"Meanwhile, cat is watching. Cat is always watching." -BigKlingy, 2024

Babes wake up new klingy LP just dropped

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.

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.

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.

Babe, wake up. Digital Devil Saga playthrough.

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.

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.

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!

Excited to go on this journey with you. You have been my favourite KZfaqr since 2015. Thank you for the last (almost decade) of content!

*sees this pop up in my feed* Oh fuck yeah fuck yeah fuck yeah!!

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.

Really excited for this playthrough. I'm really glad I found this channel thanks to Advance Wars.

I didn't expect a let's play of this game, But It looks great. I'm excited.

LETSGOOOOOO!! Easily one of my favorite SMT games. Very excited for this series :)

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.

“You are the demons.” And then Seraph was a Jack Frost. Nice to me-hee-tcha, ho!

Let's go! I've been waiting for this!

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!

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!

This is amazing I’m so excited

Hell yeah, this one of my favourite games ever (the sequel being another) I’m really excited to watch this series throughout the year

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.

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

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 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!

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.

Ah, my first SMT game, this'll be great! Rend, slaughter and devour your enemies!

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)

Finally a full Digital Devil LP.

The BEST SMT series

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.

Yoooo! I can't wait to see this unfold!

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

Probably my favorite soundtrack in any game, and probably in my top ten games of all time.

I was literally thinking about playing this game during work, why are you spying on me Klingy?!

Man, I really need to sit down and finish this game at some point

I am OMEGA excited for the DDS klingy experience!

OMGOMGOMG Digital Devil Saga! I still need to beat it, But from what I have played, It really is my favorite SMT game.

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?

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.

I've been waiting for... oh wait wrong Atlus game with a character voiced by Liam O'Brian.

Im sorry if my comments for this series are me just fanboying i loveeee this game (and it's sequel)

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

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!

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.

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

oh how much i wish i could play DDS myself so much

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

I love these 2 games, deserved so much better, needs HD remasters, some sequels, and just more love in general.

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

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)).

13:06 strange object? I do not comprehend.

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).

Yes it here

Now this is something interesting

Of course Demifiend would get mad at the beginning- his Pixie friend just died.

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)

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.

oh shit how unexpected but most welcome this games harder than a brass coffin nail

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.

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.

"Atlus!! Port dds and my life is yours"

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.

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

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!!!

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.

This will be my first time watching a Digital devil story walkthrough so this will be interesting Also magic being op in a shin megami tensei game is weird. Usually its physical that are op

The only thing I know about this game is this meme of Gale saying "I cannot comprehende."

It's time... for more mega insanity and crazy luck.

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)

Damn, let me just get something to use my devour skill on quickly. 5:45 are they shooting down arrows with machine guns? 12:48 there is what looks like the symbol om on the door to the left 38:58 it is in persona 1. There it is called magna

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.

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

Heck yeah!

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.

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

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!

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.

Ah yes. The game that tried to be Persona before Persona. Very interesting to compare both series Also the Reinhardt picture reminds me of king of skill. You should watch him.

Oh hell yeah

Hmm... Interesting... A big start & then things were dark.. I see.. (Wonder it has some ties or comnections from the series or just its own but yeah.. Seeing how that goes..)

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.

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.

Peak gaming

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.

Well this was unexpected. I know nothing about this game but my god does it reek of nocturne

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.

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*

Danger is not a cheesy song you take that back 😭

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!

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 KNEW IT I KNEW IT I FUCKING KNEW IT YEAAAAAA YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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.

Oh, DDS.

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.

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.

Wow this came out of nowhere and on a convinient time since I started my digital devil saga play two weeks ago(in hold do to personal stuff). But i am defenetly hyped to see this game shed a lot of new lights that I didnt see before or after. With a few vore jokes along the way