Atlus recently updated the official Shin Megami Tensei IV website with new details on the game’s battle system, grinning, difficulty, and revival options. Find our full summary below.

Press Turn Battle

During battles, you attack by choosing a certain number of actions. The number of actions can be increased by attacking weak points. It’s refreshing to hit the enemy’s weak points a whole bunch in one stroke, but on the contrary, you can get caught in predicaments when attacking the weak points.

All in all, it’s a simple but thrilling battle system. In addition, occasionally demons will band together and appear as an “army.” The weak points of the army groups aren’t always obvious. You’ll need to find the weak point and attack it aggressively before the army unleashes their waves of attacks on you.

Grinning

The character that increases the number of actions may grin widely and laugh. Not only will the grinning character become strengthened temporarily, but their weak point becomes ineffective, and it changes the battle progress greatly. Both enemies and allies can break out into a grin, so it’s an advantageous system in a pinch, but also nerve-wracking if things aren’t going your way.

Difficulty

When you use up the set number of turns, a simpler level of difficulty becomes available. Since you can change the degree of difficulty whenever you want, it’s possible to adjust the play style freely. You can also save and load at any time too.

Revival

When you are annihilated in battle, you are sent to the Styx River, but you can return to the point before you were annihilated by paying up game coins. You can hand over your money (macca) or game coins to the Styx Ferryman “Karon,” and he will revive you right before where you died, where you can immediately attempt the fight again. And this time, hopefully not lose.

Thanks, Umimi.