Atlus Soul Hackers 2 - SMT spinoff (PS4/5, XBO/S/X, Steam 8/2022)

[dacencora]

“This looks like PERSONA ”
- t. every SMT fan about any new MegaTen game.

 

[karoliner]

Two nukes wasn't enough.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

This looks stupdily generic and way too much like TMS BUT at least is a Female Protagonist after so long and it's actually voiced.

I preffer silent protagonist 99% of the time , but honestly after SMTV, i would glad take a voiced protagonist over what they did with SMTV. It's so fucking bad to see your character blank stare at people while they talk their heart out to you or after a important scene..

Also yikes..

 

[Dodo1610]

The state of SMT in the 2020s

Hee Hoo

 

[megidolaon]

Still no re-release of the original Devil Summoner.

 

[Viata]

Still no re-release of the original Devil Summoner.

It was released 2 times + a psp port 10 years later.

 

[megidolaon]

Still no re-release of the original Devil Summoner.

It was released 2 times + a psp port 10 years later.

Not in English.
Although I thought I heard there is an official English copy of the PSP one sitting in a vault somewhere that Sony wouldn't license for release, for whatever reason.

 

[Puukko]

There's a fan translation for the PSP in the works.

 

[Viata]

The PSP version is good, finished it last year. Would give the Saturn one a try, but Saturn emulator is not that great, sadly.

There's a fan translation for the PSP in the works.

If IF... translation is anything to go by, you could start learning Japanese today, finish the SMT game while understanding it and the fan translation would not be released yet.

 

[TheSoul]

There is no way anyone would look at this and think soul hackers 2 are related.
IDK what happened to atlus, their art looks more and more like it was made for a light novel. I truly miss Kaneko

 

[The Decline]

The state of SMT in the 2020s

Hee Hoo

Fucking decline.

 

[deuxhero]

I wouldn't have minded nearly as much if they called this Digital Devil Saga instead of Soul Hackers. A fixed party that gains new abilities themselves

 

[TheSoul]

I wouldn't have minded nearly as much if they called this Digital Devil Saga instead of Soul Hackers. A fixed party that gains new abilities themselves

At the end of the day it'd amount to the same thing. Atlus would still be degrading their previous entries and removing most of the ideas, tone, and artstyle in favor of...this. I think they've declined massively since apocalypse and tms and after smt5, I'm not remotely interested in this.

 

[Viata]

Just make a new spin-off. MegaTen has like 30 spin-offs, one more would change nothing.

 

[Dodo1610]

Why on earth did they name their first female protagonist in a decade Ringo?
Also, she is cyber Jesus and can bring back the dead.

An agent of the next-generation cyber lifeform Aion. A newborn being, she has a strong curiosity about human society and emotions. She stands on the front lines with Arrow and the other Devil Summoners, and fights to avoid ruin

Soul Hack


One of Aion’s functionalities. It is the ability to intervene in and improve a person’s mind and soul. Ringo uses Soul Hack on those who have just died, and intervenes in their memories at their time of death. It allows the person to be revived by drawing out their regrets for dying, and by their strong desire to live.

Demons aren't used directly they are applied to your weapons

A gadget that assists in summoning demons. Each user’s COMP has a different form and can be modified to resemble their favorite item or decoration. Ringo and company’s COMPs were modified with Aion’s technology, allowing them to directly equip demons to the COMP itself.

Screens like this make it clear that they really want the Persona audience for this game

https://www.gematsu.com/2022/02/soul-hackers-2-announced-for-ps5-xbox-series-ps4-xbox-one-and-pc

 

[Viata]

Yes, they could call it just a new Megami Tensei spin-off. There is no reason at all to call it Soul Hackers 2 when any MegaTen game can sell easily.

 

[TheImplodingVoice]

This is all IDtenT and Rean fucking fault. I blame it on you.

 

[Reinhardt]

Never played first so who cares.

 

[deuxhero]

Why on earth did they name their first female protagonist in a decade Ringo?
Also, she is cyber Jesus and can bring back the dead.

Ringo means apple. They're actually playing off this since one of the staticy pics they showed before the announcement was a literal apple. Prob some 2deep4u shit with Eve and the forbidden fruit.

 

[Abu Antar]

 

[Reinhardt]

Why there is Zelos from Blazing Souls?

 

[Nathir]

This looks like it has absolutely no relation to Soul Hackers. What even is the point of the name?

Judging by the trailer gameplay and UI wise it looks like a mix between Persona 5 and SMTV. Maybe I will be proven wrong, but it looks like another press turn game with no innovations. Character design is the most generic weeb shit you can imagine. Story seems to be (again) slice of life character interactions with some cringy pseudo intelectual "deep" nonsense sprinkled in as main story. As is the course for all LNs/VNs these days. Main draw will of course be anime girls eating burgers, while showing thighs. Meanwhile redditards will make posts about analyzing x character or how some abstract concept is a metaphor about Jungian psychology. Lol @ the youtube comment going "I love the MC's hair".

In short, fuck Atlus and fuck all weebs and otakus. Bring Kaneko back.

 

[grimace]

Digital Devil Saga

What's the preferred way to play Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2 in 2022?

Spoiler

Do I need to hookup my PS2 again? I still have the disc.

 

[Viata]

I finished it on emulator. Many years ago.

 

[Puukko]

Digital Devil Saga

What's the preferred way to play Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2 in 2022?

Spoiler

Do I need to hookup my PS2 again? I still have the disc.

Emulates fine. There's an undub too.