Digital Devil Saga Part 1 - You Are The Demons
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- #digitaldevilsaga #shinmegamitensei #walkthrough
It REALLY says something when the closest thing SMT has to a "normal" JRPG has you playing as a demon that eats people. Seriously though, super amazing and underrated game, and a very good starting point for those looking to get into the series.
"Meanwhile, cat is watching. Cat is always watching."
-BigKlingy, 2024
This statement is more lore-accurate than you realize. But that's not until, like, VERY lategame DDS2.
Babes wake up new klingy LP just dropped
I JUST WOKE UP AS I WROTE THIS. NEW LP.
Despite SMT being a part of my life since I was 13 years old, hearing you explain the basics feels so satisfying. I've always struggled to explain the things I'm interested in, but your cadence feels so natural its amazing.
Wow, thanks! This is very high praise for me. You can tell I've been itching to explain the Press Turn system for a long time. Easily one of the greatest ever turn-based battle systems.
(And imo this game is a better intro to it than Nocturne, where an oddly large number of enemies have no weaknesses and the first dungeon ALSO has you grappling with Negotiation. Nocturne's a great game, I just think it's better as a second or third SMT game.)
Rend. Slaughter. Devour your enemies.
One of my favorite SMT subseries. Stands out among the rest of the series with a far more developed cast than usual (there's a reason people still remember and look back on Heat and Gale positively) and being hopeful in spite of the darker elements. That and the Hindu inspirations.
Now to enjoy the journey of our favorite cast of cannibals.
It REALLY says something that Heat is looked back on positively.
Also lol. But it's true, the cast is oddly good.
let's goooooooo. the klingy digital devil saga LP.
7:00 ok. interesting detail how this is the only specific part of the cutscene that's animated in 60fps. the part where dante jumps off the building in nocturne is also in 60fps on the ps2 version for some reason, even though both games are locked at 30fps for 99% of them.
That's.... really weird. I thought this part looked smoother, but I've never heard of ONE part of a scene being 60 fps and everything else being 30.
Some additional info regarding the Luck stat in this game and its sequel, Luck affects crtical hit chance, the chance of getting ambushed in Human Form, and most importantly clearing off temporary ailments, like Sleep naturally. This is why in Solo Serph runs, a common occurrence is Serph cannot recovery from Sleep, Panic or Charm naturally, this was due to Serph having base Luck stat.
Sleeping character won't wake up from Magic attacks, however if physical attacks crit or overwritten by another ailment then a character will recover from Sleep.
Frighten Status in addition also reduces evasion rate to zero and gives the Player 100% escape chance if all enemies are Frightened.
Looking forward to this LP.
LOL I never even considered escaping while enemies were frightened! That makes sense, but who would turn down free AP?
I did know "immobilising" ailments like Bind and Sleep guaranteed escape in Nocturne, so it's not surprising this game has something similar.
@@BigKlingy Another interesting detail is that in Digital Devil Saga 1 specifically, Fatal Hunt skills are guaranteed to work on Frightened enemies and a certain type of item sells for maximum money when sold at the Maximum Solar Noise (with one exception that will eventually come up).
Babe, wake up. Digital Devil Saga playthrough.
Here we go boys, it's DDS time!
A surprise but a welcome one
Yessss, Digital Devil Saga has been a game I've wanted to get into for a WHILE because I've heard nothing but positive things about it, but older SMT titles tend to scare me away with difficulty and the lack of modern-day QoL stuff. I'm so unbelieveably excited to see you play this, not only because of it being a great game, but because you break things down so factually and simply to understand gameplay-wise.
Excited to go on this journey with you. You have been my favourite UA-camr since 2015. Thank you for the last (almost decade) of content!
Thanks for the loyalty! I'm still having fun here.
*sees this pop up in my feed* Oh fuck yeah fuck yeah fuck yeah!!
Really excited for this playthrough. I'm really glad I found this channel thanks to Advance Wars.
Cool you found it via Advance Wars, I love those games.
I've finished this duology two weeks ago with most of the optional bosses and damn.... Id sell my soul for another entry or a remaster. This is probably my favourite atlus game and I've played a lot. Im so happy seeing other people play and i love how you explain everything so fun and precisely. We need more people to motiveate others to play these masterpieces so thank you!
Thanks, glad people appreciate this. This game is imo super underrated and I feel most people who got into the wider Atlus franchise Via Persona should love it. It's a shame these games are so overlooked. (But yeah, some of the optional bosses are brutal)
Man this is a blast from my past. I rented this from a game store and didn't know what the hell I was doing, good times
You're lucky if your game store had this for rent.
@@BigKlingy yeah it was a small family video. they had this, Xeno saga and more classic ps2 games back then sadly they went out of business
The BEST SMT series
It's funny how many people agree with that despite it not being mainline.
@@BigKlingy maybe if we got HD remasters and few new ones the game series would get some deserved love.
“You are the demons.”
And then Seraph was a Jack Frost.
Nice to me-hee-tcha, ho!
Digital Devil Saga is finally here. Time for the Devour Hour!
9:33 And unlike some Silent Protagonists, other people will actually say their name.
15:55 This is why Kempf sticks to Western RPGs.
Interesting to see Serph starts with an Ice skill, I feel like we don't see protagonists use Ice that much.
Cockatrice being labeled as a Dragon is... kinda funny.
9:33 Funny, because with Shez and Alear, it’s the opposite. They both can talk, but no one says their name.
what for dinner? humans and demons are for dinner
@@starmaker75 I wonder what Jack Frost tastes like?
9:33 Yeah this is an established character in the story, not a blank slate. They just happen to be silent.
I'd say SMT IV is my absolute fav game in the franchise, but this game's music is tight. Had Hunting Comrades as a ringtone for quite a while lol.
I love having game music as my ringtone.
I didn't expect a let's play of this game, But It looks great. I'm excited.
Ive wanted to play digital devil saga on emulator for a while now and seeing these video thumbnails makes me wanna play it more, it looks so cool. As soon as i beat the 3 games im playing now ill start digital devil saga, i promise you. So thanks for that.
Glad to know you're interested! These games are underrated but really good.
Ah, my first SMT game, this'll be great! Rend, slaughter and devour your enemies!
OMGOMGOMG Digital Devil Saga! I still need to beat it, But from what I have played, It really is my favorite SMT game.
I personally like the Devil Survivors more, but DDS is definitely up there for me.
@@nachohangover5104 Devil Survivor is great too. Though for diffrent reasons given that its an SRPG.
I'm very happy you're tackling DDS! While my favourite non-Persona SMT games are Nocturne and Devil Survivors (1 and 2 I really enjoy them both. lol), DDS 1 and 2 are very close third! I absolutely adore these games! Can't wait to see your journey!
I'm liking all the love for Devil Survivor in the comments. I might play one of those games on the channel someday.
