While the world waits for more news on what Atlus has planned Persona’s 25th Anniversaryinstead, the publisher announced Soul Hackers 2a game is Not Persona 6 but still pretty cool.
A welcome surprise in its own right, Soul Hackers 2 is the sequel to 1997 Devil Summoner: Soul Hackersone of the more obscure Shin megami tensei spinoffs. Originally released for Sega Saturn In Japan, the game combined the demon recruitment of its original series with a ’90s cyberpunk tale of Paradigm X, a Matrix-like digital world that was secretly used to fight battles. steal the soul of the user.
The sequel builds on the technology-fueled Magical Matrix concept of the original, with a team of Demon Summoners working to prevent an apocalypse that spans both the real and digital worlds, using the power of demonic powers to help them. Like most Shin megami tensei side story, this will likely involve collecting loads of demons as well as crawling dungeons, and perhaps more of a bit of nostalgia for the unloved JRPG Sega Saturn fans .
PSA For Those Who Want To Play The First Game: The Only English Release Of Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers come over an enhanced 3DS port which you can still buy from the Nintendo eShop – but just before it closes next year.
Soul Hackers 2 coming to PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox oneand Xbox Series X on August 26, 2022.
