The WhatsNext verdict
For Players who enjoy demanding dungeon crawlers, tactical turn-based battles, and a bleak science-fiction setting: Explore a hostile Antarctic anomaly in first-person, map its labyrinthine sectors, and recruit demons whose strengths and weaknesses shape each battle. Tradeoff: Demon negotiation and punishing encounters demand patience, while the grim atmosphere and repeated dungeon exploration can feel oppressive.
What it does best
role-playing (rpg)
strategy
fantasy
science fiction
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What you are walking into
The remake of the Nintendo DS game Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey with new additions, including a new story character. "A spatial distortion full of demons appeared in Antarctica, threatening to engulf the Earth in Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey. The United Nations responded by tasking a team of highly advanced specialists with piercing the anomaly and figuring out how to stop it from the source. Well, get ready to don your Demonica once again in this new expanded port: Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux. Expect new story content, additional endings, a new dungeon to explore, and more in the return of this sci-fi tinged SMT adventure."
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