A new mobile spin-off of Persona 5, The Phantom X, entered its first closed beta in March.
Persona 5: The Phantom Xis a new mobile and PC spin-off of the very popular Persona 5.
It’s currently only slated for release in China, with no news of an international release yet.
Keep in mind that mechanics and other details revealed during the beta may change for the full release.
Who’s making the game?
Is there a release date yet?
More importantly, we also do not know if P5X will get localized for an international release.
What’s the story?
Joker, the protagonist of Persona 5, is not the main character.
Wonder’s persona isJanosik, a hero who “robs the rich but doesn’t kill innocents.”
Below is a more detailed, but still brief, breakdown of thefirst palace’s storyin the closed beta.
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The game opens with Wonder in a classroom scene filling out a form detailing his future plans.
He’s visibly bored and, after falling asleep, gets transported to Igor’s Velvet room.
They chat about desire.
Igor leaves Wonder with a warning that being without desire can cause one to give up on themselves.
They go on a jaunt into combat, and Wonder awakens his Persona.
Arai’s friend tries to defend her, but unfortunately, she becomes the one to get kicked.
Wonder enters the palace of the evil guy, and Closer secretly follows him.
She gets kidnapped and then, under duress, awakens her Persona.
He apparently lost his professional reputation due to that event.
The closed beta’s story did not seem to resonate with some players.
The story is “short and incomplete,” said user J intheir evaluation of the game.
Gameplay
Combat
P5X’s combat is largely the same as P5 and is still turn-based.
However, there are a few changes.
Each character has stats like attack, crit, defense, and more, which were absent in P5.
The extent of dates is unknown right now.
They also have their own special Personas.
A player has already puta fishing guide up, so there’s certainly excitement around the new minigame.
There are new places on the maps, like the protagonist’s very well-furnished and gigantic home.
But a lot of familiar places from P5 are present, such as Tae Takemi’s clinic.
The interior of the new shop does, however, look almost identical to LeBlanc.
Will there be gacha?
What about other mechanics found in other mobile games?
It’s likely there will be gacha mechanics.
Whilegacha was not active during the closed beta, each character had gacha-like animations.
Similar to Genshin Impact’s resin, Persona 5: The Phantom X also has a stamina system.
The developeracknowledged some players' dissatisfactionwith the main storyline in a note posted after the closed beta ended.
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