Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster: No Longer Human 

Bro, you are the ONLY one on youtube that has provided more detailed information about the development of SMT 3 than anyone here. You've earned yourself a subscriber!

I find it highly amusing that it takes the _PlayStation 5_ for the game to be equivalent in performance to the 2003 original.

I'm just extremely sad because the west didn't get a collector's edition. That was what kept me thinking ''I don't care how many negative aspects the game may have, I will make it worth it when the collector's edition''. Not having it instantly almost single-handedly killed all my hype tbh. Now after seeing so many reviews and retrospectives I've decided I'll get the game but it saddens me how Atlus treated one of their most influential games.

I'm completely obsessed with this game ever since I played it a decade ago. Even though the remaster is lacking in many aspects, I can't help feeling excited to dive into it again. And hooo boi, an hour of analysis? 💕👀

My boy Larrue finally got a sponsor... I’m so proud 🥲

smt nocturne :)

The creators of kingdom hearts screwed us again!

A game for the truest of JRPG masochists.

Me: Dang I should really sleep its late. Larrue uploads his nocturne video. Me: sleep is for the weak.

As Akihiko once wisely said: "I been waiting for this"🔥

I see TDE somewhat differently. To me it comes across as more of looking past the flawed options that exist, to instead go after the true cause of the issues themselves. All the Reasons are flawed, but because a system exists that allows for Conception to exist, anyone can cause the world to just end and then be remade. All of these people are forced into roles by powers beyond them, some even cursed into existences because of the systems that exist. So instead of returning things to how they were, or changing things with the system that was forced upon you, you take the path of destroying the system itself that controls all of this. But because it is a system that is deeply rooted in the very existence of the universe, destroying it comes at a heavy price. This is pretty accurate to reality, with how many flawed systems affect the lives of people, and yet if you were to change or even remove those systems, loads of things would be affected due to how they're tied into large networks of cause and effect. So many dumb laws exist just because they have ties to other more important ones for example. So to me TDE just means that you are willing to go after the entire system itself that has forced you and everyone else into this situation. Your motivations and reasons for doing this can vary in loads of ways, and it's quite nuanced since it isn't entirely cut and dry about whether it is for the best or not. You didn't choose your position, no one chose their lives in this universe nor that the universe could be destroyed at any given point. You're as much of a victim as everyone else. What ever your choice ends up being, you cannot be held fully responsible for any of it. Are you willing to make that sacrifice, to completely erase your humanity for an end goal that might free everyone from oppression? Is it truly worth it? Everyone just wants to have a normal life, but that can be taken away at any given moment as long as Conception exists. But no one can be blamed for choosing things to return back to normal either. No one has the right to choose your life for you.

Hi, Larrue bb :)

Okay I was with you until you said Manual skill selection is bad. Bruh, what are you on? Do you like wasting time rerolling random skills so you can get what the game wants you to have for a boss? This game is designed so that when you know what you're doing it's easy because you can manipulate weaknesses, but hinders itself by making you waste time selecting skills. Random skill selection doesnt make the game "harder" unless you think waiting and wasting time is hard.

6:07 - "This boxart features Raidou and Dante fighting fiercely". I assume you meant Raidou and the Demi-Fiend.

Words do not describe how proud I am of you for illustrating your passion! I love your content and the way you cover everything is so rich; you have a healthy boundary between the data and your opinion; you're always well researched and inspire many others (myself included) to research as well. Thank you so much, Larrue for creating content. It truly means a lot to me. ✨

one hour nocturne deep dive analysis let's fucking go

Also 6:10 "Raidou and Dante" lmao

Honestly the only way to play the remaster is on PC, so you can mod in the High Quality version of Forced Battle

This is gonna be a nice vid to watch during breakfast. I suppose I'll sleep for now

18:55 god i hope smt 6 or any smt game to have a techno horror and a protagonist that is fused to a comp

Yo! Where's the link for the merch? I want to buy a t-shirt :(

Excited so much for see this video 😆

Great video. I really love how around the 1:00:00 mark when you're talking about speaking out against all the things done poorly with this remaster, you're playing the Reason Battle Theme. Spoilers: The theme that's played when you fight your friends. Nice touch

People are experiencing issues on Switch? I'm playing on Switch but haven't noticed anything myself.

