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An enhanced remake of 2009's Devil Survivor on the original DS, Devil Survivor Overclocked features high-resolution visuals, voice acted dialogue, and a completely new chapter in the storyline.
New voice-acted dialogue
Turn-based tactical battles
Exciting storyline
Synopsis
The gameplay is otherwise the same as in the earlier DS title, with players exploring a quarantined version of Tokyo overrun by demons. Lead your party in turn-based tactical battles while trying to determine precisely how the demons are entering the world. Your decisions throughout your travels will lead to different endings, with the new eighth chapter serving as the game's epilogue.
Key Features:
- Features new voice-acted dialogue
- Includes an all-new eighth chapter
- Battle an assortment of demons in tactical, turn-based battles
Amazon.ca Product Description
Expanded and enhanced, SMT: Devil Survivor Overclocked for Nintendo 3DS builds upon what many considered one of the best RPGs of 2009. The player is presented with a novel premise: Tokyo is in full lockdown, the government's swift, coldblooded response to a surprise demon invasion. While you and your friends must solve the nature of the interdimensional rift through which the horrific creatures are entering your world, saving the world is not your highest priority; staying alive, on the other hand, is. Enhanced and Remastered: Overclocked's story, initially hailed for its originality, is now fully-voiced, bringing the narrative to life like never before. Beautifully remastered hand drawn artwork and character portraits benefit from the 3DS's improved screens, offering players a crisper, higher fidelity experience. And on the Eighth Day: For Shin Megami Tensei fans, Devil Survivor Overclocked and its new Eighth Day offers them their only chance to experience a finale to the game's chilling tale of Tokyo overrun and in chaos at the hands of invading demons from another dimension. Acclaimed RPG/SRPG hybrid: Praised for its originality and accessibility, Overclocked's combat design borrows from traditions of both RPG and strategy RPG genres, making for an entirely unique play experience and garnering acclaim from press and fans alike upon its initial release.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By DrFThickett
TOP 500 REVIEWER
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Having played the first release on the DS I wasn't sure how they could improve upon it, but Overclocked is brilliant. The voice acting being the only flaw I can think of, and it's not the quality of the sound but some of the actors just aren't that great.
The eighth day is a great addition to the game, the new demons for fusing are fun alternatives to repeating the same team that helped you through the first time, and multiple save slots are great for multiple runs through the game without using NG+ (which makes it easier to level, assuming you want more difficulty). It's a great game if you've never played the original but even if you have it's a good time to play it again because the new content is really quite refreshing.
The eighth day is a great addition to the game, the new demons for fusing are fun alternatives to repeating the same team that helped you through the first time, and multiple save slots are great for multiple runs through the game without using NG+ (which makes it easier to level, assuming you want more difficulty). It's a great game if you've never played the original but even if you have it's a good time to play it again because the new content is really quite refreshing.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Devil Survivor Overclocked adds great new features, unfortunately the first play thru is still a major grind fest.
Jan 5 2012
By Digital Tiger
TOP 500 REVIEWER
Fun:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Devil Survivor Overclocked is a srpg that places you and two of your classmates in a demon infested locked down section of Tokyo. Now you and your friends must do battle to escape, but as you discover more about the lock down the road before you will begin to fork. Devil Survivor Overclocked has multiple ends and lots of replay value. Some of the new features include good voice acting of the conversations. Also a demon compendium was added, but you really can't use it until later in the game because of the high cost to summon demons from it. Its used more in the multiple play thru's when you have more money at your disposal. Finally there is an added 8th day to play thru.
Combat is standard turn based srpg, you and your characters battle demons on a grid battlefield and instead of one on one combat there are two teams of 3. At the end of combat you receive experience points and money, the money is only used to buy more demons from a demon eBay like auction. As you go up in level you will be able to fuse two demons together to get new stronger demons. At the beginning of every battle you can pick one new skill you would like to learn per character, if that character defeats the demon with the skill he/she picked then that skill is learned and goes into a skill pool that any character can pick from so long as their attributes are high enough.
Overall this game is very good but there is one thing that I didn't like. The difficultly on the last section of the game where you pick which ending you will take is far harder. The time required to raise your level to a point where you can finish the game doubles the time spent playing. Hour after hour of fighting the same battles, just so you can then progress the main story. This is just plain stupid, and ATLUS needs to stop doing this in their RPG's. The most improved thing in this game IMO is the adding of the voice acting, it is done well and never got annoying.
