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Shin Megami Tensei IV |OT| The Dark Souls of Persona
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Why would you avoid money.
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
As much as I like playing this game anywhere, the portability factor is somewhat low. The voice acting and music is too good to mute, so I have to have headphones on, and the gameplay is so tense a lot of the time that I can't play it while something else is happening.
Hopefully later on I can grind and do subquests for drop-in-drop-out moments. I'm still in the linear parts.
Hopefully later on I can grind and do subquests for drop-in-drop-out moments. I'm still in the linear parts.
or he would've called you a sucker, take a dump on your chest and gallop away into the sunset with your pixie.
podracer35
Member
Woah... That's a thing? Are there many such demons? And is it safe to assume that we should recruit any demons who ask to join?
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
No, not all. I invented the whole thing.
FantasyFreak07
Member
Finally got the game from Amazon, the box is slightly dented at the top but it's no big deal.
Time to play this bad boy!
Time to play this bad boy!
I just got the game, and holy smokes, it is HARD. Like, unfairly so!
I'm still very early in the game, but spoilers anyways,
I'm still very early in the game, but spoilers anyways,
I got to the third floor of Naraku, got wiped out by some vicious Naga, and then spent the next four hours grinding and testing out different demons and stuff. Finally, I just sat there and restarted the battle over and over until I won - is this the normal way to play? The demons are all so low-leveled on the first and second stratum, and the interesting fusions I can't do because I'm only level 9. I just unlocked the first special fusion, but I don't have a dwarf anymore, nor do I have any cash, so should I grind to get one again?
I am a little hesitant to explore the third stratum now, since I don't want to get caught with my pants down again.
I am a little hesitant to explore the third stratum now, since I don't want to get caught with my pants down again.
Blame the guy that said Dark Souls of Persona in the first place! Whether that was some guy on /v/ or a random critic.Dammit guys! Must you twist the knife?
Hell it was fixed, the quote was "Darksouls of Persona."
cj_iwakura
Member
Burroughs' 'only five more to go!' item prompts are the loudest thing I have EVER heard come from a handheld game.
podracer35
Member
*facepalm*
Thanks for letting me know, at least... Now I feel like an idiot. -_- haha I thought it sounded too good to be true! XD
Incendiary
Banned
I felt the same when I used Taru in the first boss battle and against some of the tougher enemies. It didn't feel like I was doing much more damage but maybe I just wasn't paying close enough attention.
cj_iwakura
Member
Tarukaja worked great for me against the first boss.
Alligatorjandro
Banned
This game is kicking my ass.
I think it's a percentage boost, so it isn't going to be a big difference in the early game. I definitely notice a difference where I am, though, especially if it's stacked.
I got the first rank of the one that reduces demon MP costs (thought it would affect the MC as well, turns out it doesn't) and the rest have been 2 extra skill slots for the MC and 1 extra for demons. Just got the Demolingual app (the one that lets you talk to more demons) and next I think Ill get MP regen since my MC is magic based
KakesuSora
Member
So can anyone tell me what would have happened if
I wouldn't have chosen to kill Issachar?
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
I'm not using the LE guide...though maybe I should.
Beat that mini boss I was stuck on and then the mini after it. Then beat the first boss after that no sweat.
Magic da bes.
Beat that mini boss I was stuck on and then the mini after it. Then beat the first boss after that no sweat.
Magic da bes.
buddha0991
Member
Xenoflare
Member
Nothing much.
Incendiary
Banned
Yeah, that was the biggest shock to me out of all the adjustments in the game. I totally expected for physical attacks to cost HP, completely caught me off guard. Also makes physical demons a little less useful because they have loads of HP but low MP which sucks.
Yeh since Nocturne used HP I was fully expecting HP to be used. Since most physical demons have low MP, it makes them a lot less useful unless their default attack is good (i.e. multiple strikes or status effects)
If you're not up to a certain point, then yes.
cj_iwakura
Member
I have never seen a thread with such bad use of spoiler tags. Maybe I should stay bailed out.
drtomoe123
Member
Man, I love the Quest Battle theme.
bobbychalkers
Member
I just fundraised a random demon and it gave me a quest.....this game keeps throwing curveballs.
In case anyone else is stuck on this, you can hit the weird looking doors and they open. I dont think this was ever communicated, or if it was I completely missed it. Wasted an hour looking for this stupid thing. At least I should be over leveled for a few quests.
Kind Of.
Environment Spoiler
Once you get the key on the fourth floor you can open the door on first floor thats been locked, which gives you a way to jump down straight from 1st to 4th floor (but not back up
Also, Story Spoiler
Not long after you start exploring the underground you find a terminal which lets you instantly port from there back to castle like terminals in other SMT games
InsaneElite
Member
Xi Wangmu
From the time you gotta
until now when I just entered
I've found the characters increasingly pleasant, they bored me during their introduction but I'm liking them more and more. At least given this is a more 'classic SMT' scenario, and not 'other' entries in the franchise.
find Navarre in the dungeon
the forest
bobbychalkers
Member
And this famed Minotaur appears....lets see how I do.
lmao I just took a peak at the front page of GameFAQs boards, it is more 12 year old filth than usual, wow.
How long until they transform? I usually fuse them after I get all their skills available
You know you've wandered a bit too far afield when you go from getting 300 xp per fight to 6000. Shot up from 22 to 26 in no time.
Nice that it gives you the option, although I'm still kinda lost right now.
Also, ran into the toughest fight yet:
. I'd imagine half my problem in the fight was being underleveled, but I was able to triumph by
also, spirit drain kicks ass. I put it on my main dude after trying it out on a Momunofu. Finally found a demon with Recarm too, and I got him the 'regen mana after battles' skill. No longer am I slave to the barracks bed, I can actually explore.
My archangel transformed I think two levels after he warned me of impending evolution. He turned into a caster type though, and he had mostly physical skills. Oh well.
Nice that it gives you the option, although I'm still kinda lost right now.
Also, ran into the toughest fight yet:
Grendel
stacking every single debuff and buff in the game to max, since he had no dispels. It just took like 7 tries of him one shotting my team before I could get all those spells off.
also, spirit drain kicks ass. I put it on my main dude after trying it out on a Momunofu. Finally found a demon with Recarm too, and I got him the 'regen mana after battles' skill. No longer am I slave to the barracks bed, I can actually explore.
My archangel transformed I think two levels after he warned me of impending evolution. He turned into a caster type though, and he had mostly physical skills. Oh well.
podracer35
Member
The only good boards I've found there are the ones where a game is still not released, or where the game has been out for at least 4-6 months. That's usually a good time period where the trolls and other idiots are almost all gone. Plus the flood of new players has subsided and most of the main people who actually enjoy the game remain.
Of course, that's not always the case, some games are better than others, but that's my experience with the site, at least.
Chrono Helix
Member
I'm suddenly reminded of how I didn't get Tarukaja for maybe a third of the game because my Flynn had a magic build and I thought physical and magic attack boosts were separated into Tarukaja and Makakaja respectively, like in Nocturne.
I see it as covering all my bases for getting the extra turns. Landing elements and having a good chance to crit.
Luck is useful in magic builds as well.
increase smirk chance, better chance of things connecting, demons, etc.