tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post2071166738358580478..comments2024-03-23T00:57:10.650-07:00Comments on Chrontendo: Episode 22 Nears CompletionDoctor Sparklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328442015557051088noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-23878171784206701872009-07-17T11:55:05.928-07:002009-07-17T11:55:05.928-07:00I'm afraid you're quite incorrect regardin...I'm afraid you're quite incorrect regarding SMT. In Shin Megami Tensei I, the demons who trigger the apocalypse emerge into the real world thanks to a computer program and you store spare demons in your PC. Shin Megami Tensei II is a direct follow-up to SMT so you're still storing demons in computers and there's still a technology link being explored. <br /><br />Now, SMT3 does ditch almost all of the technological aspects of the franchise in favor of a more mystical explanation for things. SMT3 is also kind of weird in that it's very specifically about Buddhism when the other games are more broadly about myths. <br /><br />I don't remember Persona 3 using a techno-McGuffin but Persona 4 brings it back. In Persona 4 the world of demons is accessed by jumping through TV screens to roam around what is implied to be the realm of the gods/spirits/etc. <br /><br />Persona 3 and 4 use the demons in kind of an odd way. They're basically personality aspects the main character can express because he's the Fool arcana, but otherwise they behave like typical SMT demons. Only your other playable characters are locked into single demons as their Persona. P4 pretty clearly argues the demons can and sometimes do exist as independent entities while P3 is a bit more nebulous on the subject.Lynxarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06522492000085311952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-65922611508389391302009-07-09T22:52:40.381-07:002009-07-09T22:52:40.381-07:00Atlus thankfully dropped the whole summoning demon...Atlus thankfully dropped the whole summoning demons with computers nonsense in later games. The main Shin Megami Tensei series generally have demons running amok, ruining Earth apocalypse-style. The Persona games take place in a more everyday setting, and the summons are expressions of your true inner being or something like that. At any rate, the games are all slathered in typical JRPG mystical hoo-hah.Doctor Sparklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328442015557051088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186345736950611814.post-60316224053078389922009-07-01T22:56:06.349-07:002009-07-01T22:56:06.349-07:00I think later games in the MegaTen series get into...I think later games in the MegaTen series get into the idea that the "demons" are really just fragments of the collective unconscious. The computer program doesn't summon them so much as acts a conduit that lets the operator will the demons into reality, or sometimes just open a door the demons can use to will themselves into existence.Lynxarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06522492000085311952noreply@blogger.com