Just finished Shin Megami Tensei IV

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Super_Boom said:
I enjoyed the game overall...though it took me around a year to build up the motivation to beat it. The story was great, but I found the characters to be pretty dull for the most part. I did enjoy the combat and demon summoning/fusing mechanic a lot, enough to try out Devil Survivor and Persona 4 afterwards, both of which I enjoyed a lot more.

Seeing as how SMT IV was my first SMT game, I don't regret it buying it at launch. Even if the game itself wasn't perfect, it was a gateway to franchise I'm hooked on now. I have Persona 3 and Q in my backlog, and I'm looking forward to Devil Survivor 2: BR and Persona 5 when they release.

Yeah, some of the characters should have been more involved in the story. Namely the ones below.

I'm currently playing Devil Survivor Overlocked and love it so far so I will definitely pick up Devil Survivor 2: RB at some point.

 

SEMI SPOILERS (for other people not who I am responding to)

(the childhood friend, Isabaeu and the guy with the green scarf, I don't even remember his name)