Ashina

Ashina

I don't age. I just level up

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Re: Sony Wants More PS5 Exclusives from South Korea

Ashina

I have no stake in this but I am interested in seeing what Korean devs can cook. Lies of P, Stellar Blade and Little Devil inside to name a few are some interesting titles coming out. If Sony does invest more on Korean devs, I can see another positive outcome. Just look at Genshin Impact (Sony's effort to invest on Chinese devs). They struck gold on that one.

Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Final Fantasy 16?

Ashina

Gave it a 9. I prefer the traditional turn-based RPGs and while I find the combat mechanics of this game to be just fine, what makes this special to me is the story, characters and presentation. They were enough for me to overlook the flaws of the gameplay. The Eikon battles and the Eikons themselves are so good as well that they may have set the bar high in terms of how summons are integrated in the story/lore of the game.

Re: Best Final Fantasy Games

Ashina

After playing FFXVI, it's now easily in my top 10 Final Fantasy games.

Here's my personal list:
1. FFIX
2. FFVII
3. FFVIII
4. FFX
5. FFXII
6. FFVI
7. FFXVI
8. FFIV
9. FF Type-0
10. FFXV

Re: Even with Final Fantasy 16, PS5 Can't Outsell Switch in Japan

Ashina

Not really all that bad and understandable since FFXVI is quite divisive among fans. I enjoyed the game personally (well not the combat in general but the story and characters are what sold me the most) but I can understand that this isn't appealing to those who would prefer traditional turn-based combats and Japanese fans are more used to those. DQXII might be that game that will appeal to most in Japan.

Re: SEGA and Bungie Were On Microsoft's Shopping List in 2020, Xbox Emails Show

Ashina

lmao, I don't want buy another console just for one or two titles. I'm honestly glad it didn't happen (...for now).

I'm just glad that Japanese law prevents all these company buy outs. MS can buy all the western companies all they want but hands off the Japanese gaming companies.

Likewise, I also don't want Sony to acquire Square Enix. Much as I love the relationship between the two, I don't want Sony to take away SE games from Nintendo, particularly the niche titles. Sony is so invested in large AAA titles that it could end the more niche titles which usually fit in Nintendo's console

Re: Gorgeous Gacha Tower of Fantasy's PS5, PS4 Ascent Begins on 8th August

Ashina

Honestly, willing to give this and HSR a try. Not really a big fan of GaaS but one thing that Genshin did right for a F2P gacha game is that you don't really need to spend a single dime and enjoy the game at your own leisure. Granted, you get higher chances of getting more characters and unlock special abilities by spending money but I've gotten enough character using only free gems and that's more than enough to get me through.

Re: Final Fantasy 16's Demo Has Been a Huge Hit With PS5 Players

Ashina

@ApostateMage Can't wait for Clive to meet Gilgamesh

@Caveman49 lmao, for me I guess it's "Jill" that kinda feel a bit off in this game world. I dunno, the name sounds modern that it just doesn't fit but that's just me and probably because of Jill Valentine. Also, forgot to mention "Jack" Garland

Re: There's Growing Concern Over Persona Dev's Metaphor: ReFantazio Being an Xbox Exclusive

Ashina

If it was, Xbox would've been boasting about it being their exclusive. I still think that the embargo wont be lifted much earlier than Persona since it's a new IP and MS would want people to talk about it being an "Xbox" game longer.

Sega/Atlus would be crazy anyway to let this be an exclusive game for Xbox, considering how low the JRPG fanbase in that system, especially in Japan. Not that I'm throwing shades on MS, hardware sales pretty much shows it and PS and Nintendo hardware are where most of JRPG players at.

Re: Persona 3 Reload, Persona 5 Tactica Finally Confirmed for PS5, PS4 After Xbox Embargo Lifts

Ashina

@Rmg0731 I feel like MS is delaying the announcement for other platforms even more for Metaphor since it is a new IP from Atlus and they wanted to keep the buzz of it being an Xbox game more than the Persona games

@AsterZero I really don't believe in rumors lately and didn't Nintendo said they don't have any plans to release a new system anytime soon? Whatever the case, by the time Persona 3 Reload launches, there won't be any new Nintendo hardware so either release the game on the Switch or Nintendo fans are gonna wait that long until they can play it on the next-gen Nintendo console.

@HotGoomba yeah, I've seen this "leaked" boxart though really didn't believe it until an official announcement. Doesn't mean it's not coming out on Switch. Maybe we'll see it happen during a Nintendo Direct but let's wait.

Re: Persona 5 Tactica Is Launching This Year, But No Mention of PS5, PS4 Yet

Ashina

Not sure how I feel about this. Not a big fan of strategy games (outside of Disgaea and SD Gundam Generation games) and I am getting burnt out by P5 contents.

My gripes aside, this will get a PS5/Switch release no doubt. Not throwing any shades on Xbox but for a niche game like this, Sega would be crazy to only sell this game on that platform considering how it's doing in Japan.

Re: Surprise! Persona 3 Reload Is Real, and It Definitely Didn't Leak

Ashina

@johnny30 Like everyone said, the press releases of the announced 3rd party games listed other platforms shortly after Son'ys showcase. Rather weird that MS is holding an embargo for platform announcements. I can only guess that they wanted to build more hype for their platforms. More people likely are gonna end up playing the games on PS or Switch anyway and MS is aware of that,

@Cashews well, I did say "most" but yes, that's quite an interesting new IP from Capcom in today's showcase

Re: Persona 5 Tactica Launches 17th November, Persona 3 Reload Early 2024

Ashina

@NomNom It's not Atlus that MS is besties with, it's Sega. They have some connections since the Dreamcast was developed in collaboration with MS

P3 was the first Persona game I've played back in the PS2 era and still to this day, my favorite Persona game. Definitely excited for this. I just hope this doesn't come out the same month as FFVII Rebirth. It's going to be multi-plat as well and MS just got the marketing right since they are close with Sega.

As for P5T, well, I'm ready to move on from anything P5 related at this point. They've already milked this out enough.