![]() ![]() Strikers takes a different approach: the date will only progress when the story does. Having to squeeze them all into the tight time frame of the calendar was part of the experience, but at times it was a stressful experience. Entering a Palace, regardless of how much progress you made, took up a day, having lunch with a friend or studying for an exam could take up an afternoon, and all of these things were necessary. Persona 5, like most Persona games, was a constant balancing act of various activities. While the overarching plot is still a concern, this approach to storytelling lets you focus a little more on the issues at hand, and draws you in with characters it’s easy to feel sympathy for.Īnother thing that helps contribute to that more focused feeling is the removal of a harsh time limit. It’s a welcome addition to the game, and it does a great job of getting you invested in the game’s smaller moments and stories. There are some Monarchs in the late game that have more of that Bond villain vibe going on, but for the most part these are genuinely good people in just really shit situations. Here, we find the Phantom Thieves facing off against an aspiring fashion mogul thrust into the spotlight a little too young with little support, the grandson of a famous author who wants to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps but plagiarises under the immense pressure, and a politician who’s uncovered corruption but has to stay elected in order to help fight it. Where Persona 5 had you face off against a creepy teacher who’d been sexually abusing students, or a hyper-capitalistic fast food CEO who crushes those in his employ to maximise profits, Strikers takes a much more nuanced approach. For the most part, they’re good, well-meaning people whose reasons for corruption cross into what is very much a grey area. In what is perhaps a bit of a change in the Persona 5 mythos, the villains, in this case the Jails’ Monarchs, aren’t simply cartoonish Bond-level evil villains. The new threat - and the Thieves’ reaction to it - feels believable and multifaceted, with the Thieves spurred on by not only the desire to do good in the world, but also by their impending arrest should they fail. Where Persona 5 and Royal largely take place within Tokyo city itself, Strikers spends only the first dungeon there, quickly moving onto a wide variety of interesting and accurate locales, from big cities like Sendai to sleepy little seaside villages in Okinawa. While Strikers assumes a level of familiarity with these characters, it does a fairly good job of detaching their new story from the previous one, and the setup allows for a really interesting dynamic in having the Thieves travel to various real-world locations across Japan. ![]() After meeting a rogue AI/new Phantom Thief called Sophia and striking a deal with inspector Zenkichi, the gang agrees to take on monarchs across the country, shutting down their evil influence and clearing their names in the process.Īs far as sequel stories go, this is pretty fantastic. Naturally, the Thieves get dragged back into the Metaverse, discovering new Palace-like structures called Jails, and their Monarchs - ordinary people whose hearts have been manipulated, corrupted, and changed for the worst. The police suspect the Phantom Thieves are at fault, and send top investigator Zenkichi Hasegawa after the group. A spree of strange and sudden behaviour changes have taken hold across the country, spurred on by the appearance and immediate success of a new app called EMMA, which is kind of like Siri mixed with Whatsapp. If you don’t have a PS4 or just don’t want to sink 100+ hours into a JRPG before jumping into this game, you can also watch the anime series to get up to speed it contains all the same story content, and is available in Australia on Crunchyroll.īut of course, this is Persona, so that doesn’t quite go to plan. As such, it also may be a little bit difficult to follow without having played the first game first. Quick note, as this game is a direct sequel to Persona 5, this review (and this game) contains spoilers for that game. It’s very much a Persona game first, and it’s a damn good one at that. Where those games were musou games first and their respective series second, Strikers goes all-in on the Persona side of things. ![]() It’s similar to games like Hyrule Warriors or Fire Emblem Warriors in that way… but also quite different. It’s also a musou, or Warriors, spin-off, with combat gameplay lifted straight from developer Koei Tecmo’s popular Dynasty Warriors. Persona 5 Strikers is a canon sequel to Persona 5 - but maybe not Royal, it’s complicated - and the latest in an ever-growing list of games on the Switch that feature Persona 5’s protagonist Joker without (or perhaps instead of) Persona 5 itself. The Phantom Thieves are back! Or if you’re a Switch owner without a PS4, they’re here for the first time. ![]()
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