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By Jason Venter · August 20, 2009

How the hell could you give hunk of garbage like Wild Arms 4 and Disgaea series a 10, but Persona 3 a 9 ?

Here is Electronic Gaming Monthly's review of Persona 3

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/4214/persona3.png

An AAA title apparently.

Here is GamePro's review

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4214/persona3.png

http://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/129169/shin-megami-tensei-persona-3

RPGFan made list of the best RPG on 6th generation console.Look which title made the top.

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1364/rpg6th.jpg

http://www.rpgfan.com/features/Best_of_6th_Gen/index.html

I don't fucking get most of you RPG fans . Just when an RPG title is genuinely good and got praises from critics, you all duck to your dark corners and resort to your shitty niche titles due to your insecurity,just like Smeagol cherishing the One Ring . Where is Nocturne , Wild Arms 4, or Disgaea on that RPGFan list ? There is a huge difference between 'honest gamer' and 'uninformed, ignorant gamer'. You seem to be the second one.

Comments 17

dementedhut Aug 20, 2009

You idiot, everyone knows any game rated below a 10/10 is a terrible game that no one should ever touch. Get with the times, man!

darketernal Aug 21, 2009

Wild Arms 4 was not so bad...though to be honest, much like Suikoden games, a Wild Arms game for me immediately gets an 6 before even looking at the game itself and then it can only get better.

Hmmm, Persona...I should look into those games, the last Persona I played was Persona 2 years ago, and it was a fine game.

Genj Aug 21, 2009

Wow, Venter he really showed you. Them other magazines gave those games different scores!

Felix_Arabia Aug 21, 2009

Tone the nerd rage down, HMD.

Genj Aug 21, 2009

On a serious note, I thought everyone preferred Nocturne over Persona 3 & 4. You know, of the people that actually played Nocturne.

zippdementia Aug 21, 2009

I didn't like Disgaea very much. I hate these tactical games which aren't actually, you know, TACTICAL. Disgaea had great personality, but for me it fell somewhere in the 4 category.

I haven't played Wild Arms 4, but I'm had bad experiences with the WA series.

Persona 3 was probably a 7 or an 8 from me. There are some major problems with the title, such as the extremely boring dungeons and the lack of any REAL choices to make in the game.

Persona 4 improved on it a lot, garnering more like a 9 from me (still some pretty boring dungeon crawl sections), but then I haven't finished the 4th one yet.

Of course, this could be the same guy who said I had no balls because I said Killzone 2's story sucked.

overdrive Staff Aug 21, 2009

I've played both Nocturne and P3 and would have to say Nocturne is better for three reasons:

1. I don't need to have to know virtually everything about Japanese history and culture to do good in school in Nocturne because there is no school!

2. You fight cool mythological creatures like angels and Lucifer in Nocturne. In P3, you fight weird little things with names like Weeping Coatrack and Jubilant Shishkabob.

3. Any game with a character who wears the faces of his victims as a coat automatically is better than any other game created in the history of gaming.

hmd Aug 21, 2009

I WILL NOT CALM DOWN. Venter stop being so dumb with your dumb opinions and other dumb things (which are dumb, I should add!)!

Anyways is Wild Arms 4 any good? I played the first one a little bit and liked it but you never know with sequels.

honestgamer Blogger Aug 21, 2009

I wrote a review explaining why I liked Wild Arms 4 so much, which I doubt this individual ever even bothered to read. I know the game isn't for everyone, but I had a lot of fun with it. With that said, it actually has almost nothing in common with the first game, aside from some of the fascinating themes for which the series is known. Even the battle system has been substantially changed, and dungeon exploration is a lot more active. You should be able to find the game cheap now, and I definitely recommend picking it up. Persona 3, meanwhile, is complete and utter trash and that's why I gave it a 9/10. Clearly.

zigfried Aug 21, 2009

Wild Arms 4 was so awesome, when it came out everyone who talked about it seemed to think it was a modern JRPG that actually earned a true 10. The game blew away the sour taste from parts 2 and 3 and finally lived up to the promise of the first. EDIT: Quality-wise, I mean. It plays nothing like it.

Disgaea is pretty much heralded as the lord and master of SRPGs (although I haven't played, so I'm not agreeing or disagreeing)... which makes angry email dude's argument based on Persona 3's "pro review popularity" somewhat questionable.

Never mind that you loved Persona 3.

//Zig

EmP Staff Aug 21, 2009

I didn't like Disgaea very much. I hate these tactical games which aren't actually, you know, TACTICAL.

Yet you like FFt. Does not compute.

Genj Aug 21, 2009

Wild Arms 4 got trashed by a fair amount of professional critics actually. I didn't think it was that great. The story and characters are terrible and the execution just feels cheap (most of the cutscenes are static images and character portraits). The battle system was interesting but the game was so easy I beat bosses with one attack regularly.

hmd Aug 21, 2009

Final Fantasy Tactics has Calculators in it, whereas Disgaea has a hard to pronounce title and exploitative character and game designs.

SO THERE.

WilltheGreat Aug 22, 2009

I would put more stock in your anonymous critic's opinion if he could properly use a comma. Don't they teach that in school anymore?

honestgamer Blogger Aug 22, 2009

His name and e-mail address were European, so that actually explains the grammar pretty easily. The other stuff is just stupidity, which knows no cultural or ethnic boundaries. Plus I think he is mad that I haven't changed the score associated with the review. The title of the e-mail was "Didn't i tell you to change the score of Persona 3 from 9 to 10 ?" and I think he was genuinely surprised that I hadn't yet done so. The poor guy is in for more surprises of that order, though. I hope he'll do himself a favor and stop looking, as the score isn't going to change. ;-)

darketernal Aug 22, 2009

WA4 was rather weak story wise for the most part, but Arnaud and Raquel were awesome characters...more than I can say for Jude and Yulie. Still, I still think that WA2 and 1 are the most awesome in the series(still have to play the PsP one and V).

zippdementia Aug 22, 2009

EmP, I never undersrtood your hatred of FFT. I'm gonna have to write a review explaining my position one of these days.

I imagine your hatred had something to do with the unsureity of the success of your attacks. I sense you are a man who likes to be obeyed.