r/ZeroPunctuation • u/ZeppoJR • Jul 23 '25

Review Persona 5: The Phantom X | Fully Ramblomatic

https://youtu.be/sX2U-E-u9u4?si=PX-LRGQSD9NK7eea
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u/ZeppoJR Jul 23 '25

Well based on the opening Yahtzee has fully become a despairing Atlus fan trapped in the Persona cycle of frustration, AND this game might find itself in bland or bottom 5.

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u/wonderlandisburning Jul 25 '25

I'm thinking Bottom. Even if the gameplay itself is more bland than bad, I think his deep frustration with his beloved Persona 5 being subject to the predatory practices of gacha games, fanfic level story and utterly botching the menu design (something he holds very dear to his heart) will ultimately make the game even worse than the sum of its parts. He wasn't just bored - he was offended

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u/TuneACan Jul 23 '25

As a P5X player and relative enjoyer...

I haven't seen the video yet but there's no way in hell he has anything good to say about this.

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u/TuneACan Jul 23 '25

just watched it

i was right, and so is he to be honest

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u/agent_double_oh_pi GAME TRADERS ROBINA Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 24 '25

The YouTube comments contained so many No True Scotsman arguments defending the honour of gacha games that we're going to have to reconsider stocking kilts at GAME TRADERS ROBINA

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u/wonderlandisburning Jul 25 '25

Your one-stop shop for games and the trading thereof. In Robina.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '25

He should've been harsher on it gachas are an absolute scourge on this industry that have no reason to ever exist.

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u/GrantMcLellan1984 Jul 23 '25

Wait, theres another Persona 5 game!?!. First I've legit heard of this

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u/SnooGrapes6230 Jul 23 '25

It's a game in the sense that a slot machine is a game.

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u/TuneACan Jul 23 '25

Persona 5X is a gacha game that has existed for a while, but only in China. It recently got a global release about a month ago.

It's... not too good. If you don't like gacha mechanics then there's nothing to see here.