Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers is out in just over a week in Japan which means that reviews for the eastern release are about to make themselves known. The first rating comes from Famitsu, with the outlet giving it 36/40. That comprises of four 9/10 scores.
It's a rating lower than what Famitsu awarded Persona 5 and Persona 5 Royal, with those titles snatching a 39/40 and a 37/40 accordingly, but it still makes for promising reading when you consider the change in gameplay and combat mechanics. On top of that, the review has been translated into English to reveal some interesting details.
The text makes note of a 45-hour campaign, the story is described as "rich" as the Phantom Thieves travel the country, and the battle system incorporates various systems from Persona 5. It sounds like a sequel very much worth playing when it arrives on western shores assumedly later this year. This would make for an excellent summer game to pass the sunny days away with, so let's hope it reaches PlayStation 4 within that time frame.
Will you be playing Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers? Let us know in the comments below.
[source gematsu.com]
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How can rate a more complete version of a game lower?
I want this more than Royal, I've already played P5 to death so I'm not that bothered about playing an extended version but a sequel with a different battle system, I'm there
Alright, now let’s get a western release.
@Flaming_Kaiser It’s probably due to the fact it didn’t feel as fresh and I’ve heard that not all of the new features were implemented well. I assume the rating’s based on the new features.
@Flaming_Kaiser Probably rated on how much more new content it provides
@Flaming_Kaiser I’m assuming whoever reviewed it had already played the original persona five.
@Flaming_Kaiser word is the new character & additional stuff didn’t really add much & kind of detracted & stretched out The game for the worse. This is apparently coming from outlets & fans in Japan. I’ve heard it on a few podcasts now
I will. And I will happily play it on PS4. Have tried both versions of the demo and man... There is such an obvious difference between 60 and 30 fps. I've been very naive to think, the experience would be nearly the same.
Famitsu will see what other sites rate it, think game will be good but Famitsu are well knowing to give high scores to Japanese games no matter how good or bad, they rated dynasty warriors 9 highly as well as many other terrible Japanese games.
One of the last sites i would trust reviews from
Sure, I'll play it after I finish royal.
I hope we can transfer our trophy progress from Persona 5 to P5R. I was at about 60 something percent towards the platinum when P5R was announced so I stopped playing in order for me to forget about the story and have a semi-fresh experience.
@Akurusu Royal has a different trophy list compared to vanilla 5, so I don't think they'll have any transferring.
Combined with the total time with base P5 that's about 165 hours all in all, crikey.
Famitsu would rate a flaming bag of dog doo left on their front door a 9/10.
@Ichiban
as long as its from a japanese dog!
push square need to wake up and see what a terrible site they are
@funkyflounder83 @Ryall @Abeedo @nessisonett
Ok still bought it again one of the few games i want to play again with new content on disc. Ill just skip the €30 DLC of Kingdom Hearts 3 and the 99 incomplete Kingdom Hearts Editions. 😆
@Flaming_Kaiser Oh yeah, I’m still getting it regardless if the new features detract or not 😂😂
@nessisonett Square Enix is strange this generation how many Kingdom Hearts packages did we already have.Does this one have the prologue and ending on the disc? And why not wait untill you have all the DLC ready. 😩
But they wont release Final Fantasy 8 physical a game i was waiting for years FU Square Enix. 😆
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