The Ultimate Guide to Persona 5 The Phantom X
The explanation for the game's "contract" mechanic is similar to that of the Persona 5 Royal DLC boss fights against Makoto Yuki and Yu Narukami in that they are cognitive beings rather than the actual individual.
Atsushi Takayama: Target from Yumi Shiina's Synergy stories. A man who once kept harassing Yumi with unreasonably harsh comments on her dancing performance, which eventually caused her to quit dancing. He finds the bar where Yumi is currently working at and continues his harassment.
Like Persona 5, the dungeon crawling portion takes place in the Metaverse, a realm created from subconscious desires that consists of Mementos and Palaces.
The game also features multiple characters that Wonder can interact with in Tokyo using the "Confidant" system.[4] Compared to the main series, it was heavily reworked: the number of ranks has increased, but not every rank results in unique dialogue conversations.
The game begins in a similar vein to how Persona 5 begins, midway through the infiltration at Niijima's Palace. However, when Joker begins to make his escape, a hooded intruder intervenes and attacks him.
The method of character obtainment is via a gacha banner system. It is explained that characters obtained in this fashion are cognitive manifestations of the original individual taken from the Sea of Souls, and not the real person. As you obtain duplicates of a character, they will gain Awareness which improves the characters skills and abilities.
[seis] It takes the form of a tunnel submerged in a sea, and it is occupied by Igor and his assistant, Merope. Igor cites Nagisa's knowledge of choice as his reason for bringing him to the Velvet Room. Nagisa wakes up in the classroom.
Student by day, phantom thief by night: unmask the corrupt bigwigs of the real world by seizing their distorted desires from the shadows of the Metaverse.
On his way to school the following day, Nagisa meets with his classmate Motoha Arai and her best friend, Tomoko Noge, who aspires to play baseball professionally after Motoha abruptly quit baseball. Tomoko saves Motoha from being rammed by Kiuchi, but she herself is thrown onto the tracks, preventing her from playing baseball. Motoha resolves to change Kiuchi's heart.
Much of the gameplay takes direct reference from Persona 5, where the protagonist will live a dual life between spending time in the real world, as well as roaming and fighting in the Metaverse. The game does not follow a calendar system; the protagonist's free time in the city is only limited by a special currency taking the form of hourglasses.
There is also a seperate gacha to obtain weapons for each character. The weapons from the gacha give an specific benefit to the character who equips them. Certain character are variations of another and can’t put two versions of the same character on one team. For example, several characters can't be together in the same team with their own alternate versions such as Mont with her 'Figure Skater' alter version.
Not to mention moving around on mobile is clunky - I save all palace/mementos exploration for PC where I know the controls are more reliable... I really hope this game doesn't die within a year, but it seems like it will at this rate.
Unless SEGA puts out a statement to at least commit to reward parity with the Chinese server, I can't recommend playing this game. At the very least, definitely don't spend on it.
The gameplay isn't bad, but it's clear that they've decided to focus on finding more ways to get people to spend rather than creating an enjoyable experience. Especially when we have previous versions to compare to, the global version is way stingier, consistently giving less rewards and increasing prices.
During class, the protagonist struggles to stay awake and drifts off. Once he awakens, he finds himself within the Velvet Room, and is welcomed in by Igor and Merope.
It combines elements of social simulation, as the protagonist uses his free time to raise stats and forge bonds with characters, and dungeon crawling in the alternate world known as the Metaverse. The cognitive versions of the people met in the Persona 5 The Phantom X city, including the Phantom Thieves of Hearts from the original game, can be summoned for use in the Metaverse through a gacha system.