Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster will be launched in North America this spring, developer Atlus announced today. It will be available on May 25 for PlayStation 4, Switch and Steam, almost seven months after the Japanese release. Those who purchase the Digital Deluxe Edition can play four days earlier on May 21st.
The cult classic role-playing game PlayStation 2 follows a normal Japanese high school student as he is suddenly thrown into a war between heaven and hell in a post-apocalyptic Tokyo. Much like Atlus’ more popular Person battles revolve around befriending, educating and eventually merging a demonic demons composed of mythological figures from history and folklore. Think American Gods but with very little of Neil Gaiman’s sentimentality.
Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster update the 17-year-old game with remastered 3D models and backgrounds, as well as launching new difficulty settings to make things harder or easier, depending on your own intentions. In the footsteps of the original “Director’s Cut” and “Maniax Chronicle” versions, Dante of the devil may cry series and Devil’s Summoner‘s Raidou Kuzunoha will make appearances, the former in the main game and the latter through downloadable content.
Other than Person, whose recent games usually favor social-interaction play over hard dungeon crawling, properly Shin Megami Tensei games are known for providing even a healthy challenge for even the toughest min-maxers. That said, the style and atmosphere are worth more than a little frustration. As a one-time player of the original, I can’t wait to jump into the Demi enemy’s shoes again myself.