Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner, développé et édité par Atlus, est sorti le 25 décembre 1995 sur Sega Saturn dans une version exclusive au Japon, avant d'être porté sur PSP en 2005. Ce jeu de rôle abandonne les thèmes post-apocalyptiques de la série originale pour situer son récit dans le Japon moderne, où un étudiant sans nom est attaqué par des démons avec sa petite amie avant d'être sauvé par le chasseur de démons Kyouji, retrouvé mort peu après. Le protagoniste est alors assassiné par un tueur nommé Sid, mais réanimé dans le corps de Kyouji et guidé par sa voix depuis sa propre tête, il rejoint la partenaire de ce dernier, Rei, pour secourir sa compagne toujours en danger. La presse a salué l'expérience, GameBrink évoquant un jeu extrêmement amusant au gameplay unique et au casting fantastique, tandis que netjak a qualifié ce RPG de très bon, doté d'un système de combat solide et d'une histoire excellente. Certains joueurs sur Metacritic regrettent toutefois que le titre n'ait pas très bien vieilli en le comparant à des productions plus récentes, quand d'autres y voient un jeu super amusant et bizarre à essayer. Disponible sur Sega Saturn et PlayStation 3, il affiche une note agrégée de 74,95.
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« An extremely fun game. The gameplay is unique and plays fairly well, the cast is fantastic, and the visuals do the job. It’s filled with the addicting gameplay of the SMT series, yet provides a different enough type of game that it doesn’t feel like more of the same. [JPN Import] »
« A very good RPG. It has a solid battle system, excellent story, and never once becomes a cakewalk nor obscenely hard. Atlus struck gold with this title. »
« I couldn't be more impressed with Devil Summoner. It blew away all of my expectations, and added a number of new features that were a real breath of fresh air. »
« One heck of a story, and has a decent engine to back it up. »
« It’s an action packed romp that has all the trappings of the Megaten series, but a bit less of the doom and gloom the series is known for. »
« One place I never thought this series would go, however, is action. And yet, here it is, and it's tremendously successful. [May 2006, p.74] »
« Though press-turn fans may be a little dismayed at the comparatively-simple battle system, there is a surprising amount of depth once players go deeper into the game, acquiring more and more varied demons. »
« How many games are there that take place in a recently Westernized Japan and involve exposing ill-meaning demons, all laid under a campy detective theme? If there are more than Devil Summoner, they're likely not done quite this well. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« Not terrible, but it hasn't aged very well. Especially if you compare it to something like Ni No Kuni. »
« Super fun game, if you want to play something really bizarre and decent- you should try this game. »
« History and characters is very good but gameplay is bad. »
« Un juego perfecto Gameplay totalmente único hecho para los fans de la saga Megaten, también una perfecta experiencia para los nuevos en el mundo de Megaten, siendo un Rpg bastante carismático, con un personaje principal único, inolvidable e icónico en la saga, más otros secundarios bastante carismáticos y divertidos, para su época uno de los mejores en cuanto a historia y jugabilidad Una experiencia única siendo posiblemente el mejor Spin Off de Shin Megami Tensei Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs The Souless Army es un juego que merece la pena ser jugado por todo amante del Rpg »
« SMT: Devil Summoner came as fine change of pace from what I've experienced in the Shin Megami Tensei franchise, but despite its nice ideas and simplistic enjoyable mechanics, it didn't quite stick the landing for me. The beginning of the game hyped me up. It starts very well and during the first very entertaining three chapters, Devil Summoner showcases its strenghts back to back. The combat system is fun and accessible for anyone, characters and demon designs are great, the story sparks an interesting mystery, the demon investigative mechanics are creative and the cutscenes are nicely done. Raidou Kuzunoka himself, albeit a silent protagonist, makes quite an impression and is definitely the most memorable character in the entire game. Add that to Shoji Meguro's fine soundtrack, the right amount of challenge and incredible boss fights, and you have yourself a strong start. From chapter 4 onwards, though, the game's cracks become visible. The pacing is dull and the story is simply tedious. The writing just does not hold up. I found myself wanting to go back to grinding and boss fighting everytime the story became the focus. Fusion, something essential for SMT's fun factor is almost useless here. Demons take too long to level up, there's plenty of tiresome backtracking, map designs are unvaried and uninteresting and the soundtrack, no matter how good it is, repeats its 15 songs over and over again. It's by no means a broken or an unpleasant game but it is, throughout its lenghty 30 hours campaign, quite a bore. I mean, come on, the final dungeon even packs a BOSS GAUNTLET! And I say this while praising the boss fights, which are probably the game's spotlights. To me, SMT: Devil Summoner felt like a breath of fresh air for the series. Honestly. The first 3 chapters and the final 4 were great, containing everything right that this game carries. The problem is that the game has another 5 VERY tedious chapters that just threw the story and my interest through the window for a big chunk of the playthrough. It's not bad. It's a fine action JRPG. But for a series with so many highlights, this is lusterless one. »
« This game is based and poggers y'all just mean Story is greato, gameplay is solid, characters are likeable, OST slaps, idk what people want lol »
« i'm enjoyed it very much the game don't have a great graphics or have the best history but created a nwe way of RPG it's a challenger game. much hard and i like this it's very good i recoommend it »
