Shin Megami Tensei - Strain42 

"Today's a pretty special day." Me: I wonder what it is! "Today is September 11th," Me: oh

Yes sonic forces is my favorite jrpg taking place in modern day japan

well then...9/11 being Megaten's 30th anniversary means ICBMs

these old megaten games are so interesting post apocalyptic stuffs

Still would love this and 2 to be remade. Switch or 3ds, I don't care, as long as they stay close to the spirit of SMT and just improve the old-school gameplay

Had to hear it twice when you said “it’s a great day, September 11th...”

Well, looks like my big interest in SMT has led me to another quality content creator! Subscribed, keep up the great work, would love to see more SMT from you in the future. In fact, I see a couple more in the recommended videos side-bar, so I'll go straight to that after this. Good stuff!

I appreciate your upbeatness. Great video - super interesting. Thank you for making it.

Hey Strain42 I loved this video. Your humor and witty commentary was very enjoyable. I was first exposed to you channel by the strange journey videos a while back and at first I was really turned off. But I cam across this and thought I give it a go. I am very impressed and found another SMT RU-vidr that is great to watch. I apologize for my prejudgement from your other videos but I want to continue to watch your content and you've earned my subscription.

Just discovered your channel and subscribed. Awesome content! Looking forward to seeing more ✨👍😊

The thumbnail alone just made my day!

Man I was just looking for Smt IV apocalypse divine powers Battle theme and I found a golden review of a cult classic game. Definitely subscribing

This is probably the best coverage of this game that I've seen.

Also, it might seem dumb or obvious that they named the U.S.president "Thorman", but the way that is read in Japanese can also be read as "Truman" as a pun. President Truman was the president that approved the nuclear bombing of Japan in World War 2.

Idk I've always seen the alignments as, Chaos: complete and unrestricted freedom, which naturally leads to the strong in charge. Law: absolute control, which naturally leads to those who stray being eliminated. Then neutral: being freedom within limitations.

I love the story of SMT games and the multiple endings give the game some replayability. Looking forward to SMT V on the Switch

have you played the Devil Survivor games? They are great strategy RPGs

You know, smt:if and persona really take place in the timeline where thor thought things through and decided that nuking japan wouldn't solve the demon issue at all lol

Nice vid man. Learned a lot.

I've already downloaded this video and created an excerpt of you saying with a big smile and glee "IT'S SEPTEMBER 11th!!" Who the heck decided that 20% of the screen is the best way to experience the game? however to their credit I love the "controller" is has a very cool design that's reminiscent of the menu's in Persona 5. Okay 1 Thor pun was okay but that second one was uncalled for... (seriously I am low-key upset about this.) Okay awesome episode dude I like seeing games origins!

Damn that game actually looks nice. I've noticed on the shin megami saga the older the game the better it is lol. Persona 2 is my fave so far. I wish they remade the first shin megami though.

Do this for all the Shin Megami Tensei games hopefully you do this for IV

Wish more people could see this.

Great video man, keep it up.

ATLUS PLEASE PUT THIS ON ANDROID OR BETTER YET REMAKE IT AFTER YOU'RE DONE WITH SMT V

Smt fans : I'm happy today Everyone else : why the hell are you so happy you do know what day it is right

Wait so is the kichijoji we saw in the persona 5 royal trailer a reference to this kichijoji?

They need to remake or port AND translate SMT 1 and SMT 2 onto modern consoles or at least modern handhelds (NOT SMARTPHONES). (I would like to see the same done to Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei as well. I know there isn't an atom of a chance in hell for that to happen but a guy can dream.....)

Pretty interesting that you did a review on the iOS version, this was pretty cool! I am also still hoping for a Demikids/Devil Children video one day!

This was really good. More like this please!! :D

11:09 Some of you are alright. Don't go to Ikebukuro tomorrow.

To be fair the controller set up looks pretty neat we need a og smt controller based on that

Waruo **warns Fukuo not to go to Ikebukuro** Fukuo: Let's go anyway! What could possibly go wrong? Waruo: **arrests Fukuo and places him on trial before Judge Yamma** Me: Well that escalated quickly.

SMT 1 ,2 and IF needs a to come out in the west . Since Persona 5 is getting big in the west .

