Can You Beat Shin Megami Tensei Without Demons?

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For this challenge I go all the way back to the days of MegaTen before the press-turn system and attempt to beat Shin Megami Tensei 1 without demons; only relying on human party members, and I'm doing it on the newly-translated PS1 version.
Intro by Lyric: / @lyric3595
SMT PS1 English Translation: www.romhacking.net/translatio...
#atlusfaithful #smt #megaten

[@Richter451]

Pov: You didn't download the demon summoning program from Steven

[@rockpaul12]

nah, bro's doesn't want any virus

[@scrubscrub4492]

It's not worth dealing with the hot single milfs in my area

[@knowwhoiamyet]

The best way to scare Nyarly at a halloween party is to dress up as a ghost and pop out yelling "Shiba-BOO!"

[@sorachi8788]

Nyarly would beat every megaten game blindfold before reviewing P3R

[@speedkingoz5879]

I think he rather play p3r then play smt 9

[@thegoatishere5079]

@@speedkingoz5879 I won’t play that game either

[@i5rrxxgaming350]

I’m not playing p3 reload since it doesn’t have female protagonist,answer,and especially since it doesn’t have the og voices I HOPE TO GOD THEY PUT AN OPTION WHERE YOU CAN TURN ON THE OG VOICES

[@MitsurugiR]

@@i5rrxxgaming350it’s a remake, how are they going to have original voices when the script is rewritten?

[@i5rrxxgaming350]

@@MitsurugiR then the og voices can read the re written script

[@florestin777]

YHVH: This is a test- Hoomans: Haha guns go brrrr 🔫

[@nr2676]

Sirlionheart: ZIOOOOOOO ....

[@henotic.essence]

​@@nr2676oh wow it's been a long time since I heard that name 😅

[@franknova987]

*Shibabo intensified*

[@JetblackJay]

The answer is Yes guns are really useful in this and specing in physical is pretty much our only option

[@starmaker75]

So playing like the doom slayer is a legit option in smt 1

[@RikutheDarktamer]

​@@starmaker75 Yes. Yes indeed.

[@isenokami7810]

Considering he’s playing a different version than Marsh did, I have to ask: are the Lightning/stun bullets still broken as f$&@?

[@Agni_-]

​@@isenokami7810 Status effects have been nerfed in this version but they are still really good

[@MegidolErin]

@@Agni_- Idk, I played the PS1 version and they were still completely broken. In large encounters I'd shock all but 1 or 2 enemies usually, and most bosses never even got to hit me because of shock.

[@Cbb88dragonborn]

Demons might be strong but they’re not immune to the *GLOCK*

[@NeonValkyrieGaming]

Gotta love it when games are realistic

[@chaosamber7719]

"We'll beat them with the power of teamwork and these guns we found!"

[@FarelForever]

I'm reminded of some monsters in Devil May Cry, which had a note about them evolving over centuries to become more immune to all possible threats they could face in the mortal world, based on experiences in the past, hence why swords and fists don't do much damage to them. Guns on the other hand.....

[@imthethriller]

Makes Me think of Devilman where the weak lesser demons can be killed by anything but the stronger demons can only be killed by angels or other demons

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

I may be out of MP but I'm not out of options!

[@ankar8881]

Me: so what about that p3r vide- Nyarly: EVERY SMT GAME WITHOUT DEMONS BLINDFOLDED

[@Patrick-tg6wm]

44:09 - 44:18 This what hours of SMT does to a man.

[@iriswav7379]

😔 he will never be the same because of those Zio attacks (and shibaboon)

[@therpgguru1665]

26:55 had me laughing for a good bit. “So no I ain’t helping you can stay here and ROT”

[@challengeaccepted5613]

Nyarly geniuenly tweaking after the boss uses shibaboo for the 99999999999th time:

[@joshdavis8381]

Guns are actually the best weapons in SMT 1, because you can load them with sleep/bind//charm rounds. This lets you stunlock (especially if you've been upping your character's luck, which is super easy to do in Tokyo Destiny Island) demons, including bosses, and since the damage is just based on the gun alone, even your physically weakest partner can do respectable damage. It's a cheesy strategy for sure, but SMT 1 is all cheese in terms of combat.

[@wolfherojohnson2766]

44:15 I can FEEL the spit hitting your mic here

[@blackskullknight9062]

44:00 "pew pew cling " is the highlight of the challenge

[@SonnyFRST]

My take on SMT1 Guns: "I got 57 more goddamn rounds in this 4 round magazine."

