#i really enjoy most of the characters and the combat is so fuckin snappy and satisfying

[memorys-skyscraper]

man. ive got a real hankering to replay persona 5 but i also dont really wanna subject myself to........ All That, yknow

#rambles #why is modern persona Like That #like. persona 4 was one of my favorite games of all time in high school and was super formative for me #and being roughly the same age as the characters at the time meant a lot of the weird shit didnt strike me as all that weird #but now? i have zero interest in replaying it #like i'll be like 'man i should replay persona 4' and then remember the camping trip. and shadow kanji. and shadow rise. and shadow naoto. #and the beauty pageant. and hanako. and kashiwagi. #and like. do i wanna replay a game that thinks the idea of being gay or fat or a woman over thirty is a punchline in and of itself? #that sexualizes the hell out of teen girls? sometimes as commentary but more often completely unironically? #i really dont. i have a lot of fondness for that game and its characters but i just. cant go back to it #p5 is *less* bad and royal fixed *some* of the issues but theres still so much. #i guess i remember enough that i can just. skip the worst cutscenes. but i really wish i didnt feel the need to! #not trying to start Discourse or anything- i do by and large enjoy both p4 and p5 thoroughly and have put a lot of hours in both #i really enjoy most of the characters and the combat is so fuckin snappy and satisfying #which is why its such a shame to me that they shoot themselves in the foot so badly with all the weird shit #anyway thanks for coming to my ted talk