Shin Megami Tensei Alignments In a Nutshell.

Who cares what alignment you have, they all have good Music. :)

[@deoxysdefend450]

This video predicted the Evangelion collab in Smt:Dx2

[@dominondsdsd]

Ah yes: -kill almost everyone route -don't kill anyone route -iniciate a conflict that will kill almost everyone route -kill everyone instantly route

[@christopherbravo1813]

...which Neutral route other than Devil Survivor's do you avoid killing anyone?

[@dominondsdsd]

@@christopherbravo1813 Obviously some of main characters will die, but I was talking about fate of humanity. Neutral is about keeping status quo, so there isn't more killing than usual.

[@christopherbravo1813]

@@dominondsdsd that is very different from "don't kill anyone" though, isn't it?

[@Serph..]

@@christopherbravo1813well killing 2-4 people is a lot better than killing 90% of the human race

[@CarlosSilva-bh4bi]

​@@dominondsdsdNeutral is not about that, its about restorting the estatus quo to what it USED to be, basically destroying the one in order and reversimg back to when shit were not crazy preventing it from changing

[@FlynnMegaTensei]

"Don't worry it's just a prank" The prank:

[@haruokumura4271]

Walter: We did it, we're free Walter, everything is on fire

[@pokeluis2002]

*the entire world is on flames and humanity is collapsing on itself* Lucifer: “We did it Messiah, we saved humanity!”

[@CarlosSilva-bh4bi]

Jonathan: Do you know what that means right? (Presses the button on the YAMATO REACTOR) Bitch you killed us, You ungrateful Motherf-

[@declanmckenna6854]

Walter (immune to Fire): I fail to see what the problem is.

[@Vitor20XX]

@@pokeluis2002 that's true, they saved humanity, but of the law side only lol.

[@frds_skce]

Waltuh, put your fire away Waltuh. I'm not playing with you rn, Waltuh

[@ltb1345]

Yo Zelenin, I just destroyed human civilization! Ain't that something?

[@Jips907]

SJ Zelenin: all uncooperative humans must die! SJ redux Zelenin: Maybe we don't have to listen to everything God says....

[@christopherbravo1813]

@@Jips907 SJ God: *"Child, I have LITERALLY been in pieces this whole time. Don't pin this one on Me."*

[@dottalks8156]

Dude, you right. But.. If not God's voice, whose commands were the angels following when they pursued to create a world of harmony? Demiurge's? Or Mettatron's?

[@christopherbravo1813]

@@dottalks8156 the Three Wise Men.

[@dottalks8156]

@@christopherbravo1813 damn you right. Btw where the three wise men, the cardinal angels?

[@christopherbravo1813]

Devil Survivor Law Ending: "So, we're not blowing up the world?" "What? No, God likes this world. Why would He destroy it?" "Okay, then we're brainwashing humanity." "...are you drunk?"

[@KnightGamer724]

This is why DS Law is the best ending in the franchise.

[@christopherbravo1813]

@@KnightGamer724 Amen

[@darkartsninja]

Meanwhile, Yuzu from Devil Survivor: "Fuck alignments, I'm outta here"

[@NEETKitten]

Most realistic option, honestly.

[@conansglasses2645]

​@P.M. Ruiseñor no not really ? The ending explicitly said that Japan monopolized the demons and used them to basically subjugate the entire world , if world War 2 taught us anything , YOU DO NOT want to be colonized by Japan

[@Loydthehighwayman]

Thanks Yuzu, now god is nuking the world instead of just japan.

[@NEETKitten]

@@Loydthehighwayman you're thinking of the alternate game over on day 6. Yuzu's ending has God abandon humanity and leave them to their own devices to fight the demons.

[@anglosaxiphone8246]

Yuzu either gives humanity full independence from god or plunges the world into a demon scape where their is no salvation and your group must atone by becoming military weapons.

[@Thungoid]

In the neutral ending Flynn has schizophrenia and all his friends just go along with it until the end to make him feel better.

