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Shin Megami Tensei IV |EU OT| Atlus Shrugged
- Thread starter Samurai_Heart
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Build hints and recommendations:
thanks, I think I'll go for the gun build, sounds the most fun. Not sure what I'm supposed to do until I get a gun though.
btw: for people who were looking to buy eshop money from the internet (which always proofs to be quite difficult)
If you are from Germany, Austria or the UK, you can buy eshop prepaid cards directly from paypal!
https://www.paypal-gifts.com/de/
https://www.paypal-gifts.com/at/
https://www.paypal-gifts.com/uk/
Samurai_Heart
Member
Cheers adding to OP.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Finally, I really like SMT4 and I might even replay it soon, have fun EU GAF.
Well there are a few (<5) allignement dependant sidequests. I think most are NG+ exclusive though.
I'm not sur if you can even miss the other sidequests, so you should be fine without a guide. Some quest descriptions are a bit obstuse though, so you could search a whil for what you have to do/where you have to go to complete the quest without a guide.
Dragon1893
Member
My connection can usually download 2 gigs in less than 15 minutes, this is the first time I'm buying a 3DS game from the eshop, this is some annoying shit.
Well, we've waited over a year already...
Well, we've waited over a year already...
Apparently so. Thanks.
Yeah the gun build actually sounds a lot more fun than a magic one. Probably gonna go for that one.
Thanks, sounds like going in without a walkthrough for the first playthrough is fine then, cool! Wonder what I'm ending I'm gonna get, heh.
snow in jamaica
Member
this is impossible
where are the six delays
where are the six delays
Samurai_Heart
Member
So there's streetpass for the game where basically the amount of times you streetpass gives you better demon fusion, Europeans are so screwed there...well here's the demon streetpass fusion list:
Dragon1893
Member
WTF? I thought it was downloading but it actually wasn't?!
Samurai_Heart
Member
65% SMT fans are clogging the eShop =P
Imp the Dimp
Member
I bought a 25 prepaid card earlier and it turns out it expired some time ago. I called Nintendo's service hotline and they promised me to send me another code. Within a week lmao.
fml
fml
You can get all these demons without streetpassing though, right?
Fuck streetpass
Also the game's downloading sooooo slooooow
Yikes. I prefer my Streetpass implementations to be utterly useless since I don't really bring my 3DS with me, especially not in winter.
GoodMorningPluto
Member
This thread title... so good!
Glad the game finally came out in Europe. Gonna try it after finishing Soul Hackers.
Glad the game finally came out in Europe. Gonna try it after finishing Soul Hackers.
All base game demons are obtainable through fusion.
Matt Attack
Member
Kickass thread title. Enjoy the game, it's probably my favorite on 3DS!
Samurai_Heart
Member
Yikes. I prefer my Streetpass implementations to be utterly useless since I don't really bring my 3DS with me, especially not in winter.
Looks like the demons aren't exclusive but the ability up on the list are exclusive to the streetpass demons =/
98%!!!!!
Phantasmal Repose
Member
Woof, that thread title. Really twisting the knife there. Other than that, good OT.
I still haven't finished the game so maybe I'll play along side you EU friends.
I still haven't finished the game so maybe I'll play along side you EU friends.
... Ugh. I doubt the skills are anything vital or even that good really, but still... Ugh
80% here, really speeding up now
e: as soon as i said that it seemed to slow down considerably lol
Samurai_Heart
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DLC information:
There are 2 Free DLCs (one is a limited time):
Visage pack (12 blocks) = 3 Delivery challenge;
White Samurai Apparel (10 blocks and limited time free offer) = 3 delivery challenge which rewards you armour pieces for the white samurai set;
Experience of the Afterlife is £1.19 (12 blocks) = bonus experience giving items and unlocks the Fairy Oread for fusion.
There are 2 Free DLCs (one is a limited time):
Visage pack (12 blocks) = 3 Delivery challenge;
White Samurai Apparel (10 blocks and limited time free offer) = 3 delivery challenge which rewards you armour pieces for the white samurai set;
Experience of the Afterlife is £1.19 (12 blocks) = bonus experience giving items and unlocks the Fairy Oread for fusion.
They're not vital. Convenient, yes.
I felt a wave of disgust when the game unlocked/explained the streetpass stuff to me (because I hardly ever get the chance to streetpass anyone, much less someone playing the same kind of 3DS games I play), but in retrospect I don't feel like lack of streetpassing has held me back.
Tizoc
Member
Build hints and recommendations:
Thanks for this! ...but man I'm still not sure which build to go for =_=
As its up I may as well go and dl it off the eShop now ;D
From personal experience: magic is better for the majority of the game and guns overtake magic for the endgame (DLC) content.
so basically what you are saying is: aiming for a gun built is mostly pointless?
I'm not planing on buying any dlc...
just over 50% done downloading :/
Physical attack skills use the same attributes as guns so I recommend having these no matter what.
And there are one Almighty Physical skill too which is TBH by far the most devastating skill in the game.
Ok, quick question for anyone who's already played this. I've been on and off this game for months because, well, I'm getting trashed and I have no clue what I'm doing. I'm level 30 and the past two domain bosses I've tried to fight nuke me in seconds. I just loaded up a save, found myself standing outside a domain door and got 1 turn KO'd by
. I don't know how I check demon levels because I either forgot or am dumb.
Any tips for what I should be doing right now? The last thing I remember is (genuine spoilers)
.
Erikonig
Any tips for what I should be doing right now? The last thing I remember is (genuine spoilers)
the woman in the red dress sacrificing herself to weaken another demon
Andrefpvs
Member
Yes.
These 2 bosses are optional, so come back later if you can't beat them.
As for what to do:
Did you beat Xi Wangmu? The boss that woman sacrificed herself to help you beat it.
If you did, the barrier is gone and you can finally go to Ikebukuro bookstore.
If you did, the barrier is gone and you can finally go to Ikebukuro bookstore.
Well physical builds certainly work. I just wouldn't call them optimal for the non-postgame content.
The reason for that is basically that almost every boss has an elemental weakness and exploiting said weaknesses means getting more turns (more turns = more damage, healing, buffs etc.). Gun/phys weaknesses are rare so the only way to get more turns with a phys build is to get more critical hits, which takes luck (literally and figuratively).
The reason why gun builds overtake magical builds in endgame is that the DLC bosses (and a few non DLC bosses at the end) react very allergic to you trying to exploit their weaknesses (or trying to use an almighty attack) with almighty spam and similarly dangerous stuff. Ergo the best way to defeat those is with gun attacks that crit a lot.
That shouldn't keep you from doing a physical build for the non DLC content if that's what you think is fun, though.
He's level 75. You're not supposed to fight him that early, though I believe it's possible with the right demons.
Like in pretty much every MegaTen game the beginning is the most difficult part. I remember dying a bunch of times when I had to fill my party with demons for the first time.