The Appeal of Shin Megami Tensei And Why It's So GOOD
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- Опубликовано: 14 май 2020
- Frankie is trapped in his room after being harassed by a vicious demon! What shall he do? oh that's right, go off on how great the SMT series is! Guest Featuring Moody from Grey Cart
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no final fantasy xiii slander, society has moved past the need for final fantasy xiii slander
As long as they don't do that again.
it never hurts to remember that disaster, in 10 years we will still hold last of us 2 as a massive negative example...
Its never not time to slander ff13
I still thoroughly enjoyed both games but at this point I'd argue that ff15 was a much worse game than ff13.
@@loopygordo at least you can play 15 and understand the story
Not even 2 Minutes in and he is already portbegging. A real Atlus fan we got here! :D
it works!
@@KEN_Bats It sure did
Persona fans: “just maxed out a confidant, feeling great!”
Smt fan: “Just killed gods, feeling great”
Persona fans: “just maxed out a confidant, let make a friend!”
Smt fan: “Just killed a friend, become a god”
I love em both
Persona fans: "just listen to a friend finding his place in the world"
Smt fans: "just murdered every friend to make my world."
“When the hell is SMT 5 coming out.”
Well I got some news from you!
SMT V, and also another desire realized: Nocturne remaster.
I bought SMT 3 right before the direct
@@TMSFE
O O F
OMG V LOOKS AMAZING
@@KEN_Bats THEY RELEASING IT A G A I N
7:13-7:18
Shiva is dancing FURIOUSLY
LOL I HAD TO SPEED OF THE FOOTAGE TO AND IT WAS JUST SO SILLY I HAD TO KEEP IT IN
Watching this video right after the Nocturne remaster was announced !
AAA IM GLAD! I HOPE YOU LIKE IT
Or while playing for the first time Smt 4 Apocalypse. 😎
@arthur fonzarelli
And so what? Try to get a physical copy of a SMT in stores, where I live, good luck. Only buying in the internet or digital copies, that's how played I Apocalypse.
Me: Do u have SMT4 or SMT4Apocalypse for 3ds?
Store clerk:
images.app.goo.gl/yMkDLYB258GMqY5H9
Me: Is Shin Megami Tensei 4 and Apocalypse for 3DS.
Store Clerk: Shin WTF ? How u write that? Are u messing with me lol?
Me: *typing the name in their search Pc* - no copy.
Thanks then.
Go to other shop and repeat the process. Lolo
@arthur fonzarelli
And so what, I'm filthy casual, ur Filthy Frank wannabe, and u are a genwunner SMT, better yet genwunner MT, lol.
Real man with balls, talk and summon real demons and angels, not 1s and 0s, so who is the balless filthy casual now? Lolol 😝😈👼🏻
@arthur fonzarelli I just like the games, they're fun
The guy talking about the consistency of SMT sounds like he’d enjoy the Dragon Quest series
I swear I thought you were SHAWN LOL
KEN! lol no not me, but I did do the art for my profile picture.
@@zombiefriend oh wow thats so neat!!
Oh, I do. I just haven’t played enough of them yet. :)
Dragon Quest 4, 5 and 8 are so good.
Haven't played 11 yet tho
SMT is back!! SMT V 2021..
I WOKE UP TO THE BEST NEWS
And nocturne
And now Vengeance in 2024
SMT IV's soundtrack is YHVH's gift to the world
_the god you worship is dead_
definitely family friendly
First half hour of Devil Survivor 2 has a demon suicide bombing a bunch of random civilians. Halfway through Devil Survivor 1 cops start shooting innocent civilians and stealing their food.
That's family friendly.
switch is perfect for rpg/jrpg, bringing smt and persona over would be amazing
Nice a fellow MegaTen fan. Similar to Nyarly & larrue
except both nyarly and larrue are shit
why?
I wholeheartedly agree with a lot of this video, I do hope you make more SMT content in the future dude~
Devil survivor is like my favorite of the SMT games. Man I need to get a way to play it again.
Honestly, even though Apocalypse gets hate for its story. It was my introduction to the series and just like how you said it, it got me hooked when I played it fully. The side quests, the trial and error, the music, and the environment.
