Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2

January 27, 2005 Atlus Atlus, Ghostlight Ltd.
Role-playing (RPG) Turn-based strategy (TBS)
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Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2, released outside of Japan as Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2, is a 2005 role-playing game for the PlayStation 2, and the second and final entry in the Digital Devil Saga series duology. It features new mechanics such as Berserk Mode and a changed Mantra grid system.
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Serph, Leader of the Embryon, wanders aimlessly through the lifeless streets before him. In the Junkyard, his tribe fought a gruesome war, hoping the light of Heaven would relieve their suffering. In the end, Serph's world vanished, along with the comrades who stood by him. All that awaited him in Nirvana were endless streets littered with the silent remains of human statues.
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Release Date January 27, 2005
Developer Atlus
Publisher Atlus, Ghostlight Ltd.
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Third person
Themes Action, Science fiction