I can live with the new artwork (as opposed to RH) its just Jimenez who looks really oddClean faces mod.
I'm a bit sad that it seems like Doi has redrawn the characters. I'm going to miss Kaneko.
I'm also hoping for no demon co-op. But maybe I'm hoping for too much there.
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Atlus announces Deep Strange Journey for 3DS
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cj_iwakura
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Taking bets on what demon Alex is.
E_Darkness
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Oh boy, I do love Marie.
I swear if Alex retroactively makes me hate Strange Journey...
Tyrant Rave
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Cool. Demon Co-Op was always a very weak replacement for Press Turn which made the original one of my least favorite games in the series, so I'm hoping to see a complete overhaul or completely different battle system. Really excited, this has potential to really improve the game outside of the great dungeons.
cj_iwakura
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Apparently it's been 'completely refined', as players thought Eridanus was too easy.
Magicpaint
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Huh. I guess my issue is with the redesigns then. These look quite good
SinCityAssassin
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I FUCKING KNEW IT.
Probably just stealing all the art from SMT4.
CaviarMeths
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So did Atlus and Kaneko have a falling out or what? It's been a few years since he worked on a SMT game. Doi's art is fine and all, just curious.
cj_iwakura
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They locked him in a factory with all their plushies. Sometimes they let him out to go drinking. Sometimes.
SinCityAssassin
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What? He worked on IV and Apocalypse.
He is still an Atlus employee. So he is getting paid without doing much. When he does contract illustrations Atlus is still credited along with his name. He probably just enjoys having a senior supervisory role leaving the design work to a new generation.
cj_iwakura
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He was just a consultant and had the story idea, he hasn't done new art since SJ.
I'd be a little insulted if my art kept getting redrawn, but that's just me.
snow in jamaica
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If nothing else, Amon looks pretty good. Those hands are goofy though.
Also that's not my preferred form of Maria.
CaviarMeths
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Oh, that makes more sense. Good to hear that he probably just moved up and not out.
E_Darkness
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Saving anywhere in the dungeon. That's the kind of new feature I can get behind (and a feature others don't like).
Was Knights in the Nightmare Atlus?
Nah bruh.
Only published in the US. It's developed and published by Sting in Japan.
They were the US publisher but even then it got ported to PSP.
Novum_Veritas
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If this game releases in 2017 in Japan,
this game will likely come over here to Europe in the end of 2018.
Looks interesting though, Always interested in the SMT games.
this game will likely come over here to Europe in the end of 2018.
Looks interesting though, Always interested in the SMT games.
NeonZ
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Good point. They can just bring the new Doi designs from Apocalypse and so still advertise every new demon as coming from Doi.
Aren't you an optimist one.
Novum_Veritas
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I don't think an EU release is necessarily guaranteed for any of them. SMTIV: Apocalypse came out very late here to little fanfare, with so few copies made available by Deep Silver that it felt barely more than lip-service and went out of print within a month (although it's been reprinted since). The odds of them being enthusiastic about any of these in late 2018 seem pretty slim to me. Bloody region lock.
Sure I'm, well maybe the beginning of 2019 then, if that makes you feel better
Strange Journey never officially came out in Europe, so...
The SMT4 shitshow doesn't help matters, either.
So is this supposed to be a port? Or a sequel? Or a new Strange Journey game? I'm lost already.
I expected a SMT 1 remake with the SMT IV engine, but I'm OK with this. What the hell, I'm hyped! And a female protagonist is also welcomed, if she's the protagonist.
This E3 and TGS will be quite interesting from both Atlus and Nintendo.
I expected a SMT 1 remake with the SMT IV engine, but I'm OK with this. What the hell, I'm hyped! And a female protagonist is also welcomed, if she's the protagonist.
This E3 and TGS will be quite interesting from both Atlus and Nintendo.
Novum_Veritas
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Well, it's sad that the SMT games don't have a huge appeal here in Europe.
I guess that is because of the topics of the games.
At least I hope Deep Silver will localize it in English at least, even make it available on the eShop and I would be fine with it.
It was weird anyway that SMT 4 was eShop only and SMT:A was made available in retail.
SJ is awesome. I never beat the end boss but the rest of it is great, the atmosphere feels desperate in places (mainly due to the team having few resources to call on) and it feels fresher for not being in Tokyo to me.
Literally just started playing SJ the other day. I guess I'll wait for this since I haven't gotten that far into it and the revamped battle system sounds enticing. I'm not really feeling the whole demon coop system, I hope they just make it press turn in the remake. Also I've heard horror stories about some of the later dungeons so I'll rather wait for a version with the ability to save anywhere lol.
Novum_Veritas
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NeonZ
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Enhanced port with one new route (featuring that new character as the key npc).
I agree with your points here, but I'm not sure it's the subject matter that holds back SMT here as opposed to (like lots of Atlus games) being a star-heavy, reasonably difficult niche JRPG on a portable.
Edit: I mean 'holds it back from mass appeal here' (that I understand isnt their primary concern) as opposed to 'holds them back from being great games!'
