Demons are jerks. Learn to say no. Never give money or items other than life stones. Ending a talk can sometimes have a greater effect than bribing.
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Shin Megami Tensei IV |OT| The Dark Souls of Persona
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Demons are jerks. Learn to say no. Never give money or items other than life stones. Ending a talk can sometimes have a greater effect than bribing.
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Chance Hale
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How frequent are the video/ova cutscenes? The compression is legitimately bothersome.
Yeah, that's what I thought. They tell us to learn to use the save, to reset if something goes wrong, and then they rub our noses in it like a bad doggie.
This is soooooo true...so far. I have found recruitment much easier if I tell them to fuck off.
Loving this game!
But...extremely worried about the future of Atlus:
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/19/atlus-parent-company-selling-operations-publishing-plans-are-u/
But...extremely worried about the future of Atlus:
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/19/atlus-parent-company-selling-operations-publishing-plans-are-u/
RyougaSaotome
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I'm really happy to see so many people enjoying this.
I've said it before, but it's far and away my GOTY thus far.
I've said it before, but it's far and away my GOTY thus far.
It rarely works for me. I have much more luck giving them what they want. I only refuse them if they want an absurd amount of money or a rare item (which comes up often enough that I can say I've tried it quite a few times!)
You might be thinking of a different quest, this is the one for the relics such as
TV, Power Cable, Computer, Refrigerator
Same here, although I've noticed (Spoiler about a certain demon race, just in case)
Brutes in particular tend to respond to you refusing them, which makes sense thematically
People who love the Demonica design from Strange Journey won't have to wait long to be really, really happy.
The environments are also incredibly good looking, very atmospheric. The whole cave part at the beginning was kinda okay, but I'm happy it didn't take long at all to really widen the scope.
And man, the music. SO good. I know people were a bit worried that the combination of handheld game + reused sprites would indicate a low-budget production, but everything feels incredibly well made. I haven't been bored even for a second so far - every few minutes something new comes up, to the point that I can barely process everything.
The environments are also incredibly good looking, very atmospheric. The whole cave part at the beginning was kinda okay, but I'm happy it didn't take long at all to really widen the scope.
And man, the music. SO good. I know people were a bit worried that the combination of handheld game + reused sprites would indicate a low-budget production, but everything feels incredibly well made. I haven't been bored even for a second so far - every few minutes something new comes up, to the point that I can barely process everything.
Wait, you can get Tetrakarn early on? Which demons have it? I've been looking for one since mid-20s
I used Avatar Makami Lvl 32
If you find out I wanna know too; outside of fluke skill transforms, the lowest level demon is a type that can't be fused [and is apparently weak to phys XD] and if it can be found wild, I think you need demonolingual to talk to it, sooo yea.
It's an Enigma race demon called Kanbari, lv 27. Never seen it, it just shows up in a list of demons in the guidebook ^^;
Did some more tinkering with the Fusion Search and I came up with two demons, Avatar Makami and Fallen Dantalian. I can't believe I forgot to use search.
cj_iwakura
Member
Had to read the book for that.
It evades dodging and ups critical chances. Pretty great.
ForteanMan
Member
I have never been too bothered by the 3DS XL's battery life, but it always seems to die just as I'm getting back into the groove after beating a boss playing SMT IV.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Demon negotiation can be so random. I just ran into a Kikimora and my conversation went like this:
Kikimora: I head samurai like to commit seppuku. Could you give me a demonstration.
Me: Uh, no thanks.
Kikimora: Oh, right, I forgot about the beheading. I guess I need to do that for you, huh?
*joins*
Er... OK!
Kikimora: I head samurai like to commit seppuku. Could you give me a demonstration.
Me: Uh, no thanks.
Kikimora: Oh, right, I forgot about the beheading. I guess I need to do that for you, huh?
*joins*
Er... OK!
I used Avatar Makami lvl 32 to get Tetrakarn (fused Senri Nymph X Inugami Beast to get it)
The Enigma you are talking about is a special three membered fusion and you need Gaki lvl 12 x Mamedanuki lvl 15 x Mou-Ryo Lvl 24 according to the wiki.
PlanetSmasher
Banned
If memory serves, the beheading in a ritual seppuku is supposed to be done by an ally, friend or subordinate officer of the person committing suicide. It's a sign of respect, to ensure the person doesn't suffer.
Sometimes if I don't give them anything they ask for they just get pissed an leave, which is much better than them getting a free shot at me.
If I were you, I would be careful about letting someone like that in my party! >_<
Here's one I had
Demon : "Why do you want me?"
Me : I like how you smell.
Demon : You could smell my fart!? Wait you know that demon girls can't fart...I'll join you if u don't tell anyone about this.
Thanks. I should be cracking the book open more often.
Be patient. Save often. Talk to demons. Learn how the combat mechanics work.
Also give the strategy guide that comes with the game a look if you need hints on how to defeat the first couple bosses.
Also, enjoy!
DarkLegion
Member
When you level up dont distribute your points out evenly, focus on something. It can get a little bit hard if you're all balanced.
Exploit your opponents weaknesses and buff your party. You enemy will do the same.
Don't make a party that all have the same weakness.
I always give them away since they are so easy to find. I have like 50 right now and barely use them other than during negotiating.
Hecatonchires Custom
Member
I'm glad the game sticks with the atmosphere of 1 and 2 (post apocalyptic world inhabited by humans struggling to survive and demons) rather than 3 (destroyed world that's devoid of humans). Makes Tokyo a lot more alive. Same reason why I dig Persona 1's atmosphere.
Game was off to a good start but it just crossed over into another level of awesome once I got to
. This is some really good stuff now. Just exploring the areas now and this game is oozing atmosphere. They are not shy about letting you figure things out on your own either.
EDIT: So it's looking like this game is taking place
I hope to see some familiar faces.
Tokyo
EDIT: So it's looking like this game is taking place
some time after the bombs dropped in SMT 1. Or is it SMT 2? Everything looks fairly modern so that leads me to believe it's the former.
Like candy.
thanks guys.
thanks! could you help me with this a bit, like, what should i distrib. my points into etc.?
Don't get too attached to demons. Just fuse them away once they learn all the skills they can.
buddha0991
Member
Kinda wish we had a spoiler topic for freely discussing spoilers 
Hecatonchires Custom
Member
I regularly found myself fusing demons of my level only to fuse them again the second I get them. Whenever I have 3-4 slots open, I always start recruiting demons in case I need to fuse something again. In previous games, I remember fusing demons every now and then and sticking with them since they were much less exendable than in IV.
Thanks a lot guys.
edit:
Kinda wish we had a spoiler topic for freely discussing spoilers
I'LL MAKE ONE!
or any of you can
You want agility to get the first turn in. Much better for planning some kind of strategy. I don't think pumping STR is a bad idea, just make sure you have some demons to cover other areas.
Personally I'm doing AGI > LUCK > STR > DEX and I'm having my character roll with buffs and healing spell and Energy drain (not sure if I will keep the last one. So far it's been useful).
You can't use them in battles, so kind of useless for that.