As a fighting game, the controllers' buttons have their own respective actions. While characters are able to perform combat on their own, they are also able to call their Personas to assist them during battles. Through button combinations, characters are able to perform a series of special attacks as well as defend themselves for a prolonged time. However, these types of techniques are limited as a result of using the "Burst Gauge" which is separated in multiple blue bars. The console versions will also feature a story mode and an online mode, with the former giving the player a determined amount of playable characters depending at what moment of the story the game is situated.