Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei is an action RPG developed by Telenet Japan, based on a manga of the same name. Despite sharing a name and source material with the Atlus developed Famicom game, it is an entirely different game. The player is tasked with traveling through the Makai, which is divided between eleven worlds themed after the Sephirot. Each of the worlds contains eight floors, though they are not always arranged in ascending order. Each world, other than the starting world Malkuth and the center world Da'at, is further divided into "good" and "evil" versions, for a total of 160 floors.
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tfw that damege be found
the msx (and other personal computers) version of the first ever megami tensei game basically plays like gauntlet. who would have guessed
the msx (and other personal computers) version of the first ever megami tensei game basically plays like gauntlet. who would have guessed
This is the Casino Royale (1967) of Shin Megami Tensei
Very rough. While there is a neat concept here or there (Izanami becoming more humanoid the more hints you receive, the different levels symbolizing the kabbalah, etc.) there just isn't enough there to save this game from being a generally unfavorable experience. At its best, it's a passable top down dungeon crawler. At its worst, it's actually painful to play.
This is a decent game, I liked the use of the novel's narrative and the gameplay style. However the music gets tiring and the Ultima-like gameplay does get repetitive luckily it's short.
This game is so peak that I decided to learn ROM hacking just to translate this game. You're welcome.
This was kinda just really annoying and tedious to play, and while getting stronger can be sotra fun, the confusing design and terrible balancing just make it a slug