I think one of the great things about the theme is that it used the fact that the main cast are teenagers more than previous entries Teenagers have alot of energy and rebellious spirit compared to other ages
This was my first Persona game, I've never even heard of the series until Joker was added to Smash Bros, now I love it, I played both the base game as well as Royal, then I played Persona 3 Reload, and now I'm playing Persona 4 Golden, I really hope the first two games get brought over to modern consoles
...WELL,I actually LOOKED ON THIS VERY SUSPICIOUSLY BECAUSE OF *_MARA_* ..WAS SURPRISED PLEASANTLY,THO ...YUP,ABOUT IT'S JUST A SHADOW AND ACTUALLY DOES NOTHING ...BUT....SURPRISE CAME ABOUT IT'S POTENCY IS THE SAME OF... *_TRUGUN 1998/ELFEN LIED/SPEED GRAPHER_* .......SO APPROVED IMMEDIATELY
no its just that the gameplay is completely dogshit, game falls off when futabas palace starts, which really sucks because the game was my favourite before futaba's palace started
Botw sucked compared to persona 5 imo, for a legend of zelda game the story was EH gameplay was ehhhhhh and it wasnt even linear like the rest of the zelda games, it was Good, just not a legend of zelda game really
@@loganziegenhagen3646breath of the wild was incredible even if p5 was my favorite game of all time. Breath of the wilds open world is perfect only beaten by totk
@@loganziegenhagen3646 you can thank all the skyward sword haters for criticizing the gameplay. Zelda was about exploration from the zelda 1 and snes games. Also don't act like persona 5 is perfect. The amount of interruptions and unnecessary cutscenes and story dragging on for far too long is honestly such a deal breaker. You'd think the game ends when the story catches up to the present but nope out of the blue a new baddie shoe horned in and just so happens to be the first bad guy u meet. Wow 👌 aMaZiNG sToRy TeLliNg
@@tbnwontpop8857 I just think totk has a better open world, it has everything botw had + zonai devices. In every other aspect I prefer botw but the open world is a straight upgrade for totk
I remember reading somewhere that the 2,000,000 copies that Persona 4 Golden sold was a combined amount with the Vita, plus when it was released on Steam in 2020 (three years after Persona 5’s international release). There’s also the fact that the PS Vita only sold 10,000,000 units worldwide, so that number sounds insanely high for that one console in particular.
11:13 partially correct, Sakurai has always been a fan of the saga and always wanted to introduce a Persona character in Smash, he could by taking advantage of the popularity of Persona 5
Persona 5 is me and my friends best game of all time, and from time to time we have long discussions about this game and what its done to the world, truly a masterpiece this game got my friends into games same as my sister
@@troysean9377ON GOD!!!! Xenoblade is my Favourite game franchise of all time, two of their games are in my top 5. 2 and 3, 1 isn’t as good as them but it is still amazing!!!
Expectations is what derails a game's real charm. Think of the recent Hollow Knight controversy with no news of Silksong for years. The expectations for Persona 6 are massive. About Persona 5, though, this game has actually grown into its own franchise as you say. The spin-offs (which I haven't played but found out there were A LOT of them) work to expand the lore and characterization of the main cast. There's something in all of these kids that you LOVE instantly. Maybe deep down we've all been in that spot: being taken advantage of by someone "more powerful" than ourselves, but we couldn't manage to gather the courage to face them off. I'm currently playing the Royal version for Nintendo Switch and, I need to say it, having it in portable mode anytime and anywhere is AMAZING. One of the most empathic stories I've experienced and one I'm looking forward to play to its fullest (as possible). I'm getting at least the direct two sequels, Strikers and Tactica, to experience more of this side of Japan that I've grown to love so much
My very first persona game. I played Royal for the first time a few months ago. And man. What a game. Landed in my top 5 favorites of all time. 135 hours to get the true ending and I still miss it now that it’s all said and done. Every part of the cast is unique and has their quirks. The game ooozes with funk and style with the soundtrack and visuals. I have never played anything like it before in my life and I have over 200,000 G’s on Xbox. It’s truly special and will always have a place in my heart. Can’t wait to play Persona 3 Reload!
@@zukinu12skinnyp4PLEASE PLAY RELOAD!!! In my opinion at least, Reload is WAYYYYY better than Royal, not to say that Royal isn’t bad, no no, Royal is still in my top ten favourite games of all time. Reload is also much faster to finish, in about 70 hours I think? It is my third favourite game of all time as of right now, behind Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Dragon Quest 11 S
Persona. A game that I’ve clocked in over 500 hours on the whole series I can fully say that it has changed not just my life but others. This video really just shows why this game is that good and why people should play it (as of writing this I am currently playing persona 5 royal on my ng+)
....I think I like Persona more than Pokemon.... The stories go beyond anything I've ever played, they hook you. And it's almost impossible to see everything during one playthrough. Persona 6 is going to be huge.
When Persona 5 came out I literally fell in love. It had been so long before I played a very good RPG game like this. The story, music, characters, boss, and overall them is just top notch. I remember have to set aside a whole week to just finish the game because I was just trying to do all the side quest.
This was such a damn good explanation on why the game stands out, and why it's so good for what it tries to show, instead of just talking about stuff everyone knows. Thank you for such a good video. You've earned my subscription, and a like.
Also, the ✨️noir aesthetics✨️ Noir isn't really common in the anime/jrpg sphere, and this aesthetic really made p5 stand out. Paired with the jazz ost, it's just *chef's kiss*
Bought this game on ps4 a few years ago but didn’t get to finish it since my ps4 stopped working. I re-purchased it for the switch & recently finished it. It’s one of those games that I didn’t want to end.
Persona(l) story about me getting into the series: I went to the Japan in 2023 for my life-experience trip, one of my items that I bring from JP was Switch OLED. I was never convinced to buy this kind of portable console in my entire life (I never had also the PSP) so I started to check all the "best of" titles of Switch. As a regular PC and Xbox/PS player, I started getting into jrpgs (previously I played the FF7 on PSX only) - the first one was persona 5. I struggled much with conversations and interactions while playing, but after I noticed that my japanese skill level starts to get better I just felt totally to that kind of a game. The video is great done with explanations about the mechanics and gameplay, and I can say easily that that kind of a experience is for a small % of gamers. I still think that many people misunderstood JRPGs, but it's so cool that one day it can hit You like a stone with a new kind of a view for a video games. Love to persona, best greetings for an author 🥳🎇
THANK YOU. It's so refreshing to see a video about a game like this that isn't critical or hateful. But acknowledges what this game means to so many people
What I love about this Persona game is that this one is the one that hits home the most than the others since there are people like those antagonists in real life
I recently got into the Persona series and I'm enjoying it. It all started when I watched Persona 4, the animation, and quickly became interested in the franchise. After pre-ordering Persona 3 Reload in December 2023, I decided to give Persona 5 Strikers and Persona 5 Royal a try in early 2024. I was hooked and ended up playing the older Persona games, particularly 1 and 2, which I also loved despite their outdated graphics. My personal favourite Persona game is Innocent Sin, and I have a soft spot for characters like Tatsuya, Yusuke, and Eikichi. I'm looking forward to the release of Persona 6!
