[Main Story - 014] "Persona 5 X" Playthrough - First Target Down

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The Climax of the first arc of the game: Kiuchi is finally targetted for a change of heart. We'll save people!!!


Persona 5: The Phantom X is a Gacha game set in an alternate reality of Persona 5. It features an original story and a new set of Phantom Thieves. P5X blends Persona 5's presentation and storytelling style with Gacha mechanics so well, it feels more like a console game than a mobile game.


Comnpared to Persona 5/Royal, the gameplay of The Phantom X is at the same time simplified and expanded. There are way more things to do in this game, and the online aspect makes it almost endless, but that also makes it more repetivive than the original. I give full marks for the presentation and the story progression. It feels like The Phantom X is experimenting with even more ideas compared to Persona 5/Royal... Returning characters look even more stylish!!

Being a Mobile/Gacha game is a double-edged sword, though. P5X has too much going at once. I'm playing Persona 5: The Phantom X on Android device. Every corner of the screen has interactable input os some sort! The menu is full of elements that fight for your attention!! In the first few hours, I used touch input, but it was hard to control movement in dungeons and battles, so I connected a controller, which made the game play better in my opinion.

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This time we send the Calling Card to Kiuchi. The way Lufel flew and spread the cards was fun to watch. After that we go to the treasure and have a boss battle against Kiuchi in his transformed self. We succeed in changing his heart.

Interestingly, Wonder sees a vision of Kiuchi screaming hysterically that "he killed them" even though he didn't kill anyone, nor he screamed like that in reality. Does Wonder see visions of an alternate reality?!

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