P5X | Persona5: The Phantom X

SEGA CORPORATION

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About this game

In Persona5: The Phantom X, your story unfolds after school.
Jump into the thrilling double life of a seemingly ordinary high school student in Tokyo.

Make the most of student life in Japan by hitting the bustling cities of Shibuya, Shinjuku and Kichijoji. Once the bell rings, don the mask of a Phantom Thief and infiltrate the hidden realm of the Metaverse to take on the dark beings that lie within...

Live It Up in the Big City
How you spend your days is completely up to you. Join after-school clubs, make a quick buck at a range of part-time jobs, hang with friends... and even go out on dates!

Your decisions will flavor your journey.

Forge Friendships
Freely interact with people around the city to build your relationships. As you watch movies together, share meals, and lend an ear to their troubles, those strangers might just become a best friend or even a soulmate...

Strengthen these bonds to unlock powerful abilities that will aid you in the Metaverse. Your interactions will be the key to moving the story forward.

Delve into the Metaverse After School
Step into another world where twisted enemies known as Shadows lurk. Awaken the inner power of your Personas and skillfully use them to take down foes in stylish battles along to a beloved soundtrack!

Your secret double life awaits...

■Official Website
https://persona5x.com
■Official X Account
https://www.x.com/P5XOfficialWest
■Official Facebook Account
https://www.facebook.com/P5XOfficialWest
■Official Instagram Account
https://www.instagram.com/P5XOfficialWest
■Official Discord
https://discord.gg/sCjMhC2Ttu

Ratings and reviews

The gameplay isn't bad, but it's clear that they've decided to focus on finding more ways to get people to spend rather than creating an enjoyable experience. Especially when we have previous versions to compare to, the global version is way stingier, consistently giving less rewards and increasing prices. Unless SEGA puts out a statement to at least commit to reward parity with the Chinese server, I can't recommend playing this game. At the very least, definitely don't spend on it.

Besides being buggy (playing on Note25 Ultra), the Persona series just doesn't translate well to being a mobile game. The series has always been big on story. But when I have a 30 min commute to work. I cant enjoy it because it has too many stretches of dialogue dumps. Where you are doing nothing. Which works for console gaming. Not so much for mobile. The biggest problem is, it is just another gatcha game, just with a persona skin. Nothing new. Nothing original. Nothing unique.

The game itself is okay, managed to capture the mainline Persona games elements pretty well. There are translation issues though, and it is badly optimized for mobile (even on lowest settings on a last year flagship device). The most glaring issue is that the global server is getting the short end of the stick in comparison to CN/TW/KR servers and the latest livestream only made it worse (characters being added to the standard pool late, rewards nerfed/backloaded etc.). Rating 1* until fixed.

What’s new

Ver. 2.0.0 update!
New Features
• Chapter 3 of the Main Story: Unconditional Love Phase 1
• New Phantom Thief: Riko Tanemura
• Synergy Story for Ayaka Sakai
• New area: Kichijoji
• New Band Club songs
• New Mementos areas unlocked
• Expanded Schema for Wonder
• New Super Level training element
• New Space Revelation Cards: Wisdom, Integrity, Resolve

Plus
• UI & text improvements
• Display & effect bug fixes
• Other minor bug fixes