I should note that the game has a framerate locked at 30fps. The HD visuals provide greater detail to the dated dungeon designs and the layout works even through a modern eye. Despite that infodump of the opening moments, Nocturne is rather minimalist when it comes to a supporting party which works wonders for the tone as our protagonist has to suffer through most of this experience alone. Upon entering an area, you’ll be able to wander around in 3rd person, which was new for the series at the time as it made the jump from 2D to 3D, and still works well here selling the empty and lonely environments.
While exploring, you can access a map that creates itself as you go, making the maze-like dungeons easier to navigate. While there aren’t any objective markers pointing you where to go, you shouldn’t get lost unless you take a very long break.
Navigating the expanse is easy enough given that the encounter rate isn’t very high and buildings you can interact with glow a nice faint red. If navigating “the expanse” wasn’t enough, you’ll also have to fight off the new demonic denizens.
Luckily, occult magazine man is here to help and look at mystery drums used as save points while you wander the remnants of the world and try to make sense of things. This end of the world phenomenon is called the “Conception,” and it’s pretty much earth reincarnating itself. Yes, and this all happens in the first 20 minutes. Just to make things more strange, a child shoves a demon worm thing in your eye and turns you into a demon. They begin talking about stuff you have no concept of at this point, and you watch the world end on the roof. You find yourself in a basement face to face with a terribly dressed man named Hikawa, who tries to kill you with a demon before your teacher steps in. Not one to sit around your go and look for your teacher who invited you all here. However, aside from your friends, it is eerily void of any other people. The detour doesn’t last too long, and you’re at the hospital before you know it. Being the inquisitive teenager, you are, you meet a writer for an occultic magazine who tells you about some opposing cults. As you make your way around the city, you get a little sidetracked by reports of a series of deaths in the local park. In the Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster has players assume the role of a male high school student wearing bland shorts and a dope jacket as they are on their way to meet up with their teacher and a couple of classmates.
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