Thanks again for everyone's patience and support. This game felt absolutely huge and it took many nights to try and sum it all up. Be sure to check out the description for timestamps as well as a list of sources/people who helped create the video.

@nickdraco8435

Жыл бұрын

Yaaaaaaaaayyyy!!!!!!!!

@waxknucklebearingjuice5592

Жыл бұрын

Totally worth the wait.

@100Servings

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Marsh. I had a real bad day, and you really made it better. I know you might not feel like you're changing the world, but to me, you made a huge difference. Thanks again.

@theshellderinslowbrostail5422

Жыл бұрын

2 HOURS!? OF MAJIN TENSEI!! IS THIS HEAVEN?

@newbrowny

Жыл бұрын

you are the absolute best marsh. heart of smt on youtube to me.

Absolute chad mood for the protagonist to just stay totally silent for 11 whole chapters, then throw in a dialogue jumpscare out of nowhere

@DarkJ1425

Жыл бұрын

I don’t know why but that reminds me of a side character from Avatar: The Last Airbender show. I cannot remember his name but he was a silent archer who never spoke a word throughout the season. By the end, when things seriously went bad he talked which caught everyone off guard.

@Comkill117

Жыл бұрын

It’s like Saints Row 1. After multiple hours of your character in complete silence, to the point there’s multiple jokes about you being silent, suddenly the boss says something and everyone gets confused that you can talk, and only chose to make a dumb joke.

@SOMEGUY7893

Жыл бұрын

What's funny about that to me is that I played a game that did the exact opposite in Zettai Hero Project all the characters just act like it's a matter of course that the protagonist can't talk. Like they never once remark on it or draw attention to it, only for the ending to have one of the main characters go "Wait can he even talk?" when a reporter asks the protagonist for an interview to which the other main characters react to as though they're only just now realizing that was the case.

@dacknostrum

Жыл бұрын

@@DarkJ1425 Longshot? He was part of Jet's crew I think.

@DarkJ1425

Жыл бұрын

@@dacknostrum absolutely right. Man, it’s been 15 years since I watched that chapter.

This is what Saturday nights are for, not for going out and getting laid but to watch Marsh's 2-hour long videos on forgotten Japan-only games

@fmsyntheses

Жыл бұрын

Sad but true

@Agostoic

Жыл бұрын

Ikr

@ciscornBIG

Жыл бұрын

...yes?

@vicks02

Жыл бұрын

Yes sir.

@TaylorFalk21

Жыл бұрын

I get laid WHILE watching Marsh’s Megami Tensei videos. My girlfriend demands it 😂

SMT protagonsits moments before killing God: ... Majin tensei protagonist inside a big tree: holy shit

@lockl00p27

14 күн бұрын

If you count the Persona games, Joker speaks

@gabrieldevoogel6225

19 сағат бұрын

@@lockl00p27yeah but… like that’s an anime cutscene, imagine if joker randomly started talking in a random meeting scene in Leblanc you’d be scared

@lockl00p27

15 сағат бұрын

@@gabrieldevoogel6225 He also speaks midbattle.

@gabrieldevoogel6225

15 сағат бұрын

@@lockl00p27 that’s a staple tho, even in other modern rpg’s, heck ringo has less in battle dialogue then joker and she’s a fully voiced character

You know, some things are just inevitable. Death, taxes, stand users encountering each other, and Marsh being forced to fight the Minotaur on the 8th level. Just a fundamental law of the universe.

Marsh: Game is slow. Me who grew up with computers that regularly run newer games at 10-12 FPS: *My time has come. A strategy game to test the limits of my power.*

Majin Tensei. the only game in the FRANCHISE where the player can get Law and Chaos to set aside their differences and actually *agree* on something.

@CallofDutyBlackOps28

11 ай бұрын

I just realized that hero could be considered Law, and with what can happen in one ending with Heroine turning into a Demon, Law and Chaos can already view that they can work together instead of what they normally have been doing.

@christopherbravo1813

11 ай бұрын

@@CallofDutyBlackOps28 I mean, you *can,* but Law kinda requires that you accept God's word and live by it. God who has supposedly abandoned humanity. that, and this game does a fair bit of sh*tting on Law as well.

