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It's fine if you think of it as a big tutorial to get you better at the game, but as a standalone mode it's pretty barren.

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Dragonblade01 posted...

Even in Japan, pretty much any online service takes credit cards...

They do, but getting a card is difficult. They also arent the same as debit cards in america.

Rakuten is super easy to get as long as you have a job. But yes, debit cards aren't a thing here. Fortunately, credit cards are better anyway.

Even in Japan, pretty much any online service takes credit cards...

the real life master of the hot take

In my experience, Japanese workers who get busted for lunch transgressions are usually getting called out because of other shit they've done beforehand.

Obviously super streamlined, but still a good video.

Japanese parents will always respond negatively to children who look different unless the particular area has a relatively high concentration of foreigners (and even then, they still might).

The reason is fear of the different and unknown. When Japanese people see someone who doesn't look Japanese, they assume they're foreign. Even if you are a native-born Japanese citizen. As a result, they assume you can't speak Japanese and, more critically, can't understand and follow Japanese rules.

This is because homogeneous societies tend to view their system as special and fundamentally incomprehensible to outsiders. The most we can be expected to do is imitate it. That's not to say that some foreigners don't cause problems, but the issues arise even if we don't.

The unfortunate reality is that a lot of Japanese people just don't get it. They don't get why their behavior needlessly harms others, and attempts to bring it up means you're rocking the boat. And boat rocking is unacceptable, so they are even less likely to listen.

Japan has crafted a society that is almost miraculously resistant to change in key areas.

I'm sure there's a correlation, but they aren't the same thing.

For one, loli is not necessarily a sexual attraction whereas pedophilia is.

Second, pedophilia is exclusively the sexual attraction to prepubescent children. Loli, on the other hand, can contain various conflicting and/or multifaceted depictions, since the subjects are both not real and designed to target fantasies instead of reality.

Japan's insistence on doing things their way has very little to do with their opinions on the ways of others.

But on topic, yes, there's a definite rise in marijuana use among Japanese youths.

bloodydeath0 posted...

Is weed illegal in Japan?

Very.

Why is it suddenly in fashion to troll old ass JRPGs?

I'm definitely going to buy Hollow Knight again on the Switch, but I want to wait until Gods and Glory comes out first.

My biggest problem with the free updates was that I couldn't experience them as a natural part of exploring the world since I'd already cleared everything else on that save file. But buying it again on the Switch is the perfect excuse to start over from scratch.

It's great. 4 is amazing as well.

Just get Berseria. Zestiria isn't worth it.

Also, the two are related, but only in a "this game takes place 1000 years in the past" kind of way.

I'm most interested in Ghost because it has a Way of the Samurai kind of vibe. Nioh 2 is going to be the Soulsbourne sort of samurai game, while Sekiro seems to be From Software deviating from that formula to something with more dramatic combat.

I'm definitely looking forward to all of them though.

Eevee-Trainer posted...

I mean I feel the same about straight characters too, I want them well-written. I'm not sure what you mean by dog whistle but I don't think I'm asking for much for just a good narrative, straight or gay. :/

Also Corn go plow a gay field or something, idk

The reason it's considered a dog whistle by some is that it's not really pertinent to the conversation. Characters being well-written is kind of a general hope that everyone should have for all the characters in their media of choice. So making that a specific request when it comes to LGBT characters sounds suspect. After all, regardless of whether the characters are well-written or not, there's no problem with having LGBT characters in a game or any other kind of media. No need to specifically say you're okay with it only on the grounds that they be well-written.

A character's sexuality doesn't influence how much I like them.

And all I really want are characters that I like.

So obviously I have no problem with LGBT characters.

lmao he did not try to stop

Touhou is not popular because of all the doujins.

Touhou has all the doujins because it is popular.

And it's popular for its music, its creator's openness with the community, and being at the right place at the right time for Japan's media content sharing scene.

It was the music and the fact that the girls were just cute enough.

But it really can't be underplayed how important the series' music was to the fans. It's still a prevailing influence on indie music producers to this day.

People aren't candy.

I think humans are probably biologically wired to be capable of bisexuality, with specific genes providing spectrum variance therein. But then social rearing and environmental experience helps solidify lasting and deep-rooted preferences.

It all has to do with the history and development of marriage.

Though, to be honest, I could see marriage as a concept being tossed aside by later generations before polygamy becomes accepted.

The fact that they released an actual trailer for it gives me so much hope for the anime version.

Look for a bunch of cheaper but awesome indie stuff.

Just Shapes & Beats is fucking awesome.

As I've said every time this topic comes out; you can reject the design, just not the customer unless they're causing some kind of trouble.

Unison Square Garden is easily one of the best popular artists in the country atm

It doesn't follow that being exposed to the hardships of the modern workforce means entering the workforce is a mistake.

