In SMT5 I only got two Fusion accident, first one I got Quetzalcoatl and second one was Metatron, both were higher level than MC at that time so I was very lucky.
To me those EXP and Macca DLC ruins the experience more than adds, its waste of money even for newcomers.
You won't need to grind ever. The demons gain new levels at a much lower pace than the Nahobino, so the idea here is, instead of leveling up demons, you fuse your lower level demons to create new, higher level ones.
You should be able to see those affinities when about to fuse a demon, they are just on top of the skills (top-right corner).
Yeah save those for late game, unless extremely necessity.
Appreciate all that! Very helpful.
Yeah, trying to make MC good at everything will make overall damage your MC can dish out less than when you specialize.
Most SMT games have no traditional "happy" ending. The title "Shin Megami Tensei" roughly translate to "True Goddess of Reincarnation", The World dies and get recreated and this cycle keeps repeating.
Megami Tensei Series in a nutshell
Lol that’s exactly my story but on normal mode. Also, I highly recommend everyone who has the dlc turn on the increased Mitama’s for post game grinding/party building. As an adult with a job and responsibilities it saves so much time and makes preparing for these tough super bosses more enjoyable. Either way you’re going to be hunting down Mitamas for grimoires, might as well make it easier on yourself.I got cocky after beating Shiva and I thought I can take Demi-Feind easy and..........
NOPE!!!!
I dont need that since I'm already level 99, so is most of Demons as well. Shiva was tough but manageable but Demi-Fiend is entirely different beast all together.
Good to know. I haven't got back to him yet on NG+ but was focusing on chipping away at his health when I first tried, and then Gaia Rage hit the party for 23k damage. If it's every five turns Enduring Soul is only gonna get you so far.
He does, like Shiva he summons different demons.
I beat him but I didn't use that video 2 turn win, that one is very luck based with trying to do critical hit each time, but I made my MC very strength base Almighty specialist in order to beat him.
Yeah I don't wanna use cheap tactics here either, would love beating him in a more proper way.
I guess it time for NG++
I beat him but I didn't use that video 2 turn win, that one is very luck based with critical each time, But I made my MC very strength base Almighty specialist in order to beat him.
That's actually the reason I haven't played it yet lol. Was about to do so when they announced the HD Remaster for Nocturne, so instead I thought about waiting for the eventual remaster of DDS.
Oh yeah especially against his pierce and Tandava attacks, biggest advice is when they summon Ananta, do everything you can to kill that motherf**cker.
What difficulty did you finish it?
Easy. I've been playing games for 20 years at this point, have yet to get good at them.
That's actually the reason I haven't played it yet lol. Was about to do so when they announced the HD Remaster for Nocturne, so instead I thought about waiting for the eventual remaster of DDS.
The thing is, I don't know if I want to wait more man. The game looks pretty cool, specially with all those hinduism aesthetics and that godly OST I have already listened to a few times.
Still hope they remaster those games, and the Raidou ones too. The PS2 era gave us a lot of great SMT titles and they deserve to be put on the spotlight once more.
For true ending you need to finish Khonsu and Amanozako quest line and beat super boss Shiva before you make the final choice.
I haven't really noticed a difficulty spike myself, hard mode has been surprisingly chill for the most part imo.
Holy fuck, you must be pretty good cause I had trouble maybe up until the third area! That said it was a good challenge, never felt cheap or unfair.
That's kinda weird, it was at like 35$ a few days ago at Amazon. That said those games tend to go up in price with time, like it happened with the 3DS ones.
I said this before from gameplay and exploration perspective its my favourite SMT game but Strange Journey still have my favourite story in SMT.
Yep, I don't see it getting any better. Maybe remove dampeners so bosses become less predictable? Aside from that, a 10/10 on the gameplay department for me.
Those things become useless when bosses start using Almighty and pierce attacks and I would say boss's Magatsuhi skills are not the biggest threat, for example Surt uses Maragidyne in Magatsuhi but he randomly uses Ragnarok which is can be bigger threat.
Yeah you are right mate, those later bosses were awesome and a good challenge thanks to those pierce attacks. Had lots of "should I just restart" moments where I was almost wiped out but ended up coming up and winning the battle. Love those moments in those games man.
What surprised me was Pierce in SMTV is much stronger than Nocturne, in that game it goes through everything except repel and when I first faced Zeus I thought it might work same way so I used Magic Mirror and thought it would work.......NOPE!
Haha yeah! I wasn't expecting that either. Kinda like it tho, it's cool for bosses to have an "I'm gonna fuck you up" attack that you can't counter in any way.What surprised me was Pierce in SMTV is much stronger than Nocturne, in that game it goes through everything except repel and when I first faced Zeus I thought it might work same way so I used Magic Mirror and thought it would work.......NOPE!