Digital Devil Saga I

[Yoda]

Figured I'd start a new one since that mega-thread is all over the place.

Just got this in the mail today based on the suggestions of most of you.

First impressions: (keep in mind this is my 1st console SMT game and I've played about 10 hours worth of Strange Journey)
-I'm surprised as to how deep the battle system is. I figured it'd be more or less like Strange Journey. Reverting to human form, combos, ammo types, devouring, getting extra attacks, losing attacks, etc. The level of strategy is intense.
-I love the leveling system for the Mantra. Very FFX and that's a good thing imo
-Interesting story premise. Purgetory, Nirvana. All my jams

The only thing I don't like is the music. So far it seems very "smooth jazz" :p

[Starmongoose]

Don't you dare insult our clusterfuck of a thread :P

And yes, DDS is amazing.

You're wrong about the music though.

[cj_iwakura]

Yeah, give the music a chance. Sit back and listen to the exterior environments. It will grow on you.

Muladhara never gets old.

[Yoda]

I'm in Maribel now. That's some definite light jazz lol.

Game rules all sorts of ways though.

[kyuusei]

The music gets better. Glad you like the rest of the game though.

[xXMelancholiaXx]

The music gets better. Glad you like the rest of the game though.

Hunting Comrades and Hari Hara are some of the best pieces of music I've ever heard in a video game. I dare anyone to listen to either of these tracks and not headbang.

[Lard]

How the fuck is ANY of the DDS soundtrack smooth jazz?

[Dice]

How the fuck is ANY of the DDS soundtrack smooth jazz?

I personally classified it as more of an ♪oontz oontz♪ sound with creepy magic-board and victory tune (but countered with awesome battle musics).

[kyuusei]

My one gripe with the series music is still that damn opening music for DDS2... I don't care how fitting the lyrics are.

[Dice]

My one gripe with the series music is still that damn opening music for DDS2... I don't care how fitting the lyrics are.

♪Aaahuuuzur wuuurld
eeet meeei reein alllllwaaayz
idun wahnaa craiiii - yur rait heere bah mah saayd ♪

Some sort of muddy english, IIRC.

[Masamune]

Damn I just played DDS1 and 2 like a year ago and now I wanna play them again.  I still can't believe I put 60 hours into DDS1 just to get some +stat bonuses in DDS2.  It paid off, but man, that was a freakin' grind.

[Yoda]

How the fuck is ANY of the DDS soundtrack smooth jazz?

I don't mean literally lol but this definitely reminds me of it

I can't fucking find a track for mirabel on youtube.

To hell with it!

[Kup]

I really must get round to playing this series - I've heard so many good thing about it from people on this forum.

I have DDS and DDS2 sitting here, on my shelf.  Sealed.

*awaits abuse from fellow forum users*

[kyuusei]

I really must get round to playing this series - I've heard so many good thing about it from people on this forum.

I have DDS and DDS2 sitting here, on my shelf.  Sealed.

*awaits abuse from fellow forum users*

I should ban you 'til you go play them.

;)

[hell_snake]

Since you've started a dedicated thread, I'll re-post these:-













Of course I can switch to 4:3 at any time. You can use component cables for a much improved picture quality if you intend to play on the actual PS2 system, but you're still getting 480p internal resolution with no filtering and Anti-Aliasing.

Those screenshots are @ 1920x1080 internal resolution with texture filtering and experimental hardware anti-aliasing (HW Anti-Aliasing) at 6, using DirectX 10. Even after taking these snapshots I still found new ways to make the game look even better.