I've been looking for an SMT game to play, as I've just finished Persona 4 and am currently playing Persona 3 with a friend. I noticed this is coming out soon so I figured it might be a good excuse to buy 3DS, especially since I scratched the touch screen on my old school DS a year ago while playing Mario Party with a pen instead of a stylus (ugh).

From what I've seen, it looks like a crazy strategy RPG hybrid, which sounds cool. I haven't played many strategy games besides Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced but that was awesome in my book.

So, any thoughts?

If you've played it the first time through on the regular DS, maybe not (I have and plan to buy this one). If you haven't played it yet, it's a pretty good game with multiple endings.

if you haven't played it already, sure I guess, now that it's cheaper :P

Do you have a DS, then just buy the original. Or just ask Video_Game_King

I never played the original but playing another game on my scratchy DS screen is very unappealing. Plus I'll probably want a 3DS later anyway whenever Nintendo decides to release games.

@Bocam: Somehow I think you're trolling me :P

It's a pretty hard game, so be prepared.

I didn't like it, so I say no.

Its a good game. 
But dont encourage Nintendo, get a used DS to play it.

Just play it on the DS, it doesn't even use the touchscreen.

It's really hard and I didn't like it personally.

just to counteract some of the people here: it's great, awesome, played it 3 whole times, combat's fun and the story's great

Well it looks like there are a lot of mixed feelings. I think I'll get it for the regular DS and try to bear with the screen.

Would any of you recommend any other SMT games instead?

Would any of you recommend any other SMT games instead?

@Vadis said:

Well it looks like there are a lot of mixed feelings. I think I'll get it for the regular DS and try to bear with the screen.

Would any of you recommend any other SMT games instead?

strange journey is super hard and a little light on story; SMT3: Nocturne is too, but it's a much better game. Digital Devil Saga is crazy, and the 1st one kinda leaves off on a cliff hanger so you pretty much have to play them both in a row.

get nocturne then DDS 1 & 2 imo

Would any of you recommend any other SMT games instead?

I can't believe so many people are saying Devil Survivor was difficult. Just like any JRPG, I just needed to grind a bunch and then I could deal with any boss I encountered without many complications.

Yeah go for it dude the ds game was amazing 

@FluxWaveZ: Flux, what exactly didn't you like about it? It seems like everyone else's main complaint is the difficulty.

Hmm. It sounds like I would like the game, but not enough to warrant purchasing a 3DS. I think I'll wait and see how the 3DS version is received, and play Digital Devil Saga in the meantime.

im pretty sure gamestop has a special deal for trading in any ds for a 3ds and its only like 100 bucks i think.  Tho im not sure how bad your screen and if that would effect it or not.

I say get it. This version of Devil survivor has a extra day, voiced characters, and enhanced visuals.

If you've got a DS, then just play it on that. I can't imagine it being much better on the 3DS, even with the extra day content. I liked it.... it was okay (a bit hard, and sometimes if you don't enter the battles with exactly the right moves, you can't win but the game won't tell you until AFTER you've been killed) but I wouldn't shell out hundreds of dollars for it. Then again.... the price has dropped and if you think you are going to buy one anyway then it might be right for you.