Current Events > Started Soul Hackers 2. It's fun.

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When does it become bad? I never heard anything good about it beforehand >_>

Milady is waifu

I enjoyed the game. But I never played the first one, and this is apparently very different from it.

I was just listening to the final boss music again, yesterday.

I enjoyed it. My only complaint was that dungeon theme being used in every single damn dungeon. >_> But man, one of the boss fight themes is fire. I also love how the characters/boss will say something to each other in a fight when you target them if they have a special connection.

EDIT: Misread it as Soul Hackers 1. Whoops lol.

Soul Hackers 1 is like a top 25 game for me, but it is definitely aged. I love the atmosphere. Heard 2 was bad tho

I could do without the tongue touching tbh

It's not bad, it's just a little dated and kinda corny at times.

King_Rial posted...

I enjoyed the game. But I never played the first one, and this is apparently very different from it.

I was just listening to the final boss music again, yesterday.

It's different in the sense that in the first game it plays out like a detective drama. Like demons going rampant in some parts of Japan and some dude is trying to stop them and stuff. The idea of soul hacking comes from when mc dies and gets his soul transferred to that detective dude.

^ the sequel game know as devil summoners: soul hackers while is its own game borrows that theme

Yeah its not a bad game gameplay-wise. Its real main complaint that you will usually hear (and totally fair) is it's lame dungeons.

Here you go CE, just for you. Some pretty good cheese. (for those that didn't play this and do not intend to).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aL3ZK3mZQk

It's kind of frustrating that the actual soul hacking is just a narrative concept. I was expecting something ala the Somniums in Ai.

I'm pretty sure I tried that on GamePass.

If it's what I'm thinking, I gave up after like 30 minutes of anime cutscenes and zero minutes of gameplay.

The game is aggressively mediocre. The story never grabbed me, and the characters are boring and clich.

Also, the dungeons are godawful. Like some of the worst I've ever experienced. I rather go though SMT3's dungeons without a guide than go through this game again.

DrizztLink posted...

I'm pretty sure I tried that on GamePass.

If it's what I'm thinking, I gave up after like 30 minutes of anime cutscenes and zero minutes of gameplay.

I doubt it. The gameplay got going fairly quickly for a JRPG.

DodogamaRayBrst posted...

When does it become bad? I never heard anything good about it beforehand >_>

Milady is waifu

It's just the levels that are bad and backtracking to that one area if u want the true ending/other stuff unlocked for the characters. I think you also have to get everyone's affinity maxed to get that ending but heard some that you don't need to. Not sure which was true.

I personally preferred the other ending imo. I enjoyed the game and the story was alright despite some flaws it had but hope you like it as well

All the dungeons are super generic expect for the final one. For example, there are TWO generic subway dungeons in a row. It is also very low budget and it shows. Such a shame since Ringo is among the best protagonists in an Atlus game.

My biggest issue with Soul Hackers 2 is that a lot of gameplay changes were done to the game, especially compared to Soul Hackers 1.

Maybe I'm just biased because I like playing old school smt/jrpgs... but yeah >__>

Soul Hackers is one of the best classic SMT games (as in a true dungeon RPG). This game had a very different setting (definitely not cyberpunk) and also seemed unwilling to commit to just being a DRPG and the dungeons themselves were pretty lacking. Not a bad game though.

The overarching story isn't anything special but I think the characters themselves are generally very good. I don't mind the dungeons being a bit simply designed and not visually stunning. Sometimes I just want to figure out some mazes while I deal with combat along the way. I played the game on Hard actually. Even beat the final boss on my first try though I had no idea what I was getting into. I certainly got lucky there. I didn't get the best ending, but oh well. I liked the one I got actually.

The game also lets you save anywhere so I save scummed like crazy in the Soul Matrices while trying to solve those mazes, which were annoying. I would have liked the Soul Matrices better if that dungeon music was better there. Most of the music is excellent. Especially the gunsmith theme and the Into the Abyss theme. Even the Soul Matrices being annoying there still was a satisfaction in completing them. I can see the game being a day one disappointment but half off and after they patched in the run toggle and some other fixes. It is rather enjoyable.

