Btw i just found out from Twitter that if you go into settings, and change the loading screen tips to hide or button advance, it changes the loading times from 10 seconds to 1 second, so that might be helpful!
I don’t mind the need to keep with tradition, but I think games that insist on silent protags should offer a classic choice and a voice choice. Shez in FEW Three Hopes was such a breath of fresh air from Byleth. Joker at least manages to feel more like a character than the other Atlus silent protags because of actually having multiple voices lines and modern character animation being way better than the PS2 era but even so he was still silent and felt less involved than he should.
Yaragarasu is an organization in the Devil Summoner series btw, their main job is to protect general society from the world of demons and employ devil summoners like Raidou Kuzunoha to do that
I've watched a bunch of videos on this game. All of them really hang on the empty dungeons. This is the first one that drove home the conversations and literally everything else that they put so much energy into. I actually want to play this game now!
I'm still surprised Ram skipped out on SMTV. Or maybe I just missed it. It started these QoL changes and it seems that Soul Hackers 2 is just following through by making it even better.
@@ghostofhallownest5300 SMTV barely has a story. This was never intended for that same core audience either. It's a much more grounded story with more believable characters.
don't even compare SMTVs QoL to anything in SH2. It's unmatched. SMTV did everything way better and smoother. One of the best things about it is demon essence which SH2 lacks entirely. Getting to customize your demon's entire skill set? Even better than getting to inherit a demon's skills like they did in SMT 4/4A.
@kaylevy7107 Demons were essentially equipment and chain fusing was still fine. Thing is, SH 2 tells you where every enemy is and what they drop. Also, you can track an enemy for drops and it will show you which map encounter contains that enemy before you even get into a fight. The demon fusion searching is also the best in the series.
@@CallofDutyBlackOps28 I'd have like....5 nickels 1. Cortana 2. Ringo 3. The pixie in SMT Nocturne 4. Glados (although whether the character we are playing is deranged is still up to debate) 5. that one girl that appeared on Tron the movie??? she was technically an AI if i remember 6. Navi (if we don't count the current one we have with Ringo) other than that. i'd have like.....1 whole dollars worth of nickels because of anime and the many isekai with the quirky companion that serves as an ai or guide
From what I've seen smt fans are pretty split with this title, some say it loses the smt charm by not having random encounters and some says Atlus trying to make this game a gateway to smt franchise by designing it to be more persona-like
I wouldn't be surprised if Persona 6 will have some similar character models taken from this game. Just like with Persona 5 & Catherine (Ann = Catherine or Sae = Katherine).
In all the review videos I’ve watched for this game, this is the first time I’m actually hearing her voice. I don’t even know what that means for the content creators uploading them or the marketing for this game
Ringo’s jacket reminds me of the clothes in Scarlet Nexus. Hopefully Bandai Namco and Atlus do a fighting game collab or something. Like Marvel vs Capcom.
this review actually saved my life today. it was so freaking hilarious that i regained my will to live, thank you. soul hackers 2 is so underrated. ringo quotes are iconic and its freaking hilarious how pizza and food has such a monumental power in this game. how ringo walks into the characters adult flashbacks is also so funny
Techinically the Key mechanic in Soul Hackers 2, as well as all Atlus games, is paying an outrageous amount of money for minute long quests and fusable demons.
I’m so hyped for this game I can’t wait to play it when i get my hands on it (GameStop delivery is always a blind shot lol, never know when you’re gonna get it)
Just watched a few minutes since I don't want to get spoiled on anything, just wanted to boost the video on the algorithm (also why I'm commenting). After a I finish XC3 I'll play this and come back to watch the rest.
This video doesn't have spoilers btw. It only covers the first like 30% of the plot. Atlus actively disallows spoilers of any kind for like the first 4-6 months of a new game release and will take down any and all content on TH-cam that spoils the newest games.
@@krimsonkatt That's good to know, now I seem to remember something similar with P5, but like, I'm the most spoilerphobic guy you'll ever met. Sometimes I even skip the intro sequence, and almost never watch trailers. As I said before, I'm playing XC3 fully blind, the only thing I know about it was "it should've released September, but it leaked and Monolith decided to release early", or something like that, and I'm having a blast with every new small thing that happens. My rule is: if it's not on the title, it's a spoiler.
