Special thanks to Sir Lionhart for lending me his footage! Thank you all so much for watching! Next video is *probably* my Xenoblade Chronicles 3 review! (Then I'm thinkin' an indie!) Feel free to help me decide what game to play next via my voting on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/PelvicGaming

The story in this game was way wilder and deeper than SMT V I think. Your friends and enemies got properly fleshed out and the story flipped the tables so hard multiple times, it was an absolute trip.

@k2a2l2

Жыл бұрын

i probably had more fun playing 5 with its gameplay but 4s story and characters are way better it doesnt even compare

@flyingplantwhale545

Жыл бұрын

@@k2a2l2 Totally agree with you.

@IM863

Жыл бұрын

Near the end of V right now and I'm surprised at how bare bones the story and characters are. I guess it's a testament to how good everything else is that they got away with that. Had a brief dip into Soul Hackers 2 and was already loving the main character and writing in that. Don't know why they couldn't have done the same for SMTV, they had 5 years.

@flyingplantwhale545

Жыл бұрын

@@IM863 completely agree. The story was very shallow, all things considered

@thinhquanq.7019

Жыл бұрын

My God SMT V while everything else is really fun, its story is boring af. Almost nothing too interesting happended in half of the game. I mean, SMT IV is crazy in both main story and sub story, so a big disappointment when I played V.

Your shin megami tensei haircut is proof of the love.

@del4028

Жыл бұрын

And the black lipstick as a reference of the classic Megami Tensei art style by Kazuma Kaneko 🖤

As a big fan of SMT I’m glad to see you playing through the series. Devil Survivor Overclocked and Digital Devil Saga it would be good to see your thoughts on. Strange Journey too is a fan favourite if you can deal with dungeon crawlers.

@giovanniprovost

Жыл бұрын

Strange Journey will definitely be a tough one but absolutely worth it if she's a Neutral fan. I'm talkin about Commander Gore. :)

@shredjward

Жыл бұрын

I love the setting of Digital Devil Saga so so much.

@Bb-yf7if

12 күн бұрын

Great picks

This was really well done, I love hearing other people's opinions on smt 4. I still say this my favorite rpg I've ever played, it left such a big impact on me after I finished it. Somehow I got the neutral ending without a guide first playthrough

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

WHOA. YOUR FAVORITE JRPG OF ALL TIME?? I mean it's up there for sure, but there is just sooo many great jrpgs it's hard to choose just one!

@maripostal

Жыл бұрын

@@PelvicGaming For sure, I love the genre and there's so many great games. Smt is already my favorite series and 4 feels like the perfection of that formula. The setting and story stuff is really great, but the gameplay is what makes it stand out so much to me. I still love the gameplay of all the smt and persona titles, but 4 in particular happens to be me favorite. I think having troubles with stuff like Walter being thrown in your party and casting agi on the minotaur so he's in smirk and wiping me left a big impression lol.

Best Route slander aside, great review. I remember years ago seeing you hesitant to try the series and now to see you so passionate about it is great to see. Very curious how you'll like Apcolypse since before V came along it was the most divisive game in the mainline series.

@jamcalx

Жыл бұрын

Hoy!

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I really was hesitant but I'm here now bby! And I'm lovin' my journey so far!

One of my favorite games of all time and very underrated in the SMT/Persona franchise.

