Persona 5 Royal Review - Is It Worth Getting?
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
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Persona 5 Royal has finally released in the west so I decided to give a quick Persona 5 Royal review. This Persona 5 Royal review contains no spoilers, so you shouldn't worry if you're still deciding if Persona 5 Royal is worth getting over the original Persona 5.
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You know, I didn’t expect to make a persona 5 video this soon. But here we are now. Now that Persona 5 royal has finally been released in the west and I’ve had a chance to play it to completion. I can give my really brief thoughts. This is going to be a bit of an odd video. My usual videos about Atlus games have been deep dives into what the game is and talking about the theming and symbolism. But this time I want to do something a little different since the game is still pretty new. I’ll be giving an overview of the new content and changes that Royal brings to the table, and also injecting my opinion on these changes to see if it’s worth picking up over the original since that game goes for like $20 at this point which is a total steal.
Persona 5[a] is a role-playing video game developed by Atlus. The game is chronologically the sixth installment in the Persona series, which is part of the larger Megami Tensei franchise. It was released for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in Japan in September 2016 and worldwide in April 2017. It was published by Atlus in Japan and North America and by Deep Silver in Europe and Australia. An expanded version featuring new content, Persona 5 Royal,[b] was released for PlayStation 4 in Japan in October 2019 and worldwide in March 2020.
Persona 5 takes place in modern-day Tokyo and follows Joker after his transfer to Shujin Academy due to being put on probation for an assault of which he was falsely accused. During a school year, he and other students awaken to special powers, becoming a group of secret vigilantes known as the Phantom Thieves of Hearts. They explore the Metaverse, a supernatural realm born from humanity's subconscious desires, to steal malevolent intent from the hearts of adults. As with previous games in the series, the party battles enemies known as Shadows using physical manifestations of their psyche known as the Persona. The game incorporates role-playing and dungeon crawling elements alongside social simulation scenarios.
Persona 5 was developed by P-Studio, an internal development studio within Atlus led by game director and producer Katsura Hashino. Along with Hashino, returning staff from earlier Persona games included character designer Shigenori Soejima and music composer Shoji Meguro. Preparatory work began during the development of Persona 4, with full development beginning after the release of Catherine in 2011. First announced in 2013, Persona 5 was delayed from its original late 2014 release date due to the game not being fully finished. The game's themes revolved around attaining freedom from the limitations of modern society, while its story was strongly inspired by picaresque fiction and the party's Personas being based on well-known literary outlaws and rebels.
Persona 5 was met with critical acclaim, with praise given to its visual presentation and art direction, cast, gameplay, and music. The game is considered to be one of the greatest role-playing games of all time and was nominated for and won multiple awards. The game shipped over three million copies worldwide by the end of 2019, making it the best-selling entry in the overall Megami Tensei franchise. Several other related media have also been released, including two spin-off games, Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight and Persona 5 Scramble, as well as manga and anime adaptations. The game's cast has also made appearances in other games, such as Joker appearing as a playable character in the 2018 crossover fighting game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
I already bought the game, just here to evaluate my decision
Same lmao
So...you need a validation for...a decision you make on your own????? If you freaking enjoy the game (i mean, Royal) who cares what other people say???????
@@facufeg86 asking that question shatters a lot of peoples minds
same but i bought the regular ver, whoops...
Same
Also, because the vanilla persona 5 dlc is free for royal means the full value proposition between both games+the vanilla dlc is greatly in royals favor. Since all that dlc for vanilla is still like 60-70 bucks.
I bought vanilla Persona 5 ultimate edition on sale, which was a little more than the vanilla persona 5 at full price
@@WednesdayMan ok, but that was on sale and probably not recently. the hypothetical is buying p5 vanilla vs royal right now
@@brony4869 yeah, Just buy Royal
Brooooo I loved the fact that the Legacy DLC bundle was free in Royal. I love Adachi and his Persona, so for almost all of Royal I pretty much only used Magatsu-Izanagi, debuffing him majorly so I could use him in the early game. I just loved the fact that I could use my beautiful Persona boy through the whole game for FREE, what a treat
@@SanctuaryADO That's crazy that you act like it was a kind gesture. When that should just be expected since 99.9% of goty/ultimate editions have all the DLC in them for free. Royal is a greedy ass game. They locked DLC behind a whole 60 dollar new purchase and also they had the nerve to release new paid DLC instead of just having it in the game for free. Imagine if a game like Call of Duty pulled this shit. People would flip put but since it's a beloved series people act like these shitty practices are a blessing.