I Bought this game on a whim and Ringo, is indeed a charmer. Lets just hope she doesn't get a colab banner in any good gacha games. That'll be a hard hit to the wallet 🤣
Overall it's pretty good. But compared to tokyo mirage sessions, I felt tokyo mirage sessions was alot more fun. There was way more character bonding and characters in general, and I liked the combo attacks and specials, performances.
@RamZaes the inflated cost of registered demons isn't really an issue as switching the view to base stats also means you only cost the base stats price of the demon.
There was a live action Power Rangers-esqe stage show when the game was first announced in Japan and she had that jacket and it actually lit up. It was really cool. Why we don't have clothes like that is beyond me.
@@minefish I live in Texas and I shop at Sam's Club. Being old is great! You completely give up caring about fashion or brand names. I still want a glowing jacket though.
You should make a video on The Caligula Effect, it's REALLY similar to persona, to the point where one of the side characters looks and acts like Ryuji, as well as even having the same voice actor (I think). It's still a good game though
Never heard of this game. To be fair I never rlly played many atlus games until a few months ago when I got persona 5 so I'm not rlly up to date. This game looks awesome tho, so does the rest of SMT!
Oooo I love the persona games, but I didn't even know about this one :0 I'll probably snag it once we get a price drop. I hope the demon weaknesses are the same in this game as they are in persona or I'm gonna have to relearn them all lkadjfakdjfkadf
shirow miwa must've been spending the last 4 years working on the character designs, just on3 day said man I better stop working on dogs and instead pour my heart and soul into the next soul hackers game"
Btw i just found out from Twitter that if you go into settings, and change the loading screen tips to hide or button advance, it changes the loading times from 10 seconds to 1 second, so that might be helpful!
Wow actually super helpful since I have to run back and forth from the safehouse often
Gamechanger. Thank you
I'm 30 hours in... I wish I knew this sooner.
Im 40 hours in but I appreciate it I'm pretty sure like 5 hours of my game time was wasted on loading screens even on ps5
@@beredan how’s the game?
Hope atlus do more talking & lively Protagonist like ringo for persona. I wish joker can talk & actually have conversation like that in the game
B-but my self insert.
I liked Persona 1-4 MC for sure more too
There's a reason we like Chad Narukami
I don’t mind the need to keep with tradition, but I think games that insist on silent protags should offer a classic choice and a voice choice. Shez in FEW Three Hopes was such a breath of fresh air from Byleth. Joker at least manages to feel more like a character than the other Atlus silent protags because of actually having multiple voices lines and modern character animation being way better than the PS2 era but even so he was still silent and felt less involved than he should.
Nah, self insert is a lot better. What we trully need is more options to express ourselves
Yaragarasu is an organization in the Devil Summoner series btw, their main job is to protect general society from the world of demons and employ devil summoners like Raidou Kuzunoha to do that
Yeah and the first game came out way before Ace Attorney. So SMT did it first lol.
@@krimsonkatt I don't know if I would call 6 years as way before but I digress
and a job that Raidou does so well as we play as him; and him as a NPC.
@@krimsonkatt idk about that one bro taisho era did it first😎
Someone who appreciates the sword swinging AI queen! Ringo's such a fun character with how direct she is and SERIOUSLY she's ADORABLE!
Sold
I've watched a bunch of videos on this game. All of them really hang on the empty dungeons. This is the first one that drove home the conversations and literally everything else that they put so much energy into. I actually want to play this game now!
6:10 "then u can buff and debuff"
Gets flashbacks from a certain green sombrero wearing ass and the number 3
Were you challenged to a duel 😔
You know it's gonna be a great day when ramzaes uploads
Never noticed the character portraits. They look really nice.
I'm still surprised Ram skipped out on SMTV. Or maybe I just missed it. It started these QoL changes and it seems that Soul Hackers 2 is just following through by making it even better.
there's not really a story to meme on, so while it's a great game, don't think it'd make a great video
SmtV is ironically better than this. The story here isn’t the greatest and misses the core fanbase by a mile. It’s nowhere near better than Smt V.
@@ghostofhallownest5300 SMTV barely has a story. This was never intended for that same core audience either. It's a much more grounded story with more believable characters.
don't even compare SMTVs QoL to anything in SH2. It's unmatched. SMTV did everything way better and smoother. One of the best things about it is demon essence which SH2 lacks entirely. Getting to customize your demon's entire skill set? Even better than getting to inherit a demon's skills like they did in SMT 4/4A.
