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Quick Look: Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

Jeff and Vinny embark on another SMT adventure, this time with HELMETS!

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Mar. 18 2010

Cast: Jeff, Vinny

Posted by: Drew

173 Comments

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Edited By nanikore

IT'S LIKE AN ENDURANCE RUN BUT NOT!

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Edited By gosukiller

WHERE BE CHIE AT?!

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Edited By CaptainObvious

Jeah. Lotsa Quick Looks this week. 
 
But say, where is my Deadly Premonition ER?

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Edited By Bouz

1:15 has subliminal messaging.

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Edited By blair

This is borderline nostalgia.

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Edited By Tirrandir

I'm very excited for this game.  Looks to be a very very solid entry into the SMT series.  Hopefully it'll do more for me than Devil Survivor did. 

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Edited By bakumatsu

Man..I can't keep up with so many quick looks..

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Edited By ZmillA

First!

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YAY  , another endurance run :D

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YES

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Edited By Bouz
@ZmillA said:
" First! "
You have been misinformed
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Awesome, some more Shin Megami Tensei

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Edited By Lambert

Only good thing that comes out of these crappy games is the endurance runs.

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@Tirrandir: 
I loved Devil Survivor so much I got every ending.
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.... 
 
Charles Fishman? 
 
my name is Charles Fisher. 
 
creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepy.

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i want ER :(

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Oh God awesome.
Edit: Charles Fishman. Oh lawdy lawd lol.

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Comes out three days after I leave for Japan, cause I'll be buying/playing it in Japanese, oh well, the SMT games are some of my favourite and well worth playing it in anything.

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FUCK
 
Now I have to buy a DS.

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I wish I could find somewhere to buy this in the uk :(

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@AaronAlmher said:
" YAY  , another endurance run :D "
Seriously? Where, where???
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Edited By Stryfeman

Charles Fishman? Oh how witty you are! Its just like Charlie Tuna!

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Edited By Addfwyn

That said, much as I love all the SMT games (and the ER) I don't think an ER would work well for a DS, the screens would get irritating.

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Edited By RipTheVeins

You guys explode!... games?

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Charles Fishman = Charlie Tunoku

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@Lambert said:
" Only good thing that comes out of these crappy games is the endurance runs. "

Some of the Shin Megai Tansai games are amazing. I'm not sure why you'd think they're shitty.
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Edited By dbz1995

Looks very much like SMT2, and that game was great.
 
 From what I know, Jack Frost has been in every Shin Megami Tensei game since II. He might even had been in the first.

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Schwarzwelt = Dark World.

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isnt this mass effect mobile

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Edited By warxsnake

Wing Commander Maniac reference @ work = laughing out loud

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Terry!

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Edited By august

I'm 13 minutes into this ql. One exciting cut scene, whose drama is immediately destroyed by interminable inane dialogue. 
 
How long before this turns into a game?

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an inconviant @Addfwyn said:

" That said, much as I love all the SMT games (and the ER) I don't think an ER would work well for a DS, the screens would get irritating. "
they are playing it on the TV, I believe
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@Laketown: Yeah they are, but I don't think it makes for as good a viewing experience for the community.  Or maybe I just prefer one big picture, and it could just be me. 
 
@august: Did you see Persona 4/the endurance run?  It's like 3 hours before you can actually do anything.
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just got hit with a nostalgia bomb

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Dammit Giantbomb!
You have the uncanny ability to convince me to buy yet more games!
I assume no more info on a Europe release?
Guess I'm gonna have to import me a copy of this badboy.

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Oh man, I want to play this game so frigging much.

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So, is Funky Student in the Schwarzwelt somewhere?

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Oh man, been waiting to see this. 

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Edited By s-a-n-JR

Actually, this has convinced me to buy Devil Survivor for some reason :/
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This. 
 
Is an epic game.
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@Lambert said:
"Only good thing that comes out of these crappy games is the endurance runs. "

Oh, and you need to take a lesson in stfu
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@Shinri: 
Just ignore Lambert, I think he feels it necessary to post in every thread about any JRPG ever.  He's posted in like every FFXIII thread on the site I think, about how awful the game is and how much he is still playing it :P
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what a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng strange...........journey....?  it's been.

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Ah, I was hoping to get a glimpse of this one.

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I was actually kind of interested in the SMT games after watching the ER, but every time they do a quicklook of the rest of these games they all look so bad.

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Hardy!? Do they mean "hearty"?

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Edited By mrsmiley

oh man "Inconvenient Journey". lol 
 
This is just a tease for the next endurance run... I WANT! :D
 
(but I don't want it for this game. lame 2D "animations" are kinda garbage. we need another 3D rpg like persona.)

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Edited By Kaineda77

Yo, the description is wrong, it should be
"It centers around the exploration of a demonic dimension known as the SchwarzWALD." 

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@sixghost said:

" I was actually kind of interested in the SMT games after watching the ER, but every time they do a quicklook of the rest of these games they all look so bad. "

The rest of the series is very niche, to be honest.  The Persona series nowadays is tailored for mass appeale, as evident by their younger cast, high school setting, anime art style, and easier difficulty. Doesn't make them bad, just different.  The main SMT line of games, like Nocturne, Strange Journey, etc, are very different and kind of cater to a specific crowd.  The kind that likes their dungeon crawling.  But this crowd is bigger than you'd expect, considering the large success of the series.
 
I honestly can't really see Jeff getting too into this, maybe Vinny could. Strange Journey will be 95% dungeon crawling and combat, and at a fairly slow pace. Considering how much Jeff has recently talked about his dislike for the deliberate pacing of Japanese games, I can't imagine any glowing comments about SMT:SJ coming from him once he gets into it.