Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Has Been Overclocked For 3DS

Just picked this one up, against half the people on this forum that say it sucks, and I am loving it.

...Fuck it, I'll buy this again. If I ever get a 3DS.

Well, Amane's voice sounded pretty good to me anyway. That'll be a boon for the 8th day, but she's kind of a side character days 1-7.
 

If anything the biggest problem with the VA is that Yuzu should sound MORE annoying.

Man, you gotta watch out for the dirty bitches or you might contract rangda.

I totally agree about the voice acting being more than kind of silly sounding, but so was a lot of the dialogue. Devil Survivor was sort of endearingly ridiculous.

Yeaaaahhhh, not reading the other comments for fear of spoilers.

Super excited about this release -- I missed the original DS version and am happy that there's voice acting (even if it does sound a little hammy). I don't think I'll be getting a 3DS until xmas, though, so I won't be playing it this year, unfortunately :/

Some of that voice acting needs some overclocking but not a huge deal.

Nice... so I get the same (good) game with very minimal changes and get AWFUL voice acting as a bonus?
 
Sign me in...?

Devil Survivor was a great game. Rarely has a tactics game challenged me as much as this game did. All these fairies complaining about the difficulty probably shouldn't be anywhere near the SMT series.

Theres apparently a extra day in this version, and I dont remember it being VO'ed in the DS version. Hopefully they also fixed the part where its piss hard

and I'm with the people that say the VA sounds kinda hammy thus far.

and I'm with the people that say the VA sounds kinda hammy thus far.

 *sees the words "devil survivor"*
 
*sees 70+ comments*
 
oh hi videogameking

LOL. The voice acting sounds hammy. I don't think it's completely horrible, I just wish it wasn't so goofy.

The voice acting is kind of a turnoff.

@Catolf said:

@Video_Game_King: @OriginalGman: Also, to both of you.. come on, spoiler alert much? not everyone has played this game ugh -_-

I think I tagged everything that needed it. Plus, the statute of limitations on spoilers is about a year, in my book. If I found a spoiler for Nocturne here, even though I intend to play it, I wouldn't really care, nor would I have any context for it.

@Catolf:   But you haven't exactly proven that it happened in this specific instance, so it's still possible to lose by winning. .......Should we move onto another point, or just stop right here?

I loved playing it and I'll probably buy it again, but hearing the voice acting in a trailer...ugh.

@Catolf said:

@Video_Game_King: @OriginalGman: Also, to both of you.. come on, spoiler alert much? not everyone has played this game ugh -_-

I think I tagged everything that needed it. Plus, the statute of limitations on spoilers is about a year, in my book. If I found a spoiler for Nocturne here, even though I intend to play it, I wouldn't really care, nor would I have any context for it.

@Catolf:   What do you mean by "rule changes?" I remember certain instances of it, like when it changes from "try to beat this guy" to "oh shit, retreat", but I don't remember it applying to this specific situation.  In this specific instance. Since it results in an automatic game over, I doubt that a Let's Play would cover it, and since the only video I could find edited out the actual battle (meaning that I can't see rule changes of any kind in the video)...

This thread went from standard to flipping awesome. Great work, guys!

I like the game, but that was a shitty trailer.

@Catolf: 
 
I wish I could tell you if what you're saying is true, but since the video cuts away to the end of the battle (and I doubt there are other videos of it), there's no way to tell. Shit. I destroyed the argument, but not in a good way, or even a bad way.
 
A.) I have good reasons. I've listed them off.
B.) I have other reasons for trashing the game; the hateful difficulty is just one of the biggest reasons.
C.) I haven't played Nocturne, so the point's kinda moot.
D.) How did the rules change? The game gave me a choice to destroy all the enemies; I did so, and it told me that I wasn't supposed to do that. How am I supposed to adapt to rules when they're changed after the fact? I don't exactly have a time machine. 

Atsuro's voice SUCKS!
Also Rise is VA'ing the girl >_>

@Video_Game_King said:

@OriginalGman: I haven't played Persona 4, nor have I watched the Endurance Run (specifically because I haven't played Persona 4), so I can't respond to that point. However, if I remember correctly, there is an ending where you can escape the lockdown. Besides, how the hell am I supposed to know that beating both the devils and the angels is a no-no? The game also makes a big deal of the demons being assholes, but it's perfectly fine to choose the demon side and get an ending with Naoya or whoever else sided with them (what's the name of the nerdy kid who ends up leaving?). You're probably the biggest masochist in the world. There's unforgiving, and then there's going out of your way to make sure the player fails. Again, how is this any different from I Wanna Be the Guy crashing a moon down on you out of absolutely nowhere? Besides, I hate Devil Survivor for more than the blistering difficulty, even if it's a large part of why I hate it.

I actually think not taking sides is the way to go, but this game is supposed to be about your choices. You chose to fight everyone, and then chose to run away. And running away meant not playing the game anymore. Getting the best, most satisfying endings in these games isn't supposed to be easy, nor obvious. Siding with the demons or angels isn't right or wrong, it's supposed to be which philosophy you agree with more. Your philosophy was obviously that this shit was getting way too real, and to get the fuck out of Dodge. They had an ending for that, and it sucked. Seems like a pretty good game to me.

