My TOP TIPS After 90 Hours in Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster (NO SPOILERS)
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- These are my top tips after playing over 90 hours and getting the True Demon Ending in Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster for the Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam!
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Hey all! Hope you found the video helpful! I will be releasing a video covering how to get all of Nocturne's 6 endings as well as a Daisoujou fusion guide in the same vein as my P5S fusion guides as well so be on the lookout!
Hope you also do a protagonist build as it is a very important aspect of the game
Your lvl 89 and you still using weak demons😒😒😒
And your MC all skill is weak at lvl 89
@@crispolodiaz6181 Those demons and MC skills you think are "weak" easily handled TDE on Hard. I must say though it's quite amusing you think demons such as Daisoujou or skills such as Focus, Freikugel, and Fog Breath are weak, lol.
One thing to note, status ailments make farming a lot easier. Especially paralysis, which allowed one of your demons free extortion of macca and items from the paralyzed demon. Some very rare items can be gained this way. For example: Chakra Pot that heals a lot of MP; Stat Incense which permanently increases a stat and full heal whomever you used it on, etc.
I'm playing this game since it's PS2 release and never knew that
How does that work?
@@Antasma1 You just put ailment skills on your demon and pass the turn until that demon can use whatever skill it needs to then just pass the turn back to Demi-fiend or use a demon with extort and stuffs to get money from your immobile enemy. This is pretty accessible with Daisoujou since he is in a lot of party compositions and can maintain his own MP.
Don't ever slouch on having demons with riberoma and estimates skill as makes grinding not nearly as bad when up encounter rate or drop it down at will. Estoma good exploring dungeons and kalpas when don't wanna get in heavy fights and riberoma allows you to grind and make $ and lvls faster and pick the place where wish to do so. Top picks are kabuchiko prison and north of save in asakusa to left after north. And last tip got is be ready for trumpeter that fiend is no joke and if aren't pretty high lvl will getslaughtered by instakill and usually targets my main not other demons in party...
I played this game way back in the PS2 era. Here's one tip. Anti-death is not the same as Null-death. You'll find that out real quick when you fight Beelzebub.
The "anti" skills are actually "resist"
Man this is one of my favorite games of all time! In Europe it was called Lucifer's Call.
Yep, I had a copy here in France
Thats actually a dope name
Same! Got it from a grocerystore for like 10£. Got wrecked after the first boss. Almost turned in to the local GameStop. Didnt, best choice I've ever done 😁
@@Robin-N for myself I remember back then it was at a micromania (it's like gamestop)
My grandmother used to buy my older brother and myself a game for each, and my brother told me to get this one because Dante was on the picture
I was like.. maybe 9 back then, and I have to be honest, I've made my way in the Ginza underpass and the game kinda scared me, it took me like 2 years to really play it
Well best decision ever, I'm now 22 and it's one of my favorite game ever
@@shend2992 Thats awesome! Now that you mention it! One if the reasons I got it was because DmC was also on sale at the same store. But my dad thought the game looked to dark and SMT was more animé 😂
Currently on 20 hours, turned the Demi-Fiend into a physical powerhouse. In the start of the game, listen to the demons that give you advice on the game, especially pixie and the mop creature in the 2nd floor hallway.
if you have your strength over 25 or so you can get a secret magatama, not gonna spoil it tho.
@@PebblepantsTV *24
It gets better when you give your main the attack all skill.
@@ezg8448 the Heat Wave, right? I'm currently running Demifiend STR build rn and trying to diversify my team. So any advice is helpful
@@frds_skce - i'm refering to the attack all skill which you get mid-game from a certain magatama.
Just speaking from personal experience, but I would recommend giving the Demi-Fiend at least one magic attack even if you're aiming for a physical build. The reason is that enemies that null physical become much more common after the Girimekhala boss fight, and you don't get access to Freikugel until level 80, so it's good to have something to deal with those threats in the meantime. I'd recommend Tornado for the early game due to its high damage for an early-game Magatama, and Magma Axis for the late-middle game since it uses HP like a physical skill and has ridiculous base power.
Ah yes, the notorius boss fight at the start of the game
Hey, if that petra didn't killed you, you lie
@@Yxazel Feral claw too op, no cap.
Even with full prep, that boss handed me my ass 5 times on normal.....
