WOWOWOW this game was so much fun

I'm so pleasantly surprised. Rise of the Ronin was insanely enjoyable, so much better than I ever imagined. I kinda assumed it would just be a fun 15-20 hour long samurai game with sorta decent map and a very basic story.... so happy to say that I was wrong.
Rise of the Ronin features one of the BEST character creators I've seen. I was actually happy with multiple different designs instead of being very unsure and going back and forth on options like other games. I'll be honest, there's a chance I enjoy this game a lot less if I'm just playing as some basic ass ronin LOL. Oh, and once you get into the game there's even more customization to do! I loved being able to mix and mix all sorts of different clothing I collected throughout the game, there's a lot of nice stuff to choose from. Character design in general was just so good.
The gameplay is 100% the star of the show here. I had an absolute blast the entire 51 hours I spent playing-- and I only used two different weapon types. There's the katana, two sword style, greatsword, odachi, bayonet, sabre, spear, polearm, oxtail.... and a gun LOL. I was pretty basic and just used the katana & paired swords for the entire game, but that was more than enough variety because of all the different combat styles you can choose from. Without thinking about it too hard, I wanna say Rise of the Ronin has top 3 combat in games? idk I really liked it! I guess the one bad thing about the gameplay is... the actual gameplay loop is sorta samey? But I didn't really care tbh. Most missions followed the same premise but I still found it all very fun.
What really shocked me was the story. Now it isn't anything too crazy, this is no God of War Ragnarok, Red Dead II, or Persona.. but omg was it great entertainment. It's pretty engaging, atleast to me it was, and there's so many characters you can talk to and form bonds with (similar to persona confidants i guess 😭). There's 3 acts to the story and each one was more exciting. I was also surprised to find myself really liking one of the characters! Ryoma is just chill as hell.
I guess the only area that let me down was the graphics... but at the same time I don't really care about that and they still looked pretty good-- just not THE PLAYSTATION 5 EXPERIENCE good. I just set the game to prioritize fps and enjoyed my time.
Edit: okay my one real complaint is that my headband and cool swords don't appear in cinematic cutscenes. the swords are replaced with basic black ones and my character has simply no headband at all-- but this hardly bothered me lol

So yeah, big fan of Rise of the Ronin tbh. I would say it's my Game of The Year but Persona 3 Reload came out.... but that's technically a remake so...... my NEW Game of the Year goes to Rise of the Ronin! Defos a new all time favorite.... I cannot express enough just how much fun it was.

9/10- could see it being slightly lowered if I actually get into other samurai games (Ghost of Tsushima)

GOT THE PLATINUM AT 62 HOURS PLAYED!! 11 more after beating the main game!

This dogshit game is saved by the last act tbh after you beat kandori. The cast feels more like friends and people who have deep relationships with each other, and maki is a pretty cool character. But still, this doesn’t mean that 75% of this game is utterly terrible, and the combat is still ass throughout the entire game with a final boss that is just a sponge for damage.(one of the most boring fights ever) There is obvious good qualities to this game but the spawn rates, the terrible and broken negotiation system(some options will work and then not work on the same enemy), charm status being broken, random enemies with insta kill attacks, boring long dungeons that are mazes and etc. Really the only decent/good qualities I’m talking about come near the end of the game, and it has nothing to do with gameplay. Yes the cast is decent, but nothing special in the grand scheme of things, and the same can be said about the story but I would say the story is barely on the point of decent, more so the themes and message that the game tries to portray are the decent quality about it. It leans into what we would see in later persona titles, like your true-self and accepting all the good and bad qualities of you. So it was nice to see that, but overall I would say this game is not worth your time and if you really want to experience it, I would say just watch a playthrough. The pain and suffering is not worth it.

Overall:3/10

Edit: ok the feel good ending is not enough substance at the end of the day, I still hate this game so new rating 2/10. Story is meh and characters are decent still so I will check out manga.

FINALLY FINISHED A REPLAY OF V3

i've done annual danganronpa replays every year (except last year) and every single time we got to v3, we always happened to stop on chapter 3. -when i say we i mean the new persona i'm playing the game with-.

honestly, a lot of the game was better than i remembered. 2-3 is a little bit of a drag at times but chapter 1, 4 and 5 are all so good... especially chapter 5. kaito means so much to me personally because of where i was at in life when i first played this game. love it.

when i played v3 for the first time... i hated the ending! despised it! it almost ruined the entire series for me!
but it wasn't as bad this time around. i still really dislike the mastermind and i'm not a big fan of the trope but it isn't game/series ruining like i once believed it to be. honestly the ending could've been genuinely good if the writing was better... because it felt so much weaker than ever before during chapter 6. outside of the main character that is.

oh also, the cast is just so weak overall. a lot of the characters with good personalities and traits {{spoilers kinda | ᵈⁱᵉᵈ ᵗᵒᵒ ᵉᵃʳˡʸ}}. the top 4-5 are very strong but the rest is just so ugh. the chapter 1 victim had so much wasted potential!!!!!!!!!!!

but yeah, i like danganronpa v3. i love danganronpa. happy i came around to not HATING chapter 6 like i used to....... but it's still not great

"𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉"

"𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏?"

"𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕... 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅"

"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑺𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒂 𝑴𝒂𝒏 𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅"

Persona 3 Reload: E a Morte que Recorre a História

Morte... Facilmente um dos temas mais difíceis de se abordar em uma obra seja ela literária, áudio, visual, e qualquer outro tipo de obra que pode vir em nossas mentes atualmente... Da primeira a sétima arte, a morte é algo que sempre ronda aqueles que buscam representar qualquer tipo de sentimento, isso pois:

A Morte é algo que ronda a realidade o tempo inteiro...

Sinceramente, concordo com o texto acima... Para mim, ao menos a morte é o último sono do homem antes do retorno de meu Senhor... Enxergo ela como de fato, o descanso antes do fim.... Mas isso pois, acredito também em uma esperança depois do fim.

Mas isso de fato não vem a tona no momento, o foco agora é Persona 3 Reload... Um jogo que, enquanto obra, é fantástico, entrega visuais de muita qualidade, personagens extremamente bem escritos, e uma história de tirar o folego...

E de fato, as definições que acabei de dar podem ser usadas para qualquer outra obra... Descritas como genéricas... Isso pois, eu não consigo transmitir a experiência que é Persona 3...

Por isso acredito que a melhor forma de vivenciar tudo o 'que esse jogo apresenta, e os conceitos filosóficos, que embora eu discorde, não deixam de ser extremamente bem apresentados para aquilo que a obra se propõem a ser...

Também afirmo que Persona 3 Reload deve ser vivido...

Jogado, testado, experienciado, para que assim você possa tirar suas conclusões de tudo que aqui é discutido... O jogo é enorme, tem muitas coisas pra fazer, e o final me deixou encucado... Embora de fato já tenha encontrado a resposta do o 'que a morte representa, ao menos para mim... As perguntas feitas nessa obra, são maduras, e em minha opinião, necessárias, para qualquer pessoa, seja alguém com muita experiência e conhecimento, ou não...

"𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠?"

"𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑌𝑜𝑢?"

De fato, compreendo as criticas feitas ao Reload, por não conter todo o conteúdo já feito para Persona 3...

Mas devo dizer que é uma experiência para uma vida mesmo assim.... Sim eu recomendo... Por favor, vá e jogue se tiver oportunidade...

Para Persona 3 Reload 9.8/10 ou 5/5... Uma experiência para a vida toda...