Summary
Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeanceis now available for pre-orders across PC and the last two console generations, with its newly surfaced listings also offering a detailed look at the contents of the game’s Deluxe Edition. The standard and premium versions ofShin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeancewill be priced at $59.99 and $69.99, respectively.
The fifth numbered entry in Atlus’s apocalyptic demon-taming series originally debuted as a Switch exclusive in November 2021. Following years' worth of rumors about an enhanced edition of the RPG, that game was finallyrevealed in the form ofShin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeanceon February 21.
SMT5: Vengeance Physical Release Is Limited to 3 Platforms
A week later,SMT5: Vengeanceis nowup for pre-ordersvia all major storefronts. While the enhanced edition of the game will be available on every contemporary console and PC from day one, its physical release will be limited to the PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Switch versions. This turn of events isn’t particularly surprising, not least because Sony and Microsoft’s last-gen consoles are over a decade old at this point. But given how the PS4 version ofPersona 3 Reloaddid get a physical release in early February, some fans were still hoping for Atlus and Sega to extend that treatment toVengeance.
Only the Standard Edition of the game will be available as a boxed copy. The differences between this version and the $10 more expensive Digital Deluxe Edition aren’t massive, but the latter does come with several notable additions that can make the overall gameplay experience a bit easier, especially early on. One of them is a trio of items for increasing the spawn rates of various Mitama demons that can help farm Macca, EXP, and Glory points used forunlocking Miracles inSMT5: Vengeance. Some early-game AoE and multi-target heals are also part of the package, albeit only available as pre-order bonuses.
Beyond that, the Digital Deluxe Edition ofSMT5: Vengeancewill also expand the RPG’s selection of Subquests with two new missions: Sakura Cinders of the East and Holy Will and Profane Dissent. Both will allow players to battle and recruit one new demon each. Based on Atlus’s track record with enhanced rereleases, these quests are likely to become available fairly early in the game. Allpreviously releasedShin Megami Tensei 5DLC packswill be included in both editions.
As forwhat else to expect fromSMT5: Vengeance, Atlus has already promised an alternative story route called Canon of Vengeance, some new characters, locations, and demons, among other novelties. The definitive version of the 2021 RPG is scheduled to hit the market on June 21.
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
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Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance consists of two complete story paths: experience a brand-new route, the “Canon of Vengeance” – a dramatic tale of revenge by the fallen, centered around new characters and an enigmatic cohort of demons, the Qadištu, who plot their own dark designs apart from the war of those who fight to maintain order and those who seek to defy it. Or explore the original story told in Shin Megami Tensei V, the “Canon of Creation” – an eternal conflict between angels and demons, in which the protagonist fights for the world’s fate.When a grisly murder scene in modern-day Tokyo blocks our protagonist’s walk home, an unplanned detour leaves him buried and unconscious. He awakens in a new Tokyo, a wasteland ravaged by apocalypse now called Da’at… but before bloodthirsty demons can claim his life, a savior emerges, and the two of them unite to become a mighty being, neither human nor demon: a Nahobino.With newfound power, the protagonist ventures through Da’at, an enigmatic realm filled with mythical deities and demonic tyrants in constant conflict for survival. Searching for answers, the protagonist must forge his own path in a battle between angels and demons to dictate the fate of the world.