Theres very little "typical" about persona. Tales Of, or Final Fantasy 4 is a typical jrpg. Persona is a dating sim, wrapped in a pokemon collector, wrapped in a city walk sim, wrapped in a dungeon crawler.
I think a lot of Persona 5 success stems from the timing of when Atlus was bought out by Sega from their previous owners. Even when Index owned Atlus it never seemed like Atlus still ever got proper funding for some of their games often relying on exclusivity and and money from the likes of Nintendo and Sony who would pay for the exclusivity of their games. When Sega bought then they got a new parent company that actually cared about them, and I think it also helps Sega and Atlus have a pretty good history with eachother prior. I'd also argue if it wasnt for Sega the game likely would had not gotten a multi release across the ps3 and ps4 and like would had been only on ps3 and likely would had not gotten the exposure that it did
It's insane for me despite how popular and successful persona 5 got, there hasn't been a game that tries to replicate it at all, for all the 9 years I've been waiting for a game to try and make a social sim calendar system with a combat in between there hasn't been one game that tries to do this at all except persona.
@@JacobCruise I'm having my very high hopes up for Atlus, Persona 6 is the only game that could scratch my itch begging for more of this type of game 😭😭
This game is so great that I literally cannot bring myself to replay it. This is an issue I've never experienced with the rest of the heavy hitters in the franchise, including 3 and 4. Unfortunately, once you know the major plot points, it becomes quite the chore to go through everything again. Granted, you may want to experience the 3rd semester and Maruki's arc, but even then, like all major Atlus re-releases, Royal has been watered down in terms of difficulty so that's one point in favour of the original. On the flipside, my first playthrough was pure magic that I'll always remember. It was on an old version of rpcs3 that still had a lot of the usual glitches associated with the game on that emu (e.g. the blackened portraits during dialogue sections) and yet, it still kept me glued. It takes a pretty special and masterfully done game for that to happen. It's a bit like The Sixth Sense - amazing the first time around, but not nearly as good on subsequent views.
Honestly I believe the rise in popularity in anime at the time is what got people into it. Along with the last game being well received and the hype surrounding Persona 5 from hardcore fans. I had previously tried to get all my friends to try these games but they would always reject them as “weird anime games” until it started to get the nods for GOTY and IGN giving it a positive review
These are my favorite games in recent years: The Witcher 3, The Last Of Us, Red Dead Redemption 2, Uncharted 4... As you can tell, I have a preference in a certain genre, and yet Persona 5 got be hooked in a few hours and has become one of my favorites as well. I'm not into jrpgs, and that's saying something. Can't wait what they'll do with Persona 6
While I really like the game a lot. This entry set itself a part with how engaging the theme was as well as the way they did the dungeons. It was more like fighting back against the society that has put them down. So it was fascinating "You are a Slave, Want Emancipation" . I liked P3 and P4 main characters better. The social link characters of 5 were awesome and it flowed well with the plot. I don't like the milking of entries that Atlus does. Having lots of people setting really high expectations for 6 will be a challenge for them. Well as Hashino and his team not working on Persona now. So it be a challenge for the current Persona team.
I think you underestimated Naoto in this one. I think it go this way: wgen Akechi shows Naoto and Kanji Yosukes headphones Naoto could suspect Akechi then she could make up a plan with Rise and Kanji to take advantage of Adachis plan and ultimately win the fight. I also think that it would be mad funny if teddie didn't appear up until the end and maybe in a deciding moment he would be the one person who makes the investigation team the last one standing thus winning.
I’m big fan of Persona Games and Persona 5 is the one of my favorite game than 3 and 4. I bought: Persona 5 for PS4 (it was exclusive on PS4 before) Persona 5 for PS5 (Steelboox Edition) Persona 5 for Switch (Steelboox edition)
Learned of Persona through smash, and I am sooo glad I did. Honestly my favorite parts about the game aren't even the story or the actual combat, it's the music, the day to day tasks, even shit like the menus is incredibly done. This is coming from someone whose favorite games are Mario games, games which practically live off of gameplay, so the fact I enjoyed a game with considerably less focus on gameplay shows how good persona 5 is at least to me
You had to be there when all those secret marketing campaigns were happening. The marketing for the game was genius! Makes you feel like a real life Lupin III heist was happening in front of your eyes!
Persona 5 for me was way too long and had way too much fluff in between gameplay. But what really made me dislike this game was the way it completely turns on its own themes. The game claims to be about "rebellion" and "changing the system" but I've never felt more chained by societal expectations when playing this game, especially when interacting with these conservative acting teenagers. I get that this game takes place in Japan which doesn't share the same progressive views as the west, but then maybe Persona 5 just shouldn't have existed in the first place? The concept should have been done by developers who actually believe in the cause rather than people who didn't feel like taking the themes past fighting these uninspired one dimensional villains. If it wasn't for the soundtrack I'd regret playing this game. If you want a game that actually embodies the themes this game claims to, play NEO: Twewy instead. But if you enjoyed this game, I'm happy either way 😊
Good video, but a small note: on 5:12, the negotiation mechanic isn't a completely new method of obtaining Personas, as it already appeared in Persona 1 and 2, albeit very differently than how it is in 5: Persona 5's demon negotiations are a lot more watered-down and straightforward than 1 and 2's. I really like how funny and interesting the negotiations in the older games can get, but sometimes it's a pain to guess what a demon wants to hear, so overall I believe Atlus made the right call in making them significantly shorter and easier in 5. Honestly, I think that had Persona 5 used the systems present in 1 or 2, it might've have made battles more tedious for the general audience, and the game would've had a harder time breaking into the mainstream like it did.
My only issue with Persona 5 is that it catapulted my expectations for the series moving forward and im 100% sure Persona 6 is not gonna meet my expectations at all lol.
1:28 Persona 4 Golden released in 2012 for the PSVita. 2008 was the release year of the vanilla P4 on PS2. PSVita didn't exist in 2008. Also, P4G sold over 2 million copies after it released on PC in 2020. It presumably sold more after it was ported to more consoles later on. Vita was a failed console so I doubt it sold on it much. But it was basically THE game to get if you owned a Vita or a Vita system seller if you didn't already have one.
When you do your retrospective, make sure to consider how relevant the topics of game were/are. Teachers with students, money laundering, organized crime, and worker exploitation. The real reason this game spoke to me is that you could see the parallels to real world iddues that Atlus clearly had its fingers on the pulse of. Maybe not it's initial success, but its staying power is certainly based on the problems that still plague society to this day. Most have only become worse. Even if you haven't been personally impacted by some of these topics, likely, you know someone who has. Don't forget the main theme besides rebellion: Justice Good luck, and I look forward to your retrospective
P5 is a great game, I have over 200 hours into it (even thought I haven’t finished it yet). My favorite part of it is its critique is even more blatant than that of FF7.
7:39 I love this game but that's not actually why they included this disclaimer in P5. A lot of Atlus's games actually have this disclaimer because their games frequently take place in modern day Tokyo, so they put that disclaimer there to legally cover their asses in case some wise guy claims that Atlus is slandering them and sues them for it.
