A proper organized crime operation, metaphysical or otherwise, requires a large quantity of funds. You gotta buy healing items for everyone, constantly update their equipment, buy all the limited-edition snacks … Read more
Sometimes, valuable things have a mysterious habit of getting themselves lost, like when you find change in between your couch cushions. You’d think if it was really important, like, say, … Read more
They say you should never meet your heroes, because there’s no way they’ll live up to your expectations of them. This goes double in the event that your heroes are … Read more
As something of a sub-system of the Social Link/Confidant system of the main Persona games, you could usually date members of your party, female classmates, or in some cases, adult … Read more
Part of being a Phantom Thief is learning to adapt to a wide variety of different circumstances and skillsets. This was why having confidants in the original Persona 5 was … Read more
A proper friendship is built on the back of mutual understanding, shared experiences, and a genuine appreciation of one another. Of course, if you could also build a good friendship … Read more
To be a Phantom Thief, you gotta learn to adapt to your environment, and you gotta learn to do it stylishly. Any mook could smash a window and grab some … Read more
When it comes to the Persona games, alternate endings are usually less of a “feature,” and more of a “punishment.” Persona 3, Persona 4, and Persona 5 all had alternate … Read more
If there’s one iron-clad rule about dealing with peoples’ personal Shadows in Persona games, it’s that when you really make them mad, they turn into big spooky monsters. It’s bad … Read more
While Persona 5 Strikers is technically a simpler, more streamlined game compared to the original Persona 5, it’s got no shortage of stuff to throw at you. You can’t travel … Read more
A good rule of thumb for Persona games is that you don’t want to be by yourself if you can help it. All of the protagonists are quite strong in … Read more
I’ve heard some restaurants out there are so popular, that you can’t even get a seat at them without calling ahead. I don’t even mean fancy restaurants, just regular ones … Read more
Any good thief will tell you that a big factor in any heist is casing your target. You gotta know who they are, where they are, and why they’re there. … Read more
The modern Persona games make consistent use of the themes of Jungian psychology. Shadows, for instance, are repressed selves, the sides of us that we don’t want others knowing about. … Read more
A Persona is a manifestation of one’s inner will and capabilities. No two Personas are exactly the same, though occasionally the same mythological figure can be used more than once. … Read more
The Social Link/Confidant system is a mainstay of the Persona series, wherein your relationships with your friends and allies helps you to develop your Persona abilities. Unfortunately, Igor never shows … Read more
School is undoubtedly important, and exams, loathe as I am to admit it, are equally so. That being said, when you’ve got as much stuff going in your life as … Read more