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Shin Megami Tensei IV |OT| The Dark Souls of Persona
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Yesss, thank you!
Shoot, you're right. Anybody take #92?
The head of that one would be perfect to overlay over my current one. Same shit eating grin and everything.
decoyplatypus
Member
I played for a few hours. I love the music, the dungeon graphics, and Burroughs. I don't care for the still cutscenes or the story/characters so far. I'm willing to give the latter the benefit of the doubt because I've barely started, but I find the traditional LNC alignments dull, and to have them in my face in the first twenty minutes makes for a dull introduction. Anyway, so far I'm investing most of my stat points in agility on the assumption that, whatever else is good, hitting enemies and dodging their attacks is good--especially in press-turn. Very excited to play more tonight.
Rapscallion
Member
Just picked up my copy. Going in with little to no knowledge about the plot or pretty much anything in the game.
Yeah, there are demons who say the most random shit ever, lol.
My memory is blurry, but I do know for sure Soul hackers had demon profiles in the compendium as well.
Free Ippon-Datara for whoever wants his dorky ass. lol
Nice, I'll take it!
buddha0991
Member
The profiles are pretty much a staple in the series.
If there was, I don't think I ever saw it.
buddha0991
Member
Yep I can confirm they were in Soul Hackers.
Yeah I figured, been a while since I played Nocturne so I forgot.
Xenoflare
Member
Thought this would be an interesting story to share.
The cashier girl who worked at my local ebgames today today was pleasantly surprised, apparently this time not only Atlus shipped 30+ copies of the SMTIV, the shipment actually came in one piece (stores around me are infamous of only getting 3-5 copies of games from Atlus frequently), there is almost a cabinet full of it.
Another interesting thing to see for me was that, I arrived at the store at 10AM (Right when it opened), and there was 8 people in the line, all for SMT IV
I'm just very excited to share this, so glad to see some recognition of SMT in real life.
The cashier girl who worked at my local ebgames today today was pleasantly surprised, apparently this time not only Atlus shipped 30+ copies of the SMTIV, the shipment actually came in one piece (stores around me are infamous of only getting 3-5 copies of games from Atlus frequently), there is almost a cabinet full of it.
Another interesting thing to see for me was that, I arrived at the store at 10AM (Right when it opened), and there was 8 people in the line, all for SMT IV
I'm just very excited to share this, so glad to see some recognition of SMT in real life.
insignia16
Member
It's totally there, just tucked away from view until you have the COMP app (cannot recall the name) that catalogs the demons.
Nice, I'm getting a lot of battery life while playing.
Got 5.75 hours (playing on 4th Brightness, Power Saver off, WiFi on), and that's after playing Animal Crossing New Life for about 45 minutes.
I wager this on its own can go beyond 6 hours if I didn't play Animal Crossing New Leaf to maintain my town.
Got 5.75 hours (playing on 4th Brightness, Power Saver off, WiFi on), and that's after playing Animal Crossing New Life for about 45 minutes.
I wager this on its own can go beyond 6 hours if I didn't play Animal Crossing New Leaf to maintain my town.
Matt Attack
Member
I never realized demon profiles were in Soul Hackers either, but I'm glad they're much easier to stumble upon in IV. It's a really neat feature.
Deified Data
Banned
Yeah, that's a fairly common demon conversation. Female demons refusing to go out with you is right up there with crotchety old demons complaining about the youth of the day in the "most common conversations" category.
That's very good to hear. Let's hope SMTIV pulls off a FE Awakening!
Yeah I was looking at the armor and noticed the weaknesses right away. Nope to that.
Deified Data
Banned
Free Ippon-Datara for whoever wants his dorky ass. lol
D'aw, he's not a dork. He's a very sturdy mid-game demon!
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Come on folks. Someone had to rep dat sweet Cybele avatar
Bought the game because of the e-shop credit (and because some of the other mods won't shut up about it). Never played a SMT game before. It's neat, even if all the characters are jerks.
I really like how the game is very fast; with the notable exception of trying to heal up after a battle I don't ever find myself fighting with menus. I'm in over my head with the skill system - if I don't swap out a skill when a demon suggests it, do I get another chance later?
And I keep hearing "princesses" whenever someone says "prentices".
I really like how the game is very fast; with the notable exception of trying to heal up after a battle I don't ever find myself fighting with menus. I'm in over my head with the skill system - if I don't swap out a skill when a demon suggests it, do I get another chance later?
And I keep hearing "princesses" whenever someone says "prentices".
That's was definitely intentional lol.
Deified Data
Banned
Sounds like it's geared towards challenge runs.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Also, another bonus:
Thanks! I'll take it. #91 is open again.
noonespecial
Member
I will.
Thanks Lissar!!!
EDIT: Am I the only one who would actually be okay with chibi demons somewhere in a SMT or Persona game? Perhaps in a bonus (joke) dungeon? These are the coolest things ever...
(And I hope Newegg doesn't crush my SMT box - it is on schedule to arrive tomorrow).
It's random. You can always fuse the demon away, recruit a new one of the same type, and try leveling him up to see if he does it again but it's unlikely he'll want to swap to the same skill even if it comes up.
edit: Oh, I thought you were talking about when demons are asking whether they should change one of their skills to something new. You'll get plenty of chances to swap out skills for your protagonist and it's quite easy to do, like I said just level up a new demon.
The thing i'm curious about is leveling up the protagonist's skills - say for example I've got critical wave+2, if I drop that and then pick it up again later will it still be +2? It doesn't seem to make that big of a difference either way but I'd imagine this becomes important later on.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
Can I have 47 
Deified Data
Banned
Like Demikids, but not hideous?
The demons will teach you their skills only once but many skills are shared by many demons. If you already have a skill that the demon can pass on it will be enhanced slightly and automatically. But make sure to look out for the next tiers of skills.
Spend those app points in increasing skill slots for yourself and your demons first.
elec resist and gun weak.
Thanks! Sounds pretty decent.
WonkyPanda
Member
Gah! I can't decide if I want to go digital or physical. Any input? I feel like this game would never go on sale.