Shin Megami Tensei, And other ATLUS games Options

[Noviwan]

Well I love their games. I have played quite a few. Many of you may be familiar with their persona series but I have played many of their other titles as well.

• Devil sumonner
• Devil Summoner 2
• Digital devil saga
• Digital Devil saga 2
• Strange Journey
• Noctourne
• Devil Survivor
• Persona 2 eternal Punishment
• Persona 3 FES

There are a few more ATLUS titles

• Dokapon kingdom
• DISGAEA
• Droplitz
• 3D dot games heroes
• Odinsphere
• snowboard kids

Also Catherine is on it's way I hope!
So what do you guys think about atlus or any of the games I listed or may have not named?

[Happy_Dingo]

I just want something big to happen story-wise that'll change the game up a little. I'm getting bored of nothing but fighting, which is why a have to force myself to level up so when the time comes I'm not up a creak when fighting a full moon boss, which seem to be getting easier as I progress actually. I'm having more trouble with the "checkpoint bosses", I'll call them, in the tower than the big guys themselves.

Also, I've never been a fan of how in some RPGs (some being most) the characters who aren't in the battle don't gain the experience. It makes sense, but since when has any (successful) video game made complete sense. Though Super Mario RPG was a more light-hearted rpg (and very over-rated when compared to most of the other Mario rpgs in my opinion), I think it did get that concept right.

I think I'm just very particular when it comes to rpgs. I want them to be engaging, but not overly complicated. I HATE it when rpgs do that "if you want the best equipment you have to grind for it for about 10 days because the drop rate is lower than 1%" thing. Don't get me wrong, I think those games wouldn't be as fun if they just gave you everything on a silver platter. It's just that the game designers don't realize that NOBODY wants to waste that much time and not even be sure that they'll benefit from it. I think that's why the Pokemon games no longer appeal to me. You have to go through MONTHS of breeding to get the perfect IVs, and even then you probably wont get them unless you cheat, and what fun is that?

That is where I think Dragon Quest VIII got it right. The best stuff is hard to get, but you wont spend too much time searching for it. They give you enough Orichalcum to make the best armor through the course of the game. Even the optional bosses in the game were fair. Sure you had to do a bit of grinding, but you didn't have to reach level 99 (the highest level) to beat the Hardest enemy in the game. You just had to come up with the best strategy. In fact, I'd wager a guess that even at the highest level you would have a hard time without some sort of strategy. I think I was at about level 74 or something when I beat him (though admittedly I got lucky and dodged one of his death blows (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lalaexdee.gif) ).

Well, that may have been a bit off topic. The game in question isn't even guilty of the majority of these things. Oh, well. I typed all that and I don't feel like changing it (lazy).