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The year is [[Exty Years From Now|203X]]. Humanity as we know it has been destroyed. All you have to protect yourself, is [[Improbable Weapon User|your trusty microphone]], [[Healing Potion|a stack of candy]], and [[Pals with Jesus|a contract with a god of death and destruction]]. The odds are against you.
 
''[[Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine]]'' was the [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]] adaptation of the increasingly popular ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' franchise. Developed by [[CAVE]] (yes, ''[[Bullet Hell|that]]'' Cave), who bought the rights, rather than [[Atlus]] owners of the franchise as a whole. While originally exclusive to Japan, it was announced in 2008 that [[Aeria Games]] had licensed the game for an English release. The game officially entered open beta on December 30, 2008. The game was Free To Play, but uses the standard Asian [[Allegedly Free Game|cash shop model.]].
 
The game had several features that made it unique from other MMO's, including a rigid storyline, with well defined characters rather than several unrelated sidequests, a complex combat system that is frequently described as comparable to rock-paper-scissors with a healthy dose of [[Nintendo Hard]], and the bizarre fact that [[Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe|the entire thing's happening in Tokyo.]].
 
In April 2012, Aeria, who ran the game's servers, handed control over to Atlus Online. The Western version shut down its servers in January 2014, and the Japanese version closed down in May 2016
 
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* [[After the End]]
* [[Allegedly Free Game]]: You can survive for free, but success is, as always, at a premium.
** Actually, the cash shop in IMAGINE''Imagine'' isn't necessary for in-game success. Most items are convenience, and the vast majority of players perform very well without touching Aeria Points.
*** As of 2011 &and 2012, almost anyone over lvl 70 wears >90% AP gear, and most have one or more AP weapons. One can obtain most of this gear without paying actual AP, but only by buying from other players who buy AP items.
* [[AKA-47]]: There are many weapons that are clearly real-life guns. For instance, the "Desert Rambus" looks suspiciously like a rather common ([[Rare Guns|in media anyway]]) .50AE pistol.
* [[Apocalypse How]]: The game is set after the first numbered ''SMTShin Megami Tensei'' game, though it probably won't catch up to the second.
* [[Artificial Human]]: The Innocent are artificial people made to make up for the population destroyed by the Great Destruction. It seems they end up almost all the menial jobs, leaving all the normal people to either be Demon Busters, Shopkeepers, or Guardsmen.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Congrats, you just made a character who can dodge, block, and counter at any moment. Good luck winning any battles with more than one enemy. Also your use in battle is very low, only being slightly better than "[[The Weight]]" because you have a small chance of dying. However, this is a good focus of non-combat characters, as it allows you to level by going into a party, but not a good focus for a fighter.
* [[Become a Real Boy]]: Some of the Innocents have gained sapience and built their own community in the hollows of one of the destroyed communes. This has since become the Neutral factions' home base.
* [[Character Alignment]]: The game has SMT''Shin Megami Tensei'''s standard LAW/NEUTRAL/CHAOS alignments.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Snakeman. [[Lawful Stupid|Usually.]].
* [[Creative Sterility]]: Innocents. They are incapable of using magic and making contracts with demons because of this.
* [[Disk One Nuke]]: Having a character master counter/dodge/block, at least two usable skills of each, means you can solo any enemy,; however, that isn't the same for groups of enemies, as counter takes some time to prepare. Despite that, you can distract a boss, and possibly kill, at any level as long as they don't use any special statuses.
* [[Everything's Better with Spinning]]: The Spin expertise. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]].
* [[Human Resources]]: Plasma, lovely floating spheres of light, which Demon Busters can "communicate" with to scavenge materials are made out of the ''souls'' of people who died in the apocalyptic flood.
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* [[Mons]]: One of the better MMO's that features this as a central concept. Probably due to it's roots.
** [[Olympus Mons]]: [[Norse Mythology|Odin]], [[Classical Mythology|Cerberus]], [[H.P. Lovecraft|Nyarlathotep]], and [[Fairy Tale|Alice]]; to name a few.
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: However, unlike Atlus-Made games, there are a few instances of [[Fake Difficulty]].▼
* [[No Ending]]: Ending? How about a middle? Unfortunately, the devs have yet to completely implement a plotline.
** But they do have an end to the beginning plot, not much but it still some kind of end.
** It's worth noting that the English-language version is way behind the Japanese version as far as content goes.
▲* [[Nintendo Hard]]: However, unlike Atlus-Made games, there are a few instances of [[Fake Difficulty]].
* [[Order Versus Chaos]]: In-story, they're currently in a period of relative peace.
* [[Peninsula of Power Leveling]]: Ichigaya Gold, New Moon and Egg Daisoujou runs, and Shiva/Vishnu runs.
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*** [http://wiki.aeriagames.com/megaten/index.php?title=Drill_COMP However, the creator's passion can somehow be felt oozing out of the COMP]
* [[Stat Grinding]]: Has both this and the standard [[Character Level]].
* [[Useless Useful Spell]]: While generally averted due to this being SMT''Shin Megami Tensei'', it's played hilariously straight with the Traesto spell; every character has it to start with, and it is, as always, your "return to saved spot" spell. But it takes so long to cast that you could probably just walk and get where you're going faster. Traesto Stones, the spell in item form, are instant.
** However, they've released equipment that makes the spell cast instantly. For those who have that equipment, or enhancers who can cast a 'null incantation' spell on themselves, the spell is very useful.
* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: Heavily present in what storyline has been released.
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