Great review, SMT IV is a masterpiece in the series, on par with fellow pieces of art such as Devil Survivor & Strange Journey. It features a really cool cast, some of the best gameplay and iteration in the series, the press turn system is easily my favorite gameplay system in a JRPG, it incentivizes being aggressive but not to a fault, with the drawback of potentially losing turns upon doing the same thing that'll get either repelled or dodged, instead, utilize inflicting weaknesses and being resistant to their natural attribute for more turns, a super well done system that prioritizes player engagement in the fight, despite being turn based. It also features a fantastic OST, Kozuka went HARD on the OST. Tokyo's theme specifically is the best OST I've heard from SMT so far. Great work all around. Despite the many great things I've seen with the game, something I highly appreciate from this game is the premise of it, specifically speaking, the first boss of the game; Minotaur is ongod the best introduction in SMT, the perfect buildup for him at the start with the game talking about a legendary guardian at the end of Naraku, seeing how incredibly challenging SMT IV begins, you start to imagine how ferocious the boss will be, the introduction to his character was done great, his VA went full ham with his voice, the incredible OST that plays for the first time, giving the player a sense of danger, that this guy is a different breed than the rest, it instantly grabs you ,and to top it all off, SMT IV has the bosses commenting mid-battle, starting from being cocky or menacing to either baffled or scared of the player' skill, with you being given the same thing as well, pick your choices well, and you could get a nice power boost that'll further give you the momentum you're currently getting from the intensity of the fight, its awesome. SMT IV is my favorite in this amazing series, I wished that SMT V at least returned the mid-battle conversations, but alas, it suffered from much more than that.

It took me three tries to really get into this game. I kept getting past Naraku then putting it down because it was so exhausting. A few months ago, I picked up an old playthrough and pressed on, and I'm so glad I did. I adored the setting, atmosphere, and crazy story bits. Everything about the visual and sound design is just lovely. Crafting the perfect demons gets to be addicting and overcoming bosses that decimated you the first time is so satisfying. Love it!! Hope you enjoyed Xenoblade 3 considering how long it is. I'm fifty hours in and only partway through chapter 5 lol

@TheXXGAMERKILLERXx

Жыл бұрын

Just recently got back on my old play through. It's so brutal but I weirdly live every second of it. Hopefully I have the patience and grit required to beat the game but I feel like I am getting close to the end

Holy shit this was an amazing review 🙏🏽 Awesome commentary and editing. I love SMT IV so much and I’d love for that game to be remastered.

This game’s got a lot to cover, but you did an awesome job with it all!! I went the neutral route and, save for the hassles, is the most fruitful route to go through. I also enjoy the battle system because very fittingly, it constantly tests my hubris as a human to take as many gambles as I please. I may be torn to shreds in a heartbeat because a world of demons isn’t kind. But I may also triumph barely escaping with my life, if I play my cards right. The outcome is not always as absolute as it is with other JRPGs, and because I typically don’t enjoy grinding, this game takes the cake. 💪🏽

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

Thank you and I'm so happy you enjoyed it!! Ugh I'm jealous you did the neutral route because I wanted to fight both sides. ALSO I'M THRILLED TO HEAR YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PRESS TURN SYSTEM. UGH IT'S AMONG MY FAVORITE.

Neutral is the only route worth taking. The story shows that the law/chaos endings are NOT permanent solutions.

Incredible review, its always a pleasure to see SMT4 content on any platform, its personally one of my favourite RPGs ever and seeing more people love it honestly warms my heart. My favourite aspect of the game is definitely the sound, that is the OST and the sound design, seriously, the sounds of this game are so fucking satisfying and crispy (i even have the smirk SFX as my notification sound).

“A poofy hair fellow”. Great video! Love your hair and makeup.

I really want SMT 4 to get a remake for modern consoles Letting it have a proper camera and bringing in some quality of life upgrades from newer games would make it perfect.

Great review indeed! Loved that you covered so many facets about this game that aren't usually covered in depth like the change in character artist's from Kaneko and the battle system evolution. Can't wait for your impression of the other titles in the series such as Soul hackers for it's more cyberpunk laidback setting and Devil Survivor for the change in combat.

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Yo the character artist segment could have been a few videos, just talkin' about each individual artist, their upbringing and inspirations and how they got into the business. There was SO MUCH to unpack there!! Oh yeah once I'm done with mainline I absolutely plan on dabbling into the other spin offs!

Aaaah I wanna replay this so bad now. Good overview, this game still has one of my favorite soundtracks ever. I was locked on Law when I first played and watched youtube videos of the Neutral path so maybe someday I'll try to get it on my own. Battle B4 has my heart because I was shook when you fought a certain someone once locked into a path.

