Reviews from

in the past


While future entries have paved over some of its rough edges, Nocturne still feels like the gold standard for modern Megami Tensei.

Solid, but later entries really picked up where this was lacking. Other than the weird pacing and zig zagged difficulty, there's a good game here.

It is over hype i had fun with the game but it's not the best Megaten game in my opinion

A total rebirth for SMT at the time, and the origin of nearly everything good Atlus has made since--Nocturne remains, even 20 years later, the best game in the franchise and, in my opinion, the whole genre.


the best smt. genius work of art that forgoes a more traditional dense plot to construct a sort of modern day creation myth with a blend of ideas from buddhism, shintoism and jewish kabbalah. it uses clever subversions of these ideas and the symbols from them to convey subtle philosophical messaging and all in all knocked me flat on my ass. also it invented the press turn system! genius.

People that insist this is the best SMT to play coming from persona are out of their minds, but that doesn't change it being so solidly itself

Game is cool (dont do the final boss on hard bruh)

It's not hard as people claim it is,the combat is fun and rewarding when you figure out how to beat a tough opponent,but the story is just ehh

Great ass game, my first SMT game and the one that taught me the difficulty of this franchise, glad to have played this

one of the worst games ive ever touched

The PINKPRINT for all following SMT games, but they've all improved on Nocturne's groundwork. The aesthetic is still peak Kaneko and holds up really well, there's a reason that these are the demon designs that became mainstays.

The moment the first fucking demon you encounter in the game beat me to death I knew I´d started something truly special.
Was going to give it 4.5 stars but I took .5 away because fuck the last dungeon man

Le chef d'œuvre de Atlus.

Je n'ai pas peur de le dire, c'est le meilleur de Atlus et je ne pense pas qu'ils arriveront à faire de nouveau un tel jeu, une ambiance, une atmosphère, un Tokyo si sombre et obscure .

Sans réel surprise j'ai adoré le jeu, il est dans mon top 5 all time et je pense qu'il ne changera pas de place d'aussi tôt.
Malgré le fait que le jeu soit vraiment difficile et que le jeu, dans son ensemble, paraît très "cryptique", cela fait tout son charme et me donne (bizarrement) envie de relancer le jeu et de découvrir une autre fin, découvrir les fusions possibles etc.. etc..

Je le conseil pas vraiment ce jeu, hormis aux habitués du style. Mais si vous avez tout de même le courage d'essayer, foncez !

Top 3 des perso :
Isamu
Lucifer
Futomimi

Most frustrating hard mode ive ever played. 10/10

alright so i wrote my whole ass review for this game under the hd remaster cuz that's what i played, then realized i was tracking my days played on this version. oops. pretty much all you gotta know is that this game rocks and has some of the most interesting rpg battle mechanics ive ever used, has a bangin soundtrack, looks phenomenal, but gets a bit difficult at times and has "im a 20 year old JRPG" syndrome, meaning sometimes its hard to figure out what to do next. phenomenal game that is absolutely worth your time

Has a unique vibe unlike any other in the series with harsh gameplay. Overall story is lacking in terms of any real characters mainly a solo journey but has neat concepts.

Insufferable ass game highly overrated

Shit i beat this game! Uuuuuh very good! Has a few hiccups but overall not a terrible entry point in the series for any newcomers.

Finalmente zerei esse jogo que todo fã de Megaten tem que jogar.
Fácilmente o melhor jrpg do ps2 e uns dos melhores jrpgs já feitos.
Trilha sonora boa (Muitos remixes de SMT 1), sistema de batalha bom, dificuldade na boa medida, ambientação ótima. De forma geral, um ótimo jogo.

All time great RPG. Combat is great, and its an incredibly deep RPG to boot. The story was good, but honestly my least favorite part. I loved the dungeons and the battle system and the difficulty.


fake fans + game is terrible = bad

I HATE THIS GAME. its probably really good i just like more story heavy games better

Raido Kuzunoha mentioned!!!! but seriously this games atmosphere is UNMATCHED and all hail the press turn system