Shin Megami Tensei V is REALLY Special - My Definitive Review

Shin Megami Tensei V review is here! -- Shin Megami Tensei V (SMT5), announced by Atlus two months before the Nintendo Switch console had even launched, has somehow greatly exceeded my expectations in this review. SMT5 introduces a spectacular new adventure element that directly complements the existing stellar turn-based combat system, and the result is easily one of the best games of 2021 and one of the best games on Nintendo Switch in general. SMT5 review written by John Friscia at Nintendo Enthusiast.
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[@Nintendoenthusiast]

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[@brunotheiss1]

I love the lowkey shade thrown at IGN with the “older brother” comment hehehe

[@thisisdirk]

YES! Chef's kiss 😙👌🏻😂

[@gilded_lady]

Not even lowkey. lol. I live for it

[@foyo5497]

I was about to comment on this and saw you did it for me. High five!

[@Unbound_Selrahc]

IGN deserves every bit of shade they get, they’re the worst at reviewing games, and always do a “like this, but better, or worse” comparison, and are notoriously bad at reviewing anything coming out of Japan, they used to mispronounce all the names of things and people from the games even though they were stated and screamed throughout the whole game so many times they could’ve only said them wrong on purpose, and it really hasn’t changed. They might pronounce things right now, but they can’t stop comparing games to other games. That’s not how you review a game, it should be more about what does the game offer, it’s mechanics, story, gameplay, how it presents itself, and it’s characters/world, not “like Persona but not” because as amazing as Persona is, and I’m a huge fan of 4/5, it’s not without its flaws, and honestly is kind of really boring at times, they fixed it a bit in Royal so that there’s more to do and whatnot, but it still has issues. SMT was never meant to be like Persona, it just uses minor assets form it....or vice versa, not sure which as I’m newer to both franchises. The only time such a nonchalant comparison between them should be made is when things are similar, for instance Tokyo Mirage Sessions, has a similar teammate building thing, where you spend time with them outside of dungeons and fulfill requests and it unlocks more for them. That’s reasonable, sucking Persona’s dick throughout the whole review like you’re in a glory hole secrets video is not.

[@FlyingFistOfJuda]

@@Unbound_Selrahc These are the same folks who gave Cyberpunk a 9/10. They haven't been credible for a long time.

[@MetAlexTHVK]

This is gonna be my first SMT game and I'm so excited for it. I haven't been this excited for an RPG in a long time and Im glad to hear its gonna be worth the wait and live up to the hype.

[@AllenTax]

Why miss on the others?

[@greasychickenugget4410]

Have fun! When you finish, maybe check out the other games! They're all really good, and there are a lot of great spinoffs.

[@gunsharck]

Your first⁉️⁉️ mate hand in your gamer card

[@asghargodzila]

Bro it is my first smt game too. Physical copy was available here from last week so im already playing it. You will definitely be blown by how amazing it is

[@donmcron3334]

My first smt game too. Still gotta finish tales of arise first. Also my first tales of game. We’ve been getting some really cool JRPGs lately.

[@HidinginPublic]

Can't wait to stream this. One day atlus will give me review copies. One day.

[@Blaze0070]

Looking forward to your stream and playing it on my Switch Oled.

[@HoudiniFontmeister]

You and me both! We will get there!

[@konaal.g1024]

number 1 persona youtuber

[@Mitsux31]

Aren't streaming prohibited by atlus?

[@HoudiniFontmeister]

@@Mitsux31 no just strict rules to follow. It will generally be fine as long as spoilers are disclosed as being well spoiled.

[@vivid8979]

Wait!??. So you're telling me you can make a very good review without comparing this game to every Persona Game????

[@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec]

The fiend!

[@rpgfanatic9719]

And Pokemon surprisingly as does pretty much every reviewer in the fanbase.

[@shaihuludkido]

Finally a review for the SMT fans and what they want to know.

[@seangrogan9393]

FINALLY, an amazing review that doesn't compare SMT to persona every 3 seconds! Even though I know this game is going to be amazing (been waiting since it was announced), if I wasn't sold I would of been sold now!

[@ye9945]

Cry more triggered fanboy

[@demonee-ho491]

@@ye9945 Wot?

[@ye9945]

@@demonee-ho491 triggered by persona

[@ye9945]

@the Lord of mainia Games triggered by persona

[@PaintedHoundie]

@@ye9945 no one's crying

[@The_Gnome_Chomskee]

I’m ready. The gods better watch out. I’m coming for them.

