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Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner is a remaster of the original Sega Saturn game that introduces a new difficulty, rebalances combat mechanics, changes the interface to resemble that of Devil Summoner: Soul…

22 December 2005

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Atlus, released 22 December 2005 on PlayStation Portable.

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What Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner is

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Atlus and released in 2005. It is available on PlayStation Portable only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner is a remaster of the original Sega Saturn game that introduces a new difficulty, rebalances combat mechanics, changes the interface to resemble that of Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, and adds quality of life features such as the Demon Compendium. Abandoning the post-apocalyptic themes of the original series, the story takes place in modern Japan. The player character is an unnamed college student who is attacked by demons along with his girlfriend; they are saved by the timely appearance of a suave demon-hunter named Kyouji. Shortly thereafter, Kyouji is found dead under suspicious circumstances. The protagonist is then trapped inside of a warehouse and…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Megami Tensei series

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner is the 59th of 151 entries we hold in the Megami Tensei series. It arrived 11 months after Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2. The next entry was Shin Megami Tensei Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army in 2006.

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What it launched against

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner launched on 22 December 2005, within three weeks of Kingdom Hearts II, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones and Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection.

Released around the same time: Kingdom Hearts II, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection.

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When did Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner come out?
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner was released on 22 December 2005 for PlayStation Portable.

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