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Persona 5 Tactica
Developer(s)P-Studio
Publisher(s)Sega
Director(s)Naoya Maeda
Producer(s)Kazuhisa Wada
Artist(s)Hanako Oribe
Composer(s)Toshiki Konishi
SeriesPersona
Platform(s)
ReleaseNovember 17, 2023
Genre(s)Tactical role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Persona 5 Tactica[a] is an upcoming tactical role-playing game developed by P-Studio and published by Sega. The game is a spin-off from the Persona series, itself a part of the larger Megami Tensei franchise. It is scheduled to be released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on November 17, 2023.

Persona 5 Tactica takes place concurrently with the events of Persona 5 (2016), depicting the Phantom Thieves of Hearts as they are transported to an alternate world overcome with war and oppression, prompting an alliance with a group of freedom fighters known as the Rebel Corps to stage a revolution against the tyrannical Legionnaires. Gameplay will encompass standard conventions of strategy RPGs, including grid-based navigation, a weapon affinity system and turn-based combat, while employing several staple gameplay mechanics from the series such as Persona summoning and fusion, and elemental affinities.

Persona 5 Tactica entered development due to a desire at Atlus to create a game in the strategy role-playing genre within the Persona series, leveraging the publisher's past experiences with similarly styled games, in addition to the correlation between the genre and the established world of Persona 5.

Gameplay

See also: Persona (series) § Gameplay

Persona 5 Tactica is a tactical role-playing video game in which the player controls a party of up to three characters on a grid-based map populated by enemy units, who are directly confronted through the initiation of turn-based encounters. The ally units a player may take into battle comprise the central members of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, as well the Rebel Corps' leader Erina. At any point while navigating the grid, the player will be able to approach enemies directly for a close-quarters physical attack, or they may select an action from the Command menu. "Gun" enables an ally unit to use a ranged weapon for physical damage, that is also capable of targeting multiple enemy units if they are within the vicinity of the attack. Alternatively, the Phantom Thieves are capable of summoning their Personas during encounters, enabling them to use a variety of Skills at the cost of Skill Points (SP). In a similar vein to the battle system in Persona 5, Skills encompass magic-based attacks that represent different elemental affinities. Battles entail exploiting an enemy's weakness to a particular type of Skill, which grants the player "1 More" turn to select another command or repeat their previous attack. When multiple enemy units have been weakened, while being surrounded by ally units in a triangular formation on the grid, the player is prompted to initiate a special Skill known as "Triple Threat". This Skill functions similarly to the "All-Out Attack" in Persona 5 and other Megami Tensei games, dealing significant damage that is potentially capable of eliminating all the targeted enemies on the map.

Outside battle, the player is able to collect additional Personas for use by Joker, the leader of the Phantom Thieves and sole possessor of the "Wild Card" ability which allows him to use multiple Personas. These Personas may be obtained through means such as negotiating with and recruiting them during battle, or fusing multiple Personas either equipped to Joker or accessible through the Persona Compendium. The game's story progression involves combatting enemy units on maps set between three different kingdoms, themselves inspired by real-world historical revolutions.[1][2]

Premise

During the events of Persona 5 (2016), the Phantom Thieves of Hearts find themselves suddenly displaced in an alternate, Medieval European-inspired world during a routine meetup at Cafe LeBlanc, ahead of the senior-most members of the team graduating from Shujin Academy. They soon come into contact and form an alliance with Erina, the leader of a group of freedom fighters known as the Rebel Corps, vowing to help her stage a coup and free this world from its authoritarian rule under a new enemy known as the Legionnaires, while uncovering the truth of its mysterious origins.[3][4]

Development

Persona 5 Tactica was announced at the Xbox Games Showcase in June 2023.[5] To coincide with the game's reveal, Weekly Famitsu published a series of interviews with several staff involved with the game. The first, conducted with the game's director Naoya Maeda, producer Kazuhisa Wada and business producer Atsushi Nomura, revealed details on the motivation behind making a Persona-themed strategy game, with Wada remarking on Tactica's potential for "expanding the possibilities of the series", in addition to his personal desire to tell a new story with the Persona 5 characters. Maeda further spoke to the game's accessibility to casual players who were not as familiar or skilled at playing strategy role-playing games, highlighting the ease of seeing ally and enemy advantages and weaknesses through their positions on the battle grids. Persona 5 vocalist Lyn Inaizumi contributed new themes to the game's score, composed by Atlus Sound Team member Toshiki Konishi.[6]