[@tomgiddens2963]

Indeed.

[@lukedelameter7961]

*Rock music steadily getting closer.*

[@The_Gnome_Chomskee]

@@lukedelameter7961 lmao

[@GonxalusAika]

let's get one more God rejected!

[@fiddlesticksgumbo4356]

So your saying your going to reject them all.

[@PTGN87]

This will be my first SMT game im excited to see how it is.

[@mammothplant]

Amazing review. Ngl I did a spit take when you said "90+ hours". Holy shit this is a dream come true

[@ChromeColossus]

(Reviewer here) Haha To be fair, I know some other people beat the game waaaay faster than I did, but I really took my time exploring every nook and cranny because it was so much fun.

[@sombrego2260]

Excellent review. It's great to hear details such as the smirk, guns or weapon systems being gone.

[@derpthegr8689]

Quick pause during the review, I just wanna say wow I’m impressed someone made a comparison to a game that wasn’t persona 5 right away like other increasingly less reputable games journalist. Kudos to you, sir. You’ve definitely peeked my interest.

[@ForeverKite42]

STM is a series that should NOT take more steps to be more like Persona. Persona is a different game all together; why meld them together? SMT 3 is great fun yet in some ways lacking the joy of finishing the game aside from maybe two of the six endings. True Demon and Freedom. SMT 4 & SMT4A was a lot of fun by the great variety of demons and party members you could use to great effect! My biggest hope for SMT 5 is that the story doesn't seem like an annoyance or dull obligation. The game play and variety of demons already looks amazing and very fun to mess with!

[@gunsharck]

Persona IS MEGATEN FFS!!!!

[@cthulhuschosen4173]

@@gunsharck You know what he means though right?

[@mythosinfinite6736]

Shin Tegami Mensei

[@Goomyx1492]

Exactly, the whole point of one of them being a spin-off is that they are distinct and do different things. It would be dumb to try and make them both exactly the same. I love all of Atlus's spin-offs, they are always familiar but with key differences. Variety is the spice of life after all

[@blars2424]

Not normally my kind of game but I'm interested in this.

[@TheGothGaming]

great review!

[@thatgamingauthor]

I've already been so excited for this game since it was announced, and seeing this just makes me even more excited. I'm a huge fan of long, story-driven games, but at the same time, it's very refreshing to see that this game puts more of an emphasis on the combat and exploration instead. I can't wait for it to come out.

[@N4p0100]

IGN: "ThIS GamE iS Like PeRSonA 5's YoUNger BrOTheR, MaNN!

[@patrickrecio5788]

Que emoción!! Por que salga, ya falta poco!! ♥️

[@ZoraVisions]

This was a great review. I never played SMT but, seeing I played BOTW and Pokemon and you mention some similarity's so I might get the game.

[@wanderertyr1453]

Loved the review, great job!

[@tuanminhnghiem6932]

"Narrative taking backseat for gameplay", SMT was created to be dungeon crawler in the first place, the game itself would be 90% dungeon crawling

[@kagetsuki23]

You must not have played SMT 1 and 2 if you think the story have such backseat.

[@tuanminhnghiem6932]

@@kagetsuki23 Well I consider even games such as Persona 1, 2 to be a dungeon crawler, while there is certainly a lot of story, I still spend 90% of the games exploring and fighting in dungeons

[@sarahpod]

Excellent review! Thanks!

[@rspy24]

Great review !

[@NukeDaHippies]

Persona and SMT (and all the other series) have always been using ideas from each other. Persona's One More mechanic is an offshoot of press turn.

[@modeus9592]

I have to message that guy who told me that this game wouldn’t do well. I made a wager that if it it didn’t get anything under a sold 8, he’d buy my Amazon cart order

[@baddragonite]

as someone who hasn't played much SMT, I hope some of the older games like 4 get ported to switch

[@shard135]

The best one is already on switch imo 3 nocturne

[@Pikaman20008]

SMT 4 and 4 Apocalypse were on 3DS so they probably won’t get ported anytime soon since the 3DS isn’t that old.