@CallofDutyBlackOps28

11 ай бұрын

@@christopherbravo1813 there's alot of reasons why i love this game over 2; mostly the nice art, music and how everything plays in comparison.

@christopherbravo1813

11 ай бұрын

@@CallofDutyBlackOps28 wait, 2 is *worse?*

@CallofDutyBlackOps28

11 ай бұрын

@@christopherbravo1813 i like 1 alot more then 2; it's really up to you though.

RIP Etienne, he died how he lived, suffering because the people in charge weren't doing enough

@allmight9840

10 ай бұрын

Sounds familiar

@Circ00mspice

5 ай бұрын

At least we're not alone

@hailthequeenFM

2 ай бұрын

The realism here is uncanny and uncomfortable.

Fun fact: there's exactly one person to my knowledge who's attempted a Majin Tensei speedrun, and I believe it took him almost 40 hours. If this isn't proof that the game is just way longer than it ought to be, I dunno what is.

@isenokami7810

Жыл бұрын

Long @$$ speedrun records: the telltale mark of just plain why in a video game. Don’t think anything’s topping the 100% Baten Kaitos speedrun, though; the hoops you have to jump through for that without the speedrun make half the games Marsh has covered look sane.

@tehandroidmaster

Жыл бұрын

Holy shit, you're talking about FilthyBlasphemr's attempted speedrun on Majin Tensei! I remember keeping up with his videos about it on Twitter before he said "fuck it." Do you think Majin Tensei's one of those games that has tons of speedrun potential, but we're sorely missing out on stuff like glitch and/or exploit information?

@smergthedargon8974

10 ай бұрын

@@tehandroidmaster Doubtful - I think strict grid-based mission-based SRPGs like this are some of the worst for speedrunning. No movement tech, no sequence breaks - the only thing it might have is some RNG manipulation. Otherwise, a speedrun of it would just be a "someone who's played the game before and knows what they're doing" run.

@d3-ll754

10 ай бұрын

@@smergthedargon8974 Eh, there's fun to be had in learning how to play games like this optimally, and a speedrun is a good way to do that. My issue with SRPGs from a speedrunning perspective is that 99% of the time it's most optimal to just pour all your resources into one Unit and bulldoze your way through with just them. Almost every Fire Emblem speedrun is like this and they're all incredibly boring IMO.

@basicallyrk4018

8 ай бұрын

Tbh for SRPGs it's more fun to solve for LTC (Low Turn Count) vs actual Speedruns, like take dondon151's Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon Hard 5 0% growths LTC run vs the speedrun, where the LTC has calculations, crazy optimizations and setup spanning over half the game, vs the speedrun where you just select Marth to go full distance and skip the enemy turn for the whole run

One step closer to the apex of gaming Majin Tensei 2

@alexandercastillo5001

Жыл бұрын

I love fire emblem SO it's great this is kinda similar

@cyclonemarx7020

Жыл бұрын

And then Ronde :)

@bonepawn1644

Жыл бұрын

​@@cyclonemarx7020the apexer of gaming

@mickeymickey9914

Жыл бұрын

​@@cyclonemarx7020ronde is irredeemable

@poymannyng1845

Жыл бұрын

@@mickeymickey9914 And its sins can't be accounted for...

1:34:38 if your wondering, powering up here just means the sword now gives +6 strength instead of +3

@MarshSMT

Жыл бұрын

since I had max strength that proves it did indeed have no effect for my character haha thanks

@Spudster

Жыл бұрын

@@MarshSMT yeah once you cap str its best to use the swords that deal bonus damage to specific races (the best option imo being the dragonslayer you get in a chest on one of the floors of Lucifer’s Lair

@devilmaycrysarockingdontcome

2 ай бұрын

​@@Spudsterracist swords 😎

@brotbrotsen1100

Ай бұрын

​@@devilmaycrysarockingdontcomeBut only for the demon races so the good kind of it

Looking forward to Nakajima Battle Royale, in which a Nakajima from every country, each with his own demonic/godly form, dukes it out in a giant brawl.

