Totakeke said:Never hurts to have both.
Maybe one of those Social Link xpacs that they had for P4 (which I unfortunately missed).
Totakeke said:Never hurts to have both.
Chrono Helix said:Has there been any word on whether they're releasing a deluxe edition of the game?
charlequin said:I imagine Persona becoming a series that sells about 1:1 in the US compared to Japan was a big contributor to that.
Flying_Phoenix said:Did you find the source to that comment yet?
Varna said:Doubt it's that much. But I'm sure it's a significant chunk of the sales.
I have a feeling that a mainline SMT game wouldn't do very well in the states anyways. Compared to P3/4 I mean.
duckroll said:Kaneko says that originally, this was indeed SMT4. It is SMT4 for all intents and purposes as a SMT game.
[...]
This is.
Shin Megami Tensei IV.
obonicus said:I thought part of the reason people liked these games was for the real-world (read: Japan) setting, though.
obonicus said:But I'm just thinking back to when people describe SMT the setting being grounded in the real world often comes up as a big positive and something to differentiate it from 'other RPG series'.
obonicus said:I'm just saying that when I first actually read about the series, one of the big positives as described to me was its grounding in the real world. Maybe I've been unlucky and only found sources written by people putting undue emphasis on the wrong aspects.
obonicus said:(And to be crystal clear, I'm not saying this will suck or that all SMT games must be set in Japan, just that trying to appeal to a foreign SMT audience by making the game be set outside Tokyo/Japan may be missing the point.)
ZephyrFate said:I'm incredibly excited for Strange Journey but a next-gen SMT would fucking blow my mind. I'll accept SJ for now, but Atlus better move forward sooner or later!
ZephyrFate said:Aside from tweaks to the fusion system and such, I'm kind of wondering if SJ is really changing the formula in the same vein that Nocturne did. I would like to add that I am curious about it and not trying to get some insta-ban or anything.
duckroll said:Yesterday, this appeared: http://megamisj.atlusnet.jp/arthur/index.html
It's a Creator's Corner where Kaneko (Lord Emperor) and Ishida (director) talk about the various aspects of Strange Journey. I didn't want to post at first because it's all Japanese and but..... I decided to anyway just to make some people SADDER! :lol
Kaneko says that originally, this was indeed SMT4. It is SMT4 for all intents and purposes as a SMT game. Except, SMT1-3 all took place in Tokyo, and because this takes on a different location and setting, he felt it would be more fitting to just give it a different title. He also mentions why it does not take place in Tokyo. For someone living in Tokyo, the original games will have a strong impact geographically because it's their home city and this is a "what if" situation revolving around that. But for people who live in other countries, far away from Tokyo, it would not have the same impact and they might feel left out. So he decided to create a scenario and setting where everyone can appreciate and feel connected in a more similar way.
So suck it down haters.
This is.
Shin Megami Tensei IV.
FOR THE WORLD!
:lol :lol :lol :lol
Hobbun said:I'm not a "hater", but I still want to see my SMT HD love, too. Why not have both?
cw_sasuke said:So where did they state that there will be never a HD SMT Game ?
duckroll said:Yesterday, this appeared: http://megamisj.atlusnet.jp/arthur/index.html
It's a Creator's Corner where Kaneko (Lord Emperor) and Ishida (director) talk about the various aspects of Strange Journey. I didn't want to post at first because it's all Japanese and but..... I decided to anyway just to make some people SADDER! :lol
Kaneko says that originally, this was indeed SMT4. It is SMT4 for all intents and purposes as a SMT game. Except, SMT1-3 all took place in Tokyo, and because this takes on a different location and setting, he felt it would be more fitting to just give it a different title. He also mentions why it does not take place in Tokyo. For someone living in Tokyo, the original games will have a strong impact geographically because it's their home city and this is a "what if" situation revolving around that. But for people who live in other countries, far away from Tokyo, it would not have the same impact and they might feel left out. So he decided to create a scenario and setting where everyone can appreciate and feel connected in a more similar way.
So suck it down haters.
This is.
Shin Megami Tensei IV.
FOR THE WORLD!
:lol :lol :lol :lol
Flying_Phoenix said:Did you find the source to that comment yet?
Varna said:I have a feeling that a mainline SMT game wouldn't do very well in the states anyways. Compared to P3/4 I mean.
duckroll said:As such, there will not be any time restricted EX Missions in the game. They will always be available once you find them, and you can do them at your own leisure.
ethelred said:So I think the idea is that these people of different nationalities all go there, and they're all on equal footing because it's equally mysterious to each of them, and rather than feeling connected to the place, we can feel more connected to their experiences.
7Th said:Goddamn, can't wait to go True Neutral and fuck over everyone in the game.
charlequin said:Was "I'm not going to cite it for you, believe it or don't" not clear enough last time?
duckroll said:It seems VERY obvious to me now, that within Atlus there is now a Kaneko-centric team which is basically separate from the on-going Persona team. The Strange Journey has a ton of staff members carried over from the Raidou games, as well as the bulk of staff who has worked on SMT3 previously at least. I guess in that sense it's not that surprising, since Raidou 2 is the only Megaten game since SMT3 to actually have Demon Negotiation, and the Raidou games are also much closer in mood and style to actual SMT, than say, Persona.
Chrono Helix said:Mysterious girl looks like a trap. Play record seems like the game's version of achievements.
I think Atlus has been working as a whole for a few years now. After Growlanser IV was done Career Soft was absorbed, they have teams but still work as a whole and see what is needed for each project (including non-SMT projects).chaostrophy said:So maybe what was one team (R&D1) split into two at some point and possibly added some staff to each team so more SMT/spinoff games could be made? I've been wondering about that since I've noticed the "R&D1" logo has been missing from the startup sequence of the past few SMT games.
TheChillyAcademic said:Since this is, for all complete tense and purposes, is essentially SMT 4, I have to wonder if the next Persona game (not P3PSP) will share a similar "fate".
chaostrophy said:So maybe what was one team (R&D1) split into two at some point and possibly added some staff to each team so more SMT/spinoff games could be made?
charlequin said:What this really makes me wonder is: if Atlus is working internally on at least two HD games (which they've claimed to be doing)... who the hell is actually working on them? :lol