"b-b-but persona series is DARK"

>"b-b-but persona series is DARK"
>"anime can too be dark and serious, just like your western games!"

This passes as sickdark in Japan. Think about that.

wut

Weebs actually think these character designs are dark and serious. On par with the dark and serious designs in western games.

Maybe P3, but no one's ever said that P5 designs were "dark".

Nobody ever said that

Weebs have, when defending their anime garbage. Face it, anime can never be dark or serious. Just wacky goofy trope shit. Only western style is dark, it's why Souls is heavily western inspired and designed unlike other jap games.

>Weebs actually think these character designs are dark and serious
said no one ever, anime hasn't been dark since the 80s/early 90s when everyone was still interested in the occult

Play a real SMT game then you fucking normalfag

>implying persona is not aimed to social outcast
lmaoing@yourlife

You could argue that this could be "mature", but no one's thinking that persona would be dark.
I've heard things about the old nes/snes Shin Megami Tensei games, but I have yet to play them.

>he thinks the west still isn't into the occult

just check out the CW season lineup or a music video these days

hail satan btw

SMT isn't even half as fucking dark as games like Morrowing, Elder Scrolls, Witcher 3, and Dragon Age.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH

>>he thinks the west still isn't into the occult
I was talking about Japan, they've been having a thing for christian imagery and symbolism for a while now
Although it seems like islam might be the next thing they hop on.

Their version of christianity is still occult shit. I don't mind, I like the Japanese, despite the shitty weeb anime artstyle they love so much, they are a more dark sided and satanic minded people like the other asian races are, so I like that about them.

I'm pretty sure actual demons are darker than Tolkien fantasy

>they are a more dark sided and satanic minded people
how?

But Persona 5 IS fucking dark

Ryuji has his legs purposefully maimed beyond repair, permeneantly ruining his chances of becoming a star athlete

Anne nearly gets raped

Yusuke and his mother get kidnapped by a sociopath who murders his mother and then takes advantage of Yusuke's talent, selling his art by his own name

Makoto is forced to be an escort (non-sexual, although it is implied that she would eventually have to do sexual favours)

Futaba feels so guilty over her part in her mother's death that she becomes a hikki

Haru's father is evil as fuck and doesn't give a shit about her, he is later murdered

Goro, Goro had a hard life. A bastard son of the main antagonist, his father uses his power as a detective but actually resents him and couldn't even care less if he died spoilers: he fucking does

Aside from the sheer barbaric violence the japanese are capable of(Sengoku Era, WW2) and their perverted minds(hentai, extreme violent anime), they also have no qualms about putting satanic symbols openly into their games to secretly praise the dark lord

>demons invade Tokyo, slaughtering everyone they come across
>Tokyo is obliterated with Nuclear fire
how is this NOT dark?

Meanwhile Witcher 3 has women being actual raped, not almost raped.

why would a demon invasion cause nuclear fire

>I literally can only judge things on a superficial level, and am incapable of looking past skin value

If you judge a games tone based solely on the characters appearances, you're a retard. Do you know what "Contrast" is?

America launched it to staunch the flow of demons
the president, Thor himself, decided to do it. All of this is in a grand plan to control the human race.

I do, do you know what coherent design is? Geralt is a good design, some anime bitch in tight red leather with a fucking tail whip is retarded and not dark.

>elder scrolls
>dark
gee i cant imagine if these posts are bait

>sheer barbaric violence the japanese are capable of(Sengoku Era, WW2)

This is pretty broad, I know they did stuff like behead people and mass rape in WW2, but it's not like this wasn't being done by Nazis and Russians as well.
There's records of it happening all thorughout history, even today isis/isil and other groups are doing the same shit

>perverted minds(hentai, extreme violent anime)

You say this like it's not something across all cultures

>secretly praise the dark lord

Japanese aren't that religious, even those who are follow naively eastern religions.

They just like to use western imagery because it's unique and exotic to them.

It's done for the same reason that some anons dream of marrying an asian chick, or why women get tattoos of random asian alphabetic characters.