@evaxephonfan9649

Жыл бұрын

No spoilers for SMT 6!

@MysteryEzekude

4 ай бұрын

If such a colossal event were to unfold in the Megami Tensei franchise, it would be called World War Nakajima (WWN).

@lukedelameter7961

4 ай бұрын

Ah yes, N Gundam.

@Colddirector

2 ай бұрын

I keep imagining a bunch of Nakajimas, each with their own funny accent, fistfighting it out while trading dumb stereotypical puns.

@NEETKitten

Ай бұрын

​@@Colddirector Isn't that just G Gundam?

It's like Atlus saw Fire Emblem Gaiden and thought "Let's do that, but even more tedious!"

So the Bad Ending is essentially the plot of SMT 1? That sounds kinda cool.

Going by Shining Force, Majin Tensei and Fire Emblem Gaiden it seems like early Tactical RPGs had a serious problem with spreading out the map with nothing to do. Truly they were pioneers for the bad kind of open world games.

@shroudedinmyth8229

Жыл бұрын

When I played through the game, I immediately thought of Gaiden. It's supposed to be an FE rip-off, but I wish it ripped its more thoughtful map design and lower map count. Majin Tensei 2 is like the parts of Gaiden that's more than just an empty, but still have frustrating gimmicks. Some may find that frustrating, and it is, but at least it makes me use a brain cell so I like MT2 better

@cringekid3993

7 ай бұрын

gaiden isnt an fe rip off its a mainline game@@shroudedinmyth8229

@Christopher-eq1rn

4 ай бұрын

Never played shining force, only knew of it via megaman exe references to it, didn't know it's a trpg

@MysteryEzekude

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, I get what you mean. I don’t played a little bit of the first two Shining Force games. And I played through Sacred Stones and Three Houses as my first two Fire Emblem games. So I can attest to early tactical role-playing games struggling with efficient level design.

The game even gave you a Jeigan on the first map. This is pure FE, I love it.

@NEETKitten

9 ай бұрын

And Marsh even got the Jagen killed by not paying attention and overextending on a really boring slog of a chapter. I wasn't expecting him to give us The True Fire Emblem Experience in this video on top of Majin Tensei.

He actually, finally did it. The Majin Tensei Experience is here. Marsh went through one of the weirdest, most obscure, most player-unfriendly strategy RPGs in the genre's history, and he came out the other side still breathing. I am in awe of both this man's dedication and his willingness to suffer for our enjoyment. Actual king shit.

@persona3rulez

Жыл бұрын

Isn't Fire Emblem 1-5 even more player-unfriendly? You can even miss a healing spell in FE 5, it's actually a meme due to how often it happens. There's also an old XCOM where first few hours is just restarting the game because aliens literally one-shot your squad but I'm no expert.

@atromin9323

Жыл бұрын

​@@persona3rulezi'm not done watching this video but i played Fe1 blind (+ no savestates/restarts) as my first Fe and i got soflocked at against the final boss because i didn't collect some mcguffin i didn't even know existed like 15 maps earlier. I don't know yet if Majin pulls some shit like that but Fe1 at least is brutal without a guide.

@j.2512

Жыл бұрын

@@persona3rulez honestly most tactics jrpgs are like that. Lets not even start with ogre battle 64, so many ways to just fuck your playthrough, miss most of the classes and items or get one of the dozen bad endings

@persona3rulez

Жыл бұрын

@@atromin9323 either way, FE 4 and 5 are considered two best games and they both do some horrendous shit like large maps and absolutely dumb hit rates. Like I said, in 5 there is a character that misses healing spells like 7/10 times or so. Yet again, two best games in a franchise.

@thestripedmenace

Жыл бұрын

​@@persona3rulezSo what I'm getting is... All tactics JRPGs suck ass?

It's crazy how the Smt franchise has grown over the years.

Marsh: If you don't have the manual, this game will be hard to figure out. *explanation* Me: So it's Fire Emblem with an SMT skin, sounds rad. Marsh: The game is slow and enemy turns take forever Me: So it's Fire Emblem _4_ with an SMT skin, even better!

