The successes achieved by Atlus through the Shin Megami Tensei or Persona sagas are evident. Their RPG proposals, a fantastic setting and attention to detail during their long hours have made them masters of the genre .
Now, a new work wants to join the squad, but not directly from the Japanese company. Monark is the title given to the school RPG that several former developers of Megami Tensei and Shin Megami Tensei are working on . After announcing its existence, we have now been able to know the first details.
It will arrive on PS5, PS4 and Nintendo Switch on October 14 for a total of 8,470 yen (about 63.54 euros to change), as reported from Gematsu. Responsible members such as directors Fuyuki Hayashi, head of Crystar , and Mitsuhiro Hoshino, developer at Ikaruga have also been revealed.
The new developer they have created is called Lancarse and the company FuRyu will be in charge of editing the title. The story takes us to the Council of True Students, which is in charge of solving the unusual situations that happen at school. Our protagonist is the deputy director of said council and will have to choose a partner among four to face the threats that appear.
The replayability will be one of the strengths of the title. There will be several endings and different routes to take for friends who accompany us. The battles will be classic: turn system, but with free movement. Madness will be a factor to take into account, since the more we increase it, the more powerful our attacks will be, although if we exceed it, we will end up attacking our friends in an uncontrolled way.
Another interesting aspect will be the EGO system, which shows different values of the character such as pride, anger, envy, lust, gluttony and laziness. According to the decisions we make, they will vary and will affect the demons that we will use as subordinates, which will be customizable .
Both Hayashi and Hoshino have stated that “we got excited talking about Shin Megami Tensei IF , and how nowadays there are no games like this, so we built the Monark prototype keeping in mind the worldview and atmosphere that we thought important to preserve. in a school RPG project. ” The premiere of the first trailer will take place tomorrow , June 10. Meanwhile, you can visit their website.