Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne

Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne

Game general and emulation properties: Languages supported: Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-20911 SLUS-28045 (Trade Demo) NPUD-20911 (PS2 Classics) Release date: October 12, 2004 May 6, 2014 (PS2 Classics) CRCs: F0A31EE3 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: Playable Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Serial numbers: SLES-53363 Release date: July 1, 2005 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ? Region NTSC-J/C/K: Serial numbers: SLPM-65242 SLPM-65241 (Deluxe Box) SLPM-65259 (Tsutaya original version) SLKA-25076 (Korea) SLPM-65462 (SMT: Nocturne Maniax) SLKA-25160 (Korea, SMT: Nocturne Maniax) SLPM-74205 (PlayStation 2 the Best) SLPM-66681 (Maniax Chronicle Edition) SCAJ-20015 Release date: February 20, 2003 August 28, 2003 (Korea) January 29, 2004 (SMT: Nocturne Maniax) July 15, 2004 (Korea, SMT: Nocturne Maniax) August 5, 2004 (PlayStation 2 the Best) October 23, 2008 (Maniax Chronicle Edition) Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Atlus
Publisher(s): Atlus (JP, US), Ghostlight (EU), SCEA (US)
Genre: RPG
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: GameRankings: 84/100, Metacritic: 82/100
Game description: Set in postapocalyptic Tokyo, Japan, Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne takes you to a world where nearly the entire population is annihilated by a worldwide catastrophe called the Conception. Now the fate of the entire world lies on the shoulders of one boy, who must battle his way through opposing demonic forces, master the powers of Magatama, and persuade demons to join your party. Some demons may evolve into new forms on their own or can be fused into more powerful monsters.
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne is a continuation of the popular role-playing series, set in our modern world. It's an average day, as a typical Japanese high school student goes to the hospital, for a visit with his sick teacher. While on the train, he gets a mysterious vision that the Apocalypse is coming. Arriving at the hospital, the boy is sucked into a Vortex Field, into a dark mirror-image of his world. When he learns our world is ending to make room for this new one, he'll do what he can to get back home and (hopefully) stop the Apocalypse.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U(?)	?	AMD Athlon II X2 245 OC @ 3.55 GHz NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT	pre 0.9.7 Beta (r1888)	GSdx (r2693)	SPU2-X 1.4.0 (r2693) LilyPad 0.1.0 (r1853)	The game can be run at full speed without speed hacks. There is some minor graphical problem such as the shadows of the characters, but it cannot be fixed by changing setting.	CKL
NTSC-U(?)	?	? ?	1.0.0 (r5350)	GSdx 0.1.16 (r5334)	SPU2-X 2.0.0 (r5324) LilyPad 0.11.0 (r5282)	BIOS: USA v01.60, Turning on interlacing in GSdx plugin will remove screen flicker. Blend bff seems to look the best and auto setting will also default to this mode.	Nameless One
PAL	Windows	Intel Core i5-3330 AMD Radeon HD 6850	1.1.0 (r5814)	GSdx	SPU2-X ?	USA v02.20(10/02/2006), Not Requires good hardware to work fine.	DESTRUIDOR
NTSC-J	Windows	Intel Core i5 i5-2410M AMD Radeon HD 7400M	1.5.0	GSdx	SPU2-X ?	Game working fine.	lorddemolatron
NTSC-U	Windpws 7 Ultimate x64 SP1	Intel Core i5-4690k @ 3.50 GHz NVIDIA GeForce 760 @ 2 GB	1.5.0 (dev-1834 g096c931)	GSdx	SPU2-X LilyPad	BIOS: Japan v02.20. Runs Perfect. OpenGL Hardware, looking gorgeous at 5x Native, Allow 8bit textures, texture filtering bilinear, mipmapping basic, crc full, fxaa enabled, everything else default (info added February 7 2017)	stratos
NTSC-U	Windows 10	Intel Core i7-4790 @ 3.6 Ghz AMD Radeon RX 570	1.6.0	GSdx32-AVX2 1.2.0 (default 1.6)	SPU2-X 2.0.0 (default 1.6) LilyPad 0.12.1 (default 1.6)	Full speed. Native game seems to drop framerate(not emulation speed) during area transitions, though EE cyclerate increases didnt seem to improve this. SW mode seems to have the pool flickering graphical issue.	Nyahello
NTSC-U	Windows 10 Home	Intel Core i5-7300HQ @ 2.50GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti @ 4GB	v1.7.0 (dev-341-g0e9dcfbf3)	GSdx 1.2.0 SSE4	SPU2-x 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.12.1	USA v02.00 Runs Great. Blending Accuracy set to High to fix some effects. Note: Game freezes when fast forwarding when using DX11.	Lumaro

