Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore Standard Edition - Nintendo Switch

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• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Great combat but me story

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  My review based on 20 hrs of gameplay. Pros: Fun turn based (SMT style) combat, art style looks really nice, music is good, and setting is quite unique. I never thought I would be playing a JRPG about idols / music industry lol. Cons: story is not compelling. Subtitle only game which I would not mind except in combat there’s no subtitles... Overall: I would recommend it if you like SMT/Persona type of games and you are OK with a meh story, since the gameplay is still quite fun and unique. Otherwise your better off looking for another game. Or try Persona 4 Golden first.

  Posted 5 years ago by Fuzzypineapple77

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Very fun game with great quality of life changes

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  I tried playing on Wii U, and I was disappointed at the inability to play the game on just the gamepad. It's a great game to play, but it's tough to just sit and watch. On Switch, they resolved that, and they did an excellent job of making the game work in a portable way. The battle system is great, and the story is goofy, but fun enough to keep me engaged. The game itself is very positive, at it's core revolving around a group of friends who believe in each other and defeat enemies by lifting each other up and promoting their inner strengths.

  Posted 5 years ago by ThePatKelly

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Great JRPG with Japanese Culture Elements

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  I really like this game, more than I thought I would going in. It's a very light-hearted turn-based JRPG with gameplay similar to the Persona games and a few Fire Emblem elements thrown in. The story isn't particularly complex and fairly predictable, but it makes up for it with the side quests and fun characters. The music, like other SMT/Persona games, is very good. Music in the background is a mix of instrumental electronica and rock, while music performed by the characters is mostly J-Pop. A lot of anime and Japanese culture themes. These aren't things I have particularly been into before, but I still very much appreciated and enjoyed it. The map layout is kind of bland and a bit of a chore sometimes, however the turn-based combat is very enjoyable and the strongest part of the gameplay. It is fun and satisfying to exploit enemies' weaknesses and kick off chains of session attacks, which is the overall goal in combat, and later includes adlib performances by the characters that boost damage and have various effects on the battle. If you are coming from the Fire Emblem franchise you will find that most of the game is an entirely new IP, with mostly casual references to the Fire Emblem series beyond the Persona-like Mirages that empower the protagonists and enemies. SMT and Persona's influence is mostly observed in the gameplay elements. Connections to the FE franchise becomes more of a theme late in the game, but I won't spoil that. If you are looking for a good JRPG and Persona-like game that is light-hearted I recommend giving it a try. It's a good game and I am glad that it was re-released for the Switch. Hopefully Altus will later bring some Persona and more SMT games to the Switch in the future.

  Posted 5 years ago by RyanK