It’s officially been eight and a half years since the release of Persona 5 — that’s nearly a year longer than the time that passed between when we got Persona 4 and Persona 5. But there’s been a Persona game nearly every year in that time, with a whopping eight games released in the interim. But all of the spinoffs prominently feature the Phantom Thieves, characters that already had full, robust arcs in the original Persona 5. But this problem is also present with the newest mobile spinoff: Persona 5: The Phantom X. Every Persona 5 spinoff feels like it’s still chasing the highs of the original game, in some way.