It’s amazing what Aoki-san was able to do with the SNES/Super Famicom sound chip. May he rest in peace.

Me (single) typing, "Babe, wake up, Marsh just uploaded" into a KZread comment box, then posting it for good boy points before watching the entire video in the dark by myself in my apartment.

I’ve been slowly watching Marsh lose his mind making this video on twitter and I’m excited to finally see the fruits of his arduous labor

53:25 this sounds like the random bullshit out of Fire Emblem 4 Geneology of the Holy War, this is peak game design.

1:14:10 Fire Emblem 4 but it's the entire game as one map.

Most of the SNES SMT games have great art but the pixel art for this one in particular is insane with how good it is.

Another detailed movie-length breakdown of an obscure Shin Megami Tensei title from Marsh? This is exactly what chill Saturday nights are made of. Let's rock.

"French Nakajima was actually one of God's angels the entire time" is a line I never expected to hear before starting this video lololol. Thank you for making another excellent video Marsh!!! You do so much for the SMT fandom

Hilarious that the protag stayed silent for so many chapters before talking. What a legend.

1:47:14 “I am Lucifer, both your eternal enemy, and your eternal guardian” Damn that line went hard

This game is Fire Emblem as hell, they even give you a Jaegan in the beginning 💀

I'm pretty sure fire emblem fans call your blocking technique the "giant ball of death." It's definitely effective

I've never been so convinced to NOT play a game, thank you man

I find it impressive this guy is lugging around a desktop or a really bulky laptop around for this apocalyptic demon war.

It's THAT kind of Majin Tensei Experience

"SPECIAL THANKS: ... - You" Damn, Marsh making me cry from the video description.

発売当時遊びましたが、悪魔たちを大画面で見れたことが大きな喜びでした。戦闘はスローでしたが・・・ シナリオの完成度は、真・女神転生の世界を引き継いだ素晴らしいものでした。

@NEETKitten

Жыл бұрын

Wow, I didn't know Marsh had international influence.

@AdamOwenBrowning

Жыл бұрын

@@NEETKitten I guess there isn't really a massive following of this specific game online, even in Japan

@nitro5247

Жыл бұрын

It is fascinating to meet someone in such a position. What was the game like when you first played it? Did you get the true ending? Love from the USA ❤

@user-vj3ux5ty7q

Жыл бұрын

@@nitro5247 nice to meet you! I'm sorry with Google Translate. I started playing games with Family Computer Megami Tensei, and got lost many times with the paper maps I made. I fell in love with the story of Megami Tensei 2 and Shin Megami Tensei. I remember that the ending of Majin Tensei made me feel very quiet, not impressed, as I continued to live in the world that had ended, and started looking for a way to live from the end. Right now, I'm writing a fan fiction just after Shin Megami Tensei's ICBM explosion. I'm still a captive of Megami Tensei!

@user-vj3ux5ty7q

Жыл бұрын

@@AdamOwenBrowning It's true that it wasn't major, and fans at the time weren't active on social media, but there are some. There are few Japanese people who actively appeal to overseas in order to avoid troubles caused by cultural differences.

God damn how long has this been in the making like a year? Legend.

@ClixonTheOne

Жыл бұрын

With how long turn rates are I'm sure he just finished.

51:01 - No matter the game, no matter if they try new genres, the SMT dev will have their good ol' sadistic giggle in the dev room.

After getting through the intro, it’s so cool to see how much better Marsh gets with every upload. You can really see the care and editing that go into each video and how they’ve improved since the already great SMT if videos

I remember watching month after month as Marsh's twitter showcased his spiraling out of control playing Majin Tensei I hope that the Majin Tensei Military Strategist arc's conclusion is just as beloved

Huge Thanks Marsh. You are a fuckin' god in the the SMT fanbase. True.

