Should You Buy Persona 5 Tactica? (Review + DLC)

[@starmaker75]

One thing I'm surprised that atlis didn't do with a persona 5 spin off is to go all out with the stealth stuff and make a full stealth game

[@enzoforgets9456]

​@@harrisonwhaley7872bro who cares you know what he meant

[@paperluigi6132]

Like MGS?

[@watashiwachosenwashiten]

That would be better than a stupid ass basic srpg

[@dragon387ify]

Because turning a turn based JRPG into stealth game wouldn't work, while also keeping the RPG part in the game. I mean, look how people were dissapointed with Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Vallhalla, when AC was mainly a stealth based game franchise and it was turned into a stealth game with heavy RPG mechanics and became a loot grinder to keep up with high level enemies.

[@Kingdom850]

@@dragon387ify Lmfao where's the "RPG" in the dancing games? In Arena? Those Ass Creed games aren't spinoffs and were mainline titles, that's why people found it annoying there. These Persona spinoffs make themselves known as spinoffs first and foremost. Not a similar situation at all.

[@accountid9681]

The third setting being a school is likely a reference to the 1968 japanese university revolts, and the rise of the new japanese left

[@poloecrazie]

It's sad that most people don't get the reference since it's a pretty big moment in Japan's history, but so obscure in most media especially in anime. It shows that even modern Japan do have their own turbulence through out time.

[@streetgamer3452]

@@poloecraziethey kinda should’ve more outright said it in the game if it was that

[@DeeFig66]

Doesn't the Anime Hyouka talk a lot of about that? I found it pretty fascinating!

[@knightshade2654]

Since P5T is set in 2017, wouldn’t that predate Toshiro’s time in school by a lot? If he is in his early 30s/late 20s, he would have been in highschool in the 2000s.

[@BiggerK]

​@@poloecrazie Probably something to do with portraying a leftist revolution as positive. Not a narrative that flies most places, unfortunately.

[@asv4740]

Haru gets better every spin-off. Went from my least favorite party member to second favorite across all of them.

[@inviz1440]

Atlus knows how to develope their chars lol

[@KaelenKuznak]

Nah bro you can’t just stop there bro who’s the favorite

[@therealjaystone2344]

Gotta make up from her lack of time in the main game, right?

[@DubsBrown]

Yeah, with the way they forced Kasumi in Royal, it makes me wish Atlus had at least introduced her earlier in the story like how the characters meet Makoto long before she actually gets involved with her arch. Maybe if we ever get a FeMC Persona 5 remake. Anyways Haru had such a great wedding fantasy in this game with a cute ponytail look that I’m gonna romance her next Royal run.

[@giratina6665]

I especially liked the one optional convo where she talks about her history with axes. Iirc that was never mentioned anywhere else and fleshes her character design out very well.

[@Forever_Zero]

I find funny how Persona 5 goes so hard on the "rotten adults" thing that Strikers and Tactica have to go like "Adults can be cool too"

[@UncannyEXP]

Persona 5 also showed how adults can be cool too with several of the confidants.

[@Forever_Zero]

@@UncannyEXP yeah, you're right, you have to go out of your way to get those confidants but the message is definitely there

[@goroadachi9489]

@@Forever_ZeroI mean compared to P4 and P3, you don’t have to go that much out of your way. HOW THE FUCK CAN YOU LITERALLY MISS KANJI? Why do I need to jump through hoops to hang out with my boy?

[@t.v.1201]

@@Forever_Zeronot really, Sae and Sojiro just naturally turn out that way as the story goes. They even say its okay to leave it to the adults

[@t.v.1201]

@@goroadachi9489facts he was one of my favorite characters but i could only get him to rank 4 by the end of the game

[@ubermaster1]

I'm gonna be honest, if the entire game was a more fleshed out version of specifically the DLC story, I'd buy it. I like the aesthetic of it, the paint mechanic, and just having more content with both Akechi and Kasumi. Seriously, why are Atlus so damn scared of just having those two in more side games.

