SMT Digital Devil Saga Analysis - Survival of the Fittest

0:00​ Opening
1:41​ DDS Introduction
3:33​ Combat
13:34​ Story & Character Analysis
24:02​ Outro & Patreon Credits

Welcome to my Digital Devil Saga Analysis. in this SMT Digital Devil Saga Analysis, I'll be review and critiquing SMT Digital Devil Saga. Digital Devil Saga is a very underrated game, so for today's video, I'm going to be discussing Digital Devil Saga's themes of Survival of the Fittest. This is not a Digital Devil Saga Review, but it's a Digital Devil Saga Analysis. "SMT Digital Devil Saga Analysis - Survival of the Fittest" is a great video and it's all thanks to the support of all you guys. So sit back and enjoy my Digital Devil Saga Analysis.

The Playstation 2 era was a very experimental time for Atlus’s Shin Megami Tensei franchise. The third mainline entry was a pretty big departure from what came before it. Having a lot less to do with the standard Law, Chaos, Neutral debate, and more so focusing on the never-ending cycle of destruction and reincarnation. Mainline SMT wasn’t the only game that went through some changes as the current spinoff titles also had drastic alterations made to them.

The Persona series introduced the calendar system which the series is now famous for, and the Devil Summoner games took us away from its traditional setting and now leans heavier into the action rpg genre than what the series is used to. The point that I’m trying to make is that Atlus had plenty of new ideas during this console generation. It’s this timeframe of Atlus where I and many others look back with the most fondness. And the topic of today’s video is going to be on what I consider the company’s most ambitious project of that era.

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[jaytakajeremiahtisdale]

Damn, digital devil saga’s character designs are some of kazuma Kaneko’s best designs, I love kaneko’s art, hiring him to work on most of the art of the smt games was a match made in heaven.

[nbadsam]

I do hope that after Nocturne HD Remaster comes out after this The Digital Devil Saga games are next for the HD Remaster treatment

[JohneAwesome]

Loved hearing you assessment of the hunt skills, while fitting to the source material of quantum devil saga, unfortunately it does have a major downsides I see few fans speak up about.

[marlee_oh_noo]

"rend, slaughter, devour your enemies. there is no other way to survive, you cannot escape your hunger.. warriors of purgatory"

[AM-ukjv]

DDS1/2 was the most emotionally charged SMT game I've ever played. I held back lots of tears during the final moments of DDS2. Cielo, in particular, comes to mind.

[SacrificAbominat]

I hope that Nocturne's remaster means Digital Devil Saga and Devil Summoner will be remastered as well. The PS2 era was definitely a golden age for SMT.

[jgmaurer]

I'm not kidding when I call this the high point of the SMT series.

It's THAT good.

[limechips]

this game would be a 9/10 if the cast didnt have stomach aches the second they lick an enemy

[matteste]

Found this game in one of those carboard shelves you sometimes find in grocery stores that mostly contains various licensed games, shovel-ware and the like. The distinct cover-art caught my eye and it was nothing I had ever seen before causing me to get it. Suffice to say, money well spent. And have been a fan of Kaneko ever since.

[sbfh]

DDS is definitely one of my top two favs of the smt/persona games, because it has a unique battle mechanic compared to the usual, and the fact that the battle themes for both the first half and the second are SUPER good also help, lol

[comobaguetes]

10:02 enemies can also become frightned if you repel or drain one of their attacks and it affects the entire enemy party.
So for example if you're up against a demon that usually uses force skills and you use repel/drain force you will likely get every single enemy frightned.

[finecastleie]

"I am sad"
"What is sad?"

[ThatRandmGuy]

The atmosphere and sound in this game is so unique, even compared to DDS2. I can't think of many other games that focus on Hindu/Buddhist themes

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This is some high-quality stuff here dude! You deserve so much more attention than you actually get. Keep this going!

[coltonbunja]

I remember when my brother bought this, only because it was in a box set and it had anime stuff and looked cool. Didn't realize what it would do to me and my taste of games, when I started getting older and playing Atlus games.

[michaelanderson]

SMT DDS is utterly fantastic.
DDS 1 & 2 alongside Raidou 1 & 2 deserve way more recognition. I understand that Persona and Nocturne are iconic, but y'all missing out if you haven't played these gems yet.

[ikhwananimationsbeyondweeb]

Definitely me and the boys when we're hungry at 3am

[franciscoperezvivanco]

Dude, pls keep making content, there isn’t a lot of SMT youtubers out there but seeing you making this high quality content makes me hope that more will come up

[bubbletea_]

this game really went and dropped a kingdom hearts ending on us. but damn did it send chills down my spine.
✔more questions than answers
✔hooded figure
✔walking through an empty city
✔camera pans up to big thing in the sky