cj_iwakura
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Atlus announces Deep Strange Journey for 3DS
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Gives me forbidden.
Edit: I managed to find it elsewhere.
I thought they might change it to be third person like SMTIV (as little as that would make sense with SJ), but I'm glad they left it first person. It's hard to tell from the screenshots, since I see only one icon, but they didn't switch it to Press Turn, did they? I love Press Turn and all, but I think with Demon Co-Op (which is clearly still in judging by the pics) makes more sense here, and it doesn't make much sense to have Press Turn.
The dungeon crawling environment visual updates though, yes, fucking please. That looks great and was exactly what I wanted out of an SJ remake.
Very SMTIV/Apocalypse UI though.
Gives me forbidden.
I just went to the homepage and found it there
CrimsonFist
Member
Combat UI basically looks like IV's too.
Gives me forbidden.
Edit: I managed to find it elsewhere.
I thought they might change it to be third person like SMTIV (as little as that would make sense with SJ), but I'm glad they left it first person. It's hard to tell from the screenshots, since I see only one icon, but they didn't switch it to Press Turn, did they? I love Press Turn and all, but I think with Demon Co-Op (which is clearly still in judging by the pics) it doesn't make much sense to have it.
The dungeon crawling environment visual updates though, yes, fucking please. That looks great and was exactly what I wanted out of an SJ remake.
Very SMTIV/Apocalypse UI though.
It's not press turn. Icon is the encounter proximity indicator.
Gives me forbidden.
It's a Famitsu link. Copy the link to your address bar and go directly from there.
They clearly used IV's as a base, but I think they reskinned it enough to give it its own identity. It's changed more than Apocalypse's was.
Also, I just realized that the Japanese text boxes look like they support three lines of text instead of just two. Guess they learned from how awkwardly Persona 5 and Apocalypse handled text in their localizations.
Try copy and pasting the link directly into the address bar.Gives me forbidden.
One of the shots shows a neutral co-op happening.Gives me forbidden.
Edit: I managed to find it elsewhere.
I thought they might change it to be third person like SMTIV (as little as that would make sense with SJ), but I'm glad they left it first person. It's hard to tell from the screenshots, since I see only one icon, but they didn't switch it to Press Turn, did they? I love Press Turn and all, but I think with Demon Co-Op (which is clearly still in judging by the pics) it doesn't make much sense to have it.
The dungeon crawling environment visual updates though, yes, fucking please. That looks great and was exactly what I wanted out of an SJ remake.
Very SMTIV/Apocalypse UI though.
Magicpaint
Member
The UI looks more Apocalypse than IV but yeah.
Also I still can't get over how badly they've screwed up Jimenez's face. I hope they make Demon Co-Op better than it was in the original. Many times it just feels a bit meh.
Also I still can't get over how badly they've screwed up Jimenez's face. I hope they make Demon Co-Op better than it was in the original. Many times it just feels a bit meh.
Also Alex in Bootes without a Demonica....yep, this is some Yuriko/Lilith shit.
Right, I was saying it was still in because it was there. I just thought maybe Press Turn was in because I saw the icon in the upper right, but it also said "Search", so maybe that's not the case.
Edit: I re-read my post and it makes no sense and doesn't convey that at all. Let me fix it.
Right, I was saying it was still in because it was there. I just thought maybe Press Turn was in because I saw the icon in the upper right, but it also said "Search", so maybe that's not the case.
Edit: I re-read my post and it makes no sense and doesn't convey that at all. Let me fix it.
The icon represents how close you are to a random battle, like Etrian Odyssey.Gives me forbidden.
Edit: I managed to find it elsewhere.
I thought they might change it to be third person like SMTIV (as little as that would make sense with SJ), but I'm glad they left it first person. It's hard to tell from the screenshots, since I see only one icon, but they didn't switch it to Press Turn, did they? I love Press Turn and all, but I think with Demon Co-Op (which is clearly still in judging by the pics) it doesn't make much sense to have it.
The dungeon crawling environment visual updates though, yes, fucking please. That looks great and was exactly what I wanted out of an SJ remake.
Very SMTIV/Apocalypse UI though.
So just like the original then, they just changed what the icon looked like. I see. I was thrown off because it was this thing and in the same place as SMTIV/Apocalypse.
I apologize for the DeviantArt version, but that's the only thing I could find of just the Press Turn icons.
CrimsonFist
Member
So just like the original then, they just changed what the icon looked like. I see. I was thrown off because it was this thing and in the same place as SMTIV/Apocalypse.
I apologize for the DeviantArt version, but that's the only thing I could find of just the Press Turn icons.
Persona Q used that for the proximity indicator too.
Kind of wondered if they'd actually add in map drawing, but doesn't look like it.
RoboGeorgeForeman
Banned
You don't even have to do that. Just click the link, and hit enter in the address bar when it shows the forbidden page.
Magicpaint
Member
lulz
And yeah, environments definitely look updated but hard to tell if it's going to be something on the level of the newer EO games or Persona Q.
snow in jamaica
Member
What an awkward smile haha
I really hope they upload high-quality versions of the character art, because I think I have a good idea for a Photoshop.
people on twitter probably beat you to the punch
https://twitter.com/heterodont/status/846115341042266112
the contrast between Maria from NINE and all the new character art is ... stark
and yeah demon co-op is definitely back.
I've always been curious about NINE. I've never played it (I don't even know if an English translation exists), I just know the history about it that the online was coming, but cancelled. I haven't heard anything about the game's quality.
