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Danjin44
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Well for one Demons are your party members, not powers like in Persona and there is no daily life, SMT is all about dungeon crawling.
Hudo
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Well, I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo is helping out with the translation (or maybe Sega?). I guess we will now for sure when the credits roll.
Danjin44
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Now Nintendo gamers don't have to complain about not getting Persona 5, because as much as I love Persona series, SMT games are just much better games, especially if you love Demons fusion, dungeon crawling and press turn combat system.
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Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
If the Nocturne remaster is any indication, Dante's time in the series is unfortunately over.
Zephir
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More like "Featuring Joker from the Persona 5 series* because if they can still milk that cow, they will
Danjin44
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IfuckinghateReddit
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We all know it's getting delayed at least once.
Danjin44
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Danjin44
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This is fully turn based RPG, its press turn combat system you see both past SMT/Persona games.
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JTCx
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We dont get Dante anymore but they give us Raidou.
Im ok with this.
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Kerotan Frog
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DAYUMMM
SMT III: NOCTURNE HD AND SMTV?!?
I think I'll keep my Switch now. Was getting bored with it and thought about giving to my little brother. Nope!
SMT III: NOCTURNE HD AND SMTV?!?
I think I'll keep my Switch now. Was getting bored with it and thought about giving to my little brother. Nope!
SF Kosmo
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SMT and Persona did crossover at points, but I think Persona 3-5 are a new universe.
Danjin44
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If you enjoyed the combat system and demon fusion in Persona series, I guarantee you will enjoy SMT series. I enjoyed Persona series a lot but in my opinion SMT series are much better games.Never played SMT but I love Persona. The sooner SMT V releases, the sooner we hear about Persona 6
Turnip Truck
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Looking forward to this.
IfuckinghateReddit
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Interesting that the Japanese direct said that Nocturne is coming to both PS4 and Switch. I wonder if that's the case for NA.
Danjin44
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carlosrox
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I can read. I swear.
DigitalScrap
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Hyped! I didn't think this was ever going to happen. Definitely day one for me!
Starlight Lotice
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From what I played, Persona is pretty tame on themes and uses the Monsters as a secondary thing rather than the main thing.
SMT tends to touch on multiple endings based on moral choices, is quite a Hard game unless you play it on Easy Mode, and you have to really use Typing via looking at each weakness/strength. Persona kind of gave away the weaknesses.
Both games are very similar but the approaches to both games are very different. SMT (at least the portable ones), feel a bit more budget like than Persona (at least to the 5th game). SMT4A's sprites don't really move much.
I would say if you like Persona, then you should enjoy SMT but temper your expectations if you don't like the difficulty or the production values.
I would say Persona is Scooby Doo, and SMT is Scream (the films).
I actually like Devil Survivor 2 as it is very Tactical Based.
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ZZZZ
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Devil Survivor 2 is pretty good, even though it's a long game and i got tired by the end of it.
Chromata
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The only thing that makes me apprehensive is that SMT looks more like a pure dungeon crawler. I love Persona because of the characters, story, art style, and mix of daily life with dungeon gameplay.
I would still like to try it because I know many people love SMT and I probably just don't know enough about it.
ZZZZ
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Yeah, SMT is more dungeon crawler, the story is pretty fuckin great though.
Starlight Lotice
Member
Took me 3 days to finish the Final Dungeon. It felt like I was lost in the Sahara and getting to the final boss was the Oasis!
JTCx
Member
Yes SMT games are more hardcore traditional rpg dungeon crawl games and usually on the more diificult side. Theres more stuff to play with in demon fusions and having different builds in their systems.
The stories are great with multiple endings but the themes are a lot darker. Theres no quirky cast of characters or slice of life stuff. Very moody games.
IfuckinghateReddit
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Turns out I just need new glasses.
Chromata
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That does sound interesting. I might pick up the remaster then since it'll probably be cheaper and see how SMT is. If I end up liking it, I'll have SMT V to play right after
indigo-cyclops
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So fucking pumped I can't take it. Finally! And Nocturne!
Shouta
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Digital Devil Saga or Strange Journey would be more up your alley if you're looking for more story focused games with the old-school SMT formula. Even SMT4 and SMT4: Apocalypse are good choices as well. SMT3 was kind of the last of the SMT games that really had the classic formula and had a minimalist story overall. There's a lot more going on with other titles in story and characters that might be a stronger hook.
SMTV will likely be along the lines of SMT4 and SMT4 Apocalypse so it might be a good choice when it hits but for now the ones I mentioned above are really good go tos.
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Manji Uzuki
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This is great! I always wanted to get into the series after playing Persona and Digital Devil Saga. I never saw coming a port of Nocturne
JTCx
Member
Hope you like random battles. Those will come at you in spades.That does sound interesting. I might pick up the remaster then since it'll probably be cheaper and see how SMT is. If I end up liking it, I'll have SMT V to play right after
zelhawks37
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The final game that was revealed at the Switch presentation event has revealed itself after so long. I expect to put in many hours/playthroughs in 5 and can't wait. Collecting demons and fusing them was such a delight in 4 and Apocolypse, but unfortunately it wasn't so great in Nocturne because you couldn't select the skills you wanted to after fusing demons, so hopefully they change it so you can in the remaster/remake.
A side note, but the music in the trailer gave off Apocolyse's OST vibes. Loved it.
A side note, but the music in the trailer gave off Apocolyse's OST vibes. Loved it.
Darkmakaimura
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JTCx
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You can still have a degree of control of what skills you want in a demon in Nocturne. It all depends on the type/family the demons are in. There's the sacrificial fusion during the full moon you can also take advantage of. Also storing important/powerful abilities into Magatama's to transfer into compatible demons. Its still pretty robust.
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Werewolf Jones
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It used to be niche, the last six years or so it's gotten a lot more attention partially because of SMT IV and Persona and people shilling Nocturne. It's not a Nintendo IP but SMT has history with Nintendo. The game is the original Pokemon but it's difficult and has a dark apocalyptic setting.
Sub_Level
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They are good but you gotta have patience. Tons and tons and tons of random battles. Oldschool dungeon crawling where you fill out an area's map block by block. Bosses that can be trial-and-error, where your first attempt will be spent finding out what works and your second attempt will be actually trying to beat it.
I think it works well for something like switch where you can play in bed or on a couch.
IfuckinghateReddit
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I've bought every mainline and spinoff title for this series since Persona 2 Eternal Punishment in 99. I say yes!
Joyful
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i do wonder if the being offering the protagonist his hand is the Demi-Fiend all grown up, if you pause around 53 seconds u can kinda see their face even tho its still blurry. Similar hairstyle as well.
Which would mean its related to nocturnes plot somehow, thatd be pretty rad
Which would mean its related to nocturnes plot somehow, thatd be pretty rad
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Lionel Richie
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It's very good, but like folks have said above, these games can be brutal. IV was very streamlined compared to the previous entries so I also expect V to be very approachable.