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

Treat yo self! Oh I went hard chaos on purpose but now I've learned my lesson to play games how I wanna play them regardless of what ending I get. If I ever have the time to play again, I'd love to do a neutral run myself!

I definitely agree with the points made about neutral feeling like the most robust narrative route. Also that item shop song is a banger for real. Thanks again for another solid & detailed review

Happy to hear you’re enjoying the series. Great review Lady Pelvic

After 26 SMT games IV is by far my favourite SMT game and the second favourite jrpg in general.

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

Now I'm curious to know what your first is... don't say Chrono Trigger haha

@michaeltz4911

Жыл бұрын

@@PelvicGaming Final Fantasy IX.

SMT 4 is one of my favorite games; I appreciate you showing a similar passion for it in this review / analysis. Black Market, credits roll, boss battle v2, best OST by far

Came across your channel thanks to this video, and love the content you're making.

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

I see what you did with your style and lipstick in homage to kazuma kaneko's artstyle. As for SMT 4, is my favorite SMT. If feels fresh and has a delightfully dark storyline. Plus dat OST tho

SMTIV was such a journey for me. I spent unhealthy hours fusing demons with the best skills and resistances. I got Neutral on my first route. I did have to use a guide but Neutral is always fun to get.

Definitely with the neutral route. I understand how it might have been easy to mess up but it's the one I naturally gravitated towards. This was my first ever Megaten game and it had me hooked

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

Oh this was your first?? Damn what a tough act to follow! I love this game with my heart and soul!

@Deniki666

Жыл бұрын

@@PelvicGaming definitely a tough act to follow! Nearly ruined me for Nocturne! I can say that 5 is an excellent follow up.

(lady pele) music REALLY GOOD this game sense of humor is really great and ages better with time

I still think this has the best ost of the entire series, love this game

@justanotherweirdo11

Жыл бұрын

Definitely it's so good.

@Skallva

Жыл бұрын

It's really REALLY good but the whole series is full of banger OSTs and it's hard to pick the definitive best one. Imo it's a toss-up between it, V and DDS and which one I prefer changes wildly depending on my mood.

Hell yeah, one of my favorites. Glad to see a video on it!

after almost 8 years i finally got smt Iv to play again , thanks for bring this review

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

Ahh I'm so happy you got to replay it! Such a great game. Thank you for the kind words!

its always nice to see people talk about shin megami tensei

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

Since there is a LOT of SMT to go around, I have a lot of work to do! So expect more content!

OMG that hair! ❤️❤️

@The_SOB_II

Жыл бұрын

I played Revelations: the demon Slayer on game Boy as a kid. Always been kind of interested in checking out more of the series. Cool vid!

Thank you for the review. I'm gonna put this on my (extensive) backlog. Interesting that the team members' scarfs match your channel logo. Weird coincidence.

YO my favorite reviewer covering my favorite game, what an awesome vid!

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

Aww, thank you so much! And thank you for watching!

I've spent the last few days playing the absolute crap out of this game. It's awesome to see you upload this now especially as I make my own way towards the games' ending. Already I consider it, alongside Nocturne and Persona 4 Golden, as one of the best games I have ever had the pleasure of playing and your commentary was a joy to listen to!

Love SMT IV. I also liked Apocalypse even though that one is divisive in the community. Happy you enjoyed it! Great review! I subbed

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

I can't wait to find out why smt4a is so divisive within the community hehehe. Thanks for watching!

Really glad you're enjoying it - SMTIV was my first Megaten and definitely the best one I played (IVA and V are mechanically a bit better but for different reasons the story and characters are worse), it seems like there's a lot for the series to give. Genuinely one of those games that changed my tastes! With Isabeau I agreed with your view of her while playing, but an idea I heard that improves her character a lot is her being a normal person insert. Reacting how someone who isn't a zealot or the main character would to the extreme events in the game, I think she has a lot more going on viewed through that lens.

