Alongside SMT 4, this is one of the best SMT games you can start with.
Alongside not having you deal with demon negotiation and fusion like the mainline/devil summoner games, instead having you upgrade a regular party throughout the game; it's also one of the easier games in the series, with the bulk of the difficulty being learning how the press-turn system works and how to best take advantage of it.
...it's also a great starting point because it's one of the best games in the series! The character dynamics are genuinely wonderful, the story is esoteric and you always want to know what happens the next, the environments are an amazing mixture of post-apocalyptic with religious undertones, and the music is some of the best in the franchise as well!
This is one of the best JRPGs ever made as far as I'm aware, it's aged wonderfully well and is still a joy to play!
Alongside not having you deal with demon negotiation and fusion like the mainline/devil summoner games, instead having you upgrade a regular party throughout the game; it's also one of the easier games in the series, with the bulk of the difficulty being learning how the press-turn system works and how to best take advantage of it.
...it's also a great starting point because it's one of the best games in the series! The character dynamics are genuinely wonderful, the story is esoteric and you always want to know what happens the next, the environments are an amazing mixture of post-apocalyptic with religious undertones, and the music is some of the best in the franchise as well!
This is one of the best JRPGs ever made as far as I'm aware, it's aged wonderfully well and is still a joy to play!