Persona 5 Royal

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8.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 3676 Ratings

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  1. Hilarious
    Jul 24, 2022
    4
    This game might not be for me. It has longest tutorial I have ever seen. After about 30h the game is still telling me what to do. I dig the high school sim style, making connection to people and organizing my time but then comes the palaces and those goofy opponents and boring fights. It was a nightmare.
  2. Kamarr
    Apr 6, 2020
    4
    Should have been a dlc. You have to scrape off the top dont you ATLUS. Not to mention bending the knee to clowns that make you change a small part in the game.

    Should have been dlc.. 60$+ and cant even offer all the first games dlc.
  3. Peter19
    Jul 21, 2020
    4
    If you were a fan of the original Persona 5, then this game is definitely for you! The plot doesn’t change much up until the new 3rd semester, but there are a lot of new minor additions and expansions that make this game experience much better. First off I believe you need to compare this version of the game to the original since they are both playable on the same system and a new playerIf you were a fan of the original Persona 5, then this game is definitely for you! The plot doesn’t change much up until the new 3rd semester, but there are a lot of new minor additions and expansions that make this game experience much better. First off I believe you need to compare this version of the game to the original since they are both playable on the same system and a new player would have to choose between them and old players need to choose if this is worth buying when they already have a version of persona 5.… Expand
  4. Fallingroy
    Apr 22, 2020
    4
    Probably great if you haven’t played the original, but a total disappointment if you did. Most of the new story is in a new game section that has to be unlocked and the story for it isn’t even that good and doesn’t really change the overall plot. There are some battle changes that you’ll either love or find make the game stupid easy. And most of the game other than battle sections and theProbably great if you haven’t played the original, but a total disappointment if you did. Most of the new story is in a new game section that has to be unlocked and the story for it isn’t even that good and doesn’t really change the overall plot. There are some battle changes that you’ll either love or find make the game stupid easy. And most of the game other than battle sections and the new section is just graphics upgrades that aren’t different enough from the original to be worth it for most people. I would have much rather they cut the crappy new characters (seriously, they all are boring and or badly written) and have had Kasumi as a female protagonist option or removed the graphic changes and made this a switch or pc port. I would have given this a mixed score and not a bad one but it is expensive compared to the original so it isn’t a great game and it is expensive so totally not worth a buy.… Expand
  5. Fightingchances
    May 4, 2020
    4
    Not worth the hype. While there are some good changes like Morgana telling you to go to bed less, most of the changes from the original are lukewarm, superficial, or straight-up bad. Most of the praise for this game is for better graphics (and I’ll give it that) and tiny changes like seeing characters in backgrounds where they weren’t before or minor dialogue changes that most people don’tNot worth the hype. While there are some good changes like Morgana telling you to go to bed less, most of the changes from the original are lukewarm, superficial, or straight-up bad. Most of the praise for this game is for better graphics (and I’ll give it that) and tiny changes like seeing characters in backgrounds where they weren’t before or minor dialogue changes that most people don’t even notice. But those changes only mean so much when the game adds legitimately bad additions like Mary-Sue Kasumi, gameplay so easy diehard RPG fans may have their enjoyment killed, and turning Goro into a joke. And the price? Compared to what the original game is going for nowadays? Ouch!… Expand
  6. Lookie
    May 5, 2020
    4
    Are you an LPer planning on streaming this game? Do you watch LPs and plan on watching this instead of playing it? If you answered no to both, this version of persona 5 isn’t for you.

    While there are changes from the previous version, most of them are meant to look good on a screen and little else. The gameplay is easier so you can get through the battles faster for the LP audience that    Are you an LPer planning on streaming this game? Do you watch LPs and plan on watching this instead of playing it? If you answered no to both, this version of persona 5 isn’t for you.

    While there are changes from the previous version, most of them are meant to look good on a screen and little else. The gameplay is easier so you can get through the battles faster for the LP audience that doesn’t want to watch battles and wants to get back to the story and full of flashy additions that don’t add to the gameplay but look good. Same with the story, lots of little changes to make things look nice like new character portraits, a new font, texture overhauls in some locations for a LP audience but don’t actually change anything if you are just playing the game for yourself. There is one new palace, but again it is mostly about looking nice and has trash writing and the gameplay for it is nothing new. Even the new characters are meant to look nice (like Kasumi bouncing around with her gymnastics) but actually don’t add to the story at all and have boring confidant routes and poor characterization.

    If you aren’t into LPs just play the original again and wait for the inevitable anime/OVA for Royal and skip playing this game entirely. If you haven’t played the original, go buy that instead because it is the same game basically but significantly cheaper.    … Expand
  7. Yappie
    May 8, 2020
    4
    If I had a nickel for every person who called the original version of this game flawless or gave it a 10/10 (so saying it was a perfect game) but claim this version fixes ‘all the problems with the original’, I’d have enough money for all the overpriced dlc for this cash-grab.

