Review Orodius 4/5 · May 20, 2022
Great story, Bad Gameplay.
This game has perhaps the best characters in the entire franchise, each of them are interesting and have their own small developmental arc, and the story follows the same pattern of demon invasion as the old Shin Megami Tensei (OK, maybe in a slightly reduced way) instead of focusing on parallel worlds like later games.
Gameplay is extremely slow, especially …
This game has perhaps the best characters in the entire franchise, each of them are interesting and have their own small developmental arc, and the story follows the same pattern of demon invasion as the old Shin Megami Tensei (OK, maybe in a slightly reduced way) instead of focusing on parallel worlds like later games.
Gameplay is extremely slow, especially the PSP version, which also makes the game MUCH easier than the original PS1 version. But a problem that exists in both versions is the fusion of demons, the Tarot cards. In short, it's a much slower system than the original Shin megami tensei, making the player now have to grind for Personas cards to merge. In the PSP version, because the game is easy you never end up really needing to use this system as your starting Personas are all you need to get to the end. Unusing the game's entire fusion system in a way.