When SMTxFE was first announced I was expecting essentially a Majin Tensei revival

Stuff to look at in case you want to play Majin yourself and are looking for a specific ending/demons: 18/19 - 53:15 28 - 1:04:37 30 - 1:05:29 32 - 1:12:44 (Marsh got this one after stage 34 but you could get it right after 32) 34 - 1:11:58 46 - 1:29:19 (this is a long segment, watch until Marsh gets the powered up Ino Kagutsuchi) 51 - 1:36:45 Asides from that, remember to spare demon's lives when the choice is prompted. I think with these timestamps you can get any demon and ending you desire, please correct me if i missed anything.

I played Majin Tensei on a 3DS without using Fast-Forward, do you wanna know how many hours it took me to finish it with the True Ending? 80 FUCKING HOURS D_D It's a great game tho, slow as a snail but the soundtrack & art design is magnificent 💙

@sociallyawkard5675

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if he used my guide

@CarlosMW

Жыл бұрын

@@sociallyawkard5675 he did

@alicevioleta3184

Жыл бұрын

80 isn't so long, that's how long Innocent Sin is

@CarlosMW

Жыл бұрын

@@alicevioleta3184 80 isn't that long, but compared it with the games previously released Megami Tensei 1 & 2 were around 50 hours for the amount of grind you have to do SMT 1 was around 50 hours And Last Bible....uuuuuuuh, 30?

@j.2512

Жыл бұрын

i have a philosophy that in an ideal world no game should last more than 20 hours to beat. When you past 20 hours it is because of padding. It holds true for most jrpgs, they are usually 50-100 hour experiences but most of that is grinding and padded out secondary missions.

This game took its ques from Fire Emblem and made it work in megaten, the overpowered Orthrus is your Jagen/paladin equivalent. In nearly all FE games you get an early game unit that's super OP for the 1st couple of chapters but you're only meant to use them as a crutch or tank enemy attacks so that your units can pick em off for kill EXP.

This game is interesting, but the sequel is even more interesting. Apart from the slow arithmetic of the Super Nintendo, I think that "Majin Tensei 2" (i.e. the sequel to this work) is a masterpiece. Personally, I consider "Majin Tensei 2" to be on par or better than "Tactics Ogre", "Ogre Battle" , "Final Fantasy Tactics" , "Bahamut Lagoon" , "Fire Emblem" , "Little Master" , "SD Gundam G GENERATION F" , "Hiōden" and "Langrisser 2". この作品も面白いのだが、続編は更に面白い。スーパーファミコンの演算の遅さを除けば、魔神転生2（つまり本作の続編）は名作だと思う。個人的には魔神転生2はタクティクスオウガやファイアーエムブレム、ラングリッサー等と同等以上の作品だと考えている。 As a derivative of "Megami Tensei", it's a forgotten series, along with "Last Bible" and "Devil Children".I would much rather wait for an official sequel to "Majin Tensei" (preferably one that follows the system of "Majin Tensei 2"."Devil Survivor" does not satisfy that.) than "Megami Tensei" or "Persona", but that opportunity will probably never come. It is easy to imagine Atlus and Sega not wanting to spend money on that attempt. Not only that, but since the occult boom has died down and the social atmosphere has changed in Japan since the 2000s, it may not be possible to make games with the "Megami Tensei" and "Majin Tensei" atmosphere. I think such games can only be made by people who lived in Japan in the 1970s-90s. (It is difficult to explain in detail to a foreigner, but in those days, manga, anime and games with a unique atmosphere existed as a genre. Now there are no manga, anime or games that have the unique and strange atmosphere of the pre-90s.) 女神転生の派生としては、ラストバイブルやデビルチルドレンと並んで忘れられたシリーズだ。私は女神転生やペルソナよりも、魔神転生の正式な続編（できれば魔神転生2のシステムを踏襲したもの。デビルサバイバーではそれは満足されない。）を待ち望んでいるのだが、その機会は多分永遠に来ないだろう。アトラスやセガがその試みにお金を使おうとしないことが容易に想像できる。それだけではなく、2000年代以降の日本はオカルトブームが廃れて、社会の雰囲気も変わったので、昔の女神転生や魔神転生の雰囲気を持ったゲームは作れないかもしれない。ああいうゲームは1970-90年代の日本に生きていた人でないと作れないと思う。（外国人相手に詳しく説明することは難しいのだが、あの時代は独特の雰囲気を持った漫画、アニメ、ゲームが一つのジャンルとしてあった。今は90年代以前の独特の奇妙な雰囲気を持ち合わせた漫画、アニメ、ゲームは存在しない。）

@youngnigar525

9 ай бұрын

I cant believe bro said dis in english and japanese

This is what people expected from that SMTxFE game...

