[120+ hours] much more improved from vanilla + the third semester is So good!!!!!! there's still the same issues from vanilla with writing [excluding the third semester] & i really liked the additional confidants added with the third semester .. it made royal much more engaging in comparison to vanilla. i also enjoy the buffs for the PTs [mainly yusuke... especially since he's my bff] & the third awakenings. the amount of small changes in royal alone make it worthwhile to choose it over vanilla