[@vanessachowjiaying4423]

I think it's because of timeline and narrative consistency. Development and release timing is another factor of the characters placement in the spin offs. Taking into account Atlus tendency to connect narratives/timelines, it's likely the next spin off continuation story, timeline wise after Strikers will have everyone from the P5 generation together. Considering Erina and Toshiro's relationship, it can be assumed they share the same Arcana category as Maruki and Zenkichi, which leaves 1 more red hair woman, under the same Arcana category as Sumi and Sophia in future stories

[@izzy1356]

Because, and I shit you not: "We wanted to leave Akechi's fate up to the players. We know it might be controversial, but having it be determined by how much investment the player spends with him was eventually what we went with." Aka, he stays dead if you don't care, he lives if you do. It's part of the interviews in the recently released P5 Royal Artbook. So because of that, he's now permanently pigeon-holed into Princekechi to keep that consistent. As for Kasumi... They didn't say much about her beyond character design, but presumably it's just to keep people spoiler-free. Yet another unfortunate pigeon-hole. It's especially noticeable how sucky this is in the DLC, since they both have plenty to relate to with Guernica, but aren't given ANY opportunity to be fleshed out through her.

[@thechief1997]

As someone who adores XCOM style strategy games. This was probably my favorite Persona game so far. I was hoping for a little more in the actual prepwork like maybe add some specific gear to each character like Joker's grappling hook. But other than that i had an absolute blast playing the game.

[@jacksonmccartney2695]

I like this style more than Xcom. I couldn’t get into the managing of the soldiers. It felt like it would get to be very tedious

[@jaffinator2166]

16:54. Actually, I recommend people do the DLC AT LEAST after the Second Kingdom as there's spoilers from it in the post credit scene. Also tune out the (unskipable) credits because they spoil a late game twist and the final boss.

[@Pikatwig16]

In fairness to Strikers, it started production before Royal did.

[@jvts8916]

I feel like the third kingdom being in highschool was less the budget and more of an intentional decision. This is the point in the story where the truth is unveiled and the portals help make an SMT if reference.

[@hgmd3284]

You have singlewordedly ignited my heart to see tactica all the way through, I no longer have buyers remorse. This reminds me of when I pushed through the super difficult final 2 dungeons in PQ, as I was motivated to uncover the truth and save Rei from the hell she is in! That’s the power of resolve and good storytelling!

[@OurLance]

How was it man? I just finished my playthrough

[@hgmd3284]

it was really good!@@OurLance

[@hgmd3284]

@@OurLance really fucking good, doing a merciless playthrough in NG+

[@KirbyChan]

Yeah Toshiro is a great character. It's actually a lot of fun seeing people's blind reactions to him: hating him at first, finding him annoying, and then as the game goes on he becomes their favorite character. That's good development!!! And for once in a Persona spinoff, they don't forget everything by the end! I was so afraid they would and absolutely destroy Toshiro's development, but nope, thank god they kept it. And while I am happy that the royal trio got to be in their own adventure, I definitely agree it should have been longer. It's so short that I just didn't care about the new characters at all, and of course because it takes place during the story of P5, they forget about it in the end, unlike the main game. I wish it had taken place in or after third semester, but oh well...

[@vanessachowjiaying4423]

Keep in mind Atlus will connect everything in the next spin off, narrative and timeline wise, after Strikers, with Royal having more relevancy. This also happened in Arena Ultimax and Dancing All Night, which closes off Persona 4 generation proper. However, Atlus P-Studio was behind schedule due to COVID and shift in the development crew with Wada as the new director after Hashino.

[@hunbi1875]

I kinda hated how the whole cast hates toshiro pretty randomly for the first chunk of the game. It's always felt so unnecessary and makes everyone really annoying when every other line is "oh man fuck toshiro by the way"

[@KirbyChan]

@@hunbi1875 I mean I guess I can kind of see why they didn't like him at first. He's a politician, first of all, and they don't exactly have the best track record with politicians. And he always kinda acted like he knew what was best and right and "just" when really he had no idea what he was talking about. Thankfully it doesn't stick around too long; I feel like once they entered Marie's castle they gave him a break, so it didn't overstay its welcome.

