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Shin Megami Tensei IV |OT| The Dark Souls of Persona
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GeekyDad
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After five playthroughs, I finally experienced some technical weirdness. Ended up falling through the ground in Blasted Shinjuku and was able to walk below the sand and way off the map. Finally fell through the sky back onto the surface of Shinjuku. Seems to be a clipping issue right as you exit the underground entrance.
mullet2000
Member
Are the story ones actually substantial in any way though? Looking at them it looks like they're just a boss fight? Is it a whole dungeon or something? How much content is in each?
For anyone who's followed the Japanese version - is any of the upcoming DLC worth looking forward to?
For the story DLC,
you find out how and why the 4 archangels got locked up in Shinjuku's National Park. And then be able to fuse them.
Just a boss fight with a tiny bit of story. Unless you want to get into fights with demons with abilities that outright break the game (and recruit a few of them to your side) I don't recommend it.
ActStriker
Member
Cool, got my first fusion accident
Was trying to fuse a Ame no Uzume and a Thoth to get a Leilah.
Was trying to fuse a Ame no Uzume and a Thoth to get a Leilah.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Welp, trying to find the hidden fiends before I go to NG+, and reloading/elevator hopping for Red Rider is getting absurd here.
1/256 chance to spawn is really damn annoying.
1/256 chance to spawn is really damn annoying.
TBH I'm fine with that. If I encounter one, that's cool. Otherwise I don't have the patience to reload endlessly to get them.
It's like the famed demons. They are meant to be rare.
If they wanted to make it a rare occurrence you might stumble into, fine but at least add a way to force the spawn for those who just want to do the fight or get the demon. The stuff with the Fiends and Famed really killed my enthusiasm for multiple playthroughs because I thought I would at least try to complete the compendium through multiple runs. Praying to the RNG gods is just tedious and mindless.
I just got the game any tips?
I died in the tutorial dungeon! LOL
After that I trained and abused of the barracks while going there to sleep instead of ussing my items (since Macca seems precious at least at the beginning)
Also can this game soft reset? The whole cutscene while dying is kinda...long..
Thanks!
I died in the tutorial dungeon! LOL
After that I trained and abused of the barracks while going there to sleep instead of ussing my items (since Macca seems precious at least at the beginning)
Also can this game soft reset? The whole cutscene while dying is kinda...long..
Thanks!
The early goings is kinda rough because you have such limited resources in terms of skills but the game get significantly easier once you get a few demons to experiment with. Just remember that buffing/debuffing and watching elemental vulnerabilities is key. Thanks to the press turn system, things can swing wildly if you aren't paying attention.
I don't think there is a soft reset but once you see the Charon cutscene once (twice?) you can skip the long build up to actually getting to talk to Charon. It's still faster to home, x, x, a though.
Tutorial is a bit tough, but the game will get easier. You can skip through the death sequence with X.
No, Hassou Tobi though. ;p
Famed are only caused by accidents. (Aside from a few special fusions)
I've gotten one accident my entire playthrough. I got an Amanta instead of Fenrir.
SpaceBridge
Member
Can someone help with the "I Will Give You My Black Card" quest?
Where do u trigger it, and what do u need to do?
Where do u trigger it, and what do u need to do?
Go to the north exit of the bar in Ginza.
Then go to the west and pay the man 5000 to enter.
Go into the small dungeon there and go to a man who is selling a gold card for, I think it was 10,000.
After buying the card, go to the south and you'll have to pay 50,000 to enter that area, but there is the platinum card there.
Go to the west entrance and you can enter that area.
After that, go back to the bar and get the quest.
Then, go back to that first little dungeon in the west area and pay the guy 100k for the silver coin. Then you get the black card.
Then go to the west and pay the man 5000 to enter.
Go into the small dungeon there and go to a man who is selling a gold card for, I think it was 10,000.
After buying the card, go to the south and you'll have to pay 50,000 to enter that area, but there is the platinum card there.
Go to the west entrance and you can enter that area.
After that, go back to the bar and get the quest.
Then, go back to that first little dungeon in the west area and pay the guy 100k for the silver coin. Then you get the black card.
Oh that doesn't matter to me, I genuinely like Yoshitsune.