@@RedDrake110 I beat it my first attempt on hard (first).
Just went through a tedious (hard in a bad way) p3 fes hard mode run, I know how frustrating it is to buff yourself, use mind charge or power charge and then miss.
When I saw missing an attack on nocturne makes you lose two actions and then reading “speed maximized”
It was enough for me to understand that was the time to use the few dekaja stones and also to spam Sukukaja immediately.
A few things to add, Buying the magatama Hifumi makes 'that certain boss' easier. The Pisaca is 30k Macca on hard mode and everything in Junk shops are 3x more expensive too. Traps and poison floors are 3x more damaging. Ambush rates are higher and escaping battles is impossible without Trafuri. I really wouldn't recommend playing Hard on your first playthrough. It's very grindy because of the lesser xp gain and can feel extremely frustrating but if you enjoy a challenge, I don't think you'll be disappointed by the difficulty of this game.
Hifumi magatama and having someone that drains or nulls force makes it a walk in the park
Hifumi also can give Demifiend the spell Tornado as early as level 17. Tornado is a bit expensive at 25 MP, but it deals damage equal to the -dyne spells, at a point just before you start seeing the single-target mid-level offense spells.
It does a lot of damage early even if you don't invest in Magic.
Hard Mode is such a douche bag in this game. I loved it. Played my first time through on it.
Is this the only things that change in Hard mode?
It’s completely fine to me to select the highest difficulty level to have my attacks do less damage and receiving more from enemies as well as having them more strategically prepared.
It’s another thing completely playing Persona 4 golden on very hard where nothing changes from hard except you get a small fraction of money and exp you would normally get.
That’s just annoying to me (maybe not for everyone). I can accept and even like to have restrictions and easy strategy banned like escaping from battle and don’t restart the battle when I die because that’s make the game challenging.
To me farming more (especially in a game with random ambush and regular enemies with dragon eye) is just tedious and I’m not a masochist trying to punish myself or anything.
My top tips: fog breath.
Just fog breath.
i’ve only been playing the game for about 7 hours so far but i’m a jrpg veteran. the jrpg veteran habit of talking to EVERY npc is almost necessary in this game as a newcomer (like me). SMT is a tough game but the advice the npcs give is life saving. TALK TO EVERY DEMON YOU CAN
Great vid. I played this back in the day on PS2, but never finished it. Going to pick up my pre order as soon as the store opens.
I’m interested in seeing videos about distinct Demi Fiend builds! Thanks again for your Yakuza 7 series-it’s the first game I played for 100 hours+.
Spoilers: phys is the best by a long shot, not that magic is unviable, though.
As someone kinda new to game and on final dungeon here's a big tip. Look up the upcoming boss and see what you NEED. You may lack something important like media or dekunka for boss fight. It may very well take you hours to get or grind. Knowing in advance could save you hours of frustration.
cant wait for the daisoujou build guide!
same here
Daisoujou carried me every cycle
@@mzrexp5489 daisoujou is best boi
Another tip I would suggest when running low on MP is to use Life Drain from Incubus.This move is especially helpful in boss or enemy fights too if your demon is running low on MP in the fight. Either from casting a lot of buffs/debuffs or just using a lot of magical attacks. It's also just another factor as to why Daisoujou is OP since he has Meditation which a stronger version of Life Drain.
Great video!
Totally agree with you on Agility. On Hard if you don't max it as much as you can you will absolutely get Back Attacked and die before your first turn every 5th battle.
This video was EXTREMELY helpful for me, thank you!!
I remember playing this back on the ps2, without guides, is a hard game so I gotta appreciate that today there's tips and guides.
I had to to hours of research just to find the assets necessary to build the appropriate teams, can't imagine having to do that shit blind.
.......They had guides back then.
@@caprice28 I should have specified, I had no guides and very limited Internet at the time
@@caprice28 Internet wasn’t common place for every household back then, it was seen as a luxury, rather than a necessity.
@@RagnarokMic
I've never seen anyone mention it, so it's likely not common knowledge, but there was a strategy guide
That was a really good video with some good info! An additional note for those playing the Maniax version: hold on to the Pixie you first meet at the very beginning. Later in the game if they have stayed with you the entire time become one of the best demons in the entire game!
