So I liked the original version of Persona 5 a lot, but upon finishing it, I still found myself enjoying Persona 4 a lot more, and then when I played Persona 3 Portable after Persona 5, that ended up being my favourite game of all time, so out of the neo-persona trilogy, 5 was always my least favorite.
Now that was changed, with Persona 5 Royal - I didn't think Royal would be THAT big of an upgrade but hoo boy, Atlus... you nailed it. While P3P is still my favourite game of all time, I feel like Royal is the epitome of modern JRPGs, everything about this game is just so perfect, it rivals Dragon Quest XI as being the best turnbased JRPG of the last decade for me. I'll even go as far to say that this is the best game Atlus has ever made, beating Catherine and Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne in my opinion, and while I like those games more just based on my attatchment to them, that does not undermine the fact that I think this game is better than them by quite a large margin.
The new characters in Royal are genuinley some of the best characters in video games in general in my opinion. I felt nothing but sympathy for the true "villain" in Royal, he's so expertly crafted. And my favourite character in base Persona 5, Akechi, was made even better thanks to his new re-designed confidant, and this greatness is further extended in his 3rd Semester appearance. They managed to make this character, whomst I love so much, astrologically better. (I also regretted dating Haru over Yoshizawa after completing the second half of her confidant in 3rd semester :/ ).
After my disappointment with Shin Megami Tensei V, I was kind of put of playing Atlus games for a while, I am so thankful for this remaster because I most likely still wouldn't have got to Royal, what an absolute treat this was and masterclass in video game design.
Now that was changed, with Persona 5 Royal - I didn't think Royal would be THAT big of an upgrade but hoo boy, Atlus... you nailed it. While P3P is still my favourite game of all time, I feel like Royal is the epitome of modern JRPGs, everything about this game is just so perfect, it rivals Dragon Quest XI as being the best turnbased JRPG of the last decade for me. I'll even go as far to say that this is the best game Atlus has ever made, beating Catherine and Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne in my opinion, and while I like those games more just based on my attatchment to them, that does not undermine the fact that I think this game is better than them by quite a large margin.
The new characters in Royal are genuinley some of the best characters in video games in general in my opinion. I felt nothing but sympathy for the true "villain" in Royal, he's so expertly crafted. And my favourite character in base Persona 5, Akechi, was made even better thanks to his new re-designed confidant, and this greatness is further extended in his 3rd Semester appearance. They managed to make this character, whomst I love so much, astrologically better. (I also regretted dating Haru over Yoshizawa after completing the second half of her confidant in 3rd semester :/ ).
After my disappointment with Shin Megami Tensei V, I was kind of put of playing Atlus games for a while, I am so thankful for this remaster because I most likely still wouldn't have got to Royal, what an absolute treat this was and masterclass in video game design.
ECGCblu
1 year ago