by Night Runner feat. Dan Avidan  [“Running in shoes that shine / With blood that isn't mine / A stinging trophy of the battles I've survived / No longer I defend / The choices I pretend / Could make amends that heal the loss of precious time / My conscience paralyzed / Against the rising tide / Of haunting memories that drown a wasted life”]

-

Act II: The Prisoner 

11. “Wybie” by Bruno Coulais

12. “Nightmare” by Halsey [“Kindness is weakness, or worse, you're complacent / I could play nice, or I could be a bully / I'm tired and angry, but somebody should be /  (...) Someone like me can be a real nightmare, completely aware / But I'd rather be a real nightmare than die unaware”]

13. “Therapy” by All Time Low [“In a city of fools I was careful and cool / But they tore me apart like a hurricane / A handful of moments I wished I could change / But I was carried away / Give me therapy, I'm a walking travesty / But I'm smiling at everything”]

14. (@ the Torturer) “The One Who Laughs Last” by Downplay [“I am used to these black eyes / To be bruised, antagonized / But it overwhelms my mind / To believe that I called you a friend / This knife that's in my back keeps twisting / Anxiety attacks”]

15. (@ the Torturer) “Skyscraper” by Demi Lovato (David Hodges cover) [“Would it make you feel better to watch me while I bleed? / All my windows still are broken / But I'm standing on my feet / You can take everything I have / You can break everything I am / Like I'm made of glass / Like I'm made of paper / Go on and try to tear me down / I will be rising from the ground / Like a skyscraper”]

16. (@ the Warden) “Hurricane” by 30 Seconds to Mars [“Tell me, would you kill to save a life? / Tell me, would you kill to prove you're right? / (...) No matter how many deaths that I die I will never forget / No matter how many lives I live I will never regret / (...) Do you really want? Do you really want me? / Do you really want me dead or alive to torture for my sins?”] 

17. (@ the Warden) “Saints” by Echos [“You were standing there like an angry god / Counting out my sins just to cross them off / Saying that my tongue was too loud to trust / And that my blood couldn't keep you / My dear, you're not so innocent / You're fooling Heaven's gates / So you won't have to change / You're no saint, you're no savior”]

18. “Sleep” by My Chemical Romance [“A drink for the horror that I'm in / For the good guys and the bad guys / For the monsters that I've been / Three cheers for tyranny / Unapologetic apathy / 'Cause there ain't no way that I'm coming back again  / And through it all, how could you cry for me? / 'Cause I don't feel bad about it / (...) The hardest part's the awful things that I've seen”]

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Act III: The Warden 

19. “Theme from Ameteria” by Jack Wall 

20. “I Stand Alone” by Bryan White [“I know the sound of each rock and stone / And I embrace what others fear / You are not to roam in this forgotten place / Just the likes of me are welcome here / Everything breathes / And I know each breath / For me it means life / For others it's death / It's perfectly balanced / Perfectly planned”]

21. “The Strength to Go On” by Rise Against [“Our shoulders bear an awful weight / But still we trudge on just the same / Our colors run then leave a stain / They blacken our once honest name / How can we argue, tell me / Over the fury and the fire / How many times can we tell you that we / Are not like you”]

22. (@ the Prisoner) “I Know Where You Sleep” by Emilie Autumn [“I know the sickening thoughts that slither around your head / I know the gluttonous guilt that buried me in your bed / Manipulate me if you can, go on and fool me like your biggest fan / (...) You play the victim very well / You build yourself indulgent hell / You wanted someone to understand you / Well be careful what you wish for because I do”] 

23. (@ the Prisoner) “Breath” by Breaking Benjamin [“I know nothing of your kind / And I won't reveal your evil mind / Is it over yet? / I can't win / So sacrifice yourself and let me have what's left / (...) You take the breath right out of me / You left a hole where my heart should be / You got to fight just to make it through / 'Cause I will be the death of you”]

24. (@ the Torturer) “How You Remind Me” by Nickelback [This is how you remind me / Of what I really am / (...) And I've been wrong, I've been down / Been to the bottom of every bottle / These five words in my head / Scream "Are we having fun yet?"] 