Game Play & Story: 8/10
Graphics: 8/10
Sound: 10/10
Value: 8/10
Overall: 8.5/10
Combat is standard turn based srpg, you and your characters battle demons on a grid battlefield and instead of one on one combat there are two teams of 3. At the end of combat you receive experience points and money, the money is only used to buy more demons from a demon eBay like auction. As you go up in level you will be able to fuse two demons together to get new stronger demons. At the beginning of every battle you can pick one new skill you would like to learn per character, if that character defeats the demon with the skill he/she picked then that skill is learned and goes into a skill pool that any character can pick from so long as their attributes are high enough.
Overall this game is very good but there is one thing that I didn't like. The difficultly on the last section of the game where you pick which ending you will take is far harder. The time required to raise your level to a point where you can finish the game doubles the time spent playing. Hour after hour of fighting the same battles, just so you can then progress the main story. This is just plain stupid, and ATLUS needs to stop doing this in their RPG's. The most improved thing in this game IMO is the adding of the voice acting, it is done well and never got annoying.
Game Play & Story: 8/10
Graphics: 8/10
Sound: 10/10
Value: 8/10
Overall: 8.5/10
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4.6 out of 5 stars
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67 of 71 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Seven huge additions to an already excellent game make Overclocked a must-buy
Sep 5 2011
By forweg
- Published on Amazon.com
Amazon Verified Purchase
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
In this review I'll list some of the major improvements Atlus made to the original Devil Survivor in Overclocked:
EIGHTH DAY
Overclocked includes four new eighth day scenarios, which means nearly four new days of battles and plotline!
FULL VOICE ACTING
Every single line in the game has been voiced, and the acting is mostly excellent (with the unfortunate exception of Midori).
NEW DEMONS
Loads of news demons have been added, including:
Ishtar
Black Maria
Susano-o
Baphomet
Yurlungur
Fafnir
Sraosha
Rukh
Huoniao
Mithras
Cabracan
Catoblepas
Tschaggatta
Spriggan
Troll
Lucifuge
Tokebi
Ongyo-ki
Macabre
Jahi
NEW SKILLS
To go with the new demons, loads of new skills were added as well. Some of them, like Vigilant and Shield All+, prove exceedingly beneficial.
TITLES
Essentially, you can earn titles by achieving certain tasks in Overclocked (such as clearing a certain ending or defeating optional bosses), and you can spend the points you earn from your titles on rewards for your next playthrough. This is a fantastic addition and makes you want to keep playing to earn them all.
DEMON COMPENDIUM
One of the most disappointing aspects of Devil Survivor was the lack of a compendium. Atlus thankfully rectified this issue in Overclocked. No more tediously hoping to get lucky with auctions; now you can simply summon any demons you've previously owned.
In addition, you can read about each demon's profile and history. As a mythology buff, I always find reading about a plethora of mythological beings from such diverse cultures fascinating.
And the best improvement of all...
THREE SAVE SLOTS
Thank god Atlus added two more save files! I hated having to overwrite my old game every time I started a new one, and now other people in my family can play too. Seriously, I'm so relieved the developers used the extra storage capacity on things like this rather than pointless 3D effects.
In conclusion, I bought the 3DS for this game, and it was worth every penny. If you enjoy strategy RPGs whatsoever, whether you played the original or not, buy it!
EIGHTH DAY
Overclocked includes four new eighth day scenarios, which means nearly four new days of battles and plotline!
FULL VOICE ACTING
Every single line in the game has been voiced, and the acting is mostly excellent (with the unfortunate exception of Midori).
NEW DEMONS
Loads of news demons have been added, including:
Ishtar
Black Maria
Susano-o
Baphomet
Yurlungur
Fafnir
Sraosha
Rukh
Huoniao
Mithras
Cabracan
Catoblepas
Tschaggatta
Spriggan
Troll
Lucifuge
Tokebi
Ongyo-ki
Macabre
Jahi
NEW SKILLS
To go with the new demons, loads of new skills were added as well. Some of them, like Vigilant and Shield All+, prove exceedingly beneficial.
TITLES
Essentially, you can earn titles by achieving certain tasks in Overclocked (such as clearing a certain ending or defeating optional bosses), and you can spend the points you earn from your titles on rewards for your next playthrough. This is a fantastic addition and makes you want to keep playing to earn them all.
DEMON COMPENDIUM
One of the most disappointing aspects of Devil Survivor was the lack of a compendium. Atlus thankfully rectified this issue in Overclocked. No more tediously hoping to get lucky with auctions; now you can simply summon any demons you've previously owned.
In addition, you can read about each demon's profile and history. As a mythology buff, I always find reading about a plethora of mythological beings from such diverse cultures fascinating.
And the best improvement of all...
THREE SAVE SLOTS
Thank god Atlus added two more save files! I hated having to overwrite my old game every time I started a new one, and now other people in my family can play too. Seriously, I'm so relieved the developers used the extra storage capacity on things like this rather than pointless 3D effects.
