Recently, Atlus made an important announcement through his official twitter account, where he showed us that he will launch a sequel to Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackerscall Soul Hackers 2a franchise that remained inactive for a long time, so its followers came to think that no more games would be released on the title.
Now that this title is about to resurface, the fans have entered a state of shock, as there are many surprises that accompany this announcement, since when the trailer for the sequel was revealed, which deals with hackers, it also revealed that the game has a female lead, something the series SMT has avoided for more than a decade.
In this title, you will play as Ringoa cybernetic life form that, in the not too distant future, is tasked with bringing together a group of diabolical summoners, who use supernatural entities to prevent a being known as “the big one”cause the apocalypse.
To avoid it, Ringo and his team will have to use an omniscient AI called Aionwho looks to the future to protect key figures from death, in this sequel to the game of sega saturn from 1997 Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackersa side story in the great series SMTnot counting that Ringo has made a great impression, and delighted the fans.
Eiji Ishida and Mitsuru Hiratawho are its producer and director, discussed the development of the game and how it will differ from its predecessor during a live broadcast on the official Japanese channel of Atlus on YouTube, as this will mark his second collaboration with Hirata on a game of SMTthe first being the pop idol spin-off Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE.
“The reason I really thought of planning it was because the first game, with its sci-fi elements, was quite sharp even among Shin Megami Tensei-related games at the time”, “I thought it would be possible to use the technology, the people and hidden items from the first game, as well as the relationship between those items, to create a new game with a modern twist.”mentioned Ishidaduring a recent interview with Famitsu.
Whereas in the first game, players battled against people who misuse technology for evil purposes, its sequel will focus on looking at its characters from the perspective of technology and understanding what it means to be human.
Soul Hackers 2will come out 26 of August for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Playstation 4, Playstation 5 and pc.