Can You Beat Digital Devil Saga With Only Serph?

[@Wootmanwashere]

I just keep hearing NO WEAKNESSES in Deus voice and it's just making this funnier

[@KyRex1783]

Deus is amazing ^^;

[@codyblack7496]

😂 Yeah pretty much, 😌 at the same time though, I get what you mean. I wonder what Deus is going to do now? Outside of maybe fighting the Demi-Fiend sole.

[@KyRex1783]

@@codyblack7496 Uhhhh... according to his Community posts, he was working on a Nocturne Dante Solo challenge, an SMT4 Solo No Demon Whisper challenge, as well as playing P3R and thinking about a challenge run for that

[@codyblack7496]

@@KyRex1783 oh that's right? I know about that sometime ago about Persona 3 Reload since it just came out and it was going to be Deus first time playing a Persona game, but I honestly forgot about SMT 4 and a Dante solo run. Thanks for letting me know and for reminding me too.

[@KyRex1783]

@@codyblack7496 No problem! ^^

[@Streetcleanergaming]

Nyarly has jumped on the DDS train sometimes I think all these Megaten youtubers talk about this and make plans about when they will make theirs

[@codyblack7496]

I get what you mean. Man i really want to play DDS 1 & 2 so badly right now! I hope someday we can get a remaster of this game's like SMT3 did but with better time and care.

[@dumpler5445]

Wouldn’t be surprised I know a lot of SMT creators had little cameos in some Dues videos

[@jonathangriffin1310]

is sus af B

[@tbc1880]

Now if atlus took note and we got a port to pc or remaster...

[@theramenshamen9599]

@@codyblack7496 emulate it lad

[@jakedoe4987]

Watching nearly enter a dungeon and encounter enemies on the first step thinking "yeah, that tracks"

[@pichugirl6]

That makes 3 people on KZbin who has done a DDS challenge run. If this isn't a clear sign that we as fans should get these 2 games remake or given an HD polish. Atlus please, we be "hungry" for more DDS gameplay.

[@Ankhtheanimator]

Those 3 people would be nyarly, Robin & zephyr, and deus

[@sween-flu1567]

dds hd remaster plz atlus 😍

[@DragonKingX78]

@@sween-flu1567 that would awesome especially since this is the 1st game's 20th anniversary.

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

*Rend! Slaughter! DEVOUR YOUR ENEMIES*

[@Ankhtheanimator]

@@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32 THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO SURVIVE. YOU CAN'T ESCAPE YOUR HUNGER, WARRIORS OF PURGATORY!!!

[@DarkDesperado25]

39:35 Civvie11 jumpscare! Always love when a youtuber I like unexpectedly (or expectedly) shouts out another.

[@TARINunit9]

"See a lot of these comments are copied-and-pasted. Whole references, memes, so it gets a little confusing."

[@barakul5648]

@@TARINunit9 Brilliant reference XD

[@somepvpguy69]

Deus and Nyarly out themselves through hell for us, and ya know what they should collab

[@franbh94]

How about Robin? He also went through a similar hell.

[@Oliver-Thyella]

Hey.

[@Oliver-Thyella]

DDS 2 No Demons by Robin and Zephyr.

[@franbh94]

@@Oliver-Thyella That and the DDS1 run. Right now they are going through Nocturne Hardtype Demonless 1 Press Turn (yikes)

[@somepvpguy69]

@@franbh94 true, robin zephyr deus and Nyarly should have a 4 way collab

[@richardendresz161]

Rest in pieces bat. For all the bat magic and curse bullshit he was finished by a fucking hand grenade

[@NeonValkyrieGaming]

PSA for all those horror movie protagonists: carry a hand grenade with you at all times 99% of movie monsters are not immune to grenade splash damage. (unless they are the baby turrets then you better hope you aren't doing a BL2 challenge run at UVHM:OP10)

[@The_GhostWind]

And for being straight up buster. No one backstabs or snitches to their comrades and runs like a bitch. He was asking to get cooked at the ship.

[@richardendresz161]

@@NeonValkyrieGaming what are you even talking about?

[@NeonValkyrieGaming]

@@richardendresz161 Short answer: a glitch in borderlands 2 Long answer: in borderlands 2 there is a section where you need to kill 2 small turrets to open a gate, these turrets are immune to grenade explosions and have absurdly high health regen. And UVHM:OP10 is basically the hardest difficulty while every enemy is 10 levels higher than you. In many challenge runs of the game they have made progressing extremely hard. And the terminology comes from LilGasmask666.