The Pixie you get can be obtained on any western version of the game; it's only the Japanese versions where there was a non-maniax release.
The main reason to keep that Pixie is to making opening the doors in the labyrinth easier; since by that time in the game, it's stats and kit aren't actually all that great.
The Pixie can be fused or evolved (but NOT be SACRIFICIED!). Just keep her "offsprings" until the end, you still can get that super pixie.
Great tips, thanks so much.
Get "ENDURE" or whatever that skill was called that saves the main character from death once per battle.
This will saves you TONS of grief, especially if you are going for the true demon ending.
The skill comes early and is worth keeping PERMANENTLY.
Where the heck can you get it? I’m fighting the riders and I never even see that god send once.
Never, I take nothing but focus, stat buffs, lifesteal and punches to live forever in a punch off with Lucifer, because leaving the game on auto for 20 min and coming back to a punch off is so satisfying.
Great video. Thanks for the tips! I love SMT but find it quite challenging and after a long day, just want to feel like a boss, so I tend to play on the easier modes, but merciful is so ridiculously easy that it's kind of killing the fun.
It makes grinding pointless. I turned it on for ten minutes and was like...NOPE!
@@rvfiasco I found SMT: DJ (which is the first example I was thinking of) to be terrible for grinding. (Same thing with Bravely Default II.) The enemies before a boss are just so weak that it is incredibly easy to take them out and you barely get any EXP for doing so.
I don't mind grinding IF it is productive and I am enjoying the process. In the two games I mentioned, grinding was just dumb. For example, I'll grind for hours in an Etrian Odyssey game because not only is there added incentive to grind (extra monster parts to sell for new weapons and armor), but you gain a reasonable amount of EXP.
For every game I finish, I probably buy five more, so if I spend days and days just grinding, it usually isn't rewarding and just keeps me from playing new games.
@@vorpal22 Yea, I can see why it's useful now to put in merciful mode to grind skills on demons to save time but I'll have to switch back to normal for the bosses because it's literally no challenge whatsoever. I accidentally forgot to switch back for one boss and smeared him way to easily.
@@rvfiasco Morax kept just slaughtering the hell out of me in Strange Journey so badly that I got frustrated and decided to say screw it and at least play him on easy. I literally own four copies of that game (two copies of the original for... reasons... and then the Japanese remaster, because even though I barely know any Japanese, it is beautiful, and the English remaster) and until I got the English remaster with easy mode, I just said NOPE and moved on.
Same with the Devil Survivor games... I loved them so much but at the end of the game, the difficulty goes from moderate to batshit insane. I really enjoyed those games but just watched the endings on TH-cam because I couldn't be bothered to try to win those last couple fights.
@@vorpal22 Why would you own four copies of the same game? Such a waste of money lmao
Game is very fun so far, I’m in the assembly of nihilo rn, as I haven’t had much time to play… But never played the game before and glad I checked it out.
Make your DemiFiend a physical build.
Put points in Strength, Vitality and Agility.
I screwed up by putting way more points in Strength. Am at the same place now. I'll probably grind for a bit and point my points back into Agility.
I would argue agility isn't the best stat but just more useful early game, not so much mid to late because it's mostly for accuracy and evasion and you get skills that can supplement that. I would go str/vit/agi in order of importance.
Agility is insane for action economy. every time an enemy misses they waste an entire action point for it. this can make the ai choke a round and not use their action surge which makes a huge tempo difference.
Can't wait to actually finish smt3 after I losing my save file but first gotta beat persona 1 and digital devil saga 1
Thanks to this video i finaly got out of the hospital, now i hope the outside will be more tame- *random encounter*
Just bought the remastered version for PS4, I'm excited to start again and this time finally beat it !!! A journey that started from PS2, will finally be embarked upon, this time, remastered, with DLC, [Screw Merciful sitting lol] in all its glory !!! Ahhh 33 year old me can't wait to finish what teenage me started lol, thanks for some of the tips here. You guys are great, nice to know this game is still very much relevant, P.S Dante in this game is total badass 👏 😎 👍
When I level up it says that magu...(bug the old lady & kid put in me) is stirring or w/e. If I click yes it fills up my hp. Is there any reason to click no to that when I level up?
Whenever you level your equipped magatama will do that. More often than not something beneficial will happen but you can hit with nasty status ailments, have your HP reduced, etc.
