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Soul Hackers 2

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FORMAT PS5, PS4

PRICE £49.99

ETA Out now

PUB Sega

DEV Atlus

PLAYERS 1

LENGTH 40 hrs

ACCESSIBILITY Voice-over language switchable in main menu; vibration and camera tracking on/off; three text speed options (subtitles always on by default); adjustable camera movement speed and distance; invertable X and Y field camera axes; re-accessible tutorial tips

Demons, dilemmas, and dystopia – all the usual suspects have joined the ritual circle for this many-years-after-the-fact sequel. However, rather than returning to old haunts with the hacker group Spookies, this followup weaves a fresh story with a new cast of devil summoners, and offers an accessible Shin Megami Tensei experience you won’t need to read a mountain of ancient tomes to get into.

The world is ending – again. The last game’s bad lads, the Phantom Society, return determined to summon the

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