The big issue is that the Remake Project wants to celebrate FF7 more than it wants to actually BE FF7. So the devs think having more FF7 content with all these NPCs or little chit chats with the party would make us happy. Saying that they're "expanding" by adding more stuff to it. But what does "Tifa selling water filters", "Cloud doing mandatory side quests", "Mandatory coliseum section" expand on? They even took the character, Johnny, who was an NPC with a story in the background and made him mandatory for some reason. Especially when the party leave Midgar, so any relationships made don't matter. In reality, all they did was put in so much filler because this trilogy's production has to be EXPENSIVE. Taking a 6 hour long introduction and making it 33 hours for this game. Taking short exploration areas and making them 1-2 hours long and padded. Making Wall Market into a bootleg Gold Saucer because they can't do the actual Gold Saucer until Rebirth. To highlight how ridiculous it gets, Remake & Rebirth don't fully cover Disc 1 of FF7. Yet despite that, the games are fun are fun to play even if it feels like the the story barely moves forward. The devs recently admitted they wanted to make things different, believing that old fans wouldn't care if they knew everything that would happen. But then also admitted that nothing will actually be truly different, it's just the illusion that things might change to interest old fans with new content. Even though old fans WANTED A REMAKE to begin with.

Also cause you mentioned Chrono Trigger, it is crazy how that hasn't been ported yet to consoles. The mobile port has been on PC for years, yet no Console port of it. Chrono Cross has already gotten ported, so what's taking Squeenix so long to port Chrono Trigger. Then again, this is the same company that thought console players didn't want the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters, the company makes baffling choices at times.

​@Gordoniankid Wow 😂yeah agree with everything you said. Im probably playing it at the perfect time then 😅 by the time I'm done with both part 3 may be on the horizon lolo

​@@yungjus1 The devs said they're focusing on Part 3, so unlike Remake, Rebirth won't be getting any story DLC. Now whether or not this will make Part 3 come out sooner is anyone's guess. Especially with how much content Part 3 now has to cover, on top of the extra filler they add in.

1. I feel like out of context spoilers is a good way of building intrigue without saying too much. But then you have Square Enix the champions of spoiling their games. I was planning on using Crisis Core FF7 Reunion Trailer footage to make a point, but that Launch Trailer spoils 95% of the game's ending XD. But then you have Neo The World Ends With You that spoils the game but also shows footage that's not in the game too. FF7 Remake Project is also designed around people knowing OG FF7 and baits old fans, while screwing over new fans in the process. It's all so weird. 2. Older media is in such a weird place where people expect everyone to know it yet, even though that's impossible. I barely watch movies, I've never seen many beloved films and people get baffled at that fact. Now imagine that across console generations which would require a lot of money and time. And some consoles can't be emulated properly too. Then you have Remakes that are their own version of a game and not the same as the original. 3. The gameplay part is so weird, because it continues to feel like gameplay is seen as unimportant to video games. I know that for most spoilers refers to narrative works. But when the medium's main thing is gameplay interaction, that should be the most important. So talking about stuff like later sections or gameplay surprises should be a spoiler, but unless it's tied to the narrative most think it's unimportant. It's like how when people say "Gameplay is most important in a game" people LOVE to respond with "Um, games are MORE than just gameplay". Freaking no one goes "Yeah this movie sucked, but the music was amazing so it's great" or "This book was OK, but the cover artwork is immaculate so it's still great". Every form of art is comprised of multiple forms of art, but there is a main thing to each medium.

From what I've seen, old fans got a PS4 JUST FOR FF7 Remake. But I feel like the jump to PS5 is what filtered them out since they only got a console for the one game. Hypothetically, Final Fantasy should be attracting new fans regardless, especially since FF7 still has it's legacy. When FF7 Remake was revealed I had friends asking about the hype around it and what made FF7 famous and by proxy FF7 Remake famous. Casual fans wouldn't even know FF7 Remake was only Part 1 of a trilogy (still a dumb idea to me). I've seen people keep making excuses for why FF7 Remake & Rebirth aren't doing as well as OG FF7. "FF7 Remake was on one console!" but OG FF7 was on ONE CONSOLE, a NEW unproven console AND was swapping from Nintendo to Sony. It's why the description of this video says "Can a ground breaking game from 1997 be recaptured in modern day when there's no ground to break?". OG FF7 did crazy technological feats at the time while being a good game. FF7 Remake is a good game, but doesn't do anything people haven't seen before and feels like it's milking the brand by being a trilogy filled with meaningless filler content (How are we 2/3 games in and still haven't finished DISC ONE?!).

