Shin Megami Tensei V Discussion and Spoilers Thread

Oh no.

If anyone knows, just answer yes or no: does Miyazu always die over the course of the story?

Unimportant NPC apparently.

Sahori does

If the second part is true, that would suck; I'm not surprised that happens, but I was kind of hoping that something surprising would happen with her instead of just dying.

Apparently you can save her but it requires a very specific choices to do so. She’s then a NPC who can give some lategame quests I heard.

Edited by OmegaRadiance on Nov 6th 2021 at 8:14:52 AM

Definitely crossing my fingers for that to be true then; would kind of suck for the character whose official art is being abducted to just be there to die; even Issachar had a bit more dignity than that.

There’s more to what’s going on than it appears I hear, but I’ll leave the surprise for the game itself since it’ll be out soon.

Edited by OmegaRadiance on Nov 6th 2021 at 8:24:58 AM

Will be updating this post with a ton of info and pics:

Boss Maria◊

Ichiro wanting a someone topunch the PM◊

Amatsukami being relevant is the biggest surprise◊.

Aogami is An Angel and also heavily implied to be Susano-o(Tsukuyomi is said ingame to be Aogamis brother). Baal = Gozu-Tennoh = Beelzebub = Susano-o = Hallel Beelzebub wen!?

Your routes◊. Fourth dot is still ??? At the moment

FoReShAdOwInG◊

The other Nahobino◊

   EDIT   : Combine all this with who the third Nahobino is and I have a feeling Panagia Aka Mary is Amaterasu

   Edit x2   : The Amatsukami/God’s Order route apparently Aogami turns against you and it’s Tsukuyomi you fuse with. Can’t confirm this yet.

Edit x3: The one demon monk who appear briefly in a previous trailer is revealed to be human despite using the demon voice filter. He was sent by Buddha to protect Nahobino.

EDIT AGAIN: MOTHER FU-errrrrr….. they mentioned in an review for the game LNC and JUSTICE◊

Another Nahobino cutscene

Edited by OmegaRadiance on Nov 9th 2021 at 9:56:18 AM

So which previous games in series I need to play to get full effect of plot? x'D

It’s mostly references I hear and “implying” than directly stating the backstory flat out. So likely none

Man, I'm getting Fudou Akira vibes from how Ichiro appears in those screenshots; he went from a friendly-looking person to a thug.

Also, can I just say how awesome Fallen(?) Abdiel looks?

Edited by dragonfire5000 on Nov 7th 2021 at 1:34:01 AM

The battle with Shohei and Nuwa.◊

Another Nahobino◊. This is Tao’s Final Form as Panagia.

Edited by OmegaRadiance on Nov 7th 2021 at 1:07:20 AM

So here’s more info:

There’s a point where the game has multiple routes and you can return to that point after beating each route to get to them faster.

An Italian review mentions a “Resurrection Mode” you can do after getting the other routes, starting the game from the beginning with all your levels and stuff. Apparently it gives more optional choices in game and the last route feels like a proper epilogue.

The endings consist of Nahobino walking towards a Throne which is looking like a disco ball while demons part of said alignment talk. Law has the Angels natch, Chaos has BETHEL demons talk, and Neutral has no one.

Edited by OmegaRadiance on Nov 7th 2021 at 5:20:16 AM

So it's possible to see most of the routes without playing the whole game 3 or 4 times?

It sounds like Yes. It sends you back just before Alignment Lock.

That's a quality of life change I can definitely get behind.

Four routes is also indeed confirmed. A small screenshot with four dots on it was posted

Shiva is the super boss. He summons Ganesha, Kali, and Parvati to aid him.

From the Law Ending◊

Law Ending 2◊

Law Ending 3◊

Makes Abdiels actions funnier cause her loyalty is to YHVH over preserving his Order.

Edited by OmegaRadiance on Nov 7th 2021 at 1:39:34 AM

Interesting choice for a base game superboss. I wonder how the DLC bosses will compare.

Edited by dragonfire5000 on Nov 7th 2021 at 2:22:13 AM

Gotta say even if some details are wrong since not all of this is images, I find it funny how there were people who refused to believe Susano-o and Aogami were implied to be one and the same, even with all his attack names AND fighting a multi-headed serpent for SYMBOLISM~ before the game was even out.

They don’t even have to say it directly since we now know The PM is Tsukuyomi and refers to him as his brother.

Is this different from the New Game Plus options that was mentioned in the News videos?

It’s NG+ basically.

So it's something we already know about, save for the being able to start from a checkpoint rather than the beginning of the game.

Ah, so it's something we already heard of from News Volume 4.

Edited by dragonfire5000 on Nov 7th 2021 at 2:28:09 AM

Resurrection Mode is starting from the beginning

Not sure whether it's a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it would be nice to see all the routes without playing the game multiple times. But if what route you get depends on going back and making a single choice instead of a consequence of your other choices, then how do your choices matter?

Edited by kkhohoho on Nov 7th 2021 at 5:59:24 AM