Advent Crossroad

Pretty decent dungeon crawler. I'd recommend it as a good "First Dungeon Crawler" for someone that's never played one. It has a small bit of jank when it comes to controls and menus, but if you can look past that, there is a little bit to enjoy here. The best portion of the game is the last quarter of the game. The last dungeons of the game, when your party is fully leveled up and equipped with abilities is the best part of the game.

Imagine one of the older Megaten games but without the 20 hours of grinding and that's what you have in Advent Crossroad. I personally loved all the items that let you skip the grind but for those who want truly beefy characters the options are there with accessories that let you gain extra stats on level up to leveling up faster or even gaining extra TP. Not to mention several skills that let you basically farm like no ones business. The story was about as neat and contained as an early Megaten game as well. With some places where you can make a choice in how the MC responds which doesn't have an impact beyond characterization. I honestly wish we got a little more options in this department or even events or side missions to flesh out the MC a bit more but this might have created the bloat I despise in modern Atlus titles. If you are like me and have been completely let down with modern SMT and Persona titles due to the obsession with appealing to "modern audiences" then this game is for you. It's short, it's sweet and I hope we get more like it in the future. Great call back to when video games weren't over regulated and moderated to Tartarus and back.