That commitment to matching Persona 5 extends to Strikers' presentation, which slavishly adheres to P5's look and feel. Still, Persona 5 Strikers matches its predecessor in tone and style. It’s a perfect follow-up story to Persona 5, one that's a bit broader in geographic scope, but not quite as intense in narrative. What follows is a road trip across Japan, with the Phantom Thieves looking to overthrow the evil Monarchs and searching for the hidden Jails (alternate-universe versions of Tokyo) that hold the masses' stolen desires. The country’s security force is suspicious, so Joker and his crew must work to clear their names, all while trying to stop the mystical brainwashings. The Phantom Thieves reunite to enjoy their break just as a new string of mysterious, personality-changing incidents occur across Japan. The game picks up the summer after Persona 5's conclusion. Persona 5 Strikers isn’t a game of battlefield domination, though it's a Persona game that adds excellent, real-time combat, and for that it's an Editors' Choice pick. In this case, Persona 5 Strikers ($59.99, for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC) by Koei Tecmo and Omega Force shifts gears to a Dynasty Warriors-style action title in the vein of Hyrule Warriors.
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It gets a full spin-off with Persona 5 Strikers, switching genres in the tradition of other Persona titles, such as Persona 4 Arena (a fighting game), Persona 4 Dancing All Night (a rhythm game), and Persona Q (an old-school, first-person dungeon crawler).
It begged for a follow-up, and it sort of got one, with the expanded Persona 5 Royal.
Persona 5 was one of the last console generation's best JRPGs.