In 2023, I started working on a very special challenge for Shin Megami Tensei IV: the Solo Whisperless run. In addition to doing a solo run, I added an extra restriction on myself by banning "Demon Whisper". This mechanic is the only way for the protag to learn skills, so by banning it, I am unable to learn any skill whatsoever. This means that I can only use the basic attack of my equipments as well as items to deal any form of damage. Going in, I knew that this project would be difficult, but I was still convinced that I would be able to complete this run in a timely manner. So foolishly, I decided to announce this project to you guys. Little did I know... This decision would end up haunting me for years to come.
For a while now, many of you have been asking me what happened to that SMTIV video. I tried to communicate that this project had to be put in the backlog to prioritize newer Atlus releases, but that did not dissuade many of you from asking about it continuously. Very quickly, I realized that no amount of community posts could properly convey to you guys why the video was taking so long. That is why I decided to stop talking about it. And as of today, I finally feel comfortable updating you guys on this project again. The reason why you haven't seen that video yet is simple: difficulty.
You see, I have been working on this challenge for almost 2 years. This project ended up being one of the hardest challenge runs I've ever worked on. I could tell you how it took me 60 hours just to get out of the tutorial, how many months I spent stuck on one single boss, or how I decided to do this on Master difficulty, aka the hardest difficulty in the game... But ultimately, none of that can accurately portray the insanity of this run.
Initially I was working on the SMTIV video fulltime, but eventually, the run became so soul crushing, that I couldn't give it my full attention anymore. Being stuck on a project like that severely cripples my ability to upload.That is why I decided to give less priority to the SMTIV video, in order to work on challenge runs that I knew could be completed in a more reasonable time frame.
At the moment, my priority is finishing the Metaphor ReFantazio Level One video. Once that's done, I'll be able to work on scripting and editing my big SMTIV video. And whenever that SMTIV video eventually goes live... You guys will be able to truly understand why it took so long to make.
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In 2023, I started working on a very special challenge for Shin Megami Tensei IV: the Solo Whisperless run. In addition to doing a solo run, I added an extra restriction on myself by banning "Demon Whisper". This mechanic is the only way for the protag to learn skills, so by banning it, I am unable to learn any skill whatsoever. This means that I can only use the basic attack of my equipments as well as items to deal any form of damage. Going in, I knew that this project would be difficult, but I was still convinced that I would be able to complete this run in a timely manner. So foolishly, I decided to announce this project to you guys. Little did I know... This decision would end up haunting me for years to come.
For a while now, many of you have been asking me what happened to that SMTIV video. I tried to communicate that this project had to be put in the backlog to prioritize newer Atlus releases, but that did not dissuade many of you from asking about it continuously. Very quickly, I realized that no amount of community posts could properly convey to you guys why the video was taking so long. That is why I decided to stop talking about it. And as of today, I finally feel comfortable updating you guys on this project again. The reason why you haven't seen that video yet is simple: difficulty.
You see, I have been working on this challenge for almost 2 years. This project ended up being one of the hardest challenge runs I've ever worked on. I could tell you how it took me 60 hours just to get out of the tutorial, how many months I spent stuck on one single boss, or how I decided to do this on Master difficulty, aka the hardest difficulty in the game... But ultimately, none of that can accurately portray the insanity of this run.
Initially I was working on the SMTIV video fulltime, but eventually, the run became so soul crushing, that I couldn't give it my full attention anymore. Being stuck on a project like that severely cripples my ability to upload.That is why I decided to give less priority to the SMTIV video, in order to work on challenge runs that I knew could be completed in a more reasonable time frame.
At the moment, my priority is finishing the Metaphor ReFantazio Level One video. Once that's done, I'll be able to work on scripting and editing my big SMTIV video. And whenever that SMTIV video eventually goes live... You guys will be able to truly understand why it took so long to make.
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