XANDER CAGE
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Time for me to honor Rog and play a real shin megoomi tensy on the phone.
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Shin Megami Tensei (iOS) |OT| $5.99 until March 31st
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Wait, there's an autosave feature in this version? Wow, you guys have it easy.
Haven't blacked out on my run yet, but then again, I've played this game before.
Nevermind, you guys have it pretty hard. I mean, I won't say that negotiation is easy, especially in earlygame where you don't have much to offer, but it doesn't take much effort for me.
Here's some recruitment tips, and I can't verify whether they work in this version, but try them:
- Some enemies CANNOT be recruited. This is because they are "dark" (this is not related to their alignment, there are "dark" Law characters too).
- Unlike in SMT3 onward, enemies have predictable responses (relative to what demon they are), so if you've got a good memory, you can continually farm Macca or Magnetite while running away. Recruitment ability is also determined by whether your INT is higher than the monster's.
- If you fuck up, wait off one turn of attacks (use "defend" or just weaken the enemy if you want to be safe) and try again immediately afterwards. A failed negotiation doesn't equal a need to find another incarnation of an enemy.
- Saying that you don't have something while making offerings does not necessarily equal a failed negotiation, especially if you've agreed to requests before. Over time, you can judge whether a request refusal will trigger a failed negotiation.
A few pages back, I have some screens that offer what I believe to be the optimal setups based on my previous experience with the game.
Oh so have I, I was just whining cuz I recruited a Pixie in my very first battle playing the Super Famicom version and this time it took relatively forever.
This is a new tip for me though! I would try again when there were multiple enemies in the group but didn't know you could hit up the same demon twice, good lookin out.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
LOL, you know, part of that was the stat allocation I was going to post until I saw this post and looked back. Good job. I usually put more into stamina and speed because that's how I generally roll. I do inch a little more into speed than luck, even if it's just a little to have the option to act faster.
buddha0991
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VISIONARY SPOILERS
Wait....your mom got Pascal...from MISTER NAKAJIMA? UWOTM8
You're not necessarily wrong to do that. STM and SPD are the best stats to allocate to in general. But there are unique abilities and circumstances for each character, and I think my setups are tailored to that. i.e., the MC needs INT to negotiate with demons and a brief boost in STR to get through earlygame optimally.
That's an excellent contribution to this topic. Then again, to be brutally honest, I don't know if anyone here will understand the implications of that.
Red The Hunter
Member
Here's the game's Fusion Chart from the game manual.
polyh3dron
Banned
Well it's a faithful emulation that runs at 60FPS which is more than I can say for the godawful $9.99 Chrono Trigger port.
EDIT: no iCloud game save syncing though... Just tried to load a save game from my iPad on my iPhone and no bueno.
EDIT: no iCloud game save syncing though... Just tried to load a save game from my iPad on my iPhone and no bueno.
That's disappointing. Was hoping to play on my iPad at home and on my ipod touch at work.
Ah, totally forgot about the OP. Downloaded this on the way to work. Can't wait to get more playtime in-between Diablo 3, Dark Souls 2, and FFX...
Hope my stat allocations work for the hero: equal parts STR/VIT/AGI (I assume he never gets magic).
Law: Straight INT
Chaos: Half STR/VIT
Hope my stat allocations work for the hero: equal parts STR/VIT/AGI (I assume he never gets magic).
Law: Straight INT
Chaos: Half STR/VIT
Do not neglect intelligence on the hero or negotiations won't go your way.
Yeah, after reading the stat descriptions I figured I'd toss a point or two in there as I go along.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
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I think it's a universal app which means, once you buy it, you can download and play it on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Works very well on my iPad in portrait mode, I might add.
My turn to ask: is this idiot friendly? I'm new to the SMT thing.
stump sock
Member
well almost all apps are cross-playable; universal means that there's a native iPad version as well as iPhone. Unless I'm mis-reading things, this one is made for iPhone, which means the iPad experience will be... sub-optimal.
Can anyone confirm that?
stump sock
Member
I completely missed that post. That's somewhat reassuring, and for the price it's hard to say no.
