- First SMT game on Nintendo DS
- Elements of tactical and traditional RPGs come together to provide gamers with fresh new ways to fight enemies
- Choose your stat points and unique skills as you develop your characters, and also apply the same level of customization to the demons to collect and fuse
- Every play session promises to be completely different as you find new ways to advance your characters and demons
- Devil Survivor provides a narrative wrought with emotion and conviction, but also one with multiple endings
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THE SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI SERIES FINALLY COMES TO NINTENDO DS! Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor marks the first time the popular RPG franchise has made its way onto Nintendo DS, and it certainly takes advantage of the opportunity. An incredibly innovative RPG/SRPG system, with tactical yet action-packed combat, compliments a powerful narrative in the great tradition of the SMT games. Fans will surely be thrilled with the stylish aesthetics, novel game mechanics, and original story, and newcomers will find a fresh new spin on the critically-acclaimed SMT universe.Amazon.com Product Description
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor marks the first time the popular RPG franchise has made its way onto Nintendo DS, and it certainly takes advantage of the opportunity. An incredibly innovative RPG/SRPG system—with tactical yet action-packed combat— compliments a powerful narrative in the great tradition of the SMT games. Fans will surely be thrill… More >>
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So, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor is a game that looked good because of all the 5/4 star reviews it kept getting here. I decided to buy it and have some fun.
I should have gone with my first impressions of the game and returned it.
At first I hated it. It was frustrating and way too simple. It got better, with better designed demons in the Fusion option and an interesting storyline. It scopes 7 long days where the player eats away 30 minutes with every action they decide to take.
The story takes a long time to pick up, and once I got to that point, the battles where so repetitive that I just started skipping them for the story, even though I didn’t want to, I just couldn’t stand another 30-45 minute battle!
And the totally anti-Christian message is far more extreme that I expected.
I’ve only been able to unlock 5 playable characters at any time. How boring.
In battle, you choose from a limited range where you want to move, then the enemy moves, then you, on and on, then you fight. This was one of the lamest things for me; the enemy sprites don’t even move when they attack!!! On the actual movement field, a very simple 3D sprite bobs up and down and moves forwards backwards, left or right. But in the actual combat, all the little pictures of the enemies do is come forward quickly or recede. It is so lame. You can’t even see your characters, just the enemy art in front of you.
There is no exploration, anyone hoping for a good-looking walk-around game (from the 3D screenshots Amazon provided) will be SO disappointed.
I gave this game 1 star because the battles just plain kill it with boredom.
I did not finish this game, I gave it about 15 hours before I just could not stand it anymore.
Two things make or break a game for me, the controls and the story. The story for this game was incredibly inane, I did not care about the characters or the plot. I finally gave up even trying to follow it about 5 hours in and started skipping all the talking. Some of the talking scenes take longer than the battles. I cannot stress enough how this really turned me off to this game.
The battles themselves were okey, but unoriginal and uninspiring. Move one of your three groups, attack, let the computer do the same, rinse and repeat. I did not hate the combat system, but I can not say I liked it. I was annoyed that demons and characters may only arm three ‘use’ abilities each, this greatly restricted gameplay for me.
The one part that I did like was the fusing of demons, but this was a small part and got old quickly as well. The fusing could not carry the game by itself.
I was certainly not impressed and cannot in good conscience suggest this game to any of my friends.
I do like this game, the moment i turned it on in my dsi i was hooked.. The story is awesome, a lot happens, still havent beat it.
I love this game. It’s got a great story, and appeals to both my desire for an rpg and my desire to collect things in a game (in this case, demons.) Why only three stars then? Because I’ve been having trouble with the game – in certain battles, the game will freeze, and force me to replay the battle or everything since my last save. Which, after several times, gets pretty frustrating.
It was fun at first, but the more I played the more bored I got. The biggest problem I had was that this game is almost like chance where if you make the wrong move in the beginning it can be almost impossible to get past some of the demons.