I don’t have time for Shin Megami Tensei V. I really don’t. But I’m going to buy it, love it, play it before bed for several nights and then never touch it again. And I can’t wait.
The reviews so far have been fairly positive (Kotaku’s will be out closer to release), with some calling SMT5 full of surprises and the most ambitious in the series. Others have pointed out that it is also a take-no-prisoners JRPG-ass JRPG without the same level of heart as its spin-off series, Persona. I suspect that while it will be the first SMT game in a long time making use of more powerful hardware, it will also be an extremely grindy affair best fit in-between meals and commercial breaks.
And that’s what I want. That’s what I’m here for, even if it means my enthusiasm is likely to peter out long before the credits. And yet something about simply having it there on…