​@@Gordoniankid What!!! That's crazy 😳 Rebirth doesn't advance the story past Disc 1 of the Og??? Imma get out of the comments before I know too much 😂😂 I'm still playing through remake pt:1 lolo

I know that was a popular theory when FF7 Remake was new. But that theory has been discredited by the developers. It also doesn't make sense since the devs recently admitted they aren't going to make any drastic changes, just give the illusion that they might. It's also a messed up theory since that implies the devs don't like FF7 fans and goal was to "defeat" them. It also doesn't add up since FF7 Purists send threats to the devs demanding a "perfect happy ending" for the characters in FF7 this time around.

I got words about the padding in Rebirth too, but that's for the Rebirth video later this week. I'm still shocked how 2 parts of the Remake Trilogy are out and we STILL HAVEN'T FINISHED Disc 1 of the OG FF7! Rebirth had to skip content from the OG to add in more filler, it's insane.

Signalis is a game I've heard many great things about. And searching what you just told me, seems to have been very effective. Top search result was people saying they got tricked XD. I saw some count Hades, but I don't count that since a credits sequence doesn't play at that scene. I cut out audio for the Fake Out ending for Batman Arkham City. I didn't want to include Arkham City since that was entirely optional in a DLC story. Wanted to stick to mandatory Fake Outs than a What If/Alternate Ending.

Thank you.

The battle music changes with the DLC costume the protagonist is wearing. It's the same method used in Persona 5 and I don't like it. Since it means you can't listen to the default battle theme if you put the protagonist in a DLC outfit.

@Gordoniankid I always dressed everyone up when I wanted to change the music (in Persona 5). I never tried changing just the leader.

@@adamvancleave9200 It's only the leader. You can have the party waring costumes from different games. But whatever the leader is wearing changes the music. I had the leader in the default outfit to keep the Metaphor battle themes playing. It's the same method as in Persona 5,. But I wish it was just a menu option like in Persona 5 Strikers, Persona Q2 and Persona 3 Reload.

I haven't played P3 Dancing, P4 Dancing or P5 Dancing and I don't plan on playing those. The only spinoff I dislike is Persona Q1, with P4 Arena Ultimax being my favorite spinoff until P5 Strikers. I've mostly seen footage of P5X back during the Chinese beta and it is impressive it's going for a main entry feel. Although I wish that meant it got to to the point sooner, like how P4 & P5 have very long prologues. Nice that you got into the Persona franchise this year, sounds like you've been enjoying it. I hope it encourages to also try out other MegaTen entries like Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance or Devil Survivor (Devil Survivor being my favorite MegaTen game). P5 Strikers was something I didn't expect to like more than Persona 5 & Persona 5 Royal, I felt like it did what those games tried to do better. Although anytime I've seen this to people, I always get weird looks XD.

@Gordoniankid Although I'm not playing Devil Survivors right now, I started playing Soul Hackers 2 yesterday, I know it's not the greatest game but I'm someone that likes 7 out of 10 games because I like games for what they are and not for what it isn't. I plan to play devil survivors in the future

@@Persona-Joop-157 I also like Soul Hackers 2, fun game. Same here, I play many cool 7/10 games (Crystar, Crymachina, Caligula Effect 1, Chrono Cross, Digimon World Next Order, etc.) 7/10 games can have cool ideas even if it's not the best execution. Shows how huge the gaming industry is with different developers and concepts.

