Thread 715425116

What's your honest opinion of this game?

>>715425116 (OP)
it's like a sci-fi Persona, so it can't be all bad

>>715425116 (OP)
it's just sci-fi Persona, so it's automatically bad

>>715425116 (OP)
Needs a 3D remake that taps more into the horror elements

>>715425116 (OP)
It's pretty cool and an ideal portable game although I found it quite difficult going blind in a few parts, mainly when bosses would utterly shitstomp my team and I'd have to completely redraft just for that fight only without really knowing what I would get from fusions.

>>715425116 (OP)
I THINK LUCIFER SUCKS

>>715425116 (OP)
What boss is the Matador of this game?

I liked it
It could've used more dungeon crawling but I guess its fine for what it is.

>>715425116 (OP)
Back in 2015 I was working abroad, never touched an smt title but was looking for some ds games and it was recommended. Blew me away and now smt is one of my favourite series. Fantastic game

>>715425669
second floor random encounter

>>715425116 (OP)
loved the original but i won't be playing redux any time soon. sj is just too long for me at this moment

>>715425116 (OP)
Isn't this the game where that one dungeon from Metaphor is from? That dungeon was the worst one so imo Strange Journey sucks just for making me put up with this horrendous area

>>715426089
No that's etrian odyssey and you're wrong

>>715425116 (OP)
Trash

>>715426157
My bad so I am wrong about the game but the dungeon still sucks. I can understand thinking it's kino when you played Strange Journey before but for someone who hasn't played it, it's complete shit. Way too long and repetitive

>>715425116 (OP)
did you post the shit version on purpose

>>715426320
every post on this website is designed to make (You) angry

redux is simply the better version

>>715425116 (OP)
It's fine.
Devil Survivor 1/2 are the better DS SMTs

>>715426571
Only if you can ignore half the ""QoL"" changes (actually training wheels for retards)

>>715425116 (OP)
Overrated but good.
Redux is worse.

>>715425116 (OP)
Good game
Some of the later game dungeon layout is pointlessly tedious, but I think it has my favorite feeling main character for these games that I've played.
I really, really like being a non-magical, kinda ordinary guy, having to get by on the technology and equipment you make, scavenge, and scrounge.
The power fantasy of shit like SMT3, Devil Survivor, or 4A are cool in their own way, but Space Marine was the most fun and engaging, and the dynamic really left me feeling that sense of, fukkin, desperate, scraping for advantages that activates some deep, sleeping part of my brain that doesn't get exercised enough.

>>715426571
If you're an ugly weeb maybe

>>715425116 (OP)
Closest thing we'll get to a Delta Green game.

Pretty rad. Last boss is a difficulty spike.

One of my favourite settings ever for a video game, would love more games on the theme of near-future human tech dealing with ethereal/ancient threat.
Also Ubergestalt is my nigga.

>>715425116 (OP)
its an SMT game. its a dungeon crawler like all the other SMTs. run around killing and collecting demons. FInd the right roster to kill section boss. wash rinse repeat. works as advertised.

>>715425116 (OP)
Redux has a faggy chuuni anime character that sticks out like a sore thumb.

>>715425116 (OP)
I love it. It has the coolest setting ever. My second favorite SMT game after VV.

>>715425116 (OP)
Even if it's not Atlus' best game mechanically, the setting and atmosphere still make it one of my favorites. Not to say I think the game is bad mechanically, it's just not their best either.

>>715425116 (OP)
Womb of Grief is one of the best dungeons Atlus ever designed and it filters the average retard.
5th Sphere in particular is up there with Etrian Odyssey 5's 6th Stratum as the best dungeon crawling experiences Atlus made.

>>715425116 (OP)
The gameplay is perfection. The quick combat animation+save points+you go straight to a dungeon. The remake looks ugly. All other games either are either too dated because they came before it or the opposite of dated since they came after it but as a result sacrifice gameplay for roaming 3d model memes(still good) so there's nothing quite it and there won't ever be save for EO but that is different so it doesn't count.

>>715425116 (OP)
An idea for a new game
> Strange Journey: the other side
> takes place on Earth during the event of SJ
> remember when they mentioned demons started attacking Finland and other countries? Let this game take place there
> make it several chapters, each in a different point of the globe
What pissed me the fuck off about Devil Suvivor 2 was they said the calamity was worldwide but it didn’t fucking matter because everything took place in the good old Japan and no other place matters not even slightly

I played it like 14 years ago so I can't remember. I'm pretty sure I almost beat the game, too. From looking at screenshots of the game I'm pretty sure I inexplicably dropped it at sector Grus. I've still got the game cartridge, so if I really don't have much left to go I might pick it up again.