@kaylevy7107 Demons were essentially equipment and chain fusing was still fine. Thing is, SH 2 tells you where every enemy is and what they drop. Also, you can track an enemy for drops and it will show you which map encounter contains that enemy before you even get into a fight. The demon fusion searching is also the best in the series.
This was hilarious.
I like Persona and am interested in this SMT spin off game but i'll wait till after a price drop. :)
But youll buy P5 twice? Wow... no wonder Atlus doesnt make mainline games. 😑😑😑
@@moodypessimist5375 bro SMTV came out last year remember?
@@moodypessimist5375 excuse me, thrice. we'll buy P5 thrice (P5, P5R, P5R remastered this october)
@@moodypessimist5375 I'll gladly buy persona 5 a third time. Although I do support their smaller titles like soul hackers 2
@@TitusKingdom Well, what i learnt from P3/P4, always wait for the "final" version of the game.. hence I'll wait till P5R.. 😶😅
If I had a nickel for every quirky ai girl that helps a downright deranged adult.
so far we'd have two knickles
It applies to Halo with Chief and Cortana to, I love sassy IA's xd
@@alexisbaz8746 indeed
@@CallofDutyBlackOps28 I'd have like....5 nickels
1. Cortana
2. Ringo
3. The pixie in SMT Nocturne
4. Glados (although whether the character we are playing is deranged is still up to debate)
5. that one girl that appeared on Tron the movie??? she was technically an AI if i remember
6. Navi (if we don't count the current one we have with Ringo)
other than that. i'd have like.....1 whole dollars worth of nickels because of anime and the many isekai with the quirky companion that serves as an ai or guide
@@AlejandroRodriguez-cy8ee Can add DR2 to that as well.
Who else was expecting the Outro to be changed to "Trojan, Ramzaes, Magnum, SHEEEEESH"? Just me? ;-)
Me too! He should change it to that permanently
A female lead who's cute and has diverse personality? Nice. I should check this out.
...
They should have not checked it out.
i dont think you know what even is a personality if you think ringo has a diverse one, yikes, you must be 12 years old
>cute female
bruh that does not make a game good lol
@@StarPebblitTrue. But it never hurts. 😉
Fuck them haters this looks amazing, love that the protagonist has such a cool personality
The game itself is pretty fuckin bad tho.
@@dotdotmod I heard it's mid.
It does look pretty mid…
Hey Dhar Mann, I’m about to judge a book by its cover.
From what I've seen smt fans are pretty split with this title, some say it loses the smt charm by not having random encounters and some says Atlus trying to make this game a gateway to smt franchise by designing it to be more persona-like
@@dotdotmod The main issue i hear is that the Dungeons are horribly bland. Which is a deal breaker for an RPG
I'm not even 2 secs in and am reminded of that Luvoratory by Reol with those designs. Loving it
Totally getting this, I'm glad we have some Soul Hacker 1 Throwbacks like Victor, the Zoma, the Nemissa skin etc
I freaking LOVE Ringo
I really hope the barkeep is the superboss. Since you know, he looks nearly identical to a certain character from Catherine...
So looks like Soul Hackers 2 is a test dummy for a Persona 6 to me. Like how Catherine was a test dummy for Persona 5. Interestingggg.
Devil Summoner predates Persona, the game feels like SJ X P2 X Devil Summoner
@@sociallyawkard5675 Yeah ??? so??? this game legit looks like a test dummy for p6
@@theotakufangirl hell no it doesn't lol
@@sociallyawkard5675 Okay just you watch until persona 6 comes out then LMAO
I wouldn't be surprised if Persona 6 will have some similar character models taken from this game. Just like with Persona 5 & Catherine (Ann = Catherine or Sae = Katherine).
Love how RamZaes makes his vids so entertaining and fun to watch. While everyone was shitting on the game I low key want to get it bc of this vid
Jusy get persona 3, 4 or 5
SH2 is just a lazy persona clone in gameplay
Story is decent but you can just watch it on YT
I really like it so far, I love the art style. Also, this video is full of spoilers so viewers beware
I'm so glad i see you comment before watching the vid, i think im gonna buy the game when it's on sales so i really don't want any spoiler lol
Thank you. I stopped watching after seeing your comment. I don’t want any spoiler
Thanks, I was looking for this information
In all the review videos I’ve watched for this game, this is the first time I’m actually hearing her voice. I don’t even know what that means for the content creators uploading them or the marketing for this game
Ringo’s jacket reminds me of the clothes in Scarlet Nexus. Hopefully Bandai Namco and Atlus do a fighting game collab or something. Like Marvel vs Capcom.
