One of the most well put together, awesome, amazing games ever made
User Rating: 10 | Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne PS2
The price tag on this game may surprise you, it did for me anyway, but i went for it anyway. Its incredibly rare, so you will have an easier time online getting it, i got it at a store and dropped 60 bucks on it. Not a dollar went waste, this game never stopped being great, challenging, and completely deranged ever. Your character is one of a handful of people to survive the apocalypse, having the graces of a certain someone dedicated to a hidden insidious agenda. Your abilities are based upon which parasite your harboring. After a while you'll begin to notice that this game is full of legendary beings from all different religions and myths. Shikigami from Japanese folklore, Valkyries from Norse legends, even faeries from famous Shakespeare plays. I have never learned so much about a variety of myths and ancient culture and gods, devils, faeries, deities before i played this game. Your goal in this game is to choose the fate of creation. there are several factions/potential gods you can choose, each one hammering down a certain principal for how they would rule existence and life. gentle, merciless, alone, or no life at all (my favorite.) Think of this game as a mix of Pokemon, Final Fantasy, And the saddest/darkest story you can think of. your allies can be any god, devil, or creature you convince to join you, also do enough and you get Dante from "Devil May Cry" to join you as well. This game is a shining example of how rpgs should be. And so many possible outcomes will keep you playing this game until you have seen them all. Will you help the world along with creation, or be the harbinger of destruction? who's bidding will you do? Which god is worthy enough support? Which god will you snub out of existence? All of these things contained in a dark, mysterious, malicious story, never dull. Rarely do i feel an emotional connection to a game, try not to feel bad for the mud dolls, try to stay neutral with all the different philosophies flying around.
This game is one of a kind, i recommend it to everyone who wants to be completely immersed in a story filled with darkness and immoralities. Its definitely a different thinking game, probably unlike any you have played. Its an awesome game, worth the money, and completely worth a couple of run throughs.