[@kwayyernorge7436]

love it when people remember smt 1-2

[@persona3rulez]

They were pretty cool for their time. I'd even say they are must play for serious fans of the series(I mean those who loves it as a whole, not just a few installments). Haven't tried SMT 1 GBA/iOS port but I guess it's a fine way to try out the game

[@ltb1345]

@@persona3rulez I found SMT 1 pretty miserable to play when I tried it. Only Megaten game that I'd consider a bad experience.

[@persona3rulez]

@@ltb1345 I don't know, haven't reached Thorman yet though. As for me, the worst was either Persona 1 PS1 or Persona 3 FES. They're really tedious for me and have lots of issues due to their "oldschool" and experimental game design

[@keferluka_2708]

@Cristo Alba virgin moment

[@TuturialCorp3]

/qa/ lost

[@moister3727]

Basically: Law: Obey or die, die anyways. (Literally 1984 reference) Neutral: Uh, nice no one died, we are friends with everyone. Chaos: Strong or die, Anarchy, die anways. Fourth Ending: Everyone dies, but happy.

[@nr2676]

Four Ending (White Ending) is basically nihilism in pure way

[@anglosaxiphone8246]

Chaos Ending. Everyone: You freed us from god. You: I wouldn't say freed, more like under new management.

[@MinhLe19303]

Pretty sure Neutral should be: Kill all those who stand in your way with extreme prejudice for humanity alone.

[@christopherbravo1813]

"no one died, we are friends with everyone" ah, i see I'm not the only one who decided to ignore *the smell of my friends' blood on my hands.*

[@eavyeavy2864]

Muh 1984. These people saying better standing than life on knee dont like it when Palestine stood up.

[@PervertedNovaxc3]

Man I always feel bad for the SMT 1 Law Hero. He really wasn't a bad guy before his death.

[@henriquesoares7893]

If i remember correctly, even Zelenin wasn't that bad before the conversion. She trusted the angels a bit too much, but she was nice enough. After she got her little mind control, she turned real evil real fast.

[@cybersosis]

@@henriquesoares7893 they fixed those at SMT SJ Redux at least. Both Zelenin and Jimenez can be shown the wrongdoings of their perspectives and make them come to their senses. New Law ending is basically a futuristic utopia while new Chaos ending is humanity going back to Jurassic era. Still way better than the originals tho.

[@raptorskilltor4554]

I mean it was implied that he was brainwashed by either god or angels when he died in the game so it wasn’t completely his fault

[@dawgtheundying5303]

Same with Jonathan. And Walter too. The SMT IV characters being actually likeable before their fall makes it all the more tragic, as opposed to Nocturne and V.

[@CarlosSilva-bh4bi]

@@henriquesoares7893 Yeah, she got brainwashed, I felt bad because of her before her battle, but... She one shotted me with an overprepared team, forcing me to grind and find the only demons with luster candy and debilitate (never used the buffs/debuffs) and Had to resist her during 20 minutes, so yeah, I kind of screamed her to get to hell after that. The only thing I hate is that she never got into the Pilar form, the same with Jimenez, they did not even took you seriously so they died, and seriously, I would have LOVED to beat both Law and Chaos final bosses on a SMT 4 Style, at least they fixed that on SMT 4

[@major_havok7854]

Shadow the Hedgehog is a canonical sequel to Chiaki's ending from Nocturne

[@cherubibimon1875]

Strange journey/Neutral Alex: ok listen, marine guy you ARE successful but in the end the Swartzwelt just will come back again! It'll be a vicious cycle! Marine guy:... ok so listen, i kill god, i steal her eggs and *i* become a god and take care of the Big Hole(tm) when it comes back! :) Alex:... fuck i didn't think of that Apocalypse/Peace Dagda: Child, its time, lets take the cosmic egg and create our new- Danu: No. Dagda:NO MOM HES MY GODSLAYER Danu: so anyway *Holdint freshly baked dagda in her hands* Here take this nanashi, commit Infatacide for me. Yosuga Reason Demi-fiend: So it'll be a power hierarchy? Baal'ified Chiaki: yes! Pretty cool right? Demi:lady look around you its literally already that Chiaki:..anyway time to go beat up the disco ball!!

