RPG Fanatic: Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE Online MMO Video Game Review

[DragardKaos]

I'm am Enhance Melee, and I do fine by myself. Oh, and its Shin Megami Tensei, its not supposed to hold your hand xD

[aristokraticassassin]

yeah I agree with you about the tutorial, it took me a while to figure out how to assign exp points to certain skills, and which skills were better to lv up. I'm at lv 54 atm gotta get to lv 80 just to use my Muramasa Katana that I went through Hell to get the parts to and get someone to make... anyway I don't have a scroller on my mouse "BUT" you actually can zoom in and out using page up and page down keys.

[Mephistin]

You forgot to mention that most of the best equipment has to be bought with AP, which cost real money and is totally bullshit. If you don't find a clan with an experienced player, your screwed to using wiki, all the time.

[qxXFidoXxp]

I loved this game for awhile as a gunner, and later made a melee character. Holy crap; I thought gunners shot slow. I understand that it wants to conform to the SMT styles in the past, but I'd rather it be either completely turn based, or completely real time, as apposed to the hybrid-like style it tries to pull now. It's not the worst, but It's gotta be close. I was about to get it again, but couldn't remember why until I saw this.

[MegaShadowrunner]

Where'd your Unlimited Saga review go?

[ghosttailwolf]

i downloaded the game and my computer got as slow as fuck, why?

[jfreedan]

@ghosttailwolf Digital devils must have infected it

[ghosttailwolf]

@jfreedan oh my god that makes so much sense, i better get in my computer and use my persona then

[Ryukazi1]

@ghosttailwolf its because it fills up RAM, and OS need RAM and ROM to run programs, try filtering out your memory, my computer had the same problem (not with this game tho.) and i found 15 GB of stuff i didn't need, which I deleted. My computer ran faster than ever

[redshirts23]

im a persona fan, n i think i wont play dis

[rdunikk]

I played this game a year ago, I got to level 20 or so, it's hella hard and confusing so I quit fast, the battle system sucks,as this dude said I wanna like this game but Its to hard.

[Droenixjp]

I don't know dude, I was able to figure it out right from the beginning and found the game to be a bit enjoyable. I did find it to be boring eventually, but in my opinion it was pretty fun for what I played.

[GuilldWarsFAN]

GREAT GAME

[wweworldwrestling]

... Just get the usb mouse.

[AREAlhero]

I wasn't sure if you were aware, but the default skills start out already on your skill board. Maybe you switched to one of the other skill boards without realizing? And you didn't even mention anything beside the controls, not the detail the game has with text, the demons, nor the locations, or even bad points like the difficulty spike with some enemies and horrible PvP.

[jfreedan]

@AREAlhero The default skills did not already start in your skill tray when I reviewed the game. As for the other comments, I only played for about a week. I did mention the game has difficulty issues, though my experience was related to a melee character and fighting with the horrible camera.

[Bloodyidit]

@jfreedan

the game has a hidden difficulty setting in the form of it's classes.

Melee:Hard

Mage: Medium

Gunner: Easy as F*CK.

[kyuubinarutox1]

THAT WAS ME!! i quit within 4 hours it was bull, i went back to ff online

[jfreedan]

@kyuubinarutox1 Who was you? o.0

[kyuubinarutox1]

@jfreedan my name was dojimaPer but i wasnt talking about me as if i was on the video i was talking about me in general.

[Zero21x]

There is only 1 other game that plays like Megaten Imagine which is Mabinogi which makes this game different from other mmorpgs plus i played this game in Japanese first And it did not even take me o_o an hour to figure out what i was doing and playing Mmorpgs or PC games on a laptop kinda sucks @_@ i cant do that =X id need a real mouse or keyboard in most mmorpgs you have to maintain the camera with your mouse at all times or most of the time only issues is that game feels a bit slow

[yamitech]

@Zero21x

Mabi's quite different from Megaten.

Best example is the combat system, Action, Combo/chain based In mabi.

While megaten is more of the common Hit,Return basis.

[HazenColones]

Well tech the begging is the prologue of how u became the buster she teaches u how to hit buttons for sure.. that about it, but its a good enough game for socializing i quit for a year an came back to a char that somehow wasnt removed. i play now an then ..like now

[HazenColones]

It does tel you how to play and wat skill does what all the things u said it didnt.. after getting through the beggining an waking up with the snake guy u go through the virtual room where he teaches u all of it...

