Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor E3 2009: Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Preview

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E3 2009: Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Preview
The newest spin-off to the Shin Megami Tensei series is a quirky but deep title.
By Daniel Acaba

It seems that with every year that passes we get some brand new spin-off to the Shin Megami Tensei titles. Persona, Digital Devil Saga, Devil Summoner… it’s impressive how the list goes on. What makes these games work is that while they’re part of the same overarching series each of them has their own spin with the premise at work. For example in the main series titles you negotiate with demons to get them to join your side but in Digital Devil Saga you actually were the demons, eating the other demons you encounter to grow in power.

Devil Survivor continues this tradition of spinning off in interesting new directions with the established cosmology. As is par for the course a disaster happens in Tokyo that has unleashed a whole slew of demons upon the unsuspecting populace. Three friends, your protagonist being one of them, are given COMPs, devices that allow them to communicate with and control demons. Stuck inside of central Tokyo with thousands of innocent civilians they must work to survive the monsters while finding an escape route from the city.

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