the last entry in the Shin Megami Tensei family is soul hackers 2, a sequel to a 25-year-old hidden gem. Like other games in the SMT Y Person franchises, soul hackers 2 it’s full of dungeons to explore and demons to collect. While it won’t take as long as other Atlus RPGs, it can still be intimidating to know where to start. Here are 8 tips to help you on your journey to stop the end of the world.

8. Have a drink

They left PersonThe social links of and instead are meeting places. Bar Heidrun is the local watering hole with a trusted bartender serving drinks. Ringo can choose a member or members of the group to have a drink. This is one of the best ways to get to know the members of his group and get an idea of ​​his personal motivations. It also increases your soul level, which is necessary to progress through their respective soul arrays. Don’t be afraid to prioritize hangouts when you’re notified that new ones are available.

7. Keep everyone fed

The safe house is a place to relax between fights, it also has a kitchen! Throughout the game, you can buy food around the world and receive new recipes from your party members. Each food item can enhance the party in a different way, such as increasing the experience gained from fighting higher level enemies. Each member of the group has their own likes and dislikes when it comes to mealtime, so try new dishes to see what satisfies everyone.

6. Diversify your portfolio

Combat in Soul Hackers 2 is all about exploiting your opponent’s weaknesses. With the stacking system, each time you successfully exploit an enemy’s weakness, you add to your turn’s stack counter. At the end of each shift, Ringo performs a Saturday. Similar to person 5The total attacks of , these scale with the number of stacks you have.

When collecting, fusing, and equipping demons, it becomes integral to make sure your team has all elemental bases covered when it comes to dealing damage. You don’t want to get caught in a situation where an enemy can resist or block everything you can throw at them, so make sure to keep track of which demons have which abilities when you head into the dungeons.

5. Examine your conscience

You don’t have to do all the dungeons in soul hackers 2, but the Soul Matrices are worth exploring. Located on the Hub, each Soul Matrix represents the inner mind of a party member. Progressing through the Soul Matric depends on the soul level of a party member. Each Soul Matrix has five floors and allows Ringo to learn more about the members of his party and give them passive buffs. While fighting the same pixelated dungeon repeatedly can get boring, the stories of Arrow, Milady, and Saizo are well worth unraveling.

4. Visit Tatara

The tool of a Devil Summoner is the COMP. It allows Ringo and company to summon demons and fight. During soul hackers 2 Upgrading your COMP is one of the most important things you can do to get ahead of tougher enemies. To upgrade the COMP, simply visit Tatara in the Mansei Kingdom from the world map.

While there are basic upgrades to attack and elemental damage, the most useful upgrades Tatara offers are commander skills. These are special actions in combat that refresh after a set number of turns. The two essential Commander Skills are ‘Stack Optimization’, which adds a stack to each action for a turn, and ‘Conversion’, which allows you to change a party member’s demon to change combat. ‘Stack Optimization’ is especially a powerful tool that can make some of the game’s most difficult encounters last just a couple of well thought out turns.

3. Embrace your demons

The demons you collect allow you to clear the ground of enemies, but that’s not their only purpose. Instead of demonic bargaining SMT Y PersonAt the start of each dungeon, Ringo will send his demons to explore and collect items and even recruit other demons to join your cause.

Exploring dungeons to find your demons is a worthwhile endeavor as they will give you unique items and bolster your list of demons to fight. If you ever run into a tough enemy or just don’t want to fight, talking to a friendly demon will make enemies disappear, giving you a second to catch your breath.

2. Take odd jobs

There are two forms of side quests available to the player throughout soul hackers 2. The first are Aion Directives which are available from Axis, they are a collection of tasks to complete within the Soul Matrix dungeons. The second, Requests, is available in Madame Ginko’s Club Cretaceous.

There is no limit to the number of Aion Requests or Directives you can accept at any given time, so load them up when they become available, as they usually require you to complete some tasks within various dungeons in the game. If you have already picked up the Aion Directive Request, then when you progress through the dungeons you will naturally be able to finish off all of these side activities. As a reward, you will get special items and upgrades to make combat easier.

1. Don’t rush

Coming in expecting a 100+ hour game like Persona 5 is the wrong mindset for soul hackers 2. With a relatively short runtime, if you end up running the game, you’ll find yourself at the end before you know it. Just enjoy the sights and explore everything the game has to offer.

While this will keep you from finishing too quickly, it’s also a great way to keep from getting burned. soul hackers 2. Dungeons are the main event, and they can be long and boring, so don’t force yourself for hours. This is a sure way to get tired of the game and could drive you away from it.

soul hackers 2 It will be released on August 26, 2022 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox series consoles, and PC. Reverse reviewed the game on PC.