[jfreedan]

@HazenColones He teaches you AFTER you already have to fight through the tutorial. Does that make sense? Teaching the player how to fight after they've already had to figure it out for themselves? Really, there is no way to get through the tutorial if you don't figure out how to drag and drop the skills, and then how to charge one of the skills to use it.

[artsi05]

Lol the game is for hardcore Shin Megami Tensei fans... Yeah right! I've never played any SMT and I think this is one of the best MMORPG:s ever! Although it has its weaknesses

[TheBlitMaster]

A primarily shooter developer making an action mmo rpg for a turned based rpg with major framerate issues as well as terrible tutorials and published by a company who's known for terrible free to play mmos. Sounds like gold to me.

[lolololololol012]

actually end-game close range characters are some of the strongest xD

[jfreedan]

@lolololololol012 If that is true, it doesn't seem obvious from the earlier levels. As you can see, the camera is difficult to work with for melee characters.

[MrPolistiren]

This game got boring after about 5 hours in. I think it needs a little more variety. A less akward control whouldn't hurt.

[kitorosan]

does the monsters here r the same as Persona monsters where only the later monsters r stronger or all monsters r strong if u lvl them up?

[jfreedan]

@kitorosan From what I gather, any monster can be strong if you level them up and utilize fusions.

[FractalDistortion]

Is it not a 'feature' of Japanese games to have the player figure it out on their own? I don't agree with that approach, I think all games should have basic tutorials.

[jfreedan]

@FractalDistortion I wouldn't call it a "feature", more like a lack of forethought when the game was designed. And it's hardly unique to Japanese made games. Regardless of where the game originated, it's pretty common for games to not have detailed instructions about how their complicated subsystems work.

[jfreedan]

@c0mpile The reason I'm making your comment public is so I can report you for false flagging. Please stop. All you are achieving is your own accounts being terminated for violating the community guidelines. Youtube staffers view videos before they take action on them. They will see there is no "child abuse" in my videos and you will be punished.

[TheSamuraiGoomba]

Hey man, just wanted to let you know I think Autoplay is pretty worthless (I can't post profile comments, ergo this). It gives you views, but when 50% or more of your views are from people clicking the "pause" button while they try to find the video they originally wanted to watch, it really tells you nothing about if people are enjoying your work.

I know lots of people use autoplay, and you're just one of them, but I think it's a crutch. People will watch if they like your videos, y'know?

[VideoGameJunkie79]

"There is zero tolerance for predatory behavior, stalking, threats, harassment, invading privacy, or the revealing of other members' personal information. Anyone caught doing these things may be permanently banned from YouTube."

So JFreedan, that would mean since you threaten multiple people that you're going to, "sue" them that would be grounds for you to be banned from youtube.

[MegaShadowrunner]

Guys, I have a rather pertinent question.

What does ANY of this have to do with Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE?

[FFXIK]

Addendum: You're saying Asa called you a fag multiple times and put it in his titles, when he most certainly did not. Guss what buddy, that's SLANDER.

[BananaBoyL337]

Hey man uh I know you disagree with Asaleri and all, but I don't think it was the right thing to do to get his account banned. If you don't like the guy, don't watch his videos, don't act like a jerk and delete his channel. This is only my opinion, please don't take this as a personal attack against you as a person. I really do not mean it that way. Could you at least tell me why you got him banned?

[jfreedan]

@BananaBoyL337 It is more than a disagreement. Asa has been harrassing, slandering and copyright infringing me for a month. He said he would not stop unless I gave him an apology for blocking his many accounts from my channel. He threatened to "bury" my channel. As far as I'm concerned he did it to himself

[skybluemonty]

@jfreedan You have registered your channel with the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for copyright protection? You would have to register each video as they are released if I am correct, to assume you have any copyright protection on your show. Just a comment as I would like to know if you are actually copyrighting these, or just pissed that they are being used.

[skybluemonty]

@jfreedan Please explain, because I had just had a look at the copyright act, so as to best understand this. How do you think the copyright laws work? From what I have read, it is pretty clear.

