one of the greatest JRPGs(and my first megaten game) is finally getting its own translation
if youve ever talked to someone whos lived in japan for 15+ years and you start discussing megaten, 90% youll get asked "didja play soul hackers?" in which youll reply no because sony is full of pussies for not bringing this masterpiece over here
im copying and pasting the story from a review from gamefaqs since i can barely remember what i was told about it Soul Hackers is set in future in the city of Amami, a "model city" in Japan. The entire city has been computerized and networked, and automated. The game starts with the opening of "Paradigm X," a virtual-reality world for Amami's residents, (Think the Matrix in Snow Crash, Neuromancer or Shadowrun to get an idea of how it works)developed and held on Algon Soft's (a high-tech networking company) servers. Eventually, working in tandem with the other networking companies in the world, Algon Soft hopes to expand Paradigm X so that everyone on the globe could access it. Before officially opening Paradigm X to the Amami public, Algon Soft draws a limited number of names in a lottery of people who can become beta testers to use and test the service.
You are a member of the "Spookies," a group of six hackers, and the game opens with you and your friend and fellow Spooky, Hitomi, hacking Algon Soft's servers at a public terminal after the end of the lottery. You delete a winner's name and put yours in his place so that you can become a beta tester. (This is actually how you enter your hero's name, which I thought was kind of slick) When you log into Paradigm X though, strange things happen...someone tries to steal your soul, but you are saved by a mysterious user, Redman, who transports your soul into someone else in the past, (called a Vision Quest) who is using a Guntype computer to summon demons. This is the very Guntype computer that Spooky (the Spookies' leader) had found, and through your experience as him, learn the unlock code for the computer when you return to your real body. When you unlock the computer, something very strange happens....
After this, you and the Spookies get caught up in a web of events where something very big is going on behind the scenes. As your Guntype computer gives you the power to be a Devil Summoner, you gain access to the underworld society of Summoners and through these contacts and the various detective work you do, you unlock the mystery piece by piece throughout the game.
why it wasnt brought over before: probably because sony didnt like the fact that it was a rpg not made by a big name company
why you should play it: a few reasons why, the first being stuff youve never seen in a rpg before, second, its got a guy named lunch in it. third, a kick ass opening:
when the translations done, i want everyone on here to get it and play it
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