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[duckroll]

This thread reminds me: I was digging through an older thread about Devil Survivor and found this from duckroll:



Elsewhere in the thread, he's unaccountably convinced that Devil Survivor will be a CoM/BD+ style RTS and that the only reason Meguro would be going into the studio to do vocal tracks is for a FES edition of P4. Not one of his more prophetic days. :lol

 

[Apenheul]

I'm not familiar with the SMT games but I hope Strange Journey doesn't resemble Etrian Odyssey too much. I love EO but it took (for me) at least 5 strata, 20 floors and 50 hours to really appreciate it. Can't take the 'go into the labyrinth, go back to town, sleep & save' routine much longer

For me the best moments of EO are when you reach a new stratum and there's a whole new environment to explore with (sometimes) a new mechanic/puzzle element to navigate through it.

 

[Llyranor]

What really has me interested in this game (despite feeling rather ho-hum about EO) is how the recruiting and fusing demons will be progressively and constantly keeping the gameplay fresh, giving the player plenty of new tactical options throughout the game as the s/he'd progress through it.

One of the things I didn't like about EO was how restrictive it was about setting up characters into specific roles (you'd specialize chars into specific roles, and they'd be pretty restrictive roles). While the game offered a lot of options between and within the classes, changing options/roles would be pretty time-consuming (creating a new char, losing 10 levels to respec). Just not appealing features to someone who just wanted to get through the game at a good pace, but still have room to experiment rather than being shoehorned into specific roles. I'm hoping the demons in SD will remove those annoyances for me.

 

[Y2Kev]

Huahuahua suckroll owned by meguro.

Y2tard owned by duckroll's vesperia prediction

 

[Varna]

One of the things I didn't like about EO was how restrictive it was about setting up characters into specific roles (you'd specialize chars into specific roles, and they'd be pretty restrictive roles).

The only really somewhat restrictive role is your main character and human allies you acquire (which are very limited if any).

 

[Llyranor]

Well, exactly! Which is why I'm pretty much looking forward to this.

 

[Chrono Helix]

I suddenly found myself worrying that they'd do the stupid thing and decide not to have the fusion option search from Devil Survivor in.

 

[duckroll]

The blog just updated again. 2 save slots 100% confirmed. Lol @ the time clock for both saves.

 

[ethelred]

The blog just updated again. 2 save slots 100% confirmed. Lol @ the time clock for both saves.

That's fantastic. Two of my three biggest concerns from Etrian Odyssey and Devil Survivor have now been addressed (more than one save slot and the return of the compendium).

 

[Lafiel]

The blog just updated again. 2 save slots 100% confirmed. Lol @ the time clock for both saves.

Yay for the clock! i missed that feature in devil survivor.:lol

 

[Varna]

I suddenly found myself worrying that they'd do the stupid thing and decide not to have the fusion option search from Devil Survivor in.

Hopefully they are ready to move away from the random factors in this game. I haven't played Devil Survivor yet, but I always did hate sitting there hitting back until I got the spells I wanted. Also the random bonus stat point at level up in Nocturne? BS. I hated when I managed to get one only to die and NOT receive it the next time I level up.

Confession time: If I was close to level up I would sit next to a save point and keep redoing that level up until I got the stat point. Hard mode makes you desperate for anything.

 

[Aeana]

That's fantastic. Two of my three biggest concerns from Etrian Odyssey and Devil Survivor have now been addressed (more than one save slot and the return of the compendium).

Where was this addressed?

 

[Acosta]

Wow, those helms look stupid.

 

[MotherFan]

Eh, I don't mind if they take search out, experimenting is half the fun. Compendium is needed tho.

 

[duckroll]

Where was this addressed?

This might be a little hard to see, and might lead to blindness, but the bottom left pic and the bottom middle pic seem to hint at good things.

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

Wow, those helms look stupid.

They're actually super-useful for fighting demons, which you would know if you weren't too busy cleaning your pool to help us last apocalypse, Acosta.

 

[Aeana]

This might be a little hard to see, and might lead to blindness, but the bottom left pic and the bottom middle pic seem to hint at good things.

Oh, great. I still can't believe Devil Survivor doesn't have it. If it did, I wouldn't have even been worried about it not being in this game in the first place.

 

[charlequin]

Two save slots and semi-confirmation of the compendium make me even more hyped for this, already my most-hyped upcoming game. OMG. :lol

Now what I really want to know about is fusion. I'll be okay with it if it just uses a random Nocturne-style skill-inheritance system, I guess, but after seeing them finally take the logical step with Devil Survivor it would be a real huge step back.

 

[Error]

Is that Alice in the upper save file?

 

[jaundicejuice]

Man, forget duckroll's crow eating, it appears that Atlus indeed listened that gentlemen, seer and captain of industry that he quoted.

 

[Error]

I find it hilarious that all the pics are with a DSlite, is Atlus too poor to afford a DSi?

