PS5
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
PS5 Details
- Native PS5 application
- Yes
Details
- Genre
- Release Date
- June 14, 2024
- Metacritic Score
- 87
Reviews
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Good
- Updated version brings an entirely new campaign
- Strong roots in game story
- Allows various mythologies to co-exist
- Detailed world with rich context
- New campaign follows the path of chaos
- Entertaining and hilarious dialogues
- Fantastic and engaging combat system
- Recruiting demons is an added fun
- Win-loss reward system adds dynamism
- Added depth with Magatush gauge
- Exploring different locations and completing side quests
- Provides save-anywhere feature
- Over fifty new demons to recruit
- Increased level cap 150
- Solid transition to HD
- Functions well visually
- Impressive voice work
- Two significant JRPGs for the price of one
- Decision-making carries weight
- Engaging combat system with demon recruitment
- Fusion and exploration included
Bad
- Locked to the Nintendo family of consoles
- Story's premise isn't spectacular
- Difficulty level may deter some gamers
- Recruiting demons can be challenging
- Reading demon’s personality is tough
- Risk of being taken out by enemies
- Sparse currency requirement
- Letting go of collected demons during fusion
- Awkward moments with silent protagonist
- Protagonist is silent leading to awkward moments
- Built on inferior hardware
Good
- Interesting narrative
- Excellent music
- Wit and charm in graphics
- Interesting battle systems
- New storyline in Vengeance edition
- Expanded demon compendium
- Can save anywhere on the map
- Friendly demons give quests
- Auto battle option
- Well put-together RPG
Bad
- Paper thin plot
- High expectations not met for long-time Persona fans
- Gameplay can be punishing
- Ten hours to reach meaningful plot
- Meaningless decision-making in original game
- Many NPCs are faceless
- Game is a brutally tough grind
Good
- Enhanced re-release of Atlus' 2021 dungeon-crawling RPG
- Available on PS5 and PS4
- Includes quality-of-life improvements
- Provides a graphical upgrade
- New storyline introduced
- Consistent 60 frames per second
- Engaging new characters
- Addition of human guest characters
- Dense open-air dungeons full of demons
- Can save the game anywhere
- Ability to teleport back to the last visited Leyline Fount
- Addition of 40 new demons
- Improved demon conversations with surprising quizzes or minigames
- Auto-Battle has been overhauled
- Magatsuhi Rails for easier traversal
- Demon Haunts as places of respite
- Excellent music
- Surprising amount of voice acting
Bad
- More hardcore than Atlus' other franchise, Persona
- Very combat-heavy
- Dense narrative stretches are few and far between
- Players are locked into one storyline from the start
- Series has issues with pacing
- Higher difficulty level
- Backtracking is still required
- If the Nahobino falls at any time, it's game over
- Same three lines repeated by Demon navigators
Videos
SEGA America
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance - An Ideal World
PlayStation
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance - The Sacrifice | PS5 & PS4 Games
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