Persona started to branch off into its own series surpassing it’s original SMT since I’d say persona 4, and funnily enough persona 4 during it’s hayday began to phase out the SMT title. (As persona 1 was ibenroku/revelations: persona then got re-released to SMT: Persona, Persona 2 continues it with SMT: Persona 2 innocent sin and eternal punishment, Persona 3 had a few like SMT: Persona 3, FES, Portable and then Persona 4 had SMT: Persona 4 and then golden where after Persona 4 arena began to phase out the SMT title making persona it’s own series not living under SMT’s shadow (ey) and then Persona 4 dancing onto 5 and onward have never had any SMT title) and it’s weird for a spin-off of a spin-off to get spin-offs cause Megami Tensei (the name sake of MegaTen games) is a book series that got adapted to a game, then when atlus took over they gave the SHIN Megami Tensei a new coat of paint having it be very Christian focused and making God and Satan have a duel. Then SMT: IF came out with the very barebones blueprints of persona and people liked SMT: IF so then atlus made persona 1, very similar to SMT that it basically needed the title/subtitle of SMT and thus my statement before. Thank you all for seeing my uber nerdness and very weird borderline obsession with atlus and SMT/Persona.
One thing that should also be mentioned, without spoiling anything, is that the Royal part's writing is absolutely excellent - even surpassing the main game, which is great in itself. You are probably not a human being if you don't feel for the characters, or have conflicting thoughts about the questions being asked.
I played this game back when I was younger and it was fun for the first 100 hours and then I found myself thinking the story was dragged out a bit too much, I hit the 170 hour mark and finished it and I didn't really feel good about it, I felt more of a relief that I finished it and some enjoyment but most of it was gone because of the sheer length of it. Trying it again, and yup have no idea how nowadays people with a job and school would justify the game's length. I think that's the weakest part of the game and I know people say take breaks and go slow but at the same time it's like you're dragging it out from being a straight week long game to half a year and that's just not fun especially if you have other games you want to play. I think it was fun when I had more free time but nowadays it's better to just remember the first playthrough. Too much random dialogue and just too much to do which now as I am older find really annoying as I prefer a game focuses on one thing rather than try to add every possible feature to a game. At that point the game because busy work rather than an innovating game, yeah there's some people that will die on a cross and say these features are amazing, more power to ya. I started with P5 and ended with P3 and I have to say P4golden was PEAK P3R coming second, perfect pace, amazing music, and perfect length. I want to add that I don't hate the game, some characters were better than others, the music is PEAK, and some dialogue was just funny and interesting, I just feel the story was dragged and yes IK it's a jrpg but the length in these games comes from the grinding exp for a fight or farming for items, heck even the game+, it shouldn't be purely from an overstayed story.'
Ah man dammit we need persona 6 soon enough, been waiting for 6 years for it. But I do want them to take their time and not rush it. Good things take time to come after all
Its not just Atlus, its actually Sega pushing the studios to create good content. LAD is a perfect example of it too on when studios push quality over sales, you get greatness. Persona 3 Reload was an absolute joy to play, and someone who didn't play the original the remake was better than what Square did with FF16 or FF7 so far. Though some is still a struggle, for example SMT just isn't there in terms of popularity, or direction. I know a lot of people like it but to me just feels boring, but I think I'll give it shot again after the next Ys game.
If it wasn't for Katsura Hashino, Shogenori Soejima and Shoji Meguro, the Persona series would have probably gone nowhere. (Atlus would have went bankrupt also). The fact that the trio basically left the persona franchise for Metaphor ReFantazio makes me really cautious about the future of Persona and also way more interested in what Metaphor has to offer instead.
Persona 5 strikers tactica 5 phantom x and Q2 are all great games but it's time for Persona 6. I think P5 phantom x global release will be the last P5 game until P6 comes out. Thanks to all the P5 spin-offs and P3 reloads made by smaller teams, Atlus has had a lot of time to make P6, so P6 will probably be very good
The message behind Persona 5 isn't "believe in conspiracy theories", it's "Don't turn a blind eye when something is obviously wrong". Kamoshida is not subtle about his abuse; the problem isn't that he was good at hiding it, the problem was that no one cared enough to stand up and stop him. The principal refused to stop him because his own heart was distorted by the recognition Kamoshida was bringing, and the parents were more or less in the same boat because they believed Kamoshida's horrible treatment was worth their kids getting scholarships. Then there's Shido, who is a textbook fascist- He may be scheming behind the scenes but it should be painfully obvious to anyone that he's a bad guy just from how he acts in public. He acts like a cartoon villain that bullies teenagers in public and the average person just turns a blind eye to it. And this is how actual fascists act- Shido is very unsubtly based on the late Shinzo Abe, and compare him to how any fascist acted throughout history and it's pretty much a 1:1 comparison.
@@JacobCruise That's just a given. That doesn't mean that there can't be poorly thought out interpretations, though. I could say that Persona 5 is an allegory for how the Three Stooges are Christ-like figures, but that's complete nonsense. Just because you can have any interpretation you want doesn't mean those interpretations can't be flawed.
i loved persona 2,3,4 to death, but i can never get into p5, due to its massive size, the max i can give in one playthru is less than 80 hours, even games like The Witcher 3, Rebirth, Infinite Wealth, Elden Ring that's massive i can get it done in less tha 74 hours, cuz at one point on those game i said f--- it and skipped the side-quest/activities that i dont really want to finish
Persona 5 is easily one of the best game I’ve ever played. However, P5R is more complicated. I feel like the extra story at the end in P5R didn’t really do the previous story justice, the story should’ve ended where it ended. Akechi’s storyline could’ve been a lot better if he stayed the original ending. Also there’s Kasumi, I must say I dislike her a lot. Although her character looks cute, but first of all, her whole existence really felt empty and pointless to me apart from doing some fan service. And secondly, she felt like pushed a lot, which makes me who only wanna romance Haru or someone like me who only wants to romance certain characters really uncomfortable.
I would heavily disagree. I do think the theme, despite related to rebellion, is starky different from the original theme by deconstructing the desire of free will and grow when they give people pain. It's not like The Answer where the theme of accepting death is the same, but it explored the origin of each character's journey and deconstruct the determination they gained by experience new loss. But on its own, it's a emotional and somber story of accepting and grow from the tragedies and the flawed origin the characters endured and resolve to live in spite of the pain reality can bring. Kasumi's story is a great representation of Royal theme, when she's a victim of painful life, unable to accept and grow past her life until she learned to be accept herself as an individual and resolve to live as herself. It's also explore the moral ambiguity behind the final villain's action as despite his action and goal is no different from Yaldabaoth, his motive is driven by his empathy and genuine care, while Yaldabaoth's motive is driven purely out of malice and apathy.
