The Let's Play Archive

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga

by Luisfe

Part 32: Sewers. I hate sewers.




Update 32:

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Say hello to the Waterways. They may be very important to the setting and plot, but god damn it, they are the single most boring aspect of DDS1. And most of the optional bosses hide in these. Graaah.


There are new enemies around here.

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Damn Tengus.





And then these guys again. They are cuter than they should be.


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"He is already dead."

Lupa isn't anything if not efficient.




The waterways involve a lot of grinding. Not exactly pleasant, I must say.
"Diarama
Paraladi
Me Patra"



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And worse, it has areas that are not accesible at the moment. The red wall will have to wait.




Fortunately, it has a lot of small terminals. Not enough LIFE terminals, but this will work.


Hooray!




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Whatchu lookin' at, punk?

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Have I mentioned that I really like the Nocturne/DDS Decarabia character design?




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Heat gets to learn more.

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Lupa is not being thorough.


Oh yes. This is fun.

Hello, Gurr.


Goodbye, Gurr.



The waterways are boring. What can I say?




Two different approaches. Heat does respect Lupa, though. Or at least he seemed to be more impressed than he expected when he met the leader of the Wolves.





This doesn't get old.
It buzzes.
I shall miss this spell on DDS2. Speaking of that, I may actually decide to just go for the Newgameplus on that one. The grind gets pretty brutal in the end, and I would frankly prefer to just steamroll my way through the game. Like on this one.

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Yay! Levelups! The trends are pretty much constant.




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Believe it or not, these guys resist Death Flies. They don't die with one.
They are resisting the strongest Almighty/Death spell out there. That is just wrong.

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Hooray for Wikipedia.



*gasp* what may it be?


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"I see. Those damn Wolves are allying with you to attack Ajna.
Don't underestimate us!



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Well, they are two of the four onis. Interesting.



They go down Serph's throat for their insolence.



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"Mazanma
Force Drain"




And a level up.

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Goodish loot. Going to be a while until one can sell the cells, though.



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The place is enormous. And boring. Too bad there isn't a "map zoom" button like in Nocturne.




Lupa is getting sloppy, why would that be?




A change in decor.




And another terminal. Not a bad thing.




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"When Noise is at its maximum, the waterway will flood and you'll be swept back here.
Best of luck reaching the exit."




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This is one of the most annoying sections in this kind of dungeon. The "timed" waterway flooded area. You have a set number of moves to get to the other side. There are areas with a flow to one side, or to another side. Into the "room" and out of the "room". Let's see what happens is a nonoptimal route is used.

But first, this backup enemy.




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Concept art reveals that Forneus is some sort of stingray furry.

Forneus wikilink.



Hooray for Forneus and its resistances.



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This is what happens when one goes through a current.

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Kind of ominous, I think.



Oh no!


You have to restart everything. Hooray.



In the end, this is the goal.


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Gunshots. Lots of them.


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Goddamn.

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Notice, this is a newgameplus and it keeps the clock form the previous playthrough.



Sloppy work.



"Teradyne
Earth Amp"




He gets to learn Ice things. Subzero would be proud.





Goddamn trapped containers.




Gorgons. Bad news.


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Not a pleasant sight, eh?


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not so bad in the end, though (they did petrify and then smash Gale, but that was it)



Sllight change. Instead of corridors, and underground pool.
Still boring as hell.




"He growled at me like he didn't remember who I was. Maybe it's just dark in here..."
Something is not right with Lupa. The thing he cared the most about was his men. That is not right, at all.




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What about the other members of the Brutes?
Hahah no. They would not do that.







Always useful.




I hate the waterways.