[@yass3425]

Once annoying is forever annoying

[@dankoismad]

Got this for Christmas so the only thing I paid for was the Repaint your Heart DLC. And I'm having a pretty good time with this game. I was pretty sour about the art style at first, but like you it started to grow on me. I think its a pretty good spin-off.

[@Malignantt1]

I wouldnt say the art style grew on me but i did get used to it. Its just the facial expressions that i really like

[@freyafanboy]

I'm not sure if I want to get this one, I was never big on tactical RPG's. Now if its on the easier side I might want to check it out since I was never too good at games like them, even then I kinda would like to maybe see some persona 6 news, as it stands I'll probably wait for a sale. Glad to see a fair review of the game thank you

[@fredcasdensworld]

I've never played a Tactical RPG before this, and the difficulty settings can be adjusted at any time to find your comfort zone. I had virtually no trouble unless I intentionally made things difficult for myself for the sake of one achivement

[@dechuggs9129]

I think a lot of the reason why the lyrics don’t sound as powerful and meaningful as the other games is because Lotus Juice did not write the lyrics other than the DLC ones which I like a lot.

[@MythicMachina]

I know you said this game was easy, but i'm chronically terrible at these kinds of strategy games, so i'm probably gonna struggle. Not to mention you're also the person who beast Nocture without any buffs, so everything is gonna seem easy conpared to that.

[@XeErmine]

After completing Persona 5 Tactica 100% I thought it was fairly good. I love the intro theme revolution in your heart. As you point out the game may have been rushed and as a result the pacing could have been a little slower. Another gripe was the lack of Strikers characters. I would have liked to see Zenkichi show up. As it turns out this game takes place before Strikers but still they could have been part of a DLC side story.

[@denysvision]

It would not made sense why zenkichi would be there since it happens before strikers

[@rhovenom04]

Meh. Last boss is another god. It's getting repetitive. They are teens for crying out loud. It's so over the top to let them fight gods.

[@fredcasdensworld]

@@rhovenom04 Hi, Welcome to the Persona franchise where teens have been facing down gods since the first game on the PS1 back in the 1990s

[@streetgamer3452]

@@rhovenom04fighting god is like fighting dragons in Fire emblem, it kinda has to happen at this point but at least persona wise gives the gods a big reason pertaining to the morale of the story where as in Fire emblem they may be an antag but that’s really all

[@crisis_rat1443]

Great review Nyarly. Joker, Noir, Fox became my go to team as well. Psychic plus gun damage is too good. Mind you I'm good at the game, but not addicted like other P5 games. Watching your review I may keep a steady pace with it now.

[@ultracapitalistutopia3550]

Regarding the 3rd Kingdom, I suspect that is more an implication of the Japan University student anti-establishment movement in the late 60s.

[@PKDeviluke25]

I played it through Gamepass and I really liked it. The story was surprisingly very good and I liked how most of the Phantom Thieves could relate to Toshiro since they faced similar trauma and the game does mention this when they interact with Toshiro. The OST was all around very good I even liked the Vocal tracks. It is worth your time if you are looking for more Persona 5, a great strategy game and just an overall great story.

[@songekkouga]

I really loved Persona 5 Tactica. I loved the story & gameplay and I'm not even the biggest SRPG fan. The Repaint Your Heart DLC is fun but it should have been a little bit longer especially if you're gonna charge $20 for it.

[@knightshade2654]

It is on sale right now for $16. Do you think that that is a reasonable price for the DLC? I have no interest in the picardo persona or guns DLC.

[@songekkouga]

@knightshade2654 If you really want to have it go for it.

[@Palindome]

This game genuinely seems really cool, I'll probably get it if it goes on sale at some point

[@fredcasdensworld]

It's certainly a solid 40 hour game start to finish not including the DLC content

[@DubsBrown]

It really feels like a gamepass focused kinda price point

[@Cthululululu]

The Night We Stood goes wildly hard.

