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Atlus has released a new patch forShin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance, introducing new demon navigators, a subquest, Elite Virtual Trainers, and more. This update forShin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeanceis free and available now on all consoles and PC.
Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeanceis an enhanced version of the originalShin Megami Tensei 5. The game’s first version was released in 2021 exclusively for the Switch, whileVengeancelaunched in 2024 with releases on all other major platforms as well. The release ofShin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeancebrought new contentsuch as additional areas, demons, visual improvements, and a whole new story path called Canon of Vengeance, adding over 80 hours of gameplay content. This unique storyline follows the same plot as the original but features notable changes starting in the middle of the narrative to the end.
Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeancejust received update 1.03, which is currently available on all platforms. The patch adds six new Demon Navigators chosen through a community vote, including Mara, Idun, Mothman, Fionn mac Cumhaill, Hell Biker, and Cleopatra.Demon Navigators accompany the Nahobinoon the world map, hunting for items and offering quest hints, but they don’t participate in battles.
The update also introduces a new subquest called “The Guardian of Light,” which can be accepted by speaking with Goko in Taito Ward. The reward for completing it is unlocking a new demon, Marici, for fusion. This patch also adds Elite Virtual Trainers, but activating them requires completing certain subquests not specified in the patch notes.Virtual Training inShin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeanceinvolves challenges against previous boss incarnations, suggesting that Elite Virtual Trainers might be the toughest challenges yet.
Lastly, the update also fixes various bugs, including text issues, graphics glitches, and even tweaks to the English voiceover. As expected, this update only applies to the enhanced version of the JRPG and not the originalSMT5release, giving even morereasons to playShin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeanceover the original version.
Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeancewas one of Atlus’s JRPG releases in 2024. The developer launchedPersona 3 Reloadearly in the year and published Vanillaware’sUnicorn Overlordin March. In June,Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeancehit the shelves, and most recently, Studio Zero’s new IPMetaphor: ReFantaziolaunched to public and critical acclaim. Although sales numbers for these JRPGs are more modest than those of mainstream titles, they’ve broken several records for Atlus.Metaphor: ReFantaziosold 1 million unitsat launch, surpassingPersona 3 Reload’s record of 1 million units sold in three days.
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.