@@MinhLe19303 u made a good point, I can see where u coming from. But I would still disagree, reason being that if you think about it. The gang literally defeated the false god which created by humanity’s common will to save the world, then certainly like ‘boom, Maruki came out and made everyone back to the beginning again’. We can all agree the main theme about the story was growing up in rebellion, and by that, at the end we could see that the society had finally wake up and answer their calling, which means that humanity as a whole has grown into a greater self. However, the third semester was like calling all of that never happened, and it really gave me a mix feeling about it. Also about Kasumi, I feel like she didn’t change much from beginning to end. Like, even at the end, she’s still hanging up her hair like her elder sister did, so it really doesn’t seem like she actually grows from her past like the rest of the phantom team. I guess you would make a good point if they actually show that she changes something at the end. Also her outfit is also another reason that’s bothering me, I think one of the best part of every individual in phantom team is the element to showcase their will to make farewell to their past, which translates to their very unique personality of rebellion, and they reflect to their outfits. Kasumi on the other hand, she only has a replica of joker’s outfit, which makes her rebellion and character really empty and unnecessary to me. Anyway, thanks for your commenting. English is not my first language so it is pretty hard to explain everything, so I really hope you can understand what I’m trying to say.
@@MinhLe19303 with that said, I do agree that Maruki is a great villain tho if not the best in P5R. It’s just that his arc feels kinda awkwardly located. If they didn’t make the false god such a great scale wise event, maybe Maruki’s arc would make a lot more sense.
It became SO ANNOYING. you could clearly tell who was new to persona or SMT because as much as people put the cape on for 5 while vets like myself know the 2 duology and 3 are the best ones, there is a difference between persona fans and persona 5 fans.
For many years the Persona series prevented me from giving Final Fantasy a try. Now that I got my Persona fix, and Metaphor coming up, going to finally give Final Fantasy Vii remke a try. When i saw the Anime real like graphics i kept saying to myself, how long we gotta wait intil we get Persona 8 with Hyper Anime Graphics.
I hope that Persona wouldn't go into the "realistic anime" artistic approach. Persona games have always been known for their focus on distinct art styles and unique aesthetics, and I feel like making the characters look like real life anime would take away from the games' charm.
P5 suscess is more of the fact the game is different for a lot of rpgs of the time and everything you do have impact of gameplay than a lot of rpgs of 2010.
First time i heard about Persona was when Joker was announced for Smash, i was thinking Who the f.. is this guy? couple years later they released the game on Xbox Gamepass and i decided to try it.. and it had me hooked quickly! i ended up beating the game after many hours, and then thought.. let's try Persona 4.. but i ended up leaving it cause i needed a break from Persona. fast forward Persona 3 reload got released on Xbox Gamepass.. and it got me hooked quickly too! i really enjoyed 3R & P5R so much. i will buy the 4th game too and probably love it aswell.
bro I thouth it was going to be an in-depth analyis how P5 beame this successful but you just listed off some pros what the average Persona fan likes about Persona. It's like asking fan what they like about it and then just take the argument and present it as proof to it's success.
@@JacobCruise what you essentially did was just saying: - good music - good story - good visuals If you ask a persona fan what they like about Persona they will say the exact same thing. You have no hard evidence as to how it became this successful. If you do an analysis you have to have some tangible data for the viewer and show the correlation between the data and the game's success.
@@JacobCruise sorry it came off negatively but I was hopping to get some real analysis done as how it got successful. Your arguments just don't prove anything bc it can be easily disproven that a good game with good music, gameplay, story doesn't necessarily make a game successful. Look at all the good indie games which have all the requirements fulfilled but they aren't going to be as successful as any AAA game even if they are garbage. If I had had to guess then it comes down to marketing bc all the executives spend at least the same amount of money on marketing as on development. They heavily rely on the people to play the game to begin with. It doesn't matter if the game is good if nobody plays it so marketing is essential to a game's success.
I couldn't finish Persona 5, the pace is awful. Shin Megami Tensei is where you get the stuff only without all the socialising stuff. All mainline SMT games are awesome. I especially liked Strange Journey, Nocturne and V: Vengeance
@@JacobCruise I was always intrigued by my sibling playing the shin megami series and so for one Christmas they bought me p3 and I’ve never looked back
even the persona 5 is success or not, im still persona fan core since my first persona game in 2008, that is Persona 3 Fes. since then whenever Atlus bullshit come i buy it XD
I adore this game, but the fact that there was never a big group hug with all of the Phantom Thieves is criminal
@@Swadiy FACTS
They did do a lot group cheers, parties and a lot of group photos altogether.
Criminal? Did you say…criminal? Like those rotten adults?
I think one of the great things about the theme is that it used the fact that the main cast are teenagers more than previous entries
Teenagers have alot of energy and rebellious spirit compared to other ages
@@mennaiphone7306 facts
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This was my first Persona game, I've never even heard of the series until Joker was added to Smash Bros, now I love it, I played both the base game as well as Royal, then I played Persona 3 Reload, and now I'm playing Persona 4 Golden, I really hope the first two games get brought over to modern consoles
@@riftshredder5438 Me 2!!!
...WELL,I actually LOOKED ON THIS VERY SUSPICIOUSLY BECAUSE OF *_MARA_*
..WAS SURPRISED PLEASANTLY,THO
...YUP,ABOUT IT'S JUST A SHADOW AND ACTUALLY DOES NOTHING
...BUT....SURPRISE CAME ABOUT IT'S POTENCY IS THE SAME OF... *_TRUGUN 1998/ELFEN LIED/SPEED GRAPHER_* .......SO APPROVED IMMEDIATELY
I feel like people hate on it because it's a really really good game, that's kind of pathetic lol
This is true
People hate p5 for being more famous than their favorite game, which this will change when p6 get released.
@@samuelmachado8330yes
no its just that the gameplay is completely dogshit, game falls off when futabas palace starts, which really sucks because the game was my favourite before futaba's palace started
@@Millx Bait used to be believable
i still believe that The game awards was the year for JRPG. The game of the year 2017 was a fight between Persona 5 and Breath of the wild(Copium)
Botw sucked compared to persona 5 imo, for a legend of zelda game the story was EH gameplay was ehhhhhh and it wasnt even linear like the rest of the zelda games, it was Good, just not a legend of zelda game really
@@loganziegenhagen3646breath of the wild was incredible even if p5 was my favorite game of all time. Breath of the wilds open world is perfect only beaten by totk
@@loganziegenhagen3646 you can thank all the skyward sword haters for criticizing the gameplay. Zelda was about exploration from the zelda 1 and snes games. Also don't act like persona 5 is perfect. The amount of interruptions and unnecessary cutscenes and story dragging on for far too long is honestly such a deal breaker. You'd think the game ends when the story catches up to the present but nope out of the blue a new baddie shoe horned in and just so happens to be the first bad guy u meet. Wow 👌 aMaZiNG sToRy TeLliNg
@@liamdoes8580 I agreed up until you said TotK was better lol. TotK had such massive padding issues
@@tbnwontpop8857 I just think totk has a better open world, it has everything botw had + zonai devices. In every other aspect I prefer botw but the open world is a straight upgrade for totk
I remember reading somewhere that the 2,000,000 copies that Persona 4 Golden sold was a combined amount with the Vita, plus when it was released on Steam in 2020 (three years after Persona 5’s international release). There’s also the fact that the PS Vita only sold 10,000,000 units worldwide, so that number sounds insanely high for that one console in particular.
