Shin Megami Tensei IV
LumiScore?Our 0–100 score for how developmentally beneficial and low-risk this game is for children. Higher is better.
Croissance
56/100
Valeur de croissance
- Pensée stratégique
- Lecture et langage
- Raisonnement éthique
Risque
FAIBLE
Modèles d'engagement
Très peu de pression pour dépenser ou jouer excessivement.
Attention
Conseil de parent expert
Play or watch a session with your teen and ask them about the choices they made in the story — especially when they had to side with the Law or Chaos faction. There are no right answers, and that's the point.
Principales compétences développées
Domaines de développement
Représentation?Degré de diversité des personnages du jeu en termes de genre et d'ethnicité. Plus le score est élevé, plus la représentation est authentique. Affiché uniquement — n'affecte pas la recommandation de temps de jeu.
Test de Bechdel?Le test de Bechdel vérifie si un jeu comporte au moins deux personnages féminins nommés qui se parlent d'autre chose qu'un homme. Une mesure simple de la représentation.— Échoue au test
Female characters are present but rarely interact with one another about topics unrelated to the male protagonist or his journey.
Conseil de parent expert
SMT IV's branching narrative is one of its greatest educational assets. Discussing why your teen chose a particular path — and what they think the consequences will be — builds ethical reasoning, critical thinking, and perspective-taking skills in a meaningful, low-stakes context.
Ce que votre enfant développe
Shin Megami Tensei IV is a rich, intellectually demanding RPG that delivers exceptional cognitive benefits for older players. Its turn-based combat is a masterclass in strategic thinking and critical analysis — players must understand elemental affinities, demon weaknesses, and buff/debuff interactions to survive even standard encounters. The Press Turn system rewards deep knowledge and punishes careless play, fostering genuine problem-solving under pressure. The game's vast demon-fusion mechanic is essentially an applied math and systems-thinking puzzle, requiring players to plan fusion chains to build powerful allies with targeted skill sets. The narrative is its greatest benefit: SMT IV presents a morally complex world where Law, Chaos, and Neutrality are each given genuine philosophical weight. Players are repeatedly forced to make meaningful ethical choices with lasting story consequences, cultivating ethical reasoning, empathy, and the capacity to hold competing worldviews simultaneously. The heavy volume of in-game text and lore rewards strong readers and builds vocabulary and reading stamina.
Conformité réglementaire
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À propos de ce jeu
The Eastern Kingdom of Mikado is a city of the chosen, sitting on high and protected all around by towering walls. Yet its people are at risk from an ongoing demon threat that the player as a newly appointed Samurai is duty-bound to fight against.