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''Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei'' is a first-person dungeon crawler where you navigate through a plethora of dungeons with multiple floors battling enemies and obtaining experience points to level up the two main characters, Nakajima and Yumiko. The player is not provided a full map of the dungeons at the start but is required to map out the dungeons themselves by drawing them on a grid map - although the game does provide a limited view of each floor (3x5 squares respectively), which can be accessed by using Yumiko’s Mapper spell. | ''Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei'' is a first-person dungeon crawler where you navigate through a plethora of dungeons with multiple floors battling enemies and obtaining experience points to level up the two main characters, Nakajima and Yumiko. The player is not provided a full map of the dungeons at the start but is required to map out the dungeons themselves by drawing them on a grid map - although the game does provide a limited view of each floor (3x5 squares respectively), which can be accessed by using Yumiko’s Mapper spell. | ||
The player starts out in Micon City, located at the very top of the | The player starts out in Micon City, located at the very top of the Daedalus Tower, and must then progress through various dungeons to obtain all the necessary items to defeat the evil god Lucifer and free the goddess Izanami from imprisonment. Along the way, the player will encounter various characters and items required to progress through the game, be it through interacting with certain NPCs or obtaining them after defeating a boss or solving a puzzle. Sometimes, multiple items need to be used to clear a dungeon or solve a certain puzzle. Besides those key items, the player can also obtain equipment such as weapons and armor, some of which can only be equipped by a specific character. Armor generally increases the character's defense, making them more resilient against attacks from enemies, whereas weapons change the power and amount of attacks a character may have. Another type of item the player can obtain is magical Jewels - items which can be used in demon negotiation or to fully heal a character, although in the mobile version using the Jewels also restores a character's MP and removes all status ailments except Death, as well as Amethysts – special gems which can be used to bribe demons in battle when using the “Run” command for a 100% escape chance, as well as traded for items from Rag’s Jewelry. | ||
Enemies drop three resources – Makka, Magnetite (abbreviated as MAG in-game) and Experience Points (abbreviated as EXP). Makka is the in-game currency, allowing for the player to bribe demons during negotiations, purchase weapons and items and summon demons from the COMP, whereas Magnetite is used to keep the summoned demons alive, slowly draining with each step depending on the amount of demons in the party and their Magnetite consumption rate, known as "Shift Points" in-game. Experience Points allow both Nakajima and Yumiko to level up after a certain amount has been gained, increasing their max Hit Points and allowing the player to allocate one extra stat point to one of the character’s six stats. Both Nakajima and Yumiko have a shared EXP pool, which means that a party member can still level up even if they’re dead. | Enemies drop three resources – Makka, Magnetite (abbreviated as MAG in-game) and Experience Points (abbreviated as EXP). Makka is the in-game currency, allowing for the player to bribe demons during negotiations, purchase weapons and items and summon demons from the COMP, whereas Magnetite is used to keep the summoned demons alive, slowly draining with each step depending on the amount of demons in the party and their Magnetite consumption rate, known as "Shift Points" in-game. Experience Points allow both Nakajima and Yumiko to level up after a certain amount has been gained, increasing their max Hit Points and allowing the player to allocate one extra stat point to one of the character’s six stats. Both Nakajima and Yumiko have a shared EXP pool, which means that a party member can still level up even if they’re dead. | ||
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|The Healing Fountain | |The Healing Fountain | ||
|A location where characters’ Hit and Magic Points can be recovered by paying a certain amount of Makka. | |A location where characters’ Hit and Magic Points can be recovered by paying a certain amount of Makka. | ||
|Daedalus, | |Daedalus, Bien | ||
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| | |The Weapons/Armor Shop | ||
|A shop area which provides weapons and armor for Nakajima and Yumiko to buy. | |A shop area which provides weapons and armor for Nakajima and Yumiko to buy. | ||
|All major locations. | |All major locations. | ||
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|Rag’s Jewelry | |Rag’s Jewelry | ||
| | |A special kind of shop accessible only in later dungeons. It provides four items: Dragon’s Whisker (Full HP recovery), | ||
London Boots (Returns the player characters to Daedalus Tower), Call Thunder (Damages the party) | London Boots (Returns the player characters to Daedalus Tower), Call Thunder (Damages the party) | ||
and two plot-important items – the Ares Necklace and the Magatama of Heaven, both required for a puzzle later in the game. | and two plot-important items – the Ares Necklace and the Magatama of Heaven, both required for a puzzle later in the game. | ||