#Smt strange journey redux full
Here all of the character art has been tidied up, music has been remastered, and full Japanese voice acting has been added (no English, sadly).īut this is every bit as challenging and intriguing as the original, just with a fresh coat of paint. If you didn't know already, or couldn't tell by the Redux in the title, this is actually a remake of the DS game, Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey. With time the satisfaction of leaving a dungeon with a complete map will be enough of a reward to push through demon ambushes and devilish traps. On future visits you'll already know the optimal routes to take and where all of the save points are.Īgain, it's another element that'll feel a bit obtuse to brand new players, even if you pay attention to the tutorials. You explore a 3D, grid-based world, and every step you take is recorded on your bottom screen, filling out a detailed map.
Some demons are going to be easier to chat with than others, depending on your alignment, but through demon fusion you'll be able to get all the demons you want, eventually.Įxploring the labyrinthine dungeons is the meat of the game, and it plays out in a way that'll be familiar to anyone who's played Etrian Odyssey or Persona Q. You'll take a team of three demons into battle with you, and just like in other games in the series, you'll be convincing them to join you in a battle of words, selecting the answers that suit their personality type in order to get what you want. The key here is using a variety of moves to sniff out an, enemy's weakness and then exploiting that gap in their armour. Moves like Garu, Agi and Zio might be confusing at first.
It's a lot to take in, honestly, and even explaining to people the basic premise of the game has been a challenge, as you're immediately thrown into the chaos, and the plan goes awry pretty much instantly.įrom the start, you're out of your depth and feeling a bit lost, both in terms of narrative and gameplay.Īnyone who has played a Shin Megami Tensei or Persona game will at least have a good idea of how battles go, though. In addition to that, the tornado seems to have created some sort of rift in space and time, and maybe even reality.ĭemons populate the centre of the phenomenon, and deep inside the ice caves of the South Pole you'll find ruined human civilizations, palaces, and more. They're armed with the latest in human technology, and are going into a plasma tornado centred at the South Pole which looks set to envelope the globe. This game adores misery, and threatens to drown you in it.Ī world away from your typical cast of cute JRPG archetypes, here we have your nameless silent protagonist, and a set of military types and scientists. Not Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux. And yet, despite this, even the darkest of video games manage to find a light of hope at the end of the tunnel.
0 kommentar(er)