I was literally thinking about playing this game during work, why are you spying on me Klingy?!
Well THAT's a coincidence.
I’ve been wanting to play this game for the longest time, I’ve heard a lot of good things about it. That intro narration about the “Warriors of Purgatory” has me very excited
That's Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, by the way.
You're actually LPing Digital Devil Saga, hello?!
I remember you suggesting LPing this in an update video a long while ago, and I remember going "Eating people? Eeehhh.....". Only to then be proven wrong when I picked up the game for myself and I really liked it. Goes to show how hearing about a game and actually playing it are worlds apart. Wish I could've finished the second one though.
I almost wrote a thesis on this game, but I switched gears later on.
Thanks for being here, then! And yeah, I keep stressing in this video: this game is a LOT less disturbing in practice than it sounds. Especially since the gameplay is entirely bloodless.
Probably my favorite soundtrack in any game, and probably in my top ten games of all time.
Honestly, it's pretty far up there for me. Trails in the Sky The 3rd might be one of the few beating it.
You started this thing with a boss we won't be seeing until like episode 40 or something 💀
Little fun fact about me, this is one of the games I have in my top 5 games of all time
Atlus was single handedly keeping yuri lowenthals lights on for like half a decade lmao
God this has to be one of their best musical outputs ever
You notice how it was sort of a flashback to before things go crazy.
@@NicoTheCinderace I bet blind watcher's are like "how the heck does this turn into smt nocturne!" Rn lol
There's a decent other number of postgame bosses here, too. I'm SO glad I had someone to lend me a save file. (This game's 100% speedrun is almost 24 hours and at least a THIRD of that time is just grinding for the Demi-Fiend...)
Good taste, then.
Than and Naruto, THAT must've kept him busy. Wasn't he also Ben 10?
Shoji Meguro never misses. Ever.
Im sorry if my comments for this series are me just fanboying i loveeee this game (and it's sequel)
I'm glad to see so much love for this already.
@@BigKlingydefinitely underrated certainly.
Hell yeah, this one of my favourite games ever (the sequel being another) I’m really excited to watch this series throughout the year
Happy to provide. Really glad and the response to this so far.
I swear Digtal devil saga is pretty much the most underrated gem in the series actually, and I love the characters here and their demon designs are really cool
Some are also accurate, e.g Agni really does have two heads in Hindu mythology.
Hell yeah, love these two games. The USA opening might not be the most fitting but it definitely got me interested when watching the trailer for this game through the nocturne menu.
Nocturne came with a trailer for this? I love when games did that, a lot of Sony ones used to. I remember getting into Sly via a demo in a Ratchet and Clank game. For a non-Sony example, I got into Link to the Past (GBA port) via a video on Ocarina of Time Master Quest's CD.
I. F*cking. KNEW IT!!!
0:01 I recognize this song within this context... interesting way to start a playthrough.
0:15 Well, this is going to be "a fight" once we eventually get to it.
0:47 How cheesy is it?
1:53 If only this game was more accessible to modern audiences.
3:47 So, basically Aionios and Kanai Ward combined, huh? ...Oh god, that sounds horrifying!
5:05 Seriously? Nice!
7:37 Interesting how Yuri Lowenthal voiced the protagonist in two separate PS2-era SMT spinoffs.
7:43 Okay, that's a cool effect!
9:14 How mysterious.
9:51 I recognize that word, mostly because Infinite Wealth's final boss has an attack called "Pierce the Muladhara".
10:08 Seeing Dave Wittenberg's name reminds me that I need to play Valkyria Chronicles at some point (since he voices Welkin in it). I have the game on Steam, I just haven't played it yet.
10:10 Hmm, characters voiced by Yuri Lowenthal and Crispin Freeman working together, this can only end badly.
10:13 First, we had Yosuke. Then, we had (original) Teddie. Now, even Yukiko is in this game.
10:19 It's funny, I've been playing Neon White recently, so whenever Gale speaks, all I can hear is White (albeit, Gale is way more professional and serious than White is).
11:26 I've also noticed that a certain someone doesn't have his signature accent yet.
11:40 I was just about to say something like that. Holy s*it, this song is GOOD!
11:57 Heat's totally going to be the ice user! Fire? Nah, that's crazy talk!
14:43 Yeah, closest thing I can think of off the top of my head is the Xianzhou Luofu in Honkai Star Rail (then again, I have been playing a lot of Star Rail recently so maybe that's why), which is an Imperial China aesthetic combined with sci-fi.
16:01 I'm guessing magic is better than physical attacks in this game.
17:35 Praise be to Bubbletea.
18:45 So, as the name implies, it's basically a mini Soma.
19:04 Nah, this looks closer to cyan than blue to me, it really should be called a cyan wall.
19:18 I guess because people think of rain as being gloomy and depressing.
19:33 In other words, we are quite literally in the ass end of nowhere.
22:35 "A lot", you say? Hmm, I wonder how many times he says it.
22:42 He voices a character in the Judgment games, that's something, I guess.
28:28 And suddenly, his eyes are no longer grey!
28:29 Lex Lang, I know I've heard that name before but I forget who else he's voiced... oh, he's Geto in Jujutsu Kaisen! I watch that in sub so I haven't heard his performance as Geto, but that's cool.
30:03 Never has becoming a demon looked so cool!
34:30 Magic affecting magical damage and defense, what is this, Thracia?
35:45 Yay, I guess?
36:02 ...Heat, you okay there?
38:17 Considering that magic is broken in this game, I'm going to guess that Heat lowkey sucks.
38:47 Honestly, I've seen worse from this franchise. Case in point, Diana.
46:19 But is it as funny as the noises Lachesis makes in Nocturne?
10:08 He's also KEFKA in Dissidia Final Fantasy, which is serious range.
46:19 "Eh".
LETSGOOOOOO!! Easily one of my favorite SMT games. Very excited for this series :)
That seems to be a common opinion, for a while now.
Finally a full Digital Devil LP.
I love these 2 games, deserved so much better, needs HD remasters, some sequels, and just more love in general.
They probably can't do a sequel given where 2's plot ends, but remasters? Yes. Another game in this style, maybe? (Although that's sort-of Soul Hackers 2)
@@BigKlingy not a direct sequel, another game in the series with a new cast but the same combat/skill systems.
@@BigKlingy If these games get remastered, I hope that some extra skills get added. One particular skill that could be added would be a passive skill that prevents enemies from running away. It might seem odd to have a skill that prevents enemies from running away, but this is meant for hunting Omoikanes.
I wasn’t excepting DDS to be the series you were gonna LP next and I’m pleasantly surprised! I’ve only played a little of it myself, never even got to the first boss. I’ve heard good things about the characters and story of this and its sequel from friends, so I’m excited to see what happens in this game.
I played a bit in 2016 via PS3 Classics but didn't go through it fully until later. (The final dungeon is... a thing. Highly recommend a map for that.)