Wada stated the desire to produce Tactica came from a lack of a tactics-based game in the Persona series despite Atlus' prior experience producing games in that genre, including Devil Survivor (2009) and Devil Survivor 2 (2011). Nomura shared this sentiment, feeling that the characteristic traits and gameplay elements associated with the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, such as stealth and observing enemy behavior from vantage points, fit with the genre, providing an example of a map with height differences between enemy and ally units. He explained, "By moving the character directly, you can find locations where it is difficult for you to be attacked or it is easy to coordinate with others. So you will be developing strategies before you know it."[7] Earlier in development prior to the character redesigns being finalized, the team used the models of the Phantom Thieves members from Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth (2019) when prototyping the game before deciding on the art direction. However, despite the similarities in art style to the Persona Q games, character designer Hanako Oribe felt that the decision to retain the characters' original proportions in other appearances while placing more emphasis on exaggerating their hands and feet, resulted in a look more reminiscent of comic books.[8]

Release

Persona 5 Tactica is scheduled to be released on November 17, 2023, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. It will also be available from launch on Xbox Game Pass.[9][10] In addition to the standard edition, a Digital Deluxe Edition will also be available, bundling the base game with in-game extras, and immediate access to the game's day-one downloadable content (DLC) chapter, "Repaint Your Heart".

Downloadable content

The game will be released alongside additional DLC. First print copies of Persona 5 Tactica will be pre-loaded with two extra Personas for Joker to use in battle, Izanagi Picaro and Orpheus Picaro.[11] An additional story scenario titled "Repaint Your Heart" will also be available from day one, both as a standalone purchase, and included with the game's Digital Deluxe Edition. This chapter will introduce a new narrative featuring returning characters Goro Akechi / Crow and Kasumi Yoshizawa / Violet from Persona 5 Royal, as well as remixed battle elements.[6][12]

References

  1. ^ Known in Japan as Perusona 5 Takutika (ペルソナ5 タクティカ)
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  4. ^ "ペルソナ５ タクティカ【P5T】｜公式サイト". ペルソナ５ タクティカ【P5T】｜公式サイト (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 11, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  5. ^ McWhertor, Michael (June 8, 2023). "Persona 5 tactics game, Persona 3 remake revealed by Atlus". Polygon. Archived from the original on June 21, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  6. ^ a b "ペルソナ５ タクティカ【P5T】｜公式サイト". ペルソナ５ タクティカ【P5T】｜公式サイト (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 11, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  7. ^ "『ペルソナ5 タクティカ』日本メディア最速インタビュー。これはシミュレーションRPGという以上に『ペルソナ5』のバトルにずっと近いと感じた【週刊ファミ通より先行掲載】". Famitsu (in Japanese). June 13, 2023. Archived from the original on June 13, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  8. ^ "Persona 5 Tactica Used Persona Q Character Designs During Testing Phase". Nintendo Life. June 18, 2023. Archived from the original on June 18, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  9. ^ Romano, Sal (June 14, 2023). "Persona 5 Tactica also coming to PS5, PS4, Switch, and Steam". Gematsu. Archived from the original on June 14, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  10. ^ Skrebels, Joe (June 11, 2023). "Xbox Games Showcase 2023 and Starfield Direct Double Feature: Every Announcement and Reveal". Xbox Wire. Archived from the original on June 13, 2023. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  11. ^ "Persona 5 Tactica Has A Launch-Day Edition Exclusive To GameStop". GameSpot. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  12. ^ Ramsey, Robert (August 4, 2023). "Persona 5 Tactica's Got Bangers and Baddies in Its Intense New Trailer". Push Square. Archived from the original on August 4, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
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