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  • GilderGilder Aw snap Macaroni PartyRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Taranis wrote: »
    There was a sequel to Nocturne? I don't remember a sequel to Nocturne.

    There wasn't. There's Nocturne, Nocturne Maniacs which is the director's cut with fiends and the labyrinth (the version everyone else got), and there's Nocturne Chronicles or something which is the same as Maniacs except Raidou replaces Dante.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    The Amala in Chronicles must be extremely boring.


    Enter the fourth kalpa:

    "....."
    "....."
    "....."
    "Raidou, you should kill him."
    "....."

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  • TcheldorTcheldor Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    How does that play out? Anyone know?

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  • BlackjackBlackjack Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    It is, more or less, a find and replace "Dante" with "Raidou Kuzunoha"

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Except Raidou has no character, making the Amala encounters extremely dull(unless they revised them appropriately, like with Narumi trying to eat some toast at the entrance).

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  • GilderGilder Aw snap Macaroni PartyRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    No, Raidou is pretty badass. Gouto does all the talking for him. After the encounter in the labyrinth, he does that cool thing where he jumps back and starts chanting while a bunch of tubes start to slowly unscrew.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I guess he could do the shooting pursuit, too.

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  • GilderGilder Aw snap Macaroni PartyRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Yeah, the real disappointment is that pretty much all of his animations are just Dante's animations, but with a demon added in somehow. I think for Showtime a demon delivers the final slash.

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  • Silas BrownSilas Brown That's hobo style. Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Picked up Devil Survivor on a whim today. Have mixed feelings about it, but the start was appropriatly forboding, so that's promising. Now if only I could destroy Yusuzu.. she is... awful...

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  • BlackjackBlackjack Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Don't worry.

    She gets worse as the plot goes on, but her actual in battle usefulness increases.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I really enjoy how unapologetically bleak the story is. Demons are bad, but humans are worse.

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  • PureauthorPureauthor Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    It's not a SMT game if the demon's aren't berserk monsters, humans aren't bastards, and God isn't a massive dick.

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  • YggiDeeYggiDee The World Ends With You Shill Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I am only a few days in, but its becoming increasingly clear that even if the legion of monsters doesn't kill us all, the whole city and everyone in it is about to go Lord of the Goddam Flies.

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  • langfor6langfor6 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Pureauthor wrote: »
    It's not a SMT game if the demon's aren't berserk monsters, humans aren't bastards, and God isn't a massive dick.

    This is why I took the neutral path for SMT I and II. Both sides were just such assholes, they all had to die.

    Nocturne having multiple paths is intriguing. I'm not sure what I'll do. I mean other than play it one hour a week.

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  • Silas BrownSilas Brown That's hobo style. Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Here in Day One, I feel powerless to make a coherent team. All three of my units have massive weaknesses and over the three of them I just barely have the elemental spectrum covered offensively.

    I guess this is the problem with playing an entry in a series where you've beaten multiple titles. You get used to having a tighter, more powerful standing.

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  • GammarahGammarah Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    elliotw2 wrote: »

    You just made me buy both Digital Devil Sagas. And I'm not even done with Nocturne.

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  • elliotw2elliotw2 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Gammarah wrote: »
    elliotw2 wrote: »

    You just made me buy both Digital Devil Sagas. And I'm not even done with Nocturne.

    Hey, this does include DDS2, they must have updated that this morning. This is $90 for all 3, new

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  • LoveIsUnityLoveIsUnity Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    That's a great deal, and everyone who doesn't have the games should take advantage of it. I paid a ton of cash for DDS1 and Nocturne, as I got both of them before the reprints.

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  • DeMoNDeMoN twitch.tv/toxic_cizzle Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    ug, why don't they have the same deal on amazon.ca

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  • KaseiusKaseius Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Oh, god damnit. I just spent money, and can't afford any of them. Arrrggggghhhhhhhhhh

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  • MrBlarneyMrBlarney Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Here in Day One, I feel powerless to make a coherent team. All three of my units have massive weaknesses and over the three of them I just barely have the elemental spectrum covered offensively.

