[Guest]

Funny I actually saw Ashe and Balthier as the leads. It was hard for me to place Van in the role of the "lead hero" though I know that is what the designers intended. Lycan has a point. Everything would have made more sense if Ashe would have been  assigned the lead role. I'm not bashing Van . He's a great character despite the harsh criticism he has gotten but I was still more intrigued with Ashe.

You have played the game a long time Tony. I think even though you haven't beat it you still know more about the world then say a guy that plays it 5  hours then posts his review. I wouldn't sweat it too much.

It seems like the game will have alot to do as you say  and even replay factor due to the stipulation you can develop relationships with  other students in unique ways.

If it's a 70 hour + game I'll be grinding at it awhile. I understand how people that work out of home can beat it over a time span of fewer days.  What I don't understand are "rpg rush nuts". People that say they beat Digital Devil 2 in 28 hours or  Shadow hearts Covenant at around 30 hours. If you level up and do all the side quests in Covenant it is easily a 80-100 hour game. I hate to  sound like  an old foogey but what happened to stop and smell the roses?

Sweet! Glad you snagged some good stuff! I wish I was persistent as I used to be. Now my friends have to practically force me out the door to attend anime conventions. What ever happened to my motivation? Maybe it's in my other  pants. lol.

Character group pictures are hard so I sympathize Enid. My friend once said it's best to draw full body versions of every character then layer them together. I didn't do that for this group picture sadly. I noticed right away not every character was realistically to scale though their are other character colleagues I've seen that are more chaotic like mine. Alot of the older "Dark stalkers" posters were like that but I loved them anyway.

Here are a few more illustrations to boot! A lot of these are character roughs,commission pieces, a few of my friend Alex's ideas put into visual context,or inspiration gotten from playing tabletop rpgs. Most are older works so I'm afraid quality might suffer a bit.

I try not to take anything too seriously especially parodies. If anything Penny arcade's cheap shot about Atlus's eccentricities likely will help the game sell better. In my opinion comedic artists will only target something that is "good" or at the very least "anticipated". It's like that in show biz too. The actors and actresses they are doing well are also the ones that get "spoofed" so to speak.

Bahumut Prime here! Give up Sephy-tron! Sorry couldn't resist continuing the bad pun. lol. I can't believe this  present reality is going to last ten years and be  a series. Literally it'll be like episodes in one big movie and fans will have to keep buying new games to understand it all. No thanks square/enix. I'm smarter then you give me credit for. I liked times of old where each FF was a self contained  story and  you could enjoy each game on its individual merits.

The characters really  seem to be well thought out this time around. Granted science fiction and cyber punk inspirations make things more quirky then again how realistic is HS students fighting for the fate of man-kind anyway? As usual at least Atlus is trying to stay true to originality. I find the concept of P3 far more appealing then most of the new breed of rpgs hitting shelves.

The  Chick guy seems like he has a bias against all Japanese rpgs so his opinion is invalid to me. Glad P3 got two other flawless recommendations however!

Thanks much Emilio! guilty gear x-2 was one of my favorite fighters. I saw it sort  as a "what  if" the  shin megami tensei games would have been similar to if they made a MegaTen brawler. Of course being a "fan" means anything you do will be slightly influenced by what you like. I'm no exception to that rule. lol.

To any members wanting to post art feel free to do it here! Here is some of my stuff to start with. Have fun and what not!

I have no problem with "sex" really. Put in a random orgy scene and people say how "random and un-needed" it is. Put in random violence and everyone rants how cool the bloody fight scenes are.

Granted like Heat I'm not an uber fan of anime either but I  still have mild interest in seeing this.

I remember that cartoon sadly. Shows how old I'm getting. I love America's stance on  sex...."Stay celibite because even if you use protection Ganondorf's Aids orcs still might get you! Momma Mea!" I understand wanting kids to be responsible but is it just me or do sex ed videos always portray sex as a horrible tentacle monster experience that yields no pleasure?

Seems like they realized "Transformers" would hit it big again so tried modifying a similiar concept. Don't think I don't love transforming robots...but transforiming espers?! Er, that's far fetched even for my kooky imagination to grasp. By now I guess  it is all about trends and making money. I can't critique a company for wanting to make a profit but FF-13 seems to be the beginning of the end for square/enix now all their good  ideas are exhausted.

Yeah being the "under-dog" is going to serve to Atlus's benefit this time. Then again I thought Nocturne would slip by the fundy radar and it didn't. Getting Nocturne in my city became the single most epic challenge of  all. Needless to say I couldn't find it but I was  smarter with Persona 3 and pre-ordered.

I see how the symbolic suicide "could" disturb some people especially the light hearted whimsical rp crowd but as you said Tony there's no bullets,blood,or splattered brain matter. lol.