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Shin Megami Tensei 5 Review: ‘It’s the archetypical JRPG, but that’s not a bad thing’

By Jason Faulkner

Shin Megami Tensei 5 is finally here. Five years have passed since the last non-reboot entry in the series was released, and in that time, franchise spinoff Persona has gone from a cult hit to an international blockbuster. It was hard to figure out where Atlus would take SMT in a post-Persona 5 world. Would it take on…

  • Satisfying combat and negotiation systems.
  • Expansive environments.
  • Doesn't innovate over previous series entries.
  • Performance issues due to the Switch's weak hardware.

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Jason Faulkner
Jason Faulkner

Jason Faulkner is Evolve Media's Evergreen SEO Manager. On a typical day, you can find him working desperately trying to get late-1990s/early-2000s PC games working at 4K and 16:9 ratio without crashing.

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