When a demon is struck by its vulnerability, it'll be weakened and unable to move. Each demon comes with a number of elemental affinities and weaknesses, so fire demons will be vulnerable to ice spells and so forth. Most of the time the demon will run around and attack of its own volition, though you can assign it commands directly, as well as ask it to perform simple behaviors, like conserving magical powers or concentrating on healing you. Summoning a demon in battle lets it fight with you, and demons have a range of abilities they can use to help, such as powerful melee attacks, as well as healing and damage spells.
Most every demon you run into can be captured, and once you've snagged one, you can both summon it in battle and have it follow you around town.Ĭapturing demons for fun and profit means you can use their powerful abilities. You'll start off with a number of "tubes" that may be used to confine demons that you meet out in the field. Since you can move all around the battlefield, this means that you can avoid some enemy attacks by changing position or moving away, which is helpful, although Raidou seems a little slow on his feet. Raidou has both a pistol and a katana at his disposal, with the long-range bullets having the advantage of momentarily stunning an opponent (but doing little damage) while sword strikes are more powerful and can be chained for multiple hits up close. Monster battles take place in a square field where both you and any demon companion you have summoned may move about freely. You can purchase an item to lessen your run-ins with monsters, but it's an expense in a game where currency has to be managed to cover necessities. Since the game bases combat and puzzle-solving around you having access to demons of various types, having ready supplies of demons to capture can be helpful, but having to fight every few steps wherever you go is a high price to pay for that sort of convenience. The random-encounter rate in Devil Summoner is almost ridiculously high, and you'll be fighting everywhere you go except inside shops. Since something's stirring up the demon activity, though, demons are absolutely everywhere. The story does pick up as the game progresses, but the slow start is accentuated by how much combat this game throws at you, which is quite a bit.Īs soon as you start the game, you'll be patrolling the streets of the capital for clues, making your way past kimono-clad women as well as the occasional suit and top hat. The detective agency's mellow and lackadaisical owner, Narumi the determined lady journalist, Tae Asakura and even Raidou's companion black cat, the talkative Gouto, start out on the flat side. Raidou himself is introduced with hardly any background at all, and conversations with the supporting cast are light and without much depth. While the unique storyline presents a number of threads that beg for resolution, the story itself gets off to a somewhat awkward start. As it turns out, her request is less along the lines of "help me solve a mystery" and more along the lines of "please kill me before my 16th birthday." Before our confused detective can even react, a group of red-clad soldiers kidnap the girl right in front of his eyes, and the adventure unrolls from there. Business is slow, but then a young customer by the name of Kaya Daidouji dials in and asks the detective to meet her at a bridge in town. Raidou's a precocious lad, combining his sacred duty of watching over the demon and human denizens of Japan's capital city with a job at a hole-in-the-wall detective agency. After he completes a set of basic tests where he captures and controls the monsters and then uses them to fight successfully, he is allowed to take the name of his summoner ancestors: Raidou Kuzunoha (he's the 14th). The game kicks off with a mysterious young teenager being coached through demon-summoning techniques at a remote shrine. The Shin Megami Tensei series' love of the occult provides yet another twisted world inhabited by both man and demon-only this time, the world is that of early 20th century Japan, where tradition and Western influences collide. They don't mention this in the tourism brochures. Japan is apparently filled to the brim with demons. The result has some balance and pacing issues that serve to detract from the experience, but Devil Summoner's dark and intriguing premise still makes for an interesting ride into demonic fantasy. Much like previous games in the franchise, this installment focuses gameplay around demon summoning and enhancement, but this time it's all wrapped up in a new action-based battle system. Atlus returns us to demon-filled Japan in Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner - Raidou Kuzunoha vs.
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