Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance is a PlayStation 5 adventure game developed by Atlus. It centers on area and route exploration, story, case, or mission progress, and objective or clue progression, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.7 / 10
About this game
Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance is a PlayStation 5 adventure game centered on area and route exploration, story, case, or mission progress, and objective or clue progression. Locations, objectives, and clues gradually open the main chapters, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Theme, character expression, and environmental clues need to support exploration together, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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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Deep fusion tactics with improved convenience.
Weaknesses, turn economy and demon fusion form a rewarding loop in which party preparation can matter more than simply raising levels. The new route strengthens character connections, but combat remains the central attraction and sustained sessions can become oppressive or repetitive. Music and wasteland imagery make that isolation purposeful. Contemporary PS5 testing reports smooth play, while flexible saving makes experimentation less costly. It suits turn-based players who enjoy building teams and reconsidering a failed plan. Start with one route instead of treating both as immediate obligations. When a boss blocks progress, examine resistances and inherited skills before assuming that grinding is the only answer. Players primarily seeking relaxed school-life relationships should recognise that this adventure has a very different emphasis.
Strengths
- Interlocking party and turn strategy.
Weaknesses
- Combat density can become oppressive.
Who it is for: Turn-based party builders.
Play notes: 2024 Vengeance base game, not original SMTV.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Extensive content includes repetition. | Reviewed | 8.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Fusion reinforces tactical turn economy. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Characters and music enrich the wasteland. | Reviewed | 8.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Smooth play and flexible saving reduce friction. | Reviewed | 8.9 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Atlus
- Publisher
- SEGA
- Release date
- Jun 14, 2024
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5
- 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
- Linear LevelsInvestigationSolo-friendly3D GraphicsMain Story 10–20 HoursSlow BurnPuzzle SolvingThird PersonExplorationStory-driven
- 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.com