Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey details
– “true proper successor to the SMT series”
– 70-100 hours of play time estimated.
– terminals in dungeons for saving and sub-application swapping.
– determine your main character build (attack type, magic type, etc) by answering 6 questions in the prologue tutorial.
– main applications and sub applications on the Demonica Suit provide a wide range of customizable abilities and functions. Very similar to the COMP installation system in Soul Hackers.
– Macca is the currency, Forma is the resource. You have to pay Macca to refine Forma into usable stuff.
– 3 types of Forma: Base Forma, Assist Forma and Rare Forma.
– Base Forma are used to create weapons, equipment, and items. Assist Forma comes in weapon, armor, accessory and healing types, and influence the creation of items. Rare Forma are used to develop applications for the Demonica Suit.
– The alignment system in SJ is the “stance” system. The main character’s stance will change depending on his choices throughout the game. (the guy isn’t sure if the stance attribute takes into account law/chaos or light/dark, but it’s one of them.)
– Stance will have an impact in not just the story, but in demon negotiation and battles as well. The stance of a character or demon can be easily seen by the color of the name. Green/White/Red.
– Something about how the player’s “large stance” influences demon negotiation, while his “small stance” influences the character’s affinity and other stuff.
– The Devil Co-Op system is the brand new addition to the battles in SJ. When an enemy’s weakness is attacked, demons of the same stance will have a chance of following up with an add-on attack.
– There are various other conditions and bonuses for Devil Co-op, but the guy didn’t have information on those from the presentation and demo he had.
– Unknown demons encountered for the first time without any analysis cannot be negotiated with. You build a demon’s analyze bar by killing that demon type, fusing it, or successfully negotiating with it for a contract. The higher the analyze bar the more info on that demon is displayed on the bottom screen when fighting it.
– 2 Demon Fusion and Special Fusion are confirmed, but he didn’t see any Sword Fusion. There’s definitely a compendium with registry, and you can buy demons back with Macca. You can also arrange the list by race or by level.
– There’s going to be a brand new unannounced system revealed soon. It’s supposed to be pretty major and revolutionary for the series, or at least that’s what they’re trying to hint to people. Might be something unique to either the DS or to Wifi. It will be announced soon.
