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Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance release date: June 14, 2024

Shin Megami Tensei (SMT) V Vengeance releases on June 14, 2024 on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Apart from being an improved version, Vengeance also marks the game’s arrival to modern consoles after being a Nintendo Switch exclusive since its release.

SMT V Vengeance is the definitive edition of the base Shin Megami Tensei V game. You will return to the Da’at as the Nahobino and experience a new story and meet new demons in this definitive release of the title.

The original Shin Megami Tensei V was released on November 12, 2021, as a Nintendo Switch exclusive. It followed SMT IV, which was released 8 years prior in 2013 for the Nintendo 3DS.

SMT V received a generally favorable review on Metacritic with a Metascore of 84. Critics praised the gameplay and story, and the improvements it made upon previous entries in the Shin Megami Tensei franchise. Criticisms of the game were focused on its graphics, but that’s one of the fields that SMT V Vengeance is improving on. Some reviewers condemned the game’s difficulty, and how it was too grindy. Despite these criticisms, the general consensus was that it was a good addition to the series – one that’s being made better by this definitive edition.

SMT V Vengeance Story

“When a grisly murder scene in modern-day Tokyo blocks our protagonist’s walk home, an unplanned detour leaves him buried and unconscious. He awakens in a new Tokyo, a wasteland ravaged by apocalypse now called Da’at… but before bloodthirsty demons can claim his life, a savior emerges, and the two of them unite to become a mighty being, neither human nor demon: a Nahobino.

With newfound power, the protagonist ventures through Da’at, an enigmatic realm filled with mythical deities and demonic tyrants in constant conflict for survival. Searching for answers, the protagonist must forge his own path in a battle between angels and demons to dictate the fate of the world.”

SMT V Vengeance adds a completely new route to the game called the “Canon of Vengeance.” It is “a dramatic tale of revenge by the fallen, centered around new characters and an enigmatic cohort of demons, the Qadištu, who plot their own dark designs apart from the war of those who fight to maintain order and those who seek to defy it.”

The original story, now called the Canon of Creation, can still be played in this version of the game. It’s “an eternal conflict between angels and demons, in which the protagonist fights for the world’s fate.”

SMT V Vengeance Gameplay

SMT V Vengeance is the definitive version: it has modernized graphics, more demons, more player-friendly gameplay, a better battle system, and better field exploration. There are dozens of new demons added on top of the hundreds already in the game.

Choices are still a vital part of this game, and you will be faced with certain forks in the road that define which ending you will get.

Shin Megami Tensei (SMT) V Vengeance releases on June 14, 2024 on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

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