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sc94597 on 03 April 2015
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Dr.Henry_Killinger said:
sc94597 said:

What exactly is it a spin-off of? It seems to me as if it is an original megami tensei game with fire-emblem's mythology mixed in. We saw actual gameplay, it is obvious that it isn't "pure-fanservice. 

^ What we can see from these screens. Quality, large world to explore. Decent-looking active-time-battle combat system. A mix of SMT and Fire-Emblem mythology. Sure, there will be some fan-service, but not "purely fanservice." 


Since they are both spinoffs technically the correct term is Established Franchise vs New Comer. Especially since its not straight up FE or SMT but a selection of qualitys of both, you can't count on either fanbase, rather its mainly those who are hyped about the game itself. In contrast, this is P5 which even from P3 has been established since PS2, with its own spinoffs being on 360, PS3, and DS. So yah in terms of sales yeah, its gonna be no contest.

If we are talking about what SMTXFE has to offer, we are assured it won't be held back by last gen tech, although Atlus is a master of art style so this might not matter as much. It will probably have an effect on explorability, etc. though.

As for the screens, I don't know if we've seen enough yet. It definetly has ATBS but what does normal combat look like? It says Scene up at the top right, will these areas be only accessible in certain story parts? How can we know if it won't be ffxIII corridor esque? Still many questions.

But we can almost guarantee that the quality of this game will be at least good as there haven't been any bad SMT games (spinoff or otherwise.) Most of the series is reviewed > 80%. The game is obviously more SMT than FE, so I don't think it has the issue that other crossover games have. Nobody was really discussing sales. Persona is the best selling MT series. 

As for explorability and world size, I think Persona 5 and this will probably be only limited by costs. Both the Wii U and PS3 should be capable of open-world/semi-open world gameplay. 

Sure we don't know what it's like, but why would we assume that it will be bad? We know it's not FFXIII corrider-esque because we've seen what looks like an open-world city with shops to buy things in throughout the trailer. 

^ All show some pretty open and interactive environments. Notice the demonic gate in front of the large building in the second picture. That implies backtracking is present in this game as well.