Atlus Shin Megami Tensei V - It's been hurting my OCD.

[HoboForEternity]

nice

 

[grimer]

mothman is my fav demon. kinda want to take him to the end as a challenge and grind for essences, sutra and grimoires to beef him up. i think there were also miracles that grant bonus stats upon fusion (e.g. flat bonuses or inheriting a portion from the components).

 

[Haplo]

Vitality is a pretty good stat.
I raise Vitality and Strenght equally (currently 81 each at level 58). Yesterday I fought the Pale Rider, without preparation.
He butchered my companions pretty fast with Pestilence and his Ice aoe attack spam.

Only Nahobino was left, with Rider having over 3/4 health. And what do you know, he couldn't make decisive blows (Nulled Ice and Resisted Physical) and I have slowly worn him down solo, suffering from debuffs and statuses from his summoned Loas (eventually become impervious to their status spam). I was only careful to quickly remove poison effects, which could compound the damage too much. Could maybe do it faster with Omagotoki Critical, but I preferred to keep the regeneration from max gauge.
Funny thing is, he never used Pestilence against my solo Nahobino, kept trying with nulled Ice and regular attacks instead (plus sometimes Poison cloud).


Agrat first encounter I rolfstomped halfway trough first Omagotoki Dance round.
Granted I'm probably a bit overlevelled, as I used 4 Balms to get to level 55, summon Hecatonheires and then use a couple demon status to have him gift his Essence: for Rampage, Citical Zealot and Critical Aura - to boast some of the most damaging abilities in the game halfway trough 3rd area. Also have Vritra for Omagotoki:Dance & Pandemonic Feast and Red Rider for Terror Blade (250 power, 1-3 hits with Pierce and chance to Terrify - goes to 5 hits for 1250 with Dance and Feast).

 

[spookyheart]

Ibought this game on boxing day when the pandemic was still a thing ages ago and i finished it at the start of 2022 and as far as i can remember its just meh same shit different smt game if you ask me.

 

[d1r]

33% off.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1875830/Shin_Megami_Tensei_V_Vengeance/

 

[spookyheart]

33% off.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1875830/Shin_Megami_Tensei_V_Vengeance/

I rather atlus just bring back thousand arms already instead of this shit.

 

[Haplo]

Despite bare bones story and worse yet, the carefree exploration without any attrition, the gaming loop is quite addictive.
The maze-like 3D environment is interesting to explore (perhaps the points of interest, like glory crystals and treasure cubes shouldn't be automapped - finding them on one's own would certainly feel more rewarding - like is the case with the minman). But still, even with their location marked, finding the right path to reach them is sometimes challenging.
Plus there's always an upgrade just a short playtime away. Either of Nahobin's skills, affinities or, most frequently, new demon recruitment and fuse options.

Things get quite crazy as the game progresses, with Nahobino becoming really godlike, with great stats and being able to attack and crit enemies even like 30 times in a round (with some sheningans).

 

[Haplo]

Also the game mechanics really open up in the last parts of the game, with a large collection of essences and abilities to customize your MA and demons with.
Its actually fascinating how many mechanics are included, with many of them valid oreven OP - and your freedom to pick and choose them.

 

[HoboForEternity]

I managed to make my beeno block half the element table and resist everything else, i just almost never die anymore, and honestly with the magatsuhi skill that heal and resurrect everyone, including benched party, you almost cannot lose anymore.

 

[lametta]

33% off.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1875830/Shin_Megami_Tensei_V_Vengeance/

Was 37% off for me on greenmangaming.
Bought it and plan to only play canon of vengeance and maybe watch/fast forward/skip through a canon of creation let's play after i finish it.

 

[Haplo]

I managed to make my beeno block half the element table and resist everything else, i just almost never die anymore, and honestly with the magatsuhi skill that heal and resurrect everyone, including benched party, you almost cannot lose anymore.

Yeah, Nahobeeno can get get pretty broken.

But later on you can fortify other demons via defensive skills a lot too. Like various Null elements, Enduring Soul, Endure, Great Life Spring, Abyssal Mask will make for a beefy demon, that's very hard to kill - and defeated, will rise again... twice. Admittedly that leaves little room for actual productive offensive/support/debuff/affliction skills, so some compromises are needed.