Originally posted yesterday. Technically. It was like 11:58PM or something and it's 07:21 now, so as far as I care, that's yesterday dammit.
What is it lately with me and DS games? No idea, but I'm an Atlus fanboy through and through (I've even played Shin Megami Tensei: If..., which is a game most people don't even know exists; I don't think it's even on Neo's database - that's how unknown it is) and when I found out Devil Survivor had been localised I just had to acquire a copy for myself.
I found out, and acquired it this morning. I started playing straight away. 8 hours later, I hadn't stopped yet. It is THAT immersive. I'm not particularly far in (not even finished Day 2 yet!) but I'm loving everything about it so far; it seems to me that it takes the best from every series (Shin Megami Tensei, Persona and Digital Devil Saga) and uses them to create what I would consider to be the best DS game released to date (I used to think it was TWEWY... that cannot even come close to SMTDS in my (arguably biased) opinion).
The easiest way for me to describe it at the moment is Fire Emblem meets Atlus. There's arguably an easier way to describe it, but damned if I can think of one. It's an SRPG with an awesome as hell plot but when you get the battles between teams (done via the SRPG system) it effectively becomes RPG Maker VX's battle system, which is the worst battle system ever created in my opinion. Granted, every game has its flaws but this one is more than overlookable.
For an Atlus game, it doesn't seem that grind oriented... yet. I may be overleveled though, since I have stopped to Macca grind twice to make the most of the Demon Auction to fuse several badass Demons. I managed to get the first Megami class Demon on Day One so I might be ahead of the curve just a bit but it'll bite me in the ass eventually. I remember Nix... Oh god, do I remember Nix. Cruising along overleveled and then *boom* 13 phase boss fight.
Err, anyway enough reminiscing of Persona 3 (FES). I'll definitely write a full review when I'm done. Heck, this was arguably starting to become a mini one >_>
(Box art, this time, shamelessly stolen from Neoseeker. The watermark is probably present too since I'm a lazy git <_<)
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