@@chloemarlowe3817 I also understand that, I saw two streamers marathon Persona 3 together. But they had issues with being over leveled. I told them about the "fatigue system" but they thought it sounded worse than being over leveled. Games are designed around their mechanics, so the player just needs to learn how to use them. I see people who never played the original Persona 5, act as if Royal was "fixing a broken game". Over hyping features like running in the overworld or guns reloading between fights. Like I said in the video, I prefer original Persona 4 & 5 more than Golden & Royal. But people act like I'm crazy because "it's the same but more", even though I don't like the "more". Yet people criticize EVERY SMALL DETAIL in Persona 3 Reload, but don't do that for Golden or Royal. Hell, Persona 3 Portable got PRAISED for changing combat to be like Persona 4, yet somehow P3 Reload gets bashed for it. It's also like how I see people complain about Resident Evil 5 not letting you move and shoot. Despite previous entries not letting you do that and Resident Evil 5 has enemies built around you needing to stand still. Making the complaint just an excuse to bash Resident Evil 5. I also started with Final Fantasy 4, but my favorite is Final Fantasy 5 (made a video on FF5). Yet franchises like Final Fantasy have people assume your favorite entry was your first entry for some reason.

That does make a lot more sense. Especially since the case of me being told "nostalgia bias" is why I like Persona 3 the most in the series. Was a streamer confused on how I could feel that way while they had issues with Persona 3 (ironically similar issues they had with Persona 5, but forgot). Same streamer also got confused why I liked Persona 5 Strikers more than Persona 5 Royal🤣.

Persona 2 Duology has my favorite story & cast in Persona. Fusion Spells are also really cool in the P2 Duology.

Thanks for explaining that and it does match up with the Red Bar during the clip. Although I felt like of it was connection based, then lag would have happened.

@@Stillbraixentho I went over how the game forshadowed the party knowing just as much as it did Akechi being the traitor. It's why I added the clip of my friend being surprised Akechi was the traitor. And the clip of the streamers "Hang Time" being baffled they were expected to think Joker died.But my main focus was how the plan itself didn't make sense.

I get ya, I also watch videos on people disliking things I enjoy or enjoying things I don't. Because different opinions is great and it helps me understand why people feel a certain way about things. I know I'm in the minority in having issues with Persona 5's story (especially The 3rd Semester's story). I got frustrated with people trying to claim what "is or isn't a twist" when it comes to this scene. Since all of it is twist after twist. And what some consider obvious (Akechi being the traitor) isn't for everyone. Much like how Joker being saved felt obvious to me and the streamer clip I added towards the end. Hell, before playing Persona 5, I saw a trailer and realized Igor was fake based on one line of dialogue XD (but that's unfair since it requires knowledge of other entries). But I kept seeing people argue that "its impossible to see Joker's survival coming" despite the clues the game has. Because Persona 5 is many things, good, fun, amazing OST. But the game is not subtle in the slightest. I also made a video talking about the Madarame Calling Card being my favorite scene in Persona 5. Felt like the best use of "Life will Change" in the game.

I wasn't sure whether or not to include that. Since while the game does highlight the camera & phone calls don't work (Still don't know how they filmed that Shido Calling Card). It technically doesn't state Futaba can't just set pre-recorded messages on a timer on Joker's phone. Similar to how Futaba can make the Meta-Nav activate by simulating finger tapping. Which is why I focused on the PERFECT TIMING of those messages, but counted it as more of a nitpick. Another thing I could have brought up was the weird part where Joker HAS to tell Sae to show Akechi the phone. Despite Futaba tracking both Joker & Akechi's phone, which would let her know when the two crossed paths regardless if they were standing still. Also the idea that Sae wouldn't talk to Akechi UNLESS told to do so is weird. But that's more of an issue of how the game justifies the Bad Ending for failing the interrogation.

@@Gordoniankid You have a good point. I never really understood why Joker would forget to hand Sae his phone unless you refuse to sell out your party members and confidants.

@@Eternalwarpuppy Joker would forget because of the black outs in his memory. Which is why the option to sell out your friends is a there. With Joker remembering the plan if you reject Sae's plea deal. When regardless, Sae should be taking Joker's phone with her since it's evidence. Sae even notes how the police haven't been able to open the phone. The only shaky part is if Sae would help save Joker. But even when telling Sae to show Akechi the phone, she still isn't aware of who the person Joker wants the phone shown to. And Sae only agrees to assist Joker when Futaba's messages begin playing. There is also the weird bit during Madarame's Arc where Ann uses the Meta-Nav inside Madarame's house. Having Ann, Morgana & Yusuke appear close to Joker & Ryuji. But Ann, Morgana & Yusuke still manage to escape the Metaverse via the entrance Joker & Ryuji used. Or how the party appear next to Leblanc after Futaba's Palace when we've only seen them activate it next to Futaba's room (also Futaba somehow walking through the desert to the Pyramid). Which is inconsistent to how the party claims you can only exit the Metaverse from when you entered. Hence why they couldn't just use the Meta-Nav to save Joker themselves.

