Shin Megami Tensei 4
Shin Megami Tensei IV follows samurai from the Eastern Kingdom into ruined Tokyo through first-person exploration, turn-based combat, demon negotiation, fusion, and ideological choices. This catalogue entry evaluates the recorded original-platform release, including its period-specific controls, presentation, content structure, hardware limits, and intended mode of play.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.7 / 10
About this game
Shin Megami Tensei IV follows samurai from the Eastern Kingdom into ruined Tokyo through first-person exploration, turn-based combat, demon negotiation, fusion, and ideological choices. Demon builds, weakness-based turns, and route decisions provide deep strategy and replay value, supported by forceful worldbuilding and music. The opening difficulty is sharp, map navigation and objectives create friction, and balance sometimes depends on repeated fusion. It remains a major 3DS RPG. This description covers the original nintendo-3ds release represented by this catalog entry and does not assume conveniences introduced by later ports. The assessment also treats period hardware limits, documented mechanics, original controls, and release-specific access as explicit evaluation boundaries.
Collected in series
Shin Megami Tensei is Atlus’s RPG series about supernatural upheaval and competing visions of the future. Demon negotiation and fusion shape your party, while exploration, difficult choices and weakness-based battles drive its mainline adventures.
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Shin Megami Tensei IV follows samurai from the Eastern Kingdom into ruined Tokyo through first-person exploration, turn-based combat, demon negotiation, fusion, and ideological choices.
Demon builds, weakness-based turns, and route decisions provide deep strategy and replay value, supported by forceful worldbuilding and music. The opening difficulty is sharp, map navigation and objectives create friction, and balance sometimes depends on repeated fusion. It remains a major 3DS RPG. Overall, its main strengths are Demon fusion and weakness-turn depth; World routes and replay value. Its material limitations are Sharp opening difficulty; Map, objective, and fusion friction. This score covers the original platform release represented by this catalog record and excludes conveniences added by emulators or later ports. The conclusion also accounts for original hardware readability, input, and access conditions. Documented uncertainty remains explicit. The evidence supports this balance.
Strengths
- Demon fusion and weakness-turn depth
- World routes and replay value
Weaknesses
- Sharp opening difficulty
- Map, objective, and fusion friction
Who it is for: Players who value demon fusion and weakness-turn depth.
Play notes: Expect sharp opening difficulty and map, objective, and fusion friction.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension World routes and replay value; Map, objective, and fusion friction. | Reviewed | 8.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Demon fusion and weakness-turn depth; Sharp opening difficulty. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension World routes and replay value; presentation is judged within the original platform conditions, with no bonus for age alone. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Judged on the original nintendo-3ds release's input, readability, saving, and accessory conditions. Sharp opening difficulty. | Reviewed | 7.6 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Atlus
- Publisher
- Atlus
- Release date
- 2013
- Platforms
- Nintendo 3DS
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Role-Playing · Primary genre
- Tags
- ReplayableMultiple EndingsDark Fantasy3D GraphicsSolo-friendlyPost-apocalypticTurn-based CombatBranching ChoicesExplorationCreature Collection and TrainingFirst Person
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- Nintendo 3DSWorldwide2013
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