[@mrperson4542]

they’ve actually slapped on SMT 1,2 and If… onto the NSO service….buuut they’re japanese only. Though i’d love for SMT4 to be ported at some point. I fucking love that game

[@Terron29]

Spot on review, What a fantastic joy of a game that was. Beat it last night and absolutely loved it. I must say it took a little while for it to really click for me as I initially felt the starting area overstayed its welcome and on top of that the music was fairly meh, mid game and especially late game however there is far far better music and much cooler areas to explore with lots more variety. The final few areas are pure class. Loved all the optional content and loved finding all those miman. Just exploring the map was a joy. A fun little puzzle in and of itself. Sad its over now :(

[@TheExFatal]

Quick question, is Hard unlocked by default? Edit: just got to the point where you bring up Easy and Hard nevermind lol

[@ChromeColossus]

Hard is unlocked by default, yep, BUT you can only start the game on Hard. If you start on Hard and then decide to drop to Normal or Easy later, you're locked out of going back to Hard mode for the rest of the run. Atlus decided to get hardcore on that decision haha.

[@kian26master]

@@ChromeColossus Atlus' verson of "sticking to your guns"

[@danielchoi4490]

Are there any protagonist unique skills?

[@Pduarte79]

Cyperpunk 2077 after seeing the intro: "Are you talking to me, are you talking to me? 😡"

[@destynova4512]

SMT 5 definitely my game of the year, shit so far one of my favorite games of all time.

[@th3n0th1ng5]

4:12 DAMN BOI! THAT PRETA IS THICC

[@Darth_Bateman]

Who is the final boss of the chaos route? I need to know!

[@kristof910k]

this is what the IGN review supposed to be

[@bamusalako]

true it was so bad haha that Persona 5 Kid had to compare it and was like: why is this game not like Persona 5.. i mean because you dont want to play the same game again? sometimes i wonder what IGN does wrong by letting those people Review

[@Scitch-et4vk]

🤡 you only like reviews you agree with 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@takemetoyonk]

There were guns and "smirks?" Interesting! Will look up

[@vanilla8956]

Best review

[@fredv7349]

So this seems more like SMT3 than SMT4?

[@johanesdimas7116]

This is such a great review. Already pre-load the game. Can't wait to play this

[@brenegadde1278]

12 gb you must don’t buy slot of digital games

[@kobe4212]

@@brenegadde1278 yeah buy the physical copy so you don't have to worry about space

[@brenegadde1278]

@@kobe4212 lol I know only game I have installed is Fortnite

[@cesarswc13]

so much love has gone into Shin Megami V ...cant wait to play it it looks awesome. on a side note Persona V is a spin off of Shin Megami V so it will be like SMTV just not it really, I Play both and cant wait to play Shin Megami V it looks so good.

[@rickw9291]

Persona started as a spin off of SMT but at this point it’s its own stand alone series

[@adammurkin7496]

@@rickw9291 What does even mean? You are just being pedantic.

[@neruneri]

@@adammurkin7496 It means that they're doing very distinctive things. They are not similar at all beyond the fusion and combat. The comparison is useless and doesn't give you any good information anymore. This was less the case twenty years ago.

[@ApexGale]

@@adammurkin7496 it's not pedantic at all. smt: tackles macroscopic issues, questions of morality, ideology, beliefs, etc. the primary appeal is the difficulty and the press turn system, as well as cycling out demons to maintain a flexible party. takes place in a post apocalyptic world, encourages exploration. characters take a backseat to narrative. Persona: tackles more specific issues like mortality, being true to one's self, social expectation and pressure. the primary appeal is the well balanced mix between simpler turn based combat and social sim. game is very character focused. party members are limited in number and in potential, with only the mc being able to play flexibly. virtually no actual exploration. takes place in modern day japan. they're very different. the only way you can even call them similar is by generalizing the heck out of them. persona has been separating itself from mainline ever since persona 3.

[@steamboat8955]

Can you turn off the map or UI, while your exploring the world?

[@ChromeColossus]

You can turn off the on-screen UI that shows your character stats during exploration. Off the top of my head, I forget if you can also turn off the map. You prooobably can.

[@SlayzerEx]

Having less Story than SMT 3 makes me worry. Could it be considered a deal breaker for some?

[@ct2651]

For now, im not sure its the case, but theres indeed an absence of story similar to nocturne i would say.

[@zzzzzz5389]

Best review of smt I've seen so far 😊

[@Forgetthereality]

I bet all the dev time for smt v was spent on the numerical science behind the scenes. EVERYTHING just feels so specifically placed and hand crafted and gone over with a fine toothed comb. The level of polish and brutality of the challenge is some of the best in any rpg bar none.

