Persona 5 Tactica Review:
Hours: 30
Spoilers: 0
We have hade the original Persona 5, Dancing in Starlight, Royal, Strikers and now we all have Tactica. Atlus has milked and continues to milk the Persona that hit the mainstream crowd and the real question has to be, does Tactica justify the milking?
Let’s moo-ve onto the review and find out!
Gameplay:
If you have played X-Com or Fire Emblem you will be already quite familiar with how this game operates except this is absolutely a more dumbed down version of that. Think Raving Rabbids but not THAT obsessed by the French. Tactica is a HEAVILY cover based strategy game relying on moving the characters you know and love on a grid based map to defeat all the enemies.
For new players of the genre, this game absolutely can operate as “My first tactics game” and does a good job of elevating the difficulty making it more of a Hitman styled puzzle box. If I move my unit here, and press this elevator button, will the enemy be taken out of cover for me to get a critical hit and have another turn?
The elevation is really gradual and I think that if people have issues with how easy the game is at the start, it does become more of a strategy game in its later portions. Other than this, it is a Persona game. You take turns with each character (up to 3) to attack using guns, melee attacks and persona skills now just with a cover twist as a mission based puzzle box.
Story:
I assume if you have played Persona 5, you probably enjoyed that sweet, sweet narrative. I gotta say, I really enjoyed the plot that follows Tactica. I have a lot of issues with the ongoing narrative of this series of games as they all ditch Royal and seemingly do not connect with Strikers at all. I understand they are side games to spin off from that main game but the fact there is no consistency at all is painful because it does feel like none of it was worth it.
However, if we look at the game in its own box without any other elements, Tactica is a beautiful narrative and though it is obvious from the get go, the game also realises that you will get what is happening really quick. Leaving you no spaces where you feel the characters aren’t catching up as fast as you.
I adore where this story goes and made me genuinely cry so hard. I haven’t cried this hard since Final Fantasy 16 but this felt even more intense. I love what this narrative represents and gives a great spin on what they were going for in the base game.
Just like all the other spin off games, I absolutely love the new characters and how they blend with the existing Phantom Thieves. It is just a shame on narrative level that they will be thrown away not to be seen in another P5 game unless we get a fighter.
Music:
Bruh it’s Lyn, what more do you want. Of course it is fucking good.
Overall:
This is a short review compared to some others I have been writing lately and I think that is because there isn’t too much to say. If you love Persona 5, you are going to play this and most likely enjoy it. However there is that chance which is likely, that you are just tired of this being milked to hell and back which is fair criticism.
I myself, think Tactica is a fantastic game for those who want to see these characters interact more and enjoy a concise tactics game playable at multiple difficulties.
Disclaimer: I do however need to point out that the game has day 1 DLC that costs $30 AUD to play as the best character in the game (Imo) and best girl from Royal (imo) which pains me because you just know this could have been baked in on the disc or AT LEAST, came out a week or so after. Not day 1.
Stupid practices and really shows Atlus greedy little milking hands.
Hours: 30
Spoilers: 0
We have hade the original Persona 5, Dancing in Starlight, Royal, Strikers and now we all have Tactica. Atlus has milked and continues to milk the Persona that hit the mainstream crowd and the real question has to be, does Tactica justify the milking?
Let’s moo-ve onto the review and find out!
Gameplay:
If you have played X-Com or Fire Emblem you will be already quite familiar with how this game operates except this is absolutely a more dumbed down version of that. Think Raving Rabbids but not THAT obsessed by the French. Tactica is a HEAVILY cover based strategy game relying on moving the characters you know and love on a grid based map to defeat all the enemies.
For new players of the genre, this game absolutely can operate as “My first tactics game” and does a good job of elevating the difficulty making it more of a Hitman styled puzzle box. If I move my unit here, and press this elevator button, will the enemy be taken out of cover for me to get a critical hit and have another turn?
The elevation is really gradual and I think that if people have issues with how easy the game is at the start, it does become more of a strategy game in its later portions. Other than this, it is a Persona game. You take turns with each character (up to 3) to attack using guns, melee attacks and persona skills now just with a cover twist as a mission based puzzle box.
Story:
I assume if you have played Persona 5, you probably enjoyed that sweet, sweet narrative. I gotta say, I really enjoyed the plot that follows Tactica. I have a lot of issues with the ongoing narrative of this series of games as they all ditch Royal and seemingly do not connect with Strikers at all. I understand they are side games to spin off from that main game but the fact there is no consistency at all is painful because it does feel like none of it was worth it.
However, if we look at the game in its own box without any other elements, Tactica is a beautiful narrative and though it is obvious from the get go, the game also realises that you will get what is happening really quick. Leaving you no spaces where you feel the characters aren’t catching up as fast as you.
I adore where this story goes and made me genuinely cry so hard. I haven’t cried this hard since Final Fantasy 16 but this felt even more intense. I love what this narrative represents and gives a great spin on what they were going for in the base game.
Just like all the other spin off games, I absolutely love the new characters and how they blend with the existing Phantom Thieves. It is just a shame on narrative level that they will be thrown away not to be seen in another P5 game unless we get a fighter.
Music:
Bruh it’s Lyn, what more do you want. Of course it is fucking good.
Overall:
This is a short review compared to some others I have been writing lately and I think that is because there isn’t too much to say. If you love Persona 5, you are going to play this and most likely enjoy it. However there is that chance which is likely, that you are just tired of this being milked to hell and back which is fair criticism.
I myself, think Tactica is a fantastic game for those who want to see these characters interact more and enjoy a concise tactics game playable at multiple difficulties.
Disclaimer: I do however need to point out that the game has day 1 DLC that costs $30 AUD to play as the best character in the game (Imo) and best girl from Royal (imo) which pains me because you just know this could have been baked in on the disc or AT LEAST, came out a week or so after. Not day 1.
Stupid practices and really shows Atlus greedy little milking hands.