(This review is after 30 hours of game play, I have not yet finished the game and may update upon completion)

Soul Hackers 2 is a flawed game, however, there are aspects it excels at that make up for it's flaws for me at least. The story is compelling, the characters are quite interesting, and the battle gameplay is actually fairly fun. The game does heavily suffer in it's level design, side quests, loading time, and many quality of life aspects. The level design is the absolute worst thing about the game though. Dungeons are bland, empty, and extremely boring. The puzzles are hardly even puzzles even.

All that said I've still enjoyed the story and gameplay and ultimately even though there were some very egregious flaws I would not take back my purchase and had a positive experience. It's a far cry from a persona game, however, it's worth playing if you're looking for something new to play and enjoy other SMT games but for sure go to persona first if you haven't yet, especially with P5R being just released.

edit 11/27/2022: I still have not relaunched the game and finished it yet but I still want to.

(This review is after 30 hours of game play, I have not yet finished the game and may update upon completion) Soul Hackers 2 is a flawed game, however, there are aspects it excels at that make up for it's flaws for me at least. The story is compelling, the characters are quite interesting, and the battle gameplay is actually fairly fun. The game does heavily suffer in it's level design, side quests, loading time, and many quality of life aspects. The level design is the absolute worst thing about the game though. Dungeons are bland, empty, and extremely boring. The puzzles are hardly even puzzles even. All that said I've still enjoyed the story and gameplay and ultimately even though there were some very egregious flaws I would not take back my purchase and had a positive experience. It's a far cry from a persona game, however, it's worth playing if you're looking for something new to play and enjoy other SMT games but for sure go to persona first if you haven't yet, especially with P5R being just released. edit 11/27/2022: I still have not relaunched the game and finished it yet but I still want to.