I can’t find it in the App Store how’d you get it

SMT1 everyone dies, the world is now a water park for ocean man, and demons are everywhere. The end.

So, I can't help but notice how much of this ended up in Nocturne as well... was Nocturne a reimagining?

Your videos are really good haha

I love the original 2 games (haven't tried _if_ yet), I really really wish they localized the second one. The SNES version is really annoying to play in emulator (not to mention the only way to play it is with a fan translation) and while japan got a mobile version they never released it over here. Can't ATLUS see that we want to pay money for this!? They also need to put the iOS port of SMT1 on android. edit: typos

Yeah, pretty much every SMT Protagonist (With 2 exceptions.) when they win basically just have Pyrrhic Victories the only differences being to what extent. There are only 2 exceptions which i would say if it wasn't a spoiler by the fact i say it. ........Also i want those weird Fire Emblem SMT games remade and brought over, what was it, Shin Megami Majin or something? The ones that played kinda like Fire Emblem, but with Demons and demon negotiation.

2:46 I didn't know sonic took place in Tokyo

Actually Magnetite isn't a problem in the original Shin Megami Tensei. I played through the SNES fan-patched version on my N3DS and eventually learned you can negotiate with demons to easily get enough Magnetite to suit your needs. You still need to keep an eye on it occasionally, though. Game is even easier when you realize there's a glitch that lets you get one of the most powerful swords in the game from one of the chapels (chaos chapel, I believe). That same glitch can be used to build up your money through other vendors, because it works on anyone who sells items. So even if you find games like this hard or tedious, you can at least rest assured there are ways to cheese through it if you really want to play it. I played pretty fairly for a while with the only "cheat" I used being the save state function, but after a certain point I had saved myself into a corner and barely got past a powerful boss. Then I decided to look up some help online to make the rest of the game go smoother and discovered the glitch. Very useful.

Isn't it unavailable now?

Law all the way carnt wait till smt3 or dds Love your vids

If only Atlus had, ya know, kept smt 1 on IOS updated

...."thor-loser." *literally closed my eyes and flinched* *...then continued video to end and watched another.*

I guess the rom im playing is an older version since the graphics arent as polished

What do you have against translation snes roms

What is this?? how different is Iphone version from the SNES version

I wish this came to Android in the states too...cuz now it's not on iOS anymore either...I'm thinking about buying an iPod touch just to jailbreak it for this and a few other games

The leader of the rebellion is another character with the same name as the heroine, but she did die on the explosion.

In the SNES version you gotta fight the Law and Chaos side 1 boss at a time or else you'd have your alignment shifted. A real pain in the ass considering the number of times you have to traverse through those dark rooms.

*Cries in IOS11*

You look like JWittz

You should do SMT II, thats like the best one in the series

Please review SMT 2

So wait is waruo the og nahabino

So no one had any 9/11 jokes

Wait, the iOS version of SMT1 was remade with new visuals? Wtf, I always thought all they did was translate it and port it with its original shitty menu.

Sadly not on iOS store.

You can play in landscape mode on iOS my dude.

now do a smt 2 vid

Would be great if we could get the game on android

Dude, you forgot to kill yhwh and lucifer

Tokyo Xanadu!, don't laugh soon all low-budget games will be made with the same algorithm Falcom made Tokyo Xanadu with.

I tried to play this game but coming off of Strange Journey where combat and exploration were difficult in a fun way, SMT 1 offered nothing. It had a really cool tone, setting and music but everything relating to the gameplay is just so plain and boring, it just isn't interesting to play. I got to the Law Hero's reincarnation and then read that I'd basically doomed myself down one of the paths and just gave up. Cool video though, nice to see where it all lead. I always love seeing my bro Louis

Ahem pascal is not a good boy no she’s a good girl the dog for context

Yoshio technically doesnt HAVE to die twice, he could live if you go for the Law ending

Surprised it's so hard to stay neutral in these games, hopefully persona 6 can bring back the alignments like 5 brought back negotiations (tho I'm more a modern persona and casual strange journey fan lol)

You do know what happened on september 11.

Holy shit. The face, build, and neckbeard of a true weeb. What a legend27.