06-08-2014, 03:45 PM
SMT characters summoning FE characters does seem likely, based on the trailer, which shows a modern city near the end.
I'm expecting the battle system to resemble a FE'ized devil survivor. Upon entering a battle, extra turns are awarded at the beginning of the round if you're fast enough (conventional doubling mechanic), or perhaps on hitting with an effective weapon type (I'm pretty well positive this will be their implementation of the weapon triangle). Whether "units" will consist of one or more characters at a time is up in the air; between the two series, there's precedent for one (classic FE), two (dual system in awakening, would also serve as a good compromise), or three (SMT devil survivor featured a human leader and a demon on either side of them, which collectively made a unit).
I'm particularly curious as to whether they'll use the FE damage formula or the SMT damage formula. While both games use "small" stat values, and thus are pretty comparable there, SMT has large HP due to a multiplicative formula, while FE has small HP with a subtractional formula.
I'm expecting the battle system to resemble a FE'ized devil survivor. Upon entering a battle, extra turns are awarded at the beginning of the round if you're fast enough (conventional doubling mechanic), or perhaps on hitting with an effective weapon type (I'm pretty well positive this will be their implementation of the weapon triangle). Whether "units" will consist of one or more characters at a time is up in the air; between the two series, there's precedent for one (classic FE), two (dual system in awakening, would also serve as a good compromise), or three (SMT devil survivor featured a human leader and a demon on either side of them, which collectively made a unit).
I'm particularly curious as to whether they'll use the FE damage formula or the SMT damage formula. While both games use "small" stat values, and thus are pretty comparable there, SMT has large HP due to a multiplicative formula, while FE has small HP with a subtractional formula.