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Persona 5 Strikers - All-Out-Attack Trailer - Previews coming today
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I don't know who Persona 5 Strikers is for. For those looking to get into Persona that felt like 5 was too daunting, this much more compact game is still incredibly dense. Diehard fans will find it stripped of what made Persona 5 great.
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I am your preview: The game is great.
Anyone who loved P5 should do themselves a favour and buy Strikers.
If you don't care about Persona 5, but like Musou style games and Persona battle then this is also for you. Amazing soundtrack, great gameplay (unlike other boring Musous), lots of things to do, but not too much and the story is way more compact than Persona 5 and is good for a small side "sequel".
But the soundtrack man.
Anyone who loved P5 should do themselves a favour and buy Strikers.
If you don't care about Persona 5, but like Musou style games and Persona battle then this is also for you. Amazing soundtrack, great gameplay (unlike other boring Musous), lots of things to do, but not too much and the story is way more compact than Persona 5 and is good for a small side "sequel".
But the soundtrack man.
Here's my brief preview on what the first few hours were like, can't say much more than what's in there though
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Persona 5 Strikers Adds Omega Force Flair In All The Right Places
Coming up on almost a year since the Japanese release of Persona 5 Scramble we're now a month away from Persona 5 Strikers getting its global release. Wanting to play more since the Japanese demo released almost a year ago the itch has finally been scratched, and it was worth the wait. Persona 5...
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It's a musou, but with a lot of P5 flair and mechanics. I think Diehards will love it. Eveb if it doesn't have social links.
Maybe for people who really enjoyed Persona 5 and who like the characters and world but don't want another 100+ hour experience haha
That's the way I feel about it at least
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Gonna watch this soon, but I'm curious to know the answer to one question through all these previews: Are the regular enemy encounters always so easy and quick like the demo? I tried the Japanese Switch Demo and it just seemed like every normal combat encounter was over in a couple of seconds. There were the special miniboss rooms that were much more significant though.
Diehard fans of the game probably played 5 and 5 Royal, so I think Strikers is a way to give us more without having to play a 120 hour RPG again
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Persona 5 Strikers is a good port and legit sequel, but demands a PC version of Persona 5
The rush to PC puts Strikers in a stranger position than the Dynasty Warriors spin-off already is.
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Isn't this always the case with Musou games though? The only enemies worth a damn are the captains/minibosses/bosses etc
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They haven't said anything about an English demo, but if you have a Switch or PS4 you can easily make a Japanese account and grab the Japanese demo. It's pretty playable even if you can't read Japanese.
I saw that on Twitter....what a weird take to frame the impressions of this game around.PCGaming with the portbegging preview
Persona 5 Strikers is a good port and legit sequel, but demands a PC version of Persona 5
The rush to PC puts Strikers in a stranger position than the Dynasty Warriors spin-off already is.
I talk about this in the review, but the game is stupidly easy.
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This game isn't really a musou. You encounter enemies like the original Persona 5 (sneak up on them, jump on them and pull off their mask, battle starts). The difference is it just has an action flair to it, but it just seems like you do one weakness exploit, AOA, and that's it. Since there's no turns the combat just takes a few seconds.
If you get off the Ambush those can be over extremely quickly, they do pick up a bit in challenge later with things like Status Effects, and the mini-boss type fights are fairly common.
I had to leave the Jail a few times to get SP back and heal folks up so it does chip away. There isn't really a downside to leaving, either, which is a little odd.
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Interesting, I thought you would have a calendar time limit like in P3/P4/P5. I guess leaving the jail is more akin to leaving the dungeon in other dungeon crawling games.
It's totally bizarre how frequent the checkpoints are and how easy it is to stock up and replenish your HP/SP.
Hmmm I see your point but that's kinda how the combat was in Persona 5 anyway, if you are doing it right it's usually over before the enemy can even attack you if you exploit weakness in a row and do an all out attack.
I can see why that would be quite frustrating in an action game setting though
Yeah it does function a bit like that but the frequency of the checkpoints you can warp to makes it even less of an issue than the likes of Persona Q and what have you, because at least there you have to trudge through some pretty sizeable floors if you back out. I'm hoping that changes with later Jails.