I've been waiting for... oh wait wrong Atlus game with a character voiced by Liam O'Brian.
I havent played these games in years and I’ll probably dig my PS3 out of storage to play alongside you! Always such a pleasure to watch you Klingy!
So I only recently learned form a speedrun, the PS3 version runs slower than the original version, but there's a secret console command you can enter on startup that turns this off and restores the original speed. I forget exactly how to do it, but you can probably look it up online.
They did that because a couple of skill animations lag the PS3 version, and the global slowdown setting was the easiest blanket fix. The lag isn't too bad if you turn it off (I believe it's only if you use AoE Earth spells on a lot of enemies at once).
Oooooo, interesting choice. I don't know much at all about Digital Devil Saga, but I'm definitely intrigued!
And of course I'm already behind. We'll see if I can catch up, with my summer work schedule and all.
Let's go! I've been waiting for this!
Ahikiho intensifies. (No Liam O'Brien in this game that I know of)
That opening intro.Chefs Kiss.
This is gonna be my pseudo first experience of this game. I have played through before but only the first dungeon. Probably gonna play along with.
Also remember you mentioning this game during your p3 series
35:09 I got magic up lmfao
Never saw an LP of this before. I'm pumped!
The "you're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation" thing cracks me up every time XD
BigKlingy finally gets around to a REAL Shin Megoomi Tensay game :P I've played SMT3, 4 and 4A, but I've always been curious about the anomaly that is DDS. Glad you've chosen to do this one next!
4A's gameplay seems really good. I've watched a few... 14 hours speedruns of that game. (Yes, I'm crazy)
@@BigKlingy You're only crazy if you DON'T think you are! But yeah, the affinities (+/-) to skills was something SMT desperately needed to differentiate its demons. Glad 5 kept it. It's also cool they added a multiple human party member system on top of a party of demons without making the gameplay cumbersome. It's got a pretty forgiving difficulty curve as well - really only a couple very major mid-late story bosses are hard enough that you'll reliably game over on. If not for being a sequel I'd recommend it to SMT newcomers.
@@kl4969 My only issue with affinities is V jacked up the cost of things like Debilitate and Luster Candy IMMENSELY to encourage using them on Demons with the right affinity. They cost over 100 MP otherwise.
Vengeance has some interesting new Demon passives though, one on I think Surt is "Treats all party Demons' Fire affinity as equal to the user's", so that means +9 for all fire skills party-wide as long as he's present.
@@BigKlingy Ooh, that's neat. Count on Surt to have a cool mechanic, like his weird Fire-Elemental basic attack in Nocturne.
Of course Demifiend would get mad at the beginning- his Pixie friend just died.
Pixie friend who people ship with him for some reason.
Also it literally died FOR him, giving a full heal.
Yoooo! I can't wait to see this unfold!
Thanks for coming along for the ride!
Woo woo new series! This’ll be interesting to explore, as it’s a game I’m not at all familiar with.
5:47 Now I’m curious if it’s actually possible to shoot a crossbow bolt with a bullet
11:58 Idunno, maybe….Ice (lol)
Oh my [record scratch]!!
I can't believe it. My brain is constantly flipping between DDS(1&2), Devil Survivor1 and Strange Journey as my favorite smt game. It'll be so much fun hearing your thoughts on the game
Strange Journey is a game I need to play on my own time one day, though Sector Eridanus scares me. (You know it's bad when a dungeon's map is a meme)
I love Devil Survivor 1 too. Kinda sad to me that I often prefer the spinoffs to the mainline games, especially for story (I swear DS1 handles Law and Chaos a billion times better than mainline does), but they're all really good. (Though DDS isn't technically SMT when going by Japanese names, just like Persona 3 and 4)
@@BigKlingyMost fans agree Devil Survivor 1 handles Law and Chaos better than usual if not outright the best in the franchise.
@@nachohangover5104 Essentially in DS1, Demons are a pandemic and Law is lockdowns and mask mandates. It's one of the few games where they kinda have a point. (Plus, Amane is best Law rep. Always respects your choice and supports you even on Neutral.)
I've heard so many good things about thing game (and the sequel). I can't wait.
27:33 FF10 is one of my favorites so I'm very interested.
Great to see some lesser know SMT spin-offs getting some attention.
They tend to be where the series is at it's best, with the devil sumoner games being some of my personal favorites.
But yeah, this is gonna be a fun one
I really need to play the Raidou games. SMT is a MASSIVE series, a lot wider than many realize, and there's pretty much a spinoff out there for everyone.
"Atlus!! Port dds and my life is yours"
The rallying cry of most Atlus fans now.
13:06 strange object? I do not comprehend.
The only thing I know about this game is this meme of Gale saying "I cannot comprehende."
I do not comprehend. What is this Gale?
Wasn't expecting such a quick turnaround on an LP from you, but I ain't complaining. Will be interesting to see you go through this.
I've already watched someone do this game with Cerph only, so will be nice seeing a party.
Serph only might actually encourage investing in more than magic, since magic-only Serph is VERY squishy. (Well, to physical attacks)
@@BigKlingy It does, but only just a little. Magic is still your go to stat.
I am OMEGA excited for the DDS klingy experience!
22:14 this reminds me of a mrbeast gaming video when he had seven civilizations Fight each other with a giant slime representing a them, after killing the slime, the nation that loses it must fight for the nation that killed it.
I played Nocturne (I think it was the remake a bit) a bit and while it was fun at point, the constantly have to revamp your team to defeat boss I find irritating or just grind to beat like Matador.
At least here you've got a fixed team, while still having customization potential. Also, I VASTLY prefer this game's skill system to Nocturne's "Learnt a new skill from a Magatama? You have two choices: accept it NOW, or give it up FOREVER."
The opening is really making me want to see an actual sort of military-esque JRPG.
7:52 This is honestly more... hilarious to me than offputting. The lack of context and just diving into it makes this segment feel almost more random and zany than overbearing and heavy.
11:48 But we need to se if he also achieved a second form!
37:56 It's neat having it so that the human forms aren't just straight-up worse and that there's mechanical interplay between shifted and unshifted party members.
Agreed, in fact I'd like to work on one like that one day.
7:52 Yeah it's overall really not a major element.
37:56 Kind of. Generally human forms aren't too useful (a couple of enemies are weak/only vulnerable to guns, hilariously they're one of the few things the Demi Fiend isn't immune to), but there's some strats you can do with them.
Well this is definitely a nice breath of fresh air.
Seraph 🤝 Makoto Yuki: Voiced by Yuri Lowenthal!
(At least prior to Reload)
Edit: ESPECIALLY because of the BS that’s going on in Twitter regarding Veyle. 🤦🏽 people are going to use any excuse possible to cancel Fire Emblem Engage, huh? It’s f-ing stupid!
