Fated Match

August is now effectively underway, and meaning have been are mere weeks out from the launch of the exciting-looking JRPG Soul Hackers 2. Writer Atlus has dropped a model new trailer for the trendy sequel, protecting followers teetering on excessive fervor forward of the sport’s official launch on August 26.

The trailer itself doesn’t provide us any new data concerning options or mechanics, it’s purely a contextless, narrative affair — its one-minute runtime packed out with extra melodrama than you possibly can shake a Sabbath at. Maybe the one ingredient that stands out essentially the most on this quick preview is simply how rattling good everyone appears. Whereas Shin Megami Tensei is most actually filled with demon-hunting, world-ending plotlines, its varied protagonists and antagonists are by no means too busy to make sure that they give the impression of being sharp as all hell. It’s fairly actually a franchise trademark at this level.

Soul Hackers 2 will inform the story of specialised “Knowledge Brokers” Ringo and Figue, who’ve been dispatched to Earth to trace down Individuals of Curiosity associated to an incoming apocalypse. What is going to comply with is plenty of high-drama, social engagement, dungeon-exploring, demon-gathering, and strategic, elemental fight, all dressed up in SMT‘s unmistakably extreme aesthetic. Soul Hackers 2, for lack of a greater phrase, merely got here out of nowhere. It was solely introduced 5 months in the past, and now it’s simply three weeks away from launch.

Not less than no one was stored ready… It’s the finish of the world, in spite of everything.

Soul Hackers 2 launches August 26 on PlayStation, PC, and Xbox platforms.

Chris Moyse

Senior Editor – Chris has been enjoying video video games because the Nineteen Eighties. Former Saturday Night time Slam Grasp. Graduated from Galaxy Excessive with honors. Twitter: @ChrisxMoyse