[@KishinAubrey]

14:46 i've heard a couple explanations for this -abrahamic god's judgement is sometimes described as lightning -yhvh is a fatherly god archetype, like odin -some american nukes were named after thor -thor's hammer is analogous to the cross -law in smt1 included many deities, such as vishnu

[@ardent8463]

"He hits me with that cool summer breeze" -Nyarly Ngl Pretty Badass.

[@lovingfool2060]

its always fun to see where "die for me" came from in context

[@TARINunit9]

This isn't so much a "challenge run" as it is "playing SMT1 slightly less optimally than normal"

[@Windermed]

13:09 **cue PTSD flashbacks to that one doujin Nyarly stumbled upon**

[@--_--_--_--_]

what doujin?

[@kichiroumitsurugi4363]

​@@--_--_--_--_Io getting the runaroundandaround with a Pisaca

[@kira516]

​@@kichiroumitsurugi4363☠️

[@PlayerZeroStart]

@@--_--_--_--_ In his "top 10 worst demons" video, one of the demons was Pisaca, because when he was younger he stumbled across a doujin of the Devil Survivor 2 girls getting a train run on them by various demons, mainly Pisaca.

[@--_--_--_--_]

@@PlayerZeroStart interesting, do you know the name of the doujin?

[@can9fox]

nice music break 27:20 I love these breaks from the constant lean into progressing through the story to have some fun. Hope it shows up more in videos

[@kichiroumitsurugi4363]

See, similarly to SJ, magic also affects the damage you take from magic attacks. It also affects item damage. Pretty sure you can get the item version of Megido absurdly early and nuke every encounter up until Zenki and Goki

[@airtempest8945]

Yeah, you can buy Light Arrows and Holy Waters really really early and just spam them. I believe that's what the cheatless speedrun does lol.

[@timdoe8895]

Dear god yes. the literal best smt youtuber making some of his best kind of content. challenge runs. now I just need him to do SMTV no buffs and P%R with just arsene as somehow no one has actually finished that run and then itll be perfect. well also the whole smt series but im sure he's already on it.

[@kichiroumitsurugi4363]

P5R Arsene only is easy Ragnar did SMT V with no buffs

[@timdoe8895]

@@kichiroumitsurugi4363 They were all easy. Doesn't make it less entertaining. And so?

[@ArshadZahid_nohandleideas]

P%R lmao

[@isenokami7810]

P5R Arsene only seems too trivial for a video. Hell, I’m a casual who doesn’t do challenge runs, and even I did, like, 95% of Royal Arsene only-on my first run of that version of P5-for the hell of it. Only problem I came up against was Shido’s last phase being a problem if your Persona has common weaknesses.

[@ninenineninenine407]

Two Nyarly challenges in under a week? We are truly blessed. Thanks for all of this.

[@Dor_Z]

I can't express how much I love these type of videos lol

[@simonmon8828]

It’s simple I see a nyarly video I stop what I’m doing and watch it. I love your content

[@mugs-]

yo i was rewatching the older challenge videos last night perfect timing

[@ericmaclean6826]

YESS! Can't wait to watch. I can see the charm bullets in my mind

[@kaparaomer7751]

Yesssss! Waited for an old school Megaten Challenge

[@raikebab]

Without watching the video: probably yeah, zio is broken and Phys builds are really strong, I spent a lot of the game without demons summoned because I thought I was wasting mag, but I also went to most bosses with the full party, maybe there are some really hard moments in the challenge

[@moodypessimist5375]

This port is gorgeous! Also happy to see older SMT titles making a comeback in the community! Need to get ya to play last Bible 3

[@fabricciozaracho6833]

Omg dude, I just started playing smt1, and was so sad to see you havent played it on you channel yet. Now I can spoil myself

[@isenokami7810]

This comment has very “how I played Nocturne” vibes. I had the HD Remaster already, but I sat on it until watching Nyarly’s no buffs run made me want to play it. Real glad I did, that game is a masterpiece.

[@fabricciozaracho6833]

@@isenokami7810 he really is the spokesperson for smt on the west

[@fresh9530]

damn back to back uploads this is awesome

[@leonsolaris328]

10/10 Sound effects for Auto Battle Nyarly.

[@Azuryche]

I swore that "at least our computer isnt infested with viruses" comment was gonna lead into a sponsorship segment.

