Review: ‘Persona 5 Tactica’ successfully adapts beloved series to strategy genre

In this entry, Joker and the Phantom Thieves find themselves unexpectedly transported to a mysterious kingdom that appears straight out of 18th-century France. — Photos: Atlus

Japan releases plenty of role-playing games, but few have the staying power of Persona 5. Although this entry to the long-running series is 7 years old, fans can’t get enough of Joker and the other Phantom Thieves. The title has spawned several spin-offs including several anime series, a rhythm game and an action RPG.

Now, some of the original developers from P-Studio are adapting the gameplay to a new genre. As the name implies, Persona 5 Tactica takes the characters and elements and meshes them into a turn-based strategy game. It’s more like Fire Emblem or Mario + Rabbids than a conventional Japanese RPG.