[@tatters8236]

I've not finished the game myself yet, currently towards the start of kingdom three, but there was one thing that bothered me about the game that I'm surprised didn't come up here: There's a Persona skill that makes you stronger while you're suffering from statuses, it's on some late game personas even, but not a single normal enemy in the entire game up to the point I'm at can apply statuses to you. It just seems odd that something as obvious as making fights harder by having the enemies throw statuses at you is just not done for at least the first half of this game (only coming up in 3 battles in the first kingdom). It's also odd that the game doesn't tell you what the statuses actually do. Most of them are straightforward enough, but, what does Despair do? As far as I've been able to tell it just makes a status icon appear next to the enemy's healthbar.

[@miwestraveler3986]

There's a help menu that tells you everything you need. Despair steals enemy movement. They have less movement in their next turn, and if you got a One More, your next movement is increased by 1 per despair victim.

[@colt1903]

It's been what, almost 7 years or something and still no Arena? You'd think Atlus would realize the absolute cash cow Persona can become as a fighting game franchise.😂 I mean sure, this is a good game but... I'm still waiting Atlus.

[@truepowersichigo1952]

Well pals technically it could be the next spinoff since p5 as already have PQ2 P5R P5S P5T so next could possibly be P5U for ultimax or ultimate

[@J2ojuiced95]

There’s still the chance that we could get another Arena game, it just depends on Arc System Works. As they’ve been very busy in recent years.

[@vanessachowjiaying4423]

​@@J2ojuiced95 another thing to point out the spin-offs genre depends on the narrative direction of the story. The fighting game genre in P4 Arena is due to the 2 new P3 gen related characters, Labrys and Sho's background as experimental subjects, with one of the tests is fight till death. The TV World; one of the sections of the collective cognition materialize that dark thoughts into an Arena format. Atlus needs to make a specific spin off genre not out of a whim or fans request, but valid narrative reasons. The warriors style works well in Persona to some extent as it's more of a representation of how all Persons teams fight in actual combat, seen more in the anime. For Tactica, it's more on the use of strategies for victory, as seen with Toshiro mostly leading/strategizing for the Phantom Thieves and Rebel Corps into victory.

[@colt1903]

The Triple Threats remind me of something similar in another tactical RPG. I forget the name of it but anyone that remembers it can remind me and I'll be super grateful. Basically, you have 3 characters in your Party with different guns. Combat functions with you aiming your characters in a certain direction, and as they move in that direction they'll shoot at whatever enemy to tell them to aim at. You can also make your party member jump up into the air, while shooting, which I loved doing. Anyways, that game also had a "Maneuver your characters into a triangle shape to unleash an attack on the enemy all at once" type move. For whatever reason, I could never pull it off, and I actually lost the game before I ever got to play it again. Really wish I could remember the name of it.

[@caiuskain9772]

You're thinking of Resonance of Fate, awesome game

[@kurovah5475]

Resonance of fate

[@shrek18]

Resonance of Fate?

[@colt1903]

👏YES

[@AD3SPG]

👏🏽 ​@@colt1903

[@toryficarola]

Good to see Toshiro faithfully continue the multidinensional fleshed out politician archetype tradition that Toru started in the Sun Confidant Link.

[@AbsoluteChazmania]

The centerpoint of the phrase on the flag roughly translates to "If you wish for peace, conquer yourself"

[@Jimmylikehalo]

Really great review I loved this game and played on xbox through game pass it was way more fun than I thought it would be

[@DubsBrown]

While I like Toshiro, seems like there was a missed opportunity to involve the Politician Sun arcana from persona 5. Game needs some custom maps mode or even online multiplayer. Also why not give us Sophia and Zenkichi DLC? More useful than lame Persona DLC and you could do $10 no story. Could have been a 10/10 if they set it after Strikers and involved more map variety like you mentioned. Also kinda let down some of the sub menus didn’t have the same level of style Persona 5 did with animations of Joker.

