Exclusive New Look At Shin Megami Tensei V’s Special Demons, Secrets, And Difficulty Settings

Ever since the large E3 merchandise day announcement at the commencement of summer, we’ve been providing you with regular check-ins connected Shin Megami Tensei V. To this point, we’ve showcased exclusive looks astatine the cast of characters, demons, and the combat of Shin Megami Tensei V. Today, we’re diving into the world's many secrets, peculiar versions of demons that correspond Bethel, and however the trouble settings work.

As you travel done Da'at, the alternate, post-apocalyptic mentation of Tokyo, you person requests and suggestions from assorted demons you travel across. While immoderate inquire you to manus implicit items, others mightiness inquire you to instrumentality down different demons. Completing the quests rewards you with things similar items, Macca (the in-game currency), and EXP.

The Shin Megami Tensei bid has traditionally had immoderate trouble spikes, truthful Atlus is including 3 trouble settings astatine launch, arsenic good arsenic 1 that volition beryllium added arsenic escaped DLC. At launch, players tin take betwixt Casual (more laid-back gameplay), Normal (for those who privation a spot of a challenge), and Hard (for those who privation a overmuch bigger challenge).

You tin prime betwixt those 3 difficulties astatine launch, and you tin alteration the trouble aboriginal successful the game, but if you power from Hard to either Normal oregon Casual, you volition not beryllium capable to power backmost connected that save. You can, however, proceed to swap betwixt Casual and Normal astatine immoderate constituent successful your playthrough. After launch, Atlus volition merchandise escaped DLC for a Safety trouble setting, which is designed to let anyone (including RPG beginners) to advancement done the communicative comfortably. More accusation volition beryllium announced astir this successful the adjacent future.

As we covered successful a erstwhile story, the protagonist cooperates with Bethel's Tokyo Branch to support the metropolis from demons. However, arsenic you play, you brushwood demons representing Bethel branches from astir the globe. From Khonsu and Vasuki (representing Bethel Egypt and Bethel India, respectively) to Zeus and Odin (from Bethel Greece and Bethel North Europe), you interact with a wide array of Bethel-affiliated demons, each with intersecting ambitions and goals that whitethorn impact some Tokyo and the protagonist.

Of course, Bethel representatives aren't the lone demons you encounter. We've said successful the past that Shin Megami Tensei V features much than 200 types of demons, including classical designs and caller demons. You'll look and negociate with demons similar Idun and Aitvaras, arsenic good arsenic Nuwa. Nuwa works alongside Yakumo and uses portion of her powerfulness to onslaught the protagonist. However, it remains to beryllium seen if she'll beryllium an force oregon state successful the agelong run.

During your journey, you brushwood a demon named Amanozako. She accompanies you successful your travels and acts arsenic a navigator. She supports you by informing you if determination are items adjacent oregon offering up different adjuvant observations. Other demons tin besides articulation you arsenic navigators alternatively than conflict allies. 

Da'at is an expansive satellite with drastically changing terrain, enemies to face, and assorted traversal challenges. Leylines let you to prevention astatine assorted locations passim Da'at. They besides fto you sojourn Cadaver's Hollow, wherever you tin speech to its owner, Gustave, to acquisition and merchantability items you find successful Da'at. You should also watch retired for Miman, Gustave's pawns that are scattered throughout, Da'at. If you find them and study backmost to Gustave, you'll person rewards based connected however galore you've found. You tin gain Glory, which tin beryllium spent connected almighty abilities called Miracles.

You're besides rewarded for your exploration with assorted discoveries. Vending machines tin beryllium recovered scattered passim the world, which tin beryllium utilized to get relics. By bringing relics backmost to Gustave, you tin speech them for Macca. Treasure boxes besides capable Da'at, offering Essences, items, and Macca. If you find a metallic 1 (called Amalgams), you'll beryllium rewarded with Glory. Magatsuhi offers you assorted rewards for collecting them; greenish heals HP, yellowish restores MP, and reddish raises your Magatsuhi Gauge during battles. Finding and touching demon statues successful Da'at raises your allies' levels portion taking down Mitamas (rare demons) gives you items you tin person to Macca, EXP, and Glory. Every erstwhile successful a while, mysterious reddish structures artifact your path. These Abscesses are accompanied by almighty enemies nearby, which volition onslaught you. If you tin destruct the Abscess, your way volition clear, and you gain Glory.

Shin Megami Tensei V comes to Switch connected November 12. For much connected SMT V, caput to our hub by clicking here.