[@laka1889]

Dagda: but mom!

[@lukeskywalker987]

Every chaos aligned character: "we're going to free the people again by resetting the world to its chaotic state, just like it used to be!" Literally anyone with a functioning brain: "Including the freedom to make laws because they decided they don't want to live in a world where people get randomly shivved (again)?" Chaos character:.... Chaos character: "Now listen here you little shit."

[@conspiracypanda1200]

SMT Strange Journey Neutral: The evil is defeated :) SMT SJ Redux Neutral: Well, well, well. If it isn't the consequences of my own actions

[@2tehnik]

wait, but chaos is THE "the gods will be cool and divine again" ending

[@NickolasWallace]

yes, and them they gonna kill eachother to see who is the true god.

[@christopherbravo1813]

because they have the same degree of maturity as....well, Lucifer himself

[@SuperLlama42]

Law: "SACRIFICE YOUR FREE WILL AND DEVOTE YOURSELF TO GOD" Chaos: "Make murder legal" Neutral: "Get off my lawn"

[@krv3]

this is one of the only videos that I was skeptical of but ended up enjoying, the chaos one using the music from the anniversary arrangement was perfect

[@Yurikon3]

Ahhh... Shadow the Hedgehod, my favorite Megami Tensei demon. He was bit more fleshed out in original books though.

[@glassofgas8631]

I mean if you can summon Sonic as a demon

[@Ubermensch9240]

Sonic has appeared on a Megaten game.....

[@LittleMissLuster]

You forgot the new ending that comes only the enhanced version of the game has

[@matheusmoreira9951]

Featuring new waifu that will be shoved down everyone's throats

[@Loydthehighwayman]

Man, i really hate that.

[@gnockgnock6965]

Like the Redux endings of smt Strange Journey, or the True Demon ending of Nocturne...

[@anglosaxiphone8246]

Chaos route is the megamind meme of "More like under new management".

[@cronical246]

Chaos just leads to another law eventually, as those in power and those below seek structure

[@bw6188]

It’s why I love strange journey, it gives us law and chaos routes that aren’t brain dead

[@CarlosSilva-bh4bi]

I mean, the original ones were literally being brain dead on law and chaos was making everyone into just reasonless apes and twist the life as we know it into an amalgamation of demons Even it seems that mem aleph becomes the planet, LITERALLY, as there is meat constructs everywhere So yeah, they are the brain dead apocalypse and the brain dead cult endings At least the neutral were more hopeful, until Redux ruined it, it were supposed that the bomb neutralized the energy unbalance problem and the whole point was that humans learned and fixed it asap after seeing how they are almost eaten I mean, humanity is better than what Alex put us all So neutral is saving the brain dead stupid people so they ruin it eventually as the "Save the Brain dead people" ending means you'll die anyways

[@gnockgnock6965]

The not braindead ones are the Redux ones. Which require time traveler intervention

[@quonoa]

LMFAO yamato washing machine got me good also this video feels like it was an excuse (a very good one) to play the absolute banger chaos theme re-arrange

[@galloviking4766]

Glad you mentioned the black hole annihilation ending.

[@Antasma1]

Shadow is the best chaos hero

[@SerbianSpark19]

The cheeseburger dimension reason be like: I want to make a world made of cheeseburgers

[@TheTrueBro]

If serving Chaos means I can hang around with Hitoshura, Jimenez, Chiaki and Walter (and rejecting and making Isabeau shut up), I'm all Chaos.

[@NEETKitten]

I can't believe you'd forget my man Naoya.