Genealogy map size with Gaiden map design. Beautiful.

The real Fire Emblem/Megaten collab

I think a marsh video about some of the old ass fire emblems would be pretty interesting, Thracia especially for all its bullshit nonsense, hell it even has dark rooms

I played through this game, like, half a year ago, and the game got so tedious toward the later half that I felt like I was experiencing a fever dream, but instead of being subjected to a virus I was subjected to dark-green floors and light-green walls for hours. Overall, fun game, 6/10.

I'm so glad you shouted out Hidehito Aoki, his tracks are all bangers. RIP Hidehito Aoki

Two hours of Marsh covering a megaten title? Hell yeah, let’s go!

Sometimes I forget what drew me to your channel in the first place. At first it was at the time recent interest in SMT, 3-4, years ago. But then I realized. I came for SMT, stayed because you're in a funny way the Cybershell of Megami Tensei, humour wise. I don't know how you do it but you always send me in a fucking laughing fit

French person here, just wanted to congratulate you on Étienne Alphonse Laflèche pronunciation, that was really good.

When protag-kun first spoke, I actually thought there was some kind of copycat mimic NPC that was pretending to be me during the dialogue... because that still makes more sense to me than what actually happened, lol

It's somewhat funny to realise that if this game had a more compelling cast, hub areas, dialogues and npc interaction together with quality of life improvements such as smaller levels, a faster general pace in the gameplay and so on it would have probably become easily a fan favourite in the whole franchise like devil survivor is. Majin Tensei has a solid gameplay, sprites, OSTs and a somewhat decent story, if only more time was invested in it to smooth its edges.

This really reminds me of the Super Robot wars games which i love. The old super famicom ones still kick my ass but Majin Tensei seems easier to pick up than a dungeon crawler for me.

@westonmeyer3110

Жыл бұрын

It’s basically a rip off of Fire Emblem, that’s why they changed it so much in the sequel.

Something about the fact that like most of the named characters died in this run really established how dangerous this was and seems more realistic. Also love the romance building between marsh and rags and a jealous Minotaur trying to interfere. Love your shit dude and thanks for making this

@sock312

Жыл бұрын

Also I love how this is the second game where you unintentionally killed orthrus

@BMoser-bv6kn

10 ай бұрын

Something not mentioned in the video: You can get them back after recruiting them through fusion! You might be able to create multiple copies of them, even. I went the neutral route after checking it out so I dunno.

May I just say that the Vishnu-Flynn fight theme from SMT4A for the "Worst Stage Ever Played in a Video Game" segment (stage 45) is just perfect? It really helps encapsulate the idea of a man hitting his limit with a game that does NOT respect his time whatsoever.

To be fair Flynn has speaking roles in SMT4A.

@JohnSmith-iw1wd

5 ай бұрын

Only because he's not the main character there. Same deal with Tatsuya and Maya in each other's Persona 2 games.

Before this video was released, I was reading a recently made translation of this game but in manga form, Majin Tensei True Rememberence. Honestly that story was written with the authors interpretation of the game Edit: the ending feels rushed but overall its a finished megami Tensei manga so I can’t complain

At this point I think Marsh has more claim to being the Minotaur's nemesis than Theseus does.

20 min and I already can tell this is an instant classic. Thanks Marshal

Always glad to see Marsh return with his sanity intact(?), have to appreciate how much effort goes into these reviews.

You really have evolved from the days of Shrek Megami Tensei. Can’t wait for the next one

I used to think Fire emblem having 24 chapters were too much, BUT 59??????? NAW 💀💀💀💀💀💀

No joke, I consider you one of the best SMT historians I've ever watched. Because I had no idea 99% of these games existed before your videos (and yes, I do play mainline SMT games and not just Persona games)

My man Marsh bringing out another full length movie of a video. Time to watch this everyday until another video comes out

Can't wait to see him play Majin Tensei 2.

