Shin Megami Tensei
30 Oct 1992
All releases
30 Oct 1992 - Super Famicom
13 Feb 2007 - Wii
03 Jul 2013 - Wii U
14 Mar 2006 - PC (Microsoft Windows)
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The story follows a nameless protagonist who lives in near-future Tokyo. When a portal to the realm of demons is opened, United States officials order a nuclear attack on Tokyo. Transported with two other supporting characters thirty years into the future, the protagonist finds the Earth ruined by a demon invasion, which is now the stage for an escalating conflict between the Order of Messiah and the Ring of Gaea, conflicting cults who wish to bring about kingdoms for their respective patron deities (YHVH and Lucifer). The story is influenced by moral decisions the protagonist makes, aligning him either with the Order, the Ring of Gaea, or setting him up as an independent agent. The gameplay uses first-person navigation of dungeons and turn-based battles against demons. The player can recruit demons as allies by talking to them rather than fighting them, and two to three demons can be fused to create new demons.
Shin Megami Tensei takes place in a near future Tokyo, first in the year "199X", and then 30 years later in a post-apocalyptic version of the city. A rift has been opened to another world, allowing demons to invade Tokyo; by using a computer program, humans are able to communicate with and summon the demons. Across the story, moral alignments are portrayed in various ways: alongside the middle "neutral" pathway, the "law" faction believes in establishing a logical order at the expense of feeling and freedom, while the "chaos" faction espouses unlimited freedom for the individual while discarding the weak.
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I just gave up after getting one of the endings. (Yes, it Holds 3 endings and one of them requires guide of how specific Is). It's a game that those who enjoyed the retro games would Find it as a lost gem of the 90's, thanks to being the basement for all the games that followed, (and over the View of Atlus of course), the persona's franchice, the new Shin Megami tensei's and the múltiple spin off's.