wich demon wud u fuq?

[Mr Momentum & the Sidesteppers]

O
MY
FUCKING GOD





My fucking god. This is why I tell people Shin Megami Tensei games on hard are more challenging and relentless than any From Soft game. This shit stays with you forever. The game told me Godhood awaits. Gotta admit I'm starting to feel like a God. Sandalphon, Cleopatra, Mephisto and Tao all went down like Kobe, but somehow I managed to get that last 3 pointer in right before the buzzer went off. God fucking damn that felt amazing. I have never felt like I seized victory from the absolute jaws of defeat quite like that before. I almost shit myself when that final Murakumo hit.

















Well, so far I've put down 45.5 hours according to the Switch save file. All in all I'm glad I chose not to just emulate this in yuzu at buttery smooth 144fps in 4k, despite how easily I could have. Pretty sure all those times I died to Shiva counted for at least 6 hours, so I'd say I've put in closer to 52 hours in SMTV. I'm glad I spent all this time mining bitcoin with Kinoberus instead of running SMTV. Also playing the game in bed has been comfy too. What a goddamn ride. After how fucking sore Shiva left my ass, I can only imagine Demifiend will be the ultimate test of mastery of MegaTen games. Man am I pumped. Shiva is a trippy ass character in this game too. True Ending here I come... but not before I see if I can take down the Demifiend. Damn, this ride is really coming to an end in the next little while isn't it? ATLUS getting me all sentimental again.





Also my Nahobino build for this has been absolutely absurd so far. Love the versatility this game gave me.



I still can't fucking believe I did it.

[Mr Momentum & the Sidesteppers]

MEGATEN BROS

STAND THE FUCK UP

STAND THE FUCK UP

STAND THE FUCK UP

OUR TIME IS NOW



HOLY FUCK THAT KINO ASS BASS LINE AT THE END

ACTUALLY GOING FOR WALKS WITH ALICE

MASTEMA IS BACK

LOOK AT THIS FUCKING KINONESS

HOLY FUCK BROS WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING GOTY

I don't regret playing SMTV on launch, one of the best JRPGs I ever played plus I literally shed tears after beating Shiva on Hard. But my fucking God... this game looks GOATed as all fuck.

[Mr Momentum & the Sidesteppers]

SMT5:V is now the 250th game I own on Steam.

[Mr Momentum & the Sidesteppers]

hooooooly FUCKing shit Vengeance rules.

8.5 hours deeps into the game, this is how my party is looking. I've been comfy as fuck grinding mitamas with mouse and keyboard in 4K 144fps. Around 10 levels an hour.



The PC version of this game just fucking wipes the floor with the Switch version. Game runs fluid as fuck on desktop in 4K and runs at least 2.5x the framerate it did on Switch with proper draw distance.



This is by far the comfiest JRPG ever fucking made, jesus christ. Fatlus truly outdid themselves.





I actually managed to transfer a completed save that had True Neutral ending cleared on the Switch in Vanilla SMTV. Apparently you can only fight Satan in Canon of Vengeance if you have completed True Neutral ending of Canon of Creation, or transfer a True Neutral ending save file. Pretty lame of ATLUS to make PC players who bought SMTV Vengeance just for the Vengeance storyline have to redo the original story (which they can't transfer through Steam) in order to fight the endgame superbosses. Had to load up the True Neutral Vanilla SMTV save file in Yuzu for SMTV, then load up Vengeance in the emulator to create a save transfer bonus in Vengeance. Then take the emulator Vengeance save file and transfer it to the Steam save, just had to add .sav extension. Actually works and lets you have level 99 demons in your compendium plus a bunch of bonuses for completing True Neutral in Vanilla SMTV. It makes no sense that it should work given that Vanilla SMTV was never released on Steam, but somehow it does work. Really makes you think how easy it would actually be to exchange save files through platforms but these gaming corporations just don't want to empower the consumer. Thank god for mods and emulation, so that I could transfer a save file from the Switch version and save myself 80 hours of time.

Well, in the end it was worth it because I've been fucking annihilating these mitamas and won't have to redo Canon of Creation. God this shit is comfy.

[Mr Momentum & the Sidesteppers]

This is the strongest fucking SMT character I have ever made. Literally just Critical Aura and Murakumo your way to a championship. I feel just like Giannis running and dunking his way to the Larry O'Brien Trophy.



Also this has been my Steam cover for the game since release date.

[Mr Momentum & the Sidesteppers]

Damn, I did it again. Man I'm good.





You gotta love how much more characterization the demons have been given in this game compared to the first. The Demon Hangout is pretty cool, gives you a lot of chances to talk to the demons and make them overpowered.





Well, it's been a fun second trip around this game, now in 144fps in 4K. But I think I'm ready to finish the game off and get ready for Wukong to come out.