have found myself with a very 'flirting vs harassment' relationship w this compared to nocturne. love the music here, love the atmosphere, dislike almost every change they made to these systems. it's easy to find smirk hate online but what the hell did they do to fusion? having a look at some online resources seems to point towards nocturne being an outlier among these games for giving each demon 5/6+ potential skills of their own but... that is SO much more compelling to me than the system here where you get 1 or 2 mediocre new skills and otherwise carry everything from your sacrifices over unchanged

anyway i'm 30 hours into this and locked into the neutral route and this story's pacing has actually aged me several years. really hope i can finish the chalice of hope quest before i actually turn to dust

Reviewed on Feb 21, 2024


3 Comments


2 months ago

The flirting vs harassment comment made me giggle, I might feel a bit less harsh but yeah it’s one hell of a different game from Nocturne that’s for sure.

2 months ago

I liked the game more than you did but I share these complaints. I also dislike the decision to bring in a bunch of guest artists, a lot of the guest demons don't fit SMT imo.

2 months ago

yeah i didn't think it was worth bringing up since it's so subjective and i feel a little rude complaining about guest artists but a lot of the 2d artwork is... interesting 😶 it's such a breath of fresh air when kaneko's gorgeous later era art shows up for newer demons like the moirae sisters