[@The_GhostWind]

Man 2 megaten video challenges in less than a week? Nyarly must’ve been cooking during last month.

[@costelinha1867]

44:06 Now this is what professional sound effects sound like, folks.

[@Mahagion]

Holy canoli! Good ol' classic Shin Megami Tensei from Nyarly? Aw, heeell yeah! This is phenomenal!

[@isenokami7810]

I still freaking love why you get thrown into that jail/hospital deal at the start. You witnessed a demon murdering someone and took a weapon from the scene, what did you think would happen?

[@appelofdoom8211]

To be fair if I saw a gremlin rip someones throat out i'd arm myself with anything I could find to

[@JohnBluemon]

Really good stuff!

[@QueenAleenaFan]

You talk about how it's something we shouldn't question that the MP5 can be loaded with shotgun shells... But what gets me is that the shotgun shells can be used by either gender, which reminds me that this game has gender locked ammo

[@costelinha1867]

Now that has to be the funniest and most stupid mechanic I've ever seen in an JRPG.

[@DeadFoxHarper]

I just started my first playthrough of this a few days ago! the timing couldn't be better

[@Zorothegallade-gg7zg]

Love the early-series weirdness that both SMT and Persona seem to have.

[@1bunroku]

well shit, that was fast Thanks for something to watch while recovering from surgery

[@SoilderKrizer]

You and marsh are two of my favorite and youtubers

[@gargamellf59]

honey wake up, new nyarly upload

[@JanJansen985]

I cant wait for you to do challenge runs for Devil Summoner

[@fancyman847]

Yes I'm so happy someone finally did these

[@tylerschuler6853]

NEW NYARLY VID LETS GOOOOO

[@bobincognito]

Damn bro is putting in them hours! Two challenge runs in a week?!

[@pierrealessandre8902]

Oooh boy! Nyarly is a chad, playing one of the best SMT title. What a treat. Guns skills are best skills

[@reubenbailey7491]

Man, I really thought that intro bit about downloading the demon summoning program would segue there. Good thing that wasn't the case.

[@rangerarion6937]

new cursed gun image, MP5 loaded with shotgun shells, almost on par with the AK loaded with the ultra banana magazine

[@tv_tim]

Is it just me, or did Michael at the end look like he was wearing shades during that fight.

[@RyanStansberry]

I love how murderous you sounded at 17:55 You totally wanted to wring his neck so bad

[@ridiculoussinner4]

I love Nyarly's videos buy it always sounds like he's slightly perturbed at all times.

[@markpaloma3914]

By the Gods a double upload in a month

[@atom4532]

wow two challenges in a row

[@peropero2208]

I will assume that fights with Rei will just have her spamming Zio on the enemy

[@ATiredGrey]

I am a simple person, I see a nyarly video; I click. Thanks for making my day!

[@TitaRussellTrails]

Fun fact about Thor in the SNES version. He may be the god of thunder but he’s not immune to Zio and therefore not immune to shock… but he also knows Zio. Basically the difficulty in Snes SMT 1 is determined by 2 things. Does the boss know Zio and does the boss resist Zio?

[@nr2676]

And Shibaboo or reflect physical

[@imdone439]

In the ps1 remake it's the same thing. Hilarious irony

[@harshydav5335]

Finally you did it bro

[@gabrieldevoogel6225]

To be clear what Nyrarly meant by testing luck is rolling a number from 0-41 starting at 1 with a max of 40, if it rolls above you, you’ve got an ailment, if it rolls under or equal to you, your safe

[@PebblepantsTV]

i got a flashback to the 10 hour grind i had to do in ginza when i read the video title, there's no way this shit is actually possible

[@beedlegaming1461]

smt1 but the protagonist is a responsible internet user (he didnt download an exe file from an anonymous email telling him the apocalypse was coming):

[@PervertedNovaxc3]

I was waiting for when you found the Zio strats lol.

[@Kimarnic]

Here to watch the SMT2 video

[@Reece_is_still_here]

We eatin good this week boys

[@TheUltimateRiku]

Cant wait for the No Tartarus Challenge Run of P3R!

[@vo1ce147]

27:10 the fucking bit

[@AnaverdGaiden]

It's funny how it took you so long to realize that Zio is totally OP in this game, it's pretty common knowledge with SMT1 xD

[@RobinandZephyr]

Demonless runs lets goooooooo

[@MrDarksol]

New video new video let's go!