[skybluemonty]

@skybluemonty For example, the games you review I would assume are copyrighted material, but you can show footage as you are using them for the purposes of criticing. Such as what Asalieri does with his reviewing a reviewer. Where is the fine like that actually made it a breach of copyright? Blah who cares, lets see it go to court if necessary, but I think I am right with my understanding of the law.

[hadoke]

@jfreedan don’t quote Shakespeare to me buddy you where not judged unjustly.

[16ktsgamma]

Asalieri was a homophobic twat, funny, because I never saw him do this. Can you show me evidence that Asalieri is homophobic twat in anyone of his videos. Please show me? Because I got proof that you are a prick.

[milun2]

@jfreedan Name one.

[SSF4Fan]

@jfreedan You have to have proof that the 'fag" statement by Asalieir is true, accusers have to bring evidence for their statement, or it's libel and slander.

[CrazyOneToadette]

thats your truely, i was done after a week

[takshii]

oh nvm just testing it out. wondering my comment went lol, sorry

[takshii]

wow did u block me?

[jfreedan]

@takshii Other than the fact you are talking about something irrelevent to the game review, I had no reason to. Your post wasn't filled with slander and harrassing comments.

[jfreedan]

@NeuGristle87 Thanks for letting Youtube Support know! You see, you all aren't very smart making these threats so openly. I have a tool to directly send a copy of all these comments to Youtube support staff to review.

[AdamboyTwelve]

Oh yeah, don't forget, YOU made false DMCA claims. That also breaks the community guidelines, not to mention actual legal issues. I've said my word. I'm done coming to this channel.

I also want in on record that I used to be a fan of you, and that I was thankful that Asa showed me your videos. Now I see the error of our ways, actually thinking you weren't a total jerk.

[jfreedan]

@AdamboyTwelve I don't need fans like you.

[CrazyOneToadette]

@AdamboyTwelve Just shut up, if you dont like his videos dont bother watching them, we dont need another youtube war, ( jeez jfreedan's channel has enough hatemail and lost viewers from his last rant, he picks to many fights, fights he cant win :( )

[CrazyOneToadette]

@jfreedan Thank god :)

[jfreedan]

@sobeAdam And since many of you are computer illiterate let me tell you that you can make as many alt accounts as you like, Youtube will still see your IP address. They will see the messages I am flagging. They will see the comments you are posting on your channels as you coordinate this crap. They will see the posts. You are not going to fool anyone. You are wasting your time.

[jfreedan]

@jfreedan Oh I also have model release forms for my videos featuring other individuals, so it takes but a fax from me to Youtube Support to end your silly nonsense. All you will do is get yourselves banned.

[AdamboyTwelve]

@jfreedan Blocking me again? Thats cute. I remember when I thought ignoring someone smarter than me in an argument means that I win, then I turned 7. No shit they will. I'm not computer illiterate. You however, are nothing but a coward. Expect a video up about you on all of my channels. I want everyone to know the waste of skin and human life that is Carey Martell.

[jfreedan]

@sobeAdam I'm going to let you know the following: Every individual who has violated the Youtube community guidelines by threatening, cursing and harrassing me has been reported to Youtube. I also let them know ahead of time that people may start false flagging my videos. You are not going to achieve anything by continueing to harrass me. You will only hurt yourselves. Find something better to do with your time.

[Argonisgema]

Im a SMT Fan so i was excited to play IMAGINE you were right on on your review i like the idea of this game but the gameplay need work.

[takshii]

i agree with u that asalieris comedy is offensive, but it was also kind of interesting to watch - like british humor which takes the piss out of everything. now pls dont take this as an offensive or hateful comment. ive just been thinking about what to say for a few minutes, because i just saw someone elses comment removed. i think hes right, should the internet be free speech? why care about someone elses insults, beind a screen? now keep in mind i, just want to let u no that. not insult.

[jfreedan]

@takshii Free speech is not slander or harrassment. So don't confuse the real issue. Nobody has the right to harrass and slander others.

[ThatGamingRedmage]

I just thought of something. I jfreedan does indeed manage to abolish the term JRPG and replace it with the term Japanese-style role playing game wouldn't the abbreviation still stand as JRPG and thus render the entire argument pointless? I pretty sure most people will not like to repeat Japanese-style role playing game over and would just abbreviate it to so it would be simpler to say.

