The Shrine

Devil Summoner is a fantastic new RPG from the makers of Persona 3, Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, and Digital Devil Saga. Mknzy is the only big Megaten fan I can remember from this board, but maybe ya'lls are out there and I just forget.

Anyway, its a sequel to the first PS2 Devil Summoner, Kuzanoah Raidou vs. The Soulless Army, and the first game was...honestly not that great. Very low-budget, very small, shallow, and a bit bland it the fact it was real easy. The story was slick and the basic formula was still fine, but it was a very small game. Devil Summoner 2, however, takes that simple framework and completely upgrades it. The game is bigger, the story is better, there are more demons to recruit, more sidequests to do, more dungeons to explore, more ass to kick.

If you've ever really liked mythology or folklore, enjoy customization and (degrees of) monster-raising games, dig action RPGs, like history/historical fiction/alternate history, can stand reading a LOT of very Japanese names (Kushinagami-bumi, Mannen-Cho, Ishigami, Binibogi, Gouto-Douji--these are words/names thrown around EVERYWHERE) and dealing with a lot of VERY Japanese characters and social situations whilst negotiating with demons, joining forces with (or fighting against) Lucifer and the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse, then you will fucking LOVE this game.

Get it.

Now.

I really liked the Digital Devil Saga series, but admittedly, I didn't finish the sequel because the combat engine ended up being more of the same. The combat engine was solid and the strategy involved in one of the best for traditional RPG combat, but I wished they changed it up a bit from the first. I had already put a bunch of hours into the first one, and didn't really want to dive into the same system that I mastered in the first.

RentCavalier wrote:Devil Summoner is a fantastic new RPG from the makers of Persona 3, Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, and Digital Devil Saga. Mknzy is the only big Megaten fan I can remember from this board, but maybe ya'lls are out there and I just forget.

Anyway, its a sequel to the first PS2 Devil Summoner, Kuzanoah Raidou vs. The Soulless Army, and the first game was...honestly not that great. Very low-budget, very small, shallow, and a bit bland it the fact it was real easy. The story was slick and the basic formula was still fine, but it was a very small game. Devil Summoner 2, however, takes that simple framework and completely upgrades it. The game is bigger, the story is better, there are more demons to recruit, more sidequests to do, more dungeons to explore, more ass to kick.

If you've ever really liked mythology or folklore, enjoy customization and (degrees of) monster-raising games, dig action RPGs, like history/historical fiction/alternate history, can stand reading a LOT of very Japanese names (Kushinagami-bumi, Mannen-Cho, Ishigami, Binibogi, Gouto-Douji--these are words/names thrown around EVERYWHERE) and dealing with a lot of VERY Japanese characters and social situations whilst negotiating with demons, joining forces with (or fighting against) Lucifer and the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse, then you will fucking LOVE this game.

Get it.

Now.

has the best package f any game I've seen. One thing I know in gaming is that if it says Shin Megami Tensei on the box somewhere then it will be a good game. Or more likely a fucking amazingly awesome game. and yeah. I'm loving this. not to mention the best presentation of a game package I've seen without overcharging and calling it a special edition. This is almost as nicce as Fallout 3's and I didn't have to pay extra for the huge box. which makes it better.

Rent, here's a suggestion from a collector: take care of that box and plushie. That game is very limited and I promise, it'll only go up in value even with it being opened

I got my copy as well, tho I havent had the chance to start into it yet, cant wait to get going on it.