[@BlakeLaFae]

i have been having tons of fun with the game and i will admit im kinda glad i wasnt the only one that thought the first 2 kingdoms and the jump to the third [ive been stuck there a bit] were a bit off because legit my reaction was "wait why does this new one not have a theme like the last two????"

[@MineplexVLOfficial]

Suprised Atlus hasn't turned the whole concept of Persona 5 into its own thing and made it a yearly franchise at this point

[@starmaker75]

Well then again persona 3 and 4 had a lot of spin-offs as well. So I I guess persona spin off are a category. So it a spin-off with in spinoff

[@PKDeviluke25]

Persona 5 baby.

[@EXFrost]

@@starmaker75 persona 3 has 1 spinoff, which was made after persona 5

[@inviz1440]

@@EXFrost is it fes?

[@TheRawyan]

@@inviz1440expanded ports do not count as spin-offs also fes came out 9 years before p5, they are talking about persona 3 dancing

[@KatanaRikku]

Great review Nyarly !

[@sammysamlovescats]

I also didn't even know you could grind until the end lmao I pretty much only ever had to redo the "Do this in one turn" side quests The game felt like it had a lot of potential, but it was too shallow. Gameplay, level design, balancing, they were all just a bit too shallow, but could have been great

[@jesserivera2043]

I was actually worried about this game not having a good enough story, since a lot of strategy RPGs tend to feel like it's gameplay first and story second, but I think you convinced me to give this game a try Before I click Confirm Order, I have a question: does the DLC provide any story updates for Akechi and Kasumi?

[@DubsBrown]

The DLC actually does this little thing where the characters reveal things ahead of when it happens in Royal and then there’s a memory wipe at the end. So it’s not really an update, more like extending the Royal trio experience around the time of the Casino palace. If you think about the timeline too hard it gets confusing and there’s no new info about them, just more character depth through dialogue to have them react to the DLC story.

[@pikazilla6405]

I swear kasumi fans cannot catch a break when it comes to dlc being shoved down their throats first it was being sold a dlc outfit pack for her when she literally can only wear the outfits in 1/9th of the game and now it's dlc for her to be playable in this game

[@olympuskid6954]

Toshiro's design gives the feeling of Larry from pokemon scarlet/violet, and I love that

[@DubsBrown]

I think the reason you feel like it’s rushed was probably the result of the gamepass day one strategy. This is a very good price point for the subscription service, so Atlus probably developed this spinoff with that in mind. Keeping the development streamlined to get a solid return without overindulging resources. Sometimes it even feels like it was designed for remote play/switch with the simple character dialogue and graphical style. I bet it could even run on mobile.

[@indecision6326]

I like the game. I wouldn't say it's worth $60, but I think it's a pretty good deal if you can catch it on sale, and even then I don't really regret buying it for full price.

[@zacharylandrum4789]

When I first saw this game, I thought it was gonna be mid. It was just not giving me good vibes at all. Also doesn't help that the Super Mario RPG remake came out on the exact same day and all the Persona hype right now is for Persona 3 Reload. But, I gave it a shot and... It was surprisingly really fun!

[@vix4here]

the game was too painfully easy on merciless. i wish developers would spend more time creating a real challenge so games feel more immersive.

[@hyperten5906]

Well, if the other 3 p5 games weren't good examples, or hell, just persona games in general, atlus isn't too great with difficulty outside of smt

[@hgmd3284]

after beating the game, i think i love the game! like i really do! just a shame that there will be few people who share this with me.

[@jhd0919]

Hey, Nyarly. One of the most prominent channels in the MegaTen community, BuffMaister, was hacked and terminated yesterday. I hope you can help get his channel back online.