I just finished P5R 2 days ago. And I feel so empty now. Such a great game
i finished like a month ago, i still feel empty
There is 6 endings may as well get them all
Damn when you finish such a good game and you think “Did I play a game or did the game play me?”
wrong
I’ll still play it even after beating it so much
3:42 The Baton Pass already increased damage after every pass in the base game. The UI didn’t do a good job of showing it like they do in P5R.
Did the damage also stack in the original game? Because I remember it would say “damage and recovery up” or something to that extent. I don’t quite remember if this stacked when you passed to another teammate.
Nam12399 The buffs stack just like in R
@@Cryothia but you had to unlock the baton pass with each character instead of just powering up the baton pass in royal.
@@LuxXxP that has nothing to do with my comment
@@Cryothia trying to say that in the base game the baton pass doesn’t power up like they do in Royal
I very much agree with the difficulty. I overall think the combat has been improved and it’s more fun than the original P5 combat to me but the game is easier than the original game and I wish the merciless mode was harder. I played it on hard and had a comfortable play tho. Amazing video!
The base game was already too easy. Considering almost everything has a weakness and there's a button dedicated to instantly attacking that weakness the dungeon crawling is more of a waste of time than anything.
JZStudios I think that’s to make the normal battle encounters not to overstay their welcome but I can see your point of view tho.
@@JZStudiosonline but the difference is I felt like I had to think about it. I got kh3 flashbacks playing royal with way too many power ups and not enough counters. While p5r fixes some of these gimmicks it really detracts from the challenge, and that's problematic when I'm playing on merciless mode.
Great vid as always! I love Royal but I agree on how easy it is. I'm a complete JRPG newbie and have played all the Persona games on Easy or Normal so when I went into royal I did the same picking Normal because of my familiarity with Persona 5. Needless to say by the 4th Palace I was incredibly overleveled and one turning almost every enemy so I decided to change the difficulty to hard. The game was still not as challenging as I wanted it to be so I ended up challenging myself by only using one persona and not doing the strength confidant at all. The game was finally challenging and gratifying for me despite missing out on some of the games features just to challenge myself I ended up loving the battle changes and my self-imposed challenge. Keep up the great videos! :)
That doesn't sound fun, that just sounds boring. Who cares if it doesn't meet your standards, just enjoy the game regardless.
@@whenyounutinhermouthandshe Oh I did enjoy the game regardless in fact it's an absolute 10/10 for me. It's only a very slight nitpick and I know that those sort of things turn off those who have lots of experience with these sorts of games. It was just a personal choice for me, and I did actually play the game "properly" on my second play through on merciless (which I probably should have done to start with lol). Not everyone's definition of fun coincides with your own, I hope that clears the confusion :)
All?
I have both versions of the game. Played the original and after I heard Royal was coming out, I refused to replay the base game even though I wanted to. I do not regret my decision because of its length, but the alterations and additions to the game were also all the more satisfying. 5 was great on its own, but then Royal drops in and kisses you. So so good
I really want to buy this now, Fantastic video!
Bro we need a full gameplay walkthrough with you. Every other RUclipsr I watched made me infuriated with their decisions or how much they forgot about social events, you sound like the perfect walkthrough person, you're thorough and smart, it's perfect.
Funnily enough I was going to do a full play through of this game with a friend of mine on our old let's play channel. We were going to start uploading again when this game came out, but when the release date was getting close, quarantine happened. When everything is all settled and we're able to get together again, for sure a play through for this game will be made!
I wouldn’t exactly say that the story changes “nothing” since at the very least the resolves of the P5 cast are altered by this among a couple other things. I get what you mean though
"The game doesn't have any challenges that test you on those skills"
The 5 hours I spent on Lavenza alone debunk this lol.
Still the best fight in the game though
Lavenza kinda the same as a twin that each Faze you have todo Specific things and is pretty easy if you look into it
One fight, in new game plus, after about 160 hours of playtime to do 2 playthroughs and get to the end of the 2nd playthrough which you steamrolled coz it's ng+. That's a really long time to play to get to the challenge.
@@smokey0111 you can stream roll the game with a max level Joker by killing reaper like 10 times the first time momentos open up and if you have Mishima at high stat and just one shot everything
I love royal. Easily the best rerelease of a persona game. I really enjoyed the added story in the game. Buttttttt I hate atlus for their dlc practices in this game.....
I just finished Royal and I never knew about things like cleaning Leblanc or gun ammo refreshing after each battle.
