Product ReviewsShin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (Nintendo DS, 2010)

SMT Games I’ve neglected to get before Eshop closures

Thank you!! I had an urge to look into the eshop for 3ds this month and saw that it was fixing to shut off in other countries and I thought “oh man, there are so many games I wanted to play and didn’t”. Then I thought it’d be best to buy the physical copies since no matter what I could play them eshop or not as long as I kept my 3ds console. I looked into which version was better, this or the 3ds remake, and hear that there was 4 hours worth of tutorial in the remake helped me make the decision for the faster paced original. Anyway, thanks!! It works great!Read full review...

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The fidelity to the original SMT games is great

It feels like one of the originals games of the saga and the mix of the horror atmosphere and increasing tension is amazing, remembers me movies like The Thing form John Carpenter. This is an amazing game for DS but have a noticeable level of difficulty and if you are not familiar with the saga you can enjoy it too.Read full review...

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Another great game from Atlus!

This is Atlus returning to the classic Shin Megami Tensei dungeon crawling adventures. That said, if you got into the series through Persona or Devil Summoner, this MAY not be the game for you. The demons are beautifully designed and there are plenty of them. Like most Atlus games it is a challenge at times, but it is anything but impossible. If you are used to the style of SMT it makes it a lot easier. If you are not, there is definitely a learning curve, especially with the skill names (dia, bufu, posumudi, zio). I really can't say much about this game other than it is a fun immersive turn-based JRPG, that has just as much content if not more content than console based RPGs. It takes about 80 some hours of game play to complete (though I hear it can be done in less, but still far over 40 hours).Read full review...

Shin Megami Tensei Italian Review

Strange Journey è il secondo capitolo rilasciato della saga Megaten per la console DS, rispetto al predecessore Devil-Survivor, un Jrpg tattico, Stange Journey è un ritorno alle origini della saga ovvero un immenso dungeon crawl con la possibilità di interagire con i tuoi avversari ovvero i demoni per cercare di arruolarli tra le tue fila e fonderli assieme per creare demoni sempre più forti.
Per quanto riguarda la trama, il vostro altr’ego (dovete dargli il nick) fà parte di un gruppo di militari e scienziati mandati al polo sud dalle nazioni unite per investigare su un buco nero formatosi al centro “Schwarzwelt” che si stà espandendo sempre di più e rischia di inghiottire il mondo intero.
Dal primo momento che toccherete piede dentro lo Schwarzwelt capirete che lì non siete soli, anzi siete in un mondo parallelo dominato dai demoni, con l'aiuto dei tuoi compagni e della tua uniforme chiamata Demoniaca modificata da esseri sconosciuti applicandogli il Demon Summoning Program, potrete vedere ed interagire con i demoni.
Per quanto riguarda la difficoltà, è su un livello medio-alto in quanto fin dai primi scontri puoi incorrere in un game over, il gameplay si basa su un normale CTB con delle skin che si possono imparare comprando nuove armi o aggiungendo applicazioni alla tua Demoniaca mentre il sistema di sviluppo aumenta le statistiche in modo casuale ogni volta che aumenterete di livello.
La grafica dei Dungeon non è molto dettagliata al contrario degli sprites dei vari mostri e le OST sono tutte degne di nota.

In conclusione è un gioco da provare assolutamente, consigliato sia per i neofiti come me che per gli esperti della saga.Read full review...

Atlus makes another great RPG!

When a mysterious black hole begins to swallow Earth, it's up to you and your fellow soldiers to save the world! Will you unravel the mysteries surrounding this phenomena in time!?

Shin Megami Tenser Strange Journey boasts addicting RPG gameplay, a compelling story, and very unique features, such as communicating with your enemies in order to gain their favor.

The game is also very well made, and has hours of gameplay, just waiting to be played.

That said, the game is extremely difficult, and very slow. Not everyone will appreciate this game.Read full review...

SJ is a first person dungeon crawler with deep gameplay mechanics that allow 1000s of Approaches to the challenging bosses SJR bad :)

Best game ever made

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Great game, came quick

Glad I picked this up before the remake releases next March

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If you you want to play an old school SMT game pick up this game.

It works well surprisingly

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Good Game Bad Soundtrack

The music cd does not work in the car this was one of the major reasons I bought it

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Amazing

This is a true SMT experience, not only keeps the mechanics but also is an excellent thriller

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