StarCreator
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Does the game support either iPhone Retina graphics or iPhone widescreen? I actually have an iPad only, but the presence of those two things also affects the quality of the internal scaling if you have an iPad 3rd generation or later.
bobawesome
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I'm heartbroken that there's no iPad version as I hate playing iPhone games due to that tacky 1x icon that's onscreen. I'm willing to make an exception but I won't be happy about it.
But just a few pages ago you said that it features a compedium...
Did you mix up the ''dictionary feature'' and the demon compendium?
No, your ability to endure multiple battles while crawling complex dungeons is tested. Battles themselves are actually pretty easy relative to later SMT games if you know what you're doing (especially boss battles); the challenge is in getting to where you need to go.
Yes, sorry, the name is similar but the functionality is different. And for a moment I believed what people were saying about it being added until I thought about it for a bit.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
Cloud save support?
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Someone mentioned earlier that it doesn't support cloud saves unfortunately.
Still at the very beginning but the music is great so far!
sixteen-bit
Member
might check this out
You have plenty of money to outfit him with the money you get from your mom!
Considering there doesn't appear to be any penalty at all for death, maybe brute forcing your way through with the biggest offense possible is a viable strategy haha
graywolf323
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hopefully they patch in cloud saves
I thought the 1x/2x toggle was removed in iOS7? Or maybe that only applies to non-retina iPads?I'm heartbroken that there's no iPad version as I hate playing iPhone games due to that tacky 1x icon that's onscreen. I'm willing to make an exception but I won't be happy about it.
Anyway, when playing in portrait mode on my non-retina iPad mini the time/date/Wi-Fi strength remains overlaid on top of the game screen, which is very distracting. Is there anyway to fix that? I'm on iOS 7.1.
Yeah, the game looks very blurry on my retina iPad mini since it isn't a native app lol. I'm not even bothered though, since it looks blurry regardless of whether you set the game to display in iPad or iPhone resolution ( 2x and 1x while using an iPhone app on your iPad). I prefer the bigger screen experience.
Yeah, you don't want to be unequipped in this game. Stats make a difference, especially in the long term.
It's an old game so I don't care how it looks, it works on my new iPad Air, so that's all I care about.
So, I'm trying to make this the first ever SMT game I ever beat(after getting most of the way through Nocturne and stopping, starting then stopping SJ, then getting up to like lv30 in SMT4), but man things are different in this one.
Did I understand things right when demons don't ever get exp? So do they never get new spells? So is there ever any point to actually keeping them around since there's a resource that drains with them out? No offense to my favorite Demon/Persona Pixie, but she keeps getting one shot in battles anyway...
So, I'm trying to make this the first ever SMT game I ever beat(after getting most of the way through Nocturne and stopping, starting then stopping SJ, then getting up to like lv30 in SMT4), but man things are different in this one.
Did I understand things right when demons don't ever get exp? So do they never get new spells? So is there ever any point to actually keeping them around since there's a resource that drains with them out? No offense to my favorite Demon/Persona Pixie, but she keeps getting one shot in battles anyway...
You're not supposed to hold onto demons past when they're useful. Fuse, fuse, fuse. They do not gain experience, they do not learn new spells.It's an old game so I don't care how it looks, it works on my new iPad Air, so that's all I care about.
So, I'm trying to make this the first ever SMT game I ever beat(after getting most of the way through Nocturne and stopping, starting then stopping SJ, then getting up to like lv30 in SMT4), but man things are different in this one.
Did I understand things right when demons don't ever get exp? So do they never get new spells? So is there ever any point to actually keeping them around since there's a resource that drains with them out? No offense to my favorite Demon/Persona Pixie, but she keeps getting one shot in battles anyway...
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Does the game use cloud saves between ipad/iphone?
Right, but in future games, there's still a purpose to even USING them. What is the purpose here? I can barely even say "To help in fights" since they can't survive even one attack so far. This is made worse if the game is going to go how it looks like with having up to 4 actual human party members.
But that won't be the norm. Demons can be very, very strong.
Rekwest
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Nice i will buy it now.