Shin Megami Tensei IV: Official Artworks (English and Japanese Edition)

A detailed look at the world of SMT IV with in depth descriptions of the intent and creative process of the artists involved. The quality is great, with a beautiful cover and nice quality paper. The ink is rich and vibrant with crisp details of the images. This really was a joy to read and I'd highly recommend getting the english edition if you don't speak Japanese so you can enjoy the insight into the creation of this amazing world that the developers and artists crafted.

If you like Shin Megami Tensei IV, definitely get this book. As the title implies, it's mostly about the artwork of the game. But it also fills in more of the story. I thought SMT IV had a good story in the game, but a bit under developed. This help patch some holes so the game makes a little more sense. Also, I doubt I'll ever play through the game again because it takes so long, but I always wanted to know what happens if you take one of the other plot paths. While this doesn't describe the endings in detail, it does give some general ideas. I wish all Atlus RPG's got a book like this.

An absolutely stunning art book that gives you a lot of insight into the art direction of Shin Megami Tensei IV. The print quality is great and it makes all the art inside look gorgeous! It's also packed with commentary and interviews with the different artists, which is very enlightening and fun to read. Definitely a great buy for anyone who loved Shin Megami Tensei IV

It has crisp and colorful art, it's long, and there's a lot of great insight into the creative process and story. SMT IV may not be my favorite MegaTen game, but the art book is a great read and looks good on a shelf. At $30, it's practically a steal

Fantastic artwork of one of my favorite handheld games. The character and demon designs are a marvel to look at and is worth the price. It's hard to appreciate the great artwork on only the 3DS. I highly recommend it.

This is a very good art book. It covers the characters, environments and a good assortment of demon designs as well. I've never played this particular game but do enjoy viewing the pieces in this book.

Definitely amazing, hopefully the SMT4: Apocalypse/Final version would also get translated.

A nice art book, and a good read.

I just like the book. As a SMT fan you cannot go wrong with it. Book and artworks are solid. Some text (not too much) gives you additional information on background and game.

Gran bell'artbook, ricco di disegni, adoro lo stile di SMTIV. Peccato che la qualità della rilegatura non sia delle migliori, aprendolo diverse pagine sembrano in procinto di staccarsi, ma da avere sicuramente nella propria collezione.

Esta increíble por que tiene el arte orinal del juego, como fueron desarrollados los personajes y lugares del juego. Propuestas que quedaron fuera del juego y son interesantes. Lo único malo es que no es de pasta dura, por lo demás es algo que debes tener en tu colección si te encantó el juego.

Got it for $32 instead of the MSRP of $50 and for that price you get a very substantial key arts book. The outside of the book is soft cover but is a nice matte finish with embossed letters for the title of the book. Inside features plenty of interview snippets and illustration notes from the artists. It's not an exhaustive tour of SMT4 a la 'The Hyrule Historia' for the Zelda series, but there is a lot of text here which is welcome. Mostly though, the illustrations themselves are gorgeous and full sized in most cases, taking up entire pages in a vertical format, so if you don't like two page spreads with the spine down the middle, you're in for a treat as most of them are single paged. Plenty of concept art for the varied environments from the game along with NPCs and characters. You're finally able to see all that work in sharp, vividly reproduced scans, now that it's been removed from the 3DS's muddy limitations. And of course, there's the full page character artworks of Flynn, Walter, Isabeau, Jonathan, etc. If you own the limited edition release of SMTIV, you would have had access to the strategy guide which is neither a worthy substitute for a strategy guide (it really only takes you as far as the early areas of Tokyo, aka 1/4 of the game at most), nor is it a worthy substitute for an artbook as it only features 4 pages or so. This is what you've been waiting for. Sure it's quite belated seeing as how the game itself is 3+ years old now and the original JP release of the artbook is just as old, but good on UDON for localizing and bringing this over to the West in English for all to enjoy. Right in time for SMTIV Final, if/when that ever comes out of Japan.

Cet artbook officiel de Shin Megami Tensei IV est excellent si vous pouvez lire l'anglais sans problème. Il est divisé en quatre parties : 1. La galerie des concept arts des environnements du jeu, tous commentés par Eiji Ishida, le directeur artistique de SMT IV. 2. La galerie des concept arts des personnages, tous commentés par Masayuki Doi, le créateur des persos pour SMT IV. 3. La galerie des concept arts des démons, commentés par leurs créateurs respectifs. 4. Plusieurs bonus, dont une longue interview de Eiji Ishida et Masayuki Doi. Les points forts de ce livre, lorsqu'on le compare à d'autres artbooks de jeux vidéo, est d'une part son exhaustivité et d'autre part la quantité énorme de commentaires de la part des créateurs. Je ne pensais pas qu'il y aurait autant à lire ! Attention toutefois, je le répète : tout est en anglais.