his book Game Magic: A Designer's Guide to Magic Systems in Theory and Practice, Jeff Howard used Shin Megami Tensei II as an example of a video game with allusions to Kabbalah, with its use of Hebrew letters as character names; he said that this contributes to the atmosphere, and gives a feeling of depth or mystery. Famitsu appreciated the game's "grand and unique" theme, its "profound" dark worldview and scenario. Chris at Square Enix Music Online disliked the game's music: he called it the worst in the whole series, and said that the music pieces tend to be monotone and based on repetition of nothingness. He said that slowly building ambient pieces such as "Title Demo", "Title", and "Memory Recovery" are effective in context, but that they are too simple and repetitive to be enjoyable as stand-alone music. He did however find the pieces "Disco" and "Casino" both humorous and catchy. Kyle Miller and Damian Thomas, both writing for RPGFan, were more positive to the music. Miller found the soundtrack well made, but worse than that of the first Shin Megami Tensei. The pieces he liked the most were "Heretic Mansion" and some battle themes. He also liked "Casino", which he found catchy and thought worked as an effective contrast to the dread of the other pieces. Thomas found the soundtrack to be excellent, and said that while several pieces are short, they have solid melodies. Kalata and Snelgrove appreciated the music that is played during battles. Famitsu'' thought the PlayStation version's graphics looked "cheap". Notes References External links Official iOS and Android website 1994 video games Android (operating system) games Atlus games Game Boy Advance games IOS games Japan-exclusive video games First-person party-based dungeon crawler video games Shin Megami Tensei PlayStation (console) games PlayStation Network games Role-playing video games Super Nintendo Entertainment System games Video games about demons Video game sequels Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Tsukasa Masuko Video games set in the 21st century Video games set in Tokyo Virtual Console games Virtual Console games for Wii U Cyberpunk video games Fiction about deicide Nintendo Switch Online games