On a related note, Economics of Recess is the best episode.

21, and that's likely because I've never been one to use the "strong" options very often.

Aren't these questions a bit on the nose though?

For many people, they often feel some great "loss of status," or that they've "lost their place in society." It goes back to what Darkman said about being able to live with something. And having one's entire social position torn out from under them can very quickly cause serious mental distress and become something the victim "cannot live with."

It's a similar reason to why people who are bullied can be susceptible to suicidal thoughts. It can come with the sensation that you have no place among your peers (who make up your immediate "society").

Think of it this way:

If they sit on it forever, they'll never be able to ruin it.

I want to play The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince, but I just can't justify spending full retail price on a game that should clearly be half that.

Seems like either a parody or some sort of fake ideologue account.

But on a general note, people unwilling to discuss topics and try to understand others are the worst.

26_Sandman_39 posted...

Dragonblade01 posted...

26_Sandman_39 posted...

Dragonblade01 posted...

26_Sandman_39 posted...

it wouldn't be a kessel run though

you can't take a shortcut for a marathon, otherwise you wouldn't have ran a marathon

Why does a kessel run require you travel a set distance like a marathon?

because a kessel run is 18 parsecs

Is that decided upon in the lore? Or was that just the standard/previous record to successfully get from points A to B?

you can't run a mile in 2000 ft

Where is a kessel run defined as "any event that is exactly 18 parsecs" and not as "an event that starts at specific point A and ends at specific point B"?

26_Sandman_39 posted...

Dragonblade01 posted...

26_Sandman_39 posted...

it wouldn't be a kessel run though

you can't take a shortcut for a marathon, otherwise you wouldn't have ran a marathon

Why does a kessel run require you travel a set distance like a marathon?

because a kessel run is 18 parsecs

Is that decided upon in the lore? Or was that just the standard/previous record to successfully get from points A to B?

26_Sandman_39 posted...

it wouldn't be a kessel run though

you can't take a shortcut for a marathon, otherwise you wouldn't have ran a marathon

Why does a kessel run require you travel a set distance like a marathon?

26_Sandman_39 posted...

the kessel run is 18 parsecs

parsecs is distance, not time

Correct, parsecs are a measure of distance. But, if you take a more dangerous shortcut, you can make the distance between points A and B in less than the standard 18.

26_Sandman_39 posted...

i think he has

you can't run a marathon in 16 miles

Correct, because all marathons are 26 miles by definition.

In context, the Kessel Run is not 18 parsecs by definition.

26_Sandman_39 posted...

No_U_L7 posted...

HylianFox posted...

the "12 parsecs" thing felt really belabored as if to say HEY NERDS, THIS IS HOW THE UNDER 12 PARSECS THING MAKES SENSE IN CONTEXT

yikes

i think nerds are the only ones that feel this way

i think idiots are the only one that feel this way

I mean, regardless of how little the kessel run actually matters to anything, you still displayed atrocious reading comprehension.

It is to me.

dave_is_slick posted...

Dragonblade01 posted...

The reason Ace Attorney and similar don't get flack is because you're solving a mystery. So there's still a "challenge." Telltale only manages to get away with it through using popular licenses. And visual novels get away with it by being "those weird weeaboo games."

So how did Life is Strange "get away with it"?

Lower price point, which adds to Darmik's point about market penetration.

Market penetration is a factor, true. Criticism often comes with mainstream attention. But more to my point, it doesn't matter why fans like the games. It matters how they are billed and presented to consumers. QD bills itself as an interactive narrative game. AA bills itself as a detective puzzle game.

Right, but it's a matter of presentation. In AA, it's presented like you're solving a puzzle. That's what the game is about, and good storytelling helps prop it up. QD games, on the other hand, are primarily about performing the narrative which happens to include mysteries.

The reason Ace Attorney and similar don't get flack is because you're solving a mystery. So there's still a "challenge." Telltale only manages to get away with it through using popular licenses. And visual novels get away with it by being "those weird weeaboo games."

And it's the history of visual novels that makes Japan more receptive to these sorts of games. Whereas in other countries there's still a strong expectation of "challenge." If that challenge doesn't seem to be there, it "doesn't count" in their minds.

UNIST has better footsies than SFV.

The game industry is better for having games like this and other interactive narratives like the Telltale Games, and even ones without branching narratives like What Remains of Edith Finch.

DarthAragorn posted...

Dragonblade01 posted...

The Zelda formula was incredibly stale. The series needed a game like Breath of the Wild.

I disagree

I mean, if you want the same game but with progressively worse dungeons, then be my guest. Breath of the Wild's decision to take the focus off the big dungeons was one of the best things about it.