[@Mavelm]

General impression of the music is that it sounds like they asked Chat GPT to make Persona music with like a Rock filter

[@Staruo356]

I'm glad I waited a bit and got the digital deluxe edition for $60, I feel like the game plus the DLC for that price is fair enough, and I've been enjoying it a lot so far (just finished the first Kingdom)

[@wkim22]

Currently playing it. I have reservations with the character model. I prefer they make the characters like in Strikers. But it's Persona 5 series so I'm pretty sure this'll be great as always.

[@lwick9450]

Watched your vids since GS had it on sale for 10 new and I was muling it

[@harrisonwhaley7872]

Do not buy the Gun DLC! You will outclass them by the beginning of the third kingdom if not earlier. I can’t remember exactly when but I used them since I bought the bundle and they looked cool, and when you have to sell them off it’s no fun lol considering you spent actual money on them. They do sell off for decent money but that’s about as good as it gets and then you’re onto better guns from the velvet room

[@sokumotanaka9271]

Rip the one Sophie fan in that DLC XD

[@zeendragon7]

glad to see people like this game. im look for (person 3 reload and dlc) . this will be the only game i dont have until it low in cost .

[@joyjoyjoy6612]

im actually surprised and like this game so much

[@meowspark9]

Girl in mouse onesie nice nice, I (kinda) like the art style, really like that dlc music

[@baxterbruce9827]

So glad I'm not the only one that thought this game was easy, the hardest fights in this game are more slow grind games than anything, and the DLC is actually... Kinda sad, in terms of difficulty, the paint mechanics are insanely broken so it makes either side having pretty severe snowballing very common Edit: Also so glad I'm not the only one that felt like we were missing... At least one kingdom? Also, Toshiro, when he becomes playable, feels... Handled a little weird?

[@timedasher]

I haven't played X-Com, but how Persona 5 Tactica compares to Valkyria Chronicles games? I own Valkyria 1 and 4, they have the cover and clever shooting range for both allies and enemies, some maps can get tricky while being on a map in later turns enemy rainforces arrive with ,ore menazing weapons

[@pancwake8444]

Im confused. Companies can just not allow you to show late game footage of a game even tho its long been released? I'd understand if it was a review code like a week before release but the game released 2 weeks ago.

[@meme_aids]

6 months later but yea, kind of. At least on Playstation, certain games can block gameplay recording to prevent spoilers or whatever. I usually only see em on Atlas games though.

[@Eudaimonia7564]

My favorite P5 spinoff!

[@kite1177]

i actually think p5 strikers handled money decently, you needed to grind sometimes but it was never too much

[@Macer84]

Nyarly may be the only gamer in history to get upset that he didn't need to grind in order to be on-level with enemies

[@JimFaindel]

What I am getting out of this is that I should wait for a bundle/discount that includes the DLC down the line, and then it'll be absolutely worth it. Royal version of spinoffs when?

[@nobodyimportant5140]

Really does feel like this game conceptually started off as a Persona Q3 game, but changed halfway through.

[@andrewsingsthehymns9567]

i bought this last week. brand new for 20 bucks. this will be a rare game. buy it now.

[@rvegeta]

Absolutely gonna wait for a sale.

[@roguerifter9724]

Well the story explains why the third setting is a high school. And I love the base game but haven't tried the DLC yet though I own it. I haven't finished the base game yet though I probably will have before going to sleep since I'm at the final battle. Its after midnight where I live and I'll probably start the DLC tonight or tomorrow at the latest unless something goes very wrong

[@TheRawyan]

Holy shit we used the exact same party! Joker, Yusuke, & Haru!

[@99Bobson]

Yeah, ngl, I don't see how this story is good I found it boring, passable at best

[@ArshadZahid_nohandleideas]

I just realized: Are Personas even given an Arcana in this game? Does Arcana exist in this game at all, or am I insane?

[@knightshade2654]

Arcana was replaced with status types in this game. The types do not affect gameplay other than sharing a common theme (warrior figures, malevolent figures, etc), but even that is changed to accommodate certain skills.