And equally ridiculous looking shit passes as it in the west. Think about that.

Geralt is the modern day version of deviant art OC, he's the typical old grizzled man with a bad past that young adults see as "badass".

WHY CAN'T I FUCK THE NOT-JUN ATLUS YOU ABSOLUTE NIGGERS!

Did you even play Morrowind or Skyrim? Morrowwind was dark as fuck.

>roaming the streets of Balmora as an imperial
>it starts to rain hard
>race indoors to a bar
>get called racial slurs by dunmer who seem real shady and like they're murderers
>leave the bar, going out alone in the cold cold rain as my clothes are soaking wet
>become exhausted and fall asleep in the grass, right after eating stale bread and drinking rainwater I collected in a bottle

If that isn't dark, I don't know what is.

How many games borrow mechanics from SMT?

this is actual character-design
western is just about rip-off celebrities' likeness

Ok so, you clearly don't understand what contrast is at all. The tongue in cheek nature of the characters costumes provides a contrast to the themes that are in the game, giving them a bit more of a punch when they get to darker areas.

An excellent example of this concept would be the film Sausage Party (Disney Esque art mixed with incredibly crude humor. This is the primary reason it was a huge hit, it caught EVERYONE off guard with it's trailer and then the film itself)

I'd give you Eastern examples as well, as their much more prominent in Anime, but some American cartoons feature these contrasts. (Rick and Morty, Adventure Time, and Gravity Falls)

>I know they did stuff like behead people and mass rape in WW2

Unit 731

That design is fucking shit and looks retarded

The West needs to give Japan some tips on character design

>Unit 731
this is basically what I implied, look they did bad shit, but it's no more than what everyone else was doing.

iirc Wasn't some guy in germany trying to impregnate women with apes or something?

christ, why does his shirt look like plastic?

I'm not sure why you chose that picture in particular. That armor is bland as fuck, and Geralt in terms of appearance is a pretty basic character. It's his actual personality that makes him interesting, not his design.

>white hair
>scars
>witch hunter
this is the most eastern design you couldve posted

he's drenched, looks like

He's not wearing 500 belts, he has actual muscles and a manly face, and his hair isn't spiky

Dark isn't only designs. It's themes and stuff. I haven't played P5 so I'm guessing you have.

>He's not wearing 500 pounds of chain mail, he has an average build, a shave, and his hair isn't in a pontail/manbun

>This is what people actually believe all Japanese game characters look like.

Give this game a shot, it'll change your life.

AHAHAHAHAA THESE CHARACTER DESIGNS

THE ANOREXIC GIRL WITH THE GIANT AXE AHAHAHAa

FUCK JRPGS ARE STUPID

>anorexic
Spotted the Amerifat

Is it possible to strawman and cherrypick even harder? Get help dude

That bitch is a fucking twig. Try a REAL woman's body

I want to fuck Morgana

Funny how this pic started a joke in the community but newfags take it seriously

If by dark you mean straight up ugly or with a color pallet consistent of 10 different shades of grey then, yeah, sure buddy.

>>"b-b-but persona series is DARK"

What are you nu-faggots crying about now?
Persona hasn't been dark since #2
Stop popping off at the mouth you easy mode minimal menu touchy feel waifu cuck-bating little pussies.

I love how you insult western rpgs when japs were heavily inspired by them, just their faggy anime art ruined it

>SMT isn't even half as fucking dark as games like Morrowing, Elder Scrolls, Witcher 3, and Dragon Age

How can you compare games you know nothing about? Why assume when you know someone in here knows more than you? Lying on the net is pointless man, anyone can google that shit!

Who said that? The themes are pretty dark. I don't think I've seen anyone say anything about the designs desu senpai

is there any lotgh vidya?

Oh okay I understand now. It turns out you were just retarded.

>everyone is Amerifat

>This fag still trying to create his "sickdark" meme ever since bloodborne was announced

Pretty embarrassing senpai, what are you trying to prove

>Children's horror story tier
>scary/scaring

oh I see, its all about mentality I guess

Persona fags think soap opera drama is dark. God they are pathetic