• atmur@lemmy.worldEnglish
    48·
    2 months ago

    Every time it goes on sale, I think about picking it up, but then I remember…

    It takes me long enough to finish 10-hour games I already own…

    • TommySoda@lemmy.world
      26·
      2 months ago

      I highly recommend the game, but I totally get you. I didn’t buy it for years for the exact same reason. Eventually it was on a good sale when I was between games so I got a chance to play it. If you’re an anime fan you will probably love the game. And if you’re not, it may be cringy as fuck on occasion but you’ll probably still love the game after getting sucked in. But if you end up never playing it, that’s totally fine too. I’ve found in life that you don’t need to watch every movie and play every video that are highly praised. I still haven’t played the Mass Effect games even after owning all of them for 5 or so years.

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
        81·
        2 months ago

        I’ve found in life that you don’t need to watch every movie and play every video that are highly praised.

        You’re absolutely right and I’m glad I reread that sentence: at first I somehow missed the “don’t” and was gearing up for a long and pointless rebuttal of what I THOUGHT I just read 😄

    • Gutek8134@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 months ago

      I’ve tried P4G and I just can’t stand the required grind, nor the 3h bossfights, otherwise good game

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
      41·
      2 months ago

      Personally, I’m a sucker for long completion time. I only like specific types of games that don’t get released that often, so I’m always in danger of running out of games I haven’t replayed to death yet 😁

      Most of it being cutscenes is a huge negative if not an outright dealbreaker to me, though.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        2 months ago

        I do feel like some of these games lose their premise if they grind on for too long. I think Haru Okumura’s dungeon is one of the more inspired, but by the time you get there, the game loop has gotten stale. Then the finale is just an interminably long series of hallways.

        They could have compressed that game by half (especially towards the back end), keyed up on the drama, and maybe fleshed out the daytime normal-life content a bit more.

        But I say that within the context of a game with a truly captivating story, some solid twists and top 10 anime betrayals, and a charming romance system that draws you into the characters. Had a great experience on my playthrough. Can’t imagine ever trying to play it again, but it was a wild ride the first time.

  • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    2 months ago

    “120 hour anime series” is fair, but “occasionally click a button” is not. If P5 qualifies for that, then every turn-based JRPG ever does.

  • Areldyb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    2 months ago

    My wife and I recently started our first playthrough. We’re mostly interested in the story and style and I don’t want to deal with any bullshit difficulty spikes, so we set it to Safe Mode and are absolutely here for the 120-hour push-button anime experience. So far, it rules.

  • Pacattack57@lemmy.world
    84·
    2 months ago

    I refuse to play games that I can’t quit within 2 minutes of starting it. Persona series is one of those that I refuse to play. My time is way to valuable to commit an hour or more to 1 activity.

    • Schrodinger's Dinger @lemmy.world
      1·
      2 months ago

      I still haven’t played so many games because of opening cinematics and overly long and boring tutorials for this reason. It sucks because I can get super into a game if I just get over that. Like Baldur’s Gate 3 was a chore to get into, but I knew I would absolutely love it and now I think it’s probably the best game ever.

  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works
    52·
    2 months ago

    Persona 5 is the only game in my life I ever played and made my eyes hirt, it just felt nauseating

    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 months ago

      Try playing Dark Forces, or the original Doom or Quake. You’ll get motion sickness really quick because of the frame rate of those games. Somehow I managed to acclimate to them back in the day, but I attempted to replay the originals of those games in the last decade, and got extremely nauseous.