Persona 5 Tactica makes the wait for Persona 6 a little easier
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Persona 5 Tactica pleasantly surprised me.
I have been anxious for a good tactical RPG all year. Fire Emblem Engage failed to live up to its title, winding up as a shallower Three Houses. (Yes, friend, Engage did indeed come out this year.) And the Advance Wars reboots bored me to tears. While I wasn’t exactly looking to Persona 5 Tactica to fill the hole Marvel’s Midnight Suns left behind — please go play that game, just…please! — nevertheless, the first handful of hours with the game have been a delight.
Persona 5 Tactica is a tactics RPG that builds upon your love of Persona 5 and its Phantom Thieves. If you’ve played Persona 5 / Royal / Strikers, you already know most what you’re in store for: personas, fusing personas, coffee,…