You are the BEST commercial for this game !
I like your videos X3
This game gets a sheesh out of 10
game is a snoozefest
9:56 just Thank you... Mission accomplished mate good work...
I didn't know Okabe did the music but as soon as I found out I bought the game.
It's funny how the ad for this game plays right when I'm watching this video xD
this review actually saved my life today. it was so freaking hilarious that i regained my will to live, thank you. soul hackers 2 is so underrated. ringo quotes are iconic and its freaking hilarious how pizza and food has such a monumental power in this game. how ringo walks into the characters adult flashbacks is also so funny
I adore this game but the default camera settings are fucking bizzare, you can set it to be the standard persona style camera so it's not all bad
Shirow Miwa is my idol, thanks for the data, I did not know they were involved
Man the quality on your channel is just insane, i don't get why you don't have 1 million subs yet
Techinically the Key mechanic in Soul Hackers 2, as well as all Atlus games, is paying an outrageous amount of money for minute long quests and fusable demons.
13:34 Figue: **changes her voice for the male Unreal Tournament 3** "DENIED!"
When I saw the Breaking Mart I laughed for like 3 minutes. Completely caught me off guard when I played it lol.
The similarities between this game and Tokyo Mirage Sessions are shocking. Not a bad thing, but noticable.
@Benji 64 Both games even had a voiced protagonist, a rarity among SMT games.
wish you didn't spoil the story, but captures the game's joys well.
I’m so hyped for this game I can’t wait to play it when i get my hands on it (GameStop delivery is always a blind shot lol, never know when you’re gonna get it)
Dude Ringo is cool asf
Ok the rap part got me sold definitely buying.
I super-appreciate the Better Call Saul clip. The world needs more Better Call Saul
Also congrats on the sponsorship!
2 RamZaes videos within 2 weeks of each other? God is real!
love the lonely puppeteer playing off in the background
With that ending, I'm disappointed you didn't substitute you outro's "Sheik" with "Sheesh."
soul Hacker II is a fun time, no alcohol required.
Ringo right through this video already became my favourite MC in any atlus game
4th SH2 review today let's go
So in short Ringo is best girl. Got it
Reminds me of Digimon Cybersleuth
Trojan .. Ramses .. Magnum .. Sheesh!
jumpscare at 18:53, stay safe out there
An AI fighting a guy similar to iron man? You sure this isn’t just Persona 5 Strikers?
Just watched a few minutes since I don't want to get spoiled on anything, just wanted to boost the video on the algorithm (also why I'm commenting).
After a I finish XC3 I'll play this and come back to watch the rest.
This video doesn't have spoilers btw. It only covers the first like 30% of the plot. Atlus actively disallows spoilers of any kind for like the first 4-6 months of a new game release and will take down any and all content on TH-cam that spoils the newest games.
@@krimsonkatt That's good to know, now I seem to remember something similar with P5, but like, I'm the most spoilerphobic guy you'll ever met. Sometimes I even skip the intro sequence, and almost never watch trailers.
As I said before, I'm playing XC3 fully blind, the only thing I know about it was "it should've released September, but it leaked and Monolith decided to release early", or something like that, and I'm having a blast with every new small thing that happens.
My rule is: if it's not on the title, it's a spoiler.
This game would be so iconic if Atlus fans focused more on a game's general character than gameplay.
Only about a quarter of the way through the vid, but this really makes me wish there was another Dragon Quest Monsters Joker game...
Your video makes me want to buy this game
I Bought this game on a whim and Ringo, is indeed a charmer.
Lets just hope she doesn't get a colab banner in any good gacha games. That'll be a hard hit to the wallet 🤣
everyone point and laugh at the gatcha player
@@zen6529 oh, yes lets point at and laugh at others who play games we don't agree with.
Grow up 😌
@@DarkMaidenFlan please learn to take a joke Randall 😭
@@zen6529 I wouldn't have used that emote if I wasn't being sarcastic.
Does 😌 really exude seriousness?
I think not lol
@@DarkMaidenFlan no... it exudes that u were tryna act all high and mighty at a joke and now ur backpedaling 😭😭😭
Overall it's pretty good. But compared to tokyo mirage sessions, I felt tokyo mirage sessions was alot more fun. There was way more character bonding and characters in general, and I liked the combo attacks and specials, performances.