25. (@ the Torturer) “Carousel” by Melanie Martinez [“This horse is too slow / We're always this close / Almost, almost, we're a freakshow / Right, right when I'm near / It's like you disappeared / Where'd you go? Mr. Houdini, you're a freakshow”]

26. “Control” by Halsey [“They send me away to find them a fortune / A chest filled with diamonds and gold / The house was awake, the shadows and monsters / The hallways, they echoed and groaned I sat alone, in bed till the morning / I'm crying, "They're coming for me" / And I tried to hold these secrets inside me / My mind's like a deadly disease“]

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Outro: The Vault 

27. “True” by Akira Yamaoka

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( @theminesbecraftin​ I saw your c!Prison Trio playlist post a week ago, blacked out, and when I came to, this was in front of me. :V I hope at least a few of the songs seem fitting! 🙏 )

[hopeymchope]

Bunch of reactions to the Nintendo Direct Mini (6/28/22)

— OH MY GOD PERSONA 5 ROYAL / PERSONA 4 GOLDEN / PERSONA 3 PORTABLE ON SWITCH ARE ALL REAL WHY DIDN’T THEY TELL US EARLIER JESUS CHRIST 

BUUUUURN YOOOOOO DREEEEEEAD

.......................................thank the maker, lordy. Mad respect to bringing in the VAs for Morgana and Teddy to promote this, too. Should’ve thrown in Aigis while they were at it, but still very cool :D

— I still haven’t played any of the Nier games, and I know loads of people absolutely adore Automata, so I’ll probably play that finally on Switch. Although I’m most likely already spoiled for damn near everything that happens by now.

Is it still worth my time if I already basically know the twists and turns along the way?

—  MEGA MAAAAAAN OHwhoopsIt’sJustBattleNetwork. And it doesn’t even have the lone 2D platformer in that series (Network Transmission), which would be much more appealing to me personally. I must confess I’ve only ever tried to play the original Battle Network on the GBA, and it utterly failed to get my interest. Maybe the first game isn’t the best way to get introduced, though... ? I love Mega Man as a property enough that I might buy this just to support him, but I’m not sure. BTW Capcom, nice try with that “includes 10 games line,” but get outta here with that shit. That’s SIX games and you damn well know it. (.....you should’ve included Battle Chip Challenge though and made it seven)

“It includes ten games... from a certain point of view.”

— I really liked Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle more than I expected. I hope this sequel leans into what made it good and gives us a far wider variety of characters. And just bring Donkey Kong into the main campaign this time. That’d be neat.

— Pac-Man World is back! Pac-Man World Re-PAC BAAAYBEEEEE. I was always a fan of Pac-Man World 2 and especially Pac-Man World 3 (UNDERRATED), but the first one was really difficult for me to go back to... I never finished. So this news is VERY welcome. EXCEPT!... it contains even more of Namco rewriting history to erase Ms. Pac-Man from existence due to their unbelievable pettiness. 

(SHORTEST EXPLANATION I CAN MUSTER:  An American group of guys named “GCC Technologies” created the original Ms. Pac-Man, and they had a right to get residuals from it ONLY whenever the game was re-released either digitally or in original “coin-operated” arcade form. They made an agreement with AtGames to let them build miniature copies of the arcade game, which ultimately led to AtGames purchasing ALL of their residuals. BUT! Namco had previously let AtGames make miniature Pac-Man arcade machines, and they were so unhappy with the product’s low quality that they were FURIOUS to learn AtGames had purchased the residuals from the GCC Technologies. So now, Namco is on a quest to retroactively delete all evidence that Ms. Pac-Man ever existed in the most extreme case of epic corporate pettiness I’ve ever seen in my life. The logic seems to be that — even though Namco retains all rights to the Ms. Pac-Man character —   they’re afraid that letting the public see ANY REMINDER THAT MS. PAC-MAN EXISTED might lead them to giving AtGames money for their shitty miniature arcade cabinets. So instead, Namco is WIPING HER OUT — even going so far as to alter her appearances in all the old games included in the recent Pac-Man Museum+. She’s being replaced with a new hat-wearing girl they named “Pac-Mom,” which is literally a worse name than even “Ms. Pac-Man” was. It’s excessively FUCKED. And I deeply wish we could make them stop.)