Interesting that you brought FF7 being the first entry in Europe. Usually people focus on FF2, 3 & 5 not coming to America or FF7 being the first worldwide hit. So to have FF7 be the first entry to get brought over sounds insane. FF7 did what it needed to do, be a good game while it had the whole world watching. Got so many people into the RPG genre and Final Fantasy. And put Square Soft on the map, at least until they almost collapsed and had to merge with Enix😅. I still don't get how once FF7 Remake got revealed, some started turning on FF7. Not liking it's visuals, saying the gameplay was "nothing" and even complaining it wasn't voice acted. Some even saying FF7 is "full of plot holes" yet no one can ever cite one. But FF7 Remake did also convince others to play FF7 and like it too.

Yep! It probably contributed to its popularity as a whole, since Europe simply did not have the previous games to compare it to back when it released. Dragon Quest is in a similar situation except it took until Dragon Quest VIII on the PS2 for the franchise to start getting European releases! Being in the right place at the right time can truly make all the difference sometimes, and FFVII did just that! I find that all too common when games get remakes, some people start denigrating the original versions in multiple ways. FFVII is one of them, but a recent example is also Persona 3 Reload that had a lot of people act as if the original/FES/Portable versions were never actually good, down to saying the voice acting of these versions was terrible as well. It's like they have that mentality that a newer version makes older versions obsolete and vehemently assert that not by enjoying their version but by putting down older versions instead...

"Right place at the right time" is such a crazy thing. For both FF7 and the PlayStation as a whole having the best timing. Also the other aspect "ahead of it's time" which I feel games like Star Ocean Till the End of Time and Star Ocean Last Hope suffer from. I swear those 2 games would be more beloved if they released nowadays. The way people argue over Persona 3 Reload is part of a video I have coming. Specifically how people claim "nostalgia blind" if you prefer P3/FES/P3P but call you "Atlus bootlicker" if you prefer Reload. There's no winning in that scenario, people just wanna discard an opinion.

I forgot to also add how the famously long Supernova animation in FF7 was added during localization. It used to be much shorter. But now that super long and detailed animation is associated with FF7 and haunts new players to this day.

Yeah, timing can both be a great blessing if you get it right, or a big hurdle if you don't. Some games are too late to the party, but others are indeed too early to really find their audience! Online discourse is just filled with people who aren't trying to discuss something, they just want to assert their opinion as right and the others as wrong, and ultimately no one changes their mind because of it. The funny thing is that the Supernova animation isn't the only thing that changed, the attack's properties did too, the Japanese one deals a regular amount of damage to the party while the International one instead deals 15/16th of the party's current HP in damage. Amusingly this means the one with the longer, more impressive animation cannot kill you while the shorter one is actually potentially dangerous if you're low on HP.

I forgot my friend got that heart broken over Akechi being the traitor XD. Akechi was his favorite character in the game. And then my friend was mad at Akechi until the 3rd Semester arc. I definitely wanted to include that clip to show that the twist can still catch people by surprise. Funny thing is, the line that tipped my friend off, Akechi saying he hated Joker, was a Royal only line. Meaning if this were original Persona 5, he would have no clue.

@@Gordoniankid yeah, I figured at least they were rivals but I wanted a whole enemies to friends type of trope where he grows and understands yeah he has friends he just has to oepn up lmfao. Had no idea that was Royal only tho! :)

@@lovelysophxox In the original Persona 5, Akechi's Social Link was automatic (like Morgana's). So stuff like Akechi challenging Joker to a duel or telling Joker he hates him was not in the original. Akechi only had the mandatory story cutscenes originally. Royal gave Akechi an optional Social Link like the other characters. The 3rd Semester also being added into Royal, gives Akechi more screen time too.

I've seen many make that claim, but: 1. The video addresses how even if people want to say Akechi is too predictable. So is Joker being alive when the game suddenly prevents the player from hearing certain conversations. Or how Akechi screws up early in the game with the "pancakes" line. Then there's the fact believing Joker died means believing the game's main mechanics get removed too. Persona 5 is not a subtle with it's twists, saying Akechi being the traitor isn't a twist means nothing in the game is a twist. 2. There can be more than one twist in a scene. This sequence alone has: Akechi is the traitor and a criminal, Shido is the mastermind behind the SIU Director & Akechi, Akechi is an assassin sent to kill Joker, The Phantom Thieves knew about Akechi, Sae helps the Phantom Thieves.