[@velvetbutterfly]

I had a hoarder mentality with the magacite so this was like half of my first playthrough

[@Leftistmushroom]

28:08 Count black is a fucking wild name for a black butler

[@jeremyhall2727]

Ok you whipped them 😂..i had something else i wanted to say. But i don't remember 🤷🏾‍♀️ i watched this like three days ago

[@ShadowWalker-rd6hb]

23:45 Personally I think chaos hero looks really cool. I've always been a fan of traditional japanese garb.

[@CoolF41lur3]

SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI 1 VIDEO LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@datinfodroidguy]

Can't wait for the Sequel: SMT II without Demons

[@jordanforbes149]

I’d love you to do this for SMT2 because I’ve rarely ever seen anyone cover that game

[@Reirainsong]

"If Nyarly is thy name, there must be power hidden within thee." Biblically accurate horrors, meet Lovecraft and despair.

[@megaman874]

Vote for Devil Survivor Hero Only Run

[@charlesswansonii9319]

Gonna cast Shibaboo so you start doing more Castlevania challenge runs too

[@warlockwod]

I would love so much if they remake shin megami tensei, it was the first megaten game I played back then when I discovered there was people translating jrpgs on the snes... I love it so much.

[@iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis]

One thing I dont like about this translation is that for some reason "almighty" damage is translated as "unaligned" damaged. I suppose it IS correct but "align" is a loaded term within SMT so i kept getting confused and thinking that it does damage depending on your "alignment" because some attacks actually do that in the series.

[@basedturu2320]

finally theres a chance for nyarly playing kyuuyaku megami tensei 🗿

[@beetlebot1]

this truly was a shin megami tensei ‼️‼️

[@henotic.essence]

Really, one of the shin megami tensei's of all time

[@Mr.turne4293]

Honestly SMT 1 is easy even when just use the human characters. Especially when you know how to stat your characters.

[@crimsonslayer6641]

I would like to see you do an orpheus only run in P3R in the future.

[@alicevioleta3184]

i adore Tom's work, but i'll always have love for that original trnaslation. it's janky and odd, but i'm attached to it because of the memories. if i'm playing SMT1 again, i always go back to it. Tom's work is amazing. i wish Atlus would translate more like Tom.

[@ddjsoyenby]

you did it.

[@lightningfarronxp8899]

Blud is avoiding P3R like he owes Atlus 100 bones lmao 😂

[@finalsurvivor1]

Hoping you do this for SMT2.l as well. While overpowered humans are still a thing, that game also made significant balance changes to fix the more broken stuff from 1 like Zio and Bufu stunlocking everything while in general also upping boss difficulty.

[@nr2676]

The only hard boss in SMT 2 is Satan, rest is still easy asf.

[@chargemeupbois]

Ngl Nyarly gotta play MT1. The suffering would be peaketh.

[@KaoruMzk]

You can literally solo this game with just the heroine. Just put all your points into speed and magic and spam mazio spells or charm bullets with an SMG. Enemies won't be able to touch you, ever, not even bosses.That's how broken SMT1 is.

[@i5rrxxgaming350]

You should do a digital devil saga challenge where you only can use your starting mantra

[@YunaTuna01]

Wake up honey new nyraly video just dropped

[@FemboyFurina]

This was release on my birthday

[@jellyface401]

6:42 It watches over, it lives oN! Try not to feel too at ease!

[@aiis6821]

No way Nyarly finally spoke of the forbidden demons name

[@nijunikuro]

I've played through SMT1 3 times many years ago (and got all 3 endings). My go-to tactic for my human characters in all 3 runs was using multi-hit guns with nerve bullets. Iirc, those would constantly put enemies to sleep, then if they woke up they'd get put to sleep again before getting a chance to act due to my characters having higher speed. I don't remember any boss that was immune to nerve damage, and I basically stun-locked them all 'til they died - including the final bosses in all of the 3 routes. Iirc, there were also "cursed bullets" that could inflict bind on enemies, but they had a lot lower chance of inflicting the effect than nerve bullets, hence why I stuck with those. While Belial is *supposed* to be unkillable, you *can* actually hurt it by reflecting its own attacks using demons with passive physical and magic/fire reflection (like Tamamo, Mezuki and Gozuki). Do note that damage-reflection spells like Tetrakarn and Makarakarn *don't* work - only demons with passive affinity reflection do. Also, you can't actually kill it, as the fight automatically ends after 3 turns and you can't reflect enough damage to kill it that fast (at least, to my knowledge).