Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

Kim · 04-01-2010, 05:08 PM

Short Version: Play it motherfuckers.

Really, really liking this game. I was worried I would be annoyed by a lot of stuff like I was with Persona PSP, but this is great. It's got a first person battle view like in Dragon Quest, though the sprites aren't as pretty. The music is great, and a lot of the characters stand out to me more than they did in Nocturne, particularly the demon ones. I'm not talking crap on Nocturne, just that this game feels a little heavier on story and character stuff than that one was.

One thing I was worried about was that them trying to make a sci-fi story would actually end up pretty dumb, but this is good. You've got some stuff that feels very much like an American sci-fi flick, though you get some bad with the good. ( The black guy dies first :/) You also have a similar idea to stuff from Gunbuster or Eureka Seven.

The gameplay isn't as good as Nocturne, but there's some experimentation going on, and you gotta appreciate that. Rather than the turn system in Nocturne, hitting an enemy with a weakness triggers any of your party members of the same alignment to do a follow up attack. It's very minimal damage at first, but it grows. As a result, I find myself trying to make everyone in my party the same alignment, and using the system that way is definitely cool. Oh, and you can fuse or register demons whenever you want. That's pretty boss.

Last but not least: Mastema may be an even more badass angel than Metatron.

04-01-2010, 05:08 PM	#1
Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Short Version: Play it motherfuckers. Really, really liking this game. I was worried I would be annoyed by a lot of stuff like I was with Persona PSP, but this is great. It's got a first person battle view like in Dragon Quest, though the sprites aren't as pretty. The music is great, and a lot of the characters stand out to me more than they did in Nocturne, particularly the demon ones. I'm not talking crap on Nocturne, just that this game feels a little heavier on story and character stuff than that one was. One thing I was worried about was that them trying to make a sci-fi story would actually end up pretty dumb, but this is good. You've got some stuff that feels very much like an American sci-fi flick, though you get some bad with the good. ( The black guy dies first :/) You also have a similar idea to stuff from Gunbuster or Eureka Seven. The gameplay isn't as good as Nocturne, but there's some experimentation going on, and you gotta appreciate that. Rather than the turn system in Nocturne, hitting an enemy with a weakness triggers any of your party members of the same alignment to do a follow up attack. It's very minimal damage at first, but it grows. As a result, I find myself trying to make everyone in my party the same alignment, and using the system that way is definitely cool. Oh, and you can fuse or register demons whenever you want. That's pretty boss. Last but not least: Mastema may be an even more badass angel than Metatron.