Shin Megami Tensei - Devil Summoner 2 - Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon (USA)
PlayStation 2
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Reviewed in 2009
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✪ Reviewed on November 16, 2025
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Devil Summoner 2 Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon refines the formula. Punchier action, demons to summon and a more mature plot. The best version of the occult detective on PS2.
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Action RPG1 player16+
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An Atlus action RPG released in 2009, the second Devil Summoner Raidou sub-franchise entry. Raidou faces the mysterious King Abaddon in a new demonic investigation in Taisho Tokyo. Refined action combat with real-time demon switching and over 200 capturable demons. More polished than the first entry, a late PS2 release US exclusive.
Shin Megami Tensei - Devil Summoner 2 - Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
4/5
Story
★★★★★
"Captivating"
The art direction resurrects Taisho-era Japan. The game sets its demon-summoner plot in an imperial Japan of the 1920s, where kimonos and uniforms rub shoulders with trams, cafés and early modernities. This retro aesthetic, between old traditions and nascent industrialization, bathes the adventure in an outmoded charm unique in the series. Cobbled streets, lanterns, period shops compose a modernized print-like setting.
The soundtrack weds its era's jazzy charm. True to its 1920s frame, the music summons jazz-age accents: muted brass, a walking double bass, café pianos and syncopated rhythms evoking the urban refinement of a Japan in full westernization. The investigation phases bathe in a retro-thriller elegance, while the fights raise more electric surges.
The story follows a demon-summoning detective facing a cursed king. Raidou Kuzunoha, young heir to a lineage of demon-tamers in the service of order, investigates a threat tied to the mysterious King Abaddon, whose maneuvers disturb the balance of the supernatural world. Between shadowings, interrogations and fights summoning enslaved creatures, the hero untangles a plot mixing imperial politics and occult forces.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Collector interest
The US sequel to Devil Summoner Raidou, an Atlus action RPG released very late in the PS2's life, just before the shift to the next generation. Its appeal lies in this late, restricted run on a machine running out, placing the complete copy among the hardest Atlus PS2 titles to track down in the United States. A sought target for demanding SMT collectors.
An underrated gem
This sequel fixes almost every flaw of the first Raidou: smoother combat, better-integrated demons and a more gripping investigation in its bewitching Taishō Japan. Released very late in the console's life, it escaped most players. A refined, elegant action-RPG for anyone who loves polished occult worlds and retro moods.
A questionable morality
A detective from the roaring years who cracks his cases by unleashing demons on his opponents has a decidedly expedient approach to policing. You capture these spirits, file them away in tubes and recall them to battle like simple tools, all in the name of public order. The retro elegance smooths over this forced taming of the supernatural without a hitch.
Is Shin Megami Tensei - Devil Summoner 2 - Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon still worth playing in 2026?
Released in 2008 on PS2, Atlus' project extends the adventures of the summoner detective Raidou Kuzunoha in Taisho era Japan, with a more ambitious plot around a curse and a sprawling conspiracy. The real time combat gains fluidity and demon fusion options, correcting several clumsy points of the first entry. The bewitching retro atmosphere, the investigation and the deadpan humour forge a lasting charm. A few dungeons stay a little repetitive. A more accomplished and accessible sequel, recommended for fans of SMT and of Japanese historical mystery tinged with the occult.
