TurnipFritters
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That someone would be me. I was going to post it in this thread soon, but I'm pleasantly surprised to already be beaten to the punch so soon after uploading it. The wonders of the Internet.
I am as a ninja.
That someone would be me. I was going to post it in this thread soon, but I'm pleasantly surprised to already be beaten to the punch so soon after uploading it. The wonders of the Internet.
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It's interesting, they keep saying "gods and demons" and not "angels and demons." Has that been the case in the JP versions of other SMT games too or is that a recent change?
That's a personal word choice on my part just given what the original Japanese trailer uses. If the kanji that they've used in past games was 天使 (what's normally used in Japanese to refer to angels as we understand them) or something along those lines to refer to law-alignment guys rather than 神 (just plain old "gods") as these trailers have, then I wasn't aware of the precedence until now.
Yeah, that confuses me too. A friend once told me that if... is considered in the mainline because the game starts off in Japan, unlike Strange Journey.Yeah, kind of like SMT if... was.
Ah, thank you so much! Your translation of the trailer cleared up a misconception for me thinking that the game was set in the future. Now I know there's some sort of time travel involved.That someone would be me. I was going to post it in this thread soon, but I'm pleasantly surprised to already be beaten to the punch so soon after uploading it. The wonders of the Internet.
Hmm OK. They do say "kami" in the trailer which is god too.
Yeah, that confuses me too. A friend once told me that if... is considered in the mainline because the game starts off in Japan, unlike Strange Journey.
Ah, thank you so much! Your translation of the trailer cleared up a misconception for me thinking that the game was set in the future. Now I know there's some sort of time travel involved.
P.S. I like corgis too.
Awesome. I heard a remixed version of the Fiend theme from Nocturne. Remixed Law theme too I believe at the end.
The song at 2:30 sounds bitchin'. Need to hear the full version.
To be certain, "Angels and demons" isn't an inherently wrong way to translate it when the text at least pops up on the screen; at some point it just boils down to what comes to mind for me personally when I'm doing the translation on this sort of stuff. In retrospect, it's a bit more romantic and evocative of a phrase to go with. "Gods and devils" would have also been another valid choice I could see other translators using, along with similar variations. It's just one of those things that boils down to semantic preferences since so little translates directly one-to-one between Japanese and English. At some point I just have to work off what the text is evoking in me on a sentimental level when it comes to that sort of work, albeit significantly less so in this case specifically.
Yeah, that's how your main character gets skills in this game, his allies let him pull one from their list.
So may we finally have a notdickish law faction?so
Someone went ahead and subtitled it, for people who want to know what's going on.
Oh man, subtitles made me more confused. So, I guess there is time travel?
Possibly.
I'm thinking that the higher ups of the country the protagonist comes from are lying about certain things(including the date) to maintain stability.
Huh? You mean secret government/cult is hiding a castle empire in modern Japan?
Am I the only one who thinks this looks...not good? It looks "cheap". The way your character runs through the streets/dungeons looks clumsy and linear. The battle system looks (too) old-school and boring. The art style is bizarre and off-putting. The animations (enemies in particular) look like old Pokemon animations. Just doesn't look that good.
Music sounds great, though. And am I seeing armor that changes as you equip it? That's always a plus.
I hope this goes without saying, but this is all my opinion, of course.
Am I the only one who thinks this looks...not good? It looks "cheap". The way your character runs through the streets/dungeons looks clumsy and linear. The battle system looks (too) old-school and boring. The art style is bizarre and off-putting. The animations (enemies in particular) look like old Pokemon animations. Just doesn't look that good.
Music sounds great, though. And am I seeing armor that changes as you equip it? That's always a plus.
I hope this goes without saying, but this is all my opinion, of course.
So I assume you have never played a SMT game, right?
As someone who has only played Persona 3, it will be very interesting to get into SMT's main series. It looks like a completely different beast.
As someone who has only played Persona 3, it will be very interesting to get into SMT's main series. It looks like a completely different beast.
This is looking really good. I only pray that they don't go overboard with the cutscenes. The crap in Strange Journey is down right painful. Learn from Nocturne and DDS. Less is more.
This is looking really good. I only pray that they don't go overboard with the cutscenes. The crap in Strange Journey is down right painful. Learn from Nocturne and DDS. Less is more.
Am I the only one who thinks this looks...not good? It looks "cheap". The way your character runs through the streets/dungeons looks clumsy and linear. The battle system looks (too) old-school and boring. The art style is bizarre and off-putting. The animations (enemies in particular) look like old Pokemon animations. Just doesn't look that good.
Music sounds great, though. And am I seeing armor that changes as you equip it? That's always a plus.
I hope this goes without saying, but this is all my opinion, of course.
Some new screens from Dengeki: http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/614/614484/
The backgrounds in some of those conversation scenes look FUCKING AWESOME!!!
Some new screens from Dengeki: http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/614/614484/
The backgrounds in some of those conversation scenes look FUCKING AWESOME!!!
Haha Gaby's character description pretty much confirms my suspicion that she's Gabriel in disguise.
Wow, those do look nice.
Who is this guy?
Some kind of non-demon Odin?
DDS was cutscene heavy...
Some new screens from Dengeki: http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/614/614484/
The backgrounds in some of those conversation scenes look FUCKING AWESOME!!!
I'm pretty sure you will be dissapointed.
DDS was cutscene heavy...
I wonder how 3D these will be?
FUCK. It all depends on how the story goes when. SJ just had so much crap filler dialogue. I wouldn't mind something like SMT 2 or Persona 1/2.
It didn't feel that way to me. Lots of them were pretty short and they didn't state the absolute obvious like many RPGs do.
The white-haired lady (I believe her name is Burroughs) is the AI in the gauntlet the MC has but I think she's the one wrapping around Walter and Jonathan in the boxart (she doesn't really appear in the boxart much but in a scan there was a full picture with a character with black lips like her's in the background). Wonder what her role is.
The white-haired lady (I believe her name is Burroughs) is the AI in the gauntlet the MC has but I think she's the one wrapping around Walter and Jonathan in the boxart (she doesn't really appear in the boxart much but in a scan there was a full picture with a character with black lips like her's in the background). Wonder what her role is.
The Demonica is in SMT IV. SJ is going to be important in some way to it.
If you count Devil Survivor, their Law-equivalent faction is actually pretty soft compared to the the earlier games. They help you even if you are not on their routes.
Play Digital Devil Saga if you need a forgiving entry into the series that will give you plenty of time to learn the mechanics, while never really fucking you on character building options.This looks great. What should I do in preparation for this game if I've never played a Shin Megami Tensei (or any spin off) before?