Probably the easiest 10/10 I’ve ever given.
After playing Persona 4 for the first time a few months back I really wanted to try out Persona 5. I initially went into it thinking that it was going to be fun, but heavily overrated and found myself thinking 4 was the better game.
This absolutely changed after about 10 hours into it. 5 absolutely nails everything that 4 nailed, but expands in terms of gameplay outside of combat tenfold. Characters are more expressive, their dialogue incredibly better written and the overall themes of the game just hits better than 4 did.
Changing from the murder-mystery of 4, to rebelling against injustice in society from the larger ‘palaces’ of the game where its a central or prominent figure committing some kind of injustice, to the large, winding and ever-changing ‘public consciousness’ of mementos where you enact justice on smaller scales, helping out as many people in life as you can.
I managed to complete the game in about 79 hours, but not once did I ever feel it was being dragged out. There was always something happening - whether it be in terms of main plot or side stories, developing bonds with a whole host of people or building up characters stats it never got dull.
The traditional animated cutscenes were also a beautiful touch - and made it that much more exciting when the grand ‘calling card’ was sent out - it made me feel genuinely pumped and excited to face off against the boss.
There’s so much I want to say about this game, and there’s next to nothing in these thoughts that’s negative.
The only let down was that the final boss was actually probably one of the easier bosses of the game, the lead-up minibosses were harder.
Now excuse me whilst I go try to avoid an immediate new game + playthrough…
After playing Persona 4 for the first time a few months back I really wanted to try out Persona 5. I initially went into it thinking that it was going to be fun, but heavily overrated and found myself thinking 4 was the better game.
This absolutely changed after about 10 hours into it. 5 absolutely nails everything that 4 nailed, but expands in terms of gameplay outside of combat tenfold. Characters are more expressive, their dialogue incredibly better written and the overall themes of the game just hits better than 4 did.
Changing from the murder-mystery of 4, to rebelling against injustice in society from the larger ‘palaces’ of the game where its a central or prominent figure committing some kind of injustice, to the large, winding and ever-changing ‘public consciousness’ of mementos where you enact justice on smaller scales, helping out as many people in life as you can.
I managed to complete the game in about 79 hours, but not once did I ever feel it was being dragged out. There was always something happening - whether it be in terms of main plot or side stories, developing bonds with a whole host of people or building up characters stats it never got dull.
The traditional animated cutscenes were also a beautiful touch - and made it that much more exciting when the grand ‘calling card’ was sent out - it made me feel genuinely pumped and excited to face off against the boss.
There’s so much I want to say about this game, and there’s next to nothing in these thoughts that’s negative.
The only let down was that the final boss was actually probably one of the easier bosses of the game, the lead-up minibosses were harder.
Now excuse me whilst I go try to avoid an immediate new game + playthrough…