@nr2676

11 ай бұрын

MT2 is really good game (no joke). It's like Last Bible 3 for Last Bible franchise.

I just got to say. I really enjoy how crass and casual you are when doing these retrospectives/walk throughs. Always feels like it 's just a friend explaining a game they like in a very understandable way. Especially with how some of the mechanics in smt games are.

Finally, someone remembers the Majin Tensei series.

Not only does the protagonist get to talk, I'm fairly certain he's one of the few that actually gets the girl

I’ll be honest didn’t think this was coming out for at least another 4 months but I love the surprise

frankly, if they remade this game with the systems and improvements that exist in this day and age it would be great

Maybe this first game (and the ones that came after) prove why it took so long to go back to SRPG's for Devil Survivor. They probably really wanted to take a break until they were confident they could make a more digestible map structure. And Devil Survivor proves that they really thought about it with its more compact maps and bigger focus on the actual combat and plot.

@shroudedinmyth8229

Жыл бұрын

It's almost certainly because Ronde was so bad, killing the sub series and they didn't really have another srpg sub series, other than that one Gameboy another bible game

The SMT x Fire Emblem was real all along

Majin Tensei’s one of the more unique franchises in MegaTen. It’s a really archaic game because of it’s painful slowness but it’s weirdly different charm from SMT makes it one of the more unique branches from Megaten. Majin Tensei 2 especially is one of my favorite SMT games because of its story and totally different atmosphere from other games. You really went all out with this video Marsh, def one of those games that you have to sacrifice any social interaction to finish. Can’t wait for SMT 2 and Majin 2!

Nothing like a 2 hour Marsh video to keep you company on a all night shift. Glad to see this in my notifs when it did.

that rag segment had me on the fuckin floor. great video as always marsh :)

@GREPAPA1

Жыл бұрын

I WAS THE EXACT SAME I was watching my screen and I was like NO FUCKING WAY THERE AIN'T NO FUCKING WAY THIS IS REAL 😂

Glad to see someone cover this game in as much detail as possible. As usual, rad vid man. Can't wait for Majin Tensei II, and of course, the third entry, and best selling Majin Tensei game on the Sega Saturn: Ronde, to come out soon after this. We'll finally have HD footage of Ronde gameplay, and the [R E D A C T E D] fight.

'The pace of each enemy turn becomes glacially slow' Ahhh, my SRW and SD Gundam GGen brain is tingling with nostalgia. Suddenly, I feel at home. Fuck that can suck to experience sometimes, though. I feel ya on this one, Marsh, I really do.

I initially played Majin 2 just for the music, and I honestly don't regret it. SRPGs terrify me, but the price for the awesome soundtrack is well worth it for me. I might get to Majin 1 once I'm done with it, but that'll probably be another half decade.

Just now learning about this game from this video, it is (more or less) exactly what I expected and wanted when I learned that the Shin Megami Tensei series was going to have a cross over with the Fire Emblem series. But instead we got Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE...

I swear Marsh is literally the AVGN of Megami Tensei with the descriptive dialogue alone. . What an interesting experience. . .

@KLegyyn

Жыл бұрын

I also enjoy the Marsh x Rag progression. . Went from absolute hatred, to paranoia, to sweet revenge, and now to attraction. . .

@Slenderquil

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking that too. It's like 2 hours of the more relaxed part of an AVGN review

i love the majin tensei games. they're insane but i enjoy them.

I actually shit myself when Minotaur popped up again, return of the king! 🙌

Your long videos are perfect for smoke sessions. Thanks dude. By the way, I saw the SMT Band of Shadows performance in Los Angeles. It was incredible listening to music from the franchise performed live with the producer on lead guitar, let alone their first Western performance

I'm a huge fan of FE and SMT so I'm surprised I never heard of this until now. I'll really have to check this one out.

I played about 3 maps of Majin Tensei, looked up how long the game was, and decided I had much better SMT games to play. Great video!

