wes

2y

no kidding man, i feel the same. i think i totaled like 70~ hours, and i kept pushing off playing because i didn't wanna finish the game lol. was a great experience all around.

i thought essences were a great idea. definitely adds a ton of customization and really just makes getting the demons you want with the skills you want, so much easier. same with keeping the skill potential/affinity. smt 4 & 4a had it is well and i enjoyed its presence in those two very much. almost forces you to have multiple demons

sure, the story isn't amazing (neither is nocturne's, which this is damn near a "sequel", if not, heavily inspired by nocturne), but i think everything else in the game was so f***ing cool so i don't think it's a huge issue and i'm someone who really really appreciates a good story. though i can understand the complaints regarding the story. i will say i do like the more story focused numbered games in the series (4 and 4a, particularly 4a -- f***ing love that game man. prob my favorite tbh). would have liked to see more of both of the law/chaos reps and especially nuwa|| :hnng: ||her and shohei were really cool. from what i read, seems like a good bit of the lore is optional and found from talking to NPCs around the world, which i did, but i know i missed a few things.

the exploration/overall gameplay is probably the best of the mainline numbered games, especially the exploration. i actually wanted to go out of my way to get all the mimans/glory box things, whereas with the other games, it's usually point a to point b, some side quests or grinding along the way, but that's about it. i lowkey miss the smirk mechanic, despite how busted it was in 4, but thought it was relatively well balanced in 4a. 4a added the damage effect to the hama/mudo skills, which made them not entirely useless, which is really nice.

think my only gripe is probably how easy the game is on normal. i realize there's hard mode, which i'll get around to, but man, i felt like i was playing on easy with how much stuff gets thrown at you (dampeners, spyglass working on bosses, very frequent mitama spawns w/o dlc, busted miracles, etc.). though the shiva fight was actually pretty difficult lol. pretty sure the most tries a boss took me was two, and that was because i wasn't aware of weaknesses, so once i fixed my party comp, it was all somewhat easy. obv still have to pay attention to what you're doing though.

trying to get myself to finish strange journey (possibly devil survivor) before endwalker drops since i still wanna play some smt games

but yeah, overall, i think they did a fantastic job with this game. sure there's some minor gripes, but i don't really care much about em. the experience was great and i just didn't want to finish the game because it was so fun. would say this edges out lost judgment for my goty this year.

redtruth

2y

Yeah the difficulty definitely my only gripe with this game, this seems a lot easier than SMT3. But yeah gameplay wise I feel like this game is masterclass in the JRPG genre, and I didn't even get to talk about how good the art design, demon dialogue and music is in this s***; love this game man

Thorn

2y

How interesting are the characters in this game

redtruth

2y

Think I should bench cleoptara shes so f***ing broken, but also so f\*\*\*ing sexy, I need her on my screen at all times

wes

2y

dagda huh

wes

2y

4 and 4a weren't too difficult, but man, the tutorial of 4 is rough think i had more difficulties with the final boss of 4a than i did with shiva in 5 lol.

forgot to mention the music too. don't think much needs to be said though

PINK HNDRXX FREE

2y

The final form of the final boss on 4a was no joke, it could really go left if something went wrong

PINK HNDRXX FREE

2y

The final form of the final boss on 4a was no joke, it could really go left if something went wrong

redtruth

2y

Fionn might be my one of my favourite design in this, he looks so f***ing cool, his unique attack looks cold as s*** too

wes

2y

also, getting deeper into strange journey and the warp panels already getting on my nerves

PINK HNDRXX FREE

2y

The warp panels were the worst homie

If you have reached Sector E, then it gets better fr thats the sector it gets worse

If u havent reached tho, good luck

do Womb of grief if u havent for QOL apps for warp panels

wes

2y

i've heard E is the absolute worst. i've seen the maps for it as well and i am not looking forward to that s*** at all

i'm only on C rn. just saw that horkos fused with the other ship and sucked up bugaboo. did the first floor of the womb as well.

Stardust

2y

I almost lost my sanity going through section E i wouldnt recommend it to my worst enemy

wes

2y

that's why i'm kinda considering just picking up devil survivor in the mean time

don't wanna feel like i'm losing my sanity as well, and i also don't want to just be looking at a map/walkthrough the entire time. sucks because i'm super interested in the story and obviously love the combat, but i guess that's just the game's design.

Stardust

2y

Yeah i thought about stopping but the game was that good i had to keep going i wouldnt let some stupid teleports ruin my playtrhough still f*** that place ill never return there i hate it there. Devil Survivor is goat tho you have to play both games although the first game is hard as f***

wes

2y

he's way too cool. always tried my best to get the final hit on bosses with his unique

redtruth

2y

superboss name spoiler

yooo I actually just beat shiva doing this exact same s***, fionss unique hit him for 7k and ended it

edit: also that s*** brought me from lv 92 to lv 95 wtf