- Spatial rift over Antarctica, could wipe out billions of people
- This will lead to “Schwarz-verse,” need to go explore the dimension
- You discover that Schwarz-verse is harsher than you thought it would be, never thought demons would appear
- Main character doesn’t have a name, have gone through difficult training/discipline
- Join team on Red Sprite No. 1 - base in the unknown world
- Other ships are Blue Jet No. 2, Elves No. 3, Gigantic No. 4
- Crew is made up of elite scientists/soldiers
- No. 1 = commanding crew, No. 2/No. 4 = battle specialists, No. 3 = scientists
- Captain Gore - Leader of the team
- Himenez - American with campaign experience - wants rewards, is a volunteer for the team
- Selenin - Female Russian scientist, knows a lot about Schwarz-verse
- Dungeons are in 3D
- Can see other things you couldn’t see before with upgrades
- Humans wear Demonica Suit - armor made by scientists - can adjust to environment, enhance battle abilities
- More demons in Strange Journey than any other Shin Megami Tensei game
- Kaneko Kazuma creating the monsters for the game (ex: Morax -> humanoid with bison head/Bugabo

demon-looking creature)
- Recruit/merge monsters through conversation - Make correct choices
- Monsters will sometimes just give you an item or heal you
- Use demons in battle
- Monsters can give you quests which lead to rare items
- Need help of crew to make new items and progress
- Answers for conversations with crew can lead to happier future or an apocalypse
Random details:
Producer/Original Concept/Character and Devil Design: Kaneko
Director: Eiji Ishida (Chief Designer for SMT3/Raidou/Raidou2)
Scenario: Shogo Isogai (SMT2/SMTif/DevilSummoner/SoulHackers/SMT3/Raidou/Trauma series)
Composer: Meguro
- Four party members
- Moon phases
- Map has four options in screens - X: Mission Log, Y: Demon, Analyze, Icon Help
- Snowy surfaces/ice caves
- In battle - X: Auto, Y: Condition,
- Co-op attacks with several party members
- “Neutral-Chaos” -> Might use 3×3 alignment system
- Physical, Gun, Fire, Ice, Elec, Wind, Light, and Dark elements