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An average Joe finds inspiration for an RPG Maker game in the unlikeliest of places

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Persona 5, Streaming, and the Impact of Spoilers in Story-Driven Games

I'm not too bothered by the streaming ban to be honest, but what gets me is the whole screenshot banning thing.

How else am I supposed to tweet funny, out-of-context images from the game? ;( I reckon the spoiler-potential from screenshots is nowhere near as high as for streaming video.

[Poll] Do you prefer IRC, Slack or Discord?

Let the ultimate battle commence!!!

It'd help if you included reasons as to why you prefer your choice over the others.

What Videogames Are You Playing Right Now?

author=Liberty
Well, it takes all types I guess. Magilou annoys the hell outta me (though I admit her VA does the job really well and has a great voice, AND that she's not as grating as some characters from certain franchises who try the same kind of character but miss the mark). She's my least liked character out of a group I quite enjoy as a whole, so it's really worst of a bunch of good. She is pretty annoying at times, though, especially at the start.
Ahahaha, I can really understand that tbh - I guess I mostly appreciate how Maggie-Lou (they really should just called her Maggie-Lou, I think it suits her) is so completely in-your-face with all so many straight-faced characters around. MAGICKAZAM

Surprisingly enough, Rokurou is probs my least favourite character so far. Maybe it's because he hasn't really had the chance to show much personality yet - we shall see...

I mean, you can just edit your skills in battle but having to do so for every battle is pretty annoying. I think it'd have been better if each button had an element attached to it or if it used something like the Legaia series, but I can deal with button mashing.
Yeah I agree: I can't be bothered changing my setup to account for differing elements and even types of enemies (amorphous, crustaceans etc. etc.)

what's one thing you wish you had done differently in a released game?

Aww cheers Unity!!

what's one thing you wish you had done differently in a released game?

If I hadn't made such a horrible ending to Les Visiteurs Dans L'espace, I might have had a decent game on my hands.

I did end up redoing the ending in a second release, but at that point I think the damage was done ;(

Ever try coding a program to read human handwriting? Fun stuff.

Honestly I think the hard part would be in collecting sample handwriting for such a thing...

What Videogames Are You Playing Right Now?

So I jumped onto the Tales of Berseria bandwagon too. I'm about 25 hours in and so far, it seems like another solid Tales game to me: Not perfect, but still pretty fun to play. I wonder if knowledge of Zestiria would help me enjoy it more, and it's possible, but so far I haven't felt lost in Berseria's narrative, so I don't think it'd be a HUGE factor.

The battle system is okay once you figure out what Nova pointed out re: The number of Break Souls affecting the arte stages. Beyond that, though, I have to admit I'm pretty lazy so I'm mostly button-mashing (and guarding when necessary) my way through the game - I'm on Moderate difficulty, however, so I bet things would be different on Hard.

I think the biggest criticism I have so far is (spoilers below):


I had heard that Berseria was a more *gritty* experience than other Tales games. It certainly seemed that way in the beginning, while escaping the prison island. Since the escape, though, there's nothing in the aesthetics of the game - surroundings, music, or otherwise - to suggest that it's *gritty* in the least. And yeah, stuff like Velvet's attire kinda goes against the grittiness idea. I'm not saying that *gritty* == GOOD, but if one went into this game assuming a different experience the same way I did, they'd be slightly disappointed.

Even Velvet's revenge story seems to have taken a backseat to Eizen's, who I feel has been getting the most development so far - I'm assuming some connection with Zestiria here.


But apart from that, yeah, I'm enjoying Berseria overall. Just worried about my Persona 5 pre-order arriving before I'm able to finish it (I don't want to be the social pariah NOT playing P5 when it comes out....).

Finally, despite my complaints in the spoiler bit above, I have to admit that Magilou is the best character. Jus sayin

Share your handwriting

kentona, are the "Scrum" notes for reminding yourself what you did the day before? We use a Kanban board in my workplace, which helps because I don't have to remember anything

Hobby to Profession, Looking for success stories

author=SaitenHazard
There are no paid interns in the country :3

Yeah I thought so. In that case, what your professors said about internships not being "worth it" kinda makes sense now.

Hobby to Profession, Looking for success stories

author=SaitenHazard
I should have better explained. Faculties explain as such, interns over here are basically tea boys and we wont be getting any hands on work experience.

Sounds similiar to internships I hear about in Pakistan. Are the ones you've heard of unpaid as well?