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

I find it hilariously that all the pics are with a DSlite, is Atlus too poor to afford a DSi?

They'll need to use these assets for a few more DS games before there's room in the budget for something as pricey as a DSi.

 

[Gilgamesh]

I find it hilarious that all the pics are with a DSlite, is Atlus too poor to afford a DSi?

GBA cart add-on confirmed.

 

[octopusman]

They're actually super-useful for fighting demons, which you would know if you weren't too busy cleaning your pool to help us last apocalypse, Acosta.

yeah thanks A LOT.

 

[firex]

I find it hilarious that all the pics are with a DSlite, is Atlus too poor to afford a DSi?

Atlus is too old-school. they only got the Lite when someone bought it for them on Alice's birthday.

 

[mollipen]

I find it hilarious that all the pics are with a DSlite, is Atlus too poor to afford a DSi?

DS ROMs (as in the ones you get official from Nintendo for working with pre-release games) don't work on the DSi; at least, review/preview ROMs don't. So, it probably isn't much of a choice on their part.

 

[Kid Marin]

http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1226708_1124.html

 

[duckroll]

Edit: FUCK I GOT BEATEN! (((((

REVENGE! POSTING SCREENSHOTS!

 

[cw_sasuke]

Boxart

 

[Aeana]

Yay; nice to see Kouryuu.

 

[Acosta]

I'm totally expecting Ultraman to fight that guy with the funny helm.

Love the screenshots, I wish more DS developers went for something like that and not N64 polygons.

P.S Sorry Segata, I didn't get that about the pool

 

[Gorgon]

http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1226708_1124.html

Wow, looking reaaally good. Loving the style and atmosphere of this game, and this cover is just the cherry on top.

 

[HDR+ragdoll]

There's a compendium, definitely.

Also....

This is the director: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,278853/

This is the scenario writer: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/by_genre/developerId,233227/



OMG ITS A REAL FUCKING BRAND NEW GODDAMN SMT IN THE PALM OF MY HANDS>

oh shit

 

[Amir0x]

I actually don't care for the boxart too much... but I don't care at all about boxarts so it doesn't matter to me

<3 2 save slots

 

[dragonlife]

That boxart is atrocious...

I hope Atlus USA comes up with something better.

 

[HK-47]

That helmet looks so goofy. I wonder why its different than the other ones (other than to differentiate him from everyone else because he is the main)

 

[Error]

That helmet looks so goofy. I wonder why its different than the other ones (other than to differentiate him from everyone else because he is the main)

it's the same for the other ones.

 

[HK-47]

it's the same for the other ones.

Ah, I didnt even notice the face mask part was raised up. Thanks for pointing that out.

 

[Fimbulvetr]

Edit: FUCK I GOT BEATEN! (((((

:lol @ the Fomorian floating like a pixie.

 

[Facism]

going to be getting a DS for this. Looking sharp

 

[sfried]

http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1226708_1124.html

 

[panda21]

ahhh! this looks awesome! i really really like that art style

i hope its right that dsi is region free for ds, otherwise i'll have to wait for like day 365 (stupid europe D

 

[Error]

UPDATE
http://megamisj.atlusnet.jp/

 

[Archie]

I gotta stop clicking on this thread. It makes the wait that much longer.

 

[sfried]

i hope its right that dsi is region free for ds, otherwise i'll have to wait for like day 365 (stupid europe D

DSi is region free for regular DS titles.

 

[Gorgon]

Wow, looking reaaally good. Loving the style and atmosphere of this game, and this cover is just the cherry on top.

That boxart is atrocious...

I hope Atlus USA comes up with something better.

I guess they can't please everyone :lol

 

[Error]

New scans are out and the info...

[05:39] <~duckroll> [17:36] <duckroll> when your demons level up
[05:39] <~duckroll> [17:37] <duckroll> at some point they will have a gift event
[05:39] <~duckroll> [17:37] <duckroll> like in Persona
[05:39] <~duckroll> [17:37] <duckroll> but
[05:39] <~duckroll> [17:37] <duckroll> they will give you their devil source
[05:39] <~duckroll> [17:37] <duckroll> which is one of their combat spells
[05:39] <~duckroll> [17:37] <duckroll> and you can use this source to put it into any other demon
[05:39] <~duckroll> [17:37] <duckroll> to create normally impossible combinations
[05:39] <~duckroll> DEVIL SOURCE
[05:40] <error1> omggggggggggg

 

[Aeana]

Okay, finally got a glimpse of this week's Famitsu coverage. Something very interesting is that when you level up your demons, you can get a gift event as you do in many of the other games, but one of the possible gifts this time is the demon's "devil source." A devil source contains one(?) of that demon's abilities, and can be used to give that ability to another of your demons. This even allows you to give abilities to demons who wouldn't normally be able to learn or inherit them, it seems.

EDIT: Damn it Error.

 

[xs_mini_neo]

:lol

 

[Acosta]

We should make a contest, the first one that post anything new gets a prize.