In conclusion, I bought the 3DS for this game, and it was worth every penny. If you enjoy strategy RPGs whatsoever, whether you played the original or not, buy it!
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Live To See A Brand New Day
Aug 26 2011
By Losermagnet
- Published on Amazon.com
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked is a unique beast (at least when compared to more contemporary rpgs). This was my first exposure to the expansive Shin Megami franchise, and I'm hooked. What appealed to me right away was the well-accomplished anime aesthetic and a story that, while it isn't completely removed from conventional rpg story-telling (defeat the evil!), it has really cool twists (like being able to see how many days a person has left to live). The setting is within a specific area of Japan that's been quarantined by the government as demons start to emerge (and the weird things don't stop there). Travel is all done through a menu, You only get to move your characters around when you're fighting. It's a little jarring at first to navigate through a menu, but due to plot elements it isn't detrimental to the game.
To elaborate more on the combat system, you move your characters around the level Final Fantasy Tactics-style until you initiate an attack with an opponent, once you do it goes into turn-based combat that's comparable to old-style Dragon Quest in which your character attacks and is counter-attacked. You usually have a goal to complete the level; something like 'defeat all the demons' or 'help this person escape'. Your characters don't fight alone, however, in Devil Survivor OC each character can have two demons to help them in combat. You acquire demons by purchasing them, winning them in auctions, or fusing two exhisting demons into a new creation. You could compare it to Pokemon, but I feel that it's drastically different. It's more complicated, and you constantly change the demons you're using (otherwise you'll be overpowered by the enemy).
For those of us that enjoy wordy rpgs with heavy japanese influence and turn-based combat, look no further. However, I can't recommend this to everyone, because you may have already played this game before. Devil Survivor was originally released on the DS, and the main differences between the two versions are: the 3DS version includes voice acting (which I really enjoyed), and an all new "8th Day" (think of this as a new chapter to the story). It doesn't really include 3D at all (with the exception of the intro trailer, and the fusion sequence in game), so unless you're a die-hard fan of the game and want the "8th Day" then you may want to pass. However, I feel that this is the definitive version of the game and I am very excited for the sequel due out in February (and, oddly, for the regular DS).
To elaborate more on the combat system, you move your characters around the level Final Fantasy Tactics-style until you initiate an attack with an opponent, once you do it goes into turn-based combat that's comparable to old-style Dragon Quest in which your character attacks and is counter-attacked. You usually have a goal to complete the level; something like 'defeat all the demons' or 'help this person escape'. Your characters don't fight alone, however, in Devil Survivor OC each character can have two demons to help them in combat. You acquire demons by purchasing them, winning them in auctions, or fusing two exhisting demons into a new creation. You could compare it to Pokemon, but I feel that it's drastically different. It's more complicated, and you constantly change the demons you're using (otherwise you'll be overpowered by the enemy).
For those of us that enjoy wordy rpgs with heavy japanese influence and turn-based combat, look no further. However, I can't recommend this to everyone, because you may have already played this game before. Devil Survivor was originally released on the DS, and the main differences between the two versions are: the 3DS version includes voice acting (which I really enjoyed), and an all new "8th Day" (think of this as a new chapter to the story). It doesn't really include 3D at all (with the exception of the intro trailer, and the fusion sequence in game), so unless you're a die-hard fan of the game and want the "8th Day" then you may want to pass. However, I feel that this is the definitive version of the game and I am very excited for the sequel due out in February (and, oddly, for the regular DS).
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great all-round tactics RPG! Rent-at least!
Aug 26 2011
By J. Bonifacio
- Published on Amazon.com
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked is a remake of the DS game. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor. It's part of a series where a lot of elements are borrowed from past games, but do no necessarily mean that it is a prequel, sequel, or spinoff.
If you have never played SMT: Devil Survivor for the DS, I recommend playing this game. One of its major pluses is the story line. The story line is mature and unique. Facing a lock-down in Tokyo, the protagonist and his friends discover secrets hidden from the population while carrying out very difficult decisions. There are a number of unique endings for this game as well, depending on your interactions with individuals as well as some of your decisions. The characters you meet through the adventure are unique and believable. Some of the undergo through some developments through the harshness of the situation as well. The eighth day additions expands the plot and content by 25% (if I had to estimate) and also continue the developments of the characters. Though some of the eighth day character interactions leave you feeling satisfied, most are less convincing.