Beat this game not too long after it came out but I watched anyway. Aside dungeon navigation, the thing that frustrated me the most while playing is acquiring desired demons. It's complete rng which ones spawn and if they'll join you and even if you just buy them from the compendium, macca may as well be a limited resource with how little battles actually produce
Good tips don't spend $ unless megatama or an item really need,grind lot so go back to tough area,watch fusion skills too cuz can back out and re roll, those spheres forget name can tell you if your unit will evolve those handy an ND just kicks have demons that can increase encounter rate or drop it depending on grind or exploration.
So if I want to make a magic build how viable would that be?
I know there is many different endings and i planned to do my first playthrough blind and get the ending it gives me, and then play it again (maybe on hard) and get the true ending or whatever, but will i miss like a dungeon or something if i don't go for a specific ending? And is it too late to try to get a specific ending? (I fought Thor not too long ago)
Oh nevermind you already did an ending guide lol
Since you said you work on translating games, I have a question. Have you ever tried translating persona 2 ep for psp?
Are you gonna do Demon builds for this game
am going for magic build, what you recommend me?
For manual skill inheritance, are you able to overwrite a demon’s innate skills or are you just left to fill in empty slots?
Only the empty slots unlike SMTIV and Apocalypse
Empty slots only just like in the Persona series.
Is it a mistake to start with agility stat?
One tip I can tell you is keep Pixie after that early part basically after reaching Yoagi Park when she asks to leave tell her no and when she asks why tell her you still need her help and she'll remain with your party, and this is good for two reasons one you still need a healer in the party, and two "Spoiler Alert" if you reach a certain part of the game you get the chance to turn her into a more powerful state/form known as Super Pixie.
Its supposed to work even if Pixie evolves or is fused into a different demon you still get super Pixie.
*High Pixie
she gave me a Ruby when she leveled up! best wife ever.
@@jaketheberge1970 did you ever figure this out? my pixie just evolved into a high pixie before I got the chance to stop it
@@loqi453 Yeah. My Pixie had become Mother Harlot after many fusions and I got Super Pixie.
What's a resource you can use to know what Early Mid and End game demons and comps look like? Or does the game give you that information and it's easy to see what a strong demon is compared others?
The games do a decent job at progressing that naturally. You should be letting go of demons and fusion them like crazy! Because the longer you level up a demon the more exp they are going to need to level up compared to a new demon around the same level! And usually they’ll have much stronger moves. if you’re in mid and end game the demonsmoves usually say they have medium or strong attacks
@@PeskyFiend Ah cool, thanks for the info!
I did just strength no other stat at least until I get it to level 30. I want him to be a physical damage glass canon
what i hae is how long it takes for enemies to appear
You say a certain boss fight (I assume you mean the uh, one in the sewers...(hope I didn’t give away too much)) is nearly impossible without sukukaja? I found a work around for his A.I. that forces him to waste one of his two turns nearly 100% of the time (this was my own experience with VERY limited testing so I may have just gotten lucky). If you give him any debuff at all, he will almost always waste a turn getting rid of it. This gives you ample leeway to pound on him hard with his A.I. forcing him to choose between damage or buffs on that turn every turn.
TLDR: you can cheese the boss with debuffs.
that is definitely a luck based thing, you very likely wont have enough mp to survive that especially if he uses his multi hit or force skills a lot. Sukukaja works a lot better, which you can get incredibly early on being the first buff skill i obtained, in the Shinjuku medical center.
as for what i got it on? i waited until a full moon with riberama (from a will o wisp) and recruited a preta.
In the early game, this is my go to when it comes to bosses but midgame and later bosses usually just spams beast eye and dragon eye so I would really suggest just investing in buffs more.
Though debilitate with warcry is a very good debuff though lol. Late game bosses only hit me with less than 50 damage even with their strongest attacks. Just don't over do it. In my experience, two debilitate and one warcry is usually enough to debuff the enemy without them using dekunda. Anymore than that is a guaranteed beast eye/dragon eye followed by a slew of buffs for themselves.
Also, if you come across a skill called PIERCE, please do NOT pass up on it!
Main and Raidou both having Pierce really helped me on the Lucifer fight.