>>715434037
But I want SMT in space/mars

It's alright, doesn't have cool memey moments like the other games

>>715425116 (OP)
Pure kino until you fight Jack, game turns to shit afterwards. Level design becomes full of trial and error teleporter/conveyer belt/hole in the ground puzzles, and the final boss is pure RNG. Redux fixes some problems (like the endings), but Womb of Grief is all that's wrong with base SJ dialed up to 11. They also didn't fix physical in Redux despite having the tools to do so, as you do get an augment that allows crits to trigger all out attacks, but you get it so late that it doesn't matter anymore. Overall I like Redux more but I still don't think it's very good. Beyond kino soundtrack though.

>>715437314
Sector H is great though. Sector G is pure cancer though.

>>715437656
Nah second H is where the puzzles actually start being trial and error. Before that you can always predict where a hole is going to lead you to.

Which route should I choose in V Vengeance? It's my first playthrough. Also what's the best way to emulate ds/3ds smt games (on a phone or on a pc)?

It's my favorite SMT game i did seethed a lot in in some tp mechanics during dungeons

>>715425116 (OP)
Great game but I have to say the whole dungeon crawling aspect of the game isn't very well done. Outside of bosses, you really have to mess up if you manage to get a game over. A dungeon crawler game is supposed to be hostile. Hell, even some non-dungeon crawler SMT games have more hostile dungeons. That being said, I can understand why they went with the blobber perspective considering it is a game for a handheld device. I can only assume it is much cheaper to develop than your typical isometric JRPG which SMT series isn't really known for anyway. Also I find it incredibly based that they made neutral ending hardest to get since you don't receive an overpowered demon through a sidequest like good and evil path do. Choose a side, you fence sitter pussies.

>SJ in general
Probably the overall best SMT narratively that has both a unique tone but conveys the themes of the series really clearly. Some gameplay elements like alignment team building and some of the dungeon crawling is very neat. The combat feels worse then press turn though and while the MC being just a dude is neat, it is confusing why the game even bothers offering 'builds' when you functionally are just the teams bitchboy.

>Redux
Narratively I hate it. It spitefully shits on the original endings by making Neutral the worst and Law and Chaos a lot better. I like the idea of an SMT game where neutral is not just an instant good ending but SJ was not the one to do that to.

>>715425116 (OP)
DS version>3DS version

>>715438419
Depends if you are the kind of person who can stomach playing a 50-80 hour JRPG through twice in a row.

Vengeance is better then Creation but it benefits a lot from having played Creation first. If you can handle it, then play Creation then Vengeance but if you can only do it once then just Vengeance. The differences aren't that big until you get about 1/3 in. The game is like The Witcher 2 where the middle changes pretty dramatically but the beginning and end gameplay sections aren't too different.

If you mean alignment then in Creation is basically doesn't matter as you can pick any ending and in Vengeance you might as well go Law as you have to go out of your way to be a cunt to get Chaos.

Probably the fave of my bunch, setting and story wise. But fuck does the music get grating eventually, even if it fits the atmosphere to a T.

>>715438419
I don't think I could personally play through the entire game twice in a row without getting burnt out. If you think that's you, just play Vengeance. I played the original when it came out, so I'm glad I benefited from that experience for it, but I don't think it's worth it for most people.

>>715439169
>>715439330
Yeah it took me 2 years to finish p5r (finished it last night, great game). I'll play vengeance first and then play the original route in a couple of years. Thanks guys

>>715439462
I also wanted to ask on what difficulty should I play it on? I played nocturne on normal and found it to be a bit on the easy side

>>715439569
Play on hard

>>715425116 (OP)
Steam port when?

>>715439621
I will, thanks

Why can't I get started in Redux
I played the NDS version a million years ago and I liked it pretty well, but every time I try to get started in Redux every cell in my body tells me to play something else

>>715438419
As the other anons said, Vengeance is the better route. I think the story flows better when you do Creation->Vengeance but it's not really a realistic to do back to back.

>>715438997
Truth

>>715434037
Atlus is never going to not wank off japan/tokyo.

>>715438419
Vengeance is the better experience and I feel will be ruined if you, say, NG+ it and just do it over powered.

Why is this the only niche JRPG series where threads don't immediately devolve into retarded shit-flinging and coomposting?

>>715441378
Why though?

>>715441605
You need a certain level of IQ to be able to appreciate these games.

>>715425116 (OP)
It made me realize I don't like SMT.

>>715441706
Because it's in their nature. It's simply what they do.

>>715425116 (OP)
Favorite in the franchise.
I started with Personas and SMT 3 but I love SJ the most.
Atmosphere is 10/10.

>>715434037
>>715436761
Yeah the new game should take place in Mars.
Make the game more futuristic too.
Demons were somehow summoned in Mars and now every facility has a makeshift dungeon that you explore.