Hi all! Just wanted to post this comment to correct a few things in the video: - Ringo gains Summoner Skills based on the Soul Levels of each party member, not Soul Matrix exploration. - Some crafting materials can be obtained from demons hanging around dungeons, which won’t display specific demons to defeat at the COMP Store
Thank you kindly for this video, it's been a great help. I haven't played a SMT game since Digital Devil Summoner and I've been looking for a video that reviewed SH2's game systems. Thanks again.
Ok that was a lot of information but once I get the game later today, I will see if I can make heads or tails about it. A very nice in depth guide as always Alex!
this is fantastic. you're a good teacher. the recap after every part is a great idea - nice way to summarize things. man...there's alot going on lol. I'm having fun with the game overall- most anticipated all year!
@@BacklogBattle yeah looking forward to playing more. still early on in the game. I feel like I need to fight every enemy that spawns in order to feel comfortable and level up(or just turn it down to easy)- do you find yourself needing to grind in the game to feel successful, cuz at times, I'm facing a level 9 enemy and I just win by the skin of my teeth, and I dont think it needs to be that way (on normal at least.)
One of the most exciting and daunting aspects of starting a new rpg is learning the combat systems, thanks for the in depth guide! This video is saved to my watch later to revisit
This is a wonderfully information rich video presented in a very digestible manner, Alex. Love the work you put into your content. I've been having a ton of fun with the brand new take on SMT/Persona mechanics in Soul Hackers 2 and I'm so glad that it runs on the steam deck....but I do wish that someone could figure out how to get the missing shaders to show up in game. Graphically speaking it looks very incomplete on deck when you get into dungeons and battles. For example, the glowing pillars of light at portals are completely missing, and when you send demons out on recon, the textures that show them flying off to scout are completely missing. I'm going to keep tinkering around with different proton builds to see if I can remedy this, but I might just have to be satisfied with playing on my computer, or just dealing with the missing visuals when I feel like playing in my rocking chair. Thank you very much for this video! I'm mostly trying to figure it all out on my own but I keep coming back to this to try to give you some watch-time-support. I've also been meaning to go watch your golf-platformer video when I get the chance. I'm so glad that I stumbled across this channel and want to support it however I can! (patreon sub someday once I'm gainfully employed again, for sure!)
Same here you can't imagine the sigh of relief I heard the minute he said even when ringo dies you're not gonna get a game over. That was so annoying for most of the persona games starting from 3 all the way up to 5 and especially annoying for most of the SMT games except for digital devil saga.
It's definitely annoying but some part of me likes that challenge. Because any time I would get an item that's boosts the defense Stat permanently, it was always going to the MC unless they were already way ahead of the rest of the party. Health boosting equipment? That's going on the MC. Equipment that prevents stun-lock? That's going on the MC. Prioritizing heals in battle to keep the MC alive? For sure.
That’s a really good point! Though she’s never truly dead - only that she’s unable to execute any actions. I guess her presence allows the party to do their thing!
FYI for anyone playing on ps5 or Xbox series. Change the tips settings to either off or to press a button to continue to get basically instant load screens vs the artificially inflated ten seconds or so it would be otherwise. I literally almost quit the game I was getting so annoying at the ten seconds of loads back to back haha.
Good question! Given how Sabbath does not trigger unless Ringo is alive, I thought why not try and figure out if it’s damage is tied to her. So to experiment, I actually enhanced her Almighty damage via Mistiques as previous All Out Attacks in Persona were considered as such. I saw a very slight increase early on while doing this, but couldn’t justify upgrading Almighty just to get Sabbath higher as the Stack multiplier offered better advantages
@@BacklogBattle I have done now. I just lost a bit of steam with the game foe ages when I got to zone 3. Hated the layout, so difficult to traverse anywhere. When I got to zone 4 though, I zoomed through it in a couple of days - much more enjoyable
Can you give a complete list of Commander skills? I have almost platinumed the game but can’t seem to unlock the trophy for using every commander skill once. As far as I can tell I have gotten every skill from Tatara.
Conversion Master Conversion Damage Condenser Shield Deployment Overclock Stack Optimization MP Optimization Auto Repair Ailment Purge Turn Extension Reboot The bottom half of this list are auto activation skills, which have to be triggered to get the trophy
Thanks. I figured I was missing auto-purge. Got to set up a scenario to make it potentially trigger. Will make it happen though. Appreciate the answer.
Apparently sales wise .this game hasn't done so well. I really feel that it should have gone into the switch altho that would have competed against persona 5 royal in October
I haven’t heard anything from Atlus about this, and the only thing I’ve seen is that less than 2k are playing on Steam, which doesn’t represent the four console platforms its on
Hi all! Just wanted to post this comment to correct a few things in the video:
- Ringo gains Summoner Skills based on the Soul Levels of each party member, not Soul Matrix exploration.
- Some crafting materials can be obtained from demons hanging around dungeons, which won’t display specific demons to defeat at the COMP Store
I've been wondering if you could explain what the blue letter on the affinity means
Thank you kindly for this video, it's been a great help. I haven't played a SMT game since Digital Devil Summoner and I've been looking for a video that reviewed SH2's game systems. Thanks again.
Ok that was a lot of information but once I get the game later today, I will see if I can make heads or tails about it. A very nice in depth guide as always Alex!
You can always use the chapters to skip around to get more clarity! But as you can see, there are A TON of systems in this game!
@@BacklogBattle Will do once I get the game today!
