Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 Critic Reviews

Easily the finest game I've had a chance to play this year and stands to be one of the great games of this generation. DDS2's superb graphics, magnificent aural pieces, excellent, fleshed out story, and better balance makes Digital Devil Saga 1 - and just about every other game this year - look like child's play.

Mature, intriguing, thoughtful, and not afraid to take some risky chances.

The story, graphics, speech, and every other aspect make this game an addictively fun title that no true RPG fan should pass up.

The general spiritual themes of the first game are expanded on from the word, “Go,” here.

All in all, this is another great RPG on the PlayStation 2. The only thing keeping me from giving Digital Devil Saga 2 an unqualified recommendation is how hard it is to find its predecessor.

Due to the rich history of the series, you can't help but feel like you're taking part in a fantastic epic that hasn't even begun to scratch the surface in terms of totality. That's why I love this series and that's why I love DDS2. Chances are, you will too.

One of the standout RPG's for the year, if you like Final Fantasy style RPG's you need to own both of these titles.

Not exceedingly pretty, nor does it find itself being extremely innovative on the inside. What it does do is present an extremely tight story – the second half of a story, even, that manages to maintain the level presented by the original after throwing a World Series-grade curveball right into the player's mouth.

A continuation of an intriguing storyline, retaining all that made the first game great while adding changes to gameplay for newness and challenge.

Everything that an excellent sequel should be. It takes on board criticisms levelled at the former game and addresses them all in a way which should delight any fan of the series; not only that, it picks up the story and characters of the original title and develops them in such a fascinating way that it actually throws fresh light on the original, which now seems like a much better piece of storytelling in the context of its part in the series as a whole.

It tells an intriguing tale and features fleshed-out characters that far too many RPGs lack.

My easy answer on this game is that if you found "Xenosaga" wanting in the story department, then you need to look into this title. It seems to do everything right.

In a rare occasion Digital Devil Saga 2 trumps its predecessor in nearly every category. The Digital Devil Saga series is a must if you like story driven RPGs.

It has one of the better battle systems in an RPG but could have used some revisions to spice up the gameplay a little.

The story is the game's strongest point, though it won't be exposed here so as not to spoil anything, and it’s full of deeper meanings that one can read into if so inclined.

All technical aspects aside,, your gameplay experience in DDS2 is what truly makes it worthy of the upper echelon of RPG-dom.

Saga 2 finally realizes the promise of the saga's compelling storytelling, and while it's not without flaws, this demonic adventure still has a lot going for it.

When it comes down to it, Digital Devil Saga 2 really isn't that different from the original.

This is an RPG anyone can get behind, with depths to plumb that I simply don't have space to mention. Give it a shot.

It has an interesting, if bizarre, story but does tend to suffer from too many random battles. Not one for newcomers.