Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance

之前朋友送的，但是怎么打都很晕，跑图很晕云上很晕传送更晕。没事干突然想回来接着打，突然就不晕了，顺利打完一个结局。其实还蛮好玩的，好久没打了也不影响剧情，因为剧情根本不重要。等什么时候再没事干回来再打几个结局。感觉这游戏的主线就是全程看青神对主角调情，连夜爬上崆峒山，创毘确实好看。天逆每也很可爱，但是怎么我把你当女儿你居然想上我！？

Very interesting game, been a fan of personas for half a decade now and needed something for the ich, pretty well done there are some minor issues in the story, thought to myself i skipped somehting by mistake. But over all great experience. If you are new might find it difficult to find good or enough guides. heads up aogami husks and vending machines needed in a single playthrough!!!!!

沙比阿特拉斯，给我养成了步步存档的习惯改不掉了

If you are a fan of the SMT franchise or the Palace Gameplay of the Persona games: go for it, now! If you are a fan of turn-based RPGs or creature-collector games like Pokemon or Digimon, but are looking for a more mature story or tense gameplay, this is for you, and there are several more games like this. But this is an excellenct entry point into the SMT-Universe. I played the original release on the Switch and was not too excited about the re-release when it was announced, but decided to try it anyway. Glad I did. This is hands-down one of my favorite turn-based RPGs of all time. I got started with the SMT franchise with Persona 4 Golden in 2020 and have since then played most games of the franchise post 2000s (Persona 3-5, SMT 3-5, several SpinOffs like Strikers, Devil Survivors, Strange Journey). Pretty much all of the franchise is known for it's style, great designs, difficult gameplay, the grim story lines and insanely good Soundtrack. While the story in the original release was (or rather is) somewhat lackluster, everything else was a master class of modern creature-collection and turn-based RPG combat. The Vengeance Re-Release adds a second, alternative story, which start with a little difference which turns into a whole different perspective on the cosmic conflict of good and evil for domination of the universe. Additional to the new story line several aspects of the gameplay have been enhanced, deepened and upgraded with more quality of life. I am already looking forward to my next playthrough, after I finished some of the other SMT games in my backlog.

Do you know the joke that Japan has been stuck in the year 2000 for the last 40 years? This game is another acknowledgement of that. It's great... if you like older JRPGs and are able to look past the jank, like having no autosaves and an instakill mechanic that sends you straight back to the title screen (no joke). At the beginning, I lost one hour of progress because the lead character got one-shot by an underleveled mob during a fast autobattle. LMAO. Other than that jank, the game is okay. The story is a classic "shounen manga" plot: demons attack my school and we're going to save the world. Team building is well done. It felt very similar to the old Pokémon games from the Game Boy and GBA era, with some twists and a bit more input when it comes to creating your teammates and defining their purpose. The map was garbage. Some sections were really easy to get lost in, and if you wanted to fully clear an area, you sometimes had to run multiple circles around the same spot because an item box was sitting on a ledge. Once you picked it up, you had to run through that entire section of the map again. To be honest, that was my biggest annoyance with this game: the toxic map design. The game is also kinda grindy, but you can skip most of that with the sigh Digital Deluxe Edition. It can actually be a bit too effective, to the point where it's very easy to accidentally overlevel yourself and make the game too easy. If you have the Digital Deluxe Edition, I suggest starting on Hard difficulty because you can't change to it later if you start on a lower difficulty. Overall, the game is okay. I wish it challenged me a bit more in the second half, as I felt it was too easy. Not great, not terrible, and definitely not GOTY material. I'm split between leaving a positive or negative review, so try the demo. The full game is basically like that: not better, not worse. If you like it, add it to your wishlist and buy it on sale.

Amazing game, some of the best gameplay in the genre. I played the Vengeance route as my first playthrough and had a great time. The story is light but decent, and the endings are interesting and offer some cool perspective. Yoko and Tao are solid characters and represent their alignments in an interesting way. The atmosphere is where the game really shines though, exploring the ruins of Tokyo is amazing and the world in general is fascinating and really fun to learn about. Exploring in this game is amazing. It only has a few dungeons and most of the game is spent in the relatively open zones. You progress through them linearly but they have tons to explore and are extremely seamless. I love checklists and this game has a couple of really fun things to collect and check off, and given the difficulty almost everything you find is valuable. Combat wise, it's peak. It's super difficult and requires a lot of legitimate thought and strategy to win in fights, and there is a ton of build variety on the MC. Lots of demon variety as well and choosing the best team for every boss is super fun. This is the second press turn game I've played after Metaphor Refantazio, and yeah press turn still really is just one of the best when it comes to jrpg combat. Music is also peak. It's a super unique style but has a lot of tracks that really stick with me. The regular battle theme especially is a banger. All in all, this game is great and I cannot recommend enough.