[@ct2651]

I would say mary skelter finale at normal has receiver that kind of care too this year. Completely another kind of rpg thought...

[@shadowridin913]

Damn this review is EARLY EARLY

[@Brocturnal]

This is definitely way better than IGN's review. Well done, mate. I am so proud of you.

[@Alistair_7609]

someone please tell me, whats going on with passive skills in 5?

[@ChromeColossus]

You mean stuff like Resist Fire, Fire Pleroma, etc.? Demons learn them as usual during level up, and you can also teach them to demons or even Nahobino with Essences. You can make Nahobino pretty OP at the end if you want. :)

[@Alistair_7609]

@@ChromeColossus so, just to be clear, nahobino can pick up pleroma skills? its the one change i hated about 4 and ive been searching every source i can find for an answer.

[@ChromeColossus]

@@Alistair_7609 Yes. My Nahobino was specced for nutso Almighty damage at the end.

[@Alistair_7609]

@@ChromeColossus thank you sir, you have no idea how long its taken me to get a solid answer from someone who has actualy played the game

[@seanspear6224]

I had to cancel the premium edition due to personal stuff but I can’t wait to buy it when I get a chance .

[@gikal8118]

IGN should take notes on this review.

[@Darth_Bateman]

This man just roasted the ign interview in the end.

[@Nintendoenthusiast]

Thanks for watching til the end :)

[@Darth_Bateman]

@@Nintendoenthusiast What can I say? You did good work. Subbed too btw.

[@ChisanaKotei]

Can magic crit?

[@venommillan1102]

Ayo, preta lookin kinda fit👀

[@Pduarte79]

So is like FF12 zones? And is possible to make Nahobino resistent or drain the 6 elemental magic attacks? Ps: Let Persona be Persona, and Smt be Smt. I expect that P6 improves from the formula/mechanics of P5R, instead copying SMTV.

[@ChromeColossus]

It's kind of like FFXII zones, except they're especially huge and much more intricately designed than the spaces in FFXII. And yes, Nahobino can have resistances etc. as long as you have an Essence to teach him that skill. My Nahobino ended the game with Null Phys.

[@Pduarte79]

@@ChromeColossus Can they stack, like you give Nahobino a demon essence that's weak to bufu and resistent to agi, and later on, give him a demon essence with resistance to bufu, will he lose the resistance to agi or still mantain it? And those occupy skill/attack moves slots?

[@rvfiasco]

No Dungeons though?? That's kinda heresy but I'll roll with it.

[@Pduarte79]

@@rvfiasco The map is the dungeon, like some zones in SMT4 and SMT4 Apocalipse.

[@ChromeColossus]

@@Pduarte79 Now we're kiiinda discussing two separate things. So, if you choose to give Nahobino the "affinities" (resistances/weaknesses/etc.) of a demon's Essence, then it's a wholesale copy/paste, find/replace process. That means if Nahobino is currently resistant to Electric and weak to Force, but you give him an Essence affinity that is resistant to Fire and weak to Ice, then the Elec/Force stuff will totally disappear and Nahobino will only be resistant to Fire and weak to Ice. Meanwhile, if you choose to give Nahobino the *skills* (you have to choose skills or affinity) of a demon Essence, and that demon has a passive skill like "Resist Fire" or "Fire Pleroma," you can equip those skills to Nahobino. So, if you give Nahobino the "Resist Fire" skill and then you give him an Essence affinity that would make him weak to Fire, he will *still* be resistant to Fire because of the Resist Fire skill.

[@Naterkix]

Persona and Mainline can share some things but I think they shouldn't try to mix too much. They're trying to be very different things and if one started to look too much like the other they would lose what makes them unique. Also, despite what some gatekeeper-y Mainline "purists" may say, you _can_ like both. That way you can have multiple, similar-yet-vastly-different games to play depending on what you feel like you'd rather play at that time.

[@ct2651]

I can say i love the colder philosophical approach of smt, and loved the life sim of persona

[@spiritzion]

ahhhhh the hype is so real its only like 3 more days i truly hope fe warriors and my like fifth playthrough of metroid dread will last me through it

[@Ravensgale]

Can we stop with comparing any entries to the SMT series with Persona and actually review them on their own merits?

