What's the JJBA of video games?
A series that's constantly changing not only in visual style but also how gameplay changes over the course of the series from one genre to another?
Fuck if I know.
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>>334811328
persona
>>334811679
This. Persona is a JoJo ripoff. Especially Persona 4
>A group of japanese high school students hunt down a serial killer with spiritual powers
And Persona 5 is going to be a crime story so just prepare for a Vento Aureo ripoff
Thats a hard one, I'd say the MGS series but its not that similar
Jojo
>>334811679
that's funny, I read on /a/ that JoJo is Persona ripoff. But looking at the release date, it was probably just bait.
Dragon Quest or Monster Hunter
massively popular in Japan, niche or unheard of anywhere else
>>334811328
>asking what is the jojo of vidya when actual games about jojo exist
only like one of them is good but come on nigga dont be dumb
>>334811962
cute bait
>>334811328
Dark Souls. Went from generally well liked amongst more serious enthusiasts of the medium to nonstop memes and loved by casuals.
>>334812724
>bait
But is true, P4 is just Diamond is Unbreakable aka PART 4, it's probably more of a intentional homage than a blatant rip off, but still.
>>334812410
Araki himself said he got the inspiration for Stands from reading X-Men and seeing Charles Xavier duel with Shadow King in a psychic battle normal people couldn't perceive.
There's no telling when Araki read it but the particular comic is from 1979.
>>334812824
>serious enthusiasts
More like gamers who think they're hardcore because they play something not totally braindead.
>>334812943
>Persona actually has themes in its story
>TV World as a realm of collective unconsciousness
>Personas constantly change and are much closer to part 3 in abilities. Also Personas can only be used within the TV.
>Adachi is the exact opposite of Kira as a villain; Kira wanting a quiet life where as Adachi finds that life boring. Also Adachi kills because he wants to and Kira can't control his urges
>Namatame subplot and character
>Goddess pulling the strings behind everything in P4
>DiU spends like the first half figuring out what it wants to be
You can make everything a rip off if you break the plots down into one sentence, but P4 does many things differently from DiU.
I'm 5 episodes in
>normal human learns how to breath for a week and becomes a superhero
>>334811560
NieR? Frog Fractions?
>>334813248
>Persona actually has themes in its story
Is this an implication that Part 4 doesn't have themes or something?
>>334813313
You're not supposed to look for logic in JoJo. It's almost satirical at times.
>>334813248
>Persona actually has themes in its story
Yea the opening theme, the boss theme, the random battle theme, and the town theme.
>>334813749
>Jojo
>Serious themes and commentaries on society
>>334813936
wrong definition of theme
>>334813976
>Now it's "serious themes"
I'm glad you're so apt at moving goal-posts. Regardless JoJo has had serious themes in a lot of instances.
>>334814091
Name a few
>>334813976
it does
such as being a fat little money grubber will get you murder
>>334813976
Nah you're thinking of the wrong definition of theme, because persona has as much thematic depth as street fighter.
>>334813313
>taking JoJo seriously
Come on now. It's awesome and fun, who gives a shit.
>>334813313
>muh realism
>>334813313
you could almost say it's bizarre
>>334814161
Shizuka Joestar as a metaphor for Josuke as an abandoned bastard child.
The fact that most stands in part 4 onwards actively reflect the user's desires, personality, and state of mind.
The inevitability of fate.
>>334814161
The entire Rolling Stones epilogue in part 5. Where the guy who uses Rolling Stones offers an easier and less painful death to those who are soon going to die, yet Mista thwarts him by risking his own life to destroy the stone. At first he is really confused and frustrated that they are rejecting his easy way out. Then he considers that despite their deaths being inevitable, perhaps their struggle and suffering will ultimately lead to a better future.
Or one of the major themes of part 7, with the whole analogy of the tennis ball landing on the middle of the net and what side it lands on. Gyro's dad tells him that some things just can't be changed and all you can do is make sense of it. Yet Gyro still tries and it ultimately leads to his death. The kid he was trying to save did get stayed of his execution but in the end he died anyway because there are simply things that you cannot change. At the same time though you have to ask if it was worth it, and you can consider that it was. Because the effort put forward by Gyro might not have achieved his primary goal, but it changed a lot of other things in the process so his struggle can be considered worthwhile despite being futile.
