The Shin Megami Everything Thread

[BulletMagnet]

And apparently censored up the whazbo.

I'm kinda curious what they'd censor; the footage I've watched of it looks silly/cheesy as heck, it doesn't strike me as the type of game to be particularly heavy on "objectionable" content...

[BryanM]

I'm kinda curious what they'd censor

Cleavage and exposed thighs.

Sinful flesh. A pox upon any industry that would dare to try to profit from such disgusting commodities.

[BulletMagnet]

Wonder if they would have let Mara through.

[BryanM]

No that's fine.

It's okay to show people boners. It's not okay to give them boners.

[soprano1]

No that's fine.

It's okay to show people boners. It's not okay to give them boners.

But are green boners still OK?

[BulletMagnet]

Persona 5 is out September 15th in Japan, still waiting for the Western equivalent announcement.

[ryu]

Why are all these JRPGS coming out one after another.

I barely had the time to touch SOV and SMT Final. :/ And right now I haven't touched either one for a whole week.

[BulletMagnet]

Goofy retailer costumes return!

[MESRecords]

I'm really looking forward to Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE, Persona 5 and SMT4: Final, but I'm pretty sure in the end I'll just end up playing Persona 5 all the time not having time for anything else.
I remember starting Persona 4 and sitting in my room for weeks until I finally managed to get away from that game.

[soprano1]

Sorry for not reading every page here, but i would like to know what people thought of Strange Journey on NDS. I stopped playing years ago around what i think is the second to last dungeon, but got tired of it (and Pokemon Heart Gold was released around the same time, so yeah.).
The soundtrack is damn haunting, probably my favourite by Shoji Meguro. The battle theme should have been the boss theme, imo.

[iconoclast]

I've got high hopes for Tokyo Mirage Sessions. Atlus put some of their best staff behind it, with Mitsuru Hirata (Radiant Historia) and Eiji Ishida (Strange Journey) directing, and Yo Hadzuki (Devil Survivor) writing. Those guys made three of the best RPGs from the last 6 or 7 years, and it seems like they delivered again.

I thought SMT4 was kinda bad, but Final has gotten better reviews all around. Even people who didn't like 4 are recommending it, so I'll give it a shot.

And of course Persona 5 will be the GOTY.

[BryanM]

Strange Journey

Probably my second least favorite Etrian Odyssey game.

I know you're "supposed" to go through minions like going through toilet paper, but being keenly aware of the exponential return on investment in the damage algorithm, it was a torture device to those with OCD.

Still better than Digital Devil Saga, gotta say.

[BrianC]

Goofy retailer costumes return!

I can't believe I forgot about that because I have the Amazon promo suit for SMTIV.

[BulletMagnet]

Persona 5's NA release date is...February 27th of next year. Oh, and the PS4 edition has an LE variant.

[Immryr]

quite a few games for ps4 seem to be getting pushed back till 2017. I'm so chuffed they just announced an xcom 2 release date though.

[BryanM]

Pelvic shadows removed from Mirage Sessions.

Women confirmed to not have pelvic bones. Internal organs held up by unicorn magic.

[cj iwakura]

Pelvic shadows removed from Mirage Sessions.

Women confirmed to not have pelvic bones. Internal organs held up by unicorn magic.

May as well just remove the women at this point, just to be safe.

[ryu]

Guys make sure your children don't see this post.

[soprano1]

Pelvic shadows removed from Mirage Sessions.

Women confirmed to not have pelvic bones. Internal organs held up by unicorn magic.

May as well just remove the women at this point, just to be safe.

Great! That will piss off SJWs, but fujioshi will buy the game now!

[cj iwakura]

It's a shame, everything I've seen about the game looks great. Sugary as all hell, but fun and high production valued. If only Nintendo hadn't gotten their mitts on it.

[iconoclast]

Why not just put a burqa on her and be done with it?

[qmish]

Mara in burqa when?

[BulletMagnet]

SMT4A confirmed for Europe sometime this winter, courtesy of Deep Silver.

[Sumez]

Funny that they would get the sequel a physical release in Europe, when the original was skipped.

[M.Knight]

Believe it or not, SMT4 actually had a PAL release, only a year late (without any translation job of course) and digital-only. The game was apparently planned to be released much earlier, SMT4 being playable for instance at the Japan Expo convention near Paris in 2013. IIRC, Nintendo was supposed to publish it with FIGS support, but something happened and we got the usual crappy Atlus treatment instead.

Good news for the sequel in any case, though I'll probably just import it just as I did with SMT4. (that I have yet to play... )

[soprano1]

SMT4A confirmed for Europe sometime this winter, courtesy of Deep Silver.

Hell has frozen.

[MX7]

Anybody want to flog me a 3ds? (serious)

[Durandal]

First reviews are out:
http://www.metacritic.com/game/3ds/shin ... apocalypse
http://archive.is/1BTWM

[MX7]

Can't wait. Just got a new New 3DS pretty much for this. Hope the Euro release doesn't get delayed. Was going to replay 4 but reading about the repeated locations I'm glad I didn't.

Big issue is Atlus USA refusing to offer JP voices again. The dub was abominable last time round, though this is a moot point given dubbing a game in 2016 is absolutely idiotic. Still I can hopefully just mute the voices again.

EDIT - not sure about the critism in the sexist demon designs. While there are lots of (awesome) highly fetishised designs, there's lots huge terrifying phalli to even things out. I love the furtive nightmare that is the demon designs. Like a hellish fuck-scape the player has to negotiate through. CAN'T WAIT MATE.

[soprano1]

http://www.siliconera.com/2016/09/20/un ... pocalypse/

What do you think about their reason for it?