The first action RPG in the Persona series, Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers, will be released in Japan next week, and this week’s issue of Weekly Famitsu magazine #1628 (or the February 27, 2020 issue) includes a review for it.
Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers Review Score
- Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers (PS4/NSW) – 9/9/9/9 [36/40]
Comments from the Famitsu reviewers include:
- The story takes 45 hours to complete.
- The story is wonderfully done and you can really sympathize with the Phantom Thieves as they reunite after a long period apart from each other.
- The battles feel like more of a joint effort, like “Warriors” games do.
- It’s very fun to travel around the country with a substantial story component.
- The overall performance is excellent, and the pacing is good enough to prevent players from getting tired of it, but a criticism was that there were frequent cutscenes, interrupting gameplay each time.
- A solid sequel that can be played without feeling out of place, despite the genre shift.
- The combat, which uses various elements from P5, is fun at a high level.
Persona Spin-Off Famitsu Review Comparison
Here’s a comparison to the Famitsu review scores of all spin-off Persona titles.
- Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers (PS4/NSW) – 9/9/9/9 [36/40]
- Persona 4 Arena (PS3) – 9/9/9/9 [36/40]
- Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth (3DS) – 9/9/8/9 [35/40]
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (PS3) – 9/8/9/9 [35/40]
- Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (3DS) – 8/9/9/9 [35/40]
- Persona 4: Dancing All Night (PSV) – 8/8/8/9 [33/40]
- Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night (PS4, PSV) – 8/8/8/8 [32/40]
- Persona 5: Dancing Star Night (PS4, PSV) – 8/8/8/8 [32/40]
This Week’s Famitsu Review Scores
- Red Bow (PS4, NSW, XBO) – 6/7/6/6 [25/40]
- StoriesUntold (NSW) – 7/8/8/8 [31/40]
- Mosaic (NSW) – 7/7/7/8 [29/40]
- Monster Viator (PS4, NSW, XBO) – 7/7/7/6 [27/40]
- RoofRage (NSW) – 7/8/7/8 [30/40]
- Everything (NSW) – 8/8/7/8 [31/40]
- Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] (PS4, NSW) – 8/8/8/8 [32/40]
- Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers (PS4, NSW) – 9/9/9/9 [36/40]
- Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story (PS4, NSW) – 8/8/8/8 [32/40]
- Daymare: 1998 (PS4) – 8/7/6/8 [29/40]
Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers will be released for the PS4 and Nintendo Switch on February 20, 2020 in Japan, and on June 18, 2020 in Asia and South Korea.