FE x SMT shown at N Direct

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spemanig said:

sc94597 said:

You can't deny that there is a very large overlap though. Persona games are still at their core SMT games. They just have additional (albeit very focused) social sim gameplay elements to complement the SMT gameplay.

Honestly, it's not additional; it's different. It's completely different in setting, tone, and theming. There isn't a large overlap. There are important, core, and obvious overlaps since it is still a spin off and there's always going to be some, but the games are so far from being alike.

Says someone who hasn't played them.... The setting might be different, but the actual game's core and themes are similar. You have two opposing forces pulling the strings behind the scenes (Philemon vs. Nyarlothotep - implied in Persona 3 and 4, characters in Persona 1 and 2 - or YHVH vs. Lucifer.) You have dungeon-crawling (albeit it is a little bit different in 3 and 4.) In most games the characters are teenagers/young adults, yes even in SMT. Shadows and demons are practically the same thing. The magic and attacks are the same. Combat is somewhat different, but even in the SMT series combat is different (SMT I & II don't have press-turn.) And when I spoke of overlap I was talking about the overlap of consumers. The majority of SMT fans like Persona and vice-verse. 

The differences are literally superficial, as Outlawauron said. It is the equivalent of Windwaker vs. Twilight Princess. 

Half of the following would fit right at home in SMT: 

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17:00 - 25:00 would fit in perfectly in a mainline SMT game tone, story, and theme-wise, for example.