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Atlus announces new Shin Megami Tensei for Switch (Unreal 4)
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Because making a new engine takes work and isn't worth the effort now a days. Atlus needs middleware more than middleware needs Atlus.
Besides which, this means
a possible PC port if Atlus is smart and uses said Unreal Engine to port it ERRYWHERE
We need to get inside that cocoon
Perfect Blue
Banned
Is it exclusive?
R_thanatos
Member
Will follow the news for this one for sure 
Jawbreaker
Member
No idea. The game is a ways off.
They already have P5's inhouse engine though so I wonder why they decided to go for UE4 instead.
BinaryPork2737
Unconfirmed Member
It's either that or it's Atlus showing off a shiny new model for a prominent demon from their latest SMT game. I kind of hope it's the latter.
QuiteWhittle
Member
I guess I'll buy this along with a Switch in 2020.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
I lost my FUCKING shit. God that's awwwwwwwwwwwesome!!
Because the trend for Japanese devs is catching up with Western development houses on the Middleware train.
Square-Enidos has Crystal Tools or whatever for FF15. They dropped that for Unreal Engine 4 as well. Why? Because 1) too much bullshit effort in creating the engine (see: Crystal Tools for FF13 having issues) 2) Middleware license will be significantly cheaper and 3) porting to various platforms will be much easier on them since Middleware is generally built to BE on as many platforms as possible.
It's a slam-dunk investment choice for developers. The age of in-house engines has been over for a lonnnnnng time.
That, too. It requires MASSIVE work to make an in-house engine run on various platforms when someone is already doing that work for you on Middleware engines.
You're already committing to buy the game at release?
Marmaladefire
Member
Not optimized to run on Switch?
This has me hyped but it's so early in development that it isn't going to sell me a console in 2 months. So I'm excited that I can get this after a price drop. WHoo!
Oh yeah SMTIV + SMTIVA SPOILERS
Flynn and Nanashi were the reincarnation of these heroes
PancakeBurglar
Member
So excited for this. Hopefully its not too far away.
Really hope this isn't connected to the SMT IV story. Not that I disliked it, and I don't think it'd share SMT IV Apocalypse's overall tone, but a clean break would be nice. Would have been neat if it could have outright been named SMT V here.
Despite not using Persona 5's engine, those are almost certainly that game's demon models.
Despite not using Persona 5's engine, those are almost certainly that game's demon models.
StereoVsn
Member
Day 1 for me for those games, but why would you do Day 1 for the Switch? We won't see either for years.
freikugeln
Member
Got some SMT 3 vibes from this
Neoleo2143
Member
BinaryPork2737
Unconfirmed Member
Seeing all those demons with glowing eyes sent a wave of nostalgia over me. Nocturne's opening was so good.
Iva Demilcol
Member
Pretty exciting but it's very early into development. No way we are seeing it not even in 2018.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Can't wait for this.
I hope we learn more soon. I went nuts when I saw those demons on screen.
Didn't Yamai say that the "Final" title was to represent that it was the Final SMT IV story.
Could be SMT V, but with some shared concepts from IV, though.
I hope we learn more soon. I went nuts when I saw those demons on screen.
Didn't Yamai say that the "Final" title was to represent that it was the Final SMT IV story.
Could be SMT V, but with some shared concepts from IV, though.
They say "just entered development," but I have to imagine that means active dev., because Yamai's been hinting at this for a long while now.
Atlus has other "projects" planned for SMT this year, too. We'll see what those are...
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Was really excited for a brief moment when I thought it was a Nocturne remake. Less excited when it looked to be another SMT4 spin-off/sequel.
Please no. Please no. :'(
cj_iwakura
Member
I don't know if it's V or not, but at very least it's a spin off a la SJ.
That track sounds like it's Kozuka's work.
KZXcellent
Member
I almost cried.
WE'RE IN THERE, BOYS!
WE'RE IN THERE, BOYS!
eyeball_kid
Member
The most exciting part of the presentation for me. Finally a proper home SMT again.
The fact that they just started development though, means...2018? 2019?
And why UE4 after they spent all that time building their own engine? Or did they just use UE4 for the trailer because it already supported Switch?
The fact that they just started development though, means...2018? 2019?
And why UE4 after they spent all that time building their own engine? Or did they just use UE4 for the trailer because it already supported Switch?
CreeperBlocks
Banned
I thought this was an SMT: Nocturne sequel because the group of Monsters reminded me of the title screen
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