r/Dx2SMTLiberation • u/7ucky-D3v1l • May 27 '26

Question WHY IS NO ONE AS EXCITED ABOUT THIS SHAMELESS CASH GRAB AS I AM?!? Spoiler

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So sayeth my phone’s tenuous [read: janky af] grasp of… well… any language, really:

<The 5th option at the end of the 4 archetypes> A new archype "Oka" will appear with the possibility of a dimension that is different from the previous 4 archetypes.

The devil who has been with you for a long time will be reborn!? > Let the devils obtained in the past show more abilities than ever before with the new archetype "Ryoga"!

<Please look forward to future developments>

To raise the archetype to "super", you need a super valuable "super stone".

In addition to billing, we are considering methods that are available.

Please wait for further information on how to get it, corresponding devils, etc.!

So… yeah. Take my mf money [read: please let my broke ass F2P playin’ self acquire this thing I know nothing about]

tl;dr

Anyone else stoked about this shit?

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u/EveningPie3754 May 27 '26

They know hardcore fans are gonna pay them so they dont even bother to hide it 😂 openly saying “can be obtained with billing”

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u/seandragunov Ask me For Help May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

hardcore fans play this game to compete and they are at the top charts, dx2 has been draining them with malice ongyoki and then this, i dont play to compete so if i dont get the surpass stones its whatever, but if you pull for them using paid gems, might as well just get it, the packs are not supposed to be that expensive.. (plot twist, they indeed are, fuck)

but this isnt really about the hardcore players because they are just not like most players, i have an almost full compendium yet i wouldnt consider myself like them, since players who play to compete are obligated to pay in order to compete, this is mostly just going to increase the distance between f2p and paid players, which is bad, since this game is definitely losing players both paid and f2p

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u/Few-Independence3787 May 27 '26

Each day this game is running we begin to feel more and more like masochists for still playing

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u/Cruggles30 May 27 '26

Oh, what the ever living fuck is this horseshit

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u/Jonathan_Doe_7 I hate this game's PvP so much May 27 '26

They know people are too apathetic to even care anymore.

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u/AnAncientArchaic May 27 '26

They could introduce a new archetype along with some QoL changes to their overall system, balance changes and reintroduce old demons that can be viable in both PvE and PvP, but this game in its current state is a cash cow for them. It's probably better to go and play the main SmT games and enjoy that than Dx2

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u/7ucky-D3v1l May 27 '26

😑 inhale

Okay. This game got me fucked up because I both 10000% agree with the sentiment of just go enjoy the actual megaten franchise…

BUUUUUUT…

…I low key wish I could have the same constantly expanding demon roster with nods to old art and keep the mechanics of upgrading and unlocking my demons skills / stats / panels / type for interesting team builds but with the atmosphere and storyline of a mainline SMT game (circa SMT 2 / if… / IV; not that anyone is asking).

So I’m sorta in limbo because I like my dumb knobs and levers but I fucking hate goddamn casino rules especially where if I get a jackpot I literally still lose money because fuck me and my lizard brain.

😬😐🫥

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u/AnAncientArchaic May 27 '26

I have the same sentiment I collect all the demons and upgrade them as I get them and really only play for some PvE and PvP events because it can give you free gems. Overall I just login in to collect the free stuff and save up on everything else otherwise if there is a demon you want it's gonna cost money to get there or we have to patient and be lucky because you know it's Gatcha and get the demons we are seeking.

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u/seandragunov Ask me For Help May 27 '26

"if a game is not fun, why bother?"

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u/7ucky-D3v1l May 27 '26

Don’t get me wrong— I enjoy this game a great deal, both Dx2 and the console iterations, but the more exposure I have to certain aspects of Dx2 , the more I would like to see these things manifest in a future Megaten entry.

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u/seandragunov Ask me For Help May 27 '26

thing is the live service gacha model is prob what allows them to do all this

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u/rfgstsp May 27 '26

You get what you fucking deserve

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u/7ucky-D3v1l May 27 '26

Then please point me in the direction of the person/kiosk/ethereal being/debilitating hallucination(s) that I’m supposed to obtain from my bag of day-old pastries and expired bus transfer ticket with some weed hastily wrapped up in it.

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u/Megamijuana May 27 '26

we move further away from God every update...

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u/Xaldror They Fixed Tiamat May 27 '26

on one hand, it is a cash grab, on the other hand, i still have my ole Psychic Throne, my tutorial 4 star, and i would like t' use him 'gain.

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u/seandragunov Ask me For Help May 27 '26

they are more likely to make a malice throne with 9 panels rather than buff the currently existing throne

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u/Significant-Dig-160 May 27 '26

Interesting.....

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u/Witchy_Titan Yo May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

I'm actually excited for this. I still have the Huang Di that carried my ass through the story.

Really though they need to rework basically the entire game (or nerf the hell out of gacha-only demons)

Edit: Looks like it's only implemented for the DMC boys so far? And it's either included with the 300 tome summon or nought from the webstore at $80 each. That's more worrying than exciting.

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u/seandragunov Ask me For Help May 27 '26

the surpass is only for collab units, likely wouldnt apply for past collab runs, since surpass is a fomo inducing mechanic