I cannot believe this thing is only sitting at a 7 here on IMDB. That is a good score for a movie, but for a game it is rather low. Not sure what there was not to like about it if you like cool characters, a very interesting story and you enjoy turn based combat. The only complaint I have is there could have been a bit more variety in the places you explore. I mean, I know Americans like the same things grounded up and presented in a new way, but I figured there would be enough actually people who play these games to give this thing a higher score.
The story, a computer called Aion has witnessed the destruction of the world. It creates two AI people, Ringo and Figue to try to stop this upcoming apocalypse. Ringo finds leads, but ultimately killed before she has a chance to question them so she Soul Hacks them bringing them back to life. They are Arrow, Milady and Saizo...all of them are Devil Summoners so this game fits in to that universe of games. They soon find the cause of the apocalypse in a man named Iron Mask and a mysterious figure he keeps with him called Zohma. There are twists and turns along the way as they group tries to prevent the end of the world.
The game play has you going through town collecting data, buying stuff and, of course, recruiting demons and fusing them. However, it does things differently in that the demons go on recon and find items, clues and demons on your behalf. No treasure chests in this one, which is cool as you never run out of things to find. The combat is turn based, and much like Persona 3 and up you get a nice super attack. Hit a weakness and a demon floats behind you, get everything just right and you can have ten plus and then they do one final attack at the end of your turn that can make it so the enemies get wiped out! Once again, my biggest complaint is that there is not more places to go as the town areas look so nice. You get to build up your soul level with your comrades and this unlocks even more powers. One of those games you can totally get super overpowered in if you work at it.
So, I really enjoyed this game. It is a nice change of pace from the Persona games as those can overwhelm you at times while this is way more straightforward. No times to do this and that and create links, here you just go in the computer and work your way through it to increase your characters levels and skills. The characters are great and all the girls are cute and it is funny to see their facial expressions during some of the cutscenes. A game I really enjoyed, so I guess that is all that matters in the end.
