Died like 4 times.
I was stubborn and too lazy to get a demon with the aim boost spell so I kept trying to brute force it by using guns from the two humans, buffing attack, and hoping my attacks don't miss.
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Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers |OT| New World Order, Old World Chaos
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Died like 4 times.
I was stubborn and too lazy to get a demon with the aim boost spell so I kept trying to brute force it by using guns from the two humans, buffing attack, and hoping my attacks don't miss.
I almost got completely screwed on Juggler.
I don't know why I was expecting status effects to go away automatically, but his
silence spell
Also,
surprise robo-Moowis
TurnipFritters
Member
There's a reason there are chests containing Dimutes right outside that boss's door.
He only got me once. Time after that I loaded up on magic demons and obliterated his Lhan Deargs before he could cast silence, and then auto'd him to death.
... Nothing could have stopped me from just focusing on the Lhans first....
... I forgot about the Dimutes I picked up on the way there....
holy crap I'm a dumbass.
cj_iwakura
Member
I forgot about them too. Second time, buried him.
Nightstick11
Banned
How is this game? I picked it up on Wednesday, but I've been too addicted to Monster Hunter 3 Ulti and Fire Emblem to pay attention to anything else.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Game crashed on a boss. Luckily there was a save point I used about a minute before. Not good.
ActStriker
Member
Got my first crash during the boss fight for the 2nd Vision Quest. Saved a little before so it wasn't too bad.
Casino dice game is addicting
Casino dice game is addicting
mugurumakensei
Member
No crashes for me so far, and I only had one instance of the text overflow issue.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Hee-ho at the Casino!
I need to go back so I can get more items. I've spent too much time in there already.
I'm at 95k MAG, I should start summoning demons more often.
I've had a lot of fun with it. Really wish I had the choice for online play. Put in about 30 hours so far and it's been a blast. Still doing the quests for the first village (offline). There is an online portion with a completely different set of quests that you can solo offline.
Can't say. I have Overclocked but I haven't touched it. MH3 is still a great game even without Online IMO. Might be a while before we get MH4 stateside
Third Vision Quest question :
Does it matter much which one you decide to kill? I killed the water one, Apsu. If my deduction is fine, you will have to kill the demon Naomi didn't kill in the underground ruins, right? Is Naomi in that other Devil Summoner game? She and Rei seems to be mortal enemy because she killed her master?
Let's go to the casino, ho!
TurnipFritters
Member
Yes whichever you decided to kill will have repercussions later on in the game. That's all I'll say for now. Naomi isn't in any of the other games. Sadly.
buddha0991
Member
Soul Hackers has always had a reputation for being on the more easy side of Megaten games.
mugurumakensei
Member
It's more difficult than the DDS games, Persona 3, and Persona 4, but less difficult than SMT 1, SMT 2, and the first two persona games.
Sorry but I have a question about this. For some reason, I thought the face was only an indicator of whether a demon could ever be recruited and the emotion on the face indicated if it was possible with the current party alignment. I know the second part isn't true but is that first part true? I did encounter a demon that wouldn't join my party because of a specific demon but I'm not sure if that is a party alignment thing or demon specific.
I also encountered an demon that I'm almost positive didn't have a face at all but said something about waiting for me and wanted to join. I talk to all demons anyway but I'm kinda confused about what the face actually indicates.
Unless it REALLY picks in difficulty (I'm right past the second Vision Quest now) I don't see it being harder than DDS, P3 FES, or OG P4.
Also I'm a little over 7 hours now. I think I'm going slow.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
I think it's a lot easier than DDS so far.
It's about on par with P3 and 4 for me.
mugurumakensei
Member
P3 FES and OG P4 were pathetically easy. I didn't die once in either. The press turn system really made the games easy, and, with 4's direct party control, P4 was even easier.
buddha0991
Member
I think as a whole this game is easier than P3FES. Except for some difficulty peaks.
I thought both had some tricky bosses and random encounters. Same with DDS. Right now both bosses and encounters are easy in SH.
I thought Nocturne was easy on Normal too though...
Examples?
mugurumakensei
Member
That I agree with, I got the True Demon ending on my first run through.
I only died once and that was against Kagatsuchi.
GeekyDad
Member
Kind of a dumb question perhaps, but one I've meaning to ask for a while:
Is there a way to scroll over spells in the camp screen to see what they do? I know you're given a description when in battle, but oftentimes I want to sift through my demons to see which are the best to summon based on their spells. But every time you touch the touchscreen it opens up the hacks window.
Is there a way to scroll over spells in the camp screen to see what they do? I know you're given a description when in battle, but oftentimes I want to sift through my demons to see which are the best to summon based on their spells. But every time you touch the touchscreen it opens up the hacks window.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Negotiations in this game are pretty silly. I just tried to talk to a demon and it ended in me doing a simple rhythm minigame.
Dating in a nutshell.
buddha0991
Member
There was a fairly indepth ASCII minigame that was only located in the left half of the textbox when I tried to recruit a demon.
Deified Data
Banned
Was there a trick to
besides stacking your party with mind/ice resistance? I beat it easy enough but it was slow going with my attacks dealing like 12 damage at a time.
the dolphin
buddha0991
Member
Deified Data
Banned
Haha, wow. Was there a hint that you could do that? I just assumed he was nullifying it.
buddha0991
Member
not much, just that his absorb thing looks slightly different and he has a quote about being hungry
nope.
Deified Data
Banned
I'll have to remember that for my second playthrough...
TerminalDogma
Member
I dunno. This game just isn't grabbing me. Not sure what it is, but I'm not addicted to it like I have been with almost every other Megaten game I've played. Loved Strange Journey, loved Nocturne, loved Persona 4. I just got to the second vision quest and while I could play more, nothing except boredom has me going back to the game. Might be just how quickly you outgrow demons. I kinda like getting attatched to them I suppose? Anyone else feeling this way? Does the story ramp up soon? I wanna like this game, but its just not doing anything for me. Also the game froze on me and I hadn't saved for about 20 or 30 minutes, so that might be painting it in a bad light for me.
The Haunted House was so long.
It felt like forever, and in the end I just ended up rushing, not even trying to complete the maps any more.
I hope I didn't miss out on too many items.
Though I did get 3 pieces of armor for Nemissa that are North/East/South, saying that with the right armor they do something.
I never got that West one, did I miss out on it for good?
It felt like forever, and in the end I just ended up rushing, not even trying to complete the maps any more.
I hope I didn't miss out on too many items.
Though I did get 3 pieces of armor for Nemissa that are North/East/South, saying that with the right armor they do something.
I never got that West one, did I miss out on it for good?
There's 4 armor pieces and if you equip all of them it gives quite a boost to all of her stats.
TurnipFritters
Member
You should be able to go back and get it if you can reenter the Haunted House. It's located
at the NE corner of the sixth floor.
It's the only equipment set that's worth using, but that's not saying a whole lot.