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In terms of battle mechanics, it's mostly like any other PlayStation era RPG. It bears some similarities to 3 & 4, but it's nowhere near as interactive or fun. Visually it does look like Devil Survivor and that's mostly because your characters randomly move around the screen as they attack, but it has no bearing on the gameplay.

I got the game digitally, so no soundtrack on the side, but what's in game is great. It aligns closely with the rest of Shoji Meguro's work, but I still think 3 and 4 had the best soundtracks.

I love Brave Fencer Musashi.

Orlando isn't too bad of a location for a good bit of Florida - not sure if I'll be able to get a babysitter, but I'd sure love to go to this.

Just wanted to throw my 2 cents in about Dead Space. I don't find Resident Evil scarier, I just think 4 (which Dead Space clearly takes inspiration from) is a much better game. Dead Space was a game about being scary and it failed at that for me because it was obvious when the monster was going to jump out from the shadows. Resident Evil 4 is not about that, which allows it to be a much better game.

More to come as I continue to listen. Oh and Chessa and I were about to start Heavy Rain, but now I doubt she'll want to play it based on that Jason bit. She's going to lose it when that situation occurs.

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Romance in video games doesn't work for me. Especially in BioWare games. While they give you choice, the choices rarely reflect how I feel, so there's a huge disconnect for me. Plus I find that they give me too many instances to make choices. Sometimes I don't want to think about every little thing, just let me move on and continue to play the game.

I said it before and I'll say it again - stories are pretty inconsequential for me in games. Every game rarely takes its own story seriously, so I have a hard time paying them any respect. Usually they function as a means to push the game along and that's all.

Super excited that House of the Dead 4 is finally hitting home consoles. Only took 7 years!

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Nice list, all great games. Personal opinion, but I found Persona 3 to be a better experience than Persona 4. Both are extremely similar in terms of gameplay and narrative, but Persona 3 had a number of subtle differences that made it a bit more fun.

Of course, if you already have Persona 4 in the backlog, I say go for it. You might find yourself so in love with the series you need to play more. If so, Persona 3 oughta fill that void. You can safely skip the other 3 entries, as they are pretty old school and at this point share very little with the Persona series in particular. They do fit in well with the rest of the MegaTen games, if you're into that series.

As far as Psychonauts goes, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised if you enjoy both the humor of Double Fine and 3D platformers in general. I strongly associate the game with the summertime (probably due to the summer camp setting), but it's a good game to play no matter the season.

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Dumbledore's dead!?!? You've turned my world upside-down.

Yeah, Lesnar fight, totally bad idea...

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who's Lesnar again?

Yeah, they really needed an anchor title for that region, which I don't know that they have. I'd love to see the system get a price cut in general, but I have my doubts that it'll happen in the US anytime soon. Unless of course Sony wants to have an Ambassador Program of their own.