Getting into this series got me more open minded to other jrpg games. Shit it got me more open minded towards religion folklore (even more than when I was catholic, I'm atheist but I'm not like most asshole ones).
Playing this series was truly an amazing experience.
Apocalypse is a good game too. Just a different perspective of the neutral alignment, and that makes it creative.
I lowkey love IVA
Ðel 土 They could innovated the neutral alignment without bastardizing the traditional alignment system by making Law and Chaos the objectively “bad” endings.
@@Xeper616 It worked for this game in order to tell the story they wanted to tell. As long as smt 5 goes back to more grey endings i say it was worth it as a Experiment. In fact i wouldn't mind if smt 5 gets a apocalypse version with a strong focus on either chaos or law.
Led Floyd to be fair, it wouldn’t have been that amazing if it just repeated SMT IV. And the law/chaos endings basically aren’t even that bad. They’re pretty *good* bad endings.
But I think Apocalypse is so good on stuff like quality of life improvements, fighting YHWH, Dagda is cool, fiends, and other stuff that’s pretty loyal to the franchise. The 4 protagonist DLC is cool
Thanks everyone for watching! We're really grateful for this
Nah mentioning SMT in a positive light doesn't make you an elitist. Telling people that "Persona is garbage, you need to play a REAL SMT game" is elitist. Though the whole family of SMT games and spin-offs is really good and I think everyone should try them all honestly.
Mainline, persona, raidou games, soul hackers, all bangers
Even mainline SMT is a spin off
Persona was my gateway to SMT and i dont wanna rank them, every SMT is best in its own right
Persona isn’t garbage but it’s for noobs and casuals compared to the SMT main series.
@@outerspaceman7534eh idk, I don’t find SMT that much harder than Persona, aside that SMT can be slightly more punishing.
Playing persona 5 and watching a shit ton of smt playthroughs over the course of 2 years has made a fan of this franchise and I'm grateful for that. It does make me wish that atlus will atleast attempt to advertise the mainline franchise more often in the future like they're doing with the persona 3-5 franchise now.(a persona 1 and 2 remake is just rumour unfortunately...).
Great video btw
2020 is dévil Survivor 3
We have
Natural dissasters
Lockdowns
Rioters
My phone starts to download weird apps
We're just missing the demons.
SMT V got a release date finally and Nocturne is getting ported as well so you got your wish!
And now we getting Nocturne and 5 on Switch so yay!
(Also we probably don't need a demonica to call what's going on a true smt world...)
The way you timed the end title card to the SMT4 Main Theme bass drop gave me chills so thanks!
It was always planned because that theme song is just so iconic and man does it HIT
@@KEN_Bats Fuck yeah it does. I'm always gonna be a Meguro stan, but they friggin nailed the SMT 4 OST...
This video is pure gold content
We can feel your joy in this video
Hope you grow and keep this freaking good way to make your videos (or make then even better)
Wow, thank you so much, that means alot!
Idk which era he was talking about but i was surprised people thought pokemon was evil when he was growing up, i get the blood thing with NMH but as a Gen Z i just cant see pokemon possibly being evil, interesting perspective
Great review love it dude!
i cant believe you only got bout 800 subs. This was a great vid, keep up the good work!
Awesome video, I completely agree
SMT V was on my radar when it came out but I kind of wrote it off as another jrpg I didn't have time to grind to victory in. After being disappointed by Legends Arceus and seeing people mention SMT as being better I tried it out and wow was I wrong!
There is so much great stuff in these series putting it leagues above the rest. Even the very first game on the super famicom blew my mind with how different it was for its time.
Glad I discovered this series!
Yes! I'm so glad you got to discover the series! I absolutely love all the variety the entries have.
This honestly makes me so happy to hear!
@@KEN_Bats Me too! So far I've played 1 and 5 but I plan on at least playing all the numbered entries.
Hey man, just discovered the channel and binged through most of it. I love your vids, the poverty and gaming video hit really close to home. Keep it up King
You earned a sub for this man! Good editing and funny moments!
Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it
I've played Strange Journey Redux, and I'm playing Persona 4 Golden and Devil Survivor Overclocked. Awesome games. I can't wait to play the other SMT games on the 3DS and (eventually) other Persona games.
... I'd like to see raidou kuzunoha's games on switch
I never realized how enjoyable it is to hear people talk about something they’re so passionate about. Especially when it’s MegaTen. I’ve been sleeping on this video for years.
Great video man. cant wait for SMTV
A testament to how great the SMT (and Persona) family is: the only game series where I have to replay every single entry about once a year or so.
Once ive played all titles, i think i will love this franchise so much that i will just keep replaying them over and over
Haha your video is so entertaining. When I knew about this series I tried SMT I and II on an SNES emulator. I liked the setting and game mechanics a lot so I wanted to get it legally.
That's why I got SMT IV for my 3ds and... the more I played it the more I love it. I'm a lot into esoterism, philosophy, religions, and things like those so it fascinated me the accuracy of the games with these ideas.
Not only that, the different routes that help you know yourself better, the funny demon conversations, the post-apocalyptic setting, the music! the difficulty. Everything, it made me feel a little vulnerable (because the difficulty) and badass (thanks to the music, and when I could overpass the challenges) at the same time.
After the marvelous experience with IV I got IV Apocalypse, Nocturne for PS2, Devil Survivor, Devil Summoner Soul Hackers, Persona 1 & 2 on PSP, Strange Journey... I couldn't stop. To summarize, because as you implied in the video it's a little hard to talk about something you like SO much, SMT turned into one of my favorite series (if not the most) in life. Evidently SMT V is the game I expect the most... and Diablo IV.
Anyway, thanks for this video cause this series is so underrated. I subscribe.
I can’t find a place to download/emulate SMT1&2, can you give me some pointers?
@@DengueBurger download the snes9x emulator and download the rom from cd romance the English patch version
Hey, with the HD Remaster of Nocturne and V coming out 2021, its a perfect time to SMT vids back in my recommended and sub feed
Oooooooo that allying with demons parts is so true. My family is Christian. My sisters and I are lenient but my mom has been more devout these past few years and I am not telling her I have this game or what its about.
Couldn't agree more! I got into Megaten through P3 a decade ago, then tried mainline SMT and haven't been able to get the same level of fun and interest on other JRPGs ever since (aside from some games like Mother and Dragon Quest). It got me really interested in various aspects of religion from all over the world. I enjoy reading lore discussions and watching videos that document the history of this amazing franchise. Also, as you said, I can buy any game that's Megaten related and without any expectation and still be assured to enjoy it, even those games that are widely criticized like IV Apocalypse or TMS #FE (Keyword: consistency).
P3 was also my vehicle to this franchise! I remember listening to the ost weeks before I actually played it! It was one of the first games I got into by listening to its soundtrack initially. I still need to try TMS
forgot i already subscribed. Really epic channel man your content is amazing especially that skit at the start
Great essay keep it up!
Holy shit, the production quality on this video is amazing
Very good video keep it up
Finally someone who trully represent how i feel about these whole lovely franchise, hope to see another megaten content from you in the future dood 👍
I'd been debating whether to get into SMT, and watched videos about it and where to start, but I didn't understand the grab. Your video just convinced me! I'm going to pick one up asap
What's great is that you can pretty much start with any spin-off. The combat is largely the same in each game so once you learn how all the spells work and fusion and stuff you can pretty much pick up any other game afterward. Each spin-off series tends to have its own quirks and spin on the general combat, but it's always similar enough that it feels like you are "home" once you get it.
1:55 watching this in the future and hey we Nocturne HD and SMT V got announced.
Great video!
Nice work
It would have been nice to end the video with: So... Wanna be pals?? I have some macca~
Loved the video, the way your love for the series oozes is great!!!
Nice Video man I'm a megaten youtuber as well so I'll def sub to you
My first ever SMT was Strange Journey on the DS
I love how everyone who does an essay about shin megami tensei puts the theme from shim megami IV at the end. But again that theme IS that good.
It just feels RIGHT
Really love this series after getting into it 3 years ago.