Yuuup. I can't say I mind it personally, not really coming to games for difficulty, but I could see some people getting bored by it. At least you can set up self-imposed challenges, I guess.
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I don't really know how to explain it, but it feels so much different than the original P5 in that regard. It's probably just because everything takes more time in the original P5: you're limited by turns, one more's, etc. You usually hear the chorus of Last Surprise before the battle ends.
From the Strikers Japanese demo, you hear just a little bit of Axe to Grind and then it's all over.
This preview pretty much confirms all of my fears I've had about the game despite getting Platinum in Royal. Much like Age of Calamity, I'm going to pass on this one as well.
Appreciate the preview.
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Here's my brief preview on what the first few hours were like, can't say much more than what's in there though
Persona 5 Strikers Adds Omega Force Flair In All The Right Places
Coming up on almost a year since the Japanese release of Persona 5 Scramble we're now a month away from Persona 5 Strikers getting its global release. Wanting to play more since the Japanese demo released almost a year ago the itch has finally been scratched, and it was worth the wait. Persona 5...
This seems like what Shin Megami Tensei IV and IV Apocalypse have, right?
Good to know the Switch version runs well. I already played the original P5 and I don't care about the changes that P5R made so hopefully these won't affect the game too much.
The best part of the demo was how compelling I found the plot to be. Why everything is happening and how it's different from Persona 5 is going to have me playing more.
It's amazing how much non-musou gameplay and typical Persona-cutscenes there are. I really need to finish P5, lol. Because if you don't know the characters, there's really no point playing this.
That's why it's so weird that this game is on PC and Switch...
Combat is similar, but there are other gameplay elements - like just exploring cities, talking, shopping.
That's why it's so weird that this game is on PC and Switch...
Combat is similar, but there are other gameplay elements - like just exploring cities, talking, shopping.
Thanks for the kind words. Yeah, I had to be honest about how I think it's going to be received. Got some BIG fans in my DMs fucking chewing me out for being tempered on my excitement ahha
My only gripe with this game is the lack of Royal content, but timing of development and all that. Everything else looks really fun.
(Maybe a sequel hint hint wink wink.)
(Maybe a sequel hint hint wink wink.)
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Really fucked up you're getting harassment over it. I don't agree with a lot of the things you say about the series overall but still respect you.
The stuff you mentioned about the combat being so easy does sound a bit worrisome. Is there a difficulty option to choose at the start?
Yes. Easy, normal, hard, and Risky which unlocks after clearing the game once.
There are, so I could just bump it up to the top level, but the normal difficulty definitely feels like an easy.
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I might go for hard then. Does anyone know how hard "hard" is?
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I'll probably definitely go for hard then. Thanks!
The biggest problem with 5 Strikers is even though it's shorter, it's still extremely slow paced.
No prob! I'm not a framerate analyst or anything but docked the Switch version runs real smooth. Undocked I hit a few hitches after enemies spawn post-Ambush but it evens out fairly quickly afterwards, and it doesn't happen every time.
It doesn't look as nice as P5 on PS4, especially in the texture department, but it still holds up thanks to the general style of the game, at least IMO.
Torn on this one since I liked Persona 5 enough to play it twice (regular & Royal), but the gameplay doesn't sound great here. On the other hand, it sounds like it's much less of a time commitment.
Around the time it released in Japan, people called it P5-2. Are there any indications of how "good" the story is (and how well it connects with Royal)?
Unsure if i will grab this day one tbh, think i will get it a bit cheaper later.
with the Riders Republic delay i first thought to buy this game instead but the previews don´t sound too hot to me.
with the Riders Republic delay i first thought to buy this game instead but the previews don´t sound too hot to me.
Completely ignores Royal. That story for all intents and purposes is no longer canon, one of my knocks against Strikers. Otherwise, I think the story is compelling so far.
It does have dungeons. But the combat encounters are musou style rather than turn based
There is nothing to indicate Royal is not canon. I am so freaking sick of having to repeat this over and over. Just like Persona 4 Arena didn't reference Golden but Ultimax did it's just that the games were made to close together. There is no reason to assume the game developed by Atlus themselves and called the definitive version of the game is non-canon.
Lord I hope Altus announces the next spin-off soon so we can be done with this.
