Wolf Kanno
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Memento Mori
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Im actually looking forward to it.

We need more game stories about the human condition. The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone (the shorter of two expansions) storyline is up there, being one of the best constructed gaming narratives I've played in recent years

Ooh, cool, i heard the Witcher does it too. You can sleep around with whomever, but if you lead on the two main romance options romantically, not just sexually, you end up with neither and they humiliate you.

It's great that they integrated the main theme of the game into the mechanic though! Sounds really refreshing.

It's really rare for games to really pull romances off well. I usually prefer a pre-established romance since usually it feels pretty like "pick the set of characteristics you like in a partner" but in Persona it really felt like it was done well, mostly because you get to spend so much time learning about the characters and their internal struggles, making them rounded people before making them into boning-material. The Witcher doesn't do it through so much exposure, but it has the benefit of being an established canon with all the major romance options having history with the main character, as well as Geralt not being a mute blank slate but his own character (that you can still influence to a degree). So there's really more opportunity for the writing to flourish, and the writers definitely took their chance because all the romance options feel like they could work, mostly thanks to very strong characterization of both Geralt and all the romance options.

So how well do you feel the romance aspect of P5 was executed?

Oh my God, I don't think I've ever felt so bad for rejecting a girl in a video game before. And not because of some contrivance that makes your character into some kind of villain, but because I really felt like it could've worked out but was commuted to someone else and really didn't want to hurt her since she was definitely set up as a one-time fling but she just wanted someone to settle down with.

She ended up hurt, and things got awkward, but they still want to end up friends and damnit, this feels so real and human


God, I am like a broken record, aren't I

THANK YOU! I am always classy though

I have not ever seen that. This is awesome, thank you.

I've only ever played like, two hours of Zelda...ever. Shoot me. Shoot me now!

Cheers! Sounds like a nice little mechanic.
I was just going round and round in circles in the first dungeon because I thought I kept coming to a dead end...I didn't realise I could push blocks out of the way...FML xD

What's the Force Level Up stuff about? You'll regret asking me to come to you! xD