Is Shin Megami Tensei Worth Playing Today? | RPG Retrospective

Shin Megami Tensei kickstarted the Atlus JRPG hit machine that hasn't stopped since. How does this Persona predecessor hold up?

Developed and published by Atlus for the Super Famicom in 1992, this classic law vs. chaos dungeon crawler has seen numerous re-releases in Japan, as well as a sole Western release for iOS in 2014.

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00:00 A Personal Touch
01:07 Story Pt. 1 - Tokyo Demonpunk
05:26 Recruiting and Summoning Demons
08:25 Presentation and Visuals
10:31 Story Pt. 2 - Warring Factions
12:18 On Choice & Dungeon Crawlers
14:50 Combat Mechanics
17:25 Visuals cont.
19:30 Music
21:06 Story Pt. 3 - Demonic World Order
23:44 Presentation cont.
24:43 Story Pt. 4 - Shaping the Future
27:13 Contemporary Competition

Game footage is from the Super Famicom version with translation by Aeon Genesis.

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