Shin Megami Tensei V Review and Discussion Thread (87 on Metacritic)

[IcaroRibeiro]

youngbr said:

IcaroRibeiro said:

6 hours in

So far not liking it. This desert bores me to death. There isn't nothing about it that is engaging to explore or to discover, it's just plain and uninspired. The story is also taking forever to take off which makes me less invested in the game 

This is a SMT game so I expect at least 50 hours to beat it, however if by hour 10-15 the game still not funny I maybe drop it 

I think I wrote here a few days ago, it is not a story driven game. It is not like Persona that you live the story.

Shin Megami Tensei V is more like Dark Souls, the goal is to explore and get stronger. I understand some may like it a lot and some don't.

The problem is the exploration is not rewarding because the level design isn't particularly clever, Persona actually did a better job because the spaces were small and it's easier to make a smart level design when your spaces are tight instead of open, but again DS have open designs and the maps are extremely clever, making you discover new places almost every playtrough

The maps so far are lazy. Not only in level design, but in art style. It's basically a desert, I'm six hours in a desert. I'm sure I will leave it somehow, but it's a fairly high amount of time trapped in a very uncomfortable space. 

The battle system still good and fair (even if punishing), but we ready knew that. Combat isn't the problem, the problem is everything except the combat is dull, starting from the main character, whoever thought his design is cool must be fired asap