I ended up buying the DLC that included the new DLC Persona (Athena, Raoul, Female Orpheus, and Izanagi-no-Okami) and trust me when I say that Izanagi-no-Okami is there most broken persona there is and I refused to use him until around the 5th palace because he can kill bosses on hard like it's nothing. Izanagi-no-Okami is my favorite persona of all time so it's nice that he's powerful, it's also nice that the game allows you to max every stat of your personas without needing to level them via the alarm system. An added bonus is that we can download all the previous DLC that was present in vanilla persona 5 for free though the Legacy DLC pack.
If you have never played a persona before, royal is the best first time experience
Not really. Its too easy and previous games are more close to mainline. Also main game's story and characters are a bit weak compared to previous games
@@n1rvanna_chaos Disagree.
Came from the persona 3 review and both that video and this one were great.
You forgot to mention the changes involving ailments however. You can now pair even more elements and ailment conditions to get knockdowns and bonus damage granted you have them unlocked. Also there are elemental attachments to weapons, and the red enemies in dungeons are now super mini boss like enemies that usually have no weaknesses and can really only be killed through the new changes.
I think this game is too easy in a lot of ways and so you don't really need to utilize these tactics, especially on normal. But these changes are game changing and definitely important for future persona and smt games.
I am genuinely surprised at how few youtubers mention one of the BEST MUSIC TRACKS that are introduced in Persona 5 Royal. I won't say what it is to avoid spoilers, but it's quite possibly the one track that beats Life Will Change.
You talking about the vocal song that plays during the last fight?
@@synysterpain No. It's a bit beforehand.
Is it number 41
Anyone else bothered that he says royale instead of royal?
As far as I remember, baton pass gave you damage boost with each pass in original too
if you say royale instead of royal one more time im going to have a breakdown
Being my first full persona game that I would play since P3FES (I missed out on both the PS3 and PS4), I really hope the game ends up living up to that impact that P3 had on me
well did it
It hurt me... I need help
bro going through their joker arc
I actually enjoyed the third semester. I feel like it was well done how you’ve just beaten the game and you move on to the third semester and nothing is right. Everyone’s dreams have been full filled and it leaves the player questioning what they believe.
this is really good but the Okumura boss fight was one hell of an absurdly difficult boss, it was just poorly designed.
It’s such a spike in difficulty compared to the rest of the palace. It’s probably the hardest part of the game imo.
@@NamsCompendium it's poorly designed, the timing for when the bots run away, the lack of all out attacks in a situation that most certainly needs all out attacks, and dealing with that timer, all of it just makes the boss fight annoying, but way more satisifying to see the killer shoot Okumura.
@@WednesdayMan I wouldn't say it's poorly designed, it's just that it's the one boss that you need to be prepared the most. You need to make sure you have the correct personas, correct party members, which items to bring, understanding the robot's weaknesses, utilizing baton pass, using buffs and debuffs etc. Heck, when I did the boss the second time on NG+, I didn't even bother using OP personas like Izanagi-No-Okami because by that point, I knew what to do and which skills to use and the boss just became a cake walk. Also, the timer was never even a problem at all. Just ignore it and pretend that it doesn't exist.
@@SpadeOfNades this is the kind of boss fight that works better if it were after shido's palace
Really?? Easiest boss fight in the game if you know the Robot's weaknesses which you should. The boss fight is stupid easy imi
I always give Makoto the “Vault Guardian” will seed that gives her Marakukaja because it frees up another skill slot for her and it’s 4 SP less than the actual skill when she learns it
The price I got Royal at: $33 dollars, it was only $10 more than vanila that day
This channel deserves more attention
I'm going to give P5R a shot soon.
Hope you enjoy it.👍🏿
TL;DR: Honestly, I feel like the biggest changes that make the game so easy were that of Chariot's Insta-kill and Strength's Special Treatment, to the game's detriment.
Insta-kill now providing EXP, Money and Items from battle (in addition to a free Persona) without any resource cost makes it extremely easy to become overleveled, especially since Jose's Mementos prize buffs work on Insta-killed fights. Combine that with the fact that you can get it by the second palace pretty easily, and that it feeds into Special Treatment, and it becomes pretty clear how broken of an ability it now is. Some could argue that the ability needed a buff in the original game (I'd argue it needed a better description), but this feels like a major overcompensation.
