But the subtler points, which also deal with Persona’s usual themes of rebelling against authority and learning from and atoning for past mistakes, struggles to break the surface. The idea at the heart of the narrative is how people’s personalities are moulded by both events and the people around them, often in the context of modern social media and technology. But while it’s not as dumbed down as the Persona Q sub-series, the writing and concepts are notably more simplistic than Persona 5 itself, relying on obvious (and sometimes borderline offensive) clichés and superficial characterisation, especially in the way that most villains are nothing but a one-dimensional personification of a particular vice. More experienced and more mature than they were last time, the Phantom Thieves are presented with ordinary people in similar situations to they were last time, making it easier for them to empathise with and help them. It’s junk food gaming through and through but, compared to some of the lesser entries in the series, at least it’s Five Guys rather than a salmonella-tainted street vendor. Persona 5 Strikers has the same developer as all the other Dynasty Warriors games and the same mindless button-mashing gameplay, where you take out hundreds of enemies in a single combo – often without expending a single conscious thought. It may not have the Warriors name in the title (even Hyrule Warriors had that) but this absolutely is Persona x Dynasty Warriors, a chalk and cheese crossover that works better than you’d expect… within the normal constraints of Dynasty Warriors’ limited competency. The most unlikely Dynasty Warriors crossover so far is also a direct sequel to Persona 5, with a story by the original creators.Ĭonsidering the slow but steady rate of improvement in the Dynasty Warriors series, and its spin-offs, we look forward to praising one as a genuinely great game somewhere around the space year 2042.
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To commemorate this alongside the upcoming Golden Week, the game will be discounted at 35% off for a limited time on the Japanese PlayStation Store and Nintendo eShop, from April 28th to May 12th.Ī graphic for for the total sold through numbers for Persona series games only in Japan as of Februcan be found in a previous post.Persona 5 Strikers – the gang’s all back (pic: Atlus) Approximately five months later, following its successful English release on February 23, 2021, the game has shipped about 800k copies more (including digital copies sold).īased on available data, this ranks Persona 5 Strikers as the fourth best selling Persona game ever released, behind Persona 5 Royal in third place with over 1.4 million copies sold as of July 2020, Persona 4 Goldenin second place with over 1.5 million copies sold as of August 2020, and Persona 5 with over 3.2 million copies sold as of December 2019.
The previous milestone given for the action RPG developed in collaboration between Atlus and Koei Tecmo Games was in December 2020, when P5S had sold over 500k copies in Japan and Asia. Atlus has announced that Persona 5 Strikers, released for the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Steam, has sold over 1.3 million copies worldwide since its original release on February 20, 2020.
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