#soulhackers2 — Public Fediverse posts

On this day in 2022, Atlus released Soul Hackers 2 worldwide. Set in a cyberpunk dystopian future, it's one of the few JRPGs with an adult cast of characters.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBpn-kp49F1-iezYQOe362kVs92FJYEwY

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I guess here's a quick #introduction till all my followers get moved (if they do cuz I got some sort of error so who knows?)

Hey, I'm Luciano, I'm currently 24, though I'll be 25 in a week from now (and a day).

I'm working in a packaging company's IT department primarily, every Monday and Thursday, though sometimes I help in their logistics department.

In my spare time, I mostly play games. Currently playing #SoulHackers2, though I gotta get back into Persona after that. Idk when though.

I forgot to mention that I'm a demiboy! Quite an important thing that I just forgot to mention.

I was on @[email protected] before. I enjoyed my time there, but due to some reasons, including the fact I can't use it at work, I decided to migrate here.

Nice meeting you all!

oh here'a an old piece from august 2022

i'd drawn this before soul hackers 2 actually released. i have very conflicted thoughts about that game - i think i was too out of the loop to know that this particular frost was locked behind a paywall, for one thing - but going back over my old work i'm surprised this one sorta holds up. ai-ho!

#mastoart #fanart #smt #megamitensei #soulhackers2

My full playthrough of Soul Hackers 2 for PlayStation 5 is now available to watch on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBpn-kp49F1-iezYQOe362kVs92FJYEwY

#soulhackers2 #jrpg #videogames #gaming

Soul Hackers 2 platinum trophy is done. I enjoyed this one a lot more than expected. JRPGs need more stories with an adult cast of characters.

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Moving on to Soul Hackers 2 for PlayStation 5, "the latest RPG from ATLUS."

This will be my first non-Persona Shin Megami Tensei game. 🤞

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I can see why #SoulHackers2 got some pretty mixed reviews. It's not a bad game by any stretch of the imagination, but it's really more of a dungeon crawler. If you went in expecting a Persona-style plot heavy RPG you'd definitely be disappointed.

#Gaming #RPG #JRPG

The balance on #SoulHackers2 seems very odd.

See, there's the mainline plot, and then there's a dungeon crawling "develop your characters" side. I went through the dungeon crawling section before moving the plot on, thinking it'd be a good chance to get ahead of the level curve... And it was! For the first section of the plot dungeon. And then the monster levels ramped up *really super fast* as the dungeon went on.

This is gonna produce one weird-ass level curve.

#Gaming #RPG #JRPG

Also the game seems really hand-holdy. A lot of games seem to be doing that lately and I'm not a huge fan. I don't need you to ask me twice if I want to close a help window, I don't want auto-battle as one of my primary commands, and I *seriously* do not want character barks every time I select a less than super effective attack. Jeez. #SoulHackers2 #Gaming #RPG #JRPG

Further #SoulHackers2 thoughts:

-The voice acting is good but WAY too frequent. Do I really need a bark *from everyone* every time I so much as change targets? The navigator shouts whenever a monster is visible on the overworld, it's just WAY too much.

-...There is Demon Fusion in this game, right?

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Played the first hour or two of #SoulHackers2, some initial thoughts:

-I really appreciate that the main character is a bit of a bitch. So often when you have a woman as the MC they have to be either pure hearted or totally professional. It's nice to have the reckless asshole be a woman for once.

-Soundtrack seems solid so far, I was a little worried since Meguro isn't doing this one :/

-That first boss was a bit... for lack of a better term, cringe. Please stop rapping at me.

#Gaming #RPG

Mówiłem, że paczki były dwie? Płytki zmieściły się w jednej, więc jedziemy z rozpakowywaniem kolejnej 😁

#visualnovel.e znowu wysunęły się na czołówkę moich ulubionych gatunków, ale zanim obwinicie za to biedne Utawarerumono , wcześniej swoje trzy grosze dołożyła Persona 3 Reload. I pozostając w jej duchu, kolekcja #TeamPudełka powiększyła się dzisiaj aż o dwie pozycje!

#SoulHackers2 tytuł który przewijał mi się w polecajkach od dawna, nawet chyba był dostępny w Game Pass swego czasu, ale jakoś nigdy nie udało mi się go wypróbować. Teraz już nie mam wymówki 😁 I z tej dwójki jest to zdecydowanie bardziej znany tytuł.