Oh my god Jimenez, why.
Never played it myself, but what I've heard from people who own it, is that it's hilariously bad.
I feel like they started drawing Jimenez' mouth and then just didn't know when to stop.
Similar vein, different direction.
Did the original game look like this, aka just like SMT IV's UI?
CrimsonFist
Member
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It's a good thing that they took SMTIV's UI. I forgot how cluttered it was.
E_Darkness
Member
Looks like the textures are the same as the DS game. Then again the DS screen did them no favours.
Also a comparison to the UI
Gonna miss you Strange Journey. I really digged the aesthetic.
rip kaneko
Also a comparison to the UI
Gonna miss you Strange Journey. I really digged the aesthetic.
rip kaneko
TurnipFritters
Member
NINE and Nocturne represent two different evolutionary futures for the franchise: NINE was sticking more closely to the roots while Nocturne was an attempt to adapt to modern gaming conventions. This is especially apparent in the presentation: cutscenes in NINE appear to be just, like, recreating the style of cutscene from the SFC games, except in third person. It's static and boring to look at. Meanwhile Nocturne understood that Kaneko's sense of style was one of the franchise's strongest assets and leaned into it hard, and it paid off and the series was able to flourish in a way it never had before.
Of course the big joke is that out of control dev costs meant that the franchise eventually got shoved onto portables and they essentially lost the ability to really embrace a flashy style and the presentation has had to regress to what they were doing in the SNES days.
wittengstein
Member
I'm really conflicted about this,i love Strange Journey,it's in my top 10 all time and it's probably right up there with Silent Hunter 3 and King of Dragon Pass in my most played games.
SJ has my fav setting in the entire gaming library,it's like the ultimate The Thing and Das Boot crossover.Inıtial storyline is great too,as rather than focusing on occult it tries to build on a semi-realistic premise which is based on science not the series' signature bullshit.Sj also has my fav soundtrack in the entire SMT series,i enjoyed 3&4's soundtracks as much as anyone else but if i had never played any of the games in the series and was just told about the subject matter then SJ's soundtrack would be what i was expecting going in,i love those high-low chants and horns.While the gameplay is better in Nocturne and 4 mapping out the world felt so amazing that i didn't really miss the press turn system.
On the other hand game could really use an update,i don't care about the graphics but i felt that the ship could have been integrated better into the gameplay and more crew interaction would greatly enhance the games(already great) atmosphere.Also i felt that Jack's crew didn't get enough attention in the SJ,they should've been a fully functioning faction of their own.And later on in the game some of the worldbuilding elements fell flat on their face,most of the demon npcs spread throught the maps never had anything new to say which was disappointing.After 4's great worldbuilding(i mean Nocturne had this too but not to 4's degree) and every character in the world having something new to say after events,revisiting SJ causes some disappointments.
We have all these areas that could be expanded upon greatly,they shouldn't focus on aesthetics&art.That Jimenez screenshot is just atrocious leave Kaneko's art alone!
SJ has my fav setting in the entire gaming library,it's like the ultimate The Thing and Das Boot crossover.Inıtial storyline is great too,as rather than focusing on occult it tries to build on a semi-realistic premise which is based on science not the series' signature bullshit.Sj also has my fav soundtrack in the entire SMT series,i enjoyed 3&4's soundtracks as much as anyone else but if i had never played any of the games in the series and was just told about the subject matter then SJ's soundtrack would be what i was expecting going in,i love those high-low chants and horns.While the gameplay is better in Nocturne and 4 mapping out the world felt so amazing that i didn't really miss the press turn system.
On the other hand game could really use an update,i don't care about the graphics but i felt that the ship could have been integrated better into the gameplay and more crew interaction would greatly enhance the games(already great) atmosphere.Also i felt that Jack's crew didn't get enough attention in the SJ,they should've been a fully functioning faction of their own.And later on in the game some of the worldbuilding elements fell flat on their face,most of the demon npcs spread throught the maps never had anything new to say which was disappointing.After 4's great worldbuilding(i mean Nocturne had this too but not to 4's degree) and every character in the world having something new to say after events,revisiting SJ causes some disappointments.
We have all these areas that could be expanded upon greatly,they shouldn't focus on aesthetics&art.That Jimenez screenshot is just atrocious leave Kaneko's art alone!
TurnipFritters
Member
Wow such remake. much remade.
Not much of a surprise, they wouldn't even pony up the cash to remake the old Persona games.
Wow such remake. much remade.
they remade kaneko's art, they already did *plenty* >>
Looks like the textures are the same as the DS game. Then again the DS screen did them no favours.
Also a comparison to the UI
Gonna miss you Strange Journey. I really digged the aesthetic.
rip kaneko
It's funny/sad how the lost of the cheek bones makes him look like a little boy to me.
TurnipFritters
Member
The main guy is still the main guy, the girl (Alex) is Dante from Devil May Cry trying to kill the main character for some unspecified reason.
Based on all their previous 3DS remasters, I'd assume "not much"
TurnipFritters
Member
Etrian Odyssey typically doesn't hit Strange Journey level dungeon until the post game, any anyway I'm pretty sure you unlocked a Save Anywhere app about halfway through the game.
None of them have it, but they added a temp save feature from II or III on.
And Strange Journey isn't even that bad, just tedious at times. But I don't think they ever gave you a save anywhere option.
Yeah Soul Hackers was the one with the save anywhere app, don't remember one at all for SJ.
SJ dungeons have a very different flow and design than anything from SMT1-4 is what I was saying.
