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The "Shin Megami Tensei" series is an Atlus-jRPG with its roots deep in the SNES days. In Japan, their notoriety is about equal to, if not greater than, SquareEnix's "Final Fantasy" franchise. Unfortunately, because of their often mature, occult-related themes, they are either censored when brought to the US or entirely neglected.
Luckily, Atlus is persistant, and as of 2007, thanks to "Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3," the franchise has managed to pick up an ever-growing fanbase. Here are some other SMT games (for PS1 and PS2) that you may be interested in if you've ever played - and enjoyed - Persona 3.
But not to neglect the PS3, our old friends at Sega have released a true gem of a strategy roleplaying game in 2008 which, unfortunately, thanks to the big-name releases, went mildly unnoticed. "Valkyria Chronicles" (not related to Valkyrie Profile) is one of the freshest strategy games I've played in a long time, in every conceivable way: from its mix of free-roam/turn based/third-person shooter combat to its unbelievable watercolor visuals, the game should not be overlooked by ANY fan of strategy rpgs.
Luckily, Atlus is persistant, and as of 2007, thanks to "Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3," the franchise has managed to pick up an ever-growing fanbase. Here are some other SMT games (for PS1 and PS2) that you may be interested in if you've ever played - and enjoyed - Persona 3.
- Persona 2: Innocent Sin and Persona 2: Eternal Punishment for the PS1.
- Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2 for the PS2
- Nocturne for the PS2
- Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army for the PS2
- Persona 4 for the PS2
- And the upcoming Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon for the PS2 as well.
But not to neglect the PS3, our old friends at Sega have released a true gem of a strategy roleplaying game in 2008 which, unfortunately, thanks to the big-name releases, went mildly unnoticed. "Valkyria Chronicles" (not related to Valkyrie Profile) is one of the freshest strategy games I've played in a long time, in every conceivable way: from its mix of free-roam/turn based/third-person shooter combat to its unbelievable watercolor visuals, the game should not be overlooked by ANY fan of strategy rpgs.
