What went so fucking right?

>>384044370
Only devs still making good JRPGs

>Right
>Almost completely neglecting the american market
Fucking jews if you are going to destroy SJ at least release it with a proper dub

They got bought out by Sega and Sega just let atlus do whatever they want for the most part.

Lolis and high but fair difficulty in games designed by a pen and paper RPG enthusiast

I can't think of a single thing that went right
they completely gave up on anything that isn't Persona/SMT or Etrian Odyssey

>All that P4 milking this last decade, P5 delayed a bazillion times
>SMT has been nothing but ports of old games or mediocre shit like IV lately
Meh.

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Can't decide on who I want in my party in EOIV lads
Medic or dancer?
Bushi or Fortress?
Fuck's sake
I should probably keep my party together and make a new one in NG+, I can't split up my crew

Nothing? Since Strange Journey they've only made really shitty ports, some really garbage SMT games with no Kaneko influence at all, and Persona 5/Catherine which were good.

>>384045675
Depends on your composition. If you have a landsknecht you don't need a fortress.
Dancers can almost entirely replace medics except for out of combat healing and reviving, but you're going to have a tough time pre-20 because of only being able to heal the front line.

>>384046164
You mean art for Kaneko influence right? He's still involved with the games, he just outright refuses to draw anymore for them.

>>384045391
They just re-released Radiant Historia in Japan.

>>384044370
Waifus

>>384044370
I was going to complain about EOV but apparently I missed the announcement and it's getting a western release.

So yeah, based fucking Atlus.

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>>384046239
>if you have a landshekekxkw you don't need a fortress
oops, I've had both in my party for around 80 hours now
Basically, I am fucking stupid and this is my first EO
I prefer my fortress, should I replace the land-whatever with a Bushi or an Imperial? Or something else?

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>>384044370

>>384044825
>muh dub

Kill yourself, faggot.

>>384045675
It's not too hard, I made it with a party of
Landshark/Fortress/Dancer
Medic/Runemaster
and managed to barely beat the final superboss with them.

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Back when Atlus had dignity.

Not releasing a single good game since Catherine

>>384046824
Landsknecht subclassed as Bushi does incredible physical damage, since you have a Fortress anyway you don't have to worry about supporting with it and can just focus on damage. Most classes fulfil multiple roles in the party so it's hard to outright screw yourself.

>>384047052
man kowaishita is such garbage

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>>384046782
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7M_g_LJn3Q

>>384046164
But P5 was a disappointment? Etrian Odyssey is fucking stellar aside from the remade story shit

Literally everything went right. The only company that consistently makes incredible vidya.

A lot, but now they went downhill, especially Atlus USA

>>384044370
Nothing. They're pretentious faggots who think their game is a work of art so they ban people from making stuff on it for "spoilers" as if people give a shit, despite the fact that people looking at footage don't care about spoilers.

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>>384047385
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDsDYCI3fyc

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>>384047246
>Atlus
>ever having any dignity

>>384046398
Why doesn't he draw for them anymore?

>>384047770
He just doesn't want to I guess, and he's taken on a different role in the games. The only illustration he released in a long time was a celebratory image for the series.

>>384047309
>landsheckkedk/Bushi
Damn that does sound good, is it possible to re-choose subclasses at all? If not I may just try out the Bushi

>>384047770
He's getting old. Time to pass the torch.

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When are we going to get more news? This game is what pushed me over the edge to buy a Switch, so I hope it turns out good.

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>>384044370
If by right you mean wrong, then clearly the departure of Okada
Quality has sharply dropped ever since

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This is a main character in a Shin Megami Tensei game nowadays.

>>384048075
>buy a console for a game no more than vaporware

It's FE x SMT all over again holyshit

>>384047040
Very similar to my party but I have a Ranger called Rowan instead of a dancer
Rowan fucking sucked for a long time but I feel like the late game bind combos with divine shot and crits are great

>>384047992
Yeah just rest the character. You go down 2 levels but it resets your subclass and refunds all your skill points

>>384048425
Desu 2 is 6 years old

>>384048543
Ah cheers, that sounds well worth it over my landsckenek/Dancer when I already have a medic and a fortress

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>>384048446
At least the Switch has some games this time around.

