a little disappointed

[fumie maeda]

hello, I'm the only one who's a little disappointed to have learned that although the game offers two campaigns, more than half of the two campaigns are exactly the same, just the ending is different... same boss battles, cinematics etc...

Mind you, I'm not saying the game will be bad, it will be cool! I just don't think I'll be doing both campaigns, I don't see the point of going through 40/50 hours of identical content just for another ending.

[fumie maeda]

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2024/02/smt-5-vengeance-includes-a-second-campaign-with-new-story-demons

[solaris32]

Then only play the vengeance storyline.

[JCKLNTRN]

I doubt it will really be 40-50 hours of identical content before the split. Everything we've seen so far indicates this should be more than just a different endgame.

[ZT-Sensei/Atra]

okay, let's clear up some misunderstanding here.

the same content isn't 40/50 hours, it's only until Lahmu, which if you've played SMTV before basically like 6 hours and in that 6 hours there's already a major difference, so the actual part that's the exactly same is the first 1 - 2 hours or so, and yes most of the area it' use will be the same this is basically what they're doing with even with SMT IV Apocalypse and Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker, this 2 aren't really a good example because it's basically a different story start to finish

but that aside, the link you gave says the big differences start from mid - late while it's not entirely wrong, but also not entirely correct, because the major difference was already there since early game(new character, new event etc.) like I said previously Lahmu part in Canon of Vengeance will be so different from the one in Canon of Creation, if you are skeptic watch the 6 hours stream Atlus did a few days ago, that only cover the early game(from after Area 1 to somewhere after Lahmu, I stopped watching because I don't want to get spoiled).

[ZT-Sensei/Atra]

Originally posted by Oreo Boy:

Megaten hasnt been the same since 2006 for the most part, expect only mid and more mid from now on

idk man, DeSu is released on 2009, and SMT IV is released on 2013

[borizb]

Originally posted by fumie maeda:

hello, I'm the only one who's a little disappointed to have learned that although the game offers two campaigns, more than half of the two campaigns are exactly the same, just the ending is different... same boss battles, cinematics etc...

Mind you, I'm not saying the game will be bad, it will be cool! I just don't think I'll be doing both campaigns, I don't see the point of going through 40/50 hours of identical content just for another ending.

There's a 14 minutes long video from the creators about all the other stuff they added besides the extra campaign content. And these 50 new features don't even cover all of it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHT6DSpuUdg

Now name a single console game port that offered this addition of content and new features and tell us what any other company did for their ports that is even remotely comparable in scale and did not make you disappointed. Really curious.

[ZT-Sensei/Atra]

Originally posted by borizb:

Originally posted by fumie maeda:

hello, I'm the only one who's a little disappointed to have learned that although the game offers two campaigns, more than half of the two campaigns are exactly the same, just the ending is different... same boss battles, cinematics etc...

Mind you, I'm not saying the game will be bad, it will be cool! I just don't think I'll be doing both campaigns, I don't see the point of going through 40/50 hours of identical content just for another ending.

There's a 14 minutes long video from the creators about all the other stuff they added besides the extra campaign content. And these 50 new features don't even cover all of it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHT6DSpuUdg

Now name a single console game port that offered this addition of content and new features and tell us what any other company did for their ports that is even remotely comparable in scale and did not make you disappointed. Really curious.

yeah, and if you want to see when the change actually start from then watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTc5do6NNOs&t=3s

(WARNING: MAJOR SPOILER)

[Black Lamb, Rock Enjoyer]

No shot someone saw playable Guest character straight from the first hour of the first area and say "its all gonna be the same for the first 50 hours." You havent played SMTV.