[@WiiMoteGodYT]

​@@NeonValkyrieGaming pierce amp

[@TARINunit9]

First Deus, then Robin+Zephyr, and now finally Nyarly. The holy trinity of SMT challenge runs has all tackled DDS1 Looking forward to see if you guys can handle DDS2

[@ashyflame]

1:00:31 so basically the omnipotent orb from persona as a skill. I don't know if that's more or less broken than the omnipotent orb. But its definitely more broken than the invincible Metatron build to make that you need to sacrifice many skills to make it,it doesn't block alignments and in persona 5 you have to put him in lockdown to null/repel/drain gun because there are no null/drain/repel gun skills and again it doesn't block alignments.

[@usuariogenerico1199]

After watching Deus videos, yeah the first and second game can be solo by 1 char.

[@mistake8325]

Deus is a masochist and he can do anything that causes him pain

[@Streetcleanergaming]

I Like the different perspectives and how they take on the same challenges differently. It means I get more DDS content but that's just a nice side effect

[@1Pidds]

Yeah but the title still applies Can YOU beat it? As a comment above me pointed out, Deus is uh.. special

[@Bone-Owner]

Deus is a maniac and lover of PAIN, if his task causes him the maximum PAIN he can and will do it.

[@coopyrbrown3031]

You gotta consider if a regular person is able to beat these challenges considering he spent multiple days fighting Lucifer

[@darkgold120]

Heats "BRING IT ON" Breaths life into me

[@gameoverguyl2577]

It's really interesting to see the different strategies different people have done in this challenge, really cool run!

[@Mahagion]

I just started playing this again! What an amazing coincidence! I love this game to death, so I'm glad to see a video on it!

[@DragonKingX78]

Yeah, both games are great, the series deserves a lot more love.

[@Mahagion]

Right you are, good sir!

[@Angry_Jetpack]

I like your challenge runs. A lot of KZbinrs who do challenge runs focus more on “is it possible” rather than “this is what I did.” Your guides focus much less on the possibility and strategies and more about your experience running through it. I like that, since it’s a new perspective and adds a charm that isn’t possible with other formats of this type of content. Of course, there’s no disrespect for those KZbinrs since they find ways to make it interesting with their editing or scripts or anything else, but this is a channel I can see and think “I feel like this is one of my friends telling me about a game they recently played.” Props.

[@certafan]

Ayy! I love Civvie! I love to see different KZbinrs I enjoy recommending each other. Real recognizes real.

[@sakura368]

the pure rage in that "bring it on" at 1:14:48

[@Heyimconnor]

New Nyarly on Reload day??? Heck yeah!

[@discoted7869]

That sewer Level ping made me laugh. I was thinking "Man if it were a Civie show it would have a ping for sewer level" and then you did it.

[@KrotharSmash]

DDS was my introduction to SMT games and what a wild ride it was.

[@DragonKingX78]

Not my first but still a wild ride.

[@Tweekitus]

I love these games so much. The story was incredible.

[@DragonKingX78]

They are the best Megaten games so far.

[@coreydopson2030]

Damn. The "ill find you line" still hits after all these years

[@ilovetweek000]

I love Ravanah's animation when he casts magic, he just puts his thumbs up goofily.

[@lordkresnik2776]

This made me realize, Metaphor: Refantazio's Archetype system is probably gonna be very similar to DDS's Mantra system

[@AmonDevilman]

I'm from the future and yeah kinda sorta

[@ivanastorga1641]

The perfect vídeo to watch after midnight. Thank you Nyarly.

[@The_GhostWind]

Funnily enough I’m playing right now Digital Devil Saga 2 and I was watching some videos to pass the time when I was grinding, and then I was notified of your unload and I was like “Finally, Nyarly made a video on DDS1! What a fun coincidence. This will be fun to listen while I’m grinding serph.” But that aside, pretty cool video, hoping that someday you do the other challenge for DDS2, specially since if you’re doing the Serph solo challenge would be impossible due to… the plot. So I guess you’re going to figured out a way to either make the challenge work or make a new one for DDS2.

[@Willdathrill26]

Best solo character for dds2 is gale, seeing as he’s who you have access to the most throughout the game. You should watch deus’ video about it

[@The_GhostWind]

@@Willdathrill26 ok, I watch Deus’ video and man if Nyarly barely break when he did the solo challenge on DDS1, then he would legit have a breakdown if he does it for DDS2. Edit: ok so I watched both videos of Robin & Zephyr and Deus and after watching those, I came with the conclusion that regardless which route Nyarly does, he will NOT 100% the game. Would he beaten the game regardless of either soloing with Gale or without Ashura forms? Yes. But beating all bosses including the optional bosses? Impossible.

