Cyberpunkd
Member
So we switched cyberpunk from SH1 for animu shit and nonsense one-sentence lines for Persona? +obligatory SFX pondering to GitS fans.
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ATLUS announced Soul Hackers 2 coming to PS4/5, XSX/S, XBO and Steam this August
Craig of War
Banned
Wait a Atlus game coming to Xbox and PC day and date is this real did Phil Spencer buy Sega is it Wednesday yet
Dream-Knife
Banned
Wow. PC and not switch? Surprising.
I'll buy it on PC on sale or when I'm done with XC3.
I'll buy it on PC on sale or when I'm done with XC3.
ValiantTraveler
Member
I don't think so, most SMT spin-offs simply borrow the iconic elements of the series (demon summoning & negotiations) to put a different spin on them in a standalone setting.
Then again, with the multiverse trend, you never know...
DaGwaphics
Member
anthony2690
Banned
Is atlus feeling okay? This is the first atlus game on Xbox in FOREVER.
Edit: looks alright, will probably buy it just to support the genre on Xbox (& hopefully continued atlus support) even though I've not been the biggest fan of the atlus games I've played (persona 4 golden psvita, Tokyo mirage switch, digital devil saga PS2) I just find the dungeons to be very bland corridors.
Edit: looks alright, will probably buy it just to support the genre on Xbox (& hopefully continued atlus support) even though I've not been the biggest fan of the atlus games I've played (persona 4 golden psvita, Tokyo mirage switch, digital devil saga PS2) I just find the dungeons to be very bland corridors.
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ChuckeRearmed
Member
Atlus is back on Xbox 
But no Switch
But no Switch
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Probably just Yakuza like DragonGame Pass to Soul Hackers 2:
Orbital2060
Member
Holy shit megaton
Day 1
Day 1
Amiga
Member
About time Atlus gave the other SMT spin-offs a Persona3 makeover. Imagine what Raidou Kuzunoha would look like.
Buggy Loop
Member
Well I’m glad that Atlus is now at least considering PC.. improvements..
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
I guess you have demons yeah. In the trailer, at around 1:10 you can see demons with levels and what appears to be demon fusion.
Deerock71
Member
I think the baffling issue is it's not megaton. It's nicheaton. So one might naturally question why they're making the choices they're making in regards to their platform choices.Holy shit megaton
Day 1
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
The fighting game isn't on Xbox tho.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
I scrolled by this too quickly and read it as “they are too busy pegging Persona 5”.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Game Pass to Soul Hackers 2:
Oh fuck yes, I would be down for that.
You know what else I would be down for ? 1000G on Persona 5 Royal to go nicely with my Platinum on the same game.
Do it Atlus/Sega !
DrAspirino
Banned
If it has cross-save with Xbox, it'd be awesome (since it has the "Windows" logo there apart from Steam).
Null Persp
Member
Great news, now they need to port SMTV to PC.
cireza
Member
The fighting game has been BC for years on Xbox, no need to re-release it.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
I didn't beat the first one, but it had waaay more dialogue than SMT III and V.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Do we know if it's the same team as TMS?
This sequel doesn't look a lot like the first one tho, so who knows how it'll be.
Soul Hackers was a first person dungeon crawler in which you had a party of 6, composed by 2 "humans" and 4 slots for summonable demons. Game didn't have any Persona mechanics but did have more dialogue and exposition than your average mainline SMT, and more cheerful too. I guess it was closer to an average JRPG than mainline SMT or Persona.
This sequel doesn't look a lot like the first one tho, so who knows how it'll be.
Abriael_GN
RSI Employee of the Year
This is something people should likely get used to, because I expect it to become a widespread trend even more so with Game Pass becoming more and more a thing for JP devs.
It doesn't mean it'll never come. I expect more and more 3rd party developers to release on all platforms excluding switch and then port to Switch after, taking their sweet time. This may very well be the case for SH2.
It's time to come to terms that, unlike all other platforms, releasing on Switch involves additional work, because it's weaker and very different in many aspects. Releasing on everything else first and Switch later is a solid strategy.
You can release on everything with very little porting work and THEN release on the Switch later. Or release it only on the Switch, or add several months to all releases just to wait for the Switch. The former strategy being better should be a no-brainer.
Game pass helps a ton, giving you a bottom line buffer that you know you're getting no matter how well or badly your game sells. For a lot of devs, it's definitely worth leaving the Switch behind for a few months or a year.