I really dislike the concept of famed demons. In my first run, I genuinely tried to get him via fusion accidents, and reached a certain point where I gave up.
SpaceBridge
Member
You have got to be f'en kidding me. -_-
Vyse The Legend
Member
Can you only get app points by street passing once per game?
I've street passed a few people that had both SMT4/Soul Hacker saves, and it's only ever given me the app points once.
I've street passed a few people that had both SMT4/Soul Hacker saves, and it's only ever given me the app points once.
Don't do that quest until you're near the end.
Start selling some extra somas you have, you'll get them back, believe me. Collect Rellics, etc.
Yeah, I was kinda hoping to get Joan of Arc, because she gets Luster Candy pretty dammed early. Then I learned it's gotta be through an accident...
Anyone really disappointed at the world map sections when u get to the first big areas like Tokyo. Like wtf, they have all these amazing 3D sections and then Tokyo is basically a flat image an u move a cursor instead of ur player character. Basically persona 3 portable all over again. I hate these parts so much so they I'm having a hard time picking the game up again and continuing.
150k Macca isn't all that much. Come back later in the game and you should have money. Though I actually had almost the amount of money I needed (sold some stuff to reach the mark) once I hit Ginza because I rarely drew from the Compendium (actually I didn't draw that much from the Compendium for the whole game. Just fusing demons I recruited together worked fine.)
No...? Have you played Nocturne? The world map is the same with a cursor walking around. Except unlike P3P you actually walk around with your cursor across a sizable world map instead of it being point and click.
Why not?
Excellent, thank you. Will buy now, I'm looking forward to it.
Trojita
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How far are you in the game?
Trojita
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I beat itIf you're at
, you'll come back later.one of the alternate Tokyos
Cool thanks. I was wondering.
SpaceBridge
Member
Okay, I went back to the west dungeon but the guy there won't sell me a silver coin. Says he want to steal a gold coin. Am in the right place? Is this the area after the poison tunnels?
Yeah, that's the place. But you have to do all that other stuff before he'll sell you the card.
Actually, there might be one extra part to that quest.
You have to take a picture for some hunter in the entrance to Ginza. She'll ask you to take a picture of some store.
You have to take a picture for some hunter in the entrance to Ginza. She'll ask you to take a picture of some store.
SpaceBridge
Member
Crap. So where do I find this hunter?
Go to the Tokyo station that connects to Ginza (the one right before Ginza), she's in one of the areas there.
SpaceBridge
Member
Okay I did the photo quest. Went back to the guy in the west dungeon and still no good.
Hmm...you've talked to the guy who can sell you the Silver Coin right?
SpaceBridge
Member
Which guy? The same one who sold me the gold card?
Edit:
I got the platinum card. Took the photo. Went back to the dude who sold me the gold card, and he's just talking about stealing the gold card again.
There is a poisonous area in Ginza. Go there and get past it and in the next area there'll be a room where there's a guy who'll sell you a Silver Coin.
Honestly all you have to do for this quest line is unlock all the areas, which is done pretty linearly as there is always only one area you can go before you get access to a new area. Talk to any of the guardians and see if there's an area you haven't entered yet.
Edit: Seems like you just missed a room.
There's another guy in that area who sells a silver coin.
BuckRobotron
Member
Oddly enough, I ran into her in this neglected area just a couple hours ago as I was running around everywhere trying to find what would put me over the top for
end-game Neutral Champion
Beezlebub
I know it's late, but thankfully Beezlebub isn't required for that quest.
The first part is though.
The first part is though.
SpaceBridge
Member
Thanks I realized that after. What a dunce I was.
I only have three quests left. How do I trigger Rebirth of the Lady?
BuckRobotron
Member
Oh, I was taking out said target as a matter of SMT course. I just thought it might also secondarily close out the other quest. I've been mostly avoiding faqs except for gettings hints in dealing with the infamous SMTIV overworld map.
Finish Nozomi's quest line.
Beat Asura, get the wine from Dinonysis, one more I think I am forgetting.
SpaceBridge
Member
I've done all three.
Ahh, check at the quest board.
ActStriker
Member
Knockers have Rakukaja, and you can fuse Angels which learn it too.
That debuffs defense right? I have that too and still can't beat him. Even after I get to the point where his aim decreases he can still wipe me out in one turn whenever.