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.
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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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