Defiantly a video to save and revisit!
this is fantastic. you're a good teacher. the recap after every part is a great idea - nice way to summarize things. man...there's alot going on lol. I'm having fun with the game overall- most anticipated all year!
That’s awesome! And thank you for the kind words! There’s a lot in this game, albeit a lot of fun things!
@@BacklogBattle yeah looking forward to playing more. still early on in the game. I feel like I need to fight every enemy that spawns in order to feel comfortable and level up(or just turn it down to easy)- do you find yourself needing to grind in the game to feel successful, cuz at times, I'm facing a level 9 enemy and I just win by the skin of my teeth, and I dont think it needs to be that way (on normal at least.)
@@_J_G_ the early game is tough because you can’t fuse things or buy upgrades. But once those unlock, you’ll have a smoother time! Believe!
One of the most exciting and daunting aspects of starting a new rpg is learning the combat systems, thanks for the in depth guide! This video is saved to my watch later to revisit
Great video! Thank you very much for the explanation for a newbie like myself👍
Amazing guide , ty!
This is a wonderfully information rich video presented in a very digestible manner, Alex. Love the work you put into your content. I've been having a ton of fun with the brand new take on SMT/Persona mechanics in Soul Hackers 2 and I'm so glad that it runs on the steam deck....but I do wish that someone could figure out how to get the missing shaders to show up in game. Graphically speaking it looks very incomplete on deck when you get into dungeons and battles. For example, the glowing pillars of light at portals are completely missing, and when you send demons out on recon, the textures that show them flying off to scout are completely missing. I'm going to keep tinkering around with different proton builds to see if I can remedy this, but I might just have to be satisfied with playing on my computer, or just dealing with the missing visuals when I feel like playing in my rocking chair.
Thank you very much for this video! I'm mostly trying to figure it all out on my own but I keep coming back to this to try to give you some watch-time-support. I've also been meaning to go watch your golf-platformer video when I get the chance. I'm so glad that I stumbled across this channel and want to support it however I can! (patreon sub someday once I'm gainfully employed again, for sure!)
Wow that’s a LOT of information thanks alex
MC dying in battle not giving a gameover? love it
Yeah, that shit is always annoying.
Same here you can't imagine the sigh of relief I heard the minute he said even when ringo dies you're not gonna get a game over. That was so annoying for most of the persona games starting from 3 all the way up to 5 and especially annoying for most of the SMT games except for digital devil saga.
It's definitely annoying but some part of me likes that challenge. Because any time I would get an item that's boosts the defense Stat permanently, it was always going to the MC unless they were already way ahead of the rest of the party. Health boosting equipment? That's going on the MC. Equipment that prevents stun-lock? That's going on the MC. Prioritizing heals in battle to keep the MC alive? For sure.
Considering Ringo is the only reason the other summoners can still use demons, we're lucky that they don't get "silenced" when Ringo falls in battle.
That’s a really good point! Though she’s never truly dead - only that she’s unable to execute any actions. I guess her presence allows the party to do their thing!
this was a very well done guide for a very underrated game
Thank you!
FYI for anyone playing on ps5 or Xbox series. Change the tips settings to either off or to press a button to continue to get basically instant load screens vs the artificially inflated ten seconds or so it would be otherwise. I literally almost quit the game I was getting so annoying at the ten seconds of loads back to back haha.
Good to know! Thanks!
Didn't watch the whole video since I'm just early game (Got the 3rd character so far) but loving it so far.
I love this game! The first smt and atlus game ive ever played. Needless to say im a huge fan now 😃
Hey Alex, how did you figure out that Almighty damage is tied to the Sabbath? I don't see that mentioned anywhere in-game so wanting to confirm.
Good question! Given how Sabbath does not trigger unless Ringo is alive, I thought why not try and figure out if it’s damage is tied to her. So to experiment, I actually enhanced her Almighty damage via Mistiques as previous All Out Attacks in Persona were considered as such. I saw a very slight increase early on while doing this, but couldn’t justify upgrading Almighty just to get Sabbath higher as the Stack multiplier offered better advantages
@@BacklogBattle great explanation! That makes total sense, thanks for replying back so fast!
0:49 Best part of this game looks to just have the MC walk around 😉
Have to wait a while on this though. Still not finished SMT5 yet
Go finish it!
@@BacklogBattle I have done now. I just lost a bit of steam with the game foe ages when I got to zone 3. Hated the layout, so difficult to traverse anywhere. When I got to zone 4 though, I zoomed through it in a couple of days - much more enjoyable
Can you give a complete list of Commander skills? I have almost platinumed the game but can’t seem to unlock the trophy for using every commander skill once. As far as I can tell I have gotten every skill from Tatara.
Conversion
Master Conversion
Damage Condenser
Shield Deployment
Overclock
Stack Optimization
MP Optimization
Auto Repair
Ailment Purge
Turn Extension
Reboot
The bottom half of this list are auto activation skills, which have to be triggered to get the trophy
Thanks. I figured I was missing auto-purge. Got to set up a scenario to make it potentially trigger. Will make it happen though. Appreciate the answer.
Low-key this but more smt games like dds or devil summoner raidou
Apparently sales wise .this game hasn't done so well. I really feel that it should have gone into the switch altho that would have competed against persona 5 royal in October
I haven’t heard anything from Atlus about this, and the only thing I’ve seen is that less than 2k are playing on Steam, which doesn’t represent the four console platforms its on
@@BacklogBattle I just wish it was on switch. Love the switch....