Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey/Headscratchers


 * Is it just me, or is Mastema's role as an antagonist in the Neutral and Chaos routes inconsistent? I mean, in the Neutral route he does the classic We Will Meet Again line and buggers off, but in the Chaos route he flies into a shrieking, ranting rage and tries to butcher you. What the heck?
 * My guess is that in the Chaos route, you're basically siding with Lucifer, the enemy of God. The Neutral route has you saying 'screw you' to both sides, but at least you weren't siding with Lucifer.
 * Also, in the Neutral path, you're trying to stop . Mastema and the Three Angels don't believe you have the slightest chance, so they're willing to wait for you to die in the battle, ... and finding another crew of gullible saps to manipulate.
 * And if you do win that battle by some chance then they're down one more enemy. They have very little to lose by just letting you be in the Neutral path.
 * Is it really fair to say in the Neutral ending? ? Of course, this also begs the question as to why.
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 * A personal What Happened to the Mouse? that bugs me: the Schwarzwelt is filled with friendly, or at least sympathetic, demons, like the Fairy Village, Thoth, the Dwarf Blacksmith, and others. But
 * I get the feeling that the Schwarzwelt is only a portal to another dimension, so you'd simply be sealing it up again.
 * It is a portal. In the starting dialogue (which is fairly long so no blame there for missing it), it is mentioned that the Schwarzwelt more or less allows access to alternate dimensions/allows them to intersect with Earth.
 * It Just Bugs Me that the game goes out of it's way to make clear the Schwarzwelt exploration team is a joint operation from everyone in the world, and yet, you can't pick your own nationality, having to set for being an american. It'd be a nice detail, and not uncommon considering other SMT games add small stuff like this all the time.
 * To be fair, it is possible to be Japanese. Of course, it has to be the Japanese version of the game, though.
 * Which makes sense, actually. 'YOU' are American if you bought the American copy of the game, after all.
 * What about those of us from Canada?
 * Well...you're still NORTH American.
 * And if you imported it because it wasn't released in Europe? (seriously, wtf)
 * That means you shouldn't have imported it from America.
 * Exactly how long did the team spend in the Schwartzwelt?
 * That means you shouldn't have imported it from America.
 * Exactly how long did the team spend in the Schwartzwelt?