Character Creation and Initial Choices

Learn about character creation and initial choices in Shin Megami Tensei IV. This guide covers early game decisions to help you start your journey in the Eastern Kingdom of Mikado.

This section of the guide focuses on the initial steps of your journey in Shin Megami Tensei IV, specifically character creation and the first crucial choices you'll make. While the game doesn't feature traditional character creation in terms of appearance, your initial decisions revolve around your chosen path and how you approach the early game.

Upon starting Shin Megami Tensei IV, you play as Flynn, a young man from the Eastern Kingdom of Mikado. Your first significant interaction that shapes your early experience is the Gauntlet Rite, a coming-of-age ceremony. This event is where your destiny as a samurai begins, and the choices you make here, though not directly altering your appearance, set the stage for the narrative and your role in protecting Mikado.

The game's narrative unfolds based on your alignment and the decisions you make throughout the game. While there isn't a character creator in the typical sense, the game emphasizes your choices in dialogue and actions, which will influence your path and the game's various endings. Pay close attention to the interactions with characters like Issachar, Walter, and Jonathan, as these relationships and your responses to them are key to understanding the unfolding events and your place within them.