Definitely up there with Xenoblade as my favorite JRPG/Video game series
A great video. Stay safe out there. Also, when are you gonna return my marriage proposal papers? Thanks, again. Love you. 🙏🏽
This video is very high quality. How are you below 1k subs?! I’m gonna share this with all my SMT-loving friends. You deserve more views! 😤
Keep up the good work. 😊
amazing video, although i disagree with the part "and i cant even blame square for that (downfall of FF)". actually, i can blame square, it began when hironobu sakaguchi left the company and countless talents followed, among the last hajime tabata (who saved the mess ff15 he inherited from tetsuya nomura who wasnt able to finish at after nearly 7 years development). one can say "its not the companys fault" but it is squares fault, there is a reason that they all left and its unforgivable that remaining talents like hiroyuki ito (co-director of FF9 together with sakaguchi) are forced to work on lame low budget mobile games instead of getting directors positions on triple aaa productions...
I just like the fact that combat can be pretty fast. You pick your move for your character or demons, the action plays out while showing the damage you did, and that's it. Plus in later titles, with the amount of customization you can do, you can do some really nutty things with your mc or demons. SMTV one shotting demifiend is one of the more crazier things you can do in smt games, and I like that progression. You start off being this weak fragile thing and then you get to the point where you can casually one shot god
SMT Rules! One part about it that i love is that you get to pick whether or not you want to be law, neutral, or chaos and you get different rewards and endings for all of them. The story can change in a big way by choosing either one which is what makes choosing one side or the other so much fun. My first game in the series is Devil Survivor 2 and my favorite PS2 game for the series is Nocturne. Can't wait for SMT 5! 'fangirl scream' I'm gonna buy both SMT 5 and the Nocturne Remake to support the series making such a big step. I'm Chaos by the way.
Chaos friend!
SMT V AND 3 WOO!
I LOVE
What is the first song that plays in the video?
Just started SMT Nocturne after finishing P5. And damn, I thought P5 was great but SMT seems to be exactly what I want in JRPGs. Can't wait to dive deeper down the SMT rabbit hole.
I had to download the modded emulated translated copy of some of the SMT titles in order to play. Some never made it to America/west
Really good video. I always wondered why I played the Smt games that personally I felt were not as good. I assumed I just wanted to play all the games in the series. However I do think it’s like you said that even stinkers have that level of consistency with the best Smt games. Question: what’s your least favorite of SMT?
My least favorite huh... Thats kind of a hard pick, I feel like the one I least play was digital devil saga not that its bad but I feel like the random encounters kept me away from it, even though the story is really great playing the ps2 era games are a bit hard for me to fully commit too
Ik the question wasn't posed to me but if I had to pick 1 out of the ones I've played (every Persona, every mainline except apocalypse,Strange journey, dds1, devil survivor 1, and kyuuyaku megaten which is megaten 1 and 2) I'd probably say smt 2. Both 1 and 2 have aged not that great but I can get around that sort of thing. What I can't get around is how much it feels like 2 is shouting "LAW!LAW!LAW!" in my face combined with the aged mechanics (there were some improvements from 1 I'll admit but still) I just kinda got sick of it way faster than in 1
Cool
I’m honestly immersed in the series now. I obviously started with persona, but when I played nocturne for the first time, I got why people tell you to go play a ‘real’ smt game. I’ve honestly never enjoyed a game as much as I enjoyed nocturne. I also finished the dds duology a few days ago! I’m so happy I started with persona and ended up with my favourite game series ever!
Would love to see a video on your reaction to SMT V and what it means to you. New to SMT but have a 3DS with no less than 6 SMT games I can’t wait to play!!! (My mum took back her credit card though)
Was debating if I should or not!
And the video is out!!!
God damn you are not wrong about how tedious it was to dig out and set up my ps3, buy every ps2 SMT game and then wait hours for each to download and install. Worth it but goddamn have we been spoiled this generation in terms of wait time for literally everything.
