Hey guy!

Devil Survivor for the DS is pretty cool.

" @rudeboy217: I've played Nocturne and Digital Devil Saga 2, and the main thing I'd say about them is that they're much harder than either Persona 3 or 4, and I don't know that you'll get the same quality of storytelling from either of those games. It's my understanding that classically this is a somewhat hardcore RPG series. I played about 20 hours of DDS2 and maybe 5 hours of Nocturne before I gave up on each of them. Your decision would probably come down to your level of apprehension for RPGs. The experience is quite different from what you'll get out of Persona 3 and 4.
Oh, and DDS2 has the worst layout for save points, which was what ultimately made me give up on it. I think I had to dungeon-crawl for 20 minutes, fight a boss (without a save point), then get sent to another area (still no save point), play for another 10 minutes and then get killed by a surprise encounter.
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" @rudeboy217:  Nocturne and Strange Journey are ruthless games. If you enjoyed Persona primarily for the story, watch out. "

" But SJ is one of the easier ones. "

" @mutha3 said:

" But SJ is one of the easier ones. "

That's like saying, "this nail you pound into your dick is one of the smaller ones" "

Thanks for the insight, everyone!

" @thehexeditor said:

" @mutha3 said:

" But SJ is one of the easier ones. "

That's like saying, "this nail you pound into your dick is one of the smaller ones" "

well.....yeah..... "

@rudeboy217:

the game came out in 2006 so it's through a third party

i recommend nocture(its got dante) or devil suvivor(if you have a DS)

To echo everyone here, Nocturne and Devil Survivor.

" @mutha3 said:

" @thehexeditor said:

" @mutha3 said:

" But SJ is one of the easier ones. "

That's like saying, "this nail you pound into your dick is one of the smaller ones" "

well.....yeah..... "

It's still easier than Etrian Odyssey 2-3.

I'm playing through SJ and EO3 right now.

"

Same question, few years later. Any other games users would recommend? Is SMT4 worth checking out as the most recent game in the franchise?

Once you play Persona baby, you don't go back.

I enjoyed playing Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2 but hated Nocturne. The stories are more darker (both in tone and visual style) than the Persona games.

I like SMT4 but I haven't finished it, I'm working on it and SMT:Devil Summoner:Soul Hackers. I think I like Soul Hackers a lot more because it's story is more interesting to follow and it's "90's we don't what the internet will be so here's cyberspace aesthetic is always fun." SMT4 seems to be more self referential to the series in general. Off the top of my head, it has a suit from Strange Journey, an AI that's voiced from Soul Hackers and looks a lot like an ethereal Nemissa.

Devil Survivor for 3DS was great. Although at the end game you can completely break almost every encounter, including the subsequent playthroughs (you can keep your high level demons for your next run.) Devil Survivor 2 was fun as well, it resembled the plot of the original but shook it up enough to be entertaining. It's definitely more challenging but I'm right at the last boss. Pretty sure I chose the hardest path and now must grind a bit or come up with better strategy.

@nightriff said:

It's good, and you don't need to have played any other games in the series to understand it, aside from a couple small references. It's definitely way shorter on the story than something like Persona, though.

Strange Journey is easy? What? That game only gets easier once you get Jihad, Big Bang, and Megidolaon at the very end of the game.