    I guess this is the problem with playing an entry in a series where you've beaten multiple titles. You get used to having a tighter, more powerful standing.

    Well, much like any other SMT game, your teams start out relatively weak, with very few abilities to employ, but gradually advances to the point where you're well prepared for most encounters straight. Of course, this being SMT, you can't be prepared for everything on the fly and will need to adjust your strategy according to the battle you are faced with. A bit of a tip: when you begin to increase your demon roster and have fusion available to combine them, try to keep at least a couple of spares in reserve. You can be more flexible in your strategies and will have backup demons that can be summoned, should one of your other demons fall in combat.

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  • GammarahGammarah Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    elliotw2 wrote: »
    Gammarah wrote: »
    elliotw2 wrote: »

    You just made me buy both Digital Devil Sagas. And I'm not even done with Nocturne.

    Hey, this does include DDS2, they must have updated that this morning. This is $90 for all 3, new

    They must have just changed it an hour ago because DDS2 wasn't part of that deal when I bought it :x

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  • FreakinchairFreakinchair Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    DeMoN wrote: »
    ug, why don't they have the same deal on amazon.ca

    Amazon.ca is garbage compared to the US version - we dont get ANYTHING

    Any place we can get the reprints in Canada?

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  • DeMoNDeMoN twitch.tv/toxic_cizzle Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I don't know if you have any gamebuzzes near you, but I went to two different ones a few weeks back and they both had multiple copies of DDS1. No Nocturne or DDS2 though.

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  • NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Kaseius wrote: »
    Oh, god damnit. I just spent money, and can't afford any of them. Arrrggggghhhhhhhhhh

    I almost did. I wanted to so badly, but I talked myself out of it and then order Nocturne by itself.

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    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    There's also the possibility you just can't really grow a bear like other guys.

    Not even BEAR vaginas can defeat me!
    cakemikz wrote: »
    And then I rub actual cake on myself.
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    thats why you have chest helmets
  • mastriusmastrius Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    So. The extra bosses in DDS 1 are extremely easy it turns out. I have yet to kill them all but today I mastered Null Death and Null Expel and tore through 4 more of them in around an hour and a half. Now I just have the last Beast left. Or...I think thats it. Huang Long I think hes called. I technically have two super bosses left but Im not on hard and therefore no Demi-fiend. So just the last Beast that you can fight in the tower. But before I fight him Im going to get Null Ailments on everyone. I might learn Null Attack just so I can laugh while Allmighty is the only thing that can possibly hurt me but I dont know. That could take forever and I dont have much time. I get out of work at 8 so Ill start my training then. Exciting. Then I can finally beat the game and move onto DDS 2!....AGAIN!

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Man...why do all the good deals have to appear when I'm broke?

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  • elevatureelevature Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    MrBlarney wrote: »
    Here in Day One, I feel powerless to make a coherent team. All three of my units have massive weaknesses and over the three of them I just barely have the elemental spectrum covered offensively.

    I guess this is the problem with playing an entry in a series where you've beaten multiple titles. You get used to having a tighter, more powerful standing.

    Well, much like any other SMT game, your teams start out relatively weak, with very few abilities to employ, but gradually advances to the point where you're well prepared for most encounters straight. Of course, this being SMT, you can't be prepared for everything on the fly and will need to adjust your strategy according to the battle you are faced with. A bit of a tip: when you begin to increase your demon roster and have fusion available to combine them, try to keep at least a couple of spares in reserve. You can be more flexible in your strategies and will have backup demons that can be summoned, should one of your other demons fall in combat.

    Wait, if one of your demons dies you can summon another one during a battle?

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  • elliotw2elliotw2 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Yes you can, but only one per team a turn

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  • elevatureelevature Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    elliotw2 wrote: »
    Yes you can, but only one per team a turn

    Motherfucker. That would have been so useful to know earlier. At least I'm only on day 2.

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  • NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Yeah, i figured it out during the
    "abominable snowman"
    fight. I wish I would have known sooner so one of my characters wouldn't have had to die during it.

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    Rorus Raz wrote: »
    There's also the possibility you just can't really grow a bear like other guys.