>>384048702
Splatoon and what else?

>>384048565
DeSu3 when?

>>384048532
That'll probably be fine.
Dancer is a really good all around class in EO4 though, it even has multiple meme builds, including a permastun build and a cheese build, plus buffs.
I've never used a sniper but they're good damagers in EO4 from what I hear.

>>384048425
Tico Tico is insufferable.

>>384048425
Io was a surprisingly good character. I expected her to be a shy version of Yuzu's shittiness.

>>384049215
Snipers are mostly bindbots, but you can do silly damage with Squall Volley, and Silver Arrow is pretty good for monsters that resist physical damage

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>>384048565

It's been 9 years since vs King Abaddon

>>384049506
Ah.
I should replay it and try out Sniper and Nightseeker and also Imperial, Bushi, and Arcanist outside of subclasses.

>>384050159
FOR FUCKS SAKE ATLUS GIVE US RIDOU 3

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>>384044370

They actually stuck to making their turn-based games turn-based instead of pandering to high-octane meathead Americans by actionizing the fuck out of every franchise they have.

>>384048075
Trailer was super early.
I'd say mid 2019 at the earliest;

They avoid PC like the plague and have kept their franchises pure as a result.

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>>384044370
>tfw still no Personas on PC

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>>384045031
When will they make sequels to Sega's rpgs?

IV and IV fall nap were good, hating them is a meme.

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>>384051491
Idiot

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Been playing Raidou again lately and it's still one of my favorites despite it's simple combat. Any other good action rpgs made by Atlus, or did they stop after King Abaddon?

>>384052484
Persona 1.

>>384047470
>But P5 was a disappointment?
It was?

>>384048425
It's just MegaTen you filthy gaijin

>>384044370
>soul hackers has entire text boxes untranslated
>also freezes a ton
>Yeah we know about it but we refuse to fix it because fuck you
nah these guys suck ass

>>384047470
I don't know how anyone can be disappointed with P5, it's the exact same shit as P3 and 4.

>>384044820
But FFXV wasn't made by them.

>>384054378
It sure as hell wasn't.

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>>384054378
And it shows.

>>384054323
After persona 4 the bar was set pretty low but persona 5 improved the gameplay and felt more like a megaten game

>>384048261
People really need to learn the difference between games made by Atlus and games they merely published.
I know Atlus is overzealous with slapping their logo everywhere but still.

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>>384054378
>FFXV

Every Atlus game feels like it had an incredibly low production value.
I cannot find any game they have every made to be impressive on any level. Game design, gameplay, game athmosphere, soundtracks, stories, everything feels so incredibly off. Like those games were made for children with the Persona series for the ages 11-15 and the SMT series for edgy teenagers from 11-15.

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>>384047246
I know it's regarded as baby's first smt but I still think it's genuinely the best smt game overall. While some game may have stronger individual aspects I still feel nocturne is the overall best final product.

They make games exclusively for consoles so they are not dumbed down for the PC audience.

>>384056246
Atlus does PC games though, they just aren't the same as the console ones. They have also done phone games.

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>>384056406
>They have also done phone games.

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>>384050370
No.

>>384048075
This will be on PS4 as well, you idiot.

>>384052484
That is a good thing.

>>384056528
Yes, several MegaTen phone games.
Some of these are ports but many are not.
http://megamitensei.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Mobile_Games

>>384054323
I mean, a huge problem with 5 is that it really just feels like 4-2, which was already way worse than 3

>>384054712
I don't even know if I would say the gameplay was improved. It's broken and incredibly easy, at least you would hit a challenge once in a while in 4.

