Persona 5 Royal allows players to experience the story they already love in a new way without losing any of the beauty from the original game. New and old characters get their chance to shine through and steal your heart, even the ones you never expected to. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and maybe you’ll even feel a sense of justice for the infamous Phantom Thieves in the end. But one thing you won’t feel is regret in picking up Persona 5 Royal, as it’s truly the best Persona title, if not one of the best video games, I’ve ever experienced to date.
The original Persona 5 was already a joy to play; however, this version definitely steps up to the plate and knocks it out of the park. If Persona 5 was a perfectly executed and baked sponge cake, Persona 5 Royal is the same perfect sponge cake... but now filled with lashings of jam and cream. Everything that has been added has been amazingly well implemented. This is a wonderful title, regardless of whether or not it is compared to the original… which is still a delectable sponge cake! The story, characters, music, gameplay, and animation - everything comes together and creates an experience that is the personification of JRPG perfection. Incredibly unique and enjoyable!
Persona 5 Royal is one of those games I always heard great things about, but never got around to. I had never played a Persona game, but having heard so many great things, I figured it was all just overhyped. There have been plenty of times I hear great things about something, go in with sky high expectations, and while I end up enjoying it, I don't quite reach those expectations.
Persona 5 Royal is not one of those instances. Not only did it reach the sky high expectations laid out before it, but it honestly EXCEEDED them. I had SO much fun playing P5R. From the artistic style, the gameplay, the soundtrack, the characters, the story... all of it was wonderful. I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the game, it never felt like a 120+ hour experience. I just wanted more. So, eventually I branched out to other Persona games since then, but overall, I have only good things to say about this game.
Persona 5 Royal is a stunning game that takes something which has already captured millions of hearts and makes it even better. This is the quintessential Persona experience. If you're new to the franchise, this game is for you. If you're a seasoned veteran, there is enough new and improved content that this game is still for you.
Persona 5 is certainly not a light endeavour, and Royal’s new additions understandably won’t be enough for everybody to want to go through it again, but for those considering reuniting with the Phantom Thieves, or completely new to the title, Persona 5 Royal is a perfect opportunity and an incredibly rewarding usage of time. Persona 5 already made an incredible mark when it released, and Persona 5 Royal just adds to Atlus’ richly deserved reputation among RPGamers.
It was just another quintessential Persona experience: a wildly, wonderfully fun story-driven game with a story that fails to live up to its own potential and fundamentally misunderstands the core of their own characters. Atlus both made the most of and absolutely squandered the chance to improve upon Persona 5—and honestly? I don’t know what I was expecting.
People who actually played the entire game: “Masterpiece” “The best JRPG ever” “Never felt bored thanks to the story” “Best game ever!”
People who barely played the game or haven’t at all:
“Too Long” “Too Difficult” “Why do I have to pay full price for an expansion?” “Insert random poop joke*”
Basically if you weren’t a fan of this Masterpiece, then it was either an overlying fixation on your skill issue or impatience rather than the perfectly told story (or even involving yourself with the characters (such as confidants)) or you hated how much it initially cost (which has nothing to do with the quality of the game at all.)
I genuinely don’t see how it’s anything lower than 10/10, it’s such overwhelming fun and addictive, that my eyes became red and strained for playing this game for hours upon hours. Every character has key development, personality or plays a role within the other characters of the story.
I will say that most of the negative reviews go hand in hand with other games. It’s probably the biggest reason to stay away from user ratings on this site because there’s no proper balance or reasoning. I always trust the critics more with video games.
It is very much a style over substance type of game. The story drags on for way too long at times, and the stakes never really feel high despite it being a ''world will end'' scenario in the final parts of the game.
I really enjoy the gameplay, the battles, etc. but there’s so much dialogue it brings the score down. I’ve had to skip some of the dialogue because they don’t stop talking pointless dialogue pointless text messages. They have to talk every time they do anything it’s annoying I love RPG’s. I’ve played Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and numerous others, but with this, but with this game there’s so much dialogue you spend four hours doing nothing but having them talk
Great optics, great soundtrack, intriguing battle mechanics. But an overall awkwardly sexist cast, thin story and very repetitive social interactions and skill system gets stale soon. What crossed the line for me was the fifth palace with unfair puzzles and a boss battle with a completely ridiculous jump in difficulty.
SummaryPrepare for an all-new RPG experience in Persona 5 Royal based in the universe of the award-winning series, Persona! Don the mask of Joker and join the Phantom Thieves of Hearts. Break free from the chains of modern society and stage grand heists to infiltrate the minds of the corrupt and make them change their ways! Persona 5 Royal is p...