Special Treatment, on the other hand, I have no idea why it was buffed. The ability to ignore the fusion level cap in any MegaTen game is an incredibly strong one, and I feel like the original game understood this well. Since you got it from maxing out the Strength confidant, that meant you could only get it once Joker reached around level 70 or so (which is around the level that most people get to the very end of Mementos). Effectively, your reward for maxing it out was to not have to grind nearly as much for the highest level personas, along with being able to carry this ability into early NG+. P5 Royal, for whatever reason, decided it was a good idea to instead give this ability at Strength Rank 5, which means you can pick it up around the middle of the fifth palace. Essentially, you play half the game normally, then spend the second half just absolutely breaking the crap out of it.
For example, the first truly broken I got early was Ishtar (the ultimate persona of the Lovers). Ishtar learns Salvation, the best healing skill in the game. For 48 SP; fully heal all allies and cure any non-boss specific status ailment. Now, just having that about 2 or so palaces early is pretty good, but not busted due to its cost. However, Ishtar also learns Spell Master via leveling which halves SP costs. 24 SP for a full restore? Yeah, that's pretty fantastic to have early, and being able to pass on Spell Master is pretty great too. I haven't mentioned Ishtar's trait yet; Grace of Mother simply reduces the SP cost of healing skills after they've been cast. How much you might ask? _75%._ Combine this with Spell Master and you're looking at the best healing skill in the game for a fat 6 SP. *That's less than Media, the basic group heal spell you get during the first dungeon.*
And that's just the tip of the iceburg in terms of broken crap you can get waaaaay earlier than what was probably intended. Attis (Hanged Man's ultimate persona) is another good example for the ability to drop Thermopylae (a full set of party buffs) whenever for 30 SP. Satan is also decently useful, but mainly because he gives the best armor in the game when itemized, though you can't get him until after the 6th palace. Keep in mind, the "downside" of having to pay large sums of money for these fusions is more or less rendered moot thanks to Insta-kill allowing for infinite, fast money grinding that becomes available super early.
I went into Royal blind, save for the fact that I've beaten the original twice, so I decided to play on Hard for my playthrough. This is honestly one of the easiest RPG's I've ever played, nearing Persona 2: Innocent Sin for PSP levels of ease near the mid game. I don't usually criticize a game for being too easy; after all, difficulty is subjective, and an easy game can be enjoyable so long as it remains engaging. Persona 5 Royal, I feel, fails at that come the mid game and never recovers outside of the super bosses. I feel like because of that newcomers to the genre would ultimately end up getting bored of the game's battles and progression if they get these abilities during their playthrough. The difficulty is to the point that part of me feels like the original version of Persona 5 might be the better game.
Ultimately, I feel pretty mixed on Royal. Do I regret my time with it? No, a lot of what I like about Persona 5 is still here. A good chunk is noticeably improved too. Seeing how broken you can make yourself is also kind of fun. But the lack of any real challenge makes me hesitant to replay the game, which is damn shame.
At least the original still exists. I am replaying it now and having a ball with the added challenge compared to Royal
Persona 5 was already a masterpiece imo, and Royal is beyond masterpiece!
I really like the Persona series, I've only played Persona 5, Royal and I'm near the end of Persona 4 Golden (amazing game btw, although the dungeon design is poor).
I really hope they gonna bring Persona 3 to PC with controllable party members.
If you did play just p5 how are you so confident about the persona series?
I beat both the original p5 and royal a week apart. I have now beat 3 and I'm playing 4. What a great series.
Which one's your most favorite?
@@incognito200 I really love persona 3. The combat was difficult and annoying at times, but I love the story and characters. Persona 4 and 5 are great games and are even better in some aspects, but overall 3 is my favorite.
@@shumytrumy2860
All 3 games are masterpieces on their own right. It's a shame that the fandom fight over which is the objectively best.
@@incognito200 i agree and im probably gonna get into smt when nocturne comes to modern consoles
I hope they bring Persona 3 to PC with controllable party members.
I've only played 5, Royal and I'm near the end of 4 Golden.
P5r pc player here and half of these changes I genuinely couldn’t think of what the game would look like without these
Playing through OG P5 on my brother's PS5 to play Strikers when that comes out. Here's hoping they port P5R on the PC.
Royal and Royale are different words, just saying 😅
I should’ve not watch this video because now I want to buy Royal after literally just beating it lmmaaaoo
It’s pronounced Leblan,it’s said in the game many times.
He also said royale instead royal
I had recently gotten vanilla P5 on sale like last year. I never fully beat the game (got to Haru’s palace and just kind of fell out/lost interest at the time) I have been playing through P4G lately and it’s really gotten me back into it and wanting to play P5 through completely but to restart my playthrough since it’s been so long since that last save. I’m really tempted to get Royal but damn I just can’t decide for the life of me. Thanks for this video, def going to help me make my decision!