I felt like the writing was pretty weak overall as well. From the characters to the story to the execution of its themes, I was just very underwhelmed

>>384044370
waifus and social links

>>384058280
The only challenging parts of persona 4 were kanji and mitsuo everything else was piss easy

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>>384059485

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All I know is that Fatlus is one of my favorite memes of all time.

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>>384044370
I'm getting a little sick of there glorified ports, but otherwise they're just an all around stellar company, ATLUS USA excluded. I can't help but feel skeptical about SMT HD though, but hopefully it turns out well. I also am ashamed to say that I'm looking forward to spinoffs of Persona 5.

>>384059485
You named more moments than all of P5

>>384054378
Fucking Neptune games are better JRPGs than that shit.

>>384052484
PS2/PSP emulators, no way to play P4:Golden though.

Whats the difference between Persona and SMT? Arent they from the same universe?

I've yet to come across an Atlus game I liked. There's such much weebshit and waifu simulators.

I don't think Atlus as a publisher counts, since they had no hand in development. But their translations do suck.

>>384050370
Not unless they hand that shit over to platinum or shift over to full scale turn-base.
The combat is a-fucking-trocious

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>>384060547
They're from the same mulitverse. One is about making friends and the other is about killing them.

>>384054287
What the hell? Are you playing some Chinese cia? I bought my own copy and the game is just fine

>>384060609
>translations suck
Comparatively they have some really good voice acting and translations. And I always like hearing someone say weebshit on an anime Mongolian Bike fixing forum

>>384055762
They're a poor studio but p5 and p4dan has helped them get off their crutches. Their next installment should be promising.

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>>384046782
>>384047385
>>384047617
God the music in this game has gotten so close to that PS1 era style sounding music music I love so much that I've seen so few games capture.

>>384061220
>Multiverse

I bet you like watching game theory too

>>384052636
my melanin enriched comrade

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>>384061863
It is explicitly stated in Nocturne that the events in all of the games take place in the Amala Network, which is a multiverse. I don't need to theory craft to come to the conclusion that there is a Megaten multiverse.

Did Soul Hackers 3ds sell good? i want a sequel

Catherine

>>384052484
Sega already expressed interest in porting Persona and Yakuza so I imagine it's right on the horizon.

>>384062353
I started playing Soul Hackers recently, and it's really not grabbing me. Is the game just a slow burn or something?

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>>384059689
muh nigga

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>>384062643

>>384062604

Playing it right now. I like it but the feature that demons can refuse your commands drives me crazy. I'm fighting a boss that requires a certain type of magic and I have a demon with that magic and every single turn, it refuses to do it. It's driving me crazy. The boss is not hard at all, but if I can't use that magic, it's taking forever and I'm getting nowhere.

>>384062748
>this is what halodudebros believe

what the FUCK happened to the atlus that put out interesting games like catherine and trauma center? now they just pump out persona spinoffs, etrian odyssey, and smt games

>>384060609
>I've yet to come across an Atlus game I liked. There's such much weebshit and waifu simulators.
So you haven't played anything but Persona?

>>384062964
They literally just reorganized their teams to make new shit. Re Fantasy is supposed to be something completely different. Trauma center is dope tho

>>384062748
But Halo 1 is actually bad, 3 is the good one

>>384063326
how can you misspell Reach as 3?

>>384044370
Le millenom girl

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>>384050370
>>384061125
I'd settle for just a new Devil Summoner in general.

>>384063710
Reach is the other good one, thank you anon

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>>384044370
>tfw can't enjoy JRPGs by other companies after playing Atlus' games
they feel like such a chore to play now

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>>384049865
I think people tend to forget about shit like this when they make fun or dislike modern SMT designs. Much like Falcom and Tales, they always use modern anime tropes of the time.

Also they are a publisher in addition to a developer. Pic related is a better Dragon Age game than Dragon Age 2.

>>384047617
Even in the bleak future Pachinko still lingers. Truly they live in the darkest time line.