[@rain1676]

Sorry

[@KeyleeTamirian]

...He did not even compare SMT to Persona. He mentioned Persona only at the end. And by saying that Persona should borrow more from SMT.

[@curtisslememusic3493]

DAY 1 BUY

[@andrewford160]

"Too much hype" My man have you not seen the fact that this game has almost 200 trailers now? The hype train spiraled out of control long ago.

[@rvfiasco]

Yea, this week and next is gonna DRAG.

[@guidosaur7506]

Man I loved IV. Prob my favorite 3DS game. The storytelling and alignment choices all felt really engaging. The gameplay was really fun too. Gonna be a bit sad if the story is really that absent. Prob still a day 1 thing for me though

[@StarHakurei]

Same here. Been so hyped for where they'd go with STMV's story only to hear it's not really present... hope we'll both enjoy it regardless~

[@guidosaur7506]

@@StarHakurei my life has a lot less free time since smt IV came out so committing 90 hours to a jrpg is a bit harder of a sell for me with less story haha. Thankfully I'm done with Dread though so I'm not obligated to anything else

[@modeus9592]

@@StarHakurei oh it’s present enough. Most these people comparing to persona games which I love but it should be expected enough on how this is going to play.

[@StarHakurei]

@@modeus9592 That's good to hear. With several reviews putting emphasis on 'don't play it for the story' I became concerned. It's not as if i'm going in expecting much, so I think i'll be pleasantly surprised.

[@walter4180]

I have a lot/hate relationship with 4s story. It starts off fine up to 'maybe' the mid way point but then when the alignments start becoming apparent, the Walter and Jonathan start to seem much less human I guess? Like some choices they make and dialogue they agree with gets pretty funky. With Nocturne however, the only glaring narrative flaw for me is a character flaw with Chiaki, when she was a 'bit' too gung-ho about the mantra dudes and becomes a bit comical almost. Compared to Isamu who has a much slower descent into madness (thinking he's useless, needing to be saved, finding the amala network and being corrupted by it etc) yet STILL kept to his ideals which really, is the more positive one of all the reasons (basically your own personal heaven). Sometimes less is more. Love 4 but it's writing and more character focused approach worked to it's detriment sometimes.

[@eduardorodriguez8995]

Its the Naruto run that has me sold on this game

[@ZoraVisions]

Haha yea

[@_Rndom]

I really wanna play smt5 or nocturne, heck any smt game cuz I really loved persona 5 and want to appreciate smt for what it is, and I think it's it's absolutely fucking amazing. Too bad I don't own a switch and nocturne HD isn't too appealing unless I can find it for 20-30€ or below Awesome review As someone who only played P5 I'm extremely sick of smt constantly being compared to persona, but mostly 5 because of course. Smt is its own thing and it's incredibly disrespectful of ign and all the people who say smt5 is bad or lacking because it isn't like persona. Really happy for the smt community and excited to eventually play the main series games

[@chariothe9013]

I gave kuro no kiseki the best of this year. Great Gameplay and because it’s continuation and expansion of Zemuria continent.

[@NB-yu4lj]

Honestly I don’t like stories with many characters to follow. Stories are good for one player. I love the fighting in octopath and fire emblem but I wish there was less character details in both,it’s overwhelming to Remeber who is gossiping with whom.

[@brentpatterson5715]

Glory can be found in holes scattered all around the map. Good luck finding all the Glory Holes

[@thebigfatlie]

SMT V got announced in 2017

[@marufimahmud7593]

so, glory is just app points?

[@retrodkcn1979]

Yup

[@camharkness]

I personally loved this game a lot. Not a month later people are already trashing it like mad and genuinely making it harder for me to just have fun.

[@yenmeng]

Guarantee critical hits?! STR build here I come 😎

[@christophercheck1590]

Interestringly, the video he showed indicates that spells can crit, as well, which is awesome. It's nice to see a game where a magical build can be viable (SMTIV had this as well, I know)

[@ChromeColossus]

@@christophercheck1590 You are right! (Reviewer here) I did a magic build specced for Almighty, and I was mopping the floor during the endgame.

[@spongbobsquarepants3922]

@@ChromeColossus Which difficulty were you on? I hope it can be hard on the tougher difficulties. It would be a shame if you could megidola everything like in 4.

[@spectrumbots4268]

This game is the reason I have a Switch! I can't wait to play it next week!

