I've been studying Japanese for the last few years, and sitting down to play this game being able to understand about 80% of what was being said in Japanese was such a rewarding experience. This is very nostalgic return to one of my favorite childhood games. When I first played this back in 2012 I barely knew English and learned lots of vocabulary like "mayor" or "town hall" through it. Now I get to do the same with Japanese, already having learned "ぴったり", "役場" and "村長". I will definitely play this regularly for a while to immerse myself in the language!

This was a fun little addition to the game, Yuffie feels great to control and the boss fights were decently engaging. The best part for me however is the Fort Condor minigame, something I found so much fun that I wish there was more of it. The writing however felt very tropey and not interesting to me. The game follows Yuffie and another character, one I found so bland I can't even remember his name even though I beat it an hour before writing this. Who knows if it will become relevant to the overall narrative the Remake trilogy wants to tell, but as of right now the story felt a bit pointless.

As a big fan of rhythm games and a new Persona 5 fan, I had to check this game out. It is exactly what I wanted, and I really enjoyed my time getting the platinum trophy in it! The gameplay is really addictive, making it easy to just get in the flow of following the beat and the music. The dialogue is also surprisingly funny, making me laugh multiple times while doing the social links. My only complaint is that the song list is quite small and filled with duplicates, but they did get most of my favorite tracks from the main game.

This game really is amazing and a new favorite of mine! I was worried that the anime style was going to get in the way of the writing, but thankfully that was not the case. It definitely suffers from anime tropes, but it rarely gets in the way when the game decides to get serious. In its strongest moments the story doesn't pull its punches, exploring its themes in ways that really impacted me.

The characters in this game are so loveable, I ended up getting really attached to them over the 125 hours it took to beat it. From the moment I first met Ryuji I knew I was going to love him, and while some of the main cast took a bit longer for me to like, by the end every single one of the Phantom Thieves were near and dear to me. Even the side characters were really likeable, the ones I thought I was going to hate redeeming themselves when I finished their confidant. I felt like tearing up having to say goodbye to them at the end of the game, and when the credits rolled and With the Stars and Us playing I couldn't stop myself.

Persona 5 really has everything. It oozes style with its jazzy music and red color themed visuals, the turn based combat system is the most fun I've had in a jrpg ever with setting up all out attacks by exploiting weaknesses, and it had a really impactful and enjoyable main narrative that actually made me want to get up and get out there. It is really long, but I think it deserves its length. Really recommend it!

The addition of a No-Build mode has made this game really accessible and fun for casual players like me. The same can be said about filling the lobby with bots, although this has mixed results. On one hand it is satisfying to be able to get some free kills without any effort, but I do wish they put up some challenge. They are barely able to hit you at all even if you stand still, making it uninteresting to face up against them after a few matches. That being said the core gameplay is really fun, and the way it reinvents itself every season means I never really get bored of checking it out every now and then.

To be honest I didn't enjoy the first case in this game much because of some leaps in logic that I didn't agree with at all. It was the first time in The Great Ace Attorney where I felt completely lost on what to do, having to look up a guide. But then the rest of the cases came, and I loved them! This game has you unearthing a really big conspiracy, and seeing the pieces fit together is as satisfying as this series gets. The finale was a bit too reliant on a deus ex machina for me to rate it any higher, but this is a very good game and my new favorite in the series.

Really charming as usual for the series, the cases in this game are almost all really good! I did have problems with the second case not having a trial for some reason, which wouldn't be that much of an issue except I kept waiting for the trial to happen for two hours before realizing it just didn't have one. Other than that the rest of the cases had some really satisfying twists and reveals. This game has you grasping for straws very often, almost every case feeling unwinnable in the beginning and you just throw anything you can at it in hopes something will reveal the truth. It made this game feel very tense and therefore more satisfying to finally discover the truth!