Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster will launch in North America this spring, developer Atlus announced today. It will be available on May 25 for PlayStation 4, Switch and Steam, almost seven months after its release in Japan. Anyone who purchases the Digital Deluxe Edition will be able to play four days earlier, on May 21.
The classic PlayStation 2 RPG follows a normal Japanese high school student as he is suddenly launched into a war between heaven and hell in a post-apocalyptic Tokyo. Much like Atlus’ most popular Persona series, the battles revolve around friendship, creation and, finally, merge a litany of demons composed of mythological figures of history and folklore. I think American gods but with very little of Neil Gaiman’s sentimentality.
Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster updates the 17-year-old game with remastered 3D models and backgrounds, as well as introducing new difficulty settings to make things more difficult or easier, depending on your own trends. Following the steps of the revisions of the original “Director’s Cut” and “Maniax Chronicle”, Dante do Devil May Cry series and Devil SummonerRaidou Kuzunoha will make appearances, the first in the main game and the last in the form of downloadable content.
different Persona, whose recent games tend to favor social interaction gameplay over intense dungeon tracking, Shin Megami Tensei the games are known to offer a healthy challenge for even the most obstinate min-maxers. That said, the style and atmosphere make up for a bit of frustration. As a former player of the original, I can’t wait to put myself back in Demi-fiend’s shoes.