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

I'm looking forward to forming my own opinion on both of those. I hear mixed things about both games, and I just hope 4A doesn't let me down. V I'm like meh, whatever, but 4A.... I am holding to a standard! I hear you. However you can be normal with *some* conviction. If she suggested a little of both, too much of one thing is bad, spoke of balance etc rather than the clueless 'idk wat do u think, main character?" I would have enjoyed that more.

So happy to see this video doing well for you!

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

An SMTIV review from "Pelvic Gaming" as hosted by someone with Kaneko lipstick is definitely one way to get my attention

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

Excellent~~

GASP come on, upper black lip lewk! love that you did it due to the game. I never played SMT 4, but definitely am interested in it now :D

I'm so happy you fell in love with the series!! I always look forward to hearing what you have to say about them😌Great stuff as always!

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU. I AM SO FREAKIN' HYPED TO PLAY APOCALYPSE

good review, I was kinda expecting about you pointing out how brutal the first boss is, and a clip of sirlionhart's endeavor LOL

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

Yo Sir Lionhart's playthrough was hilarious omg. I felt his frustration.

Good video. I grabbed all the Atlus games on that bonkers 3DS sale they had a while back. Working on SMT DS2 right now. I’ll play this one soon.

My favorite SMT game, glad to see this review, lady.

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

Probably mine too. (I say this only playing two haha) Thank you!!

@raud5106

Жыл бұрын

@@PelvicGaming I forgot to ask, are You going to review SMT IV Apocalypse too?

I'm still playing this and it is good need to get the DLC before the eShop closes. Also nice hair girl 😍

You nailed this game with this review perfect work!

im so happy i finally played this game a few months ago. only recently got into smt and it’s definitely my new favorite jrpg series of all time

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

WHOA YOUR FAVORITE?? It's slowly climbing the ranks for me. I'm so glad I've finally begun my smt journey!

Excellent review! We need more content of SMT games!

THIS MUSIC, bro! I never get tired of it!

I recommend building your MP regeneration with Buress asap. This helped me considerably.

This review was incredible ... wish i could buy this one its themes and plot are just amazing

I've been waiting for this

why havent I sub to you sooner!? love your content

Reviewing my all time favourite JRPG, thank you queen

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

You have great tastes. Thank you for watching!

Thoroughly love your brain 🧠 I’m brand spanking new to the SMT party. I purchased Nocturne & V (steelbook) for $20 each on Switch. Just finished V after 100 hrs and I loved it. Cannot stop listening to the soundtrack. If they ever port IV or remaster it, I’ll certainly get it. I also have Persona 5 Royal & Strikers in the backlog. I had a hunch 😂

anything SMT IV related is nice to see, love the review!

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Subscribedddd love your content

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

ahhh thank you so much!!

Love your content!

I’m very interested in this game after watching this review, but I have started Devil Survivor 2 several times and still have never played past the first three hours. Maybe someday!

This was a great review!! This is probably my favourite SMT game of all the franchise. I am almost finished with SMT5 and while the gameplay is a bit more fun, everyhing else is better in SMT4. Have fun with Apocalypse! If I may recommend you to play another one... you could give Strange Journey a try? It has a really cool eeriee vibe to it. It plays like this game and its also on 3DS if you can get it! Keep up the good work.

Now I wanna play SMT4 again after watching this review! Best mainline SMT game so far

Great review, it only took me about 35 hours to beat but I didn't really do any side quests.

smt iv apocalypse is great, also highly recommend smt v on switch welcome to the megaten jrpg zone, I think nocturne is my favorite but going back to it now the dungeon design is just frustrating. great video and channel, keep gaming stay awesome

one of my favorite games of all time along with devil survivor and strange journey

i remember trying to fuse mother harlot in this game, one of my biggest gaming accomplishments (if you know why, you know).