[@deadly5901]

Honestly, the main game seemed pretty good to me, although I would have liked there to be a little more variety of enemies, there are only like 6 in the game and I know that the Persona saga doesn't stand out for making extremely difficult games, but it was so easy (maybe it's because unlike xcom you don't have to worry about missing shots or the fear of receiving a critical while in full cover but Even if you barely fuse people you can beat the game, I managed to finish it on difficult in my first one without any guide using almost always Joker Makoto and Yosuke ) it's not a bad game but there were a lot of things they could have done to make the game better.

[@cd4playa1245]

This is one of my favorite games of all time. Probably the best turn based strategy game ever.

[@some1upyon]

the dlc is mario + rabbids: persona splatoon edition

[@jackiewawa5150]

19:50 song?

[@UncannyEXP]

Can you make a video of you eating crow about Persona 3 Reload? Since your videos on the game was based on early and poorly distributed information, I want you to talk about the game as it is now with all that we know as its only two months out from release.

[@StudioRevoct]

Was playing Majin Tensei, now I'm mad that I didn't know about this one. I don't like P5 but the gameplay looks so good.

[@drunkdeer6923]

hey, i know it is a bit off topic, but you should try a challenge where you beat smt nocturne whit only the pixie that joins you at the start of the game,

[@RTHbeto27]

eh strikers got reaaly chep after some months so i will wait for a lower price, im still eagerly to play it tho as a fan of the genre and as fan of P5, i still have to play strikers tho

[@harrisonwhaley7872]

So confused how you kept personas for a long time. I was literally fusing between every single battle. If I had above 3 personas I was fusing immediately

[@inviz1440]

Just level them up and fuse other personas

[@justinmoreno390]

What a coincidence, just yesterday I finished the game and I would say that it exceeded my expectations and was worth the $60, I know that many people don't like that Atlus overexploits P5 but personally, as long as they continue making quality games, let Atlus make all the spin-off of P5 that they want.

[@Megidolaon999]

The DLC was fucking amazing the guernuca music was soooo good

[@JMrealgamer]

They are milking the hell out of P5. I’ve been ready for P6 for awhile now. I bought it. Thanks for your take on it!

[@That_Ifrit_Guy]

I like the music, it's just missing the 'hype/standout songs'

[@miffty75]

My problem with this game is its gameplay to story(dialogues mostly) ratio. I really liked gameplay but the amount of visual novel was just too much for me so i dropped the game

[@KrimsonKattYT]

I prefer lots of dialogue to gameplay, especially when the gameplay is frustrating. Visual novels are awesome.

[@inviz1440]

@@KrimsonKattYT especially with the animation. Mappa KNOWS how to animate p5

[@KrimsonKattYT]

@@inviz1440 Yeah Mappa is amazing. Too bad they didn't do the ACTUAL Persona 5 anime. The dub was really well done and funny similar to the Persona 4 anime dub, but other than that it was just awful. So! Many! Animation! Errors! The studio that made P5A must be the most inconsistent anime studio ever. On one hand they made SAO, a terrible show with suprisingly beautiful animation. (and music. And character designs) On the other they made Seven Deadly Sins seasons 3&4 and Persona 5 the Animation, some of the ugliest 2D anime ever, and I don't want to BEGIN talking about the 3D ones like EX Arm or Berserk 2016 or weird hybrids like Master of Ragnarok or that awful V-Tuber anime. And don't forget the... GASP! Slideshow and mo-capped anime! Naria Girls still gives me PTSD with how negative budget God awful that show was. And then we get stuff like Godless Reincarnation, a shitpost of an anime that goes from god-tier "100% Deku VS Overhaul" animation quality to intentionally bad, horrifically bad animation like the PS1 model CGI monster or GOSH DANG LIVE ACTION STOCK FOOTAGE WITH AN ANIME AI FILTER or lazy pixel art.

[@inviz1440]

@@KrimsonKattYT Please don't remind me of the garbage p5 anime LOL. It was terrible. I think they need to shut down there studio as a whole

[@jamcalx]

And codename:STEAM, right?

