The Let's Play Archive

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga

by Luisfe

Part 4: Harley dies, and Argilla is Anorexic




Update 04:


Well, it's no one else than Harley! Harley is frightened!


"Rise the wall!"




And so they do. One has to find alternate routes then.



Fortunately, there is a flight of stairs nearby. Convenient, eh?




And then there are these guys.
Onmoraki. They are very common in this place.




So are these guys. They suck.
Pretas and Gakis







Argilla refuses to eat it. Argilla won't earn a single point of her mantra. She refuses to consume her enemies.




Serph has no such qualms. And neither does Heat.
Hunt skills are attacks that (you are not supposed to get them until later) deal negligible damage (well, depending of the skill), or have a chance to cause instant death, in exchange of some of your health points. If the Hunt skill is succesful, the enemy will be devoured, granting a higher quantity of Atma Points, used to learn Mantras. More about that in future updates.




Another level up.



And another.


Then, after a short walk, the Switch Operator is reached.

Oh dear.

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"But, if you attack blindly or the enemy dodges your attacks, your turn icons will quickly disappear.
The same is true for the enemy.
Learn enemies' characteristics, and use that knowledge to your advantage."




And that, is I believe, a Cockatrice.
They are annoying.






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And so, the way becomes clear once more.


Kind of quick, eh?


It is strange, Argilla is augmenting her luck more than usual.



This is a Life Terminal. The Life Terminal is the Small Karma Terminal's counterpart. Together they get pretty much all the functionality of a Large Karma Terminal. This one is conveniently close to a Small Karma Terminal.



Restoration!




"When their attacks are nullified, enemies will forfeit icons, and your turn will come sooner."





Yeah, but who the hell needs Void Ice when you have Agi and CONSUME.
Consume is a high level hunt skill, an improved Devour (the first hunt attack skill you get), quite useful. High damage.


Also: Empusa.
They come from Greek myth.









Ah Harley, why so scared? They just want to talk with you...



Another one!

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Chasing Harley.

He clearly doesn't want to have anything to do with all these business.


I hate these guys.

Seriously, they are gross.






As it can be seen, Heat is neglecting his magic.

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Heat's comment is spawned because the chase happens in this place. It loops and loops and loops.
So, a wall must be raised.





A bullet.
Bullets are useful, but there is no need to EVER buy them.
You can find more than enough good bullets in these kinds of things.


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It is a definite improvement over Serph's previous equipment.


Aaand another one.


She is now pumping it all into Magic, as expected.



The necesary switch.



And Harley runs to another place.


Bufu skills may have the secondary effect of freezing the enemies. When that happens, any physical hit will be a Critical Hit, even if they null or resist phys. Except for hunt skills, those do almost no damage when they are frozen.
If the enemy is shocked, even the Hunt skills will critical.




See?



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Argilla refuses to eat.


Harley has ran out of places. Time to face him.

BUT FIRST, LOOT.


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Okay, he ran all the way to his room. Time to confront him.

Harley commits a mistake. (viddler)
His form is very, very weird.






Heat acts violently. He is not happy about something.

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Why the hell would he know? He was clearly not in the know, as he, like Gale, requested the removal of the Unknown Object.




Again, why the hell would he know?




Heat is going nuts. And/or entering Tron's world.


And he snaps.










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Oh no! He became a zebra furry!


Hayagriva is a horse headed deity

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And is weak against ICE. Bad news for him.


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And it has arms underneath those...Wing... THings in its chest.


But in the end, it dies. Aww.






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No shit.




She is weak because she refuses to sustain herself with the flesh of her enemies.
I mean, I could understand not wanting to eat the Ghouls, but there are lots of chicken-looking things that may or may not be delicious.
She must eat, and soon.


"Well, if she changes her mind, I'll just grab that guy over there."


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Since Harley is defeated, and eaten, now Serph is the leader of both the Embryon and the Vanguards.
Well, more like The Vanguards have been assimilated into the Embryon. His faction is stronger.

Next: Back to the base.