@@Gordoniankid To me it's not that Akechi being the traitor wasn't a (predictable) twist but it wasnt the MAIN twist (that being the phantom thieves actually KNEW he was the traitor and they had actually set up an elaborate plot to save Joker). You said Joker being alive was predictable because of the game not letting you hear conversations between the PT or the pancakes line, but realize that those are VERY subtle details that not many players would notice and if they did they probably wouldn't remember (for example the pancakes line is said somewhat early into the game so even if people did catch onto it, which again not many players would, they probably wouldn't remember it when its brought up WAAAAY later into the game). And then theres the characterization of the phantom thieves that wouldn't lead players to believe they had the CAPABILITIES to set up such an elaborate and planned out plot. In many of the conflicts that we see in the game between the adults vs the Thieves the odds are severely stacked against them and many players thought it would be the same when Joker gets captured in Sae's palace, but when the twist comes that the phantom thieves planned out Joker's capture and used it to their advantage, really shocked me personally and was a really well written twist

@@ChillChaos-nr6zj The fade to white audio cut out is NOT SUBTLE AT ALL. That one is very blatant in not wanting the player to hear what's going which draws attention to it. Persona 5 shows scenes Joker wasn't there for (weird since the game is told primarily through flashback), so the game suddenly taking away information from the player stands out when it starts happening AFTER Akechi threatens the Phantom Thieves. And the fade to white scenes are ONLY WHEN AKECHI IS NOT IN THE ROOM, adding to the idea of the Phantom Thieves talking about something behind his back. The pancakes line is subtle, but people love highlighting that line as to why they feel like Akechi being the traitor isn't a twist since he made a mistake. But the same pancake line also highlights the Phantom Thieves heard an important piece of information, that's why I brought it up. Also the constantly progressing Social Link for Sae in present day has to be building up to something since it even finishes moments before Akechi shows up. The Phantom Thieves do show elaborate planning in regards to the Madarame Palace. Scouting out the final room and exploiting the flaws in the security (made a video on that heist, it's my favorite in the game). On top of needing to enter the Palaces to begin with and circumvent the puzzles & traps in the Palaces. So the Phantom Thieves are competent when the situation calls for it, even if the game keeps portraying them as walking into damn near every trap imaginable. Then there's also the idea that Persona 5 would remove the Wild Card mechanic if Joker actually died. Which is a crazy idea to believe the developers would do. But I know I'm in the minority of not believing story scenes if they would drastically alter the gameplay. I also wanted to focus on the actual plan by Akechi/Shido and The Phantom Thieves since I feel like the actual schemes get ignored entirely when this topic is brought up. So my biggest gripe was the plan to save Joker had issues with it, like the inconsistent Shadow vanishing or nobody coming to dispose of Joker's body (because if they did, they would realize Joker was gone).

Sound like what exactly?

Personally I've heard this archetype of voice a lot

I'm just speaking in a regular voice in my voices. I've seen others question why I sound the way I do. I'm unsure if it's an actually my voice or something else.

Back then I didn't think about that issue, I just played it as it was loaded on an emulator. So that's how I played the SNES & GBA versions 💀. I played the PS1 & Pixel Remaster versions on actual hardware. Ironically when I recorded Persona 2 Eternal Punishment (PSP) in 4:3, people asked why I didn't stretch it out.

@@night1952 Yeah, I remember when RE2 Remake was new, people kept saying it was more of a reimagining. Because despite the setting & cast, everything else was completely different. Even character personalities. RE4 Remake just didn't need to happen at all. RE4 is fine as is, but once Capcom announced RE4 Remake. Suddenly people started RE4 was "outdated and aged poorly. Ironically now that RE5 is next up, suddenly people don't want a remake. Granted, those people don't want an RE5 remake (like IGN) because they don't like RE5. I don't want an RE5 Remake because RE5 is my favorite RE game and I think it still works just fine.