[@TheVASgamer]

Honestly the final dungeon/ final boss arena looks like a scrapped Bomberman R fight.

[@AverageEggmonEnthusiast]

Is merciless easier or harder than Hard? I’ve been playing on Hard and trying to always complete the challenges and I’ve had to redo a lot to keep any of my allies from going down ever.

[@kurokammi_Akio]

I believe hard gives the enemy 50% more attack and merciless that + 50% more hp.

[@wykellbrown6360]

Instead of making persona spin-offs they should make more shin megami tensei games they could take some of the concepts for this game and make a crazy smt game with killer difficulty

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

It is a shame that the release of this game was kind of overshadowed by Super Mario RPG!

[@Kingdom850]

Overlooked? It's barely been two weeks since it dropped.

[@nr2676]

It sells worse than Soul Hackers 2 (in Japan).. Only Tokyo Mirage Sessions did worse. In West this game is also not big seller, like Strikers, or even Q games.

[@jeremyhall2727]

🤷🏾‍♀️ you're probably just really good at those kinda games. I haven't played one since the psp days. No need to worry.. someone probably will make a hard mod 😅

[@ilikestamps2978]

I wonder what's going on with Atlus right now. Two rushed games in the past 2 years, a terrible port of P3P, and no SMT. Hopefully at the game awards they'll show an SMTV upgrade and maybe a teaser for Persona 6

[@inviz1440]

Their whole team wants to push out at least 7+ games before p6. I mean how else is atlus gonna keep us entertained? Im not waiting 5+ years for p6. I want some spin offs or ports to keep me on the edge of my seat.

[@vanessachowjiaying4423]

​@@inviz1440 another point is Atlus prefers to complete a Persona generation proper, narrative wise before moving to the next mainline. The current P-Studio is transitioning to a brand new crew, with a new producer Wada after Hashino, which might affect the next mainlines and follow ups.

[@ChazDragoon]

"Atlus Review Policy" >_> how about...you DONT act like the bad guys in your persona games, Atlus?

[@colt1903]

But if a big name company isn't tone deaf to their own messages, they're not doing their jobs right! 😂

[@KrimsonKattYT]

@@colt1903 *cough* Squaresoft and their FF7 NFTs *cough*

[@colt1903]

@@KrimsonKattYT See, I'm one of the smart people on Earth who chose to stay so far away from NFT related stuff that I LITERALLY do not know what they are. I'm one of those people that were like "I can tell by the name that it's something stupid, so I'm not even gonna bother." 🤣

[@tiensimon1263]

Why are there only three party members?

[@mistahjenkins4826]

'Most overlooked'? My guy, it's been out for two weeks, give it some time to get traction.

[@DeeFig66]

Ok, so it's easy but what if you suck suuuuupper hard at tactical games, like myself? Would it be just average or still hard for me? I am person who couldn't get past the second battle in Final Fantasy tactics back in the day. lol

[@Linksdad]

Can’t get past quest 1 on easy mode. 😢

[@chickenpng459]

just finished the main game, and I really liked the story of it. I like how they went about the new characters here. it's just a shame that the game is too easy and the vocal music isn't as good as the other p5 games. I'm fully convinced on buying the dlc because of hearing it's challenging, and they got lotus juice on that shit too. Why didn't they have him on the main game?

[@lolkek6807]

So can anyone tell me if phantom thieves will forget everything in the end? Cause if so, then I just don’t see any point in this story.

[@jeremyhall2727]

It looks fine. How much was it again..$30? That seems about right

[@Craigo86o]

One question...... Is this anything like Shining force? Looks kinda grid/turn based....

[@jackiewawa5150]

Bookmark 11:00

[@dylendye7410]

As someone that was playing P5S at the same time as P5T I enjoyed P5S much more

[@areomix992]

"not to spoil it too much" then proceeds to spoil the biggest mystery of the entire game nice one bro

[@weatherwheel3109]

I don’t like the one move every turn like if you could shoot and physical attack and upgrading characters barley does anything