i caught a shiny lechonk as my first pokemon in this game and i didn't know it was shiny until completing 3/4 of the pokedex

I adore this game!!! Open world mechanics are great, I love how the leveling works, music is fantastic. So so fun.

Visually attractive with easy puzzles. Would prefer if it got harder as it went on. Regardless, easy play that you can finish in a day or weekend.

2014

Got me through high school and college. Amazing. Thank you for your service.

Super unique! I love the art style and storyline. Excited to replay! I wish it were longer, but sometimes short and sweet is good too.

This review contains spoilers

~120 hours later, I have finished my first playthrough of P5R. I have been obsessed with this game from the moment I picked it up - - so much so that I purposefully delayed the ending by putting the game down for a while.

I went from grimacing at Kamoshida to laughing at Ryuji’s jokes and crying at Joker’s “death”. Nothing made me laugh harder than Maruki and Joker punching each other over and over again, and then Mona turning into a helicopter. And then I cried while saying “goodbye” to everyone. This game is crazy. I love it.

These characters feel like family. WTF do I do now?? Of course, there’s Strikers and Tactica, both of which are on my list, but which Persona mainline game is worth playing next - P3 or P4? Any suggestions for other JRPGs that feel similar outside of the Persona franchise? My heart has a hole in it.