the announcement of Shin Megami Tensei 5. Atlus’ iconic dark RPG series was featured as a flagship title for Nintendo’s then-new console, marking a pivotal moment for the franchise.

Shin Megami Tensei 5 felt revelatory to me, even though fans (whether of Atlus games or JRPGs more broadly) seem split on whether it’s “great” or just disappointingly “good”. The most ...

The first was Persona 3 Reload, the last was Metaphor: ReFantazio, and wedged in the middle was Shin Megami Tensei 5 Vengeance, which was easily my favorite. It’s more tonally askew than the ...

Metaphor: ReFantazio was developer Atlus' first original game since 2011's twisted love triangle Catherine, but its world might extend further than just a single game as director Katsura Hashino ...

ReFantazio, is a welcome foray into fantasy for the SMT series, but doesn’t innovate as much as it appears to.

The first floor in Magatsu Inaba is straight forward, but the second may confuse some players. You'll notice the doors in the North West will be locked on the second floor. Head to the middle of ...

Persona 5 The Phantom X Has Yet to hit Western Audiences ... to Persona and Metaphor without sharing the same name, the Shin Megami Tensei series has been gaining more and more traction with ...

The modern Persona games share a very similar combat system to their mother series, with the major differences being how the ...

So, there you go, there are the games we’re desperate to see as Nintendo Switch 2 launch titles. They won’t be, but life is a ...

Director Hashino hopes to establish Metaphor: ReFantazio as a flagship RPG series, akin to Shin Megami Tensei and Persona ... Both Metaphor: ReFantazio and Persona 5 share book reading as a ...

You can get both Shin Megami Tensei III and Shin Megami Tensei V on the Switch ... An RPG developed by the wonderful Level-5 with animation by Studio Ghibli? Sign me up. That’s what Ni No Kuni is. The ...