Was quite fun, challenging as expected, beginning was a bit dull for me was hard to fully get into it early but as I progressed I got a lot more into it. The endings had cool ideas/themes for them, TDE being the main ending people do, I thought that was the best for sure, outside of that, in particular, I was quite fond of Chiaki's end and thought her perspective of the whole thing was definitely my favorite of the rest
Supposedly it is a theme w SMT games and its narrative and storytelling to use other methods to do so like worldbuilding and other methods, which was definitely evident here, though I do wish there was a tad bit more "plot" or story in your face, more dialogue between the established characters maybe? idk I'm not the creators, though don't get me wrong, I don't have an issue with how it was presented here, I just feel for me personally, more story would've pushed this much further up for me

Pros:
+Hard but fair, the game requires you to fully utilize its mechanics in order to succeed which makes the experience very engaging. Grinding is not a thing in this game.
+The systems are satisfying to use. Collecting and fusing demons is fun. The press turn system is simple but works.

Cons:
-Inexistent story
-The presentation has its charm but is overall very lacking. Most of the game is spent running in empty corridors.
-Dungeon traversal is tedious and boring

really fantastic but also leaves me feeling so drained. I can only really take it in pieces. scraping through a dungeon, trying to decide if it's worth it to use my recovery items or risk death and lose 30 minutes of progress. exhausting and exhilarating in equal measure. so many jrpgs that I've played are very generous with full hp/mp heals at checkpoints that it's really cool to see one fully commit to the resource management aspect of dungeon crawling and just refuse you any freebies. it's new territory for me.

then I'll be making my way through a new area having a good time, but I make some bad decisions or get unlucky and then get sent back to square one. it kills my motivation really hard. I always feel a bit lame for dropping games due to difficulty and I want to get better about it. but also, sometimes I just want to have a good time and see some new stuff, and getting my ass kicked and playing the same section over and over doesn't fulfill that. it's a gamer weakness of mine. I do want to come back to this eventually though, just need to be in the right mood.

amazing hardcore JRPG, but honestly not that hard once you'll understand its mechanics with debufs and weaknesses

i would rather say it is perfectly balanced around available demons and abilities so the game is just very challenging but fair 

most of the dungeons are filled with teleporting bullshit and it's really annoying, but the combat and fusing mechanics are just great and fun to deal with

It's hard to put it into the words but there is something alien and surreal with this game that definitely should be experienced first hand

minimalistic plot combined with its oppressive atmosphere made it memorable and unique

the music is very memorable too and it fits the game's tone perfectly

also featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series

gonna play the HD remaster again soon for the true demon ending