MALADROITHIM'S PROFILE

author=NoblemanNick link=topic=2639.msg50825#msg50825 date=1229379639
EDIT: To the part out being GamePlay driven, I meant in the sense that it doesn't have some amazing battle system not that didn't have alot of battles. The battle system is a basic tweaked turn-based system with nice features.

I still disagree enthusiastically. SMT games are always about gameplay. They are about catching monsters and hacking through dungeons. The Persona subseries adds a life simulator to the formula. But, in SMT games, Persona 4 included, there is very very little time where you are not controlling the game. During life simulation phases, you are still *playing the game* because you are always concerned what your answers to peoples' questions will be and how they will affect the game progression/your statistics.

About the battle system comment: You might compare Persona to Mario games. Super Mario Galaxy does not offer unique features, but it does offer well-crafted scenarios. Does that make it not gameplay-driven? Persona 4's featureset is stayed, but its battle scenarios are extremely well-designed. Enemy groups are set up so that you need to pay attention your battle commands. For example, you must use the "defend" command with your hero on a regular basis, or else he might get hit by Hama when his persona is weak against that ability and you will get a game over instantly.

I would say a game like Metal Gear Solid 4 is story-driven, because you spend hours of your time not interacting with the game. Depending on how methodically you play, this can be half of your gameplay time or more. Persona 4 is not story-driven because you are always interacting with the game.

I am not going to back down, bro. 8) 8)

author=Abite link=topic=2619.msg51318#msg51318 date=1229711735
hahah i may be late on noticing this, but i enjoyed the topic title change lol!



as for having a good physique/clothes looking better- i notice that guys who are REALLY, excessively buff tend to just look overweight with clothes on (a lot of them aynways). unless of course they are wearing skin tight shirts.

Actually buff guys usually *are* fat. One typical strategy is to carry extra fat in order to build muscle. You probably don't need to do this to get buff, but it's one tried-and-true method.

author=Feldschlacht IV link=topic=2619.msg51198#msg51198 date=1229633637
I've made an interesting observation; how you look correlates into how you can wear clothes and how 'fashionable' you are. People with 'bad' physiques have a hard time looking good with almost anything, and have to work harder to do so. However, I've noticed that people with top physiques can wear almost anything and get away with it, and some are called good dressers with good taste in clothes, with little effort.

Talk about extra incentive.

It is because clothes are made from patterns for people with good physiques, not for pudgy people.

author=VerifyedRasta link=topic=2711.msg51118#msg51118 date=1229566594
What does NSFW mean? lol
Noob question i know

It is a cartoon penis.

Also NSFW means "not safe for work".

author=Neok link=topic=2711.msg51103#msg51103 date=1229562068
Can we see something that is SFW? I wanted to judge your artistic capabilities, but did not click on the spoiler because it was NSFW, which I am prejudiced against.

Well my avatar is another cartoon of mine.

I'm like . . . really bad dude.