Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei (1987)

Atlus

Family Computer · Sharp X1

2.77 from 31 ratings

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How long? · with extras 22h (from 1 logged playthrough)

Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei is the first game of the Megami Tensei series of role-playing video games. It is based on the novel Digital Devil Story by Aya Nishitani. Although Atlus has published a majority of the series, the first two games were created by Atlus but published by Namco (known as Namcot at the time), after it bought … Read more
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei is the first game of the Megami Tensei series of role-playing video games. It is based on the novel Digital Devil Story by Aya Nishitani. Although Atlus has published a majority of the series, the first two games were created by Atlus but published by Namco (known as Namcot at the time), after it bought the video game rights to the Japanese horror novel series by Aya Nishitani, the first named Digital Devil Story. This game is a role-playing video game that features extensive dungeon crawling and focuses heavily on demons, which have gone on to become a trademark of the series. Read less
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Developers
Atlus
Publishers
Namcot
Genres
Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Horror
Franchises
Megami Tensei
Series
Megami Tensei

Release dates

  • Sep 11, 1987 (Full Release) (Japan) Family Computer, Sharp X1

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Orodius

Review Orodius 2/5 · May 20, 2022

It requires a lot of patience.

Atlus games are extremely repetitive, so to enjoy them you have to like this formula or at least put up with it.

I would rate these games as a "harder Pokemon" but with a lot more replays of battles. With no description of what the spells do, and as the name is not at all intuitive, you have to find …

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Atlus games are extremely repetitive, so to enjoy them you have to like this formula or at least put up with it.

I would rate these games as a "harder Pokemon" but with a lot more replays of battles. With no description of what the spells do, and as the name is not at all intuitive, you have to find out what each one does with trial and error, along with the difficulty of the game that can frustrate many. The game also has several annoying traps that drain your HP or reset your position on the map.

I really liked the monster designs and the idea of catching new demons, merging them, and creating new strategies is really fun.

In addition, it is a game that requires a mind that can put itself in that time. If you don't have a lot of patience and are very anxious, this might not be the game for you. The same thing goes for Megami tensei 2 and Shin megami tensei 1/2

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