Persona 5 Royal

I usually don't like JRPGs but this has scored so well I decided to give it a try. I'm 40 hours in and love it. The game play is a mix of dungeon crawling, planning attacks, and living life as a student. The game balances these activities so well to keep the game interesting. The characters are a little tropey but fun and keep the story and relationships engaging.

I can't say anything else other than this game is the best Persona game out there in terms of quality of animation and story. However, I would also recommend you play the previous Persona games if you enjoy this game. (This game is standalone, therefore you don't need to play the previous Persona games.)

You know why you're here. Persona 5 had been out for about a decade now to critical acclaim and now, finally, it's on all platforms for everyone to enjoy. For those who don't know by now, somehow, this game prides itself on hundreds of hours of meaningful content and an extremely addictive game loop. You have to balance your school and social life on top of basically being the bat league with your friends, fighting "crime" in the shadows to reform society, all while evading the watchful eye of the police. The story is incredibly rich, the sound track is banging and the Royal version only doubles down on it. There's is no game on earth more deserving of it's Triple A price tag than Persona 5 and now that it's on PC, you can take it even further beyond with mods for a second or third replay (I'm on my fourth x.x) One I'd highly recommend is the mod that changes the Royal ambush theme back to last surprise, the base game's anguish theme, to get the original experience with the benefits of Royal. You can also have mods that rebalance the DLC personas so they aren't super overpowered and just sweeping the game for you. Check out Game Banana for Reloaded II for details on how to get started start. There's a ton of fun to have on this game and the fun never stops for the Phantom Thieves. Well... Sorta.

Only made it through the first palace so far, but I'm enjoying it. Not as good as SMT, but the Persona series never was.

Really awesome JRPG and an amazing addition to the Persona series

Any fan of JRPG's will love this game. The campy friends for ever group hug stuff is grating but that usually comes with the territory. Loses a star for the daily activity FOMO.

This game is absolutely fantastic! Nothing negative to say at all.

Only 9 hours in, but I'm loving it so far! P5 evokes everything I loved from P4, despite my worries from other reviews. Plus, the combat is much more tolerable, and the visual style is a HUGE improvement both in models and UI! I don't buy many AAA games at launch, but this was well worth it. Can't wait to play more, and to pick up 3 when it launches!