Devil Survivor 2 review: Neon Genesis strategy
If you need any proof that Japan is still madly in love with Neon Genesis Evangelion, you need look no further than Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2. Both show, if anything, that gifted teens, massive supernatural monsters, and religious symbolism remain enduring tropes in Japanese pop culture.
If you want to know the truth, I don’t mind that it borrows so liberally from Hideaki Anno’s seminal anime. It’s just a reminder that Shin Megami Tensei is designed with a certain demographic in mind — the kind of people who went through the trouble to see Rebuild of Evangelion in the theaters. People like me, if you want to know.
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