Test configurations on Linux:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	Manjaro KDE	Intel i5-6500 (4) @ 3.600GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti	1.7.2678 Nightly	GSdx 1.1.0 AVX2, OpenGL (Hardware)	SPU2-X 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.12.1	Game runs fine with default settings.	Zerron21

Test configurations on macOS:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
?	?	? ?	?	?	?	There are no test results for this game on macOS. You can help by playing and submitting your test results here.	?

Trivia

• Original names: 真・女神転生 III ノクターン (SLPM-65242) & (SLPM-65241) & (SLPM-74205), 真・女神転生III ノクターン マニアクス (SLPM-65462), 진 여신전생 3: 녹턴 (SLKA-25076), 真・女神転生III ノクターン マニアクス クロニクル・エディション (SLPM-66681), 진 여신전생 3: 녹턴 매니악스 (SLKA-25160)
• Also known as Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne (JP), Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Maniax (JP), Shin Megami Tensei: Lucifer's Call (EU)

Known Issues

Inaccurate effects

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: Some minor effects are not properly emulated (The most notable being the "white effect" during the opening with the woman's voice).
• Workaround: Go to Config > Video (GS) > Plugin Settings, set Renderer to "OpenGL (Hardware)" and set Blending Unit Accuracy to at least "High".

Flickering pool in save room

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: The pool of water underneath the maiden in the Fountains of Life flickers.
• Workaround: On Stable Builds(1.6) and Below: Go to Config > Video (GS) > Plugin Settings. First change your renderer to OpenGL (Hardware), and then uncheck Allow 8-Bit Textures. Make sure Enable HW Hacks is checked, then click Advanced Settings and Hacks--change Trilinear Filtering to Trilinear (Ultra/Slow).

On Dev Builds(1.7): Go to Settings > Graphics > Rendering, set Mipmapping to "Basic(Generated Mipmaps)" and Trilinear Filtering to "Trilinear(Forced)".

Blur around some objects when upscaling

• Status: Active
• Type: Minor
• Description: In Hardware mode when using upscaling resolution some objects have blur around them.
• Workaround: Go to Config > Video (GS) > Plugin Settings, enable Hardware hacks and choose disable depth emulation

Note: this will cause to "Shadows overlapping" even if you set set Renderer to "OpenGL (Hardware)"

Fixed Issues

Glitchy character shadows

• Status: Fixed
• Type: Minor
• Description: Characters shadows are either glitched or missing.
• Workaround: Update to the latest nightly version of PCSX2.

Non-Issues

Game Blurry

• Type: Not an issue
• Description: The game looks like a blur filter was applied. This is a multi-leveled issue, but is resolvable. The game itself uses post-process effects which accumulate 3 frames worth of information on screen, which is quite visually messy. On top of this, improper de-interlacing can cause every other frame to be a ghost of the two adjacent ones.
• Workaround: To fix deinterlacing go to Config > Video (GS) > Plugin Settings, and set Interlacing (F5) to 'Bob tff'. The post-process blur can be completely removed by apply the following patch:

Show patch
E8FCF8EC.pnach gametitle= Shin Megami Tensei - Nocturne [SLUS 20911] (U) [E8FCF8EC] // Skip drawing of accumulation framebuffer (avoids 3-frame ghosting, slightly darkens 3D scenes) patch=0,EE,0012AC08,word,03E00008 // Remove Motion Blur patch=1,EE,002FC0E4,word,00000000 // 00000001

Gallery

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  Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (SLPM 65462)

	Shin Megami Tensei III - Nocturne Maniax (SLPM 65462) (J) Shin Megami Tensei - Lucifer's Call (SLES 53363) (E) Shin Megami Tensei - Nocturne (SLUS 20911) (U) Shin Megami Tensei - Nocturne Maniax (SLPM 66681) (J)