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That sounds like a good idea, but I dunno. It seems to me that's overestimating how much influence those kind of people have.

I don't doubt people will complain, but I think for most part they'll be completely ignored.

Having it "in" then fixing the glitch is probably attracting more attention then they would've gotten had it been intentionally included. I don't recall there being any noticable uproar over same-sex marriage being possible in Skyrim, and that's the type of game that would attract more attention.

I think there was some "gay controversy" over Skyrim.

But it was over the name being too similar to the word 'rimjob' to some people.

I still don't get the controversies about every other sexuality that isn't straight. Who the fuck cares what genitals the person one loves has? You don't fall in love with their dicks or vaginas, you fall in love with the person themselves (of course, exceptions to this exist, I guess).

edited 13th Apr '14 12:53:59 AM by Jaryl

People who impose their religious values on others because they act as if it's the only possible moral code.

What happened to letting your chosen religious deity do the judging, instead of acting like you are them.

Kirby: Triple Deluxe is coming out May 2, FYI.

hurray! I've been looking forward to that game!

Super Mario Bros. 3 is on the eshop now. That's nice.

So there's this game called Conception 2: Children Of The Seven Stars. There's a demo for it on the eShop. It plays kinda like Video Game/Persona3 and Video Game/Persona4. You should go play the demo right now. Words cannot describe this game at all beyond that.

Seriously. Stop reading this and go play it.

Played the demo already. It seems like a game would buy and enjoy, but regret it a month or two later.

Its apparently really cliche story and character wise. Which isn't surprising since majority of JRPG seem to be <_<

Going by the demo, weird premise aside it's rather mediocre. But that's kinda expected since I find the likes of Persona merely neat.

Yeah, just going by the demo, it seems to be a combination of the main Shin Megami Tensei series and the Person series in most aspects but, according to the work page, the story is almost a parody. I mostly brought it up because I saw the Classmating thing and just stared at my screen in bewilderment.

Definitely on my list of games to get, though, and I'll be keeping the demo for the save file transfer.

I'd honestly don't know if I'd call it a parody. But then again, I don't know the tropes about dating sims.

Its not really a parody, it just plays all cliches straight without any irony.

Do you have the actual game?

If he doesn't, I do (on my Vita). It's all the cliches straight without any irony.

But the gameplay's very competent and the story is hilarious in a So Bad, It's Good kind of way. I've been enjoying every minute of it.

For the record, the Vita demo was far more extensive than the 3DS one (they literally gave us everything up to the end of chapter 1 with no restrictions aside from not beating the chapter 1 boss if you want to keep playing), so I knew what I was getting into.

edited 20th Apr '14 12:13:35 PM by burnpsy

I dunno. I mean the whole Classmating thing seemed like a parody to me due to how insanely over-the-top it was.

The localization team confirmed in an interview that the entire thing is meant to be taken seriously (when asked if it was supposed to be some sort of joke), so I highly doubt it was intended as a parody, despite the heavy innuendo.

edited 20th Apr '14 2:56:13 PM by burnpsy

Oh. Well, good thing author intent isn't forced upon the consumer because otherwise the game would be absolutely horrid.

It's funny for because I'm loving the world that this takes place in and the story. It's just that I get sorta annoyed with some of the girl's sub-plots and dislike the intense level grinding I do in here.

At least the combat doesn't seem to require much strategic thought and you can probably leave it on Auto Battle with the right tactics selected. At least, all the battles I fought boiled down to attack the enemy's weak point and occasionally using Skills for the stronger ones.

I find that just about every JRPG is either really tedious (due to mechanics) or really easy if you level as intended. Which is why I avoid the former and leave myself underleveled in every single one of the latter ones. BAM - instant need for strategic thought.

'Cause, honestly, grinding isn't fun. I only do it in games that leave me no choice in the matter to barely win. To be fair, the Satanael fight in Conception 2 was one example - I had to grind a little bit (not nearly as much as everyone else seems to be) to be able to survive the bosses' attacks until the minions ran out of MP and I just whaled on the boss.

edited 20th Apr '14 4:44:32 PM by burnpsy

Grinding in almost every form of RPG isn't fun, true, but I don't do it because it's fun. I do it because I have some other goal I want to accomplish (like 100% completion) or because I just want to turn my mind off for a bit. If I want to play a game that requires strategic thought, I play Fire Emblem.

edited 20th Apr '14 5:00:27 PM by Zelenal