>talking about soul hackers 2
>uses the SMT4 boss theme
Based.
I just finished the game, Ringo is awesome !
@RamZaes the inflated cost of registered demons isn't really an issue as switching the view to base stats also means you only cost the base stats price of the demon.
18:59 is based of Nemisa from SMT Devil Summoner Soul Hacker 1
The first SH game had lots of style too
That Bokumon joke was on point
Your videos honestly remind me of a combo of Schaffrillas Productions and Zero Punctuation. (Not saying it’s bad tho, you do a good job with these)
There was a live action Power Rangers-esqe stage show when the game was first announced in Japan and she had that jacket and it actually lit up. It was really cool. Why we don't have clothes like that is beyond me.
It would be double the price of regular jeans
@@minefish I'm an old man who wears dad jeans. For me that would be like, $40. I'd pay that.
@@100Servings oh
@@100Servings arent jeans like a lot more expensive? Where i live they are overpriced as fridge
@@minefish I live in Texas and I shop at Sam's Club. Being old is great! You completely give up caring about fashion or brand names.
I still want a glowing jacket though.
I was expecting "Trojan Ramzaes Magnum Sheesh!"
The super meat boy second world the hospital music playing fire subbed
Yes I noticed I still play it
This game looks cool. Might wait for my sis to play then I’ll play it myself.
They should’ve called Ringo’s sister Mado
So that we’d have Apple and Windows
You should make a video on The Caligula Effect, it's REALLY similar to persona, to the point where one of the side characters looks and acts like Ryuji, as well as even having the same voice actor (I think). It's still a good game though
The cyber sleuth music is far toooo fitting
Please do a video on the full game
Ringo is pretty sassy.
Nice to see a review about actually liking the game instead of ripping it apart for not being exactly like another persona game.
I'm starting to think RamZaes should edit his outro to make Bart say "Trojan, RamZaes, Magnum, SHEESH!"
Never heard of this game. To be fair I never rlly played many atlus games until a few months ago when I got persona 5 so I'm not rlly up to date. This game looks awesome tho, so does the rest of SMT!
Aeon: Humans are fucking shit up, we need to do something about this. Get the damn mechs Aeo... I mean Ringo Figue.
You forgot the ultimate Atlus game - Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder.
Watch as they do "Soul Hackers 2 : Antivirus edition" in late 2027. Bet.
Congrats on the sponsored video!!!
come on perfect moment to change Bart saying Shiek to "Sheesh" ... missed opportunity, 0/10 sponsored video.
JESSE WE NEED TO SOUL HACK
I literaly never saw the tips screen for 90% of the game, you can turn them off and thing load almost instantly on a broken ps4.
Although I like this game, it feels so small scale imo. (But I really do like the main character tough, not a mute generic anime dude for once)
Oooo I love the persona games, but I didn't even know about this one :0 I'll probably snag it once we get a price drop. I hope the demon weaknesses are the same in this game as they are in persona or I'm gonna have to relearn them all lkadjfakdjfkadf
Welcome to the rest of megami tensei
So when does Ringo make art in MS Paint?
2:14 2ROTFLMAO That made me subscribe xDDDDDDDDDD
Don’t forget that Grand Canyon of a thigh gap.
I laughed at the mention of Trauma Center more than I should since I'm gonna play it really soon 👋
I'm going to "watch" this on a background tab with the sound on mute because I haven't played then game yet.
*suddenly, Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories*
Imma need regular uploads again.
Figue here is spelled in French, common thing for Japanese to like french language and often use that spelling in their games ;)
people hate the dubgeons in this but also hate the dungeons in SMT nocturne, so why does nocturn get a pass for having annoying as fuck dungeons?
Because nocturnes dungeons are interesting and have unique designs and themings.
This game has tunnels, buildings, and blue.
>only the NieR people
GAWD DAMN IT I’m a fan of them
1Please dont be dishearted by the low sub count! you got this! Youve been entertaining since day one!
He has enough subs. It’s views he needs.
His sub count isn’t low, dude.
Are you looking at the wrong number?
I LOVE THIS FUCKING GAME!!!!!!!!!!
Devil Summoner doesn't miss
shirow miwa must've been spending the last 4 years working on the character designs, just on3 day said man I better stop working on dogs and instead pour my heart and soul into the next soul hackers game"
So anyways everyone, go play Soul Hackers on the 3DS, also the Raidou games, also the first Devil Summoner. You will have a 100% better experience