TurnipFritters
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The Archangels seriously need to be redesigned.
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Shin Megami Tensei IV (3DS) - Trailer up! - TBA 2013 (New: Website update)
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The Archangels seriously need to be redesigned.
cj_iwakura
Member
Again?
Just take it with you.
Member
After Raidou 2, I wouldn't put it past Atlus to do something like that.
Are you referring to the Four? When were they redesigned?
demosthenes
Member
Buy both, best of both worlds
I have Vita now, will get 3DS when this hits and then buy a backlog of games to play (hopefully) @ cheaper prices.
IrishNinja
Member
awww....man i hope we get that one.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Excellent news. I do hope there is a first person option.
Hopefully with the release of this trailer (and Soul Hackers), Atlus will start revealing more info about this game.
Hopefully with the release of this trailer (and Soul Hackers), Atlus will start revealing more info about this game.
cj_iwakura
Member
After Raidou 2, I wouldn't put it past Atlus to do something like that.
Are you referring to the Four? When were they redesigned?
They look one way in SMT2, another in 3. Gabriel's male in 2, female in 3.
TurnipFritters
Member
If by that you mean "they're in 2D in SMT2 and 3D in SMT3" then yes. Otherwise, Uriel, Michael and Raphael all look exactly the same in both games, to the point that they even use the same poses. Gabriel in SMT3 uses the design from if... and like the other three is in the exact same pose.
cj_iwakura
Member
Octorockin'
Member
This is just the right amount of teasing to get me hyped! I'm looking forward to seeing more of the art direction and a little battle footage. The soundtrack should be pretty fantastic too.
thetrin
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You're missing out. SMT games are very very different. They're infinitely more creepy, and there's something unwelcoming about SMT games. Exploring a world that clearly does not want you there.
encephalon
Member
Looks like it's 3rd person. Thank god. Characters look a bit weird though.
Young Magus
Junior Member
Looks pretty good I must say,
also reminds me that I need to finish Nocturne ASAP
masdfkjasf
Neo Member
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TurnipFritters
Member
I meant from 1 to 2, I think.
SMT1
SMT2 and beyond:
Even then there's not much difference. One is more feminine with a breastplate that accents the boobes, but otherwise it's the same design.
get
Do tell us what you think.
get
wowowow, trailer impressions (or TRAILER ITSELF IF YAHWEH WILLS IT) please!
masdfkjasf
Neo Member
Awesome awesome awesome, thank you. Looks like there aren't really anime cutscenes, it's mainly stills with a bit of motion like Revelations: Persona had.
Perfect Blue
Banned
Oh my, looks awesome as hell.
TurnipFritters
Member
Thanks! I'm pretty disappointed that most of it turned out to be what amounts to a montage of concept art, but I appreciate you sharing it with us~
Thanks, downloaded it as fast as I could.
It looks great. But it really doesn't show much.
I guess the argument over whether the scenes are celshaded CG or hand drawn anime doesn't even matter since the scenes don't even look particular animated at all. Lol.
Interesting settings though. There are a bunch of different background designs in the trailer, and the realtime scene at the end shows 5 different areas. Looks pretty SMT, but also rather... early? The game might not be out before mid-2013 at this rate.
Interesting settings though. There are a bunch of different background designs in the trailer, and the realtime scene at the end shows 5 different areas. Looks pretty SMT, but also rather... early? The game might not be out before mid-2013 at this rate.
SpaceBridge
Member
Time travel? That last scene seemed to show the main character (?) standing on a street corner but it was shifting time periods.
Edit: also seems to show some kind of astmospheric disturbance over Tokyo with what looks like some kind of plasma storm.
Edit: also seems to show some kind of astmospheric disturbance over Tokyo with what looks like some kind of plasma storm.
No it's just shifting through different background environments. It's just video editing.
Anything interesting being said by all the voices? I just heard Akuma a lot and assume it's SMT boilerplate heh.
The feeling of isolation and solitude remains strong, which is very nice to see.
SpaceBridge
Member
No it's just shifting through different background environments. It's just video editing.
I love speculating though. My imagination is running wild trying to decipher the images.
You have any thoughts on what we may be seeing?
I dunno. I think I'll wait for a formal unveil honestly. There isn't much in the trailer other than "this is SMT4". Everything they're showing is just teases which have no real context. The themes seem to be the usual SMT themes of demons and humans co-existing, destroying/remaking the world, law and chaos, etc. Not much to pick up. I like the desert setting with the giant stone head on it though. I wonder if this is a post SMT3 setting...
SpaceBridge
Member
I dunno. I think I'll wait for a formal unveil honestly. There isn't much in the trailer other than "this is SMT4". Everything they're showing is just teases which have no real context. The themes seem to be the usual SMT themes of demons and humans co-existing, destroying/remaking the world, law and chaos, etc. Not much to pick up. I like the desert setting with the giant stone head on it though. I wonder if this is a post SMT3 setting...
I gotta finish Nocturne.
YHVH, that music! I got chills.
The characters look like Templars, and I wonder if that's (nocturne spoiler)
the "city" Demifiend creates at the end of Nocturne.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
Oh man, I am so hype. Gonna play some more Devil Survivor Overclocked in anticipation.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I would like purchase this immediately.
SpaceBridge
Member
Looks like some sorta underground chamber, with a waterfall in the background.
I dunno. I think I'll wait for a formal unveil honestly. There isn't much in the trailer other than "this is SMT4". Everything they're showing is just teases which have no real context. The themes seem to be the usual SMT themes of demons and humans co-existing, destroying/remaking the world, law and chaos, etc. Not much to pick up. I like the desert setting with the giant stone head on it though. I wonder if this is a post SMT3 setting...
The shift between a clean/green landscape inhabited by people in blue and white robes and a ruined Earth makes me wonder if maybe they are going back to a direct continuation from SMT2, and this is the EDEN ship returning to Earth after some time.
TurnipFritters
Member
Probably not since the ruins we see are of "modern" Tokyo rather than Tokyo Millennium.
In any case, this seems more teaser than trailer so I won't go on media blackout just yet. I also get the same feeling that things are still early and this might be a late 2013 game, which is actually fine by me, I'd like the chance to give Eternal Punishment and Soul Hackers their proper due.
cultureculture
Member
Lots of screen time for the character with a ponytail. Wonder if it's going to be a female main character this time.
dragonlife
Member
oh god that trailer
Well, having COMPs definitely implies they're going back to the SMT1-2 sort of setting, rather than a conceptual one like SMT3. But I wonder if they plan on tying in elements from all the previous SMT games... including SJ.
exmachina64
Banned
Pure happiness.
cultureculture
Member
So you're saying this is more like SMT4-2, then? :V
RyougaSaotome
Member
Loving the atmosphere.
Looks like we'll be waiting on this one for a while though.
Looks like we'll be waiting on this one for a while though.
Is it just me or is that Lucifer at 1:28?
Though female, so a return of Louisa Ferre as opposed to Louis Cyphre?
The shape just seems too similiar, and the two halves of the shadow/reflection whatever don't match up, which seems fitting.
Edit: Going back and reading through the thread it looks like this was discussed a couple pages back.