Persona 5 Royal is a very fun game.
Pros: This is the first Persona game where I found the combat fun and interesting the entire way through, even through a 120 hour game. That's due in part to just how streamlined and responsive the menus are. This game is just fun to play. This is despite the fact that the game is also one of the easiest in the entire series. It's just really fun to play. The introduction of Baton Passes makes combat feel more fluid and snappy, and each persona having its own unique passive trait adds a lot of fun customization. Every Confidant having its own unique unlockable abilities is also incredibly cool, and gives you even more gameplay incentive to try and max them all. The story is hit and miss. I'd say this game's story is both a pro and a con. Some parts are incredibly irritating or boring, meanwhile other parts are literally some of the best parts of any Persona game ever.
Con: This game is TOO LONG. I've never played a game where I loved it the whole way through and yet still felt exhausted by the end. The ending is literally the best part of the game and I was having a total blast and I was still like "Man is this thing gonna be over soon?" Persona 5 Royal is proof that there is such thing as too much of a good thing. Also yeah, some parts of the story are not good. The game also has an incredibly long drawn out tutorial section that lasts like 10 hours before you can get into the fun part of the game. It's really poor pacing for the beginning of a game, and I know it's turned a lot of people away. The story in general is very wordy. They spend way too long explaining and reviewing and flashbacking to things you already knew. It's like they wanted to make sure you could stop playing the game at any point and pick it up 7 months later and still be able to follow what was going on. The characters are constantly recapping things that just happened. The cast is likeable enough but some of them dont feel very well developed in the main story, and their social links feel kind of disconnected as a result.
Overall: An incredibly long, very fun game from start to finish, but with a story that varies in quality from insanely good to insanely bad.
Pros: This is the first Persona game where I found the combat fun and interesting the entire way through, even through a 120 hour game. That's due in part to just how streamlined and responsive the menus are. This game is just fun to play. This is despite the fact that the game is also one of the easiest in the entire series. It's just really fun to play. The introduction of Baton Passes makes combat feel more fluid and snappy, and each persona having its own unique passive trait adds a lot of fun customization. Every Confidant having its own unique unlockable abilities is also incredibly cool, and gives you even more gameplay incentive to try and max them all. The story is hit and miss. I'd say this game's story is both a pro and a con. Some parts are incredibly irritating or boring, meanwhile other parts are literally some of the best parts of any Persona game ever.
Con: This game is TOO LONG. I've never played a game where I loved it the whole way through and yet still felt exhausted by the end. The ending is literally the best part of the game and I was having a total blast and I was still like "Man is this thing gonna be over soon?" Persona 5 Royal is proof that there is such thing as too much of a good thing. Also yeah, some parts of the story are not good. The game also has an incredibly long drawn out tutorial section that lasts like 10 hours before you can get into the fun part of the game. It's really poor pacing for the beginning of a game, and I know it's turned a lot of people away. The story in general is very wordy. They spend way too long explaining and reviewing and flashbacking to things you already knew. It's like they wanted to make sure you could stop playing the game at any point and pick it up 7 months later and still be able to follow what was going on. The characters are constantly recapping things that just happened. The cast is likeable enough but some of them dont feel very well developed in the main story, and their social links feel kind of disconnected as a result.
Overall: An incredibly long, very fun game from start to finish, but with a story that varies in quality from insanely good to insanely bad.