I never did everything in it. I never did try that new game plus to complete all five levels in the soul matrices for each character (I don't think there was more story, but it was impossible to get your bonds high enough to do so in one run). I still feel like I got my time and money out of it.

Holy shit just noticed it's $60 on Steam. Definitely overpriced since it feels very much like a game with a low budget. But like I said, I definitely enjoyed the game a lot. I feel like the main issues people had with the game would have been solved if they had a bigger budget. I think the game should be $30-40 at full price.

Kamil posted...

Most of the music is excellent. Especially the gunsmith theme

That's definitely top 2 for me. Can't decide if I like that one more or the boss theme. Mansei Realm theme is also good. And by boss theme, I mean this one. Just realize this isn't the second boss theme, but first one. I guess the theme before this one is more like a miniboss theme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He7YyGwXVBM

Game cost like 8 dollars on PS5. It was, and still is, crazy cheap. Probably wouldn't have gotten it otherwise.

It goes on sale often now for $15-20? I don't exactly remember, but I got a physical copy for the PS4 for 30 dollars and I was happy with it. I even got those cool looking collectible cards as they came with every new physical copy. All the battle music in the game is good.

Without spoiling characters, do I ever get in a position where I have excess party members that get to go in reserve? I got a couple of quest fights with the restriction of not using certain party members and I was wondering if it was meant as a handicap or if I get the ability to simply swap them out for another member at a later time.

DodogamaRayBrst posted...

Without spoiling characters, do I ever get in a position where I have excess party members that get to go in reserve? I got a couple of quest fights with the restriction of not using certain party members and I was wondering if it was meant as a handicap or if I get the ability to simply swap them out for another member at a later time.

You never have to worry about putting characters in reserve. The quests are meant as a handicap.

I liked it. It probably wont happen, but I would love if we got more games with Ringo. I cant think of a single Atlus protagonist I like more than her. They never should have tied it to Soul Hackers though.

Ringo is legit!!! https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/96e5973f.jpg

Also I had a fire away drunk picture moment that I feel is legendary.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/24f65f37.jpg

Love your og persona collection

I added some more games since then, but I think this is one of my favorite pictures. I was so tired and drunk and I shot this picture and still finished the battle and shut things off. Wow. It came out really good.

I'll say it again. I think there was a vote that people really wanted a new Soul Hackers game, but I get confused b/c wasn't it supposed to be some "DIRECT SEQUEL TO DEVIL SUMMONER". I only capped this because I think a lot of the people who hated this game thought it was going to be a sequel to that or Devil Summoner which well we know Raidou is coming out soon. I just eh there are references to Soul Hackers 1 but this game was made by the studio that made the FE#SMT. Haha that thing. Plus people joke and get behind stupid shit all the time and then hate it.

WTF. Anyone who played Soul Hackers before (I did) or never knew Soul Hackers because they loved Persona. Ugh. Even Marsh who rules. Said he thought it was the gamiest of games. Modern meme. And then Raidou is coming out soon again. I think ppl react to fast and dump on things though on launch Atlus was doing bad practices and story dlc cut from the main game. It's just frick. Life moves too fast.

I keep accidentally hitting the map screen while in the axis dungeon base room, which removes my food buff, so I have to menu to the safehouse and eat food again and menu back to the dungeon.

Too much menuing in the game.

Also a fluffy elephant ball keeps OHKOing me ._.

I don't think those food buffs are that helpful other than just friends. Also the first boss fight with Arrow I think was impossible on hard plus I was drunk and I felt like I couldn't overpass the gimmick. I literally beat every other boss fight on hard through the end of the game.

Like ppl give a fuck now since I don't feel smart enough to beat SMTV:V.

I need to go back and give it another try

Kamil posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/24f65f37.jpg

Sick collection

I see there's a DLC "story arc" called The Lost Numbers.

Is this like an actual proper DLC campaign? Based on pricing I would assume it is some minor lameness.

I never finished it actually. The final fight. I just did not have the proper strategy for it. It's really nothing special and feels like it was stripped from the game to be sold separately.

Worth a few bucks I guess. I wouldn't expect too much from it though.