Thank you
Can you explain why Agility should be given the most priority? I usually hit enemies with my base Agility and moving before my demons hasn't given me much tactical advantage (due to some Magatamas giving Agility boosts). I never gave it the priority of Luck, but I never heard it was the most useful. I treat Str as top priority, followed by Vit.
AGI governs turn order, lowers chance of being ambushed, increases critical chance, and increases accuracy and evasion. VIT is really only a priority if you are specifically doing a Deathbound build as that ability's damage scales off of VIT; otherwise, it falls behind AGI and STR for a physical character.
@@RozalinGaming Huh, I never knew it affected ambush rates and critical chance. Would you still give the same stat priority for Hard Mode without NG+? Would you happen to know the rate changes for ambushes and critical chance?
@@MegamiShin I would say AGI is even more important for hard mode since you are much more likely to be ambushed and can't run unless you use Traferi on hard mode.
What happens if u equipt a magatama that has a skill learned at a lower level? Random example would be you're level 10 and u equipped one that has Dia at 7. Do u learn that skill on the next level up?
Yes, exactly
You would learn the first skill on that magatama that you can learn. So in your example, you would learn Dia first.
You learn anything that's at or below the necessary level, don't have to be exactly on the level that first unlocks it.
hi how did you learn japanese? did you attend online class?
te escribo en español porque me da pereza traducir hahaha, pero el hecho de que ya tengas más de noventa horas en SMT: nocturne es para mí, más relevante que hayas jugado las noventa horas a que entiendas japonés hajajahaha. daisojou es una de las opciones que, aún cuando lo jugué en ps2, disco pirata también lo tenía pero ni me dí cuenta de cuantas horas llevaba jugadas. sólo sé decirte: thanks for the biggest guidelines for the one whose those knows japanese or english rather the case hahaha.
Waiting for Daisoujou build 😌
I never finished this on the PS2 but I was gunning for all the Void Elements skills because I love turn disruption. Is that actually viable to the end?
Not necessary if you plan on getting all magatama since the final magatama nullifies all elements.
@@RozalinGaming eee! Huzzah! :D
Definitely focus on combat skill for your main, while yeah, you don't get it until the very end, there's a magatama that voids all. And really, most dungeons seem to have mostly one specific type of energy to null, so you could switch accordingly.
@@RagnarokMic Thank you for the advice!
I've never played the original so should I buy this remastered version or just get the ps2 version. All I'm hearing are bad reviews for the remaster but from what I know its just because it's a lazy rerelease. But if that's the case for a completely new player there shouldn't be a problem right?
The HD remaster is a strict upgrade over the original. From what I've gathered, most negative reviews are from those who wanted (or expected) something closer to a remake and not a remaster.
@@RozalinGaming thank you for the information.
@@RozalinGaming thx for this too, i never played the original and I was wondering if I should get this
To me, the remaster itself is meh, but the game itself is, imo, JRPG perfection. Basically, if you never played the original, the remaster is great, but for returning fans, they've basically been playing Nocturne HD via modded emulation for years.
@@chloemarlowe3817 Well, that's true, in my case I never had the chance to play Maniax (AKA: the 2nd release of the game that actually came to the USA) during it's Ps2 days and I remember when last year this was anounced in a Mini Nintendo Direct, I got sold by that and yesterday got the game and I'm enjoying it so far.
I maxed out all my magatama and kept all of the null and drain skills so I was almost invincible lmao
What happens if you don’t let marogareh build up ?
The final skill on marogareh, though you have to complete the Labyrinth of Amala (so a late game unlock), is "Pierce," which bypasses all physical resistance except for repel, so other than those creatures that reflect physical damage, your character will do full physical damage to all other enemies. Which is really helpful, as many of the bosses have Physical resistance.
Play raising only magic and not force is limiting to complete the game 100%? I'm sorry, I do not speak english
Whats with the massive focus on Agility? As it stands the way Agility works makes it so that its only really worth putting a point into every 5 or so levels. All those points should be going towards other stats, especially Vitality early on in Hard mode, and magic to gain more mp to capitalise on skills such as War cry, Fog breath and Tornado.
I disagree. Having done multiple playthroughs on hard mode while focusing on different stats, I have had by far the easiest time when prioritizing agility. I also don't think it's necessary to put many points into MP unless you are specifically doing a magic build; the amount you gain from levels + a few here and there is more than sufficient.
