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Shin Megami Tensei IV |OT| The Dark Souls of Persona
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Matt Attack
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I feel like I'm really, really bad at navigating Tokyo. I seem to get lost and hit dead ends very, very often. On the plus side, my random explorations have been very conducive to experience and demon acquisition. Yay!
That happened to me in Tokyo. I didn't know where I was going. Only that the monsters I was fighting were a much higher level than I was.
I feel kinda bad because (Tokyo stuff spoilers)
when you get to Tokyo, it VERY VERY clearly hearkens back to SMT1 and 2 in a very powerful way. If people haven't played those games, that's really lost on them... and Atlus USA has never given anybody the chance to try those games. Sad to think about, for me. 
Make sure you're clicking the right options in search. The two default options at the top are for demons included in the recipe. Compendium check box is in the last set of options.
Unless you mean like, 'See every possible fusion recipe for a demon, including demons not registered in the compendium'. I am not sure there is any way to actually do that.
I feel kinda bad because (Tokyo stuff spoilers)when you get to Tokyo, it VERY VERY clearly hearkens back to SMT1 and 2 in a very powerful way. If people haven't played those games, that's really lost on them... and Atlus USA has never given anybody the chance to try those games. Sad to think about, for me.
You mean the
overworld?
Yes, but not just that.
Once you get to Ueno and Burroughs tells you that the people have set up a town underground, and you go down in there and there really is a whole town. This is actually one thing that SMT3 missed. When you first get to Shibuya, you enter the town area and it's totally empty. Obviously that was necessary for the atmosphere (and story) that game was going for, but this is just so great. Also, I ran into a gaean person in a battle on the overworld and I squealed. I guess gaeans and mesians are back? So cool.
Compendium search fusion is pretty useful for this to. A lot of the time you'll be able to combine something in your party with some random low level thing from the compendium to cheaply make a component. Or there might be a combine cost for the component that's lower than summoning the component itself.
I just cut the cost to summon Dave by 50%, by compendium summoning Apsaras and Naga instead of going by their list price in the compendium. (Passed on skills are lol-bad which is why it's so cheap, but I am never going to use him anyway, so the discount is good for me, just to maybe pass on his skills and register him in the compendium).
Works even better for components where you can take something in your stock and fuse it with a random Pegasus or whatever for a thousand Macca instead of paying 10k for a straight compendium summon.
I distribute my stats more or less randomly (I know, I know. Bad move.), but I definitely bias them more or less toward phys. Same way I built my SMT III guy and he kicked ass. So, Team Phys all the way!
sorijealut
Member
hi guys, do I buy this game?
Deified Data
Banned
Have we determined what effect alignment has on demons yet?
sorijealut
Member
But then all I'd see are these insulting black bars!
No. They say it covers about 40%.
That's great. I just bought the game yesterday. Flipped through and it seemed way too short for an SMT game.
Just got
to the forest to look for survivors. So far things have been going smoothly.
My copy just arrived. 2 days after release to Germany, VGP is great.
omg please enjoy it.
Still pretty early on in the game, I just
.
Only 2 levels away from fusing a Tam Lin, but my 3DS battery decided to blink red at me, so I'm retiring for the night.
Absolutely loving the game so far, will really dig deep into it the next two days.
encountered the Black Samurai for the first time and the resulting Horde battle was pretty hilarious
Only 2 levels away from fusing a Tam Lin, but my 3DS battery decided to blink red at me, so I'm retiring for the night.
Absolutely loving the game so far, will really dig deep into it the next two days.
Young Magus
Junior Member
Made it pastby myself... He knocked out my demons in the first two turns, but I kept getting an extra turn + Smirk, which in some strange turn of RNG-nirvana made him miss and lose his moves every turn. SoMinotaurBufu + Bufu > Minotaur misses > repeat.
I don't know how it happened but it happened.
Anyway, I'm in Tokyo now. Did the first few main quests there, and I've been roaming doing challenge quests now to amass macca. I have around 20k now, upgraded my equipment and everything. I just need demons to not make off with my shit when negotiating!
Thanks ya`ll the advice helped a lot.
I won but I (and only I) was killed it battle. Now stuck in the Madusa battle. Advice pls?
zan, zan, zan
Dont forget Zanma!
I went into this game really excited for it, wildly anticipating the sequel to nocturne, and upon playing it was greeted by a GO in my third-ish battle without even getting the chance to have a turn due to shit I couldn't control, and I immediately shut it off. I really, really fucking despise the persona style "attack whats on screen to start an encounter" bullshit, but it's only worsened here due to the wonky camera and weird control layout (why in the hell is attack mapped on Y? who in the hell has their hands laying there by default?). When I get ran through in a single turn (at full health) due to press turn deciding it was my turn to have shit roll down hill uncontrollably almost entirely due to getting attacked by an enemy that popped up from offscreen that I couldn't swing the wonky camera around to hit and then fumble with the control layout to hit attack, that's just bad design. I had no chance of actually surviving that encounter no matter what I did (remember, I was at full health), and that's terrible design. I am probably going to shelve it for a bit until I can get myself in the proper mood to deal with some of this game's horseshit.
I'm on the same part, I just need to go find demons that all have it. I only have one right now.
RyougaSaotome
Member
As far as I'm concerned, Tokyo is where SMT IV becomes a full blown, ridiculously cool SMT game.
It really is night and day between the first seven hours or so and everything else.
It really is night and day between the first seven hours or so and everything else.
Chrono Helix
Member
What is the... SMT-ness of the SMT1 and 2 that wasn't present in the later titles? Is it the fact that the game takes place in a modern real-world populated location that also happens to be crawling with demons?
Schadenfreude
Member
Guys, help me out a bit. Just used my GameStop DLC code and I have no idea where the armor is. What do?
Each word went straight to the heart, thanks.
I wish my sadness was tiny so your post would have made it disapear completely.
It took me 10 hours
Yeh took me like 9:30, 7 hours seem insanely quick haha
If its like the other DLC it will be a challenge quest from the bar
Schadenfreude
Member
Just checked. Not there.
Its not very good, I never even used it. The amazon pre-order seems a lot better by comparison. It should be in your inventory from the start after you input the code iirc.
Snowden's Secret
Banned
Yeah, I keep wiping but it never feels fair (it's almost always enemies that have spawned on top of me for a surprise attack).
Unconditional
Member
This is my first SMT game and I've barely started the tutorial but this game cracks me up.
That griffon got me to dig and then said good you just dug your own grave. Then he and his lightning spell wielding demon friend proceeded to whoop my ass.
That griffon got me to dig and then said good you just dug your own grave. Then he and his lightning spell wielding demon friend proceeded to whoop my ass.
Schadenfreude
Member
Thanks for the help, fellas. For some reason it didn't show up until I closed the game and then booted it up again.
Yeah, I know. Still wanted to get it though.
Yeah, I know. Still wanted to get it though.
It is in the item section under body armor.
Don't use it, though. As it makes you weak to the demons of the game's first encounter. They will mop the floor with you if you have it on when you fight them. And no I'm not kidding...it took me three deaths to figure out it was the damn armor.
I think the best way to describe it would be Cyberpunk Yakuza with Guns.