The Musou-style gameplay of Persona 5 Strikers may feel like an odd direction for the heavily story-focused, turn-based series to take. However, after spending some time back with the Phantom Thieves, you’ll soon realise how well suited Persona is to the world of hack-and-slash. Strikers takes place just a few months after the events of Persona 5 and follows the story formula of the original very closely.
This time around, instead of infiltrating palaces to steal treasure, you’re tasked with exploring jails in order to take back people’s stolen desires. The whole process is very similar to the original: you work out who rules the jail, explore a grim, dark twist on a real Japanese locale, then take on a powerful shadow version of the jail monarch in order to get them to change their ways.
Personally, I’ve spent many hours with the Persona series, but not a lot of time with any of the games under the Musou umbrella. This left me feeling slightly unsure about the combat system, and I honestly didn’t think I’d enjoy Strikers as much without some old-fashioned turn-based goodness. Surprisingly, the pieces fit together better than I could have imagined.
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