Current Events > It really is shocking that there hasn't been another SMT game like Nocturne.

(+) Yeah! (+)

In both gameplay and presentation.

-Digital Devil Saga had the gameplay, but had more of a focus on the narrative and characters, with preselected party members.

-Devil Summoner Raidou Kuzunoha went in an Action RPG direction.

-Persona 3, 4, and 5 had premade party members (and a different battle system), and only the main character(s) can change their Persona, while the other party members are stuck with their own Persona (with them evolving depending on your bonds with them).

-Devil Survivor is a hybrid Turn-based/Strategy RPG series almost completely done with 2D sprites.

-Strange Journey took things way back to the old school in both gameplay mechanics and presentation, despite originally intending to be Shin Megami Tensei IV (then again, you could only do so much with the DS vs. the PS2).

-The actual Shin Megami Tensei IV had the gameplay and 3D environments, but used 2D sprites and a first-person view for the battles and most cutscenes; a "best-of-both-worlds" thing if any. Apocalypse continued this.

No doubt that SMTV--being on a console like Switch--should finally bring back the style of Nocturne that's been missing for a long time. Hopefully they don't also go into the FRIENDSHIP direction that they went in with SMT4 Apocalypse.

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