
This week’s issue of Weekly Famitsu #1507 will contain a 12-page launch feature on Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux, and it will also incorporate the 25th anniversary of the Shin Megami Tensei franchise.
A preview for this feature has been released:
8 pages of the feature will look back at the past 25 years of the Shin Megami Tensei franchise.
Review
Weekly Famitsu #1507 also features a review for SMT: Strange Journey Redux:
- Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux (3DS) – 9/8/8/8 [33/40]
The game took around 80 hours to clear, including additional content.
Review comments included:
- Overall there has been an improvement in quality.
- Saves in dungeons and other features make it easy to play.
- The game’s appearance hasn’t changed much.
- It will feel fresh for first time players.
- The base game has not changed much
- There is a wide variety of content.
Shin Megami Tensei Famitsu Review Comparison
Here’s a comparison to the Famitsu review scores of recent Shin Megami Tensei games.
- Shin Megami Tensei IV (3DS) – 9/9/10/9 [37/40]
- Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne (PS2) – 9/9/9/9 [36/40]
- Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (NDS) – 9/9/9/9 [36/40]
- Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse (3DS) – 9/9/8/9 [35/40]
- Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux (3DS) – 9/8/8/8 [33/40]
This Week’s Famitsu Review Scores
- FIFA 18 (PS4/PS3/NSW/XBO) – 10/9/9/9 [37/40]
- Cuphead (XBO) – 8/8/8/9 [33/40]
- Forza Motorsport 7 (XBO) – 9/9/9/9 [36/40]
- Nidhogg 2 (PS4) – 7/7/7/7 [28/40]
- Bond of the Skies (3DS) – 8/7/7/6 [28/40]
- Go! Go! Kokopolo 3D: Space Recipe for Disaster (3DS) – 8/8/7/6 [29/40]
- The Evil Within 2 (PS4/XBO) – 9/9/8/9 [35/40]
- Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux (3DS) – 9/8/8/8 [33/40]
- Idol Time PriPara: Yume All-Star Live! (3DS) – 8/8/8/7 [31/40]
- Amaekata wa Kanojo Nari ni. (PS4/PSV) – 6/6/6/7 [25/40]
- Steam Prison: Nanatsu no Bitoku (PSV) – 8/7/8/7 [30/40]
- Super Mario Odyssey (NSW) – 10/10/9/10 [39/40]
The November 2, 2017 edition of Famitsu—or issue #1507—will be releasing in Japan on October 19, 2017.