Persona 5: The Phantom X

Persona 5: The Phantom X is a unique entry in the series, as it takes the solid design and gameplay of modern persona and retools into a mobile/gacha form factor. It's the first major attempt by SEGA at this while also bringing it to the west. So far I feel pretty positive about it. The gameplay is as fun and addictive as always, the music is stella, animations are very well done and monetization, while present, hasn't become intrusive within the day-to-day gameplay. If you stayed on the normal path of focusing on the campaign, while bloated out with several different types of modes and challanges to complete, it's overall well balanced. You can pay, but so far as of right now, it feels mostly optional, which is the best outcome you can realistically as for. I have no doubts that this game, if it keeps up it's player base and naturally grows overtime, could become a glowing piece in SEGA's push for more live-service type titles. We have a year long glimpse at what Black Wing Studios have made and it looks promising. Regardless if you jump in now or wait for more content to be added, I think you'll find something genuinely attractive here, despite it being free-to-play.

Terrible animations thanks to the devs releasing this on phones, also, the game introduced some pretty low IQ mechanics to make some fights artificially difficult, almost as if they were predadory.

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First things first, let's talk about the good aspects of the game: the anime cutscenes are great, and the music is excellent, but that’s about it. The story is filled with plot holes and inconsistencies, which is especially disappointing given that the Persona franchise is known for its strong storytelling. Even without those issues, the narrative would still feel weak. The animations are poorly executed, lacking even basic transitions between walking/running, and idle states. Overall, playing it feels awkward in many ****, a personal opinion: I do not support gacha games. They involve many predatory practices designed to make players spend money. Some people even develop addictions: something that's becoming increasingly common in Brazil. However, both gamers and the industry are starting to treat this as normal: “It is what it is; if you don't like gacha games, just don't play them.” But that's not how it works. This practice even goes against the original message of Persona 5: a game that, among many things, is about tearing down corrupt societal **** this is your first experience with the Persona series, do not start with this game. Begin with Persona 5 Royal (I recommend going for the true ending, there are a lot of guides online spoiler-free). Then, if you're still interested, you can consider playing Persona 5: The Phantom X.

The gameplay itself feels like the original Persona 5 game, though it's missing a lot of features, like being able to target enemies with Baton Pass. I personally liked the new Highlight mechanic, but I wish they'd added the negotiation feature from Persona 5. Design-wise, I felt like the new characters were a hit-or-miss, with most of them having over-the-top, gaudy designs. It honestly feels like ATLUS just decided to rip off Genshin's designs and slap them into a Persona game. It's a shame since the animations and All-Out-Attacks are well-done. It's just the character designs itself that doesn't fit in the Persona aesthetic. And on top of all that, there are the scummy practices SEGA has been pulling with the game. As things stand, the Global, SEA, and JP servers seem like worse versions of the CN, KW, and TW servers, and there's not much reason to play, considering how many rewards SEGA has taken out. The accelerated patches would have been fine if they'd actually compensated us fairly, but, unsurprisingly, they didn't. It's even worse when you take in Minami's situation into consideration, where in all other servers, she was put into the standard banner after her limited banner, whereas in Global, JP, and SEA, she will only be added 6 months later. TLDR; Persona + missing mechanics + bad character design = sad. SEGA ****, so don't pay to support bad practices.