When I had my friend test this video, he said me immediately answering the question was a jump scare 🤣. I've seen people for years say that the original Final Fantasy 7 looked ugly because of early 3D models. But even crazier was seeing complain about Final Fantasy 1 - 6 using images for enemies saying "how could you stand it back then?" 💀. The limitations of back in the day meant that new ground could be broken. But nowadays things feel homogenized since there's not much new being doing with the software or hardware. Or games that were unique being made more standard. It's weird how the gameplay, the most important part of a video game. Is seen as something that can be replaced so readily despite being the game's identity. People saying a game needs to change genre to be "good". When in reality the person just doesn't like that genre. Or the naive idea that certain genres have "universal appeal" when that's not true. Then the weird repulsion people have to emulation. Despite console companies using emulation all the time for ports of classic games. But people act as if emulation doesn't make games more accessible.

No need to apologize for yapping I'm guilty of the same thing XD. I've seen many say remakes help make older games accessible, but they don't. Resident Evil 2 Remake isn't Resident Evil 2, RE2 Remake changes almost the whole thing. Both are great games, but Resident Evil 2 only became more accessible when GOG started porting the OG RE1, RE2 and RE3 to PC recently. I've seen someone use Silent Hill 2 Remake saying that it's a great Remake, but OG Silent Hill 2 is no more accessible than it was before. I brought up in the video how Persona 3 Reload got criticism for removing mechanics and not including the P3FES (prior to the DLC anyway) or P3P content. P3P got a remaster at least, but P3 FES isn't any more accessible. I'm glad you mentioned emulation, I wish I included emulation talk in the video since it's weird how people treat it. Many like you said cant be bothered to emulate or prefer a more "authentic experience". But many ports of classic games (like the PS1 games on PS4/PS5 or Nintendo Switch Online games) are emulated. But emulation on console is a topic not many ever bring up when emulation gets bashed. Emulation makes games more accessible since you don't need the original hardware or if the game never released in your country. I played Final Fantasy V as a kid because of emulation and the fan-translation for example.

Whirlwind hack looks interesting. I know that the FFV community has the Four Job Fiesta challenge runs. But a hack to randomize jobs and add more ability slots sounds great.

The other worlds and the Airship being able to turn into a submarine. Or the crazy fact that you can navigate the whole world map on Chocobo and it's step one to getting the Eggman summon. The stuff FF5 has is crazy.

The funny part is, there's still stuff I forgot to mention like introducing the Blue Mage and Mid into the franchise. Also the best Airship in the series since it doubles as a submarine too. Final Fantasy V doesn't get the love or respect it deserves since it didn't get officially localized until after FF6 and FF7. But to see stuff FF5 did get associated with other entries annoys me. Or the common claim that FF5 "has no story" despite it doing being about environmentalism (people associate with FF7 more) and The Next Generation.

-I feel like the death matters should matter in the story even if the character gets replaced. Lavitz may get replaced, but his death is never forgotten, especially late into The Legend of Dragoon. Same with Galuf in FF5 who still gets mentioned and shows in spirit. But yeah, I understand that giving a replacement feels cowardly from a gameplay standpoint. Like the devs were too scared to actually remove something. But I feel like Galuf/Krile example helps FF5's story aspect of The Next Generation, going from 3 Warriors of Light & 1 Dawn Warrior. To a full party of the newly chosen Warriors of Light. -Aerith also never gets forgotten, but despite a common complaint of FF7 being that characters play almost entirely the same. I constantly see people cite Aerith as if she was massively different in gameplay. When in reality, Cure + All (which you get pretty early) is more efficient than waiting for a Limit Break. I didn't use Aerith in my party because her offense felt too lacking compared to others combined with me making Cloud the healer. -I've seen people convinced that Akechi would become a Phantom Thief and didn't expect him to be a villain. Just like Shinjiro, Akechi is an NPC with his storyline setup throughout, joins for one month and then dies. Him being a villain doesn't change that dynamic since there was always the chance he would join the team, with the party saying they don't forgive him, but that he could have joined at any time. On my P5 Royal playthrough on this channel, my friend was convinced Akechi would join and felt betrayed to learn he was a villain. -Shinjiro had his whole story arc set up very early into Persona 3. They do mention the suppressants that are killing him, but that doesn't mean he would go out the way he did. But while I see new fans saddened by the loss of Shinjiro, older fans just say he was "made to die" and "doesn't matter" despite how his death affects the party. With the P3 Reload version making Shinjiro more powerful compared to the party to add an even bigger loss gameplay wise. P3P version with the female protagonist even lets you save Shinjiro, but he's in a coma for the rest of the game until the ending.

