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[Xendran#1406 1]

yeah 2003 to 2013

[OrpheusJoshua 126]

Smt3 was nocturne right

[Xendran#1406 1]

yeanh

[Xendran#1406 1]

yeah

[OrpheusJoshua 126]

Ohhhh

[Xendran#1406 1]

strange journey is like an honorary mainline game, but is nowhere near the scope or polish of 3 and 4

[Xendran#1406 1]

particularly 4

[OrpheusJoshua 126]

Strange journey is actually the smt I've gotten the furthest in

[OrpheusJoshua 126]

Well the 3ds version

[Xendran#1406 1]

SJ has some of the craziest dungeon layouts in the series

[OrpheusJoshua 126]

Some of them are firetrucking nuts

[Xendran#1406 1]

nocturne only really gets like that in the 2 endgame dungeons

[Xendran#1406 1]

it can be pretty crazy before then as well but not to the same level as SJ, because there is more logic behind the layout of the nocturne dungeons

[Xendran#1406 1]

SMT4 falls short in dungeon design unfortunately

if SMT5 had nocturne's dungeon and puzzle style with SMT4 everything else (and SMT4A Combat) it would be perfect

[OrpheusJoshua 126]

Strange journey has that pokemon esque dungeon with floors that transport you and i was like

[OrpheusJoshua 126]

[Xendran#1406 1]

smt4 goes quite light on it, and nocturne is a mid ground where it starts slow and ramps up throughout the game

but it also layers unique puzzle mechanics specific to the dungeon you're in

[OrpheusJoshua 126]

I've played some digital devil saga and that seems like it has literally no actual dungeon design

[Xendran#1406 1]

oh it does

[Xendran#1406 1]

it just starts linear

[OrpheusJoshua 126]

Ah I see

[Xendran#1406 1]

it's like a bridge game for FF players to get into SMT

[Xendran#1406 1]

the final dungeons though are your classic giant SMT teleporter maze towers

[Xendran#1406 1]

that take a few hours to get through

[OrpheusJoshua 126]

It did feel a lot like ff lol