[@christopherbravo1813]

@@NEETKitten who? XD

[@NEETKitten]

@@christopherbravo1813 Devil Survivor chaos rep.

[@christopherbravo1813]

@@NEETKitten bro I've ;literally played Devil Survivor multiple times

[@Chernobog2]

I like how even though the Reasons from SMT3 are presented as more complicated and nuanced than the Alignments from other games, everyone agrees that Yosuga is just Chaos Alignment

[@CarlosSilva-bh4bi]

In the Law and Chaos of SJ, Gore twists in his tomb because of how the other 3 duckers send all his family and all the inocent people's lifes to hell just because they get all depressed and edgy instead of saving them, thing that were their mission in the first place.

[@sonicsucks2961]

Spot on

[@donbototo5068]

Well... the infinite conflic between men is nothing new

[@BugabooStrangeJourney]

as a chaos chad i am just happy we are accurately represented

[@crazytiger800]

The best ending in the continuity is the SMT II Chaos Ending, and it FEELS like it too.

[@MinhLe19303]

Pretty weird to see Lucifer more caring to his subjects in SMT2, 'cause in the last game, he's only care about his ideal of survival of fittest rather than genuine equal freedom and cooperation of humans and demons.

[@christopherbravo1813]

that's because Satan was written to be the undisputed good guy for reasons I cannot fathom.

[@Anonymous-mp2ln]

@@christopherbravo1813 My headcanon is due to SMT2's world having become completely one sided under the control of Law that the Universe itself made Chaos more sympathetic to help even the balance.

[@christopherbravo1813]

@@Anonymous-mp2ln and you expect me to believe this is the result of the *Canon NEUTRAL ending?*

[@eavyeavy2864]

​@@christopherbravo1813never bad. Bible fake news

[@crystalskystar6774]

Awesome! I love this. :D Anyway, here are mine! Law Zelenin: We did it. With the help of the Lord we created a world were there peace and light for eternity. Me: Uh....everyone is brainwashed. How is that Peace and Light? Neutral Nanashi: I'm gonna save the world with the power of friendship! Everyone including me: Yay! Nanashi: Just kidding! *became a new God in a new world with his chosen Goddess and brainwashed Flynn* Me: 0.0 Chaos: Lucifer: The world as we know it is in suffering and misery for eternity. Demi Fiend: How do I stop it? Lucifer: Just by killing the entire world and time itself and becoming a full fledged demon. Demi Fiend: Deal. Me: ...........

[@chromxrobinandcorrinxcamil9031]

Law superior. Chaos and Neutral sux.

[@dc7981]

Found the wanna be tradcath

[@demonking41-l8j]

Based and YHVHpilled.

[@gnockgnock6965]

That's not the Neutral ending of 4, that's the Neutral ending of Strange Journey (and Redux) and the True Neutral ending of 5.

[@andrewhall6479]

Real talk, SMT V might very well have the best alignment balance since the first one.

[@chromxrobinandcorrinxcamil9031]

Also, Isabeau = wife.

[@christopherbravo1813]

*HERESY*

[@chromxrobinandcorrinxcamil9031]

@@christopherbravo1813 Isabeau = Lawful Good character, not the sucky “Neutral” “alignment”, and is my wife.:)

[@christopherbravo1813]

@@chromxrobinandcorrinxcamil9031 ...what universe do you live in and how do I get there?

[@chromxrobinandcorrinxcamil9031]

@@christopherbravo1813 The true one. Law!Isabeau = canon. “Neutral” Isabeau = a lie by Atlus.

[@christopherbravo1813]

@@chromxrobinandcorrinxcamil9031 lucky you. in my universe Isebeau is a goddamn fence-sitter.

[@chromxrobinandcorrinxcamil9031]

Law route canon period.

[@aquano1972]

NOT SONIC 06

[@shadow168393]

Yes! Not sonic 06 indeed! But Shadow the Hedgehog, the best game ever! Hooray!