Stellar Blade's New Game Plus feels like the best use of it I've seen in a long time. Gonna be crazy if PC modders can add custom outfits into the game.

The idea was that Sony doesn't have enough IPs they developed personally. With many companies that they own being ones that they bought out instead of building from the start. But, they still have stuff like the IPs from the Japan Studio. So they they have IPs that can work with and even IPs they didn't develop personally that they can and do use for multi-media projects. My question was, will they just abandon a new IP like they have with their other catalogue? Sony is licensing out Freedom Wars, so they have a chance to build up excitement for their IPs. Hell, could pull a Rare Replay and make a crazy collection to build hype back up for their IPs.

@@Gordoniankid yeah you have a good point, they should definitely do like a Rare Reply and put all their Japan Studios games and some PS2 titles like Sly Cooper but they are not going to do that. Sony has no interest in the old IPS and that’s what the CEO meant to say. Sony is only focus on cinematic games. The old IPS are forever dead maybe if we are lucky we might get a remake but very unlikely. He quoted the meaning wrong by saying Sony doesn’t have enough IPS.

@@mortalballdc I wouldn't say that Sony is only about cinematic games. They released Astrobot and making updates for it. Even made an update for Astro's Playroom. They also still port their classic titles to PS4/PS5. Sony also co-published Stellar Blade and Lost Soul Aside (whenever that game comes out). MediEvil and Demon's Souls of all things got remakes.

@@Gordoniankid Yes you are mention less than a handful of games that were not made by Sony Studios; compared to a lot of cinematic games. Jean Ryan focus was the cinematic games and didn’t want to bother with the older IPS so they got abandoned for now and of course they have to put out lower budget games like Astrobot to keep their fan base happy for the next big budget cinematic game like Venom.

@@mortalballdc My whole point was that Sony could do more with their IPs. You also have companies like Naughty Dog that chose not to focus on Jak & Daxter, so it's hard to say if Sony wanted to move away from that. But that's why in the video I said Sony could license their IPs, like they're doing now with Freedom Wars. Jim Ryan was the champion of shoving his foot in his mouth. But classic titles still got ported or remade under his tenure instead of fully abandoned.

watch a playthrough PLEASE its peak

It's why I noted how wildly available the game is nowadays. But I do also have a playthrough of the game on the channel too. Link the playlist of Persona 4: kzbin.info/aero/PLy2ghCVRjuslROh7-ief5MYMWnyjqNtSj But in simple & non spoiler terms: In a game about pursuing the truth and not relying on lies. Many fans got mad the game tricked them and instead of realizing that. They prefer the lie they got and say the game's finale is bad. I feel like the finale did it's job well and that people refuse to accept they didn't think everything through.

Square Enix managed to port and localize Radical Dreamers. I remember there being a Nintendo Leak that showed Nintendo had like 4K quality assets for their older games. So it's possible that if it doesn't get remade, that Nintendo still has access to Famicom Detective Club BS.

The original developers don't own the IP, Sony is letting them use the license with Bandai Namco funding the Remaster. It's like how Sega owns Bayonetta, but Nintendo funds Bayonetta 2, 3 and Origins. But it does mean Sony is willing to have companies use their licenses which could lead to more games from their IPs. Plus this means a higher chance of a Freedom Wars sequel.

@@Gordoniankid Sony the license owner an from the interview i read is that one of the developers of freedom war talk with sony to talk to bandai namco to loan the license to them for the remaster. I think sony doing this to test the water with there old ips an see the engagement an if there is enough i think alot of old ips gonna get made. Like any other company this is a business an business we all know need to make money even tho to us its a hobby.

Thank you for the explanation. This means if Sony is willing to do this with Freedom Wars (also the Lego Horizon game). There's a chance Sony can get more stuff done with their backlogs of IP. That's great!

@@Gordoniankid I personally hope for Soul Sacrifice getting the same treatment.

@@RUS12388991 Oh! I did not know Soul Sacrifice was co-developed by Japan Studio and owned by Sony. But I always heard people talk about it highly (with fans seeing Freedom Wars Remaster as a chance for Soul Sacrifice next).