Have you decided yet?
@@medalgearsalad1419 yeah I haven’t gotten it. I really want to replay persona, especially with royal, and as much as I like the game it is super lengthy and I remember it very well so I feel like trudging through all of that again rn would be more of a chore than something fun to do. I think I’ll def be waiting until I don’t remember as much about the game.
Almost finished p5r on switch and I think the easier mode is good if you want to spend more time on understanding the story they are trying to tell you and deciding which confidant you want to spend time with rather than follow a strict guide to max socials and the confidants you should go for to get the best benefits.
Cant wait to hear your thoughts on the final palace 😌
Why do you not have more subs???????????? I loved this video
My main nitpick about Royal is that the new battle music isn’t as good as Last Surprise. I’m glad they still kept Last Surprise for head-on battles, but I pretty much have to get caught by the enemy on purpose for that to occur, so it’s not usually worth causing the security level to go up.
At least Last Surprise plays during scripted fights that aren’t mini-bosses
Thank you so much for your work , it really helps !!!!
Wait, quick question about guns:
I started the original game, but bought Royal recently and have put 75 hours into my playthrough on Royal. I got to the beginning of Kamoshida's palace in the base game.
In Royal, with the change of ammo replenishing after each battle, during the tutorial section where it introduces gun skills, Morgana explains that since guns are based on the enemies cognition (given that they aren't even real guns and just airsoft replicas), your ammo will replenish after each battle because your enemy will expect you to come to each battle fully loaded.
In the base game, did Morgana even give a reason as to why your ammo is per infiltration and not per battle?? It just seems even less reasonable and even more dumb given the new explanation in Royal, lmao.
Since P5R isn't even in the same universe and it's just an alternate version of P5, we can just say that the way guns work are different between both stories.
Edit: I changed my explanation of P5R being not canon to being in a different universe.
@@SpadeOfNades wait what how is p5r not canon?
@@HyenaFox Ok, I probably should've worded it better. P5R takes place in a different universe from P5. The reason for this is Persona 5 Scramble, which takes place after Persona 5 and since Maruki and Yoshizawa neither appear nor are they mentioned by the cast, it's safe to assume that both of these games take place in different universes. There's another reason for this, but I don't know if I should say it since it spoils the ending of P5R.
@@SpadeOfNades ohhh right I completely forgot about Scramble. I've beaten royal, so without spoiling it as best I can, does the removal of the "meddling with the timeline" that occurs in the ending effectively de-canonize the events in Royal anyway? If the timeline has happened "as it should", then neither Maruki nor Yoshizawa would have any actual bearing on the plot (given that they don't become a Thief until the third semester and the Metaverse was destroyed as of December 24).
@@HyenaFox From what I remember, you don't change the timeline of P5R, you just revert the reality that [REDACTED] created to the original one. All of the events leading to [REDACTED] being defeated still happened and the characters still remember it. Yoshizawa is still technically part of the Phantom Thieves because of this and the third semester still occured.
Why do you pronounce the word *royal* as *royale* ?
You basically nailed it. The new content is nice, but the original game already felt fully complete. This new story arc is really cool, but was it necessary? Eh not really. But hey. More gameplay is nice
Bruh I can’t believe this game came out when I was halfway through the original game. Still buying it after I’m done tho
Do people really not know the difference between Royale and Royal??
It's mind boggling the amount of ppl announce this game as Persona 5 Royale.
Look at how they pronounce Ann's name and Ryuji's last name in the game lol
I love Royal it's definitely the best remake and the third semester even though I will agree it's kind of disjointed from the rest of Persona 5's plot is still some of the best persona content I've ever played. The new palace is also my favorite in the game basically every puzzle has great symbolism towards the ruler and it has challenging enemies that actually test your skill unlike most of the game which honestly I don't mind being an unstoppable bada** is super fun to me. The villain to is 10/10 he's just as good as Kamoshida in the complete opposite way and he alone makes Persona 5 Royal worth it for me. Those are just my thoughts though.
I just did my second playthrough solely on hard. I actually never used Ryuji’s instant kill in mementos and kept the EXP bonus from Jose at Level 1, and what ended up happening was that I ended up not getting over-leveled at all throughout my playthrough, and having not too much money as I played through the game. Things overall felt reasonable, but I really just think the game has to (at the very least in the mid to late game) greatly increase the HP of every enemy in the harder difficulties to give those who know the combat system more satisfaction. Especially with how easy it is to set up technicals in the battles and abusing the fusion alarm.
