‘Scarlet Nexus’ gaming review: A symphony of neon psionic carnage

While Scarlet Nexus may seem like your garden-variety Japanse role-playing game, this fresh release from Bandai Namco is a breath of fresh air, thanks to immersive battle sequences

The rampant popularity of Persona 5 has inspired a range of games coming out of Japan, such as the famous action-oriented Yakuza andLike a Dragon, which is turn-based combat. Bandai Namco’s newest JRPG (Japanese role-playing game) Scarlet Nexus has this same inspiration, infusing the Persona 5 formula of style, world, character and story into a fresh new science fiction avatarbut it goes all out with the real-time action. (Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.) Scarlet Nexus is bold and all-out fun, with a few rough edges.