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• gamedeal user

  Aug 26, 2022

  Nana is a good girl
• gamedeal user

  Aug 28, 2022

  Miserable and lazy. Everything it contains has absolutely no good reason to exist as DLC. It's bad enough anyway that it not existing at all would have been the better alternative. Not spoiling, but the "new dungeon" is a spiral of floors, all forming empty circles. It summarises this thing well: paying to run in circles. Just to be clear, this is applicable to all DLCs for this game, but the game itself is good. Atlus, you can do better and you know it.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 28, 2022

  Day one story DLC is kind of iffy for me since this could have been in the main story line, and seems like it originally was, but I am enjoying it. Nana is really cool.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 28, 2022

  I understand you think this practice is bad but what if they created this extra content outside of the original budget of the game, they need to see proper returns in order to keep making games, this allows there margins to close gap with completion and open more projects. I am a fan of Atlus they release good products so i don't mind paying the extra for the additional story content.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 30, 2022

  While i agree that this should not have been DLC, its worth the price, even if just for the bar scenes added
• gamedeal user

  Sep 4, 2022

  I mean it was a cute side story but that's it. Maybe 6 missions throughout the campaign ending with a lvl 99 mission that I'll probably never finish. Not worth the price and I kinda regret buying it, if this was $5 it would be FINE... but it isn't. Pick it up on sale or something, or if you haven't bought the game yet but think you might pick this dlc up I'd just buy one of the deluxe editions of the game its a better deal.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 7, 2022

  Consistently crashes after finishing the "Lost Woman" boss fight. Happened twice now and I have no idea why. Wish it would crash before dedicating so much time in a grindy boss fight like this one. Strangely enough, no other crashes anywhere else in the game or even this DLC, please fix this Atlus!
• gamedeal user

  Sep 19, 2022

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  The Review	A waste of money and time. You can easily tell that this was originally part of the main game.

• gamedeal user

  Oct 6, 2022

  For $14 you get a pretty generic "I'm actually a monster :(" story, and a "dungeon" that is 2 circles with a couple lines in them copied for like 14 floors. Nanas design is cool but when it comes down to it this shouldve just been in the game already. If you want to make dlc stories, especially ones that release on day 1, they need to have SIGNIFICANTLY more substance than this. This dlc costs about a quarter of the amount the whole game costs, and adds maybe an hour of sidequests that don't stand apart much of give you anything more than a couple rare healing items. Not worth it.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 11, 2022

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  TL;DR

  The DLC is a quest line which should have been included in the base game and while the quality of these quests is higher than any other quest in the main game, it is still disappointing to see such an obvious cash grab.

  Purpose

  Soul Hackers 2 needs variation to work, because the game severely lacks late game content. The highest level regular enemies are around level 60 and stop giving meaningful experience points at around level 70. But the highest level regular quest (and highest tier fusions) are around the level 90 mark. This implies that the player is supposed to level with risky enemies. Which is utterly insane as risky enemies need to be exploited to be fought and take an eternity to fight. If you want to 100% complete Soul Hackers 2 without suffering from an aneurysm, this is the only way besides just buying the level and money DLC. Which provides no new battles, making it utterly useless as there are no challenges which can be tackled except for one level 90 fight (from the base game) which is on the easy side (if your stats are high enough). This DLC is for the people who like the actual gameplay and want to see more of the world. And in that regard it succeeds.

  The Actual Quest Line

  “The Lost Numbers” contains a DLC quest which directly ties into the main plot, but is not essential. There are arguably some problems with the storyline and the plot is bare bones. Some good ideas exist, the new character works relatively well and is decently well characterized. The main group has a good dynamic with her and while it does get “tropey”, it is fine and serves its purpose. The quest line actually spans over the course of the whole game. We are talking from level 10 to level 95, but it is only plot relevant until level 70. This means that you are completely able to rush the story, if you buy the DLC after completing the base game, which is the worst option. “The Lost Numbers” is clearly something of a mystery which repeatedly hooks you in with new information which gets revealed over the course of the game and directly ties into the events which is really well done. Yet any dramatic momentum gets thrown out the moment, you can not remember what just happened. I like the narrative and am happy that this storyline exists, but that is where it ends.

  Content

  The quest line is divided into ten quests of varying length which reuse already visited locations and add a new boss to them. After a certain quest a new dungeon can be unlocked which only has one tile format which gets reused around 40 times (this is no exaggeration) and provides the hardest challenge and new enemies to fight. Additionally, it provides new upgrade material for equipment upgrades which make them completely overpowered. There is nothing in the base game that is on the level to fight you after fully using these upgrades (and the base game upgrades). And it is the only way to level decently enough, if one ignores the level and money DLC as the DLC includes regular enemies which are intended to be fought at level 90. The super boss which is optional and not relevant (in any capacity) to the story, is an absolute monster and needs a lot of preparation. Fight at own risk.

  Problems

  This should have been included in the base game. There is no reason not to include it, except for the ones that want to generate revenue for ATLUS. For 10 bucks, people can get entire masterpieces on sale. Persona 4 Golden on Steam costs regularly around 13 bucks. Same company, very different value. Soul Hackers 2 already had a rough start and is targeted towards a niche audience, so then deciding to take money for absolute basics is disgusting. And the DLC does not work as well, if you are buying after completing the base game, is the cherry on stop. This screams corporate mismanagement and I can’t stand for that.

  Conclusion

  On its own, it is fine albeit lacking. But being day one DLC which has obviously been cut to take out the late game and maybe even profit from achievement hunters (this possibly being a stretch, but we are talking ATLUS here), is honestly one of the worst practices I have ever seen. I can not bring myself to recommend it's good enough quality which carries on from the main game. As of now, meme curators dominate Steam. So consider following me for reviews that actually cost me some time (and effort) to create. I don't think this will change much, but the majority of my readers are not followers. I am still going to pump my heart into these reviews. https://store.steampowered.com/curator/31884377-If-It-Is-Insane/