The "battle" portion of the game is turn-based. It is a tactical style (think Final Fantasy Tactics), where each character has a party of two demons and themselves fighting an opponent, or achieving a goal. You move around a map, where a variety of obstacles or enemies may be strewn in the chaotic backdrop. When you "attack" an opponent character, you don't just choose a skill or whack them. Instead, you go into another screen where you take turns skirmishing with the opponent. It is turn based (think Pokemon style) when engaging an opponent. Missions and goals vary, but are generally the same thing, ie. defeat all enemies, but don't let character x die.
The graphics are solid. Though not much of an upgrade from its DS version, it is still nice on the eyes. Unfortunately, the extent of 3D-graphics is very lacking. For most of the part, you'll only notice it on the title-screen, or if your doing certain out-of battle actions or cut-scenes. It does make use of the full upper screen however. The sprites could have been upgraded a little better. For most part, you will leave your 3D function off though for this game. If you are looking for a great game to test your 3DS's 3D-capabilities, this is not it.
In terms of sound, the shining factor here is the excellent voice acting. For most part, the voice acting is solid, though not the best out there. For a hand-held game, it hits the target though, and you will be listening to the dialogue through the entire ordeal. Unfortunately, you have to press a button to continue their dialogue, so when they speak longer sentences, there may be a awkward pause in speech, and ruins the flow of the dialogue. The sound effects are decent, but not mind-blowing.
Now if you own or played the original Devil Survivor, I still urge you to at least rent the game. They've added enough content to at least warrant a rental. They've extend most of the story endings with the eighth day, so now you can find out what the protagonist and his friends did after each ending. The voice acting isn't the major pulling point, but that extended plot, as well as increased range of demons to discover (150 in total versus 130.) There are is also an accomplishment/challenge rewarder they call "Titles" which are only revealed after you clear the game. They titles are necessary for making each consecutive save game+ easier, as they allow you to acquire "points" in which you can use towards certain buffs in the New Game+. There are a few small new missions, but that's about it.
(---Edit History---)
I recently created a saved game + (Cleared Data) after completing one of the eighth days, and added or updated almost the entire review. 8/29/2011
If you have never played SMT: Devil Survivor for the DS, I recommend playing this game. One of its major pluses is the story line. The story line is mature and unique. Facing a lock-down in Tokyo, the protagonist and his friends discover secrets hidden from the population while carrying out very difficult decisions. There are a number of unique endings for this game as well, depending on your interactions with individuals as well as some of your decisions. The characters you meet through the adventure are unique and believable. Some of the undergo through some developments through the harshness of the situation as well. The eighth day additions expands the plot and content by 25% (if I had to estimate) and also continue the developments of the characters. Though some of the eighth day character interactions leave you feeling satisfied, most are less convincing.
The "battle" portion of the game is turn-based. It is a tactical style (think Final Fantasy Tactics), where each character has a party of two demons and themselves fighting an opponent, or achieving a goal. You move around a map, where a variety of obstacles or enemies may be strewn in the chaotic backdrop. When you "attack" an opponent character, you don't just choose a skill or whack them. Instead, you go into another screen where you take turns skirmishing with the opponent. It is turn based (think Pokemon style) when engaging an opponent. Missions and goals vary, but are generally the same thing, ie. defeat all enemies, but don't let character x die.
The graphics are solid. Though not much of an upgrade from its DS version, it is still nice on the eyes. Unfortunately, the extent of 3D-graphics is very lacking. For most of the part, you'll only notice it on the title-screen, or if your doing certain out-of battle actions or cut-scenes. It does make use of the full upper screen however. The sprites could have been upgraded a little better. For most part, you will leave your 3D function off though for this game. If you are looking for a great game to test your 3DS's 3D-capabilities, this is not it.
In terms of sound, the shining factor here is the excellent voice acting. For most part, the voice acting is solid, though not the best out there. For a hand-held game, it hits the target though, and you will be listening to the dialogue through the entire ordeal. Unfortunately, you have to press a button to continue their dialogue, so when they speak longer sentences, there may be a awkward pause in speech, and ruins the flow of the dialogue. The sound effects are decent, but not mind-blowing.
Now if you own or played the original Devil Survivor, I still urge you to at least rent the game. They've added enough content to at least warrant a rental. They've extend most of the story endings with the eighth day, so now you can find out what the protagonist and his friends did after each ending. The voice acting isn't the major pulling point, but that extended plot, as well as increased range of demons to discover (150 in total versus 130.) There are is also an accomplishment/challenge rewarder they call "Titles" which are only revealed after you clear the game. They titles are necessary for making each consecutive save game+ easier, as they allow you to acquire "points" in which you can use towards certain buffs in the New Game+. There are a few small new missions, but that's about it.
(---Edit History---)
I recently created a saved game + (Cleared Data) after completing one of the eighth days, and added or updated almost the entire review. 8/29/2011
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