Here's hoping for a Steam release
Well... 😄
@@Thebossovgames meaning what now? Was one announced anywhere?
It's royal not royale
This vid is 0/10 cause of that.
Yes.
Personally I love this game and thought the new semester made for a much stronger and more satisfying conclusion than the ending of the original P5. Funny enough I didn't even use Ryuji's instant kill ability since I just plain forgot that I even had it, but yeah it does seem pretty broken. 😅 I have to say though, while I absolutely loved my time with Royal and felt that it was just an all around better version of P5...seeing what they've done here actually makes me not want to buy Persona 6 when it comes out. At least not the vanilla version. Throughout my time with the game, I couldn't help thinking to myself that I would have enjoyed everything just that much more if I had gone in completely blind with no knowledge of how the original Persona 5 played out. Thankfully it had been long enough since my last playthrough of Persona 5 that I was still able to enjoy the Royal revisit without the game ever getting boring, but the fact is that aside from the handful of new scenes that were added to the base game, I still knew basically everything that was going to happen right up until the start of the third semester and that was honestly a shame. If quality of life improvements and significant story expansions like the ones seen in Royal are just going to be the norm for the Persona series going forward, then I think I would just be better off waiting to play each Persona game until the re-release with all the added bells and whistles comes out. That way, I can go in fresh and experience each new game in its best possible form.
Honestly I wouldn’t say the third semester doesn’t matter compared to the rest of the story as you claimed it was, it truly feels like the logical next step to take after the threat of Yaldabaoth. After all, if it wasn’t for their suffering and troubles in life, the Phantom Thieves wouldn’t be the people we see them grow into by the end of the game, so seeing the worth of their growth being put into question and tested was absolutely the best way to truly cap it all off. Yeah there were a few bumpy steps along the way but it was SO WORTH IT!
The only reason I’m not picking up Royal yet is because I feel is kind of overpriced for that much of new content (I’m not saying it’s not too much content Royal offers, but I think the content itself doesn’t feel it’s worth a 40$ price gap)
You can get it now for 30 dollars
@@a3ba3b74 yup! 30 dollar for the deluxe edition, totally worth, though sale now over, the basic version on sale though
Atlus is like yeah let's make a great game even better
I kind of feel like you should be used to saying a game is too easy due to how all companies including atlus are aiming for bigger audiences which means they are making games easier so they can get new consumers since sticking to the same number of people limits their profit.
As for royal, I haven't played or bought it yet because 5 is my actual first persona game and I feel I cant appreciate royal till I do everything in the original version first.
Coming from someone that played both P5s. Royal is like Fes/Portable and Golden, doesn't cut content from the vanilla version, is like adding cream to an already delicious 🍓. So the majority of time playing P5R, you will get a sense of Déjà Vu, since the new content, without entry spoilers territory, doesn't affect or changes anything story wise in regardsof the Vanilla version, only game mechanically wise.
@@Pduarte79 hmm I see but I kind of feel like that's a small detriment if catherine full body is anything to go off of.
P5 overall is great but as the title if this video says, it's not with flaws which by the sound of things also kind of affect royal and strikers somewhat. Not in a big way to tell people it's bad narratively or gameplay wise as there can be arguments P5 is about on par with ff7(original) and tales of symphonia.
I just kind of feel like what you say tells me atlus for all the game play improvements didn't do one overview on the original story where yeah akechi is one character that needed an expansion to his character since he surprising became pretty popular from what I can tell in the reasons why he got this expansion, but I feel they also should've tried to fix a few story points that feel like that were either forgotten or just didnt have an endgame for. Strikers I don't know if it actually addresses it I also don't know if it counts as canon anymore with how royal expands and changes the true ending with the new characters.
Sorry if I went on a tangent, it's just i think catherine full body and from what i hear about ps4 golden, it sounds like atlus foes some great game play improvements but at the same time they seem to have a few minor issues when executing the stories at certain points to feel like a complete narrative is there
Would persona 5 royal be good as like my 1st rpg well even though I have played some here and there but havent completed them
It’s a great entry level rpg! It’s certainly the easiest of the modern persona games and the game explains its mechanics excellently. There’s plenty of content to keep you busy. It’s a very story heavy and you’ll need to do a lot of reading, plus the beginning of the game might seem a bit limiting. But it’s truly great once you get into it.
waiting for the steam release is driving me nuts
This game is honestly my favorite of all time
Why?
