The spirit of perversity must have overtaken me when I decided to beat this game because no rational human being would ever do that. To make this irrational self-vexing even more extreme, I decided I was going to fuse every single demon in the game. All of this created an experience almost beyond description. Playing this game was a boring, frustrating, and bewildering ordeal and yet for some reason I could not bring myself to put it down. I have no idea where this monomania came from.

This is not a short game, mind you, the whole ordeal probably took around 60 hours; 60 hours that I could have spent doing literally anything else.

If some idiot ever tries to tell you that human beings are rational actors, make them play 20 minutes of Megami Tensei and then inform them that there are countless people who have played the game to completion. I promise you they won’t believe human beings are so rational anymore.

This game exists mainly as a historical artifact for those interested in the beginnings of the MegaTen franchise, the monster collection genre, and Famicom graphical design. It’s a visually impressive game with a decent soundtrack to boot and was incredibly innovative for its time. That said, there’s really no reason to play this to completion today. You’d be much better off playing it for 20 minutes to get a feel for it or watching a video about it on YouTube.