#MatoAnomalies – tytuł o którym do niedawna nie słyszałem nic, trafiłem nań przeszukując ofertę jednego ze sklepów. Chcąc sprawdzić recenzje – też za dużo materiałów nie szło znaleźć, zupełnie jakby tytuł przeszedł kompletnie bez echa 🤔 #visualnovel.a + RPG + turowa walka? Jak mógłbym przejść obojętnie! Do tego wydanie wzbogacone o bardzo ładny artbook i to nie jakieś naście stron na śliskim papierze, które ostatnio są „dorzucane” do wydań „premium” gier.

#giereczkowo

Glitchy Ringo and Figue.
#SoulHackers2 #videogames

I'm back to #SoulHackers2 to finish the game. I forgot how much I love the color palette and art of this game. It's stunning.

Soul Hackers 2 (PS5)

Buen juego la verdad, la historia 2-2, entretenida aunque nada que te vuele la cabeza en ningún momento.

Aunque algo limitado me pareció buen cast, cada uno con su propio estilo y personalidad.

El soundtrack tiene alguna que otra pieza bastante buena.

#SoulHackers2 #PS5 #Gaming #Videojuegos

I wonder how well #dragonsdogma2 will run on PC because of #denuvo
All Atlus games have it and the only one I've played on #Steam was #SoulHackers2 and it froze only after 50h so I take it as a positive experience. But DD2 is a new game so I dunno. Where are you going to play the game? #pcgaming #videogames #rpg

I wrote about my progress in #SoulHackers2 and #SteinsGate :)
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https://swordofseiros.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/hacking-souls-and-time/

Last weekend, I made some progress in Soul Hackers 2 and I am right at the end of the game. The crazy dungeons inside the Soul Matrix got a little more complex to navigate. Saizo’s Soul Matrix is still the hardest one in my view, however I managed to complete a few more things before I finish the story. I reached 4F with all my companions, but only managed to get enough Soul Level to finish Milady’s 4F and get into 5F. There, I couldn’t open any other gates without loads of Soul Level. I’ve read that the amount of Soul Level we gain from hangouts increases significantly in new game + making it possible to complete a 5F from any character and unlock an achievement.

I completed all requests from Madam Ginko in order to get items, money, upgrades, lower prices to summon demons, what have you. It’s very important to stay on top of her requests during the playthrough to make things easier in the end. I completed all The Lost Numbers DLC quests involving a new character called Nana. She was on a journey to find information about her father, a person who worked for Yatagarasu  – an organization that protects people from demons – while also learning about the story behind her true nature. This lead us to a new dungeon where we could grind to our heart’s content and defeat powerful bosses.

One day I couldn’t sleep, so I decided to fuse many demons with the money I had. Now my compendium is over 90% and I’ll maybe take it to 100%, something I could never do on a playthrough in Persona 3 Reload without a guide. With the DLC we also get some powerful demons for free from the start, but I decided to ignore them during early game because they were too overpowered. What I enjoyed the most about the game was the cyberpunk atmosphere, the art, the palette, and the interactions with demons and companions. The game is a feast for the eye, the soundtrack can be a bit limited but I already got two favorite songs – COMP Smith and Eyes of the Iron Mask.

This is as far as I got before I enter the last dungeon, or what I think is the last anyway. My two main characters – Ringo and Figue – are becoming more human by learning through interactions with other humans. They are machines made in human’s image, created by Aion, a big sentient AI, maybe composed of many other life forms, born from the digital footprints of humans. The purpose of their creation was to save the world from great danger, of course, but things didn’t go as expected as they never do. When human emotions formed inside our character’s personalities every action gained a new significance and by consequence emotions started getting in the way of what was otherwise a very objective mission. One of them went rogue and now it’s up to us to fix the world, before saving it.

During the weekend, I decided to go back to Steins Gate Elite. It’s a visual novel with primary focus on time travel and creating a time machine. I started reading it some months ago but it was a bit on-and-off, the story and the characters weren’t captivating enough at first. So eventually I abandoned it and played many games in between. Steins Gate was that VN that I would read when I didn’t want to play or read anything else. Okabe was very irritating and over-the-top and I could only tolerate him in very small portions. This time I was a bit under the weather and the best thing I could do was going to bed and reading a VN that could work as a pathway to a good nap. I was at the end of Chapter 4 and initiated Chapter 5. From there on, any idea of a nap diluted in the hands of time and I was very much glued to the screen. It must have happened a little before a certain character was killed. I was instantly shocked and I had to read on. Okabe changed a lot, so much so, that I found myself wishing for his nonsense at times.

