Soul Hackers 2 Reviews

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nemissa

Chill and casual. Plus Ringo is wife material.

Highly not recommended, if possible, i wish they could add the 1st day/pre order bonus dlc (phantom thief outfit)

100% the game (atlus can you now give me Digital Devil Saga 1&2 remasters/remakes)

the game isn't good and most smt fans know that, but if buying and playing this game can make digital devil saga 1&2 remastered on pc real then i say this is money well spent. tldr why it's bad: - ringo is a cool and witty mc that's wasted in this below-mid game alongside a terrible cast. - sabbath is co-op attack back in strange journey except it somehow feels worse when it already felt quite bad and limited back then. - too much persona in my smt (the 'style' in general, annoying battle voiceovers, the vibe of the plot and cast, cringe dialogue). - lazy, LAZY cutscenes (though they're majorly voiced), can't even be fd to animate the scenes to introduce your main characters properly, can only watch ringo sink herself so many times before i start ffwording. - one demon for one party member, if i wanted that i would just play persona but that's precisely why i don't play persona games. - criminally lacking in demons. only 161 compared to base smt5's 230, that came out a year prior to this game, or smt3's 185... that came out back in 2003 on the ps2. not even counting smt4 and 4a's (admittedly massive, and in 2d sprites) list of demons. actually embarrassing. - soul matrix is a legitimate insult to the history of dungeon crawling. dx2, the gd smt gacha game, somehow has better 'dungeons' with aura gates than this pos, absolute lunacy that they green-lighted this. - without discounts, the dlc that has iconic demons like masakado, satan, and *mara* costs $13?????????? - probably an insult to people who loved the og soul hackers too but i haven't gotten around to play that myself yet. - item usage ban on 'very hard' difficulty is interesting but also weird...? missing out on an entire system in game and call it difficulty is kinda A Choice. i think i actually would rather take the dodge penalty back in apocalypse... at least i would get to play the full game? the good: + it runs i guess + ost is servicable + i didn't hate the voice acting + more smt games on pc is always good and encouraged + carried by the fact that you can choose to have smt4's combat music (peak) instead smt is a franchise that has plenty of incredible games and you'd really need a good reason to find yourself playing this obviously low-budget title trying to cash in the smt name... except they didn't even put 'smt' as part of the game's full title. huh? play digital devil saga instead. then join us in pestering atlus for a pc remaster.

This game is the "anti-Atlus" game. Female protagonist, non-silent protagonist, adult cast. Just from that alone, I already recommend this game. Unfortunately, that is literally its best aspect. The characters are good, the story is good, but sadly the gameplay is pretty subpar. The combat feels slow and tedious for half of the game, enemies give little experience once you outlevel them, and it's not until you have piled up enough upgrades at the end of the game that fights go swiftly. The dungeons are kinda samey, uninteresting and without any puzzles or gimmicks. In short, the story is good and the game subverts Atlus's obsession with male, silent protagonists and teenage casts. But the gameplay leaves a lot to be desired.

For it's original price point, this game is subpar. But now that it regularly goes on a deep sale, it's basically a steal. Looks cool, fun combat. Yes the dungeons are boring but it's fine because you're only paying £15 for a simple fun time. The music slaps and I like the characters good enough

Soul Hackers 2 is a melodramatic game. It speaks about family, not the one we get from birth, but the one we choose. It reflects about what makes us humans, our emotions. The game is overall good.