User:Teclo

User:Teclo
Hello there. I've casually edited various Wikis in the past, including Wikipedia and several other Wikia sites, and on a range of topics from videogames to Sherlock Holmes. I can be pretty forgetful at times and it seems I actually joined here a while ago but I actually dropped in the other day, oblivious to the fact I was already a member, because I saw some screenshots of this place posted on a certain infamous image board.

We were talking about Naoto's birthday in the kind of sad, fanboyish way only possible when you're talking anonymously with others over the internet, and it was generally accepted that Naoto was 14 (as of yesterday). However, someone posted a screenshot of her page on the Wikia and corrected us, saying she's actually 13 today. Well I checked my two official Persona 4 books and noticed that the dates on this sites were largely wrong in regards to P4 characters' DOBs.

I popped over and changed them a bit and that's when I realised that I already had an account. I have no idea when I made it but I'm glad I did; I find it really quite fulfilling and therapeutic to edit Wiki articles - it's nice to feel your contributing to something without having to necessarily write the whole thing out yourself.

Megami Tensei games that I've played
In order (not always going to be 100% accurate!)
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
 * Got well into it but didn't complete it due to a lack of interest in the world, plot and characters. That said, thanks to playing certain games like the Dragon Quest series since this time, I've gained an appreciation for more story- and character-light RPGs. Before I was expecting some epic tale with ton of cutscenes a la Final Fantasy.


 * Digital Devil Saga
 * Was put off by the seeming lack of character development and plot but enjoyed it over all and leapt straight into the sequel.


 * Digital Devil Saga 2
 * Found this a much more pleasant and enjoyable experience than the first, though the prequel does really need to be played in order to fully appreciate the 2nd.


 * Shin Megami Tensei 1 and 2
 * I put them as one entry because between them they amassed a mere hour of gameplay or so. I really could not get into them. The old, pseudo-3D mazes made it impossible for me to enjoy. I have to say, the leap from SMT2 to SMT3 must be one of the most vast and impressive in gaming history.


 * Persona 3
 * I finally found the game I was looking for; more plot, character development and a real sense of place (rather than just greyt corridors and so on, although Tartarus somewhat addressed the balance). Still, when the actual plot kicked in I was reminded of the old saying "Be careful what you wish for!" because I found it to be immature and silly, with some truly laughable voice acting (on the part of certain characters; much of the voice work was great) providing the final nail in the coffin. Pseudo-pun not intended. I didn't complete this game and now that I'm aware of the ending, I feel that it gains most of it's positive reputation purely from the ending.


 * Persona 4
 * Well I just found this to be what I wanted from Persona 3. It had what made P3 great and it fortunately lacked most of what made it bad. The characters were more realistic, more likeable and interacted more credibly; they felt like actual friends in a real setting rather than a load of tropes and anime cliches jostling for attention. Also no silly Wonder Dogs or KAWAII anime robogirls. The only problems were that it was quite a bit easier, practically throwing 2nd chances at you in whatever forms it could manage, and I miss the party management stuff from P3 - no more ordering your party to scout out the floor and so on.

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 * ''Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army
 * I really liked this game and loved how the demons were using in the field. I'm a big fan of pre-rendered graphics, such as you'd find in Final Fantasy VII-IX and Resident Evil 1-3, so this game was a hit with me as soon as I set eyes on it. Unfortunately due to various "real life" events - nothing bad, don't you worry about it! - I just stopped playing it and haven't been able to get back into it again.

I've also very briefly played Imagine and a Japanese copy of Devil Survivor but not to any sort of degree that I could really form much of an opinion of them.