The suffering and confusion brought upon Okabe during his time leaps was palpable. At a certain point even I was giving up hope and questioning the point of saving the world to be. During his hopeless mission to save a special someone he would try again and again at changing something, anything, a few hours or days before a tragedy in order to prevent it, even when it was obvious that the end result would stay the same. At this point we understand the motivations of the cast of characters, especially one that came from 30 years in the future. Real time passed so fast from then on that I ended up unlocking my first ending. The game went full circle and I stayed with Mayuri and Daru in a peaceful world, all of my friends were gone. Very easily I unlocked Suzuha, Moeka, Lukako and Faris’ routes. For Kurisu and the true ending I needed a guide.

The good part about using a good guide was that I could choose the right sms answers for the true ending and then save the game when I was one answer short. With an answer left to trigger the true ending we can instead see Kurisu’s ending and then reload the save. The funniest part was that, after I watched her ending and wept and laughed and everything, I engaged the true ending and it was exactly the same thing. Same scenes, same conversations, but I couldn’t skip them. Then the credits rolled and I thought I was doing something wrong and checked the guide again. They wrote something like “read on, trust us” and trust I did.

*** Light spoilers true ending, continue to next paragraph ***

What came after was a very substantial part of the game because it was long and tied a lot of loose ends from the beginning. Everything we see at the start of the game is explained and I didn’t notice any major plot holes. However, I played the first 4 chapters a long time ago, and I don’t remember every little detail. Kurisu’s murder in the Beta attractor field, where the game starts, is explained and that moment is revisited by Okabe and Suzuha. Okabe gets a message from his future self and finds motivation to rewrite the narrative of that worldline by use of deception. It’s genius! However, I would have enjoyed watching the deception taking place, I mean seeing the reaction of the real Okabe from that worldline. Also that shift between dead Kurisu and alive Kurisu was triggered by a worldline shift I didn’t see. I didn’t see it but Okabe certainly did because he jumped to an attractor field – Steins Gate – where everyone is alive and living their sweet lifes. In order to start anew on an attractor field without any known convergence – a new start for humanity – Okabe had to save Kurisu, and that he did. It was a beautiful ending especially because of everything that happened in order to get there, all the heartbreaks and so on.

*** End of spoilers ***

Yes, it was a great read, for sure! By pure coincidence or not, Spike Chunsoft has a sale on Steam right now, so I grabbed Steins Gate 0. The story takes place in the Beta worldline, meaning after Kurisu dies. Poor Kurisu. Her death is the first thing we see when we start Steins Gate and it’s always looming in the background even when she’s right before our eyes. Steins Gate 0 starts about the same way, with some variations and it’s intended for people who read the original novel. The very first scenes are a big spoiler! I’m very curious to see what they did with the story. The old art is wonderful. I would recommend playing Steins Gate with the original artwork and then watching the anime.

https://swordofseiros.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/hacking-souls-and-time/

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Look at this map! 😂 It's not worse than the barriers I had to do before; it's just confusing. I need to increase the soul level to go to another floor. This is Saizo's Soul Matrix. I'm curious if the other ones have these portals. More about it in alt text.
#SoulHackers2 #megaten #atlus #videogames

Perfection! I didn't even advance the dialogue the first time I heard this song. I just stood there listening to it. And I do the same every time I'm upgrading stuff at COMP SMITH. #SoulHackers2 #videogames #megaten #atlus
https://youtu.be/xokB3CXGd7M?si=59MC_k1nHYAv_IGw

I don't wanna defeat Jack Frost! :blob_pensive: #SoulHackers2 #videogames

25 years later and the gaming landscape looks very different. Especially with all of the successful main series and spin off Shin Megami Tensei games released over the years. Sadly Soul Hackers 2 seems to be a victim of comparison in a post Persona 5 world.

FULL VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ6Ju2SX-Lk&ab_channel=RyanBeardy

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Started #SoulHackers2 and couldn't get past the first two hours, such a badly paced opening and an eyesore of a UI. Uninstalled.

This is the third MegaTen game I've tried, maybe starting with Persona 5 was a mixed blessing, nothing's lived up to it so far.

Lots of #SoulHackers2 spoilers in this video, but this guy has infinite patience and just... wow at all of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbBsQuavv4k

Stuff like this is why I love turn-based combat #RPG games... there's *so much* strategy that goes into planning that I'd argue far eclipses "hit buttons in real time to attack and dodge" systems

#NowPlaying one of the best games of 2022 and an absolutely stellar OST, #SoulHackers2

I smell a new This Week in Game Pass coming...