    Not even BEAR vaginas can defeat me!
    cakemikz wrote: »
    And then I rub actual cake on myself.
    Loomdun wrote: »
    thats why you have chest helmets
  • Zephyr_FateZephyr_Fate Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Gilder wrote: »
    Yeah, the real disappointment is that pretty much all of his animations are just Dante's animations, but with a demon added in somehow. I think for Showtime a demon delivers the final slash.

    Yoshitsune steps in for Showtime, Moh Shuvuu heals, and another demon that I can't remember does a full-party Electric attack.

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  • elliotw2elliotw2 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I knew about it since I first saw summon in the menus for the humans, I just never kept backups until late day 2

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  • an_altan_alt Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    mastrius wrote: »
    So. The extra bosses in DDS 1 are extremely easy it turns out. I have yet to kill them all but today I mastered Null Death and Null Expel and tore through 4 more of them in around an hour and a half. Now I just have the last Beast left. Or...I think thats it. Huang Long I think hes called. I technically have two super bosses left but Im not on hard and therefore no Demi-fiend. So just the last Beast that you can fight in the tower. But before I fight him Im going to get Null Ailments on everyone. I might learn Null Attack just so I can laugh while Allmighty is the only thing that can possibly hurt me but I dont know. That could take forever and I dont have much time. I get out of work at 8 so Ill start my training then. Exciting. Then I can finally beat the game and move onto DDS 2!....AGAIN!

    I'm just playing through the almost post-game myself and the bosses haven't been nearly as hard as I've been expecting either. It seems like 1 warm up to find out what to null and attack with is all that's needed to take the second attempt without much trouble at all.

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  • DrakeDrake Edgelord Trash Below the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    mastrius wrote: »
    ...Huang Long...

    Hehehe

    Huang Long

    hehehe

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Battle Soul is the most broken ability ever.

    For enemies, at least. These Comp Cops can die in a fire.

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  • BlackjackBlackjack Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I never had a problem with it on enemies. My MC alone was capable of doing about 200 a hit with the dances. It was really handy up until Day 6 for me, though.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
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    That's classy.

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  • mastriusmastrius Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    an_alt wrote: »
    mastrius wrote: »
    So. The extra bosses in DDS 1 are extremely easy it turns out. I have yet to kill them all but today I mastered Null Death and Null Expel and tore through 4 more of them in around an hour and a half. Now I just have the last Beast left. Or...I think thats it. Huang Long I think hes called. I technically have two super bosses left but Im not on hard and therefore no Demi-fiend. So just the last Beast that you can fight in the tower. But before I fight him Im going to get Null Ailments on everyone. I might learn Null Attack just so I can laugh while Allmighty is the only thing that can possibly hurt me but I dont know. That could take forever and I dont have much time. I get out of work at 8 so Ill start my training then. Exciting. Then I can finally beat the game and move onto DDS 2!....AGAIN!

    I'm just playing through the almost post-game myself and the bosses haven't been nearly as hard as I've been expecting either. It seems like 1 warm up to find out what to null and attack with is all that's needed to take the second attempt without much trouble at all.

    Oh god I know. When I fought them while I was still weak they scared the shit out of me. Then I trained until I got Null Death and Null Expel and killed Beelzebub Fly and went back through just destroying all of the bosses in a matter of minutes. It was sad and hilarious at the same time.

    I really didnt think most of the extra bosses could be beat by a simple "oh he uses ice" *absorb ice*

    Oh she uses fire *absorb fire*

    Oh he uses physical *repel physical*

    I mean really. Come on. Thats really as simple as it was. And even Beelzebub was a goddamn joke and a half once I got Null Death. And even before I got Null death I could take him down to red HP and get in like 5 rounds of attacks before he used Death Flies. It was crazy.

    But this last guy sounds like a dickhead. Which is why I want Null Ailments and maybe Null Physical.

    Also - Drake - Dont you be laughin boy. Dont you be laughin. I kills Huang! I swears it I will!

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  • mastriusmastrius Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    cj iwakura wrote: »
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    That's classy.

    My god.

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