Playing in Japanese. Aside from Xander Mobus's legendary performance as Dagda, ATLUS West really dropped the ball here.

This game feels like a love letter to the entire history of Megami Tensei. It takes cues from every notable game in the franchise. While SMT IV was more original in setting, this game has a somewhat basic setting of living in the demon infested Tokyo during the apocalypse, except this time, you're not a messiah. You're just a regular person. I can easily imagine this game working in the world of SMT I or II. It's a standard setting with a really interesting setup.

The direction this game goes with its story and themes are very interesting and unique for the series and I wish a lot of people had the literary analysis beyond "friendship is power?? Not in my MegaTen!!!"

This game is secretly extremely anti-religion and portrays how religion exists only to divide and control humans, and that the only way peace can be achieved in a world with religion is if every human is enslaved to that religion.

Another thing it is about is the inherent flaw in "choosing the lesser evil," instead of striving for something better.