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"It's a fan favorite with countless people who haven't played it"
This pretty sums up the almost the entire community

If... was so disappointing after waiting years for the fan translation, I wished instead of making a bonus route for Akira they just made a single route with more events

How I understand is that the original writer for DDS got sick during the development of dds2 so she couldn't finish her story but instead got to write the quantum books.

Honorable best mentions are SMT IV and Devil Survivor games

SJ is just that good. The premise itself is amazing with a bunch of conflicts and a strange anomaly in the north pole,then all the special forces unite and tries to investigate. From concept itself is amazing. And Jimenez Chaos route is definitely one of the best i've seen in an SMT game.

22:17... until you unlock hard mode and the game starts kicking you in the nuts mercilessly.

I would love to remakes of SMT1, 2, if..., Devil Summoner, and Soul Hackers using SMT5's combat/engine/graphics.

RIP Tony's eyes after looking at Ronde's visuals.

Ohno, but SJ redux has Demeter, my beloved

I love Strange Journey so much, it was my first SMT. I picked it up knowing "ah i played Persona, this is SMT, i have been trying to get into these games"
And damn it, its good. I think about it ever so often.

14:13 Marsh spotted!

Among all the megaten series that I’ve played.

smt sj redux is  one of my most memorable experiences. It left a lasting impression on me.

Also i didn't expect ing that this game are getting so much hate. 😅

I’ve never really been involved in the fandom. just enjoying every smt series. 😂

SMT3 Nocturn is my personal favorite. Only complaint is that you can get locked into an ending if you spend too much time in hell (or whatever the game called it)

Strange Journey was really just special

I love both SJ and SJR neutral endings
In SJ you finish your mission, for the sake of humanity, and for me because Gore has so much faith in you
In SJR you sacrifice your humanity for a world that won't remember you and could become something unrecognizable to what you sacrificed yourself for. I wonder if the protagonist would ever look at the world and deem the inhabitants no longer humans and seek to purge them.
Also I really like SJR new final boss, the theme is beautiful and the fight (even without using commander skills) forces you to change up strategies as the boss changes their resistances and attacks

Edit: Fighting the alignment reps on neutral always was sad, close companions now bitter enemies, their themes (esp holy miracle) are beautiful too

I'm really happy to have seen several other videos telling me about how great DDS is (because after playing it myself I totally agree). And I picked up both games for my PS2 a few years ago expecting them to be used copies, only to be shocked they were still factory-sealed. So the games are actually out there for anyone with actual original hardware 😉.

but in redux you can be the doomslayer in the new neutral ending

I think that the only way to make SJR story serviceable is that you unlock the new story & dungeons only after you clear one of the original endings or better yet make it an option if you want the new story to be played or not, kinda like how they did with DS2 Record Breaker or 5 Vengeance. Now if only they had the balls to re-release it on PC and new consoles, maybe it can happen