All through the game I was coached to go fight against Krishna and the Divine Powers. So I killed them. Vishnu-Flynn was tough, but manageable. Watching Krishna’s final meltdown was glorious. I was ready to watch my ending sequence and call it a day. Then some dude shows up, “No wait, you have to fight Necron this other guy first.” Yeah no, I don’t have to do anything. If you want YHVH gone so badly, go kill him yourself. I’m through being tossed to about by random dudes. I hereby declare Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse finished after 61 hours, hurray!

Brief final thoughts

• I was pretty happy until the last dungeon sapped all my energy. That Cosmic Egg thing was way too big, way too ugly, way too empty of any interesting features. I’m not an expert or anything, but I’ve played my fair share of RPG final dungeons and I know how easy it is to lose focus and give up before the last boss when the last stages are too boring or unpleasant. The Cosmic Egg nearly did me in, but I soldiered on thinking I was almost done, just one more step, I just have to kill Krishna and… now you want to tell me I’m not actually done? LA LA LA LA I CAN’T HEAR YOU!
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  I kinda liked this horse guy thingy

  I made two saves before the big choice where you pick whether to destroy the Cosmic Egg or side with Dagda. Destroying the egg is obviously the “correct” decision that will get all your buddies to give you high fives while squealing about the power of friendship, but I derived a certain perverse pleasure from reloading my save so I could kill them all one by one. As a bonus, Asahi stays dead on that route, woo hoo! I haven’t had this much fun doing the ‘wrong’ thing since Elvandia Story’s Dark route. But I didn’t pursue Dagda’s route beyond that point because it doesn’t feel right being his little lapdog forever. Oh I’ll carve my own path alright, Dagda. Right through your smug little face.

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  Too cute!

  All in all Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse was a good game that I really enjoyed playing. Play play play, battery runs out, charge, play some more. It’s been a looong time since I played a game that avidly. Nanashi also made it up to level 95 and it’s been a loooong time since I even came close to capping my levels in a video game. This game is a lot smoother and easier to play than the original, especially when it comes to map navigation and ease of progression. You can tell they incorporated a lot of feedback from the first game.

• This is where I would normally say “But…” and introduce some negatives but, eh, it wasn’t bad at all. The characters were a bit annoying but I’ve seen worse. Being able to kill them if I really want to makes everything okay. My biggest problem was that the end game dragged on too long. If things had ended with destroying the Egg I would have had the energy to say more. As it is I enjoyed SMTIV: A but I’m also tired and ready to move on. I’ve seen enough.

Move on to what? Ummmm……………… I want to play La Corda d’Oro again! It’s because I was reading a manga about their post-game university days where Kaho is in a “Not My Boyfriend” situation with Yunoki, Tsukimori and Tsuchiura. You hussy, just pick one and let me have the others already *grumble grumble*.

No but seriously, what should I play next? Tokyo Xanadu feels too similar to SMT. It’s too soon for me to play Atelier Meruru. Demon Gaze? I’ve played with too many demons just now. I don’t feel like picking up Legend of Legacy or Sorcery Saga where I left off. Octopath Traveller won’t be out for another two weeks and I won’t have the Switch till August anyway…

Let me look at my resolutions list… Oh! Sakura Taisen 4! Okay, we’ll go with that. I’ve gotta catch up before the newest game comes out anyway. Welp, see you guys later!

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Shin Megami Tensei IV – Neutral Route! (spoilers) Finished Shin Megami Tensei IV (slight spoilers) Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – Reads like a kid’s self-insert fanfic Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse – Longer than I’d thought (spoilers)