Holy shit an hour

I really don't see the TDE as having your will stripped from you. Certainly not as the player. I had to WANT to go through the labyrinth in order to finish it. I personally got fed up with the other reasons and the bullshit game and went deeper into its depths. As the player, I agreed with Lucifer by the end - it's time to tear this order down and make something new. Even with the demon ending - it's not that Lucifer is abandoning the Demifiend so much as the Demifiend made choices that showed he lacked a strong will of his own. He had power, but no vision. What could Lucifer do with that? Lucifer doesn't berate the player for making decisions that lead away from the TDE. You only get the TDE if it's what you choose, and he even compliments you if you choose the neutral ending as it shows the will to disobey the heavenly order. He wants you on his side, but there's no punishment for walking other paths. The view expressed in the video would make sense if it was the default path and the easy ending. Truth is, there's no way you get that ending unless you want it, and Lucifer doesn't spend the game berating, browbeating or abusing the Demifiend into doing his will - he just offers reminders that if the Demifiend wants what he offers, he has to delve into the labyrinth. Mankind acting of its own will plays into his agendas one way or another, and he's playing the long game. He doesn't need or want people on his side who aren't committed to his vision. That's how I see the character of Lucifer in this game and the TDE path. I see it as one of the most interesting endings they've ever offered because it flies in the face of what you'd expect from something like this, and it leaves it up to the player's imagination what followed.

Larrue, you've outdone yourself. There is literally nothing like this on RU-vid, at least in English. A+++ from this fiend. Keep up the great work! PS. Okada and Kaneko totally look like they could have started a Japanese The Cure. Thank YHWH that they took up games.

10:24 I wish I knew that before learning how to play and putting in 14 hours before realizing that the default game does NOT freature dante from the devil may cry series.

Good vid. I played Nocturne for the first time in 2019-2020 and it also served as my formal introduction to the SMT series. I really fell in love with the game for most of the reasons (no pun intended) you discussed in this video. Most notably though was the battle system. Something I heard someone say about Nocturne that intrigued me was the reason they liked it so much was because it's essentially a JRPG boss rush game. With the addition of the fiends Nocturne ends up giving players a boss fight every half hour or so. Boss fights are usually where I gather the most amount of fun from a JRPGs battle system so the fact that Nocturne has so many was likely a huge contributing factor to its enjoyment for me. Personally I liked the fiend battles (cept Trumpeter lol fuck that guy) but I could see why someone wouldn't.

thank you always for the work you put into your videos larrue! this game means so much to me and i always learn something new about nocturne and its production from you. looking forward to the HD remaster release here despite the performance issues. :')

You keep saying Force Battle doesn't say "One more god rejected". But what does it say and how did you determine that?

Epic

I think you miss 1 writer in the development Shigeo Komori, future director of Etrian Odyssey Series, what was his role in the game?

man you work is really something else on this video. loved it 💯

The thumbnail scared me for a second lmao

I don't care what anybody says but I feel the English voice for Hell Biker is the best voice acting in any game _ever._

I’m trying to nail down Koneko’s art style for a mod I’m making, can you help me? You seem like a really smart guy.

I really enjoyed the explanation of reasons. I first played this game last year on PS5, my first SMT being V with 350 hours and all endings. With Nocturne, I fell into the trap of trying to pigeonhole the reasons into alignments. Your explanation really opened my eyes, really the entire vid. I finished Nocturne with the "Chaos Remains" trophy, "Destroyed all hopes of creation." 😅 I need to schedule some time for that game for the other endings, as I tend to cycle through a few games an hour at a time.