Love the Kaneko makeup

It's so great to hear you excited about JRPGs again! Press/Turn really is brilliant in its simplicity. It's so easy to understand and use, and it's great to have a system that the enemy can exploit or be destroyed by just as easily as the player. For me, the Minotaur fight was the most shocking moment in the game. His design is the stuff of nightmares, his double voice and dialogue is creepy, and then the music hits, it's like, "Whoa. I just effed up." Then he starts smirking and things look hopeless. It's great to fight an actual challenge!!! I'm curious if you still have a PS2. I'd definitely gift you Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2. It's a lot more character driven with an actual party, and it turns the system on its head by removing all the demon recruitment and fusion. My favorite in the entire series. Great make-up work! Keep it up! 💄

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

Oh it feels great to be excited about jrpgs again no doubt! The press turn system is crack for me.

@100Servings

Жыл бұрын

@@PelvicGaming Strange Journey is an experience, but the original is considered by many to be a better version than Redux. Redux allowed for unlimited apps, where the original only allowed 10 points total. It also added Commander Skills and a sprint. It makes the game MUCH easier. They also redrew all of the art with... questionable results. Gorman's tiny head on an enormous body is the most amusing, as well as Zelenin missing an arm. Embarrassing. The other problem is the added storyline with Alex. It adds nothing to the experience and brings in a terrible element to any science fiction story. I have the DS version and absolutely cherish it. The absolute quality they were able to cram into a DS game is stunning. From the shockingly detailed environments to the moving classical music score, it's far beyond what most people would think was possible on a handheld at the time. I dig the work you've been doing, and really happy that things have been going well! Keep it up!!! 😃👍

Your video is amazing i starting to play it these days.

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

Thank you and I hope you love it as much as I did!!

@andrevenancioojna

Жыл бұрын

@@PelvicGaming i ended the smt 1 and smt if for Super Famicom , nocturne and now I play smt4 I saw is a long game but i don't give up. Your review is cool. Once try to play more smt games. By

Smt4A gameplay is even better. Digital Devil Saga story is awesome

good review, looking forward to your Xenoblade 3 review as I am currently playing it and luving every minute of it. Hopefully you review SMT5 also, my fave SMT game.

Great review!

The neutral route being hard to get makes it that much funnier that SLH managed to stumble into it completely by accident. It's a legendary lets play in the SMT fandom and I'm glad he let you use his footage

I loved the strange robot archangels designs, but i wished to see what they would have looked like in 3d -_-

Awesome! This games soundtrack is ridiculously good

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

The soundtrack is straight fire. I was completely caught off with how amazing it is!!

I might have to try out a shin megami tensei game. Never have before

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

Treat yourself. I was hesitant at first as well. And now I'm hooked. Can't get enough of the stuff.

SMT IV duo games are hands down... The best.

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

I am freakin' hyped for apocalypse!

A truly great game from a truly great series by a truly great developer studio

if you guys wanna play this download it now before the store shuts down :) she may say this in the video but i didnt want to forget

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

Ah I didn't mention that! Good call. I only said it's locked on the 3ds. ):

I haven't played a ton of mainline entries, but they do seem to reward not choosing any ideology; in 2, neutral seemed like the only correct and satisfying answer, and in Nocturne, the 3 main ideologies have the most half-assed endings that are only satisfying if you truly believe in them. Of course, given the whole demon fusion system, I think it's a series that rewards experimentation, so that's not entirely off-brand. Side note: has this series gotten you hooked on world mythologies yet? As a mythology buff, I used to spend HOURS reading the entries for each of the demons, and they really do their homework; they're typically very accurate. One of the coolest things I've ever had the privilege of doing was writing a 400+ entry demonic compendium for a Shin Megami Tensei fangame, though sadly, the project wound up being abandoned before it was ever released.

Maybe now it's time to get into Shin Megami Tensei series

I loved this game so much, I immediately played through it again on new game plus. It's a shame it didn't release on Playstation 3 but it is great nonetheless. The story pulls you in and the game play is consistently great. It was very hard on the beginning but got better as you go.

Always here for SMT appreciation

SMT 4 is lowkey one of the best games of all time. ...With the caveat that it was fan-patched to make the neutral route easier to obtain without a guide, and all of the story DLC was in the base game. Thanks, Atlus.

Love the stache!