11:13 partially correct, Sakurai has always been a fan of the saga and always wanted to introduce a Persona character in Smash, he could by taking advantage of the popularity of Persona 5
@@LeonCrow09 Yep
Persona 5 is me and my friends best game of all time, and from time to time we have long discussions about this game and what its done to the world, truly a masterpiece this game got my friends into games same as my sister
Awesome!!
You should try the xenoblade series too especially 2 and 3
Play disco elysium
@@troysean9377ON GOD!!!! Xenoblade is my Favourite game franchise of all time, two of their games are in my top 5. 2 and 3, 1 isn’t as good as them but it is still amazing!!!
@@Kneuma434 right? 2 is the best for me. too bad it's a nintendo exclusive. I would love seeing it in high def on high end console/pc.
Expectations is what derails a game's real charm. Think of the recent Hollow Knight controversy with no news of Silksong for years. The expectations for Persona 6 are massive.
About Persona 5, though, this game has actually grown into its own franchise as you say. The spin-offs (which I haven't played but found out there were A LOT of them) work to expand the lore and characterization of the main cast. There's something in all of these kids that you LOVE instantly. Maybe deep down we've all been in that spot: being taken advantage of by someone "more powerful" than ourselves, but we couldn't manage to gather the courage to face them off.
I'm currently playing the Royal version for Nintendo Switch and, I need to say it, having it in portable mode anytime and anywhere is AMAZING. One of the most empathic stories I've experienced and one I'm looking forward to play to its fullest (as possible). I'm getting at least the direct two sequels, Strikers and Tactica, to experience more of this side of Japan that I've grown to love so much
My very first persona game. I played Royal for the first time a few months ago. And man. What a game. Landed in my top 5 favorites of all time. 135 hours to get the true ending and I still miss it now that it’s all said and done.
Every part of the cast is unique and has their quirks. The game ooozes with funk and style with the soundtrack and visuals. I have never played anything like it before in my life and I have over 200,000 G’s on Xbox. It’s truly special and will always have a place in my heart. Can’t wait to play Persona 3 Reload!
Reload is really good!!
@@JacobCruise I can’t wait. Just need to find time to commit to it like I did royal cus damn are these games long
@@zukinu12skinnyp4PLEASE PLAY RELOAD!!! In my opinion at least, Reload is WAYYYYY better than Royal, not to say that Royal isn’t bad, no no, Royal is still in my top ten favourite games of all time. Reload is also much faster to finish, in about 70 hours I think? It is my third favourite game of all time as of right now, behind Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Dragon Quest 11 S
Persona. A game that I’ve clocked in over 500 hours on the whole series I can fully say that it has changed not just my life but others. This video really just shows why this game is that good and why people should play it (as of writing this I am currently playing persona 5 royal on my ng+)
....I think I like Persona more than Pokemon....
The stories go beyond anything I've ever played, they hook you.
And it's almost impossible to see everything during one playthrough.
Persona 6 is going to be huge.
YES!!!
IMO pokemon is shallow compared to persona.
@@DanDonDanDom quite
it is actually impossible to see everything in one playthrough.
which is why i keep playing this game, and i still don’t get bored
@@giganticmoon yep!!
When Persona 5 came out I literally fell in love. It had been so long before I played a very good RPG game like this. The story, music, characters, boss, and overall them is just top notch. I remember have to set aside a whole week to just finish the game because I was just trying to do all the side quest.
Play disco Elysium
This was such a damn good explanation on why the game stands out, and why it's so good for what it tries to show, instead of just talking about stuff everyone knows. Thank you for such a good video. You've earned my subscription, and a like.
Thank you !!!
Also, the ✨️noir aesthetics✨️ Noir isn't really common in the anime/jrpg sphere, and this aesthetic really made p5 stand out. Paired with the jazz ost, it's just *chef's kiss*
Bought this game on ps4 a few years ago but didn’t get to finish it since my ps4 stopped working. I re-purchased it for the switch & recently finished it. It’s one of those games that I didn’t want to end.
Now u gotta get persona 3 with the dlc coming out September
@@Fujihanaanot on switch
@@DeathByAnvil I didn’t even notice he was talkin about that
Persona(l) story about me getting into the series:
I went to the Japan in 2023 for my life-experience trip, one of my items that I bring from JP was Switch OLED. I was never convinced to buy this kind of portable console in my entire life (I never had also the PSP) so I started to check all the "best of" titles of Switch. As a regular PC and Xbox/PS player, I started getting into jrpgs (previously I played the FF7 on PSX only) - the first one was persona 5. I struggled much with conversations and interactions while playing, but after I noticed that my japanese skill level starts to get better I just felt totally to that kind of a game.
The video is great done with explanations about the mechanics and gameplay, and I can say easily that that kind of a experience is for a small % of gamers. I still think that many people misunderstood JRPGs, but it's so cool that one day it can hit You like a stone with a new kind of a view for a video games.
Love to persona, best greetings for an author 🥳🎇
3:05
"Damn brat, I'll sue!"
Damn sue, I'll brat!
In Persona 5, the Jazz is a unique type of Jazz that you've never heard. There are a bunch of bangers that can barely be called Jazz
It’s a great game it definitely has flaws but the great things overshadow it atleast for me
THANK YOU. It's so refreshing to see a video about a game like this that isn't critical or hateful. But acknowledges what this game means to so many people
That was my goal!! I’m glad you like this :)
this game is peak.
one of my only things i dislike about this game is that some of the writing is…interesting, but the rest of it is amazing
The MUSIC was the biggest reason for the success it is LIFE CHANGING
What I love about this Persona game is that this one is the one that hits home the most than the others since there are people like those antagonists in real life
I recently got into the Persona series and I'm enjoying it. It all started when I watched Persona 4, the animation, and quickly became interested in the franchise. After pre-ordering Persona 3 Reload in December 2023, I decided to give Persona 5 Strikers and Persona 5 Royal a try in early 2024. I was hooked and ended up playing the older Persona games, particularly 1 and 2, which I also loved despite their outdated graphics. My personal favourite Persona game is Innocent Sin, and I have a soft spot for characters like Tatsuya, Yusuke, and Eikichi.
I'm looking forward to the release of Persona 6!
Theres very little "typical" about persona. Tales Of, or Final Fantasy 4 is a typical jrpg. Persona is a dating sim, wrapped in a pokemon collector, wrapped in a city walk sim, wrapped in a dungeon crawler.
Smash bros introduced me to the persona series and I couldn’t have been any more grateful
I think a lot of Persona 5 success stems from the timing of when Atlus was bought out by Sega from their previous owners. Even when Index owned Atlus it never seemed like Atlus still ever got proper funding for some of their games often relying on exclusivity and and money from the likes of Nintendo and Sony who would pay for the exclusivity of their games.
