There's only a few weeks left now until Atlus launches its latest entry in the Shin Megami Tensei series, Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker. The enhanced remake promises to give players plenty of bang for their buck, adding a second story campaign that nearly doubles the estimated length of the game. As if that wasn't enough new content, Atlus has just revealed a plethora of DLC that will be available at or soon after launch as icing on top of this already very sweet looking cake.
All of the DLC will take the form of Free Battles and all except one will scale with the level of your protagonist. We'll start off with the best news and list the "FreeLC" as Atlus calls it, DLC that will be permanently free. The first fight will be the only one that doesn't scale with the player, it will be called "Beginner's Brawl". Essentially, this is just a quick fight for early on in the game to give players a head start, defeating the demons will grant the player additional Macca (demonic currency) to spend at the Demon Auction. The next mission will be "Lost Demon Rescue", where players will be tasked with protecting a demon from two attacking hordes. If the demon is successfully protected, it will join the player's party.
Next up is the paid DLC, some of which will be available at launch and the rest of which will be available over the following few weeks. Also, all paid DLC will be 99 cents apiece. The first mission is "Macca Makes an Escape", where the player will be tasked with chasing down fleeing demons whose pockets are lined with Macca. The demons will pay out three times as much Macca as normal, so it'll certainly be worth the time. The next mission is "All Skills Must Go!", where memory sticks containing powerful skills for demons will be scattered about the field. The enemy demons will attempt to run off with these sticks and it'll be up to the player to stop them before they escape. The next mission is "Let the Demons Grow", which will be a no-frills free-for-all where all the demons pay out extra experience than usual when defeated. The last mission is "Addonetarium", a battle that's recommended for higher level characters. The angle of this fight is that add-ons are the commodity at stake, which can significantly power up a demon in fusion.
On 5th May, when the game launches, Beginner's Brawl and Macca Makes an Escape! will be available. One week later, on 12th May, All Skills Must Go!, Lost Demon Rescue, and Let the Demons Grow, will be made available. One week after that, on 19th May, Addonetarium will complete the initial offering of DLC. All of this content will be offered on top of the occasional free, Spotpass distributed demons.
What do you think? Would you like to see more DLC from Atlus in the future? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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I suppose this is supposed to make me feel better about having to pay $60 for the game at launch. It's doesn't, so I'm not.
@CaviarMeths Ditto.
@CaviarMeths Yeah, I agree. The "Atlus Tax" can be so annoying. Fortunately, I can wait for Atlus games and they usually come down in price pretty quick.
I had Overclocked way back in the days of the original small 3DS. For whatever reason, I stopped playing it for a bit and forgot what I was doing when I went back so I decided to trade it in.... Really itching for an anime-RPG, I purchased Overclocked since its on sale again this month and I have to admit, I can't put it down. I seriously haven't been this involved with a game in quite some time (besides Pokemon Alpha Sapphire).Therefore, I am absolutely buying this game at some point after its release. I'm really not happy about the price so I may wait until it goes on sale but I'm going to be very tempted until I eventually do get it. That's some cool-sounding DLC too and the game looks like it's coming along great!
Any word of the Durarara! characters coming to the west?
I sure as heck am not buying it for $50+ when it'll dip in the summer...
I've been playing overclocked and it's been great. I'm really excited to pick this up too... when it goes on sale. I can't justify spending the cash when I've already spent 100 hours playing the original. If you haven't played the original I highly recommend that you pick this up, though!
...They should come out with a way to transfer save data.
Never played the original (seen the anime series: hardly the same I imagine) so I'd be happy to shell out for this after I secure myself Splatoon and Xenoblade X.
I'm not sure why but I feel obligated to buy this as it's my birthday while ot releases and I loved both games so much.
I'm conflicted ._.
I don't know why but Devil Survivor 2 doesn't really charm me the way the first one did. Still I guess I will try it out when its price drops.
Just like everyone else here,i'll buy this but later cause paying 50 or 60 dollars for a 3DS is crazy!
Apparently the $50 price tag is due to the game's extensive voice acting requiring higher capacity game carts. Which is also why Persona Q and SMT IV were also $50, but EO Mystery Dungeon was only $40.
So... maybe folks should calm down about 10 more dollars?
@LasermasterA I had the same feeling before trying out the DS version. The big enemies in the first game are much better-looking/threatening and a more tense ambiance overall, but on the other hand the second had overall better characters and a more ambitious storyline. So both have their own advantages over the other in my opinion, but the fact remains I loved both.
I could never get into this game, I find it a bit unfair for those who are not into obsessive monster grinding. and it seems to use cheaper then cheap demon combinations against you to make it hard. This game fits a niche corner like monster hunter and the like do...
I like the production, artstyle etc but the game itself is just... not that great. Maybe it is for a monster grinder but it seems i'm not into grinding monsters...
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