@@PantsaBear I don’t know man I just felt that I enjoyed every aspect of this game and I just can’t find another game like that. I’m sure there are better games out there though.
@@gus6968 No hate from me, was genuinely curious is all. I think the dialogue was bloated and the story I felt was pretty inconsistent with its themes (and dragged a little), but I enjoyed most everything else a lot. Not really a fan of how the game looks at women either, but I do acknowledge it's a great game. One of the better JRPGs I've played
I hated the Royal true ending vs the True ending of the original P5 because I preferred Joker riding off into the sunset with his friends rather just him going on a train by himself. Also I hated the puzzle of the final boss in Royal that you had to figure out the weakness which are the two things that are summoned beside him or you couldn't do actual dmg to the boss other than that I loved Akechi during the Royal part of the game aka the 3rd semester he has become a badass. I loved the way they altered how guns worked in palaces after every battle you use guns ammo refills.
So should I really buy Royal even though I finished P5? I love Persona 4 Golden more than P5 and maybe adding Royal would change my mind
Just a very small thing crossword puzzles were in the original
Doge Step genuinely had no idea that they were. Thanks for the correction!
This game is the reason why I was doing so poorly in school back then lol.
I thought that you could already do stat checks in bathrooms in vanilla P5. If I'm not mistaken, it should also work with the school bathrooms
Be interesting to see you do an Analysis video on Persona 5 Royal
I’m not even gonna lie that Okumura boss fight was straight aids and had to turn down the difficulty😔😔
He was significantly harder than anything else in the game at that point. A friend of mine was struggling on him for a while. He really catches you off guard for sure.
Might be wrong, but I feel like the okumura boss fight was easier in royal than the original. Maybe it’s just me?
Funny enough, it's actually easier on merciless, since your damage against weaknesses is multiplied
Me: Ps5 has vanilla p5, in canada royal cost 60$. Vanilla is a good game while royal is a badass and awesome experience
Subbed, I wanna play this game for the first time, looks like fun. 😃
6:24 WHAT!? Isn't that SMT 4 Flynn's hometown!?
Yoshizawa is disappointingly underutilized as a new party member. It would have been stellar if NG+ gave the option to use her in your party throughout the entire game instead of just in the final palace at the tail end of the game.
good review I platinumed the first version, is it really much more easier ? now i am debating on doing normal or hard, i will try normal first see how it goes then switch to hard mode it's been a while sins i finished persona 5 , good review
Waiting for switch or pc release.
I can wait lol.
Epic vid
I have a love hate relationship with the fact they made it so you can actually work on your bond with Akechi, in the base game I never really cared about him and he was just another story bond but Royal made me actually take interest in him even if he is still barely above some of the Palace Rulers to me
fes and golden are good too, hush
Golden is the only one I can play ;-;
@@nikkoa.3639 watch fes and royal playthroughs. though i'd suggest a 100% walkthrough with commentary honestly
@@CallieBlader It's the only way unfortunately. For FES though, I think I can emulate it. I genuinely hope there's gonna be a remake of FES
@@nikkoa.3639 you and me both. fes had the best cast imo
@@nikkoa.3639 get a ps2
I just bought this game and plan to play it soon (after I complete Hitman 2). What difficulty is recommended for a complete newcomer who’s last turn based JrPg was Bravely Default?
Is it just me or, when an alarm fusion accident happens, I get better personas than I wanted?
I have the base game in ps4. Made it all the way to Futaba palace then stopped playing it. Wonder if Royal is worth just the extra content…
Not just a game It's a world 💟
I’ve never played person is this game really that good?
I think they’re really good games and Persona 5 Is definitely where you should start if you’re interested.
For reference, I don’t like turn-based/anime games. I rarely enjoy turn-based combat and anime games have way too many tropes for me to enjoy.
That being said, I think P5 is the greatest turn-based anime JRPG. Story is great (with exception to a few parts) and combat is genuinely fun. I’m 10 hours into P5R and loving all the changes they made. I highly recommend this game to anyone, even if it’s just to try it
Edit: I have not played the other Persona games so I can’t vouch for them
Hell yeah it’s that’s good and then some
It's a great game and it's absolutely HUGE! There's over 100 hours of content easily so it's a big commitment but it's an awesome game. I'm still a Final Fantasy guy when it comes to JRPGs so for me, P5 isn't better than those games but you have to play this, it's the best JRPG outside of FF games
Richard Skelding Try Xenogears too.
