I completed this game at 12:05 on new years day. Which for me was the absolute perfect way to start the year (long review coming up).
Persona 5 royal is my favorite video game of all time. There are other video games I absolutely love, but p5r absolutely clears as my favorite. But that doesn't mean its a perfect game, and because there is so much positive to talk about im gonna start with the negatives.
Okumura's palace is straight up garbage. Actually some of the puzzles are fun but the Okumura boss fight is the worst boss fight I have ever played in my entire life. With that being said there are some other palaces puzzles I dont love, like the mice one or the code one in the bank. I also don't like some of the characters too much, specifically morgana. I find his arc very frustrating and made me dislike him a lot. Thats about it for the negatives now onto the positives.
This is by far the most engaging game i've ever played. I cannot remember a time where I was this addicted to playing a video game, p5r was all I thought about when I was playing.
It really does a lot to immerse you in the game and I think thats one of it's best qualities. The story for this game is absolutely amazing, its full of really good twists and its just overall super interesting and well written. The characters are really really good, besides morgana I really like everyone in the phantom thieves. Joker, Ryuji, Makoto and Futaba were probably my favorites in the og thieves. I like everyone else but I feel like Haru could've used more screen time. The side character social links were pretty good but not the best. Characters like Takemi, Ohya, Shinya and Kawakami were not super interesting but still enjoyable confidants (besides ohya and kawakami like wtf). But the confidants like Akechi, Maruki, Sae, Sojiro, Iwai, and Yoshizawa were all extremely fun and engaging. The best characters in the game are by far Joker, Akechi and maruki (yoshizawa maybe too). The gameplay in the game is absolutely fantastic. It's the first game that i've actually enjoyed turn based combat and the baton pass system is amazing. The palaces are normally amazing with a few exceptions but most had some great puzzles, bosses and stories. The best part of the game and by far my favorite section in any video game is term 3 the final palace. I wont spoil but it introduces my favorite antagonist in video game history and it has some extremely emotional moments.
Anyway this review was supeeeeer long and by far my longest but it's my favorite game so it's worth it. Easily 10/10, 11/10 if that was an option. (also playing persona 3 reload rn)
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Persona 5 royal is my favorite video game of all time. There are other video games I absolutely love, but p5r absolutely clears as my favorite. But that doesn't mean its a perfect game, and because there is so much positive to talk about im gonna start with the negatives.
Okumura's palace is straight up garbage. Actually some of the puzzles are fun but the Okumura boss fight is the worst boss fight I have ever played in my entire life. With that being said there are some other palaces puzzles I dont love, like the mice one or the code one in the bank. I also don't like some of the characters too much, specifically morgana. I find his arc very frustrating and made me dislike him a lot. Thats about it for the negatives now onto the positives.
This is by far the most engaging game i've ever played. I cannot remember a time where I was this addicted to playing a video game, p5r was all I thought about when I was playing.
It really does a lot to immerse you in the game and I think thats one of it's best qualities. The story for this game is absolutely amazing, its full of really good twists and its just overall super interesting and well written. The characters are really really good, besides morgana I really like everyone in the phantom thieves. Joker, Ryuji, Makoto and Futaba were probably my favorites in the og thieves. I like everyone else but I feel like Haru could've used more screen time. The side character social links were pretty good but not the best. Characters like Takemi, Ohya, Shinya and Kawakami were not super interesting but still enjoyable confidants (besides ohya and kawakami like wtf). But the confidants like Akechi, Maruki, Sae, Sojiro, Iwai, and Yoshizawa were all extremely fun and engaging. The best characters in the game are by far Joker, Akechi and maruki (yoshizawa maybe too). The gameplay in the game is absolutely fantastic. It's the first game that i've actually enjoyed turn based combat and the baton pass system is amazing. The palaces are normally amazing with a few exceptions but most had some great puzzles, bosses and stories. The best part of the game and by far my favorite section in any video game is term 3 the final palace. I wont spoil but it introduces my favorite antagonist in video game history and it has some extremely emotional moments.
Anyway this review was supeeeeer long and by far my longest but it's my favorite game so it's worth it. Easily 10/10, 11/10 if that was an option. (also playing persona 3 reload rn)
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