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Louis --> Lewis Hamilton

Strohl --> Lance Stroll

Hulkenberg --> Nico Hülkenberg

Alonzo (who I just met) --> Fernando Alonso

Surely this is not a coincidence.

If the next guy I meet is named like Brussel or something... I don't know what I'm gonna do.

And my conclusion is that there is nothing "broken" throughout 90% of the actual game, especially if you are optimizing time by doing dungeons in one day. The problem is the reset button, if anything but that's another discussion that I'll mention a couple times later.

• The Merchant is pretty busted on the MC for a good portion due to getting the double damage weapon relatively early, and it comes closest to trivializing the game on a purely Strength-based MC, but the rest of your party does not benefit much from it and the MC isn't soloing every fight without help. You also have to balance currency used in battle with currency you want to purchase items unless you grind a bit, and there being resource management makes it so you need to know what you are doing and what is/is not helpful to buy. Resource management as a consequence in of itself is a balancing mechanism and making the game a little easier a reward for balancing appropriately.
• Peerless Stonecleaver is very unreliable until you get all the Critical buffing skills in the end game. A lot of enemies also resist, null or better Slash. Yes, you can just reset a ton until you get a couple consecutive Crit rolls but that's the reset option and not the combat itself.
• Faker's Roguery is similar to Peerless Stonecleaver. Even though you are likely to roll well it doesn't add much unless you specifically get the 3 and 4 turn bonuses which makes it not worth using most of the time unless you want to do dungeons in bad weather, perhaps. Another case of the reset button being the issue.
• Eveything else I'm aware of is an end game option including Tycoon and the Sublime Spoonful that you have to have either prior knowledge about in the case of the latter or have been hoarding MAG and incenses to create the broken builds. Otherwise you will have to grind to obtain them, at which point you are already overleveling, etc., etc.

Everything you hear about how easy the game is comes down to two things, imo:

1. SMT veterans who know Atlus's game design better then the back of their hand, or in other words having a boat ton of experience already. Which is fine. But this is a very select group of people and it requires knowledge unlike something like Persona 3 Reload which breaks itself even if you try not to.
2. Those who only take into account end game, which is a very unfair and incomprehensive way of evaluting the game. It's like those who only take the great/terrible ending to a film into account while ignoring every issue/positive beforehand. It gives the wrong impression of the whole thing.

If I've missed anything feel free to inform.

Hi everyone, I've compiled a complete guide (stats, learned skills, exact skill power/effects, synthesis and more) to every archetype (and party member) in one video, sharing it here because it might be of help to people playing through the game.

A warning that the end of the Merchant section uses footage that contains visual spoilers. This section starts at 1:11:12, either skip or look away and just listen to the audio there if you're avoiding spoilers. (The Debt Collection Mag farm I discuss there is only really doable in the endgame anyway.)

Thanks to this spreadsheet for the skill power info: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19Qd2Bvv-KAhUidRycswX6EJkXmL19RmjO2sj7ctn1qk/edit?gid=1741350507#gid=1741350507

And this Steam community post explaining the battle formulas: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3349878187

Platform: PC 💻

Project used: How to add Grius back into the Party via Save Edit - How to add Grius back into the Party via Save Edit at Metaphor: ReFantazio Nexus - Mods and community

I very recently started the game and I am VERY early. Unfortunately, I accidentally got spoiled when looking up things to do while going into the game (for the sake of missables and stuff). I know some MAJOR spoilers, such as the fact that >!​the monsters are humans and that all the tribes descend from humans in a post-apocalyptic earth. I also know Louis is an Elda and that this is all tied to his motivations.​!<

I'm feeling pretty bummed out. Is there more to the story than this, that will be enticing enough? Frankly, if I know such huge spoilers, is it still worth playing, in your opinion? what do you guys think? I wish I could erase my memory of these facts :~( I suppose I don't know WHY>! ​a war happened!<​ or any of the events that contextualize any of this, so maybe there's still some cool shit to discover. I have no idea why magic exists or how it works or what the book has to do with any of this.

just want to share that i LOVE this game every fight is like a genuine puzzle that has me insanely excited i just spent this whole sunday afternoon trying strategies and synergies on homo sabara(on hard) and the level of satisfaction this game gives me is euphoric, mind you i have been a gamer for over 35 years and not easily impressed any more, thats all, thanks everyone for reading 😊