@@RozalinGaming Except all those points into Agility especially later on become a massive waste of points due to how Agility works. Since MC death = Game over Working on Vitality early is the far better way of handling MC early on. I also don't think its super necessary to pump a ton of points into magic (For example the speedrun of Hard TDE only goes up to 7 magic).
@@aly3392 I did not find focusing on agility to be a waste at all; in fact, in all of the times I've tried focusing on other stats I've always found myself wanting more agility. I found this to be especially true in the early game.
Dude, the more you focus on agility. The more likely the MC will get his turn quicker and have an easier time avoiding attacks. I don't see why you think it's a waste lol
@@GilgaMax305 There is a a point where the amount of agility you have doesn't actually matter due to how Agility works in this game. Also MC going first is not actually a good thing. You would rather have a demon with prayer go first. You can always just pass to MC to have him attack if need be, and in random encounters your demons should be carrying all the coverage you need, the most Demi-Fiend should be carrying is Tornado.
I'm calling it a waste because it provides little benefit and actively gets worse as you level up. You could be putting your points into other stats, like your offensive stats, or on hard mode, into Vitality. MC dies = game over therefore giving Demi-Fiend as much hp as possible serves in making that not happen as much. This is much more beneficial than the little benefit of a slight increase to your dodge chance (If you really want to dodge just use Sukukaja and Fog breath).
Is there any reason to have Dante instead of Raidou?
Raidou and Dante are functionally identical so the only reason to choose Dante is because you want him cosmetically. Honestly, not worth the price, imo.
@@RozalinGaming I guess just for fanservice. I assumed that there would be different moves or stats if you get Dante since he costs the extra $10, but if it's just for cosmetics I'll rethink since Raidou seems cooler in my opinion
@@sonicrider321 Raidou and Dante have the exact same kit with the only difference being ability names and animations; and of course their dialogue in the game. Before this HD remaster, Raidou was actually a strict upgrade to Dante but they brought him in line by giving him Pierce.
@@RozalinGaming Raidou gets pierce?
@@mzrexp5489 Yes. And for the remaster they also gave Dante Pierce, otherwise Raidou would have been a strictly better demon; now they are identical.
nice
What’s the music I’m the background it’s so nice
I forget exactly which track it is but it is from the game.
@@RozalinGaming ah ok Ty brother
@@RozalinGaming I FOUND IT! While playing the game I ran into a pixie in the hospital, and the song played!
So I’m debating on whether or not I wanna get this. Is it worth $50?
Im on my first run of this game and seeing as it's really my 7th run through after I got all 6 endings on the 2003 release.... Yes, without a doubt yes
@@evilanimegenious oh cool! Thanks
@@grumpysleepingbag if you even remotely like the smt or persona gameplay loop (persona 1 and 2 anyways), youll love this
@@MakenaForest oh thanks! I’m currently playing the SMT mobile game and really like it.
@@grumpysleepingbag ooo i like that too
Can you do super robot war
I wanted to pick up this game since Im quite a persona series fan but man... This all seems so confusing and idk how and where even to begin with 💀is there some kinda... Video for complete n00b beginner about how all things work? XD
As a persona fan that just started playing this game (my first smt) it really isn’t that different. As long as you play on normal the game isn’t as difficult as people hype it up to be. The game explains everything as you go. Honestly the most different thing between this game and persona is the setting/atmosphere
@@Philipstar17 really? Great news lol, ty
Yeah if you can finish a persona game you’ll do ok in this. I’m a pretty casual gamer and I managed to finish it. Only difference is buffs and debuffs are much more important in this. Oh and keep your pixie from the start (you can still fuse it though).
Named your Demifiend "Masayoshi Shidou" I see lol
Yeah. We like to name characters either joke names or after bad guys for fun on the channel.
MC: Masayoshi Shido (Nickname: Shiitan)
Isamu: Niijima Makoto
Chiaki: Goro's Mom
Yuko: Nanako
I started with merciful difficulty, because i never actually played any jrpg games. But it was toooooooo easy, so I switched to normal.
Yeah, the Merciful difficulty is a bit too much; it really removes all challenge.
