This review contains spoilers
As someone who doesn't play (or finish) a lot of story based games, this is one where it really threw me for a loop. Usually at the end of a game, I leave it feeling emotional, like I've absorbed something from it into my character that leaves me itching for more.
I played this a couple of months after finishing Persona 4 Golden, and boy did it take me more than a couple of months to finish. Marred by my horrible housing situation at my university and the countless drama in which I was embroiled lengthened my time to finish this game by almost a whole year. Sorry, Ethan.
I enjoyed the updated graphics and the added activities to do during the daytime. The streamlined railway map to help the player figure out what exactly they were able to do was greatly appreciated, something that was absent in P4G. As with all Persona games, I don't know if it's just the repeated exposure to the songs or if they genuinely are just that catchy, but this soundtrack stayed with me for a while.
"I'm a shapeshifter, at Poe's masquerade. Hiding both face and mind, all free for you to draw." Genius!
The ending of the game, something that I mentioned in the beginning of the review, is definitely something that I could spend hours talking about. Granted, I am talking about the Royal ending, with Takuto Maruki and his palace. The entire epilogue I found myself questioning why I was even fighting him. I agreed with him on every aspect that he was talking about. Why should humanity be subject to hardship, if he had the ability of taking that away? Granted, it takes away free will in way, but he was doing it to everyone's wishes. Is that not what people want, and not what Maruki wants? The main point of contention about his character is that he thinks that he can play God, and shape reality to his liking. But, his background as a counselor and learning of everyone's desires and needs to become happy, he ultimately is giving that gift. The world he created was not born out of his desire, it stemmed from humanity's.
Despite our boastings on how advanced we, as a species, are, we are all simple in our desires: To be happy and be able to live. Should we really fault him for giving us what we truly want?
I played this a couple of months after finishing Persona 4 Golden, and boy did it take me more than a couple of months to finish. Marred by my horrible housing situation at my university and the countless drama in which I was embroiled lengthened my time to finish this game by almost a whole year. Sorry, Ethan.
I enjoyed the updated graphics and the added activities to do during the daytime. The streamlined railway map to help the player figure out what exactly they were able to do was greatly appreciated, something that was absent in P4G. As with all Persona games, I don't know if it's just the repeated exposure to the songs or if they genuinely are just that catchy, but this soundtrack stayed with me for a while.
"I'm a shapeshifter, at Poe's masquerade. Hiding both face and mind, all free for you to draw." Genius!
The ending of the game, something that I mentioned in the beginning of the review, is definitely something that I could spend hours talking about. Granted, I am talking about the Royal ending, with Takuto Maruki and his palace. The entire epilogue I found myself questioning why I was even fighting him. I agreed with him on every aspect that he was talking about. Why should humanity be subject to hardship, if he had the ability of taking that away? Granted, it takes away free will in way, but he was doing it to everyone's wishes. Is that not what people want, and not what Maruki wants? The main point of contention about his character is that he thinks that he can play God, and shape reality to his liking. But, his background as a counselor and learning of everyone's desires and needs to become happy, he ultimately is giving that gift. The world he created was not born out of his desire, it stemmed from humanity's.
Despite our boastings on how advanced we, as a species, are, we are all simple in our desires: To be happy and be able to live. Should we really fault him for giving us what we truly want?