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Shin Megami Tensei IV |OT| The Dark Souls of Persona
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No, weapon rewards are plentiful.
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
That last bit is news to me!
Urban Scholar
Member
Yes my alignment is neutral so far. I've been choosing the right choices/actions
Hope I can continue it
Hope I can continue it
RyougaSaotome
Member
Nope. I did a magic build and pretty much never bought swords.
The rewards from quests are more than enough.
I don't even know how you can tell what alignment you are.
Supposedly there's some big choices that heavily influence your alignment, so much so that you have to stay out of neutral in order to get back into it.
It sounds like a pain.
Urban Scholar
Member
There's an NPC that shows up in Tokyo bars that will let you know what people are saying about you. Hard to read is neutral, I have no clue about order or chaos. I would imagine the responses would be obvious.
Once you progress far enough a character called "cynical man" will appear in the hunter associations who will tell you your alignment.
It certainly makes special fusions rough. I might start doing the same except when a demon learns a rarer skill I might want later. Choosing the skills you pass on makes constantly overwriting less important.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
Early Challenge Quest question:
Also, with the Buffs/Debuffs that effect Attack and Defense, is it like Pokemon where physical moves and magic moves have their separate offensive and defensive stats? Or will lowering a monster's defense mean they're weaker to physical and magical moves?
Any tips for Ares? Dude fucking kicked my ass. I then went and fought the dragon at Lake Mikado, who was a higher ranked mission, and beat it without any problem...
Also, with the Buffs/Debuffs that effect Attack and Defense, is it like Pokemon where physical moves and magic moves have their separate offensive and defensive stats? Or will lowering a monster's defense mean they're weaker to physical and magical moves?
Even easier than that,
your alignment is apparent by your little guy on the world map. If he's spinning clockwise, you're law; counterclockwise, chaos; oscillating back and forth, neutral.
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing... I'd been wondering about my alignment as well.
toadsworth
Banned
Don't use magic against him, that spell he uses that reflects all your magic back made magic worthless. You can kill him with some strong physical demons and a healer
I know but I bought it digital.
I tried to buy it physical but it was selling for $157 USD here.
Fuck DRM I'm going all digital next gen. Prices here are insane.
I stopped caring about the alignment. After glancing at the Japanese wiki it seems like you need to calculate carefully the value of each question with the guide to get neutral. So many choices seem to influence it and the they affect your alignments differently too. I'll play the way I feel and on a second playthrough I will do it with the guide.
decoyplatypus
Member
No weaknesses. And he pretty much just cycles through Blight, Fatal Strike, and Mamudo, no matter what you do. He's a total asshole.
Incendiary
Banned
I've spent nearly 20 hours in the game according to the clock (although I'd say it's probably closer to 15 because I let my system idle a lot) and at level 19, and I still feel like I've barely breached the surface of the game and the story. It's crazy.
This game is also going to kill my backlog because I have some new games thanks to the Steam sale but I haven't been finishing anything else, only focusing on this. Oh well.
This game is also going to kill my backlog because I have some new games thanks to the Steam sale but I haven't been finishing anything else, only focusing on this. Oh well.
CornBurrito
Member
Wheeee I unlocked fusion!!! 
well fuck that then. I'll deal with him later.
Nope. Have fun!
Chance Hale
Member
Sure, I don't want to let this person who is going to die anyway suffer, I'll end his pain!
YOU WANT TO RESET THE ENTIRE WORLD AND LET CHAOS REIGN
YOU WANT TO RESET THE ENTIRE WORLD AND LET CHAOS REIGN
GeekyDad
Member
Ha, ha. It's a little disappointing, simply because the MC's look changes with each new armor piece. But yeah, nothing else is worth wearing thus far.
As a sort of aside, but kind of having to do with armor and defense overall, the more I play (level 34 now), the more the balancing feels like Demon's Souls to me. You're never that tough. New spells, more HP, and all that, and yet, low-level demons can still eff up your Sunday picnic. I enjoy that. After so many hours of play, I find myself being much more cautious when entering a new area. Traps where you least expect them and all that.
CornBurrito
Member
Where the hell can I find gryphons... -_-
insignia16
Member
I want to say on the first floor if Naraku and maybe the 2nd as well but they they don't appear as often as the other demons.
Urban Scholar
Member
Chance Hale
Member
Forgot to save so I finally used CHaron.....half my macca. Tempted to go back 30 minutes. I always forget to save when I need to, and save too much when I don't.
Coldnoodle
Member
I Want to Make the City Bright quest:
Where is my reward? It says it's Business Trip Set but I can't find it anywhere D:
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Ikebukuro Spoilers:
Just beat Xi Wangmu, and that fight really shows why Press Turn is such a great combat system. Really good stuff.
toadsworth
Banned
I've used play coins a few times... Makes me sad of all the AC fortune cookies I'm missing.
That last bit is amazing, I've had it happen a few times while using Tetrakarn and Metrakarn (I think those are the spell names.)
I've won a few battles that I would have otherwise lost thanks to that.
CornBurrito
Member
Is it ever worth recruiting low level demons for fusion material, or should I stick to ones near my level?
It's a set of business related relics
Don't go back.
Pay Charon and the next time you die it will unlock the easy difficulty at no cost.
If you reload now and want to drop the difficulty for a single fight or boss on the future you'll have to die again and chances are you're going to pay a lot more.
The ones that evolve can be useful for getting later demons more easily. For instance, getting an archangel and evolving it to principality and then power might be easier than actually fusing a power.
My preorder finally came in the mail. Got a bit damaged (just the box corners) but holy shit. It looks soooooo good. I wasn't very hyped at first (mostly a Persona fan, but I also liked Devil Survivor) but this art book really hyped me up. So pumped to play it after I play a bit of Animal Crossing tonight.
I haven't played any mainline SMT. Anything important I should know?
I haven't played any mainline SMT. Anything important I should know?
Storm Chamber
Banned
6 hours game time so far
I started playing at about 10:30PM....I look up and its 12:20PM
Haven't been lost in a game like this in a long time
I started playing at about 10:30PM....I look up and its 12:20PM
Haven't been lost in a game like this in a long time
Chance Hale
Member
CornBurrito
Member
Evolve?
Jesus fuck, early game spoiler incoming:
The fight with the Nagas is such bullshit. What are they even weak to?