[@XainArchives]

31:05 So let me get this straight, this enemy resist an attack, that is a null element, non physical, non magical ability based on your MAG score. I'm sorry, that is the ONLY enemy, I have seen in the ENTIRETY OF THE MEGAMI SERIES, that resists EFFING ALMIGHTY.

[@4robinsona]

Lucifer in Nocturne TDE route does too. The final boss of DDS1 resist almighty as well. In DDS2, Satan resists almighty, and you can get a ring (from defeating Huang Long in DDS1) that lets you resist almighty. Elizabeth in P3 resist almighty. The Mitama's in SMT 5 and DDS2 resist almighty. Now here's the kicker, Sabaoth in SMT2 frickin ABSORBS almighty. That's just frickin nuts.

[@XainArchives]

@4robinsona Mother fucker, residt is nither magic, nor physical, it shouldn't HAVE a God damn counter. If YOU can't counter it, then either should the bosses.

[@BlueKyuubi64]

I would LOVE for these games to get q remake on modern hardware or at least a port or something. Also, I love how every boss fight is either: "I was a little over levelled so I one shot the boss" or "this fight took me hundreds of attempts over the course of 3 hours" with no in-between

[@bryanillisaca8319]

Love watching your videos Nyarly, you got me into SMT. Keep up the wonderful work! 🤙🏻

[@Deranox]

Hell yeah! I have been waiting for a DDS Challenge run :D

[@dragonman7856]

46:21 her gimmick is that she will hit you with the same damage type last used on her 46:41 that is why she used agidyne and megido

[@MrDarksol]

This series desperately needs a remaster. Because aside from buying the games from PS2 there is no other way to play these aside from maybe if you Want To play them on the PS3 but I've heard some horror Stories about those versions especially for the second one. I just think it'd be pretty cool to see the duology be brought to a newer generation, but man Heat screaming bring it on in the final boss fight was amazing. Great job with this challenge and hopefully you can do the same thing for DDS 2!

[@Bruh-ft9tu]

It’s funny to me that I’ve played a good chunk of the smt/persona games and understand how they work and never really have an issue with them difficulty wise but whenever I watch your vids and listen to you talk about them and your strategy around every boss battle I feel like I know nothing about the game

[@Hallalemon]

Yep, I basically stumble into victory in comparison to how he talks strategy and stats. Lmao

[@jonnytan9054]

Actually regarding the Orochi boss and the 8 press turns, there is the Ishtar boss in SMT V which also has 8 press turns if you don't destroy any of her pillar things, however the fact that orochi has this naturally and is meant to be that way makes it more terrifying

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

*hears that bat go boom and it's just* ...ok normally I'd cringe but DAMN IS THAT SATISFYING

[@DragonKingX78]

Very Satisfying.

[@millardmilsap5185]

When you were just talking about a game and a legend comes through. This is going to be good.

[@rellsolomon9824]

Nyarly my brother thank you for makin these kind of videos because these are the vids that we love and thank you again for taking the time too make this masterpiece keep up the good work bro💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💯💯💯

[@CCYami]

Nyarly: "Some of the most underrated SMT games." Every other SMT KZbinr: "They are a 9/10 at least!" Not saying the games arent great buuuut....

[@TitaRussellTrails]

Honestly DDS1 is like a 7/10. It’s DDS2 that could argue for 9/10 status

[@CCYami]

@@TitaRussellTrails The point was more that almost all SMT KZbinrs call the games underrated when almost all SMT KZbinrs then call them masterpieces. But NGL, i think both games deserve a good 8/10 or 9/10 score. Probably for the soundtracks ALONE.

[@agent7142]

@@CCYami I think they talk about Dds more than Nocturne at this point lol

[@Zarrius05]

I mean underrated is also about how well known the game is...

[@Egalia_1]

Nyarly and Deus going through hell for that premium content

[@EinSilverRose]

The Orochi fight is one of my favorite boss fights in SMT. A boss with overwhelming power in theory that can be neutered with proper skill sets. A good way to show case just how adaptable and strong the party members are within the context of the game.

[@DragonKingX78]

I love this game's skill system.

[@spaghettiandgames]

Imagine an RPG that takes place in what is basically NG+, where everyone remembers what happened at the end of the story, how badly it turned out, and keeps pushing the player character, who can't remember anything, to go on a different path, even the main villain pushing him to just go a different way. It'd be interesting to me, especially if you give it multiple endings

[@kevingarcia6746]

Evangelion Rebuilds lol

[@ayefu]

I needed a video to watch. Thank you!