[jfreedan]

@ThatGamingRedmage I have never suggested calling them Japanese style roleplaying games. This is exactly the problem with Asalieri's fans. They only watch his videos that slander and misrepresent.

[ThatGamingRedmage]

@jfreedan If they slander and misrepresent why do you continue to flag them were as the simplest option would be to ignore them on move on. I'm not saying this as a rabid fanboy who will defend Asalieri's honor to the death but I would honestly like to know what motivates you to keep doing this if you know flagging his videos will incur his anger and that of his fans thus causing him to make more videos "harassing" you then why feed the flames? Wouldn't it be simpler just to ignore him and thus

[ThatGamingRedmage]

@ThatGamingRedmage show Asalieri how immature he is acting? It would be much more wise to just leave him alone in what you said to be his own fantasy world (correct me if I'm wrong) and just let him think what he wants much like an adult would do with a stubborn child. Also it would be much wiser to listen to others opinions because they too might have some insight you might not have. Instead however you act arrogant and as if you know everything. This is just a small plea for the use of sense.

[Zeldafreak2015]

You have NOTHING on Asa you little prick.

[hawksstock]

show us the copyright you paid for.

[ThatRedMageDude]

@hawksstock Harrasment doesn't always mean stalking, threatening and calling people at home.

[hawksstock]

@ThatRedMageDude um, pointing out someone being a used tampon is not a copyright claim, and showing him being such, is not a copyright claim without a copyright.

[RetroGamer3]

We make a great team.

Your vids no joke are dame good.

Professional and very clean.

Keep it up.

[PuffPuffChi]

@RetroGamer3 Do your self a Faver jfreedan and stay AWAY from RetroGamer3 he is a horrored person Rape isnt funny! And all female gamers should rate this guy down! Disagreeing with Asa is one thing but leting a guy who tryed to use "Rape" for reviewing is just sad Its ppl like this that make Fox News take pot shots at us

Dont let this guy say your a "Team" with him Do you really want "Rape" to be even "Conneted" to your Show jfreedan? I would hope not

[jfreedan]

@PuffPuffChi You, like Asa, are taking him out of context. He was just making a comedy video not designed to hurt anyone. He's not doing it anymore. Not all ideas are golden but a bad idea doesn't make someone a horrible person.

[PuffPuffChi]

@jfreedan As someone who has fallen to being raped I can tell you Dear sir it is far from "a golden" idea or even a "bad idea" it is a SUPER MEGA RETARD IDEA THAT IS FAR BELOW THE RETARDS AT FOX NEWS

Am a fan almost any reviewer and am not going get into Asa stuff and I understand you dont eather but I say this to you jfreedan....If you want any ANY of your female fans to keep viewing you I would NEVER EVER let this guy say anything on you videos let alone try to call you a "Team" with him

[PuffPuffChi]

@jfreedan The only way any ANYONE could let this guy get away with this is only if he Turthfully talked in a video about how sorry he was for ever EVER MAKEING SUCH A IDEA

Maybe guys think its "just a joke" but I can tell you girls do not...find RAPE FUNNY!

I can forgive but only if someone is willing to publicly say sorry

And considering only thing he has done is tryed to hide the fact he done such a thing isnt saying sorry.....

[hadoke]

@jfreedan How is he taking him out of context? Rape is touchy subjects ask any stand up artist. It is all in the execution. George carlin famously did a piece on the subject as well. The difference? The execution, Retrogamer3 is no ware in the same league as carlin; he is tactless, unfunny and inconsiderate that is why it is offensive.

[RetroGamer3]

@PuffPuffChi Wow this bitch just wont get over it and leave people alone. All she talks about is rape. What sick minded person.

[gazzawhite]

This game seems pretty interesting for a JRPG.

[omgnobrain]

inb4 I refresh the page and all negative comments are gone

[moongoboom]

Finally, someone else who recognizes that most "Atlus games" are only published by Atlus, not developed by Atlus. Though it's strange how these games from different developers have similar themes. Ie: Giant towers, tarot cards etc.

[MegaShadowrunner]

Wait, Asa and Jfreedan are still arguing?

...

