Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux
2017
- role-playing (rpg)
- strategy
- adventure
- action
- fantasy
- science fiction
- single player
The story
The remake of the Nintendo DS game Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey with new additions, including a new story character. "A spatial distortion full of demons appeared in Antarctica, threatening to engulf the Earth in Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey. The United Nations responded by tasking a team of highly advanced specialists with piercing the anomaly and figuring out how to stop it from the source. Well, get ready to don your Demonica once again in this new expanded port: Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux. Expect new story content, additional endings, a new dungeon to explore, and more in the return of this sci-fi tinged SMT adventure."
What it’s like
Cold, sterile blue-white light gives way to claustrophobic metal corridors, with the glow of demon-haunted terrain flickering in dark, alien greens and purples. The soundtrack leans on tense, pulsing synth and ominous ambient drones that rise sharply when a battle begins, then settle back into an uneasy hum as you map unfamiliar floors. Turn-based combat unfolds in tidy, menu-driven rhythm, and the 3DS's small screen makes each dungeon feel like a pressurized capsule you carry in your pocket. Vibe: bleak, methodical dread with flashes of brutal grandeur, best suited to a long, focused session alone with headphones. Violence is frequent and stylized, with demons slain in animated bursts and some grim imagery, though it is clinical rather than gratuitous, and the horror is more atmospheric than gory. Its tension comes from exploration and resource management, and its characters move from hardened skepticism toward grim resolve. Built for players who want a demanding dungeon crawl with a cold, cyberpunk edge and a steady, creeping sense of unease.
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