Jedihillis

Jedihillis

Husband and Father; AZ Resident

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Re: Evidence Mounts for Seemingly Inevitable Persona 4 Remake on PS5

Jedihillis

I just started (for like the 3rd time) a Persona 4 Golden playthrough. Never completed it before.

It's hard to go back to the old style of gameplay/mechanics after playing P5 and P3 Reload, but the characters and the story are keeping me intrigued.

I also wonder if I should just wait for this game to get announced and play that instead.

Re: Poll: How Long Does It Take You to Beat a Big RPG?

Jedihillis

I have 2 young kids, a wife, and 3 jobs. My time is very limited. I'm lucky if I get more than an hour a day to game (coming down from around 3-5 when I was single).

It takes me usually takes me a minimum of 2-3 months to finish a big RPG unless I can squeeze some extra time on weekends or holidays. I just finished Persona 3: Reload in about 75 hours, which took me a couple months.

I love huge RPGs like Persona and FF, it's just hard to keep up with them.

Re: Naughty Dog Turns Off Intergalactic PS5 Trailer's Comments As Discourse Turns Nasty

Jedihillis

It's simple: if you continue to create characters that aren't visually appealing to the vast majority of your audience, you're going to get pushback.

I'm an NG fan and have enjoyed everything that they've put out to one degree or another. But people pretending these things don't matter or shouldn't matter are delusional. They DO matter. You can call that shallow or whatever, but it's all part of a package that you're selling to people.

Being "nasty" has also lost it's meaning since simply disagreeing with this sort of "masculine malish female" puts you on a list.

Re: Poll: One Year Later, How Would You Rate Marvel's Spider-Man 2 on PS5?

Jedihillis

I think I'd have to mark it as "Solid" even though I overall thought it was disappointing.

I expected the game play loop to be similar as the prior game(s), but what really irked me was the treatment of the characters, especially Peter Parker. It's probably been said 1000x here an elsewhere, but they really neutered him in favor of pushing some other, lesser characters to the forefront. I felt like it was more like Spider-Therapy at times. Mary Jane was....pretty lame. Miles was great, but being set-up to replace Peter is overall stupid IMO. The writing was just forgettable and felt (dare I say it) woke.

Great game play, though, and traversing around the world was as fun as ever. However, I think they should have saved the wing-suit till later in the game. Getting it right off the bat made me feel like swinging was kind of pointless.

Re: Metaphor: ReFantazio (PS5) - Brilliant, Memorable RPG Is One of Atlus' Finest Works

Jedihillis

So, I've been playing the demo and I'm feeling mixed about it so far.

I feel like the way you get thrown into the world is very jarring, especially considering how outrageous some of the world/character designs are. Granted, I'm only maybe 3 hours into the prologue demo, but so far there's already been some major events that have taken place and I'm struggling to figure out why I should care.

Can you speak to how this plays out as the game progresses? I loved Persona 5 and think this looks good, but it's another huge time commitment I'm not too anxious to commit to.

Re: PS5's Ghost of Yotei Triggers Social Media, Ex-Sony Exec Says 'If You Don't Like It, Don't Buy It'

Jedihillis

I do think it sucks that a game like this is launching into an environment where stuff like "girl bosses" are incredibly taboo. IMO, I don't like the constant gender swapping and replacing of masculine roles with females....when it's done poorly.

Jin was the least interesting part of GoT to me. I honestly forgot his name. If there's one thing that Blue Eyes Samurai taught me is that a badass female samurai can work just fine if handled properly. Just don't take away what makes her a female by trying to make her just a man with boobs. Retaining her femininity while also being a warrior would be great to see.