Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Explore ruined Tokyo, recruit demons through conversation and fuse new allies. Turn-based battles reward exploiting weaknesses with extra actions, while an opening choice selects the Creation or Vengeance story.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.5 / 10
About this game
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance takes you into Da'at, a ruined counterpart of Tokyo. Talk to enemy demons to recruit allies, then combine demons through fusion to create new ones. In Press Turn battles, striking a weakness grants additional actions; enemies benefit from the same rule. Innate passive skills add another consideration when assembling a party, including effects tied to which demons fight together. The story begins with a choice between Canon of Creation, which follows the original game's narrative, and the new Canon of Vengeance. Exploration takes you through ruined buildings, deserts and geometric structures. Magatsu Rails connect parts of Da'at, providing shortcuts and access to hidden terrain.
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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AI review
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Best approached as a party-building problem as much as a journey.
Extra actions from weaknesses make party composition consequential, especially because enemies can exploit the same rule. Recruitment, fusion and passive combinations should appeal to players who enjoy revising a team as much as choosing commands.
Strengths
- Fusion and party-dependent passives offer connected ways to rethink a team's capabilities.
- The opening story choice gives returning players a direct route into a different narrative.
Weaknesses
- Players who prefer to ignore defensive weaknesses may find the enemy's extra-action opportunities demanding.
Who it is for: RPG players who enjoy experimenting with demon combinations and planning around enemy affinities.
Play notes: A party's own weaknesses matter: the extra-action rule also benefits opponents.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension The initial route choice gives the narrative a clear commitment point, while Magatsu Rails offer reasons to examine connections between locations. | Reviewed | 8.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Weakness rewards and passive combinations suggest that preparation can be as important to satisfaction as the commands chosen during a turn. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Ruined urban structures set among deserts may make Da'at's transformation feel tangible for players drawn to desolate settings. | Reviewed | 8.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The free camera in Demon Haunts provides a useful viewing option for players interested in examining their allies' designs. | Reviewed | 7.4 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Atlus
- Publisher
- SEGA
- Release date
- Jun 14, 2024
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- 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
- FantasyExplorationBranching ChoicesStory-drivenSolo-friendlyThird PersonMultiple Endings
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Third person
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideJun 14, 2024
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideJun 14, 2024
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Sources
- asia.sega.comSource revision: 1
- asia.sega.com