Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey 2009

Is it still worth playing?

Atlus' 2009 role playing game for the Nintendo DS, in which a United Nations task force investigates the Schwarzwelt, a black void at the South Pole that threatens to engulf Earth. You control an unnamed member of the team and explore in first person, with a 3D view on the top screen and an automatically mapped 2D view on the bottom. Turn based battles use a four member party, you and three recruited demons, and hitting an enemy's weakness triggers an unblockable follow up attack from an allied demon. Demons can be bribed, scared off or recruited depending on your dialogue, and recruited demons can be fused into new ones that inherit skills. Negotiating with demons and fusing them into new ones make every battle also a way to build your party, which still keeps its draw.