[@Hybrid836]

Awesome run, now let's see the solo Serph Demi-fiend fight

[@CC_Reads]

I loved this little series so much ❤❤ the second one is quite a grind but worth it. Also it has the snappiest combat with no need for "turbo mode" or any crap like that. Its just fast, i wish more games would make the speed correct instead of having us speed it up

[@louis9232]

This video reignited my desire for a DDS duology Remaster or Remake

[@Zorothegallade-rpg]

Also I'm pretty sure I haven't heard the sound effect at 35:08 since 2008.

[@OnDavidsBrain]

39:34 And make sure you pay your respects to True Cybershaman and person likely to create a real life version of the Junkyard, John Carmack.

[@aceofswords3215]

Hell yeah!! Part 2 let's gooo!!!

[@DeadKarr]

Ha that Civvie reference was wonderful!

[@42dusk45]

Thanks KZbin for never showing this in my feed till today.

[@Ankhtheanimator]

HURRAH, A CHALLENGER RUNNER HAS JUMPED TO THE DDS TRAIN!!!

[@ogre589]

Rahu is supposed to have a gimmick where his head traps a party member and damages them until they're dead. He then gets buffed stats and abilities for the rest of the fight...unless you are solo. If you only have one party member, he never goes for his gimmick so you can cheese him with little effort. Deus proved this in his own solo Serph run.

[@jakedemes2084]

That Civvie ding felt like biting into a pizza and tasting burger man you threw me.

[@chadkensington7953]

Such an amazing game the music and story is so good

[@Zorothegallade-rpg]

More DDS love, I couldn't be happier

[@DragonKingX78]

I agree, DDS need more love.

[@MarK0-D4c]

30:01 Hressbsbsrsrs man i cannot stop laugh 😂😂😂

[@jonathynmurray4890]

By the Almighty super pixie is it a DDS challenge run from Nyarly? Truly Christmas is early this year or late from last whatever you want

[@thepit7868]

A nice detail is how the bosses don't have long drawn out death scenes, they are quick and spastic. Like a person.

[@kichiroumitsurugi4363]

Okay, so, there is a more consistent way to take on Hayagriva - human form. You have no elemental weakness in human form, and shock ammo is available before fighting him Human form is pretty good for Usas too. It doesn't save you from Marin Karin, but it does nullify Seraph Lore and Hama For the same reason, human Beelzebub is best fought in human form too since Mamudoon is always a followup to Mahamaon Finally, did you know DDS tracks MP for enemies? Yeah, you can make Metatron run out of MP in phase 1 and basically neuter him

[@nobodyimportant5140]

Dear Atlus, DDS HD Remaster Collection, please?

[@DragonKingX78]

God yes...needs to be on PS4 and PS5, Switch 1 and 2, X-Box, PC, etc.

[@tiduswordplayer]

Omg I was literally hoping he’d do DDS run

[@D39street]

What they did for Orochi as a terrifying boss that has a hard counter with some knowledge is really cool!

[@KaiserVarius]

YOOOOOOOOO!!! LET’S GGGGOOOOO!!! I JUST GOT DDS AND IT’S SEQUEL ON PS3 AND NYARLY COMES IN WITH A PLAYTHROUGH CHALLENGE!? COUNT ME IN!!!

[@djmike679]

in reference to the press turns that mr.orichi (the snake boss) has, the 8 icons, i believe the only other boss (that i can recall having that many anyways) is Ishtar from SMT 5, but only if you decide to not destroy a single one of the devices giving her power. Which, is possible. But very difficult.

[@kichiroumitsurugi4363]

Ishtar is cheesable - Makarakarn moment

[@velvetbutterfly]

Then there's Mot, who doesn't need 8 icons for infinite turns

[@xerxes333]

I saw this and buddy, I don't think I've ever clicked on a video so fast.

[@alexcameron1746]

I love nyarly breaking character 20 min in. XD

[@CallMeDean97]

This is a great video! How often did you get the "Stomach Ache" status ailment as a result of all the Atma grinding you did?

[@TARINunit9]

Oh and for the record: dataminers confirmed that the final boss gets an accuracy penalty to Hunger Wave. When used by Ravana, Hunger Wave's accuracy is 80%, but when used by HariHara it's only 40%

[@kichiroumitsurugi4363]

Yup. Robin and Zephyr confirms this too

[@thebandanadee8265]

Bat deserved to die the most in this entire duology Impressive work by the way

[@TitaRussellTrails]

Imagine if the KZbin challenge runs are what convinces Atlus to release a remastered duology

[@motxmod]

You do realize you're going to be asked to solo-run DDS2 now either with or without this playthrough's file.

