No. You actually need to move/shake your 3DS while it's on standby to get coins.
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Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers |OT| New World Order, Old World Chaos
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No. You actually need to move/shake your 3DS while it's on standby to get coins.
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Jotamide
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Hahahaha same here.
Btw, I just finished the warehouse where you meet your dad and bring him home. How far I'm I into the game? It's been great so far but I think I'm reaching that point of saturation, and I don't wanna burn me out on SMT before IV comes out.
cj_iwakura
Member
Little over halfway.
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Jotamide
Unconfirmed Member
Damn, maybe I fuck around in the dungeons too much. It's taken me like 23 hours to reach this point. I gotta beat this soon; otherwise, I totally can see myself getting sucked by DKCR 3D and never beating this. D:
cj_iwakura
Member
Nothing wrong with that. Game's a masterpiece, savor it.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Oh yeah. Atlus' turn-based games spoil me with fast combat, but holy shit there was alot of info flying. Love meaningful complexity.
Just take it with you.
Member
That's nothing. I picked this up on day one, but I don't think I'm as far as you are. My progress has been pretty slooooooow.
A log of the last X actions that's viewable at any time by the player should really be a standard feature in every RPG, regardless of how slow or fast the battles are.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
More MMO parsing functionality in single player RPGs, LET'S DO THIS GENTS.
kamikazekoala
Member
Nobody changed the European releasedate for this game from TBA to 09/13/2013. 
No Europeans looking out for this game?
No Europeans looking out for this game?Augemitbutter
Member
ah, guess i screwed up somewhere. still had 0 last time i checked.
zero shift
Banned
Finally beat Soul Hackers. A pretty good game that starts to show its age toward the end. Also a tad bit too long. I clocked 31 hours but 3DS Activity Log says 48 and a half hours. The atmosphere left a lot to be desired, but still gets its job done. Same with the characters, with the exception of Nemissa, and MAYBE Leader, virtually all of the characters were forgettable. The things that deserves a huge amount of praise are two. First off the game design is great. The dungeons are designed well, the battle system is deep, the negotiation system is not too strict not too easy, and the fusion system blends in the right amount of rarity and reasonableness. The second compliment is the incredible localization. I usually dislike voice acting in many games but its done stupendous here. One of Atlus's best. Its sad that its wasted on such bland characters for the most part. I don't mean to be harsh with this game but it was sort of a disappointment. People talked about it as if its one of the best in the series. I guess its another classic case of Sega fan hyperbole. Its pretty much as good as you expect it to be: a, for the most part, serious effort in taking the franchise the next level in 1997 on the Sega Saturn, after already going through the rough process of the first try (Devil Summoner 1). Its certainly worth the time playing, just keep your expectations in check.
I give the game a 8/10.
I give the game a 8/10.
I started playing the game after stopping for a pretty long time around 2 hours in. I bought it new but was playing other stuff at the same time so I wasn't really enjoying it. After picking it back up again, I'm really loving it. Everything clicked with me and I'm enjoying talking and fusing demons together. The story and setting are getting more interesting too. It definitely made me excited for SMT IV.
cj_iwakura
Member
Took out the second EX boss, surprisingly a joke compared to KF.
cj_iwakura
Member
Third EX boss rocked my world. Stupid Frolic.
I did and didn't freeze once.
When I got my first freeze, oddly enough in the first dungeon, the frozen warehouse.... after getting hit by bufu....
Once was enough for me, not gonna lose progress because of that shit.
cj_iwakura
Member
What stops Charm? I had Null Mind and then I tried Nerve and neither stopped
Lilith's frolic.
cj_iwakura
Member
Curse.
Four EX Bosses down!
Four EX Bosses down!
Lucifuge was a joke, more or less. Megido > karn spamming.
Tell Cypher you failed.
Tell Cypher you failed.
I always have null curse and null death.
With that you stop the most random and dangerous attacks.
TurnipFritters
Member
Charm and Poison are Curse-based.
Confusion and Sleep are Mind-based.
Paralysis and Bomb are Nerve-based.
Confusion and Sleep are Mind-based.
Paralysis and Bomb are Nerve-based.
What about dark (mudo and so on) attacks? Does anti death protect against them in addition to petrification?
MC seems to have a natural anti hama protection though.
TurnipFritters
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Mudo and Petrification are death-based.
