I'm rewriting this since I've gathered my thoughts on the game. the combat and gameplay is fantastic and very on par with IV Apocalypse or even better, the exploration is beyond what other shin megami tensei games offer and seeing this entire desolate land overran by gods,demons and how they interact in a huge explorative environment is simply great. the story has a lot of interesting and good concepts but I feel like they didn't give the game's story enough time to be fleshed out and the end game is rushed, but the core concept of how you shape the world within this game is great. the end credits are some of the best I've ever seen in a video game, it perfectly reflects the desolation you feel after having power over a world in ruin, while you shape the world how you see fit.