I played a little bit of I Wanna Be The Guy, and can only say that I had much less trouble with Devil Survivor. Meaning that while this game is somewhat hard, I didn't die every 5 seconds and was able to overcome any time I did die with strategy, and not with grinding.

@Catolf:   Really? The game's telling me that it's changing the rules there? It only asks you if you're sure in that clip; it never says "this is an easy way to lose the game" or anything like that. It's very easy to see that as a regular "are you sure" message, so there's no way to know that you're doing something wrong. Again, you can lose by winning.

@beer

I love me some Devil Survivor, but those voiceovers are just pure shit. Does anyone actually enjoy hearing Spike Spencer's voice!?

Also I have to agree with Catolf. This game never felt too difficult or unfair and I don't know why people are boohooing about it.

I put a few hours into my DS copy before my Persona 4 induced good faith in Atlus was consumed and I started missing my $40.

I love me some Devil Survivor, but those voiceovers are just pure shit. Does anyone actually enjoy hearing Spike Spencer's voice!?

Also I have to agree with Catolf. This game never felt too difficult or unfair and I don't know why people are boohooing about it.

@Catolf: 
 
I believe I addressed that in the chunk of text. You can't prioritize in this game, because it will always find a way to destroy those priorities. For example, you can lose the game by winning. I am not kidding or exaggerating in any way; the game will literally tell you that you've failed by following its instructions. How can I plan for such an event? How could I possibly foresee that doing what the game wanted is exactly what I wasn't supposed to do.

@Catolf: 
 
I see that my arguing with you will accomplish little, so I'll let myself do the talking. Wait...I mean "I'll quote myself from when I originally played the game":
 

"No matter what you do, the game is always one step ahead, ready to force you into an unskippable game over screen. If you prioritize your abilities and skill cracks to the best of your abilities, enemies will start configuring themselves in the exact manner that destroys your carefully laid-out stratagem; if you decide to split up your forces to eliminate the demons more efficiently, they'll just gang up on your tiny little teams and absolutely massacre them; if the line between victory and defeat is the death of one enemy, the random number generator will randomly generate a game over screen; and if you're somehow skilled enough to achieve your goals with little damage (or if you break down and buy a Game Shark*), the game will suddenly lock up on you."

Me, from when I originally blogged about it.  *Joke. See? No matter what I tried, or how much I tried grinding, or what walkthrough I found, or how I arranged my forces, the game still found a way to spit in my face and laugh at me.

@Catolf: 
 
It wasn't too hard for me; it was straight up hateful. That game does not want the player to succeed under any condition, and will do anything to prevent the player from winning. Please refer to Response 2 for more.

It is my duty as a rational human being to tell you that the game was not too much for me. It was just my cup of tea. I hate tea.

Atlus, the only publisher I'm willing to spending money on without question.

@Catolf said:

@Video_Game_King said:

@Brendan said:

@RE_Player92 said:

This is the only game that has made me want a 3DS but I'm going to resist because later in the year I'm getting a Vita and will download Persona 2: Innocent Sin.

It is my duty as a fellow consumer to tell you that I played this game for the DS and that I thought it was terrible.

I warned you :P.

Look, we get you hated the Game Video_Game_King and apparently this brendan person, but I didn't have ANY issues with this game and I've just arrived at the ending.. So I'm sorry the game was too much for you, here is a cookie.

It is my duty as a rational human being to tell you that the game was not too much for me. It was just my cup of tea. I hate tea.

@Video_Game_King said:

@Catolf: Have you played Final Fantasy Tactics and Bahamut Lagoon? Because those games are far better than Devil Survivor, and they're the games that Devil Survivor ripped off.

Sorry man, it's called a genre. I love FFT as much as the next game, but if you want to argue this, you're also going to have to argue FFT being a rip-off of Tactics Ogre, of that being a rip-off of Fire Emblem, of Fire Emblem being a rip-off of flippin' chess. Sorry you didn't like Devil Survivor, but this is asinine logic.

This game was fantastic on the DS. I'm still on the fence about picking up the re-release, but those added voice overs sure are tempting...

In general, I like Atlus's dub jobs, but this sounds lacking. Even Laura Baily sounds like she's phoning it in. I think I'll stick with the silent DS version.

Nintendogs was a port, Ocarina of Time was a port, Resident Evil was a port...I...wha? 

@Catolf:   Have you played Final Fantasy Tactics and Bahamut Lagoon? Because those games are far better than Devil Survivor, and they're the games that Devil Survivor ripped off.

This game was fantastic on the DS. I'm still on the fence about picking up the re-release, but those added voice overs sure are tempting...

@Brendan said:

@RE_Player92 said:

This is the only game that has made me want a 3DS but I'm going to resist because later in the year I'm getting a Vita and will download Persona 2: Innocent Sin.

It is my duty as a fellow consumer to tell you that I played this game for the DS and that I thought it was terrible.

I warned you :P.