Hama is expel-based and the MC and Nemissa are naturally immune to it because of their human bodies.
Thanks for the explanation.
So does your Magnetite always go down when you take a step? Because I only just noticed it. And apparently the reason my screen was flashing green was because I ran out? I was wondering why everything was taking damage every step I took and assumed I was poisoned, but then I checked and it wasn't that. So I was thinking maybe there is some whole sub-system with Demons and only certain ones are compatible with each other or some shit.
So I guess moral of the story is to stop talking to demons, otherwise you will run out of Magnetite, right? But then how do I recruit more? I guess there is a balance between the two somewhere.
So I guess moral of the story is to stop talking to demons, otherwise you will run out of Magnetite, right? But then how do I recruit more? I guess there is a balance between the two somewhere.
cj_iwakura
Member
The moral of the story is save your party for boss fights. Main and Nemissa can handle most fights solo, and you can earn mag pretty fast from most mobs. You don't need much Mag for negotiations.
Hi guys,
I need help! I've been breezing through the game so far and is now at the
and the boss is kicking my ass. What is the best strategy/level to defeat him? I kept getting confused and magic-ed to death. My magic reflect doesn't work cause he always go first in a turn ( how stupid is that) and I wail on him for little to no dmg also all of my magic attack get relected. I'm at level 45 right now.
I need help! I've been breezing through the game so far and is now at the
factory fighting the factory manager
Augemitbutter
Member
demons only use their initial skills when you use the GO command, right?
cj_iwakura
Member
They could do anything, depends on the personality.
Never had a hard time with him. Do you have any buff/debuff demons? Tarukaja and Makakaja paired with Rakunda should work wonders.
Yes I do but I never get a chance to really use them because they kept getting confused and return by themselves. Is my level too low? My MC die after 2 spell cast.
cj_iwakura
Member
Not necessarily, that can happen even later on, but it sounds like you should be healing in the first turn simultaneously.
Thanks for the help. Yeah, I guess that makes sense. Hell, most of the time a couple of my demons aren't even doing anything considering their personality type.
Augemitbutter
Member
hm, i don't think i've ever seen them using an acquired skill so far.
NeonZ
Member
You can also use Zoma Zeed without wasting mag. That's his main advantage, although you must use many fusions to make him powerful.
Calm demons definitely use acquired skills when they see it fit. BTW, unless the demon is calm or dumb, it's not very recommended to use the GO command.
Augemitbutter
Member
who do i sue for making cutscenes unskippable?
all right. i'll have to pay more attention then.
all right. i'll have to pay more attention then.
TurnipFritters
Member
the entire 32-bit era
Any stat that may prevent this? Like In, Ma or En?
cj_iwakura
Member
Traditionally Luck helps you evade status effects, at least in DDS.
cj_iwakura
Member
It's everyone's breaking point, even mine on the Saturn. It's the last real dungeon. After that you're practically done. BRING ESTOMA.
Just made my way to the boss. Didn't have a demon with Estoma, but used Repulse Water for the first time and it was far more effective than I had anticipated. Made exploring the dungeon much more tolerable. Guess I had avoided using it before for fear of being underleveled, but I kind of regret it now.
cj_iwakura
Member
There's some good ones, like the supermarket/underground lab. Monolith jacks it up to 13 in a game full of 6s and 7s.
Not even the EX Dungeons are that nasty(but they're all REALLY short).
Oh dear...I started using Estoma/Repulse Water heavily during the Haunted Mansion. If you don't use them you'll actually be overleveled. Even with my heavy use of them at times my level was fine.
Primate Lab's encounter rate is especially bad but it's still high elsewhere too. Sometimes you need a break from waves of encounters even if the battles are lightning fast.
Augemitbutter
Member
that's what remakes are for!
by the way
primate lab is an optional dungeon? random encounter every two steps is brutal.
I understand that, in fact I hate high encounter rates too. Its just in my case, my old habit is always kicking in whenever I play a JRPG, running away or avoiding fights is something I never liked because I lose exp, money and possibly lose the chance for some sort of rare item drop. Im just paranoid that way. Heck, in Pokemon, I never actively used Repels until Heart Gold/Soul Silver remakes! And sometimes, when the battle system is fun, I don't want to run away at all.
Stupidity or not. I finished the Primate Intelligence Lab on my first playthrough without using any Repulse Water or Estoma. I'm that crazy!