3:14 Early P4 reference
10:09 Persona 4’s Teddie prior to Golden
10:12 Itachi Uchiha
Steve Blum voices Guilmon from Digimon Tamers and Amon from The Legend of Korra (my personal favorite role from him). And recently Edward from Black Clover Sword of the Wizard King.
45:13 Mitsuru and Junpei would be useful in this game
what is twitter doing this time i wonder.....
@@stfilo1948 a woman with Count Gloucester on Twitter complains about Veyle being barefoot with chains and uses that as an example of “children being fetishized” in Fire Emblem.
@@TheJaredPunch ....not surprised at all.
well can't wait for the mythology that this game has taken references in more details
Man, I really need to sit down and finish this game at some point
theres a full video of all characters atma avatars lucky i watched it when watching DDS 1 & 2 and also yeah the random encounters are like wtf
Nocturne at least has a "radar" warning when they're coming, there not being one here is one of the few ways it's more harsh.
As someone who's done a course on Sanskrit in college, I'd say the pronounciations are mostly fine, except that the v is usually pronounced more like a w.
Thanks for that, I'll try to note it going forward.
Oh this is hype
Your Hindi pronunciation is mostly correct, Prithivi is one of those weird names where the spelling adds letters that screw up the pronunciation. The second I has much less emphasis so it sounds more like Prithvi.
Also c’mon breast feeding was a joke right there for the taking (instant demonitization)
Yeah I noticed it's mainly written Prithvi, but in-game it's shown with an extra i. Varna is also sometimes Varuna.
Also... I can't believe "breast feeding" was a joke I didn't realize until you said it. That's perfect.
oh how much i wish i could play DDS myself so much
This is amazing I’m so excited
Me: Remembers this is an easier SMT game
Also Me: *Takes three tries to beat the final boss with an extra try due to a power outage.*
I recently saw a speedrun that had an extremely clutch run of the final boss.
Paraphrased: "Okay, I think I'm fine now unless they do one specific attack. [...] And THAT's the attack."
@@BigKlingyhow much you wanna bet that'll happen to you?
oh shit how unexpected but most welcome this games harder than a brass coffin nail
I love how this game opens with a monologue by Serph. It goes something like this;
"We are the Digital Devil and this is our Saga"
It's a shame Serph's VA forgot to read that line during the opening cutscene, but it's cool regardless
Very hype to see this entire playthrough since I've only ever played DDS 2
Side note, Strength doesn't increase gun damage. That is determined by character level and ammunition
7:36
He's awakening to Orpheus!
18:05
It's like how the strange voice acting of Silent Hill 2 being intentional to fit the vibe of that game
19:33
Rising from rock bottom! Like a dragon!
21:34
Fear and Hunger?
24:40
For reference
1 hp = 1 macca
1 mp = 3 macca
30:02
It's Digital Devilin' Time!
31:17
I remember making this mistake in DDS 2. Not sure how I survived that
31:29
Small tip: square is a shortcut for passing a turn, if memory serves
Edit: Oh, you know
34:19
Speedrun Serph Build
38:26
Fire Punch main character!!!
Well this should be pretty darned fun to watch! This is pretty much going to be blind for me (I THINK I've watched Nyarly's challenge run of this game, but if I did I don't remember much of it).
On a side note, I decided to try out a new RPG... specifically Honkai: Star Rail. I've only played the tutorial thus far and I would describe the combat as "Trails-esque but a bit simpler".
Also managed to pull a unit who's a fun example of "no damage ultimate skill" (her Ultimate gives everyone an attack and crit boost, while her special both clears debuffs and has the targeted unit go after her (unless she targets herself)).
I watched someone stream the start of Star Rail, and it looks pretty good (though I'm a sucker for Sci-Fi JRPGs). The main problem is, even though I won't spend any money on it, it's probably going a massive ton of content that'd dominate my time for far too long.
If I had a nickel for every time Yuri Lorwenthal voiced a protagonist in an rpg I’d have 3 nickels.
Persona 3, Digital Devil Saga, and New Vegas being the games.
I didn't even know about New Vegas. But also Tales of the Abyss. (Hilariously, the character named Yuri Lowell in Tales of Vesperia is NOT voiced by him)
I wonder, would Argilla feel better about eating enemies if she knew they were undead chicken.... things? I don't know but it was worth a thought.
The first ones being Ghouls was definitely a bad first impression.
Ah, about time for this one. I figured either Nocturne or DDS1 would be the next LP and I was right in the update video to snub Nocturne as the next one for my guess. Been looking forward to this as a potential LP as I've heard so much good about it but haven't seen much outside of the NG+ super boss fight. Going to be a great LP to learn about this game.
0:01- Oh shoot, showing off this already as a teaser of sorts? [0:19- Realized you did this for that kind of joke before the reveal, but nether the less, lol.]
0:11- Purposefully offing herself to trigger Demi's [basically] instant kill move?! Oh that's F^^^ING DIRTY, but fits for that fight and its infamy.
0:55- *The US version uses a VERY unfitting cheesy love song* I'm sorry what? Why?! If it was just a difference between JP & international versions that would make sense if some copy right stuff was involved (like what happened with Dragonball and Z), but the fact the European versions of the game kept the JP song and the US uses something else, I'm just lost on that decision.
3:13- The last time someone said something remotely similar to this remark, their faction wanted to engulf the world in another dimension thing starting from Antartica, so I'm going to be dubious of this message.
7:48- If I had a nickel for every time I heard something from Yuri Lowenthal that involved his character screaming in agony in something (potentially) gorey, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but weird it's happened twice now. [First time was clips of Helldivers 2 I've seen online as he's one of the voices your character can have. Also he gives some hilariously hammy deliveries if you want to look up some of those lines.]
9:15- "It's a mysterious naked person!" - BigKlingy 2024.
9:20- A rather mundane warning given the blood bath a few minutes ago. lol
11:58- It'd would have been funny if he got stuck with ice powers instead.
14:25- The greatest enemy of speed runners; Telling them to f^^^ing wait for once in their lives.Xp
16:02- Oh boy...
16:38- Basically how it works in Nocturne. Yeah, wanted to retrain any comparisons in case it'd be rude to, but I am seeing a lot of the ground work Nocturne laid for this game in many aspects.
17:03- Is it really that bad? That never bothered me. Plus wouldn't surprise me if that animation was just a cover of sorts for the load time to save.
17:32- So that's how it got sorted out. So thanks to Bubble for making this LP possible since I know the NG+ grinding hell was the major obstacle for you if you decided to do this LP like you said in an update video a few years back.
18:02- I have to ask though... Are there mystical chests in this game that require full moons for the best loot?
19:02- Given how a lot of cyber-punk settings are dystopian and how sunny skies for them would be unfitting, rain is an easy way to convey the setting as a dark and miserable storm of suffering. That or to show off cooler lighting effects via the rain too.