Which notorious boss are you talking about? I almost took my first game over fighting that green gas ball spirit thing that wanted to eat the Demi Fiend and his Magatama in the Amala Network, but that's the hardest thing I've run into so far.
Also I hope I'm not the only one trying to fill my party with only hot girl demons, gotta get that succubus harem 😎
Matador is notorious for being a wall for players. If you are someone that regularly uses buffs and debuffs it's an extremely simple fight though.
@@RozalinGaming oh shit glad I know. Just discovered the Manikin hideout so he's close.
I see smt nocturne I click like
You probaly think im lame for playing on merciful mode
I don't. I switched off and on myself. Usually put it on for a boss battle if i failed it at least once, because I can't be bothered.
im unsure about picking the game up at full price tbh
ill probably wait for a price drop
Do it. Trade a few games in, even. Allow the developer to see that their time being put into a game such as this is not wasted.
@@TJ20232 dont have any games i wanna give up tbh. and tbh, sinking 50/60 pounds into a game idek I'll like is not something i wanna do
@@helloitsme472 aye I get you pal, I always have a decent amount saved on my Game card so it's easier to fork out 15 quid instead of 60. I don't think it'll be full priced for what it's worth. I'm buying scarlet nexus which is a gamble, but that turns out shit and I'll have the amount ready for this 😂
@@helloitsme472 if you liked persona 5 but felt it was a bit easy and lacking in strategy, or the school sections were unnecessary, this is the game for you
It's 39.99 at Gamestop now. I just bought it two days ago brand new.
They really tried to make it as cheese free as possible
I heard Agility was the most useless stat and I'm confused now
it's not useless, but just more useful early game, not so much mid to late because it's mostly for accuracy and evasion and you get skills that can supplement that. I would go str/vit/agi in order of importance.
The volume of your channel, or the volume of your choice, is EXTREMELY LOW. I had to max my volume to hear anything. Just a little highlight here for future videos. lol
Others have mentioned this; however, I have listened to my own videos on multiple devices (other PCs, tablet, phone) to check and have not experienced any issues.
Wish we could get lucifer :(
What i did was to make main character immune to all status effects.He had Void Mind,Void Curse,Void Nerve,Void Expel and Void Death.And i also had him some elemental protecion with Void ice and drain fire.Everything in the game tries to one shot you with death spells or exploit your weakness.
This is an okay approach; however, if you decide to get all of the magatama it's quite wasteful since that magatama provides immunity to everything except almighty. Even before that though, if you simply invest in AGI then you will dodge almost everything; I can probably count the number of times a status ailment actually landed on my MC on one hand.
If your demi is packing 8 immunity passives he's basically worthless. Swap magatamas around for the necessary immunities required for whatever boss your going to deal with and give him some actual skills so he can be useful in a fight
thats a pretty awful build imo. sure youll survive almost everything, but almost everything will in turn survive you.
Magatama masakados: am I a joke to you?
I got sick of waiting for SMT5. I thought it was coming in October, watch trailer today and see late November so I said F it & got this.
I'm listening to this & reading comments but not looking at video just in case you show a boss or something
The "No Spoilers" tag in my title is there for a reason.
Just now getting the privilege to play this game. Now I need to play the series. Seriously, you have no idea. I was under the impression for years SMT was the darker, untranslated original games, and persona were the english remakes.
I lost out misunderstanding someone's explanation... but I'm making up for it now!
The SMT series does tend to have darker themes, but the main relationship between the SMT series and the Persona series is that, originally, Persona was a spinoff of the SMT franchise. In fact, the first 3 Persona titles (Persona 1, Persona 2 Innocent Sin, Persona 2 Eternal Punishment) were basically SMT titles with a heavier focus on story and nothing like modern day Persona games.
Glad you took the dive and are enjoying SMT as well!
And how's it going after 2 years? Already had the chance to play SMT 4 Apocalypse on th 3DS? It's one of the best entries in the series in my book.
On a scale of 1 to 10 how good is Loki?
Not sure, I didn't even fuse him.
I wish they did a full remake. I truly love this game.
I don't know if my run is just really unlucky or what, but I do have a tip about demons changing skills: If they have just learned Life (something) and you immediately get the prompt right after learning it that they are attempting to change a skill, it is ALWAYS that skill. I guess my demons just don't like HP buffs. And no, they don't ever change it into something useful either. It's always either a spell that heals a single status ailment, Hama, or Shibaboo. I've learned to just not let them do it anymore when they learn a Life skill.
