Building on the styles of ATLUS' Persona, Devil Summoner, and Devil Survivor titles, SMTIV is the first true successor to 2004's Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne. The story of SMTIV revolves around the Samurai, the sacred protectors of the Eastern Kingdom of Mikado. As a newly appointed Samurai, players will struggle with factions that have nefarious designs on the world as they defend their home kingdom from a growing army of demons. Decisions players make throughout the course of the story will have lasting repercussions, as the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
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Shin Megami Tensei IV is a masterpiece, the setting is awesome, the story is very good, the soundtrack is wonderful, the gameplay is a clear evolution of its predecessor and the main cast is amazing, the only bad things are the confusing overworld and the strange difficulty curve in the beggining from the rest of the game. That said, this is the best game of 2013 for sure.
My first SMT game. It kicked my ass early game but after getting to Tokyo, the demon-building and gameplay became fun and challenging. The soundtrack was also amazing.
One of the best JRPGs ever made. Amazing story with an actual good alignment system that forces you to deal with the choices you make and doesn't sugarcoat anything. This was my introduction to the SMT series as a whole, and it absolutely destroyed any perception of games similar to it because they now have to be compared to this.
Pretty much as close to perfection as this series gets.
why'd they make lucifer look like that?
for a game about talking about demons the demons are kind of basic outside of their cool designs. i get it's to make them more disposable, but hearing the same conversations a million times to scout a new guy can get a bit boring!