So hard to go back, which is the exact opposite of how I feel about trying the older games as someone who started with P5. I keep having to remind myself that Nocturne is a ps2 game because that art style has barely aged and the gameplay only feels slightly archaic despite me only knowing the most modern version of the Persona variant of press turn when I started. Also the load times, that game is snappy. When I push a button I get an immediate result rather than a couple seconds of waiting for menu or map to open. This game does not look or feel anywhere close to its age.
Honestly liking Nocturne way more than P3 or 4 which is surprising since I'm definitely more into story focus in JRPGs. Though nothing touches Persona 2 from what little I've played so far. The pre PS1 stuff unfortunately is too archaic for my tastes.
I feel like I'm the only person on earth who loves Apocalypse lol
Quality content 🗣
This video is great.
Not going to lie, Smt 4 on switch would be awesome.
What's the name of the song you use at 12:39??
I'm desperate for a definitive edition remaster of Shin Megami Tensei 1&2 with the best quality music and visuals and ACTUALLY officially translated and the og Demon Summoner :( I might be the only person who wants these or atleast one of few. (And god please don't let them remaster the music, just the highest quality version they have of the original super famicom music.)
*I wonder what Atlus is doing right now?*
That ending was so FUCKING GOOD!! Really loved the video but that ending was so good lmao.
I wish I could afford to pick up SMTIV... seems prices have shot up
This is a very good video
Everyone talking about how SMT made them try other jrpgs
Meanwhile there's just me who can't play any jrpg other than MegaTen because it's so good that everything pales in comparison
Hey man love the video! What's the ending music?
SMT IV main theme!
@@KEN_Bats awesome! Thanks!
This video got recommended to me 3 months later.
I'm surprised it even got recommended
Ayooo what is that outro music 😍
SMT IV main theme
You know an smt tcg would be fun
This game has thought me more than people around me.
I truly believe this a lifestyle.
He mentioned FFV and Tactics, that dude is legit
lets just hope they dont hold back on V! cant wait!
If you’re still having trouble with that demon, I recommend giving it a life stone.
You don't know just how much this comment has made me want to come back to make videos.
I just realized that you can actually make out what the demon in this video is actually saying.
Does anyone know the song at the end?
Main Theme - Shin Megami Tensei IV
Name of the song at the end?
SMT IV main theme I gotchu
@@KEN_Bats thanks
Apparently I'm the only person that liked apocalypse.
0:15 wreak havoc.......... among us??!?!?!?!
Post sus world...
You definitely get what makes Megaten amazing. Let's be honest mainline is so indepth and amazing its hard to not play this game fir the concepts alone. The original games give such presence and gravitas to its surroundings and the later games giving us press turn and the alignment coop battle system just make a turn-based RPG fan understand what a turn-based game should. As a JRPG fan it is hard to play a regular JRPG once you play a game like this. The Majin tensei games and devil survivor games give you the best conceptual pieces of any kind of tactical rpg. As much as I love tactics ogre and final fantasy tactics its hard to not play Majin Tensei and put its permadeath concepts up to the task.
The only current gen system I have is a PC (I spent on it more than what an Xbox One X costs anyway), but man I'd buy SMT content if I could. The closest thing was Persona 4 Golden on Steam... Because yeah, like you said, I can just emulate (in fact PCSX2 runs almost flawlessly on my PC), but I want to say Atlus I give a shit about their games by buying them!!
Man if for some reason they port SMT V to PC... I'd just preorder it asap. Because sadly I don't really see myself buying a console soon at all.
@Aria Khalaji > PCSX2 runs almost flawless on my PC
Nice vid. Listened to it in the background as I punched God.
Havoc AMONG US
Honestly, this was how I used to feel about the series. Though sadly, that feeling has been quite eroded and I have become quite jaded with the series over the years as the series I fell in love with started to become something else and lose it's unique touch. And that's before getting into how Atlus has been treating now while it is stuck in the shadow of Persona.
2:13 lol
Megaten aesthetic did not appeal to me at all, but I love mythology so I played it anyway, as i play everything grew on me and became my favourite game franchise of all time. I think megaten games is either you love it so much or you just don't care so you don't play it
This game is peak
Song starting at 7:51?
Tokyo- SMT IV
Really good bop
I always feel bad for taking all a demon's lunch money, but then I remember I was going to kill them anyway