Soul Hackers 2: What to Know About Ringo and Figue
Over the last decade or so, Atlus has really made a name for itself in the Western world. While Atlus' vast back catalog of games stretches all the way back to the mid-1980s, it's only been in the last 10 years or so that its games have made the trip across the pond, with titles like Shin Megami Tensei and Persona becoming increasingly popular over the years. And now, with a slew of Personas coming to modern consoles, Atlus has never been more popular, which also opens the door for titles like Soul Hackers 2 to make it into the mainstream.
Releasing in just a week's time, on August 26 in the US, Soul Hackers 2 is the latest RPG entry in the long-running Megami Tensei franchise, and is itself the fifth installment in the Devil Summoner series. With turn-based, party-based gameplay that'll be familiar to any fan of JRPGs, Soul Hackers 2 also adds in a dash of Persona's social sim gameplay and puts players in the roles of Ringo and Figue, two supernatural twins who are tasked with stopping the apocalypse.
Soul Hackers 2 Review
Though players will meet a lot of colorful characters during Soul Hackers 2, Ringo and Figue are by far the most important, acting as the central protagonists of the game and the main playable characters. Soul Hackers 2 begins with Ringo and Figue landing on the planet, and it's quickly revealed that both are supernatural entities known as agents of Aion. Aion is a digital hivemind that's been collecting data on humanity for countless years, and upon predicting that the world is about to end due to a war between Devil Summoners, it creates two sentient, superpowered beings called Ringo and Figue, who are both born at the same time.
Though they were born simultaneously, Figue acts as an older, wiser sister
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