SMT V Difficulty Settings Explained

and its enhanced rerelease,, are out now for Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, and PS5, and they come with a variety of difficulty settings to help players get into the game however they need to. There are four different difficulty settings in and alike: Safety, Casual, Normal, and Hard. Two of these are easier settings meant for series and genre newcomers, while the other two are harder settings meant for practiced RPG or players.

is the first major worldwide simultaneous release for an Atlus title, and takes the original Switch exclusive multiplatform. For the first time ever, many players worldwide, both familiar and new to the series, will be trying their hands at at the same time. And there are many reasons to try: those who take the plunge will get to experience ’s star voice cast, the all-new setting of Da'at, and its unique gameplay across four unique difficulty modes.

Improved frame rates, better difficulty scaling, and saving from anywhere are just a few reasons why Vengeance is the definitive SMT 5 experience.

As a classic JRPG franchise, the series is notorious for being particularly challenging. Thankfully, offers four different difficulty settings for players to choose between. Even better, players can switch between these settings as they’d like — at least, in most cases. If a newcomer finds Casual Mode too easy, for example, they can bump it up to Normal Mode. Meanwhile, someone who may want to finish the game faster due to external obligations, or is struggling with a particular boss, can drop the difficulty from Normal Mode to Casual Mode as they play. Players who really want a challenge can try their hand at Hard Mode, although they have to be willing to stick with it the entire way through, because players can’t change the difficulty to or from Hard Mode: they'll have to pick it at the beginning of the game.

features day-one DLC, including the free addition of Safety Mode. This difficulty setting is described in-game as a helpful setting for RPG