Devil Survivor is like a cult classic within a cult classic franchise. Absolutely love this game, it being one of my first 3DS games and a super nostalgic game to go back to. It improves upon the base DS game in several major ways, though it does still have its share of balancing issues. The story has a nice combo of grit and uplift, and it moves at a nice pace with story and gameplay in good measure to each other. There's plenty of additional events and mutually exclusive scenes to keep multiple playthroughs fresh, and decent variation in the ending routes along with immense variations in the new Day 8 Scenarios.
The game does have some cons. Progression can be very grindy, with intense downward scaling for exp gains while also slowly giving you money. The late game also sees a massive spike in difficulty, and more than half the game's cast is only available to play for the last 6-12 fights. As a final problem, the bonus bosses aren't very well balanced save for Lucifer, and most of them you either get stomped by or roll with overtuned demons you carried over from previous playthroughs.
The pros heavily outweigh the cons though, and if you can find an easy way to play this I'd highly recommend it. Devil Survivor is one of the more unique sub-series of MegaTen, and it'd be nice to see it get more love.
The game does have some cons. Progression can be very grindy, with intense downward scaling for exp gains while also slowly giving you money. The late game also sees a massive spike in difficulty, and more than half the game's cast is only available to play for the last 6-12 fights. As a final problem, the bonus bosses aren't very well balanced save for Lucifer, and most of them you either get stomped by or roll with overtuned demons you carried over from previous playthroughs.
The pros heavily outweigh the cons though, and if you can find an easy way to play this I'd highly recommend it. Devil Survivor is one of the more unique sub-series of MegaTen, and it'd be nice to see it get more love.