Godlike. Great stuff man

I don't see the TDE at all like you portray it. Lucifer gives you all the outs possible and never demands you do this at all. He's perfectly fine with you declining because Lucifer values freedom over all else to the point of being totally ok and even welcoming the complete anarchy his ideology brings with it. To lucifer the idea that demi fiend is his slave is frankly, completely stupid and antithetical to his main motivations in SMT. If he needs to enslave someone to his side in order to fight for freedom he's essentially failed already. Plus, by getting the demon ending or freedom ending he voices his pride in you choosing your own freedom over being spoon fed the hypocritical nonsense that was the reasons, which all have a level of totalitarianism where only these ways of life are allowed and all who disagree are simply purged so the cycle can repeat itself later. The TDE is him simply inviting you to take part in this plan as his general after earning his trust. As in the demon ending you do the exact things he wants from the TDE but you haven't proven you are trust worthy, just power hungry, so he leaves you to the ruined world.

amazing video Larrue, btw the hardest bosses in nocturne for me were Matador, Samael and Ba'al avatar

Wheres the link to ur shop homie

My favorite game in the smt series, just because of dante and i loved dmc3

that video was AMAZING! I love these type of deep dives. Now I hope Atlus remasters some more old games so you can make more of these videos. Let's just hope the next remasters won't be...shitty

Where can I read Shoji Meguro's notes about the ost 14:30? Great vid btw!

Amazing work my man!

Very nice!

Such a good video, great info!

I appreciate your insight and information you provide for the SMT franchise. 🙏🏾

Just finished, and I loved it! Thanks for all the research you have done Larrue, this is really informative and well done c: Hope to see more reviews later on.

"One of the favorite games of all time." 8/10.

💪🏽

Awesome video mate

This is such a good video!

Finishing nocturne for the first time before I touch SMT V. IM going for the true demon ending. I’m also using a magic build. No I am not using pierce. Fuck pierce.

I was thinking about it and yeah altough TDE has more content the idea of the freedom ending and of say Demifiend having to deal with the fact his friends did horrible shit in the vortex world is interesting Like how would he look @ Chiaki the same way when she a few hours ago in his time just did mass murder of human looking creatures 😶

I loved SMT3 Nocturne(Via the HD Remaster), and honestly the issues didn’t bother me. I loved the game either way, and I highly enjoyed it, and I’ve already recommended it to some of my friends. It’s personally a 95% out of 100%(A+), and I’ve already began my replay. 👍🏻

I'd say that the lack of safe areas is integral to the atmosphere of this game. I thought it was one of the most striking aspects of the world; the entire vortex world is a dungeon. Plus from a mechanical standpoint movement should always have consequence to justify kagatsuchi. You shouldn't be able to just run in circles unhindered to get to the kagatsuchi level you want.

I think is ‘One more (that) God rejected’ because you fall from grace

just letting you know, theres a bit of muffled kinda crackling thing going on with your mic

I have to wonder why he showed a clip of rags jewelry the most irrelevant and for the most part useless thing in the game

I think I might get it anyway, but I'll definitely wait for a sale; I'll only be getting it on the switch and if it's laggy and buggy I don't really want to just my wallet for it. Thanks for this video! It was very helpful!

This vid felt really complete, it was entertaining and informal. The audio at 34:44 did catch me off guard lol. Overall, great vid and have a good break

23:40

When the Knock is Turned I don’t know I haven’t played it

I really enjoyed the video, thank you for making those!

Been playing it on switch and haven’t been disappointed!

loved the reference to ozamu dazai in the title

I adore Demon Evolution. My God.

"and since Meguro is working on 2 other games..." Cool, I missed that info! Do we know what those two games are yet? Persona 6(!) and Project Re Fantasy?

Wish I found this video a long while ago. This is genuinely one of the best videos on Nocturne. Thanks so much!

Anyone know the music used at the 25 minute mark?

Great vid, bro

raido and dante on the box art huh..... 6:10

Did you get Nocturne HD?

:)

If it doesn't say one more god rejected, what does it say?

Lol I love how SMT V confirms TDE and he says it’s not here but it is canon now 😂😂😂

Buyee is tight, thanks Larry.

You're the best, man. Great video, for real.