One of essentially the most enduring options of your entire Shin Megami Tensei franchise is demon fusion. As you acquire demons, you possibly can decide to merge their essences collectively to summon an much more highly effective demon. This characteristic returns once more in Soul Hackers 2, where it’s nonetheless a significant system for rising your energy. So, how does demon fusion work in Soul Hackers 2?
When you’ve added a bunch of demons to your repertoire by negotiation, you possibly can take them to a peculiar circus situated within the Roppo Realm. This is Cirque du Goumaden, owned and operated by the mad genius Dr. Victor, whom it’s possible you’ll acknowledge from a number of different Shin Megami Tensei video games. Through unspeakable rituals, Dr. Victor can fuse your demons into greater and higher ones.
Generally, fusions fall into two broad classes: Normal Fusions and Special Fusions. A Normal Fusion is where you are taking any two demons and fuse them collectively into one thing new. Two demons of a specific sort will at all times make a particular demon, however the sorts of demons you employ and their expertise will decide the fused demon’s capabilities. A Special Fusion, in the meantime, is a recipe fusion requiring a handful of very particular demons, and often greater than two. While there are lots of demons you can also make with Normal Fusions, demons constituted of Special Fusions can often solely be constituted of Special Fusions.
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To make the fusion course of a bit of simpler, Dr. Victor additionally gives Search Fusions and Recommended Fusions. Recommended Fusions are an inventory of fusion choices you possibly can create based mostly on the demons you at the moment have readily available. Search Fusions let you verify all potential outcomes from fusing a specific demon. If you don’t have one of many part demons however have had it beforehand, you possibly can instantly summon it up from the Compendium for a nominal charge.
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When you select a demon to fuse, you’ll be prompted to pick the abilities it inherits. Any expertise that the part demons know could be handed on to the ensuing demon, so you possibly can create all types of untamed mixtures. After the fusion goes by, the demon may even achieve an expertise bonus based mostly on the stats of the part demons. When a demon ranges up, it’ll be taught extra of its innate expertise. If a demon learns all of its potential expertise, it’ll provide you with a useful current like consumable objects or Mistiques to equip in your COMP.
Oh, one final thing: as you most likely know in the event you’ve performed most different Shin Megami Tensei video games, there can sometimes be mix-ups when fusing demons. Fusion Accidents end in utterly completely different demons with completely different expertise than you requested for. It’s a really uncommon incidence, but it surely would possibly behoove you to save lots of your game earlier than you undergo with any massive fusions simply in case.
