Fynn
is an EoFF Hero and/or Heroine
Radical Dreamer

I had heard that SMTIV had a lot of infighting between the new developers and the older ones, which is why the game felt a bit off from previous SMT titles. Sadly, as Persona gets more popular, I imagine the company is going to keep trending more towards the ideals in those games over the classic franchise.None of this is helped that most of the old team are now administrators at the company which means their only concern is whether the game will ship in time. Some fans speculate that due to Strange Journey being a "flop" for the company was enough to justify kicking Kaneko upstairs and letting fresh blood take over. I know he came up with the main premise of SMTIV as well, but the team was left to decide how it unfolded. The other aspect hurting them is likely the growing popularity outside of Japan. It was easy to get away with their ideas on religious figures back when it was just Japan, but branching off into more "religious" territories probably has some of the higher execs telling them to lighten up. Let's be honest here, Lucifer phoned it in for SMTIV compared to his more prominent role in SMTII and III. Devil Survivor also lightened up Law and SMTIVA sounds like it finally gave the series the saving throw to change the whole dynamic with YHHW. We'll have to see what the future holds. I just pray the series doesn't stray any further into Devil Survivor territory.

Were you aware that they are Remastering Dark Souls for PC? Seems like it would be a great time to take the plunge and join the rest of our dark and masochistic cult.

Well, I mean there is a reset button and savior figures in MegaTen, they will just dramatically and forever change humanity to a point of no return, therefore removing our very nature. I mean a large part of the greater conflict in MegaTen is YHHW and Lucifer trying to amass "Worlds of their Order". Mankind is flawed, but we're also the master's of our own destiny, but even SJ gave off the impression that the very nature of the incident in Antartica was due to mankind reaching a point of no return for the planet and the ancient earth gods taking a stand against it. The heroes prevent the world from changing, but even they won't really be able to change the humanity to fix the downward spiral they are heading in, and even Heaven basically treats the neutral ending as "oh well, we'll succeed next time". Neutral has always been bittersweet since the second entry. Only in more recent years has it either be treated as more negative (SMTIV) or plain optimistically (Devil Survivor) though I feel the nature of the changes regarding SJ to be a bit alarming cause it sounds to me like the newer teams are disregarding the very punk elements of the franchise which is what made them so different and interesting to begin with.

I'm fine with Persona being the positive Shonen Jump series of positivity, but I prefer MegaTen classic as the more ambiguous and morally questionable series. Large reason why Dark Souls appeals to me as well, because you get endings, but whether they are good or not is up to your interpretation.

Ouch, really feels like the Persona influence is trying too hard to change the MegaTen teams ideals. I wasn't really excited for the game anyway, but that confirms I'll give it a pass, though I would argue the endings of SJ do all kind of imply the world is screwed no matter which ending you get. Even Neutral is heavily implied throughout the game to be mankind destroying the world in a foregone conclusion.

How so?

Well despite saying I was burnt out, I still got an hour or two in today. :sweatdrop:

With that said, I did get some writing in, so today wasn't a total loss for me.

I just feel like he gets nailed more than other directors since fans are still butthurt about the prequel films.

Congrats on the draft. I need to do some work myself today. Luckily, I burnt myself out on DSII yesterday, so I'll have some time to work on it.

That was pretty interesting, and I kind of agree. Felt bad that George Lucas is back to being the punching bag again for creative bankruptcy, but if the shoe fits I guess.

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Pfft =P

Well that's not nice ^^