This game is a masterpiece and is in a tie for my second favorite game of all time with Blasphemous 2. SMT IV takes elements from early SMT and modernizes them in the best kind of way with a story that is more character-driven than most mainline SMT games. The combat is wonderfully chaotic and hits hard, the beginning of this game is infamously difficult, but you will eventually be able to become stronger and you can eventually become more overpowered than you can in any other mainline SMT game. The desire to replay a wonderful game like this is one of the reasons my backlog continues to pile up to mountainous heights.