Already 15 hours into the game, just wanted to evaluate my decision.
yeah the combat in royal is much easier than in the original, but it is more fun in my opinion. my first play through of royal was in merciless and I never struggled too much.
I mean, if you don’t have P5 vanilla, then it’s a no-brainer: P5R is the better version. I am, however, wondering if after 2 playthroughs (1 on Merciless) and 270+ hours on P5 vanilla, Royal is still worth getting
After finishing P5R, I''d say maybe it's worth getting, but not right now, I felt burnout when playing the game and didn't enjoy it as much as my P4G times, also maybe there will be a new upgrade version for PC or the next switch, who knows.
I dont have a playstation, but i want to play p5r. Would you guys say its better to just buy a ps4 or 5 or wait for a PC port?
Reg p5 comes free from their ps collection if u have ps+ on the ps5. I found a gift code for 12 months for less then $30 online so there u go
There's no Compendium trophy so, I'm playing vanilla again.
Is P5 too easy? Probably cause I was level 90 from driving around mementos
Are you going to Review Persona 2 and Persona 3 Portable too?
Persona 5 was my first JRpg. Hearing you say that is easy makes me feel sad.
I had to play this game in easy because of how hard it was for me. :( Great vid btw
Everybody gotta start somewhere
Rule 1! Be myself - Kanji p4
Same with me for the vanilla version. Royal was easy tho, I played it on normal.
I'm playing Persona 4 Golden rn and it's kinda like the vanilla version of Persona 5, but the dungeon design and some mechanics are kinda weird, so I decided to play it on very easy cuz I care more about the story and the characters... It's enjoyable tho!
Persona 5 Royale
You’ve already struck oil no need to keep drilling
Man. Kinda disappointed that the p5 video is this short after the other vids lengths. Oh well still great.
I’m still going to make a P5 video in the style of the P3 and P4 ones. I just wanted to talk about royal as a rerelease because it was new at the time and I wanted to give my thoughts after playing it.
@@NamsCompendium wait for real? Oh boy you just made me the happiest cognitive being on the planet
Can someone help me out?? Is the royal edition the same game with more added or is it a complete different story than the original p5
It's a re release with new content. The story is the same but with some extra scenes added as well as a brand new school semester with it's own story. Royal comes with all the dlc from the original P5 as well.
@@NamsCompendium thank u for the fast reply. I ordered the steelbook edition 5 min ago. Never played any persona so im really excited.
@@carnage6001 I'm glad that you took interest in the series! I think Persona 5 is the perfect place to start too. The beginning of the game may be a bit slow, but a lot of interesting stuff happens to keep you engaged. Hope you enjoy your time with it!
Hello Nam I'm Nam
“I am a shadow, the true self”
@@NamsCompendium I dont know why im here but im glad I found you
I'll look to get it when it goes on sale. Still trying to finish the original one
It’s 45 now I think
On sale
As soon as you get Ryuji's Instant Kill you immediately win the game.
Enemies can't be insta-killed anymore? Go to the previous floors and run over a bunch of shadows to level up.
I gotta hand it to the secret final boss, it really gave you a way to test how good you were at using the baton pass, although it got annoying when it blocked your skills or stopped you from using baton pass altogether.
Use Charge on main dps * cough* Joker with Yoshitsune *cough *, hit a minion with it's weakness and baton pass, repeat until all minions are down and finally baton pass it back to the DPS.
Overall a great improvement on P5, the new characters were great additions and the original cast felt more fleshed out (except for Haru, ffs Atlus), but I really disliked the new "secret" ending, while the in-game scenes before the ending were awesome, the moment the ending cutscene comes on, it all goes to hell, the after-credits felt stupid as hell too, instead of giving closure on *that* character they just go "Ohhh! look at that guy that's wearing the exact same outfit! Who could it be? We'll leave it to your imagination!".
crosswords are in vanilla
Persona 5 Mc Royale with cheese and pancakes. 🍔🥞😋
i just played persona 5 royal and it is my first persona i hated the gameplay but i loved the story
weird you say this is one of the re-releases you feel comfortable recommending, does that mean you think Golden is worse then vanilla persona 4?
I don’t think that it’s worse, I just think that there are some additions that take away from the mood that the original game was going for. I like a lot of what golden does, it even adds my favourite social link in the series, but there is a big Marie sized blemish that doesn’t jive with me too well. I have a big analysis for Persona 4 Golden planned like I did for P3 so I’ll give my full thoughts there.
Persona 5 Royale with cheese