[@Scitch-et4vk]

Dumb comments

[@Darth_Bateman]

Chaos gang, where you at?

[@mmhmmmyearight7183]

I found 187 Miman before I started buying their locations lol

[@CapsFan]

I’ve never played any of these games, but this one looks cool - I might end up buying it for Christmas if I’m not still busy playing the new Pokémon games.

[@Scitch-et4vk]

Fake

[@CapsFan]

@@Scitch-et4vk what is fake?

[@statesminds]

Thanks for not being upset that the game is not persona and discrediting it for it. I love smt and like persona but all the games in megaten franchise have a different feel. Persona has the characters and relationships and SMT has the world building.

[@MagicalGirlContractor]

SMTV: Adventuring Me, who hates that: Urgh oh god no. It's gonna give me annoying findables and side quests urgh Me, later: YELLOW ORB YELLOW ORB YELLOW ORB No but seriously I usually hate adventuring in games but SMTV somehow cracked the code to make me addicted enough to go out of my way to find goodies, and does it often enough where I'm never disappointed I spent 10 minutes to find a way up into a building.

[@mythosinfinite6736]

Holy shit this guy actually played other MegaTen games before

[@FLIK510]

Dissapointed to hear it's light on the story side but def glad I know ahead of time now.

[@marcosgonzalez6610]

Great

[@rain1676]

No you're great

[@xavvvorg4653]

Good review, IGN should hire you.

[@eitanr]

They don't deserve him

[@ThrillingDuck]

Here comes Da'at Boi

[@Fadeproof312]

Gonna be a long week

[@227someguy]

0:00 Kingdom Hearts 3 in a nutshell.

[@budoshi1981]

that hair cut tho

[@Scitch-et4vk]

If your review is honest you shouldn't need to advertise it

[@pan0527]

like the review but one thing just is bothering me and i dont wanna be stingy, BUT not everything in this game is a demon, theres a bunch of different entities portrayed :)

[@livingminimumwage6359]

They're demons though, that's what they're called in game. They can be a good god and still be a "demon."

[@kobe4212]

They are all demons but within the games there are demons AND angels.

[@mmhmmmyearight7183]

The game is beautiful

[@colinsantos9079]

"While some people think SMT should borrow more from its spinoff Persona franchise, SMT V makes me wonder if Persona could learn a thing or two from its older brother". Persona 5 was already clearly the most 'SMT3/SMT4' feeling game of all the Personas. I highly doubt megaten fans want more Persona qualities in their megaten games outside of just Persona considering the reception of SMT4A and to a lesser extent, Devil Survivor 2

[@Chris-qw9ch]

When I played P5, it didn’t feel like SMT3 or SMT4 tbh. Not the gameplay, nor story elements.

[@ultimate8948]

@@Chris-qw9ch I think this person meant that p5 has the popularity of 3 and the great gameplay of 4, which smtv seems to be doing the exact same thing but specifically for smt

[@joellundborg7160]

I was excited for SMT IV FINAL. Overall I liked it, but the whole "friendship is power" theme that comes with Persona is gross.

[@kian26master]

@@Chris-qw9ch he means the tone of the game. It IS the darkest Persona game since 1&2

[@KiddRyzeDaGawd]

@@kian26master I thought he meant certain mechanics in the game. Fighting Megaten demons, demon negotiation, traditional dungeons.

[@carlosbkn2025]

i need this on pc

[@neku2741]

When people say this feels like botw, its because the map was designed by monolithsoft. The people made Xenoblade and help design botw hyrule.

[@ct2651]

Atlus had help from monolith, not sure about that. Unless smt 5 is truly never going outside the switch.

[@Angelblaze]

have not played it yet, obvious;y, but less story?! That is a major loss for me as I like heavy story games. My first smt games were 4 and apocalypse and I really enjoyed the story of those 2 games. everything else is looks good though. Just wish there was more story =(

[@KeyleeTamirian]

Eh, i'm glad that there's less story. 5-8 years ago i would've been disappointed, but recently i prefer JRPGs with no story, where i can simply enjoy the atmosphere, locations, dungeons, music, and bosses. All i need from the story is an awesome sequence of areas and bosses XDD. Same with other videogames, the story should be just a sequence of stages and bosses. In fact, it makes story writing much easier. Seriously, when you write a story, just imagine that you're writing a sequence of stages and bosses, like Monster of the Week.

