Things I liked:
- Kanji, Naoto, Nanako, Marie
- Most of the Social Links were solid
- Snowflakes is one of the best songs in the series
- Best atmosphere

Dislike:
- Pacing
- The rest of the cast. I found them very annoying.
- Was underwhelmed by the killer reveal
- Final boss felt forced

My least favorite game in the series.

This game fulfilled my childhood dream of getting to walk on places I shouldn't be able to. Kat is a super fun protagonist but too many questions are left unanswered by the end of the game.

While not a bad decision, I wasn't really a fan of the fake FrenchXJapanese language spoken in the game. I would have preferred full Japanese (or preferably English) voice acting.

Loved the art style. Loved the gameplay. The pacing was a bit all over the place but I can forgive it. I haven't finished Gravity Rush 2 yet but 20 hours in and not a single question I had from GR1 has been answered.

A fun action RPG with a dash of the turn-based spirit of Persona, Persona 5 Strikers is a worthwhile sequel to Persona 5/Royal. And for context, it is not a Musou game, it is a Musou inspired action RPG. Before the game released in the west, I heard many say not to expect strong characterization.

This could not have been further from the truth. P5S takes the lessons the cast learned from the prequel and has them apply what they learned, really emphasizing one of P5's secondary themes: empathy. Numerous antagonists are revealed to have been taken advantage of and only ended up in their position due to the temptation of power, and our heroes free them from their prisons (literally) by appealing their hearts as opposed to forcibly changing their cognition so they feel guilt.

The music is the best in the series.
Sophia and Zenkichi, despite being rehashes of previous characters in the series, are fantastic additions to the cast and I would adore seeing them in the future.

Now some cons. The final boss story-wise was a letdown, but contextually made sense. I don't mind the loss of Confidants or the passage of time, but the constant leaving and re-entering of Jails to heal was annoying. The plot does recycle some elements from the prequel. While it's not a 100% rehash, I expected better from Atlus. Nothing deal breaking though, I still greatly enjoyed the story.

Many say this game cannot be a sequel to Royal, but mind you Royal does not end significantly different enough from the original Persona 5. The events more or less play out the same, either ending can lead to Strikers. If you like the Phantom Thieves, I highly recommend this game, but do not play it unless you get either of Persona 5 Royal's endings.

TL;DR: The game is mid.

I liked the music, combat, art direction (the portraits' expressions were great and I hope Atlus keeps that), cast, and the story was okay. A verbal protagonist was such a refreshing change.

But the dungeon design really kills it. For starters, you couldn't toggle running until three months after the game released when Atlus patched it. You needed to unlock a skill and then manually open a menu to use it every time. And the dungeons were just corridors and repetitive locations. 2 docks, 3 subway tunnels, and the "totally optional but required for the true ending" dungeon became so tedious. I reached the final dungeon and I just don't want to finish the game. These teleporting puzzles aren't fun. I will someday, but not soon.

The first Pokémon game I was ever disappointed with. This isn't a unique opinion but everything started going downhill from X & Y. This marked a turn in the series where the games got progressively more hand-holdy, which is insane considering Pokémon was already "Baby's First JRPG." Mega Evolution began this trend of gimmick forms replacing new Pokémon, with Kalos only introducing 72 new Pokémon.

The story and characters were very underwhelming. The manga adaptation is pretty good from what I've read.

The biggest caveat to this game is to truly appreciate it, it requires you to be familiar with Gen 4 lore. Otherwise, an incredibly fresh take on the series and I want more for sure. Fingers crossed for Legends: Kyurem.

I would have liked a big more of a story or fleshing out of the cast, but the gameplay was enough to carry the game. It was upsetting that Scarlet & Violet, while great, removed all the great aspects of Legends: Arceus.

I think my biggest criticism is that this is an isekai. It really didn't need to be. My second biggest is that a lot of the Hisui Pokémon are really ugly.

This was my first rogue-like, and it was quite a culture shock as someone who came from JRPGs. According to my friends, this has more story than any other rogue-likes they've played. I will not be playing other rogue-likes besides Hades II.

Cool visuals. I applaud that everyone is fully voiced and by such a small cast. Banger music. I'm not a fan of Hades & Persephone but I liked the unique takes on all these mythological figures. And all the small stories combined with the fact that everyone was aware of every death and had consistently changing dialogue really made the game feel so alive.

I was an avid Unleashed defender for a while. I'm in the minority here, I prefer the nighttime stages to daytime stages. I am mainly an RPG player and the combat was more engaging to me than highspeed platforming is. I'm not a fan of the boost because it creates this necessity for huge levels with large sections just blown past. Once I beat the game, I think I became more critical of it, but I think it was genuinely just a skill issue because I struggled a lot in the daytime levels and it killed my love of the game. And the medal requirement was annoying.

Eggmanland was insane though. I hate it but I also kind of love it.

I loved this game. But I'm biased because I'm a sucker for Arthurian anything. Sonic with a sword? Such a fun time. Also the storybook aesthetic and Sonic's characterization were beautiful.

A hubworld would have been awesome though, imagine getting to explore Camelot!!

If it didn't have motion controls, my rating would be higher. Not that they were difficult, but because my wrist hurt for days after my first time playing and I didn't touch my Wii U again for a week or two. The game is also way too short, I wish we got to see the final boss' perspective a bit more because I don't hate their motivation but it could have used more fleshing out.

HD Remake PLEASE