When Sega bought then they got a new parent company that actually cared about them, and I think it also helps Sega and Atlus have a pretty good history with eachother prior. I'd also argue if it wasnt for Sega the game likely would had not gotten a multi release across the ps3 and ps4 and like would had been only on ps3 and likely would had not gotten the exposure that it did
Just a correction at 1:27 Persona 4 Golden came out for Vita in 2012 :)
Rahhhhh thanks
It's insane for me despite how popular and successful persona 5 got, there hasn't been a game that tries to replicate it at all, for all the 9 years I've been waiting for a game to try and make a social sim calendar system with a combat in between there hasn't been one game that tries to do this at all except persona.
@@user-ot8wl7oh9s facts!
@@JacobCruise I'm having my very high hopes up for Atlus, Persona 6 is the only game that could scratch my itch begging for more of this type of game 😭😭
I mean didn’t three houses try to?
This game is so great that I literally cannot bring myself to replay it. This is an issue I've never experienced with the rest of the heavy hitters in the franchise, including 3 and 4. Unfortunately, once you know the major plot points, it becomes quite the chore to go through everything again. Granted, you may want to experience the 3rd semester and Maruki's arc, but even then, like all major Atlus re-releases, Royal has been watered down in terms of difficulty so that's one point in favour of the original.
On the flipside, my first playthrough was pure magic that I'll always remember. It was on an old version of rpcs3 that still had a lot of the usual glitches associated with the game on that emu (e.g. the blackened portraits during dialogue sections) and yet, it still kept me glued. It takes a pretty special and masterfully done game for that to happen. It's a bit like The Sixth Sense - amazing the first time around, but not nearly as good on subsequent views.
Honestly I believe the rise in popularity in anime at the time is what got people into it. Along with the last game being well received and the hype surrounding Persona 5 from hardcore fans. I had previously tried to get all my friends to try these games but they would always reject them as “weird anime games” until it started to get the nods for GOTY and IGN giving it a positive review
@@eduardonava257 this is another good point
Ewh only play because the those media say it's good
These are my favorite games in recent years: The Witcher 3, The Last Of Us, Red Dead Redemption 2, Uncharted 4...
As you can tell, I have a preference in a certain genre, and yet Persona 5 got be hooked in a few hours and has become one of my favorites as well. I'm not into jrpgs, and that's saying something.
Can't wait what they'll do with Persona 6
While I really like the game a lot.
This entry set itself a part with how engaging the theme was as well as the way they did the dungeons. It was more like fighting back against the society that has put them down.
So it was fascinating "You are a Slave, Want Emancipation" . I liked P3 and P4 main characters better. The social link characters of 5 were awesome and it flowed well with the plot.
I don't like the milking of entries that Atlus does. Having lots of people setting really high expectations for 6 will be a challenge for them. Well as Hashino and his team not working on Persona now. So it be a challenge for the current Persona team.
Well, duh, it's the best piece of media and art ever created in the history of humanity, no wonder it got so successful
I think you underestimated Naoto in this one. I think it go this way: wgen Akechi shows Naoto and Kanji Yosukes headphones Naoto could suspect Akechi then she could make up a plan with Rise and Kanji to take advantage of Adachis plan and ultimately win the fight. I also think that it would be mad funny if teddie didn't appear up until the end and maybe in a deciding moment he would be the one person who makes the investigation team the last one standing thus winning.
i got persona 5 because i saw it at target and thought it looked cool i had no idea it was gonna be so good
1:28, might have been just some sort of typo mistake on your end, but P4G came out in 2012, though the original PS2 version of P4 released in 2008.
I’m big fan of Persona Games and Persona 5 is the one of my favorite game than 3 and 4.
I bought:
Persona 5 for PS4 (it was exclusive on PS4 before)
Persona 5 for PS5 (Steelboox Edition)
Persona 5 for Switch (Steelboox edition)
Learned of Persona through smash, and I am sooo glad I did. Honestly my favorite parts about the game aren't even the story or the actual combat, it's the music, the day to day tasks, even shit like the menus is incredibly done. This is coming from someone whose favorite games are Mario games, games which practically live off of gameplay, so the fact I enjoyed a game with considerably less focus on gameplay shows how good persona 5 is at least to me
You had to be there when all those secret marketing campaigns were happening. The marketing for the game was genius! Makes you feel like a real life Lupin III heist was happening in front of your eyes!
i like how there are spin-offs of the spin-off games
Playing persona5 royal while watching this video its a very interesting thing I do rn
Persona 5 for me was way too long and had way too much fluff in between gameplay. But what really made me dislike this game was the way it completely turns on its own themes. The game claims to be about "rebellion" and "changing the system" but I've never felt more chained by societal expectations when playing this game, especially when interacting with these conservative acting teenagers. I get that this game takes place in Japan which doesn't share the same progressive views as the west, but then maybe Persona 5 just shouldn't have existed in the first place? The concept should have been done by developers who actually believe in the cause rather than people who didn't feel like taking the themes past fighting these uninspired one dimensional villains. If it wasn't for the soundtrack I'd regret playing this game. If you want a game that actually embodies the themes this game claims to, play NEO: Twewy instead.
But if you enjoyed this game, I'm happy either way 😊
whats wrong with p5 messages ?
i don’t know how people can say that the gameplay isn’t anything special. P4 had the worst dungeons I’ve ever played
great video, deserves more views
Thank you!!!
Good video, but a small note: on 5:12, the negotiation mechanic isn't a completely new method of obtaining Personas, as it already appeared in Persona 1 and 2, albeit very differently than how it is in 5: Persona 5's demon negotiations are a lot more watered-down and straightforward than 1 and 2's. I really like how funny and interesting the negotiations in the older games can get, but sometimes it's a pain to guess what a demon wants to hear, so overall I believe Atlus made the right call in making them significantly shorter and easier in 5. Honestly, I think that had Persona 5 used the systems present in 1 or 2, it might've have made battles more tedious for the general audience, and the game would've had a harder time breaking into the mainstream like it did.
My only issue with Persona 5 is that it catapulted my expectations for the series moving forward and im 100% sure Persona 6 is not gonna meet my expectations at all lol.
Persona 6 is gonna be better
1:28 Persona 4 Golden released in 2012 for the PSVita. 2008 was the release year of the vanilla P4 on PS2. PSVita didn't exist in 2008.
Also, P4G sold over 2 million copies after it released on PC in 2020. It presumably sold more after it was ported to more consoles later on. Vita was a failed console so I doubt it sold on it much. But it was basically THE game to get if you owned a Vita or a Vita system seller if you didn't already have one.
When you do your retrospective, make sure to consider how relevant the topics of game were/are. Teachers with students, money laundering, organized crime, and worker exploitation. The real reason this game spoke to me is that you could see the parallels to real world iddues that Atlus clearly had its fingers on the pulse of. Maybe not it's initial success, but its staying power is certainly based on the problems that still plague society to this day. Most have only become worse. Even if you haven't been personally impacted by some of these topics, likely, you know someone who has. Don't forget the main theme besides rebellion:
Justice
Good luck, and I look forward to your retrospective
Thanks for the tips!!
I've been waiting for this!
P5 is a great game, I have over 200 hours into it (even thought I haven’t finished it yet). My favorite part of it is its critique is even more blatant than that of FF7.
Youre gonna love disco elysium
@@Someone_adachi I watched award acceptance speech.