>>334813976
>Serious themes and commentaries on society
Even in Part 1 with all the antics about vampires Araki addresses things in an admittedly hamfisted but clear way such as the financial and moral divide between the the wealthy and poor and how it affects individuals and communities.
It's persistently hammered into our face that the reason Jonathan is the hero of the story and Dio the villain is due to the nature of their upbringing. What they've been conditioned to believe is the right way to live.
The Joestars also often come across a few moral quandaries very few other fictional media will address like Josuke and Jotaro having to confront Joseph's infidelity during his senility or Jotaro later having to confront the ramifications of neglecting his daughter.
>>334813976
The inevitability of fate shows up in every single part.
Part one, dispite all the effort to stop him, Dio still manages to outwit the joestar family and get the last laugh.
Part 2, Kars' immortality doesn't stop him from being turned to stone, and actively costed him betraying his race to do so. This can also be seen as hubris
Part 3, luck couldn't save Avdol in the end, and the halting of time itself could not delay Dio's eventual demise to the light he rejected so long ago.
Part 4, Crazy Diamond couldn't save Ryouske, Kira's death by ambulance shows that no matter what one tries, time will go on and fate will catch up
Part 5, everything about Bruno and GER
>>334815289
>Josuke and Jotaro having to confront Joseph's infidelity during his senility
Do you mean senility as in simply being old, or senility as in the condition caused by mental degredation? Because if you didn't knowhe was merely pretending to be retarded
>>334816375
I never really understood Joseph in Part 4. He initially comes off as senile as fuck and borderline retarded, yet as the part goes on he becomes more and more competent and normal without any explanation or reasoning.
I guess it was because it was depressing seeing him like that or something.
>>334816530
i guess you can just see it as joseph directing the joestar ruse cruise like he always does and just pretending to be stupid
>>334812461
do you have any idea how normie jojo is?
tumblr and reddit kids, /v/ermin and your average obese wee/niggaboo loves jojo
the best part - they're in it for the battle cries and anime, few actually read the fucking manga and appreciate how all over the place araki and his work is
>>334816679
There's a lot of weird stuff like that in part 4. Like Joseph never going to see Josuke's mother or the greaser (who is clearly Josuke) who saved Josuke and his mother being explained. I mean shit, once you see that scene which is half way through the part nobody ever talks shit about Josuke's hair again.
Still my second favourite part though.
>>334813029
ATLUS staff have said that they took light design ideas for p4 from jojo part 4.
>>334816894
the dude who saves josuke was never supposed to be josuke you doofus. the uniform doesn't even match.
also joseph promises josuke he wont see his mom
>>334811560
Kirby?
>>334811560
Then by that logic the Jak and Daxter series would fit this
>first one is a collectathon
>second is a GTA clone
>third is a mixture
>fourth is a racing game
>>334811328
how close is the anime to the manga?
can I start with the anime and jump over to the manga
>>334818598
The anime is extremely faithful to the manga, showing basically everything.
>>334818598
Nearly 1:1, though the anime for Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency cuts some minor scenes like the ancient sacrificial shit and George recounting how Danny saved Jonathan when they didn't originally get along. It being too faithful can be an issue, though, regarding the pacing of Stardust Crusaders. Diamond is Unbreakable adds in some extra stuff here and there to make the town seem more alive and fights a bit lengthier without drawing them out.
>>334816894
>the greaser (who is clearly Josuke)
No he's not.
Thinking that was Josuke weakens Josuke's characters and part 4 as a whole. It's not supposed to be Josuke.
>>334816894
>the greaser (who is clearly Josuke)
>missing the point THIS hard
GOLDEN SPIRIT OF MORIOH
In Morioh, even punkswith awful hairhave good in them, which is why a large number of the cast start out as enemies but quickly become allies or just reformed. Even Akira Otoishi was reformed, seeing as how he got to ask Rohan for an autograph in one of the Rohan spinoffs.
