Persona 5 Royal Launch Edition (PS4)

Story:Persona 5 Royal features a band of youths wanting to rebel against selfish adults, while also bonding and trying to find new trust in the unchanging society. Their ethereal powers will make them test the path to the truth. Each character stands out, be it that they bring a level of comfort and relatability to the player, or tense anger, while others just need time to warm up to you. Granted, not everyone might like it because of its risque content, especially the first chapter.Gameplay:As a turn based JRPG with a rich world, It seems that you may not have many choices at the start, but as you play more and more, the world expands, and so are its choices. You may choose to spend some free time bonding with your acquaintances or friends, spends some free ... MoreStory:Persona 5 Royal features a band of youths wanting to rebel against selfish adults, while also bonding and trying to find new trust in the unchanging society. Their ethereal powers will make them test the path to the truth. Each character stands out, be it that they bring a level of comfort and relatability to the player, or tense anger, while others just need time to warm up to you. Granted, not everyone might like it because of its risque content, especially the first chapter.Gameplay:As a turn based JRPG with a rich world, It seems that you may not have many choices at the start, but as you play more and more, the world expands, and so are its choices. You may choose to spend some free time bonding with your acquaintances or friends, spends some free time to improve your social skills, and even get tested on actual topics that may had evaded you in school.However, you can explore worlds that are not seen but influence the minds of people and corrupt hearts. This is where the combat unfolds, as you can battle or negotiate with enemies, and even befriend them, as the combat allows you to use these monsters (Personas) to exploit enemy weakness or fuse them to something greater.Being the Royal edition, it also features DLC that was initially for PS4, but it's also free now, being a great help for starters.Don't fear the difficulty, there are settings for everyone, from those who want a challenge to those that just want the story.Music:Genres that go from acid jazz to rock, perfectly brings the atmosphere together. Whether you relax and talk with your friends, or confront enemies with hype and might, the music makes you feel powerful, stylish, and chill at the right moments.Tuning:While there seems to be plenty of settings, unfortunately some essentials seem to lack, which may improve framerate even more on low end computers. I do wish that some aspects could be toggled like level of NPCs, and the like. Video cutscenes can have lag ton low end devices unless set up to lower resolutions beforehand. More modern PCs should have less issues, as there are still some cases of problems on PCs with good specifications.

Pretty good RPG. There are a lot of tutorials this game throws at you that there were some features I didn't even know about until after I finished the game. The combat is not the most intuitive it can be, but it's still a lot of fun. I didn't look up anything and instead discovered all the weaknesses the monsters have on my own and I recommend everyone do the same because it's really fun figuring it out on your own. It took me 100 hours to beat the game but it always felt fresh because I always felt I was getting better at it. The game also has amazing animation done by production IG which looks super professional and movie quality. It's used all over the game and I love it. Also has the best UI I've seen in a video game, ever. It's super stylish, but never gets in ... MorePretty good RPG. There are a lot of tutorials this game throws at you that there were some features I didn't even know about until after I finished the game. The combat is not the most intuitive it can be, but it's still a lot of fun. I didn't look up anything and instead discovered all the weaknesses the monsters have on my own and I recommend everyone do the same because it's really fun figuring it out on your own. It took me 100 hours to beat the game but it always felt fresh because I always felt I was getting better at it. The game also has amazing animation done by production IG which looks super professional and movie quality. It's used all over the game and I love it. Also has the best UI I've seen in a video game, ever. It's super stylish, but never gets in the way or is distracting at all, which is important because you will have to navigate a lot of menus. Everything else about the game though, is serviceable but not great. The social links are very formulaic and so is the story (there's a lot of overlap). There are several lines that will make you groan and a lot of anime-isms I personally find very obnoxious, like characters pointing out things that are really obvious or having flashbacks to things that happened 15 minutes earlier. It's not offensively bad, but it did not connect with me at all.

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 ... MoreYou 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.

I loved this game. When I started playing it, I didn't play anything else until it was finished. I enjoyed learning about the characters, learning the combat mechanics and cool combos, and I enjoyed reaching the end. Persona 5 has a way of drawing you in and making you invested in the characters and the story, I loved that. This game is also very long and full of content, I ended up at about 80 hours on my first playthrough. Even though the game runs by a time system, there is still enough time to experience the things you want and it is not punishing, or at least I didn't find it so. I highly recommend this game and it is one of my new favorites, making me a fan of the persona series as a whole.

I rarely buy my games at first days of release especially for single player games, but being a persona fan, this is one of the exception I will make. Have been waiting to play this game since it was out on console.I've spend about 20 hours in this game so far, and here what it feels to me:pro :- its persona : you still have the life sim and dungeon crawl.- it comes with Japanese dub : nothing against english dub actor/actress, but I'm just used to having Japanese dub and would hate it otherwise.- there is now fast travel between checkpoint of the dungeon- save anywhere as long as you're not in dungeon/citscenecon :- I'm not a big fan of stealthy game, and the theme of this game you're a "phantom thief" so ....- even after playing this many hours, I feel ... MoreI rarely buy my games at first days of release especially for single player games, but being a persona fan, this is one of the exception I will make. Have been waiting to play this game since it was out on console.I've spend about 20 hours in this game so far, and here what it feels to me:pro :- its persona : you still have the life sim and dungeon crawl.- it comes with Japanese dub : nothing against english dub actor/actress, but I'm just used to having Japanese dub and would hate it otherwise.- there is now fast travel between checkpoint of the dungeon- save anywhere as long as you're not in dungeon/citscenecon :- I'm not a big fan of stealthy game, and the theme of this game you're a "phantom thief" so ....- even after playing this many hours, I feel like my character purpose in the game is so ... petty .. compare to the last 2 games.- I'm not a big fan of the soundtrack either. I generally don't care about game soundtrack, but persona 4 battle theme was the best I've ever heard, and I've played alot of game (especially JRPG).- the dungeon feels .. long ...Overall I would still recommend this game, and I still enjoy this game just because it scratch the itch I have of persona game.However, unfortunately I did not enjoy it as much as persona 4 .