Yeah, the characters carry that game. If you're gonna do what they did with the plot, you gotta have something to carry it... and the characters do it with a vengeance. Some people really hate certain characters too, which I consider good writing: bad writing is having characters nobody really has strong opinions on. If you're making people feel, that's great to me.
a group of strangers are flung together by shared misfortune, try to cope with their sudden death sentence and gradually learn to work together
Haha, you could actually say that about Persona 3 FES, though in a very different way to XIII! Made me laugh, anyway. Persona 3 and 4 are another interesting contrast to this character chat actually: in Persona 4, all the main characters become very buddy buddy, they're very close knit friends and it's quite charming. In Persona 3, people who would clearly never actually hang out by choice are thrown together by their abilities and some very bleak stuff happening. I always liked that your party members have their own lives and character arcs that don't tie into the main character in Persona 3, too. NO, I'M NOT GOING FIGHTING TONIGHT BECAUSE I'M STUDYING FOR MY EXAMS. YOU GO IF YOU WANT TO.
Having said that, one of my favourite characters in Persona 3 is one that the entire English fandom seems to despite, but they have a good character arc! I love a good character arc. And again, I refer back to the comment on the FF13 cast: if people are feeling massively strong emotions about a character, even negative ones, that often means good writing.
Persona 3 trailer if you're curious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T85-Obx9iE8
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a group of strangers are flung together by shared misfortune, try to cope with their sudden death sentence and gradually learn to work together
Haha, you could actually say that about Persona 3 FES, though in a very different way to XIII! Made me laugh, anyway. Persona 3 and 4 are another interesting contrast to this character chat actually: in Persona 4, all the main characters become very buddy buddy, they're very close knit friends and it's quite charming. In Persona 3, people who would clearly never actually hang out by choice are thrown together by their abilities and some very bleak stuff happening. I always liked that your party members have their own lives and character arcs that don't tie into the main character in Persona 3, too. NO, I'M NOT GOING FIGHTING TONIGHT BECAUSE I'M STUDYING FOR MY EXAMS. YOU GO IF YOU WANT TO.
Having said that, one of my favourite characters in Persona 3 is one that the entire English fandom seems to despite, but they have a good character arc! I love a good character arc. And again, I refer back to the comment on the FF13 cast: if people are feeling massively strong emotions about a character, even negative ones, that often means good writing.
Persona 3 trailer if you're curious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T85-Obx9iE8