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Persona 5 Royal: Standard Edition (Nintendo Switch) $24.99 + Free Shipping
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Then there is SMT, the mainline games. I believe Nocturne and SMT 5 are the only ones available on Switch, and both are fantastic as well. Much darker and grittier, the main difference between SMT and Persona is the social elements. You are on your own for the most part in the mainline games, and they are a bit more difficult.
Atlas has been the most consistant jrpg company since the ps2 days. Give P5 Royal a shot if interested, it really is a great game. I dont know how well it plays on the Switch though, thats the only caveat imo. I know SMT 5 ran pretty poorly compared to the ps5 counterpart, so go with whatever hardware is stronger if you have the choice.
This is a glorified social-sim game with JRPG elements sprinkled in. The turn based system gets old quick and there isn't much depth there. You find a weakness and you baton pass basically the entire game. Animations are lacking tremendously. The naming scheme they use for spells is absolutely terrible. They steal ideas from Pokémon, and leave out the best parts. You don't get to explore the world at your leisure.
Which brings me to my biggest issue with this game: it is extremely restrictive, with guardrails put in place at almost every turn. You wanna go out a night because you gotta level up that confidant? Too bad. You wanna leave a palace because you ran out of SP and can't even heal yourself? Lose a day. The game decides how it wants you to play it, whether you like it or not. There is little player freedom. The design choices are baffling to me, why go so far to suck the fun out of the game? Okamura anyone???
Be prepared to waste many hours redoing certain things because you missed something. I came into this game wanting to enjoy it as it was recommended to me by several friends but I had to be honest about it too. Imo, Persona 5 is very overrated and a waste of time. It is the epitome of style over substance. Proceed with caution ⚠️
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This is a glorified social-sim game with JRPG elements sprinkled in. The turn based system gets old quick and there isn't much depth there. You find a weakness and you baton pass basically the entire game. Animations are lacking tremendously. The naming scheme they use for spells is absolutely terrible. They steal ideas from Pokémon, and leave out the best parts. You don't get to explore the world at your leisure.
Which brings me to my biggest issue with this game: it is extremely restrictive, with guardrails put in place at almost every turn. You wanna go out a night because you gotta level up that confidant? Too bad. You wanna leave a palace because you ran out of SP and can't even heal yourself? Lose a day. The game decides how it wants you to play it, whether you like it or not. There is little player freedom. The design choices are baffling to me, why go so far to suck the fun out of the game? Okamura anyone???
Be prepared to waste many hours redoing certain things because you missed something. I came into this game wanting to enjoy it as it was recommended to me by several friends but I had to be honest about it too. Imo, Persona 5 is very overrated and a waste of time. It is the epitome of style over substance. Proceed with caution ⚠️
Fair criticism though.
This is a glorified social-sim game with JRPG elements sprinkled in. The turn based system gets old quick and there isn't much depth there. You find a weakness and you baton pass basically the entire game. Animations are lacking tremendously. The naming scheme they use for spells is absolutely terrible. They steal ideas from Pokémon, and leave out the best parts. You don't get to explore the world at your leisure.
Which brings me to my biggest issue with this game: it is extremely restrictive, with guardrails put in place at almost every turn. You wanna go out a night because you gotta level up that confidant? Too bad. You wanna leave a palace because you ran out of SP and can't even heal yourself? Lose a day. The game decides how it wants you to play it, whether you like it or not. There is little player freedom. The design choices are baffling to me, why go so far to suck the fun out of the game? Okamura anyone???
Be prepared to waste many hours redoing certain things because you missed something. I came into this game wanting to enjoy it as it was recommended to me by several friends but I had to be honest about it too. Imo, Persona 5 is very overrated and a waste of time. It is the epitome of style over substance. Proceed with caution ⚠️
4 is great, it is most def the best in the series imo and among the best rpg's ever made, its the only game that has ever made me cry. Its now obvious the relationship building and micro management of time isnt exactly your thing, so you may not enjoy P4 as much as me, if at all. The games are indeed very much time sinks, it all comes down to if you can enjoy the lengthy expositions and managing the day to day tasks you can pick from.
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