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>>384052484
https://youtu.be/CTi3AEJqNbU
Its already pretty much playable now on RPCS3.
(that if you got a beefy cpu and a decent gpu)

>>384062748
More like
>dies fast
>reloads to checkpoint
Halo CE was fun but when you died it wasn't "enemy is shooting me oh no" it's "fuck they saw me" followed by death (although cover sometimes prevented it. Unless they mean easy mode.

>>384064314
>switch/ps4 will NEVER EVER EVER have BotW/P5

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>>384044370
John Hardin's tendency to ruffle feathers was always highly amusing.

>>384064314
that shitty framerate and audio cutting is terrible. Why the fuck dont pkeks just get a cheapass ps3? I really dont get it at all

>>384052602
fucking this

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>>384064765
Or i could just wait another month or so of updates to resolve those issues.

Its running between 20-30fps nothing lower than that, at 1080p, the ps3 version is supposed to run only at 720p.

And why waste money when i already got it for free?

Are we just meant to accept the infighting? I enjoy both, but want a home console SMT and/or a Cyberpunk RPG (SMT or a new IP is fine).

I've just about finished Strange Journey and other than making it easier for new fans to get a copy it really doesn't need a remake. Going to attempt Etrian Odyssey IV again when I'm done, was my original party of Fortress, Nightseeker, Landsknecht, Sniper and Medic good or should I redo? I think renaming them might be a bit hard. Also any tips? I'm slow at finding my play style (I didn't start properly working on my party till Eridanus).

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>>384045675
Doesn't matter, as long as you run a edgymaster, which is pretty much a better feld.
late game once you obtain imperial class game doesn't even try to fight back, you can pretty much one turn the last boss with a party made out of imperialists.
You don't need a medic if you can kill them all before they retaliate

>>384064017
I actually love the Tales games for when I want something different but they have such generic anime designs, a Persona x Tales would be awesome.

>>384065149
>was my original party of Fortress, Nightseeker, Landsknecht, Sniper and Medic good or should I redo?
cookie cutter party, able to beat anything in the game

>>384065149
It was my party the first time I played, just get the links for your Landshark and Squall Volley and you will steamroll most bosses. You might want to replace your Medic for an Arcanist though.

>>384065478
>a Persona x Tales would be awesome.
It's called Akiba's Beat and it sucks.

>>384062545
I'd hope im tired of emulating the inferior version anyways.

Just about to finish Etrian Odyssey IV, what game should I try next?

saving this thread

>>384062886
You have to make them drunk to obey you.

>>384068725
crashing this thread

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>>384045608
>IV
>mediocre

This meme needs to end. IV isn't perfect, but it was in general a fun game filled with great moments. Not the best SMT game, but calling it mediocre is too much

>>384068716
Digital Devil Saga. Nothing to do with EO besides the developer but I think it's neat.

>>384044370
To answer OP's question.
Atlus had a good idea of 'catch them all' gameplay loop which solves a problem of creating your party in dungeon crawlers.
They also created very unusual (back then) universe which gives them lots of creative freedom.
They also had bunch of talented folks like Kaneko and Meguro.
Over time they slowly improve the same RPG system which has simple basis (weakness exploit/buffs debuffs) but some nice nuances mostly related to composing your party from hundreds of demons.
This allowed them to create SMT.
They could see how casualized version of SMT in form of Pokemons sold millions so they tried anime aproach with Persona and after experimental phase of P1-2 they found a proper form. Which again, was tuned over time.

Plus, they play safe with reeditions, exclusivity deals and being a publisher of sorts.

>>384057408
>People still spreading this source-less rumor

>>384069847
http://personacentral.com/rumor-atlus-job-listing-sequel-to-4-ps4/
There's this, but as the article says it could just be Persona 5.

>>384069418
I meant another EO game, but I'll check it out.

>>384070358
Sorry dude I misunderstood. Try the Untold series on classic mode.

>>384070536
No problem. Even though I got totally turned off when the demo pushed me into story mode, I think classic is more my speed. Thanks, I'll try EOU1.