[@FunnyValentineRE4L]

@@shadow168393 where's the DAMN fourth chaos emerald?

[@shadow168393]

@@FunnyValentineRE4L You will regret ever having created me... You're going straight to hell (said to funny mad scientist who builds robots)

[@FunnyValentineRE4L]

@@shadow168393 "I pissed on your wife, robotnik, she's mine now" said to evil scientist that builds robots

[@IosLocarth]

Wait am I missing something? I don't remember the thing about 4's neutral ending being that there wasn't ever any gods or demons

[@lux2625]

Sir you are genius

[@Alcanik]

Do you want blue genocide or red genocide?

[@fledthehunter5293]

Or perhaps the destruction of everything and everyone?

[@christopherbravo1813]

I'll take Green genocide with a dash of blissful ignorance!

[@christopherbravo1813]

1:03- not true! Lucifer wouldn't see that as a problem. XD

[@bloopertanooki415]

Y A M A T O W A S H I N G M A C H I N E

[@chromxrobinandcorrinxcamil9031]

Isabeau = Law aligned. Period.

[@bloodybladenum1920]

what did you play for the chaos theme I've never heard that in strange journey

[@David_Alvarez77]

It's the remix of the Chaos theme for the 25th anniversary.

[@W0L0L0]

Can anyone tell me the name of the chaos alignment song? I know its from strange journey, but i cant find it.

[@Mii-Min]

It's the 25th Anniversary Remix made for the collectors edition for Deep Strange Journey. You can find it by searching Strange Journey - Chaos (Remix) - Shin Megami Tensei 25th Anniversary! 〈(´｡´◕ ω ◕` ｡) ／

[@W0L0L0]

@@Mii-Min Thank you so much.

[@Mii-Min]

@@W0L0L0 You're very welcome!!!

[@Vitor20XX]

Why they can't just make a world with only the necessary order but people also having free will? Lol

[@christopherbravo1813]

God: *Why do you THINK I gave you free will in the first place?*

[@FungalFury]

I don't understand what the neutral one is trying to say.

[@christopherbravo1813]

Every Neutral ending perfectly summarized.

[@KogetsuKuzunoha]

This man stealing my views

[@cole2901]

This was made in KineMaster.

[@hikawagetsbitches]

epic, huh?

[@tokyomishizu008]

Neutral, Neutral pls!

[@lainhikaru5657]

Chaos has the sexiest guys, look at Jimenez, Walter, Naoya and Lucifer when he takes form of Louis Cyphre. I wanna mention Kaido as well but pretty sure he's a minor...So I'll skip this one.

[@christopherbravo1813]

....did you forget that Naoya is a teenager too?

[@lainhikaru5657]

@@christopherbravo1813 Lol is he? He looks much older than Abel, Atsuro, Keisuke or Kaido. And aren't they like at least 16? Naoya looks like at least 5 years older or so than then.

[@christopherbravo1813]

@@lainhikaru5657 really? he looks well within their age range.

[@dragonmaster613]

One of the best ending had to be the Danu ending in SMT 4:A. (Dagda fanbois can suck my eggplant)

[@christopherbravo1813]

not a fan of Dagda, but I don't like Danu either. There is only one God, and all usurpers shall be cast aside. ....I'll just be activating the Yamato washing machine now.

[@dragonmaster613]

@@christopherbravo1813 Danu brings peace through harmony. -YHWH- and Lucifer bring Pain and Suffering through Dictatorship. Dagda just wants ends everything like Sephiroth in FF7.

[@christopherbravo1813]

@@dragonmaster613 I don't recall Danu holding any elections.

[@dragonmaster613]

@@christopherbravo1813 you choose the path. They all have followers (except for Dagda as I'm aware)

[@christopherbravo1813]

@@dragonmaster613 Okay, then I choose a righteous world under the True God.

[@puzzle_boy]

I know it's comedy but this is just THE WORST for every ending. They're never that "good ending" tho. So it's not that inaccurate I guess