19:59- I should be taking that as something important, but my mind went to "I want to someone to make "Spot the important character" in this universe and it's the person with the only normal hair color." Xp
23:08- BigKlingy- Please clarify if I'm saying that horribly wrong. Character in game- Something is wrong.
Guess the game is calling you out Klingy. lmao
24:02- This game's generosity with two Soma Drops this early is making me suspicious.
24:44- Ah, so they merged the Lady of the Fountain with Save Terminals in this game. Good to know, too bad she's out of business in this universe though.
34:46- I'm sorry, MAGIC ACCURACY?! That's not tied to frikin agility like normal?!
35:34- Heat I'm concerned how quickly you're adjusting to the eating people thing, even if it's for survival like you're saying. [36:04- WTF dude?!]
35:43- "Thankfully any instances of cannibalism occurs off screen." - BigKlingy 2024.
37:09- Aw damnit, didn't want to make the comparison, but it just wrote itself. Now if I had a nickel every time I've seen a game with an enemy called an "Alp" that likes to put you to sleep, I now regrettably have two nickels since my first case was back in Battle Brothers and Alps there were annoying as hell despite not being as bad as other infamous monsters in that game. At least the ones here are just early game enemies and look closer to slightly hairy women instead of sleep paralysis demons.
37:30- Do you at least get the HP/MP heal for sleep like in some of the other games?
47:24- It is nice seeing the human forms be useful since most of the footage I've seen of this game makes it seem like the human forms aren't as good as the demon forms.
49:32- Ah, so even the enemy can panic like the player when they enter into a fight where they effed up. Noted.
50:40- Very glad they amended the mistakes of the Magatama system and gave us a way to swap skills in and out like this for DDS.
In other news, finished up my recent run of Monster Sanctuary. Not quite a completed run since I skipped out on doing the hardest Keeper Duels for the time being due to some time constraints, but other than that, did everything I wanted to for a third run and some more. Still one of my favorite games and if you want to read up on my thoughts further, I made a Backloggd entry for it.
For TTYD, did the Pit until I got the sack and did Chapter 4, gearing up for Chapter 5 now. Still having a good time, but Chapter 4 has kind of soured me in regards to status effects from enemies, but rather not rant on that for now. Going to be taking a slight break to do some grinding for MD, but will be back to it soon, probably by Saturday or Monday at the latest.
DDS is an interesting one for me as well since I am considering it one day maybe after I have played Persona 2 considering it does focus on my own religion so maybe I will share some things that might be relevant. Probably will get my parents to help a bit considering they probably know more than me and speak fluent Hindi as well.
One thing I can say now is that I believe my family has a prayer for Agni where we burn some nuts on a pan as an offering. Maybe I can get some details later for a future part.
One of the superbosses of all time.
Might give me a reason to seek out the PAL version if I want to give DDS a go since I like trying the PAL versions of games since I do live in a PAL region.
There might be some moments in the Naruto dub as well since Lowenthal is Sasuke.
Unskippable cutscenes blue ball speedrunners.
This game does the same game engine as Nocturne so only natural that a lot of mechanics are reused. From my research, it should be using the Renderware engine which powered all sorts of amazing PS2 era games and was developed by the lovely folk at Criterion who would become famous with their Burnout games.
I am not 100% sure what the moon phases would be used for in DDS so I guess we shall see.
Black is one of my favourite hair colours and I am definitely not biased on that opinion.
I guess my parents can be the judge of that pronunciation.
Dexterity was also quite powerful in Persona 1 but magic in DDS has something to prove.
Probably early game is there the human forms are more useful since the demon forms are only going to get more powerful with more skills on their side.
Learning skills in DDS proves a lot more fun when compared to Nocturne.
I did get to read your review and Monster Sanctuary does sound like a really interesting experience and it is always interesting to learn about one of my friend's favourite games as well while I play one of my favourites in Gran Turismo 4.
Good to hear that Chapter 4 went well and since you mentioned status effects, my guess is that sleep was one of the problems.
Have fun with Chapter 5 as well and good luck with your MD grinding as well.
As for myself, the 30th was my birthday and it was a very good one. I did upload that update video and I wouldn't mind hearing your feedback again since it really helped last time as well.
As for the game I got, it was the TTYD remake as expected and me and my brother are going to work together to playthrough it considering we are both quite familiar with the original. We just beat Chapter 1 with one of the main highlights being getting Quick Change as soon as and being able to equip it since as usual, we are focusing on BP on every level expect for that one level where we got FP to get us to 10. This was a strategy that both me and brother figured out on our own and it makes playing through Paper Mario 1 and 2 very fun. Next time, will be our preparations for Chapter 2 and my brother wants to one up you and get the sack before Chapter 3 since he says it is very possible for him.
As for Gran Turismo 4, I beat the Pan Euro Championship pretty easily since my Aston Martin DB9 was more than enough to conquer it and it proved a good choice considering my main competition was also using a supercar in the SLR McLaren. After that, I returned to the Special Condition Events. These events are based on rally events and there are three tiers of difficulty for these events with Easy, Normal and Hard. We beat the easy events before since they only need an A License and now it was time to work on the Normal events that need an IB License. I already did the tarmac rally events before so it was time to take on the dirt and snow events and with some help from a tuning guide, I heavily tuned my Evo 8 that I used for the easy off road events and it was more than enough to destroy the competition. That led to me winning a bunch of rally cars as rewards. Only one more Special Condition event remains before moving on since I can't do the hard events without an IA License.
I also finished recording all of Rev now and I did also write my review of it as well but an extended version of that review will be in the last episode.
My brother is also playing some other games in his own time including that nuzlocke against his friend which continues to go quite well. He is also playing Cyberpunk and Hitman and he has shown me a good amount of gameplay of the latter which is pretty entertaining considering all of the "interesting" things he has been getting up to there.
0:55 Rights issues, I'm guessing. Look up the US intro if you want, it's... something.
18:03 Thankfully there aren't.
23:08 I love that.
24:44 Yeah they're rolled into one here. Sometimes.
34:46 I lol'd so much when I found out about that in a speedrun.
35:35 Heat is.... SOMETHING. He's the "token asshole teammate" of this group.
37:30 You don't. There's a late-game passive skill that gives you a benefit while asleep though...and in a massive Guide Dang It, said skill is NECESSARY FOR THE SUPERBOSS.
49:32 Yeah, I love that detail.
50:40 I don't know how swappable skills would've affected Nocturne. Honestly, it probably wouldn't have made it much easier.
@@BigKlingy Listening to the song... Good news, it wasn't painfully as cheesy as I was fearing. Still cheesy mind you, but not the worst like I was fearing. Bad news, still doesn't fit the game and still makes me question why they picked it. (Actually... I think the instrumentals work fine enough for the game of that era, but they REALLY should have gotten better lyrics to fit. Not sure if I'm the only one with that opinion though.)
Oh thank goodness, no chest walk grinding.
Again, your timing saying stuff followed by something perfectly flowing into/contrasting what you just said is still on point when playing an Atlus game (this case might have been just as funny for me like the Niddhog learning Ghastly Wail when you said they sounded cute during the P4G LP).
I think "token psychopath" fits more after that remark, but given how the comments seem to really like him, I'm going to avoid judging too harshly and see what he has to offer.
... ... ... Game. Why? Why? Why make the skill literally necessary for taking on the super boss a massive guide dangit, why?!
I honestly think swappable skills WOULD have impacted Nocturne greatly. For one, no more "Oh forgot/passed up this skill? Gone forever prick!" is always a good thing. But outside of that, it would have given you a lot more flexible builds and encourage experimentation with your skill set, letting you try out stuff and realize what tools are actually in your disposal. Plus it would let Demi be able to contribute in some fights where he could have gotten stone walled in because of an overly specialized builds (like being allowed to bring in some magic for Giri if you went physical only or try out some elec skills to use on Mot so he isn't dependent on the stones to get press turns for example). Plus, it would effectively make Mind's Eye a toggle-able anti-frustration feature should ambushes get too obnoxious in Nocturne without sacking a precious skill slot on Demi.
@@BerserkerRohan Yeah, I'd figured there was a good chance this game would interest you given how the DDS games pull a lot from your faith. Hope the game does justice to it and uses it well unlike how mainline handles mine.
It'll certainly be interesting to learn stuff from you during this LP as well.
One of indeed. Still boggles my mind the devs had to resort to using debug tools, still had insane trouble with Demi, AND were still allowed to go "this is now your problem" to the players when it released. lol
Listening to the English song, it's not as bad as I was fearing and honestly think the instrumentals for it could have perhaps fit, but those lyrics just don't match the game at all.
Oh yeah. Didn't watch much of Naurto besides the little bit that CN ran, but given how one of the last things I remembered watching the show was a character getting brutalized hospitalized, I could see something happening to Yasuke to fill the "Yuri Lowenthal acting in utter agony" list.
Interesting hear how this game's engine can be traced back to one of your favorite series and the people who made it.
At the very least Klingy confirmed no mythical chest, so no full moon grinding thankfully.
Seems like there's always one absurdly busted stat in the first of an Atlus game; Magic in DDS, Dex in P1 like you're saying, and I think Tec or whatever the gun related stat in SMT 1 was also absurdly broken to put a lot of your points into.
True, Human forms could get power crept later on, that would explain it.
I really like games that have skill pool systems like this. Really appreciated in stuff like Nexomon 1 and technically games like Paper Mario and Bug Fables since you can think of move badges/medals as a toggle-able skill pool too.
Many thanks for both the read and the like on it. Happy it entertained you while you were playing through one of your favorite games.
Despite how infamous sleep is (I've heard that can effectively stun lock you), that wasn't what made me so ticked off. It was the optional Boo Mini-boss. I didn't know his patterns yet so the first time I got hit, both Mario and the partner got inflicted with STOP at the same time and were it not for the boss's delayed attack pattern, I might have lost. On one hand, probably deserved given my sh^^ talked on the difficulty earlier, but on the other hand, I'm kind of miffed a boss could just drop Stop like that without warning (though I fully admit this was inadvertently self inflicted since it was an optional fight). That and another incident where I experienced my first time of Clock Out not working kind of put me in a sour mood during Chapter 4. That aside, thanks for the good luck in TTYD and MD.
Don't worry, already sent my follow up remark like I promised.
Again, happy birthday and hope TTYD has been fun for you.
No surprise there on all three fronts of your guys' progress, the only BP run (barring the needed FP level up), AND your brother doing the Pit even sooner than me. Though not going to lie, when you said your brother wanted to 1 up me, I was expecting "Oh, he decided to do the Pit's Super Boss before Hooktail" since I could see your brother being one of those talented enough able to do that. lol But back to being serious, hope you two enjoy your time with the remake.
Great to hear that GT4 has also been going well and how smooth progress has been. Hope you can fulfill that final special condition soon.
Hope your brother has some fun with those games. Given the absurd stuff I've heard you can do in those games and your brother's knack for breaking things... I'm expecting some funny stories coming up. Xp
@@jaredfayette2567 From what I know so far, I feel like it does do it better.
It will be fun to see him in action later.
An interesting choice of game intro music as someone who made a video about a game intro myself.
That does seem accurate.
Renderware was very important during the PS2 era considering the GTA games of that time also used it as well as many more games too and you can thank the folk at Criterion for making it.
Dex affects your magical damage so I remember it being really important because of that.
Anything similar to Paper Mario's badge system is a big win in my book.
It was a really cool read.
That makes a lot of sense too since it is difficult to stop status inflicting moves like that without guarding at this point.
I remember I used Clock Out a lot before but nowadays, I don't want to rely on it too much since it could always fail.
Excited to give it a read once I find the time.
I don't think my brother is that talented since he is reliant on certain badges and party members to make it through the pit but maybe I can ask him what he thinks. The reason for after Chapter 2 is that if Flurrie is upgraded, her Lip Lock can kill the Spiky Parabuzzies which normally need Thunder Rages or Earth Tremor and then you can make it to floor 50 and from what I remember of the shine sprites, you need to complete most of Chapter 2 to be able to upgrade everyone you get at the point so might as well beat the chapter first.
Just the one Special Condition event and then it will be back to One Make Races although there are going to be some nasty ones coming up.
Some funny things did happen when he was playing Hitman.
Danger is not a cheesy song you take that back 😭
It's not BAD, imo, I just think the JP/EU one fits the context more.
It's time... for more mega insanity and crazy luck.
Also, did this game really come out... WHEN I TURNED 7?!
Yes it here
1:07 Before Atlus realized that they didn't really have to try.
More like before Atlus realized social sim was a better way of getting mainstream appeal.
@@BigKlingyto be fair it did take awhile.
@@BigKlingy You just repeated what I said. Eh, they still tried during 3.
I still find it weird how I dislike the "broad appeal social sim" in Fire Emblem Three Houses but not in Persona. I guess because Persona from 3 onward has always done that, and that the game is only around HALF social sim as opposed to 3H being 80% monastery. And the dungeon/combat gameplay of Persona being peak while FE3H's map design when you're actually fighting is... not great.
@@BigKlingy agreed. Social sim rpgs need to be balanced. And Persona has definitely achived that. Even strikers did pretty good too
Yeah had a feeling it was this game, don’t really know anything about it so this is going to be interesting .
Actually, this game has THAT superboss right? That’s going to be insane to watch….If it didn’t drive you crazy.
(EDIT: Immediately started the video and you show the Demi Fiend lol, good to know that’s already been recorded)
Yeah it's THAT superboss. Interestingly, most experts say DDS2's Superboss is harder. Mainly because there's a LOT more to keep track of in that fight. (You instantly die if you're not fully buffed at the end of every phase, he shifts resistances, and at the end he'll use Diarahan if you're not careful.)
Demi-Fiend mainly is just a grind check. It's not too bad if you have maxed out stats, just a little luck-based.
We. Are. So. Back.
This game has some very... early 2000s voice acting all things considered (even when its unintentional). Not as good as the Persona games imo, but it kinda adds to the vibes in a weird way? This entire game screams uncanny and the slightly strange models / environments, voicework and most importantly themes have this... dreamlike quality to them. I really like it, but the part about the themes we won't see for a while, mainly continuing into DDS2 (if you know you know). I really love Heat and Argilla's preformances despite their dialouge feeling stiff sometimes. And I can only agree with all your praises for this game's aesthetics.
This game's voice acting was utterly INSANE for 2004/5. It might not sound the best these days, but back then we were still in the era of... hang on when was Sonic Heroes? 2003. Yep. Super Mario Sunshine was 2002.
Given your avatar, I'm wondering if you're thinking of a certain theme in DDS2? I admit it's a bit awkward, and it's more rooted in a certain Hindu deity than anything real-world.
Oh lord... I have heard STORIES of that fight...
(I also recently had a desire to go watch Megamind, the film I most closely associate with that gag).
6:11 I will say, this opening is giving me feelings of a darker version of XC3's first chapter.
11:58 Hmmm.... Nuclear?
34:54 Oh god... it's Pokémon Gen 1 Special...
This game definitely looks very interesting. I'm interested to see this game and where it goes (also hopefully it gets lighter soon because cannibalism is something that does not sit well with me).
6:11 There's definitely some parallels. People born into a world where there's only war and who know nothing else. But there's major differences.
0:00 *reads title and description* Oh I get it, because you are what you eat right?
11:29 Hmm... Whatever that thing was, it ate their emotions, that's my guess.
21:44 OH NO... you need to keep to keep eating to stay alive? ...Yes I know all living things need to eat, but what I mean is I thought this was SMT not PMD.
23:48 Oh, so they never even had emotions in the first place? Weird...
35:34 In any other piece of media I would be terrified by how fast he embraced cannibalism, instead I'm just slightly grossed out.
21:44 It's weird how dark of a premise this is and it ends up being one of the lightest SMT games. I will say, there's a late-game lore reveal that takes a lot of the edge off this for me.
35:34 Thankfully it doesn't get brought up much from here on.
DDS. Destroy Devour Savour! Or Digital Devil a saga. Both work.
But seriously love this game wish more people knew about it.
I wonder how many attempts were made on the Demi-Fiend for this exact set up. Or if it was just to get Demi-Fiend to just KO everyone with Gaea Rage.
You know you know a VA too well when you can go ‘Yeah that’s is Yuri Lowenthal I remember as the P3 protag, Luke Von Fabre, Hasseo Terror of Death etc etc’ from their scream.
I actually know of someone who gave up on this game because of the stilted voice acting in the beginning. They did not believe me that it was on purpose. Well they are the one missing out.
The best way to describe how good magic is in this game. Take SMT magic or Reinhardt or Pokémon gen 1 Special stats. Then give them steroids of OPness. It is absurd how difficult the game can become without raising magic. I say this as someone who did exactly that. Let’s just say bosses were nightmares in that one play through.
Ah Sleep. I can’t wait for a possible recreation of how confused everyone is to Null Sleep.
I'm just going to sit back and watch for most of this, seeing as how I know nothing about this game or story. I won't be able to say much of note.
28:28 Yeeeaaaah. "Pot, meet kettle"
So, similar to Xenoblade 3, these people start out unquestioning/lacking self-awareness, but it seems like they'll be growing emotions over time, possibly due to their newfound power. I see that they lose their "soulless eyes" when they feel emotion. Also, my guess is that the woman from the egg is either our greatest ally or our worst enemy. And Heat is WAY too accepting of this whole situation!
Oooh, I'm really interested to get into this. Are we gonna play the sequel right after, like what you did with the Orre and Radiant Duologies?
Huh, didn't expect Serph's name to be preset, especially since he's a silent protag.
Yeah, Serph is a preset character and NOT a blank slate. This fact is important.
Peak gaming
Me praying for a Digital Devil Saga port to modern consoles cause I don't own a PS3
I guess at this point you could emulate.
@@BigKlingy leaker Midori said Atlus is working on a mystery PS2 remaster.....god I hope it is DDS(1+2 collection).
@@DragonKingX78 Any PC port will inevitably be ruined by packing Denuvo into it.
So SMT has more spin offs than just Persona? That’s crazy, did not know that.
5:25 Blood in a video game!? Fingers crossed you don’t get demonetized.
8:07 Once there was an ugly barnacle. He was so ugly that everyone died (by killing each other). The end.
8:20 Damn, I stand corrected. Thought for sure we were going to enter flashback land.
9:44 CAT!
11:58 Calling it now, Heat is going to specialize in Water. I can feel it.
13:09 I feel like I’ve heard the term “Revival Bead” in another RPG before. Can’t remember which one…
30:07 …that sounds like the Transformers sound effects.
34:31 Oh hey I know that guy. It’s Brent (the King of Skill) of the Party Crashers.
37:01 Wait, the guy named Heat uses FIRE!? *surprised Pikachu face*
SMT has so many spin-offs and one-offs.
Demi-Kids, Last Bible, Devil Summoner, Devil Survivor, Raidou Kuzunoha, DDS, Persona.
There's actually a MASSIVE amount of SMT spinoffs, though many didn't leave Japan. There's strategy games, the PS1 Devil Summoner, the Action RPG Raidou games, the Pokemon-esque DemiKids, and the Game Boy Final Fantasy-like "Last Bible".
Oh hell yeah
3:00 "On the easy side by SMT standards" Ah, so I will get completely slaughtered, got it. x) Yeah, I got crushed on the easiest setting of Devil Survivor and play the Persona games on Normal/Easy and still get challenged, I'm not holding any illusions that I'd be any good at this.
19:16 Rain just looks REALLY cool against bright neon lights, which Cyberpunk settings have plenty of. Especially when the light is reflected off of wet city streets. I think it was popularized by Blade Runner?
47:45 HA, these demons sound like a wookie from Star Wars when they die!
3:00 Yeah, "Easy by SMT standards" isn't saying much. At all. (Oh, and this game has one of the hardest superbosses in JRPG history, so there's that.)
19:16 Very true. Case in point, Rain Code.
47:45 Oh if you think the demon death sounds are silly NOW...
oh hey I have this game on my ps3. I did play some of it, until i had other stuff.
Can I just said I love how megami tensei games look in the ps2 era. seriously I like the almost liminal space feeling they can give. Also love the rock from digital devil saga and smt 3.(look the backrooms original image was discover and that why i made that comparison).
Also Embryon having orange as their color motif also repents how orange is use for hindus
"liminal space" is a term so abused it means nothing to me anymore. But I do love the PS2 JRPG style. I want to make my own one day. (Like how people are coming out with Earthbound inspired games? I want to do that for PS2 JRPGs.)
@@BigKlingyI admit a lot of liminal space stuff has been ruined somewhat. Despite that I do love how megmai tensei PS2 era look like. I agree, if I did a RPG, it would be based on the PS2 era, mix with nature, abandon industrial area, sci Fi, etc. also having mythology stuff in it
"You're probably wondering how I got into this situation" Yeah, cause this is like, end game... But funny! Just, vividly reminded of the Sonic movie... Not the best reminder that it exists.
I recorded a Demi Fiend run as test footage (came CLOSE to pulling off Red Star but Pixie Recarmdra'd, and then got the dreaded "no-one fell asleep before Gaia Rage"), then realized I could use it like this.
I watched the Sonic movie a couple of weeks ago and liked it. This was originally going to be a more overt reference to that ("Now, I know what you're thinking. Why is a cannibal demon fighting a literal devil child with tattoos that'd make the yakuza blush?") but decided keeping it to the original meme was better.
@@BigKlingy Oh yeah. that's cool. I really love all your stuff! I'm from the Japan of Austrailia, NZ! So, really close, right?
Does this game remind anyone of the game prototype, cause after looking at a synopsis, this feels similar to the black light virus from that game.
20:55, strangely, I think of that idea is similar to Highlander, if you haven’t seen that movie, basically there are a bunch of immortals that are trying to kill each other since in the end, there can be only one, and when there is only one standing, they get a prize of I believe that they get to choose.
Experiencing this game was not on my bingo for this year.
38:26 Ah yes, Agni, or as Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow calls him, Aguni.
38:26 Still not as hilarious as Kali becoming CURLEY.
@@BigKlingy There's an old crappy SMT anime OVA that calls Loki "Rocky".
Heck yeah!
Wait, YUKI MIZUNO?! You're here?! One, I didn't know you watched me, and two, I didn't know you liked this game! (Watched a lot of your TRG highlights)
And my hunch was right. I had feeling your next LP would be DDS. I do agree that this game is rather "light" compared to other SMT Games. This game is "dark" in the way a teenager thinks a work is "dark", i.e: blood, gore and violence. Seems like this will be a casual LP.
15:52. Shall we assume you will following the age old SMT tradition of "Dump all my points into Magic".
16:16. He says that stuff like this is all some video game simulation or something. Weird.
19:15. My guess, constant rain in cyberpunk settings is visual shorthand that tells you the world is dark, gloomy and overall depressed. There's even a trope for it "Cyberpunk with a chance of Rain"
30:10. Also Mouth Boobs. I don't care if it's low hanging fruit.
47:54. Can we appreciate how cool Argillia's Victory Pose is.
15:52 I actually did that in V despite most people saying to go physical there! (Magic and physical both seem equally viable in V)
I KNEW IT I KNEW IT I FUCKING KNEW IT YEAAAAAA YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
4:02 The Unsightly Pink Sniper before Yukari came along
7:39 Something I find amusing, this game has Yuri Lowenthal as both a silent protagonist in an Altus game and a transforming hero before he was Makoto Yuki and Ben 10, in fact this game came out before Ben 10 even premiered at all. Never mind when he joined the cast.
I find it weird that Serph has voice grunting as Varuna in cutscenes that is identifiably him yet gameplay has more generic sounds that don’t really sound like Yuri Lowenthal.
8:45 I should note that I cannot comprehend why Cielo has a Jamaican accent, or really any unique accent since from what I can tell he isn’t meant to be Jamaican at all.
11:54 While Heat and Gale are very on the nose I don’t think it’s as obvious that,
Argilla and Cielo are both references to element/figures.
19:38 One of the lowest groups, but since it contains the Protagonists it has a lot of members whose demon forms are entirely unique rather than just reusing SMT staples.
19:20 Like how in Radiant Dawn Micaiah being called the Silver Haired Maiden is meant to imply that it is unusual. Since a lot of people have unusual hair you have to establish what is unusual to them for us to get an idea,
21:29 That Zebra demon based on my research has a SMT Imagine design that seems to be based on the one said Demom was given here.
22:42 While Steve Blum hasn’t admittedly been in many Japanese video games recently looking them up it wasn’t that common for him, if anything him doing less anime over time is more notable.
Also run away before he asks you if you are the Milkman.
And a weird piece of trivia that I want to share but will do last as it pertains to spoilers.
30:22 Digital Devil Saga, the game where pretty much every named character needs a Snickers.
33:54 I can’t comprehend why a defensive Void Shield, especially one associated with Ice energy could power up a gun and ones that uses Fire no less.
38:29 Also a Fire God with no Fire skills to start with.
39:53 I have a love for Earth Magic as an idea, part of why I would like to see more Earth focused Arts users in Trails.
Albeit for a new Atkus game that could include it, for example they are a making a new Persona game, Nd they wanted to bring back an element from 1 or 2, I feel they would however have to bring back another element to fit the typical mutual weak paradigm that the Party Memberd and certain Personas embody, with Fire-Ice, Elec-Wind, Light-Dark and Nuclear/Psy have. Albeit in Persona 1,2 and Demi Kids the suffix they all come under is Ma while the others tend to be more uniform so I don’t know what name they would use.
47:11 From what I can tell human allies in SMT tend to be immune to Light, I remember looking up SMT IV Apocalypse has a grand majority of that games partners are immune to Light.
Spoiler Trivia below
Steve Blum either Is now or was a sone point during the last 10 years in a relationship with Mary Elizabeth Mcglynn, there an interview about Star Wats Rebels ending where he call her his fiancée, if you know this games story there is a reason why that is funny.
There's an NPC you can talk to in DDS2 with a line that implies Cielo actually is from South America.
So, question: Will this be another PoR/RD scenario where you do both games back to back? 'Cause I have been spoiled on this game (Robin&Zepher ftw) and I know this game's plot is part 1 of 2.
We'll see. This game really is just one story in two games rather than a series, so I'll have to do DDS2 at some point.
DIGITAL BASED SAGA LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (atlus please rerelease these games on modern consoles i will spend whatever absurd amount of money you charge for it)
Sadly PS3 isn't considered "modern" anymore. That was the last legit way to play these.
Hopefully the rumored PS2 remaster will be DDS....this year is the game's 20th anniversary.
Well this was unexpected. I know nothing about this game but my god does it reek of nocturne
It's very much "let's build a new game on Nocturne's engine". Even the spell animations are all from Nocturne.
I have owned these for forever, yet have never touched them. Maybe now is the time. 🤔
I'd recommend them. Though play them in order, DDS2 won't make sense without the first one.