The structure of this game is still largely unknown to us, but this is likely not going to be a game where you spend a lot of time interacting with human NPCs. It will likely be pushing forward to the next objective, building your demon party along the way. There is a supporting cast, but we don't know how involved they are or how often you'll see them.
It could have some Devil Summoner style Normal World interactions.
Yeah, I get the feeling this one will have you going back to the regular dimension.
yeah I'm curious to how going back and forth between worlds will be, but with the demons attacking the school seemingly pretty early I'm not sure how "normal" the normal world will be either.
The have images with characters speech bubbles in the school and in the demon world as well
I wouldnt let that stop you for trying something new and maybe find a different style of game you might fall in love with, smt is not suppose to be persona. Also smt has great story maybe even more mature and better than persona. Also smt 4 had a big cast with kany character interactions and I think 5 will be the same.
SMT is mostly gameplay and world, yeah. They are not at all character-focused stories for the most part, though Shin Megami Tensei V may prove different in that regard given how heavily promoted the extended cast of human and plot-important demons have been and in particular how the protagonist has a godly sidekick who's giving him his current powers, so there's always someone around. Ideally it'd be the best of both worlds, still driven by themes and philosophies but the characters who embody them have more compelling and natural character arcs, but we'll have to see.
Honestly, I prefer the standard SMT approach to SMTIV: Apocalypse, which had a more standard JRPG party travelling with you (for good or ill as it descends into genre cliches far too often), each with their own arc. They don't take part in battle, though they do offer assistance in their own way. It was such a weird constant tonal shift between SMT philosophy/horror and anime highjinks though. For a game that acted as a direct sequel to IV with many of the same recurring NPCs, a far closer sequel than most JRPGs, it felt completely different in tone. Shame really, as it did improve on some elements too (like SMTIV's map).
That one's only 3D appearance is Dx2, which they seemingly are not using models from. Oddly enough it did appear in 2D in SMTIV: Apocalypse.
Shin Megami Tensei games involve some kind of world-ending scenario, and are focused on gameplay and philosophies of rebuilding the world rather than socializing with friends. Persona DOES pull from the same pool of monsters that Persona uses as Personas, save for a few that are made exclusively for Persona. They share a lot of mechanics in aspects like the combat and fusion, but SMT goes from dungeon to dungeon rather than having any kind of calendar or focus on making friends with people.
Fine take your point. I will link several answers in a 'this is what the community says' way, to really leave no doubt.
Yeah they're self contained, you can start with this one just fine.
Yeah they're standalone affairs and this one will have the latest QoL standards for its gameplay.
Demi-Fiend looks like it might be worth it since it's a series of bosses and possibly a new locale (although it might just be the place you go and where you fight Demi-Fiend, that's it, no dungeon). The rest of them have the energy of a lot of the IV and IV:A DLCs where it was just a scenario where you get thrown into a boss to get the special demon.
These were all the DLCs:
-Demi-Fiend + Fiends are 1 DLC pack
They know Atlus fans will pay for giant-tittied egyptian waifu.
Got it, thanks for the summary. Fiends being behind DLC is a bummer, could care less about the rest.