How the hell do I save this game?
Do not get rid of the first pixie who joins you. Ever.
You can technically get rid of it in the sense that you can fuse it away so long as you keep whatever you fuse it into; though, the demon you get for keeping the Pixie, or it's offspring, isn't actually all that great tbh.
@@RozalinGaming True, good clarification. Yeah skill-wise it's not amazing, though I'd think you'd agree that it helps immensely for getting a certain ending.
@@josephretucci350 It can help with navigating the 5th Kalpa if you're going for 100% map completion, for sure.
@@RozalinGaming the offspring logic works... that pixie of mine was eventually fused into a rangda, who transformed into super pixie... fuse the pixie, but remembering what you fused it into is a pain.. I almost thought i don't have it with me no more..
And if you in doubt, the first top demon on your menu is always the oldest ( correct me if im wrong here, its either the first demon on the menu or the first demon that the door ask)
The "need" to grind without a viable place to do so (I'm at the Matador) is too goddamn annoying
A bit of grinding is kind of par for the course with old school JRPGs; however, speaking specifically about Matador, you shouldn't need to grind so long as you haven't been running from encounters up until that point and have been proactively recruiting new demons.
@@RozalinGaming with that the way you recruit his is a lot more awkward by comparison to Persona. I know of the skills to make it easier but those have failed me more times than they have succeeded. N I know there's a debuff to remove his evasion buff but I've yet to get the demon that has it thus forcing a need for an alternative strategy.
N you misunderstood me on the grinding part. There is a difference between the need and the accessibility of a grind. In many other rpgs or jrps there would be a spot you could grind if you choose right at each wall you would hit....that is non existent here
@@iamergoproxy3476 If you are comparing recruitment to that of P5 then of course it's different; a lot of iteration on that mechanic happened between the release of SMT3 and P5. For example, in SMT3, it's all random; the choices you make when trying to recruit a demon don't matter.
As for the skill you need, it's Sukukaja. Bicorn has it innately and that is a level 15 demon. Cast Sukukaja 4 times and you're good.
And I didn't misunderstand you, I simply pointed out that you are playing an old-school JRPG, where grinding was common and convenient places to grind were not. But again, the wall you have hit is not one to be solved by grinding, it's there to teach the player the importance of buffs, as a single buff makes the fight go from extremely difficult to extremely easy.
@@RozalinGaming i was able to beat em and I never had that buff, I just thought in reverse working with what I had. Since I couldn't buff my defense I lowered his atk/accuracy as well as his def/eva
@@iamergoproxy3476 Lowering his accuracy works as well. The only thing that makes that fight difficulty is the boss' insane evasion; hence why raising your own accuracy (or lowering his evasion) makes the boss beatable. Generally buffing yourself is preferred, especially early on, since many enemies will buff themselves but not remove your own. Matador is an example of this, and is also why Sukukaja is so potent.
They locked fusions behind the moon cycle 🙄
Yeah, some demons require you to be on a specific part of the moon cycle to fuse.
Wasn’t it like that since... forever?
@@AsteroSloth no lmao
@@PeskyFiend wrong there allways were even back then on PS2.
Spoilers down there:
All the fiends need Moon fusion and some special ones for example beelzebub needs lvl req. and special Monsters for fusion.
To add to your point about stats: there's no point having more than 30 in a given stat as the best magatama gives a +10 bonus to all stats except luck.
And on the note about chests, make sure to only open them during a full moon as you're garenteed to obtain the good item (otherwise you have a chance of obtaining a life stone instead)
Also correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the agility stat only determines turn order and not accuracy/evasion
AGI is turn order, chance to be ambushed, accuracy/evasion, and critical strike chance.
talk louder in your mic, I can bairly here you with my speakers turned up to the max.
This is an issue on your end. My audio is balanced to be audible at 20% when listening through speakers, headphones, phone speakers, and tablet speakers.
the game came out on may 25th
"my TOP TIPS AFTER **90 HOURS** IN SMT 3 NOCTURNE HD"
You didn't pay attention to the intro of this video, did you? The western release may have been May 25th but the game originally released on October 29th of last year, which is when I picked it up.
Oof