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Saber
Gold Member
Not to mention all this commotion could force them to re-think their approach. In worst case, we could have something similar to KH on Switch, unless people don't mind this as long its on Switch.
I wouldn't understand if they found it interesting that this game had an XBOX version and yet not the rest of the Atlus games.... I have a feeling (In fact, statements to that effect were published by a representative of Atlus or Sony, I think I remember) that the exclusivity of Persona on PS has to do with Atlus-Sony's mutual interest in maintaining the value and commercial impact of the series through exclusivity.
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Abriael_GN
RSI Employee of the Year
I seriously doubt they're rethinking anything. The meltdowns from Switch fanboys were absolutely predictable, so I'm fairly positive no one at Sega is surprised.
If it's coming to Switch at any point, it's likely because they planned to do it later from the start.
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TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
I really want to know how this'll work. Trailer has the Goumaden, and it shows demon fusion... But it also has a party compossed of four people with COMPs and such, so... Dunno.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
There’s the 3DS port of the original for comparison.
Not sure how I feel about these new character designs.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Hell to the yes on this one!!!!!!!!!!
Bout fucking time.
Bout fucking time.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
90's anime vs 2022's anime... It's what it is.
Abriael_GN
RSI Employee of the Year
Shirow Miwa is an awesome artist, and his style is very fitting to the mid 21st century setting.
I'm glad to see Atlus giving chances to lesser-known artists, personally. Their games were starting to look too samey. Same with getting a different composer for once.
cireza
Member
People should buy this quickly before the eShop closes, for information. Boxed version is very expensive now.
Fbh
Member
Nice, never played the original but this looks great.
Also awesome announcement itself: Coming later this year, announced with gameplay, Atlus finally releasing their stuff simultaneously and on multiple platforms
Between the Nvidia leak and the files on the Switch version alluding to a PC/PS4 release, I really think it will happen.
Main reason I skipped it on Switch despite being hyped about it. Already learned my lesson with Persona 5....don't buy Atlus games at launch.
Also awesome announcement itself: Coming later this year, announced with gameplay, Atlus finally releasing their stuff simultaneously and on multiple platforms
Between the Nvidia leak and the files on the Switch version alluding to a PC/PS4 release, I really think it will happen.
Main reason I skipped it on Switch despite being hyped about it. Already learned my lesson with Persona 5....don't buy Atlus games at launch.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Bondage angel is back btw, and Jack Frost also has his classic design instead of Doi's. Wonder if they've ditched those, or it's just that the game has been in development for a long time and still has some old designs, because other Doi demons are there like the mermaid.
Arthimura
Member
I'm playing Shin Megami Tensei V on Nintendo Switch and I'm having a great time.
Honestly I don't see a reason to wait for the possibility of a PC/PS4 release. People didn't played Shin Megami Tensei IV and Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse after all these years in waiting of a PC port too?
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Imru’ al-Qays
Member
The atmosphere is totally off from the first game
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Drawing a cute girl and naming her Ringo should be a crime worth of punishment.
You shouldn't expect anime aesthetics to look the same now as they did in the 90's. I'm not 100% happy with it either, but while different it also looks kinda cool. Not a big fan of some character's design tho.
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Kenshin775
Member
Gamepass please! I bet Atlus was forced into doing this by Sega. This was sega's pitch and atlus response.
Sega: We need you to make games multiplatform. This way we make more money, you get paid more and we give you bigger bonuses. These games and Atlus brand become more popular and more people get to experience Atlus games.
Atlus: NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Sega: We need you to make games multiplatform. This way we make more money, you get paid more and we give you bigger bonuses. These games and Atlus brand become more popular and more people get to experience Atlus games.
Atlus: NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Really? Where? At least Angel and Jack Frost have their old designs.
And man I need to know how the battle system works. There's demon fusion, but the party is composed by people... But by the UI it doesn't look like One More, so I don't know.
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Fbh
Member
SMT IV didn't have a leak and system files hinting at a port.
To be honest I just felt a bit burned with Atlus launching an improved version of P5 (that addressed some of my issues with the original game) as a separate release. Had I known a P5 royal was coming relatively soon I wouldn't have picked up the original release. So now that there's hints at a SMTV I'd rather wait, if nothing comes from it then I''ll just pick it up on Switch on some sale