Whilst delving into the game's dungeons, your four chosen party members will engage in combat by coming into contact with foes in a number of ways. Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) Although there's certainly still plenty of Musou-style carnage on display in how you deal with the larger groups of cannon-fodder enemies you'll encounter, it's all given a nice little strategic lift by how it chooses to incorporate the series' sneaky thief tactics and Personas into the fray. However, as it turns out, the action on offer here isn't quite the mindless hack-and-slash affair you may have been expecting. Of course, with developer Omega Force involved, once our heroes hit the Metaverse in order to take on the bosses of each of the jails they need to shut down as they campervan their way across Japan, Persona 5 Strikers reveals a combat style that feels radically different to the methodical turn-based action of its predecessors. There really is far more in the way of character development and story squeezed in here than we imagined there would be, with the entire crew getting plenty of opportunities to shine in a well-written campaign that makes this spin-off feel not too far removed from a proper, fully-fledged entry in the franchise. Of course, just as they go about laying out their vacation plans, our heroes are dragged into yet another life or death battle in the Metaverse, this time involving a popular new phone app, EMMA, that's somehow being used by a bunch of high-profile public figures in order to steal the desires of hapless citizens, imprisoning them in enemy-infested jails – this game's version of P5's palaces – which the thieves must now battle their way through in order to save the day.įans of the Persona series will likely feel much more at home here than they may have initially expected as, after the game's action-packed opening engagement in a shadow jail presided over by a power-mad fashion idol, the gang immediately get together at good old Café Leblanc where they mull over their options, formulate plans and indulge in the rather long-winded back-and-forths for which the series is well known. Persona 5 Strikers is a direct sequel to the events that transpired in Persona 5 – although not those that occur in Persona 5 Royal, which it rather annoyingly chooses to fully ignore – that opens with Joker and Morgana on a return trip to Tokyo where they aim to catch up with the rest of the Phantom Thieves on a summer camping trip which the whole gang are thoroughly looking forward to.
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