I just realized during 5-3 that Athena's last name is supposed to sound like "Psychs". :/

I agree. Plus his... questionable morals which are evident from the beginning make it obvious that someone with said ideas HAS to be a villain.

Isn't it simply because AA was never very good at being subtle about its villains?

C-A

They're not really subtle, no. I'm still trying to figure out if that is a flaw or a charm. Is it just part of the way the series is or is it poor writing choices?

I think it's kind of a poor writing choice. There's no suspense or surprise when it's revealed, because you already knew beforehand and you just feel like staring at the characters and go, "Really? You can't figure it out who the bad guy is?"

C-A

That the employee area in 1-3 is outside. I didn't realise untill I replayed it and examined the window.

Wha-WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?

Which employee area are you talking about? 1 or 2? 'Cause if it was 2, that is very obvious that it's outside. But with 1, I didn't notice it, either!

Are you shocked by me not knowing that, or didn't you realize either ?

Maybe not so "obvious", and yet, I am somehow surprised to discover that the track usually referred to "Congratulations, Everyone", "おめでたい人びと" can be also translated as "Stupid/Naive/Happy People"

Uh-uh... Well...

And you didn't answer my question. Are you shocked by me not knowing that, or didn't you realize either ?

Please someone tell me I'm not crazy...

Maybe not so "obvious", and yet, I am somehow surprised to discover that the track usually referred to "Congratulations, Everyone", "おめでたい人びと" can be also translated as "Stupid/Naive/Happy People"

Wow, I had no idea. I'm starting to think that was the intended meaning...

I realized today that Simon's white hair probably isn't a fashion statement.

What do you mean by that? Isn't he a bit young to have his hair start to gray, and if it was graying, doesn't the whole hair usually start becoming gray?

What do you mean by that? Isn't he a bit young to have his hair start to gray, and if it was graying, doesn't the whole hair usually start becoming gray?

The idea was that he'd had this hideous trauma, from being sent away, locked away. That streak of white hair became the shock of that rage. It represented his rage over what had happened. - Johnny Depp

What do you mean by that? Isn't he a bit young to have his hair start to gray

Hehehe. At 28? Believe it or not, there are people in the world who lose the color in their hair as soon as they turn 18. I've known a couple of folks who were half gray or mostly gray by the time they hit 30.

In Simon's case, it probably was due to stress/sorrow and Japan's fondness for weird hair.

This is pretty embarrassing... but I actually didn't know you could say "Hold it" and so on.. into the microphone until the last parts of the second game....

But actually things in the game?
Uhh
Morgan Fey has Pearls as her daughter.
Therefore...
She is...
Mother of Pearl.

I just realized during 5-3 that Athena's last name is supposed to sound like "Psychs". :/

It's fine! I didn't get it until I completed the game (by watching walkthroughs though... 'cause I played the Japanese ver.)

If it makes you two feel better I never got Phoenix's last name until he made that horrible pun in Game 2

Thanks! It kind of does make me feel better! :3