This is the only game I've gotten 100% achievements on PC
they really made a game about my life
This game does have some real and apparent problems, but a lot of people seem to undersell how good it is because it's so mainstream
7:39 I love this game but that's not actually why they included this disclaimer in P5. A lot of Atlus's games actually have this disclaimer because their games frequently take place in modern day Tokyo, so they put that disclaimer there to legally cover their asses in case some wise guy claims that Atlus is slandering them and sues them for it.
obv
...WELL,IT actually REPRESENTING REAL STATE OF SOCIETY VERY ACCURATELY
...BUT STILL...LOTS OF PPL DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT
Persona started to branch off into its own series surpassing it’s original SMT since I’d say persona 4, and funnily enough persona 4 during it’s hayday began to phase out the SMT title. (As persona 1 was ibenroku/revelations: persona then got re-released to SMT: Persona, Persona 2 continues it with SMT: Persona 2 innocent sin and eternal punishment, Persona 3 had a few like SMT: Persona 3, FES, Portable and then Persona 4 had SMT: Persona 4 and then golden where after Persona 4 arena began to phase out the SMT title making persona it’s own series not living under SMT’s shadow (ey) and then Persona 4 dancing onto 5 and onward have never had any SMT title) and it’s weird for a spin-off of a spin-off to get spin-offs cause Megami Tensei (the name sake of MegaTen games) is a book series that got adapted to a game, then when atlus took over they gave the SHIN Megami Tensei a new coat of paint having it be very Christian focused and making God and Satan have a duel. Then SMT: IF came out with the very barebones blueprints of persona and people liked SMT: IF so then atlus made persona 1, very similar to SMT that it basically needed the title/subtitle of SMT and thus my statement before. Thank you all for seeing my uber nerdness and very weird borderline obsession with atlus and SMT/Persona.
😁
God and Lucifer*
Also the book series name is digital devil story
One thing that should also be mentioned, without spoiling anything, is that the Royal part's writing is absolutely excellent - even surpassing the main game, which is great in itself.
You are probably not a human being if you don't feel for the characters, or have conflicting thoughts about the questions being asked.
I played this game back when I was younger and it was fun for the first 100 hours and then I found myself thinking the story was dragged out a bit too much, I hit the 170 hour mark and finished it and I didn't really feel good about it, I felt more of a relief that I finished it and some enjoyment but most of it was gone because of the sheer length of it. Trying it again, and yup have no idea how nowadays people with a job and school would justify the game's length. I think that's the weakest part of the game and I know people say take breaks and go slow but at the same time it's like you're dragging it out from being a straight week long game to half a year and that's just not fun especially if you have other games you want to play. I think it was fun when I had more free time but nowadays it's better to just remember the first playthrough. Too much random dialogue and just too much to do which now as I am older find really annoying as I prefer a game focuses on one thing rather than try to add every possible feature to a game. At that point the game because busy work rather than an innovating game, yeah there's some people that will die on a cross and say these features are amazing, more power to ya. I started with P5 and ended with P3 and I have to say P4golden was PEAK P3R coming second, perfect pace, amazing music, and perfect length.
I want to add that I don't hate the game, some characters were better than others, the music is PEAK, and some dialogue was just funny and interesting, I just feel the story was dragged and yes IK it's a jrpg but the length in these games comes from the grinding exp for a fight or farming for items, heck even the game+, it shouldn't be purely from an overstayed story.'
Ah man dammit we need persona 6 soon enough, been waiting for 6 years for it. But I do want them to take their time and not rush it. Good things take time to come after all
Short Answer: Its peak. Absolute Cinema. Best game ever made by far.
Its not just Atlus, its actually Sega pushing the studios to create good content. LAD is a perfect example of it too on when studios push quality over sales, you get greatness. Persona 3 Reload was an absolute joy to play, and someone who didn't play the original the remake was better than what Square did with FF16 or FF7 so far.
Though some is still a struggle, for example SMT just isn't there in terms of popularity, or direction. I know a lot of people like it but to me just feels boring, but I think I'll give it shot again after the next Ys game.
If it wasn't for Katsura Hashino, Shogenori Soejima and Shoji Meguro, the Persona series would have probably gone nowhere. (Atlus would have went bankrupt also). The fact that the trio basically left the persona franchise for Metaphor ReFantazio makes me really cautious about the future of Persona and also way more interested in what Metaphor has to offer instead.
@@arvox1417 Those three individuals almost seem to reflect the Dream Team of Chrono Trigger: Yuji Horii, Hironobu Sakaguchi, and Akira Toriyama.
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WE DONT KNOW WHAT PERSONA 1 AND 2 IS
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The real reason it became popular was none of that it was memes and social media.
Persona 5 strikers tactica 5 phantom x and Q2 are all great games but it's time for Persona 6. I think P5 phantom x global release will be the last P5 game until P6 comes out. Thanks to all the P5 spin-offs and P3 reloads made by smaller teams, Atlus has had a lot of time to make P6, so P6 will probably be very good
Yep!
P6 and P4Rewind is all I'm praying for🙏
@@quan2386honestly persona 4 is still easily playable these days. I completed it last year and i still absolutely loved the game and the whole vibe.
@@quan2386You mean Persona 4 Remake?
The message behind Persona 5 isn't "believe in conspiracy theories", it's "Don't turn a blind eye when something is obviously wrong". Kamoshida is not subtle about his abuse; the problem isn't that he was good at hiding it, the problem was that no one cared enough to stand up and stop him. The principal refused to stop him because his own heart was distorted by the recognition Kamoshida was bringing, and the parents were more or less in the same boat because they believed Kamoshida's horrible treatment was worth their kids getting scholarships.
Then there's Shido, who is a textbook fascist- He may be scheming behind the scenes but it should be painfully obvious to anyone that he's a bad guy just from how he acts in public. He acts like a cartoon villain that bullies teenagers in public and the average person just turns a blind eye to it. And this is how actual fascists act- Shido is very unsubtly based on the late Shinzo Abe, and compare him to how any fascist acted throughout history and it's pretty much a 1:1 comparison.
The message behind persona 5 is however the player interprets it to be.
@@JacobCruise That's just a given. That doesn't mean that there can't be poorly thought out interpretations, though. I could say that Persona 5 is an allegory for how the Three Stooges are Christ-like figures, but that's complete nonsense. Just because you can have any interpretation you want doesn't mean those interpretations can't be flawed.
awesome video. God bless you brother ❤
@@RUBS0311 thank you!
Best rpg game
More pls
@@OfficialToddStams OK
i loved persona 2,3,4 to death, but i can never get into p5, due to its massive size, the max i can give in one playthru is less than 80 hours, even games like The Witcher 3, Rebirth, Infinite Wealth, Elden Ring that's massive i can get it done in less tha 74 hours, cuz at one point on those game i said f--- it and skipped the side-quest/activities that i dont really want to finish
Persona 5 is easily one of the best game I’ve ever played. However, P5R is more complicated. I feel like the extra story at the end in P5R didn’t really do the previous story justice, the story should’ve ended where it ended. Akechi’s storyline could’ve been a lot better if he stayed the original ending.