[@crimsonslayer6641]

I hope that the DDS duology gets a remaster in the future, hopefully the launch will be better than nocturne’s remaster. I really wanna play the games soon.

[@DragonKingX78]

I hope so as well and that it will be on PS4/5, Switch 1/2, X-Box, PC, etc.

[@ceresthestarspinner4609]

My favorite SMT Series! YES!

[@DragonKingX78]

Best SMT/Megaten games.

[@pancakes2455]

YES MY FAVORITE KZbinR AND MY FAVORITE GAME

[@akiodono]

Digital Devil Saga is sooooo underated!! Great video! Love your challenge runs

[@TheDragonMasterChannel]

Regarding Orochi having 8 press turns, Ishtar does too in SMT V

[@ocmachine7072]

DDS CHALLENGE RUN YEEEEEESSSSS

[@arandomthingintheabyss2062]

what makes this a little funny is becouse he voiced one of the characters in a no demons run of digital devil saga 2 i think it was a minor character

[@TheTrueMerrio]

Oh, boy! We getting DDS now?

[@AvidgamerZ]

Loved the video, love this game... Buuuuuut... Every time I heard you say Atma, man did it hurt. :P (for context, Atma is the Hindi word for soul and the "A" is pronounced as /a:/ instead of /æ/ )

[@aname8174]

Plz explain this better we are hearing /a:/ not æ

[@velvetbutterfly]

I also want this explained better, he never says æ

[@ThoseAsteroidBlues]

Never been so early to a Nyarly vid

[@TitaRussellTrails]

There is one other boss that I know of with 8 press turns and that’s full powered Ishtar in SMT5.

[@BloodfelX]

(1:24:42) I guess Serph's touch felt so good that she made the "Yaranaika?" face here.

[@omegaderose4342]

7:36 wait i jsut realize it Jinana has her mark on her ass

[@khaosemperor4611]

Great video, would love a follow up of you attempting demo fiend solo followed by you beating him with legit means, would love to see your strategies

[@Shadowthful1]

I think another challenge to consider is no new mantra, so the mantra and skills a character comes in with is what they have for the whole game. I think it would be somewhat similar to the Persona 2 Innocent Sin default persona run.

[@Tak3r25]

Now I really want a Remaster of both DDS to play immediately.

[@tyronemccarter1907]

Wait... I just got that Serph breaking that deletion program was him beating Samsara. His cycle. Angel should've been able to delete Serph or at least his blade but instead got denied. Better yet, when the program went haywire and deleted everything, it wasn't the portal that saved the tribe; they were already strong enough to defeat deletion and their cycles. And they did the same thing in the real world. Masterpiece still taking me to school...

[@TheLunarLegend]

Really wish we could get a rerelease of these games. DDS was so incredible.

[@bartass6877]

Man I wish for the remaster of Digital Devil saga for nintendo switch

[@DragonKingX78]

Yes and also on PS4/5, X-Box, PC, etc.

[@randomnames6313]

man I hope this game gets a modern port sometime soon

[@DragonKingX78]

An HD remaster would be nice for both games especially considering it is the 1st games 20th anniversary.

[@i5rrxxgaming350]

You should do a digital devil saga challenge with your starting mantra

[@isenokami7810]

Damn, I really need to get back to this one. I emulated it at one point, but dropped it once the Mantra system was introduced. No real reason, I just had other stuff I wanted to play.

[@conradicalex01]

Ah yes DDS, or as i like to call it " Space Hindu Bullshit" lmao

[@werewolf4925]

I'm still hoping to see a Strange Journey solo challenge video.

[@enoyna1001]

I started one basically blind without ever finishing the game (of course on Hard) and have no idea how my decisions will affect the last boss 😂 there are a few solo runs on YT, but not condensed into one video.

[@pon2354]

Calling her Aset gave me Ai The Somnium Files flashbacks

[@armandoavello5012]

I refuse to believe that is not not Disneyland

[@JoJoZiddy]

Love me some DDS content but i have to ask, because it seems all but confirmed at this point, is the P2EP video dead? Because you said it would probably be out after SH2 relased but there's been no word of an update for it.

[@DragonKingX78]

I want more DDS content especially since this year is the 1st games 20th anniversary.

[@dogmat8733]

I find it hilarious that in order to get SMT’s version of the Omnipotent Orb, you have to grind for it rather than defeat a Super Boss.

[@AndymionD]

Still one of my favorite SMT games. I recommend them to everyone.

[@ephemeralbro]

She be digitaling on my devil til I saga 🗣️‼️‼️

[@KyRex1783]

*EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER*