Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga

released on Jul 15, 2004

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga

released on Jul 15, 2004

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga follows Serf and his four companions as they set out for Nirvana, a land that can only be reached by the champions of Junkyard. A mysterious object awakens demonic powers within the group, allowing each member to transform into a deadly beast. As one of these characters, you can devour your enemies and absorb their powers and special abilities. Defeat opposing tribes by protecting yourself from enemy attacks, deflecting their blows, and performing linked attacks.


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Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2

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The level up system, story, atmosphere, soundtrack, gameplay, characters. All peak. My only wish is that it was a bit harder it's kinda easy.

A pretty fun time... interesting and freaky environments, brilliant motifs... but it's bogged down by a quite frankly outrageous random encounter rate, and a tedious skill tree that requires way too much grinding for enjoyment. I also don't like that you can't preview all of the skills in the tree.

Aside from that, the press turn system rules as always, and despite the grindy aspect of the Mantra system, this game's skill customization system is probably my favorite out of all the Megaten games I've played. There's no limit to the skills you can learn, and you can mess around with the set-ups to your heart's content.

I'm definitely looking forward to playing the sequel, whenever I get around to getting it.

no entiendo por qué Digital Devil Saga tiene una calificación tan alta en esta página... digo, no es una basura, pero tampoco es como que destaque en algo...

su historia no es nada del otro mundo y llega un punto donde deja de tener sentido y se siente como si le faltaran partes a la historia en medio, es sumamente corto, la dificultad es un chiste (cuando el rng no hace que el enemigo tenga 8 turnos seguidos o te oneshote apenas empieza el combate), no hay un sistema de fusiones lo cual no es malo per se, pero hace que la experiencia sea más lineal aunque tengas un árbol de habilidades ya que igual es demasiado lineal, no hay ningún tema de su ost que destaque, sus personajes son interesantes pero tienen casi nulo desarrollo real, etc...

aun con todo eso, es un juego que recomendaría jugar para todos esos que solo han tocado Persona 4, 5 o Reload y que quieren jugar un SMT debido a siento que se sentirán cómodos empezando por este juego a comparación de otros como Nocturne los cuales puede que les resulte estresante y frustrante por el tema de la dificultad.

por cierto, tiene un parche undub, háganse un favor y úsenlo porque la versión occidental solo tiene el asqueroso doblaje en inglés.

Digital Devil Saga doesn't reach the mechanical or narrative heights of other Shin Megami Tensei games, but it's a super consistently enjoyable game. I adore the game's early 2000s techno aesthetic, which is bolstered by the game's excellent soundtrack which is some of Shoji Meguro's best work.

I'm not sure what it is, though, but I'm not really sold on playing a second game's worth of Digital Devil Saga. I feel like I've already gotten what I want out of the duology despite only playing the first entry. I liked the narrative and characters well enough, but they didn't really capture my interest beyond a simple "oh, this is cool". I'll get around to playing it one day, though.

Also, the English opening is dope as fuck.

shelving it until i'm done with Persona 4 Golden.