Shin Megami Tensei iOS funtimes

[Ramza]

Who bought it? Who's enjoying it?

I love how, despite the very rudimentary graphics and first-person-ness of a game first on Super Famicom, how deep this game was from day one. It just feels SO right.

I recently finished marathon-watching all 8 seasons of Dexter, so I decided to Dexter-theme my SMT1 playthrough. My main character is obviously DEXTER. My "servant of the Lord" character is TRAVIS. The one stuck under the demon is BRYAN. And the girl next door is DEBORAH. That's all the further I've gotten in dreamland character-naming ... I'm exploring every inch of ground before I continue so I become hyper-aware of my local surroundings.

I'm playing on a 4th gen iPod Touch. So far it hasn't drained my batteries nearly as quickly as games like Plants vs Zombies 2 or Wind-up Knight. So I'm happy about that. As long as I'm playing in wide mode (so you can actually see the game) it works fine, and the virtual control pad hasn't been a problem for me thus far.

How are y'all feeling about it? Any recommendations on who or what I name my other characters? :)

[MeshGearFox]

Save a lot and don't get attached to anything.

Also demon convos felt sort of unpredictable which is probably the biggest thing about SMT1 that bugged me.

[Dice]

Also demon convos felt sort of unpredictable

Kind of like some of your posts, Mesh (I mean that in a good way, some of your posts are pretty wild and entertaining).

I remember going a bit nuts with Persona 2 for unpredictable conversations.  I couldn't make demons happy no matter what.

[Dincrest]

I played and reviewed the SNES import and am playing this version for the site. 

I can easily say that I love the interface.  On my iPad, I prefer the vertical interface (pseudo Game Boy) over the horizontal interface (with the transparent buttons; they just get in the way).  I wish ToP iOS had an interface more like this one. 

I named my main YUUYA (because I name all my SMT protagonists, or any Japanese boy, Yuuya after Yuuya Narumi.  Yuuya Narumi was the name if P1's protagonist in the drama CD, though he was Naoya Toumou in the manga.  The latter is more accepted, so I go with the former.)  Law Hero is JON LAW, Chaos Hero is TY CHAOS, and the heroine is SAYORI (because that's my favorite Japanese girl's name.)

[Der Jermeister]

I'll definitely get this by the month's end so I can get the Atlus-advertised discount.

[Taelus]

I would absolutely buy this if it were on a system with buttons. Hopefully they port it at some point as a downloadable title on 3DS or Vita. EEE

[MeshGearFox]

eShop SMT1...

Already own a copy of the SNES version but sure I'd get that.

[Eusis]

Meh, it's one of the only kinds of games I'd be (relatively) comfortable playing on mobile anyway, at least with virtual buttons. It would however be amazing if they could apply that translation to a GBA VC release, the game basically seems like an upgraded GBA emulation so I guess it depends on whether it's really using a ROM or if it's been rebuilt and just seems like the GBA version mostly.

[Fadedsun]

I bought it last night and played it for about 20 minutes this morning when I couldn't fall back asleep. It felt so good hearing the original version of "Arcade Street" whilst in-game. Can't believe I'm finally playing this game. I know there was the translated SNES version by Aeon Genesis, but I could never feel comfortable playing it. Lots of the translation felt strange and item names were cut off due to character limitations.

I hope SMT 2 gets a similar treatment down the road.

[Dincrest]

One big issue is that save points are scarce.  That's fine for a home console, but for mobile formats, inconvenient saving is a tough sell.  

[Ramza]

One big issue is that save points are scarce.  That's fine for a home console, but for mobile formats, inconvenient saving is a tough sell.  

There's a "Continue" feature ... if you die and choose "Continue" from the main menu it leaves off from ... I think? ... the last battle you successfully completed.

And with 3 save slots on top of that, that's a fair bit of flexibility in terms of what "state" you want to be in. Heck, you could set up a mid-game point to get all 3 endings (law, neutral, chaos).

Speaking of which, what do you all think you'll shoot for? I'm probably going to do Neutral, at least for the first completion.

[Fadedsun]

I almost always go for Law first, then move on to Chaos. Neutral I save for last because it's usually the most difficult.

[Dincrest]

Chaos.  I did neutral in the import and it was awful.  My hands got super bloody, I found myself in opposition with both factions and it was a lonely place to be.  I quote this from my import review.  http://rpgfan.com/reviews/smt/index.html

[Ramza]

Chaos.  I did neutral in the import and it was awful.  My hands got super bloody, I found myself in opposition with both factions and it was a lonely place to be.  I quote this from my import review.  http://rpgfan.com/reviews/smt/index.html

Oh yes, I remember this.

I'm definitely doing Neutral first. :P

Also, SPOILERS

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Thor drops an ATOMIC BOMB hammer on me! What a douche!

[Fadedsun]

I feel like the game doesn't want me to recruit demons. I'm in the first mini dungeon and I start every battle by talking to the demons and I can't win any over! Not even a Pixie! That's pathetic. Even when I get to the point it says "ask to become ally" they laugh and then attack me.