My top 25 Emotional RPG themes #20- Digital Devil Saga

[Armetti]

Oh, I've never heard of this game, I'm a 90s RPG fanatic myself, and I haven't found a touching RPG since Kingdom Hearts I, and before that the last RPG that I really enjoyed was FF9, making PSX era ending the great RPGs, excluding that KH. I must give this one a try, I wonder if my ps2 still works..

[DonlineIam]

I'm guessing you'd be a fan of Nier

[yuki300]

heeeey...so as i said i'm giving it a try...this is the first song on the list that got to me, probably cuz i played the game...it's a beautiful piece, and agreeing with you it fits that ending pretty well

[Hanzo365]

What´s the name of this song?

[JJEmpire64]

While this version is named "End Theme", in the game, there's another version in-game, which is the same thing with some of it cut out. I believe that version was called "Configuration".

Of course, somewhere else on YouTube, I heard (err, read) someone use the name "Never-Ending Rain" to refer to the end theme.

[Hanzo365]

Thanks

[flood2k3]

this is one of the BEST RPG i've ever played, and this music is just so sad...

[A1gis]

There are people who enjoy pain.

[aznguymetal]

What Pain? Do u mean frustration.

[PeTeRL90]

Because RPGs have been too easy in this day and age and it was good to see an RPG that required you to actually use tactics to win a battle again.

Some of the older gamers like myself appreciated the difficulty level because frankly, I hate games that are so retardedly easy that you can just button mash your way through instead of thinking out a strategy for the most efficient win possible without taking too much damage.

That's the beauty of the Shin Megami Tensei games.

[raezefie]

Well, the enemies and magic basically stay the same throughout the megaten series, so it's not too to stay ahead level-wise in the game. To me Nocturne, Baroque, and even Persona 2 presented more of a challenge than DDS.

Don't get me wrong though, I loved both DDS games. I think that the gameplay is very straight-cut and efficient, providing more room to focus on the plot, which was outstanding for a game that's not too well-heard-of.

And speaking of button mashing coughkingdomheartsyuuck...

[PeTeRL90]

Haha. Yeah, I feel the same way about Kingdom Hearts.

[engelsein24]

if you want a real challenging rpg. try Breath of fire dragon quarter for the ps2.

[DaSurreal1da]

I completely agree, although the shin magami games are intense to say the least, they are beatable giving a greater sense of accomplishment, which I thought was the point.

[Ewahl17]

A lot of modern game music is not very melodic and I believe that contributes to the lack of charm you referred to.

I am not familiar with this game, but I have missed out on a lot of good games (and game music) because I can not tolerate turn based RPGs :(

[krnsux58]

Wow...this is definitely one of the best ending themes i have ever heard... although the best emotional theme for me is FF1s ending theme.

[Zapper101]

Forgot to reply to your comment, yeah, it is a great ending theme. :)

[richardmoriarty]

definetly one of my faves

[Zapper101]

played DDS2 yet?

[shanara99]

True enough... modern games lack the charm old ones have. Nowadays they just focus on graphics, and forget things like story, or music, or just making it playable and addictive... I mean... look at all those games from the 90's in these lists. That must mean something, right?

[Zapper101]

Yea. Part of it can be nostalgia, but a lot of older songs really get to me.