This was my first time experiencing ANY Persona game and we started off with Persona 5 on the PS4 but played it on the PS5 console.
At first i wasn't sure if i would get into this game but i'm glad in many ways that i did as i do love some JRPG games but there was some parts of the game that i wasn't a fan of which we'll get into a little later in this review.
So graphically as you'd expect from a JRPG it looks really nice, gameplay graphics look good, cutscene graphics look really nice but the main anime cutscenes is where it's at, they look so beautiful and really take your eyes so you can't look away but it's so enjoyable to kick back and watch.
Story-wise overall i really enjoyed the story, it was different to anything else i've played, near the end especially there was twists & turns, curveballs and i was thrown off the scent of some of the story plots that was happening right in front of me. I did enjoy the story of going into different palaces to change people's hearts for the better and how it went from just doing it to stop a weird teacher doing weird things just the once to a full blown party and missions taking down our next targets.
There was some parts of the story which i wasn't sure if i liked or not but mainly during the summer where there's days of just doing the same things over and over again passing the days until we were back to school or finally attacked someone and it got a bit boring.
It was cool though that it's possible to do side missions "requests" aswell for others who you meet throughout the game by maxing out their friendship bar to the point they tell you they need help and get told their name.
Then there's the memento's which are like a underground area you can fight alot of enemies on levels upon levels of depth where you also do the requests. Here you can also farm levels and items needed to craft things to use in the game, find treasure and catch more persona's.
There's plenty to do and if you go for everything you could EASILY spend over 100 hours on just one playthrough and still not do everything there's so much but it's fun and before you know it 20 hours turns into 50 then into 80 and it feels like you've not long started it.
However going from that there was a couple times i did feel like some of the story or battles/palaces did feel dragged out a bit at times, we could easily just do the palace or the mission but something happens and you have to wait when it wasn't really necessary.
You also have social aspects you can level up aswell "Charm, Intelligence, Guts" ect which you do need to level to access some of the requests for some characters to be able to advance with their storyline. You can read books, answer questions correctly in school and go to a bathhouse and more to level these up.
The best part of the game for me personally was the soundtrack, although alot of the time in combat it was the same song it's catchy as heck and while your kicking ass you're singing along to it before you know it and loving every moment. The soundtrack definitely makes this game more fun and easier to sink the time into.
I'd definitnely recommend playing this if you haven't and don't leave it as long as i did. I'm hoping to go back at some stage to get the platinum on this as it's quite easily obtainable from what i can tell, have you got the plat? let me know in the comments and if anything was missed from this review.
Thank you for reading!
At first i wasn't sure if i would get into this game but i'm glad in many ways that i did as i do love some JRPG games but there was some parts of the game that i wasn't a fan of which we'll get into a little later in this review.
So graphically as you'd expect from a JRPG it looks really nice, gameplay graphics look good, cutscene graphics look really nice but the main anime cutscenes is where it's at, they look so beautiful and really take your eyes so you can't look away but it's so enjoyable to kick back and watch.
Story-wise overall i really enjoyed the story, it was different to anything else i've played, near the end especially there was twists & turns, curveballs and i was thrown off the scent of some of the story plots that was happening right in front of me. I did enjoy the story of going into different palaces to change people's hearts for the better and how it went from just doing it to stop a weird teacher doing weird things just the once to a full blown party and missions taking down our next targets.
There was some parts of the story which i wasn't sure if i liked or not but mainly during the summer where there's days of just doing the same things over and over again passing the days until we were back to school or finally attacked someone and it got a bit boring.
It was cool though that it's possible to do side missions "requests" aswell for others who you meet throughout the game by maxing out their friendship bar to the point they tell you they need help and get told their name.
Then there's the memento's which are like a underground area you can fight alot of enemies on levels upon levels of depth where you also do the requests. Here you can also farm levels and items needed to craft things to use in the game, find treasure and catch more persona's.
There's plenty to do and if you go for everything you could EASILY spend over 100 hours on just one playthrough and still not do everything there's so much but it's fun and before you know it 20 hours turns into 50 then into 80 and it feels like you've not long started it.
However going from that there was a couple times i did feel like some of the story or battles/palaces did feel dragged out a bit at times, we could easily just do the palace or the mission but something happens and you have to wait when it wasn't really necessary.
You also have social aspects you can level up aswell "Charm, Intelligence, Guts" ect which you do need to level to access some of the requests for some characters to be able to advance with their storyline. You can read books, answer questions correctly in school and go to a bathhouse and more to level these up.
The best part of the game for me personally was the soundtrack, although alot of the time in combat it was the same song it's catchy as heck and while your kicking ass you're singing along to it before you know it and loving every moment. The soundtrack definitely makes this game more fun and easier to sink the time into.
I'd definitnely recommend playing this if you haven't and don't leave it as long as i did. I'm hoping to go back at some stage to get the platinum on this as it's quite easily obtainable from what i can tell, have you got the plat? let me know in the comments and if anything was missed from this review.
Thank you for reading!