It's weird to not have cross play for this game, especially since it's not the biggest IP. So the player base being split up isn't gonna do it any favors. But, if Dragon Ball The Breakers can get Cross Play nearly 2 years after it's release. I feel like Freedom Wars Remaster having cross play isn't impossible, even if it's a post release update.

I've been hyped for a sequel since I beat the game back in the day. I grinded out the sentence until my character was a free person. I freaking love the Thorn mechanic and I hope this Remaster does well enough to get a sequel. Especially since it's multi platform this time, although I wish it was cross-platform to help boost the multiplayer numbers. If Dragon Ball The Breakers can get cross-platform down the road, Freedom Wars Remaster should too!

Devil Survivor 1 & 2 are my favorite MegaTen games, plus those tracks are great for background music. I know so many people use "Beneath the Mask" from Persona 5 and "Color your Night" from Persona 3 Reload. So I want to avoid using those two tracks at all cost due to overuse. Plus there is so many game OSTs that don't get recognition, like this video including a World of Final Fantasy track. And another video uses Stranger of Paradise tracks.

@@Gordoniankid Not my faves but up therr for me. I adore both DeSus. Even then, personally, P4's Your Afection is a better background song than both of them.

@@Franckatana I love use Action from Devil Survivor 1 and Exploration from Devil Survivor 2 as background tracks. I'm also the same way of going "Is that DeSu music?!" when it's in a video XD. Usually people relay on "Beneath the Mask" from Persona 5 so much. I feel like the text issue is way worse of the game has no English audio. Hell, it already annoys me when Japanese audio doesn't get translation text (example: BlazBlue Central Fiction for fight dialogue or Xenoblade games not having post battle subtitles for either voice track).

My favorite is the Septentrion Field music from Devil Survivor 2, but the whole franchise's OST is pretty good.

Weird, I put in effort into trying to sound loud and passionate. An earlier recording I did sounded like what you described though XD.

I was thinking the same thing. It sounds like you're excited but trying to keep your voice down. It's fairly quiet.

@@sixteenpennynails Alright noted. I gotta project my voice better.

I watched a couple of other videos and it didn't sound like that.

@@sixteenpennynails Ok then that's weird. Because other videos I talk more calmly but sound monotone. I was trying to sound louder and more passionate here. I guess I don't understand my own voice XD.

Yes, another fellow Star Ocean Till end of Time fan.

I think the first time I noticed the text getting smaller. Was seeing Banjo Kazooie/Tooie next to Banjo Nuts n Bolt.

@@Gordoniankid I suppose it has been getting smaller gradually over time haha. I'm a bit too young to have noticed those kinds of things during that era but I can appreciate what you are saying

@@Notpoop906 It wasn't until during the PS4 era where I realized the Zoom In feature was something I kept needing to use a lot. Also how jarring it was to go from, The Legend of Dragoon, with it's large text & UI. To then trying the Resident Evil 4 Remake Demo with way smaller text & UI (although the full game lets you customize text size). So this is a rant I've had a lot, just never put it into video form.

I try to stay positive with every Killer I go against. But Frenzy feels more like an annoyance than a dangerous power Legion has.

@@Gordoniankid lmaooo, I can totally see that, you guys seemed done

@@LunaLazime My friend hates going against Huntress & Trickster. I find Legion annoying cause matches feel like they go on so long.

It's not even just that, whether it's their Japanese or Western IPs. They have plenty to work with and are using for Shows & Movies. Hell, Gravity Rush had an OVA on top of the upcoming movie. So it's weird to act like they don't have many IPs they personally developed from scratch.

@Gordoniankid from what I have understood, they actually don't have any IPs they created, they just bought these IPs from other companies that worked for them. So Parappa the Rapper is Sony's IP yet was developed by a company that had Sony as its parent company.

@@WokioWolfy That's the part I find weird. There are studios they had from when they were founded (Santa Monica Studio, Japan Studio,). I know a lot of their studios nowadays they acquired years after those companies were founded. But Sony still had to have some kind of hand in the development of the first party IPs, whether they created the studio or not. Because the idea of them being fully hands off in the production of so many projects sounds crazy to me. Especially when devs nowadays cite Sony demanding changes to projects.