Coming to Xbox Game Pass: Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, Soul Hackers 2, F1 22, and Merge & Blade - Xbox Wire https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/02/21/game-pass-february-2023-wave-2-announce/

#Xbox #GamePass #Microsoft #WoLongFallenDynasty #SoulHackers2 #F122 #MergeAndBlade #GamingNews

Has anyone played #SoulHackers2? I was excited at first, but after a few hours of play found it to be repetitive and boring. Nothing about the story is compelling enough to dungeon grind for it.

( #SoulHackers2 thoughts continued... )

I'm remembering now how let down I was by the final dungeon and bosses in #Persona5

Don't get me wrong... it was still a great and emotional moment, but somehow it didn't feel quite... right? Like it wasn't believable given the world that had been constructed

(I think Royal fixes a lot of that problem)

Also how anticlimactic the final boss of Grandia 2 was because it just felt like a huge (difficulty and mechanical) letdown after much more interesting battles

Soul Hackers 2 did everything right in its story, and the final boss was simultaneously the most unexpected but also the most obvious thing that could have happened, and the battle itself is handled beautifully

The smaller party from the beginning also makes a difference, because it *feels* more like a true set of friendships that have developed over many trials and tribulations together

Just ugh... such a good experience, and I'm glad I did it 😍​

Okay, #SoulHackers2 has been beaten and...

Oh my god that ending

I think this is the best JRPG ending (and best and most satisfying and sensical final boss, from a story standpoint) since Skies of Arcadia

The characters are amazing, the final scenes had me in tears, and it is extremely fitting that the game ends the way it started: With a soul hack

Even the scenes at the ends of the fourth floors of the Soul Matrix were great (although it was terrible getting there)

Overall, if we ignore the existence of the Soul Matrix, I think this game is very, very good... like 9/10 good for me, in large part thanks to the characters, the late game plot twist, and then the ending (including final boss)

Soul Matrix probably knocks it down to 6/10 (especially because you really want to do it for the ally skills)

Still, I recommend you get it if you like RPGs... my save reports something like 36 hours played (including most but not all sidequests), so it's about the length I'd expect too

#RPG #JRPG

Ahhhhh that plot twist! #SoulHackers2

This game is so much more enjoyable now that I'm not worrying about the Soul Matrix anymore 😂​

Okay, I've finally fully explored all of the fourth floors of all three Soul Matrices in #SoulHackers2, and.... ugh

So I really want to love this game

And I do *like* it

I actually am really enjoying the story (so far, especially its plot twists), the combat is actually interesting and reasonably engaging, the progression (exp balance, demon unlocks, skills) seems really solid, the characters are well-developed, and the game as a whole is really pretty

But I can't get over that sinking feeling I feel every time the "The Soul Matrix has expanded" message pops up, because I know it means another hugely grindy dungeon (times 3)... and floors four were the worst yet with one-way warps everywhere, most of which are useless and make you run back and memorize what you've already taken and... ugh no

Anyway, unless there's a floor five, I think I'm full speed ahead on the actual plot dungeons now, so hopefully I'm left with a much better final impression as I finish the game over the next few days 😅​

#JRPG #RPG

I caved and bought the #SoulHackers2 DLC that drops money/levelling/stat boost items

And it's making a big difference to my enjoyment of the game

The Soul Matrix is still super maze-y, but I no longer feel guilty just slashing down and avoiding enemies everywhere because I can make up the experience through the level items

...I think it says something bad about your JRPG if avoiding combats is desirable 🙄​

On the plus side, I'm making quicker progress now 😅​

Goal tomorrow is to actually advance the plot

Okay, if I save whenever I see a risky enemy and then reload to make it go away, am I cheating?

Because it seems that the game (especially when I'm a low multiple-of-ten level, like 51 or 52) wants me to run away rather than try to engage these enemies, but these super narrow hallways often make escaping unrealistic or impossible

#SoulHackers2 problems 🙄​

#JRPG #RPG

More #SoulHackers2 talk:

Got through Milady Soul Matrix floor 3, and started on Arrow's, and just...

Yeah, they really needed to do something different there

I really do find the plot of the game (so far) engaging, and I really do like the premise of the Soul Matrix...

But in practice it's now a grindy slog that is keeping me from doing what I actually want to be doing (advancing the plot)

This may be the first JRPG I don't 100%, because I can't see myself sticking with it long enough to do several more floors of this (times three, since there's three characters) 🙁​

#RPG #JRPG

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