[@Angelblaze]

@@KeyleeTamirian why play a jrpg then? Usually because of story combined with other elements. If you want no story you should stick with games like super smash bros

[@KeyleeTamirian]

@@Angelblaze ...I play JRPGs because i like JRPG gameplay. Smash Bros doesn't play like JRPG. I love turn based combat, leveling. Have you ever played Etrian Odyssey? It's very low on story, but is still engaging with exploration.

[@kobe4212]

@@Angelblaze you're acting like nocturne isn't one of the best jrpg's of all time. You don't need to have a big narrative storyline to make a good rpg. Play the game for yourself and you'll see.

[@Narding5566]

IGN: But..but...its not Persona though

[@bamusalako]

This Game gives me intense Demon Slayer Vibes i love it those Dark tones and the Quality of life updates that give the game more drive im so hyped

[@tastethecock5203]

Even less Narrative than Nocturne?

[@ChromeColossus]

Yep! So, slight bummer lol. Fantastic otherwise though.

[@th0rrrrr]

only in the beginning

[@keeysOST]

Honestly take it with a grain of salt. Some people have also said that it has more compared to Nocturne.

[@tastethecock5203]

@@th0rrrrr I hope so

[@ChromeColossus]

@@keeysOST No matter how you care to compare the two, the bottom line is SMT5 is really light on story, and character development is minimal or sometimes even nonexistent. It is not a story-centric game. There are still some fun and exciting scenarios and cinematics, but they feel like treats when they show up because they come along so infrequently.

[@frostguard1283]

Never thought I'd say I don't want to play an SMT game but here I am. Not feeling this game at all even the soundtrack seems lackluster. Oh well

[@camharkness]

You're not alone. A lot of people hate this game to death. And the ost. I personally love it. But you're becoming to be part in the majority.

[@frostguard1283]

@@camharkness I eneded up getting it. Only seems right (I liked games thought were gonna be trash) Not terrible but far from the best smt, one of the worst stories for sure though and the ost was pretty garbage compared to 4's especially, other than shivas theme it amazing, fantastically concept/ setup. Poor execution.

[@camharkness]

@@frostguard1283 i guess I'm sorry its my favorite smt game and favorite ost.

[@frostguard1283]

@@camharkness If you like it, you like it at least this game I can see why someone likes it so much. Glad you seemed to enjoy the game so much 👍

[@DrunkedOwly]

Atlus, gimmie a pc port so I can second this dude

[@c-red4637]

so this is an arcadish type rpg? meaning there's not much of a story with the main focus just being gameplay.

[@modeus9592]

Not really

[@yoso378]

If it's like Nocturne, there's a plot but it's not given through frequent cutscenes. Not sure how to explain it but it's more about cool world building and selling you a crazy setting. That isn't to say that there's not a good story, it's just not presented in a way most other RPGs do.

[@mrperson4542]

There’s definitely gonna be some emphasis on the plot, but it seems to be more towards world building

[@HeroesLeftInMan]

Ooof you didn't like the OST?

[@ChromeColossus]

(Reviewer here) I just thought the soundtrack was a little subdued and "in the background" until late in the game, when finally some of the tunes decided to "take charge" a little. Taste is subjective though, especially in music, so it's possible you'll enjoy it more than I did!

[@kobe4212]

This game is fucking amazing, don't think just buy it.

[@FS-gl9cg]

still good ? i just played pokemon so far.. and diablo

[@weedmantrudeau5783]

Shin Megami Tensei V would never take advantage of our innate gullibility!

[@lionheart1013]

Hype levels Sufficient

[@thundersquid5715]

SMT is definitely the cooler older brother

[@mikethepokemaster2012]

Yeah not as successful though

[@thundersquid5715]

@@mikethepokemaster2012 This game has the potential to be very damn popular given it's beautiful graphics and the fact that it's a demon pokemon-like jrpg. I myself just found out about this about 3 months ago and I already preordered the steelbook edition lol

[@KringleDingle]

@@mikethepokemaster2012 rather hang out with someone cool than successful imo

[@Evilriku13]

@@KringleDingle *looks over to Persona 2's duology* yeah I can relate to that fact

[@cash_eye]

love anything ATLUS makes with the exception of Catherine Full Body that game gave me anxiety

[@Nintendoenthusiast]

Catherine is so good though :’(