I don't know if any brothers are like me. They work as cows and horses in the company during the day, and when they go home at night, they just want to collapse. But I still have to cook and wash clothes when I get back, so I really don't have the energy to turn on the computer and play masterpieces. So my gaming time is basically squeezed in on the subway, during lunch break, or even during the ten minutes of squatting in the pit. The new version of P5X that I have been playing recently is tailor-made for time warriors like us.
Don't be scared away by the word "JRPG". I think it will last forever. The best thing about this game for office workers is that daily tasks can be completed in ten minutes. In the morning, I squeezed into Line 6, clicked twice with one hand to dispatch the dispatch request, and watched the Phantom Thieves bickering with each other in the chat group. I just finished my daily routine when I arrived at the station, and I didn't delay getting off the train at all. To be honest, it's much easier than those mobile games where you have to form a team to play for half an hour at every turn. At least you won't be scolded for cheating your teammates because of unstable signals.
This time I have been waiting for the P3R linkage version on January 15th for several days. I saw the trailer for the new character "Iori Junpei". Oh my god, this guy has the word "counterattack" written all over his body. He is a five-star limited hitter who greets the opponent directly in the face. It's suitable for social animals like me who want to decompress after get off work. The crackling and refreshing feeling of playing is much more comfortable than looking at the boss's bad face. Can you imagine that during the day, I was editing PPT at my work station to the point where I wanted to smash the computer. During my lunch break, I took out my mobile phone and used Junpei's big sword to chop the shadow monsters all over the ground. Just for this refreshing feeling, I think this wave of linkage is worth picking up.
Moreover, this "double-sided life" design is particularly appealing to us workers. In the game, you are an ordinary high school student during the day, attending classes, dating, and shopping. Isn't this the youth we only have in our dreams? At night, I act like a thief and steal hearts. Isn't this much better than actually having to reply to your boss's WeChat message after get off work? This is what I do recently: clock out at 5:30 in the afternoon, put on my headphones, switch to the game, and let the protagonist have a campus love for me; wait until I lie in bed at night, then transform into a monster thief and walk around the palace to steal a treasure. Although our body is still wandering on the subway, our spirit has long been an urban knight on the streets of Tokyo.
Ultimately, what strikes me most about this game is its "light burden" vibe. In terms of krypton and gold, just do what you can, and you can still get by with zero krypton and just rely on your liver. The key is that it can fit in the fragmented time and support the social animal's dream of fishing. You'd say it's an action mobile game. When commuting, you hold the railing with one hand and poke the screen with the other. If you can't react quickly, you'll die suddenly; you'd say hang it up and leave it alone, and there's no sense of participation. A turn-based JRPG like P5X is just right. You can control the rhythm yourself. When you reach the end of the game, you can automatically save and put down your phone. It's very worry-free. But a word of warning, don't go deep into the palace at the end of your lunch break. It's easy to wake up when you hear your colleagues shouting for a meeting on that thing. Don't ask me how I know that😭
Now I'm just waiting for the version to be updated, draw a Junpei, and take him around the palace. Life is tiring enough, you have to find some "I am super powerful" feeling in the game. Anyway, at our age, instead of going out and crowding around on weekends, we might as well lie down and recharge our batteries. Can't the energy saved be reserved for tomorrow's morning rush hour?