Also there’s Kasumi, I must say I dislike her a lot. Although her character looks cute, but first of all, her whole existence really felt empty and pointless to me apart from doing some fan service.
And secondly, she felt like pushed a lot, which makes me who only wanna romance Haru or someone like me who only wants to romance certain characters really uncomfortable.
I would heavily disagree. I do think the theme, despite related to rebellion, is starky different from the original theme by deconstructing the desire of free will and grow when they give people pain. It's not like The Answer where the theme of accepting death is the same, but it explored the origin of each character's journey and deconstruct the determination they gained by experience new loss.
But on its own, it's a emotional and somber story of accepting and grow from the tragedies and the flawed origin the characters endured and resolve to live in spite of the pain reality can bring. Kasumi's story is a great representation of Royal theme, when she's a victim of painful life, unable to accept and grow past her life until she learned to be accept herself as an individual and resolve to live as herself. It's also explore the moral ambiguity behind the final villain's action as despite his action and goal is no different from Yaldabaoth, his motive is driven by his empathy and genuine care, while Yaldabaoth's motive is driven purely out of malice and apathy.
@@MinhLe19303 u made a good point, I can see where u coming from. But I would still disagree, reason being that if you think about it. The gang literally defeated the false god which created by humanity’s common will to save the world, then certainly like ‘boom, Maruki came out and made everyone back to the beginning again’.
We can all agree the main theme about the story was growing up in rebellion, and by that, at the end we could see that the society had finally wake up and answer their calling, which means that humanity as a whole has grown into a greater self. However, the third semester was like calling all of that never happened, and it really gave me a mix feeling about it.
Also about Kasumi, I feel like she didn’t change much from beginning to end. Like, even at the end, she’s still hanging up her hair like her elder sister did, so it really doesn’t seem like she actually grows from her past like the rest of the phantom team. I guess you would make a good point if they actually show that she changes something at the end. Also her outfit is also another reason that’s bothering me, I think one of the best part of every individual in phantom team is the element to showcase their will to make farewell to their past, which translates to their very unique personality of rebellion, and they reflect to their outfits. Kasumi on the other hand, she only has a replica of joker’s outfit, which makes her rebellion and character really empty and unnecessary to me.
Anyway, thanks for your commenting. English is not my first language so it is pretty hard to explain everything, so I really hope you can understand what I’m trying to say.
@@MinhLe19303 with that said, I do agree that Maruki is a great villain tho if not the best in P5R. It’s just that his arc feels kinda awkwardly located. If they didn’t make the false god such a great scale wise event, maybe Maruki’s arc would make a lot more sense.
It became SO ANNOYING. you could clearly tell who was new to persona or SMT because as much as people put the cape on for 5 while vets like myself know the 2 duology and 3 are the best ones, there is a difference between persona fans and persona 5 fans.
Every single game should have the love and care that this game had then there would not be so many bad games out there.
Persona 5 Royal is brilliant. I hope they release P6 soon (fingers crossed for a 2025 trailer)
2015 😔
@@JacobCruise 2025**
For many years the Persona series prevented me from giving Final Fantasy a try. Now that I got my Persona fix, and Metaphor coming up, going to finally give Final Fantasy Vii remke a try. When i saw the Anime real like graphics i kept saying to myself, how long we gotta wait intil we get Persona 8 with Hyper Anime Graphics.
I hope that Persona wouldn't go into the "realistic anime" artistic approach. Persona games have always been known for their focus on distinct art styles and unique aesthetics, and I feel like making the characters look like real life anime would take away from the games' charm.
You'll have a blast with FF7R, haven't played rebirth but Remake is absolutely fantastic.
You did great job with color correction. Can i have your config?
Thanks! Hit me up on discord or somethin, my links are in the description. I should be able to help you out
It's pokemon but good and jazzy. What's not to like
Anime cutscenes ❤
Thanks to Atlus and Sony
Persona 5 dev ( game play) fans: ehhhh .... persona 5 dev ( you can get a girlfriend ( fans : GAME OF THE YEAR!!!!!!)
Do a video on Nier: Automata
P5 suscess is more of the fact the game is different for a lot of rpgs of the time and everything you do have impact of gameplay than a lot of rpgs of 2010.
this is true
W Morgana idc
First time i heard about Persona was when Joker was announced for Smash, i was thinking Who the f.. is this guy? couple years later they released the game on Xbox Gamepass and i decided to try it.. and it had me hooked quickly! i ended up beating the game after many hours, and then thought.. let's try Persona 4.. but i ended up leaving it cause i needed a break from Persona. fast forward Persona 3 reload got released on Xbox Gamepass.. and it got me hooked quickly too! i really enjoyed 3R & P5R so much. i will buy the 4th game too and probably love it aswell.
Persona.
Persona!!!
bro I thouth it was going to be an in-depth analyis how P5 beame this successful but you just listed off some pros what the average Persona fan likes about Persona. It's like asking fan what they like about it and then just take the argument and present it as proof to it's success.
@@jozsefkimberly3920 Bro what
@@JacobCruise what you essentially did was just saying:
- good music
- good story
- good visuals
If you ask a persona fan what they like about Persona they will say the exact same thing. You have no hard evidence as to how it became this successful. If you do an analysis you have to have some tangible data for the viewer and show the correlation between the data and the game's success.
@@jozsefkimberly3920 I just wanted to make a video about my favorite game :(
@@JacobCruise sorry it came off negatively but I was hopping to get some real analysis done as how it got successful. Your arguments just don't prove anything bc it can be easily disproven that a good game with good music, gameplay, story doesn't necessarily make a game successful. Look at all the good indie games which have all the requirements fulfilled but they aren't going to be as successful as any AAA game even if they are garbage. If I had had to guess then it comes down to marketing bc all the executives spend at least the same amount of money on marketing as on development. They heavily rely on the people to play the game to begin with. It doesn't matter if the game is good if nobody plays it so marketing is essential to a game's success.
Fatlus can't stop milking it
What about Persona 1,2,3,4
@@JungLeVeinZ Bros asking the hard hitting questions (we will discuss those over time)
3 reload deep throat,4 gold the goat,5 casino royal
I couldn't finish Persona 5, the pace is awful. Shin Megami Tensei is where you get the stuff only without all the socialising stuff. All mainline SMT games are awesome. I especially liked Strange Journey, Nocturne and V: Vengeance
i fw socializing heavy
My first persona game was p3 and it got me stuck on the franchise
p3 super cool
@@JacobCruise I was always intrigued by my sibling playing the shin megami series and so for one Christmas they bought me p3 and I’ve never looked back
makoto
@@itsjtero Need
Persona 6 hard rock or Rock 🤷🏾♂️ 👀
Metal even
@@JacobCruiseEDM maybe
even the persona 5 is success or not, im still persona fan core since my first persona game in 2008, that is Persona 3 Fes. since then whenever Atlus bullshit come i buy it XD
LOL
Meow
Besides annoying few dungeons its a good game
The only annoying dungeon is okumura's
@@asmabalaska2428mementos as a whole ain’t great compared to the rest of the game especially
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