I think it’s so cool the way you explained your blocking strategy during the Pandemonium map. I’ve used that same tactic for years in Fire Emblem games but now I have a fun name to assign to it thanks to you! This video was so cool also, learning about Majin Tensei was quite a ride but I feel like you did the game so much justice in playing it and giving people like myself an idea of what it’s like. I started getting into the SMT series this year and I’m so glad I finally did. Anyways, great video!

What could maybe salvage this retro game is if maybe you can progressively social-link up with Ettienne (french Nakajima) in between dungeons, of the 'Temperance' arcana. And when you max him, he reveals himself to be Gabriel and at your disposal with waaaayyy more HP. Oui! Oui! >_< XD

A 2 hour video of one of the most forgotten games in the Megami Tensei series this was truly a treat.

In most Megaten games all you need to know about races is that Tyrants cannot be recruited and that’s about it.

This game, although often compared to Fire Emblem, has a lot more similarities with Famicom Wars. The unit match ups, where certain races deal more or less damage to others, is ripped almost directly from the series. The way units are summoned is also comparable, though instead of capturing towns to amass wealth and building them from factory tiles, you just summon them with your protagonists. The main influence from Fire Emblem comes from how you build your own army by recruiting new units as the game progresses, replacing old ones that may have died due to the permadeath system. This keeps the game feeling like one long, connected RPG in contrast to the disconnected levels of Famicom Wars that have no continuity. Majin Tensei falls into a strange limbo between both series with a coat of Megami Tensei slapped on top. The gameplay and map design feel like Famicom Wars, but it's burdened by the need to have continuity between levels. Stages just can't be tightly designed since the designer doesn't know how strong the player's army will be by this point in the game, leading to levels being needlessly long as a stand in for actual difficulty. This game's story structure is also similar to Fire Emblem: Gaiden, meaning that many maps have no dialogue and only exist as filler between story beats. Gaiden at the very least broke up certain story arcs with small towns or shrines, not to mention that most maps in Gaiden are relatively quick to beat. Majin Tensei doesn't do much better than either of these games in terms of gameplay, with its most stand out traits being its atmosphere, visuals, and music. This game is an absolute slog to play, but I still pushed myself to complete it before this review could come out. I'm glad I gave it a shot, but I don't think I could recommend it to even the most diehard SRPG fans. If anybody out there wants to play this game to completion, make sure to stock up on Noble Birds and fuse some Goddesses! Noble Birds deal tons of damage to flying units that otherwise resist most physical attacks, whereas Goddesses have great healing skills and take little damage from most enemies. Both races also fly, so use them to reach faraway treasures or block enemy spawners when the need arises. And open the central chests in Scenario 30 before you defeat all the enemies (The map shown at 1:04:57)! There's an item here called the Lapis Lazuli that can be taken to Rag's shop to increase you demon capacity by 10. Apart from that, just remember that this game will wear you down. Take some breaks or you might just lose your mind playing it all the way through.

I hope you might consider covering the Devil Survivor games! They rock snd deserve more attention IMHO 🤘

@DarkJ1425

Жыл бұрын

Gotta play them ASAP before then. I heard the 2nd one is massive, so much so they stopped the dub midway and referred back to the JP voice acting.

Holy shit he played majin tensei! Congrats on struggling through the abject suffering. This game is great though. Though what i am REALLY interested in you covering, is the 2nd majin tensei game, that game is in my opinion, one of the best titles in the franchise. Here's to you covering that Marsh and good luck 👍

@nr2676

10 ай бұрын

I agree, MT2 is great and underrated as hell.

59 stages? Sounds similar to what some SRW games got and that is without counting split paths stages that you don’t get to play on the same playthrough. Very nice to see Fire Emblem type game being covered, I thought you are doing mostly rpgs only.

Hey there ive been looking for more in depth gaming channels of games I never heard of. Along with Ross's Gaming Dungeon, Civvie, Avalanche, Grimbeard I'll gladly add this channel to my rotation, thanks!

The minotaur, rag and technical limitations, we've got it all. Thanks for covering another game I'm probably never gonna have the patience or sanity to play, Marsh.