Atlus’ Shin Megami Tensei series
started out as an obscure series of dungeon-crawlers, and while they were
popular in their native Japan, they didn’t initially catch on overseas, with
only a couple of shoddily-translated spin-off titles making it over here. That
all changed with the 2003 release of Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, the third
entry in the “main” SMT series. This is the game that, for lack of a better
phrase, started it all, a high-quality RPG that would set the stage for Digital
Devil Saga/Personas 3 and 4, and would establish Shin Megami Tensei as a
shining beacon among its contemporaries. The question is, does it still hold up
today?
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