A student placed under probation in Tokyo in suspicion of assault discovers the ability to steal people's twisted desires with the help of his Persona in the Metaverse, a manifestation of people's collective minds.
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A high school student who transfers to a new school after being falsely accused of assault and put on probation awakens to the special power of the Persona, forming a group of secret vigilantes known as the Phantom Thieves of Hearts with his new friends. Over the course of a school year, they explore the Metaverse, a supernatural realm born from humanity's subconscious desires, to steal malevolent intent from the hearts of adults.
A case study in style over substance, not helped by a grating localization. Doesn't know what to do with its themes of oppression or societal pressure, and is muddled as a result.
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Without a doubt one of my all time favorite playthroughs, sure it has flaws with a very slow start, melodramatic arcs and a few voice lines that get way too annoying throughout, even so persona 5 is a masterpiece and a game that has defined what a RPG is and should strive to be like quality wise. (8.5/10)
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it's cool but god damn the characters are not interesting enough for this to be worth it
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Persona 5 is a fantastic game that combines life simulation and visual novel with JRPG combat mechanics. I actually think that the game is a life sim first and RPG second, but its really the way that they two interact that make the game as enticing as it is.
You play as a high schooler forced to move schools since he was wrongly accused of a crime. In this new setting you learn to make new friends or bounds, and discover an alternate dimension that allows you to change individuals hearts (or minds really). Its an interesting setting that allows to explore a lot of themes, including justice, morality and crime. Even more so, the game is really well written and its easy to roped along in finding more about its colourful cast of characters.
The RPG side of things and combat is also great. There is a lot of depth to discover, which needs to be used on higher difficulties, but on normal the game is an easy ride for the most part. Its monster collecting elements are addictive, as well as fusing personas. The turn based combat is very snappy, quick to get to the point and with satisfying animations.
Visually and sonically the game as a very upbeat and eye catching style. Just moving through the menus is a delight for the eyes, and its stylish cartoon look is basically ageless.
This game basically excells in all of its components, with perhaps just being a bit exhausting due to its lenghty run time (the royal edition makes this worst, even if the new content is excellent). But more than its individual parts, its really how the stylish visuals combine effortlessly with a very memorable cast of characters, how the tight combat doesnt get in the way of the plot, and how the huge amount of side content never feels too much because there is enough time in one playthrough to explore everything at your own pace.
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I will always thank this game for introducing me to the Shin Megami Tensei franchise. At the time thought this was a masterpiece. But leaves a surprisingly bad taste. Having played other SMT games, I gotta say this is easily one of the weakest entries. And wastes a lot of potential.
I bought Royal for the switch some time ago. But I cannot get myself to play it. Thinking back to the game, there definitely are some amazing moments and elements. But there is so much annoying, arbitrary and useless things I doubt ill ever replay this. Its immensely easy, especially for SMT standards (all persona games are very easy tho). The story paces like a salted snail. Bad character development, annoying characters and just a bad hero's journey.
The style tho is amazing, nothing new there. The game will always be a treat to look at. Though I think the OST is highly overrated, its still great and fits the game perfectly.
The reason I think this game is rated so highly is because its most peoples first SMT game (I mean, mine too), and SMT games are just amazing in general. But I also feel like its their only SMT game. The more SMT games you play, the more you'll see how quite uninteresting and uninspired Persona 5 is. Definitely not a rant about the score, everybody has their opinion, but I wish people knew how much other amazing games the SMT franchise has to offer, as it is criminally underrated and overlooked (besides Persona 5).
Good and especially fun, but too much annoyances and missed opportunities to be part of a conversation about best games of all time, where it is surprisingly often mentioned.
TLDR: Play more SMT games people, they are amazing.
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If you've played this game or dropped out after sinking an unbelievable amount of time and couldn't handle it anymore you're not wrong for doing so. This game has so much useless dialogue, time wasting animations, and flirts with really dark themes but doesn't fully commit to them. Yet, it's one of the best games I've had the joy to play. When the credits finally rolled, I was so happy it was over, but sad I would likely never pick it up again.
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Just use baton pass and target one enemy at a time? End with a multi target attack from the strongest party member (probably Joker). Also use elemental items if need be. I suppose it's punishing if you haven't played enough darts or don't have Hifumi's party member swap but it's really only a bad fight because the game really doesn't teach people how to maximize its mechanics before that.
Been playing this recently and I feel like this could be the greatest game of all time (beating other games I've thought that about just because of my personal tastes) of course haven't played through 90% of the game so dont know if certain parts are not as good. Just from a design perspective so far it's like wowza
What should be my ''first'' shot in the series if i want good pacing & the best story/characters? (pacing is more important knowing my gaming habits) i played 15~ hours or so with this (&eventually got bored) & put down the third around halfway bc i lost my psp (tbh i have some urge to spin that for the sole reason of owning it on PS2).
If the pacing was too slow for you in this game then there's probably nothing else in the series except maybe 4 that will be any different, so the answer is SMT Nocturne
playing through p4 right now and I fully agree with you. there are aspects of this game's writing that are slightly worse (namely the villains being so obviously telegraphed and uniformly evil is really lazy and unsatisfying compared to the mystery of p4) but the writing is still basically of the same calibre; same goofy anime dialogue, same ridiculous simple characters, same horniness.
like p5 isn't the best writing for sure but they aren't that different from each other in writing style and quality