SMT is a series I've never really got into. The battle system did spark interest... so, here's some eyes 👀

You and Sirlionhart gotta do a collab for the RPG community that'd be dope af lol this was my fav Smt cuz u can wear different armor and weapons that'll appear on Flynn, and the exploration even tho i got lost alot...i still havent beaten it lol

Smt IV is one of my favorites jrpgs games, I finished that game last year and got the Neutral ending frist time

This game is easily my favorite with the characters I really love Jonathan, Walter, Isabeau, Flynn, and my favorite megaten character: Infernal tokyo Akira

My first SMT game, loved it and beat it twice!!!!

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

I am jealous you got the time to replay games twice! D:

I love how more and more people are falling in love with one of my favorite franchises. I'll end it thus!

Someone gifted you a copy?! Omg, I'm so jealous. 😭

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

I was SHOCKED

Now that you’re a bonafide Atlus superfan, will you play the Soul Hackers series? Soul Hackers 2 comes out in a couple weeks. Love love LOVE your channel.

@JonasNybacka

Жыл бұрын

Do you mean the Devil Summoner series?

@mother3crazy

Жыл бұрын

@@JonasNybacka Nope I mean the Soul Hackers subseries, which includes Shin Megami Tensei Devil Summoner Soul Hackers as well as the upcoming Soul Hackers 2.

@JonasNybacka

Жыл бұрын

@@mother3crazy Can you really count it as a series of its own tho?

SMT 3 will always be my favourite of the franchise but this game made me fall in love all over again. The music, characters and story telling in this game is wasted on the 3DS but i'm glad it was made anyway because it's a masterpiece.

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

I've come to enjoy SMT 3 the more I thought about it's themes and how one of it's strongest elements is minimalism. I don't think I appreciated it enough as I was playing. That said, four is just... it was more my speed. But I still got respect for Nocturne!

Foi should try playing Devil Survivor on the DS next. Awesome SMT spin-off.

You're starting to make me want to explore SMT but I don't want to stare Into that well. 😭

The soundtrack of this game just might be the greatest ever made.

Oh man I haven't played this game since it originally came out and I forgot how good it is.

I replayed it a few months ago and the combat was annoying to me because it was so hard to avoid, but the voice acting, music, atmosphere and world building were so great. You can really feel the despair of the inhabitants of the underground and the blissful ignorance of Mikado Kingdom. I think SMT4 is really interesting thematically and how it depicts its polar opposites!

I'm glad I didn't check the bonus artwork that came when preordering this as it spoilt the whole beginning of the game haha. I have some issues with IV, but I still had quite a bit of fun when I played it. Not something I'd revisit, I'm pretty meh on its narrative as a whole (although I've grown to appreciate it's world more through its sidequest than the main plot), and there's some gameplay frustrations (boy I hated moving through Tokyo's map!), but a pretty solid game all around, one of the few games on the 3DS I still have positive opinions on. Apocalypse is weird, it has a fair share of gameplay improvements, I cared more for its cast of characters than those here (although I don't think characters were ever SMT main strength, that's what all the other sidegames like Persona, Devil Survivor and DDS are for), but the story was a lot worse, and essentially just revisiting the same places again made it all the less memorable. I still liked it, but not as much. But hey, that's more than what I can say about SMTV.

Very comprehensive review! Great job. I will have to disagree on the art front. I honestly was super disappointed by pretty much all the guest artists. It just didn't mesh at all. Doesn't help that they used art from like 7 different eras. Humanoid angels best angels.

Great review! I really disliked the overworld map, but enjoyed all the improvement 4 had to Nocturne (the latter being one of my favorite games of all time), such as the removal of random encounters, fights being able to continue even if the main character is downed and the search function in the Demon Compendium, among other things. The soundtrack is really great as well. If it wasn't for the overworld map I'd probably rank it on the same level as Nocturne, but overall I enjoyed it quite a bit.

@PelvicGaming

Жыл бұрын

The overworld was easily the worst part of the game. I wanted to go more in detail about it but I believe it's a huge reveal in the beginning that I didn't want to spoil.