Fucking PAC-MOM Jesus what the FUCK

— BLANC looks so pretty and so sweet and I’m very very worried that it’s going to make me cry by the end.

Either one of them dies or the wolf cub gets older and tries to kill the deer, I just know it. 

— Who did Nintendo have to pay to get timed console exclusivity on Return to Monkey Island?! Damn, I really need to play that series. I’ve barely scratched its surface. :( I’ve only played a little bit of The Curse of Monkey Island — which I hear this new sequel basically ignores, along with every other sequel past the second one? 

 — If some Nintendo fans are going to discover the Portal series for the first time, I’m very happy for them. Good vibes.

[chihirolovebot]

HI VENUS !! i havent forgotten that one time u told me youd been playing persona 5 . so i am respectfully asking for persona 5 and ryuji for the ask game ( holding my hands out like a poor victorian beggar boy on the dirty london streets ) idk how far in u are so its ok if u pass this up smile

HABIT HI!!!

i have been informed by my sister ( professional persona player) that we r about to enter the futaba arc . i hope that's helpful.

persona five:

favorite character: makoto she is everything 2 me.

least favorite character: hm. the only ones i dislike r the ones ur supposed to?? like kamoshida and the rest. madarame made me the most angry though so probably him. OH my god and literally every single teacher they all just slag u off a soon as u get to school like i beg u get a fucking hobby. i hate ur teacher , the one who also works at a maid cafe her voice goes THROUGH me i skip all her dialogue.

5 favorite ships (canon or non-canon): hmm hmmmmmm let me Think. okay. i like the main character with almost everyone. ryuji. makoto. yusuke. mishima. i also find ryuji and yusuke's dynamic very funny.

character i find most attractive: i would. i would let akechi hit me with a train. but then i would run him over in turn (he deserves it).

character i would marry: makoto god please. eats drywall. dont i deserve it.

character i would be best friends with: RYUJI!!!! my baby boy.

a random thought: ummmm. i appreciate the way this game handles objectification (sideeyes the anime).

an unpopular opinion: i am not involved enough in this fandom to know what is unpopular.

my canon otp: canon differs because u can pick who to date, right? so i guess the main character and makoto. but i havent done the futaba or haru arcs yet so that could change!!!

my non-canon otp: the main character and ANY of the boys. claws my eyes out. why cant i date mishima.

most badass character: as of right now. makoto. her fuckign. fuckin joan of arc suit....... but ive heard akechi is cool too later on.

most epic villain: theyre all bellends.

pairing i am not a fan of: main character x ann or ryuji x ann and idk why. i like ann fine i just dont see any chemistry with her. i like her with shiho i guess.

character i feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): oh!!! ann. because after her arc she is literally so useless and her attacks do fuck all.

favourite friendship: ryuji and ANYONE smart. him conversing w makoto or yusuke. i live for it.

character i most identify with: out of all of them. i think yoshizawa?? idk our personalities r similar. but i identify a lot w the way ryuji thinks. so im not sure.

character i wish i could be: makoto niijima.......

ryuji:

how i feel about this character: throws shit around my room like a madman. he is everything 2 me. my second favourite character after makoto.

any/all the people i ship romantically with this character: the main character and yusuke?? i guess?? but that is it.

my favorite non-romantic relationship for this character: ryuji ann best friends agenda.

my unpopular opinion about this character: idk what the popular opinions are!!! but if loving him is unpopular then that.

one thing i wish would happen/had happened with this character in canon: i want to DATE HIM!!!! chews my hands.