[marioo1898]

@MegaShadowrunner Yes because Jfreedan is a moron.

[jfreedan]

@MegaShadowrunner No arguments. He decided to harass me for a month and continued making videos. I had his account taken down for the multiple copyright infringements and violation of Youtube community guidelines.

[leguille101]

@jfreedan, You do know that the DMCA won't stand up without actual copyright claims made to a court, and provided to YouTube, right? You need an actual LLC to back your ETF Films claim to copyright on a DMCA claim. Your use of COTGW's footage is fine, but to claim a DMCA for a Speech issue is going to backfire on you. You're going to lose your Partnership and your accounts for doing this. It's happened before.

[jfreedan]

@leguille101 I have an LLC. I also have a lawyer who I've worked with before in a prior lawsuit. I'm not going to lose anything buddy. Slander and harassment are not protected under fair use. My videos use footage to critique, comment and educate. I do not accuse people of stealing Kickstarter funds nor make outlandish claims about other people's military records as Asa has done in his videos and especially comments which I have screenshots of. So get off my case.

[hawksstock]

@MegaShadowrunner freedan resorted to flag him, I am trying to flag freedan for violating my rights, I have a right to watch asa,  To copyright, you must file for it.

[jasamdomo]

uh oh, here come the fanboys

[LMA187]

Yep i played this one before, it was just okay. I had more fun with other MMOs though to be honest. Great review dude

[UtushoReiuji]

Man, this reminds me of how sweet Shin Megami Tensei 2 was, it's theme and atmosphere is easily my favorite out of the entire series. I'd be satisfied to play a game like that for a few hours if I got the chance to smack around some Mesian Terminators.

[cpbklynny]

hate to double post but one thing I did love about the game was the fact that you could make so many demons to aid you. Constantly breeding abilities and making new demons is a concept I really like. Just forgot 2 mention that :D

[cpbklynny]

My main issue with the game was I went as a melee class and just got bored since my pet was doing most of the damage and I was being his heal bitch -.- and the fact that there was soo much running around annoyed me. They have mounts but u need a ring and it breaks over time. Got to level 20 or 30 by getting some people to run me. To me it's kind of boring but fans of the series will most likely love it.

[MegaShadowrunner]

The footage for a couple of these games seems choppy... Is your computer having trouble running them, or is it just the recording?

[jfreedan]

@MegaShadowrunner The footage is recorded on an old laptop using fraps. Fraps records avis with its own unique codec. Because that codec won't work on a Mac, I have to convert it to raw avi, then load it into Quicktime to be recompressed as a HD file. Then I compress the video once again after editing. Then once uploaded Youtube does its own compression. So it's a combination of the laptop and all the layers of compression the videos have to go through.

[code0943]

@jfreedan Jfreedan, USE A FRIGGN BLACK MAGIC capture device. Dont be cheap. Ask some machinma guys about it because I honestly dont wanna give a pm to u

[hcubeentertainment]

Shame the game isn't that good, I mean with a concept this good there really isn't any reason not to do your best when creating the game.

[GlennShiraishi]

I thought the game was out since 2010 or around 2005/2006 in Japan

I can agree with you on some points though I like this game

[jfreedan]

@GlennShiraishi The game was released in 2007. They still had 4 years to correct the problems with the camera and tutorial.

[GlennShiraishi]

@jfreedan Yeah they really should fix that up with patches or Updates but I doubt that will happen anytime soon

[fallingtogrey77]

Why is it all online games?

[jfreedan]

@fallingtogrey77 I felt my show was covering too many console games, so I decided to start reviewing some PC ones. I felt online games would be a good way to do it since others can also check the games out.

[Kytseo]

@jfreedan If you want PC titles to review (provided your PC has the proper specs, google "can you run it" and click the top choice to see if they qualify), I recommend The Witcher, good game.

[jfreedan]

@Kytseo Unfortunately, I'm using a laptop that is running XP. There are some MMOs it doesn't run too well. But I'll look into The Witcher; it's been on my list of games to check out.

[Shintai123]

As a fan of the series, I could not get into this when I first played it.

[XxVicistxX]

@Shintai123 me neither, i love shin megami tensei games, but this game just didn't have the polish a normal megaten game, i would rather just play a single player megaten game