Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor

Shin Megami Tensei Finally Makes it's way onto the DS, in the form of a DS, That summons all of your favorite demons. I'd like to think that this game is incredibly awesome, But really, I was a Fan of the Series Starting with Nocturne and the Persona series became different with 3 and 4, that as neat as they are, ain't what they used to be.

That being said Devil Survivor is what happens When you've really just played the same game over and over again.

(I'm going to have a beef with this game)

Shin Megami Tensei games, to my knowledge have more or less always been the same gimmick just presented differently, SMT is really just one really elaborate Pokemon franchise that says that 'shit' word, and Jack Frost is the proverbial Pikachu. I can like these games though, and I do. But Devil Survivor is asking me if I just want to have a subpar experience that I can take with me, and Hope that I can like it just as much as the games I used to play.

Well I do and I don't.

On one hand, Damnit the game plays good, It 'tactical' look and mix of 'Just-have-the-right-demons-on-you-when-you-fight-dur' is very much intact. It's sastifying gameplay. But as the same time, progressing through the game, you're not getting that Notorious Difficulty that the series is known for. Instead you're getting a game that's trying really hard to be difficult. It wants to be hard, but what it's really being is annoying. Especially when the battles just really seem to drag out, or an obstacle gets in your way that you can't stop and the battle is lost before you even try.

I want to like this game, which is why I play it, but it's compelling nature to just throw things your way would be catchy if it wasn't so damn uninteresting. Maybe it's me, but the Story doesn't grab me at all. I Just skip the situations entirely because they're just children running around with a one track mind.

The whole concept Demon Fighting because You have a DS is like a painful memory of Surf Ninjas. But I guess every time somebody makes a DS game they just gotta do one thing out of place.

As I say, Gameplay wise, the game is fascinating, and for that alone you should pick this up and play it. But everything else you're downright kidding yourself. This isn't really a Shin Megami Tensei game at all. I'd worry that because of the Popularity of the Persona series, that might make fans a little fuzzy when picking this up.

For me, I just don't think that's enough.