    While this game does fix some of the issues with the original, like fixing exploits and having Morgana not keep    If I had a nickel for every person who called the original version of this game flawless or gave it a 10/10 (so saying it was a perfect game) but claim this version fixes ‘all the problems with the original’, I’d have enough money for all the overpriced dlc for this cash-grab.

    While this game does fix some of the issues with the original, like fixing exploits and having Morgana not keep you inside as often, most of the changes are entirely cosmetic (like new character portraits and more dynamic menus) and many issues like storyline issues, sections of palaces that were annoying, and bosses that are spammy or take forever to beat are not fixed. Most of the additions to the game turn out to be filler with things like characters that don’t effect the storyline and a new palace/semesters that you can literally skip and are things that have been over exaggerated by the advertising (the new semester is only a month long, the new party member is only on the team for the optional part of the game, the preexisting characters other than Akechi get very little new content other than the showtime feature and new dates).

    So overall the game isn’t worth a purchase to most fans, even if it wasn’t as expensive as it is. Maybe you could buy this in a few years when the price is more fair for the amount of content you get, but by then Atlus will probably remake P5 again to squeeze a little more money out of fans.    … Expand
  8. MuffpuffZeBuff
    May 10, 2020
    4
    This is a game where you probably have decided whether or not you will love the game before you have bought it. There are plenty of people here that declared the original a perfect game, so any positive changes would warrant another perfect score, meanwhile there are plenty who decide this game didn’t need to be made and would have given it a fail rating no matter what was in it.

    For me    This is a game where you probably have decided whether or not you will love the game before you have bought it. There are plenty of people here that declared the original a perfect game, so any positive changes would warrant another perfect score, meanwhile there are plenty who decide this game didn’t need to be made and would have given it a fail rating no matter what was in it.

    For me the devil is in the details when I look at how to rate this game and for me, if you are charging as it would cost to make a whole new game you need to have enough changes and additions to be as much as a new game and Royal doesn’t even come close to that - and with several years between the two versions that is really inexcusable. It is on the same system so it isn’t like controls had to be changed or images had to be resized. Outside of the dungeons most changes are minor such as different particle effects, new character busts, and slight changes to word choice in the dialogue. In the dungeons battle has been given some spit and polish and are really the highlight of Royal, but nothing extreme and I definitely think some bad reviews are downplaying the good aspects of this version.

    That being said, if the new characters or story were amazing it could still have justified Royal being worth it but it does not. Other reviews posted here go into more specifics but most of the reviews that discuss the story at all and are /not/ a two sentence blurb about how there is sooo much new content and the graphics are so much better say the new story sections are not to their liking. Kasumi is not popular with fans and I can see why as she is barely part of the team and much of the game is shamelessly begging the audience to find her cute, the new palace added to the end is a beat for beat copy of the plot of persona 4, and any developments from the new section are undone by the ending (such as Goro’s new developments) making the new sections feel like a waste of time. I would have much rather has something like the new dungeon that was added to Golden where it was cleaning up a fraction of the villain or FES dealing with the aftermath of a character’s death to provide more closure to the cast. The new ending for Royal is also hilariously unsatisfying, I thought I had messed up and gotten a bad ending because it was sadder and more distant than the original game. Anyone who says this version is an unquestioned improvement after that ending must not like the phantom thieves other that Goro or the new characters very much.

    I would have given this a 4.5 or something but since this site can’t I’ll settle for 4. This version doesn’t add as much as you’d hope, the new story sections are less than ideal, and so you are mostly buying this version over the old one (or replacing you old game for this one) for gameplay upgrades.    … Expand
  9. Toph10
    May 19, 2020
    4
    In comparison to the original game...

    Pros: - Gameplay and quality of life improvements are added - New art (like character portraits) and graphic upgrades are added - New sections added to old dungeons to keep things interesting for returning players and new locations are added to the city - Fixes some word choice in dialogue and updates fonts - A new month of the game, including a new    In comparison to the original game...

    Pros:
    - Gameplay and quality of life improvements are added
    - New art (like character portraits) and graphic upgrades are added
    - New sections added to old dungeons to keep things interesting for returning players and new locations are added to the city
    - Fixes some word choice in dialogue and updates fonts
    - A new month of the game, including a new palace is included - New confidants and arcana are added and Akechi is now a proper confidant


    Cons:
    - Old save data from the original will not carry over
    - New month can be missed if you don’t do specific confidants. I recommend looking at a guide.
    - The new characters have almost no development outside of the new month (the month you can skip)
    - The new content has almost no baring on the overall story outside of changing the ending
    - The new party member is only on the team for the new month and then leaves at the end of the game
    - Gameplay is polished, but old plot holes are untouched - Only 10 to 20 hours longer than the original game
    - Expensive and has a lot of DLC
    - The new ‘true’ ending doesn’t tie up loose ends and seems to deliberately leave several things unanswered as hooks for spin-offs
    - Sexy Playboy Bunny Shiho is now a thing (eww), yet the English version has some minor censorship of other scenes later in the story
    - Since Kasumi and other aspects of Royal don’t seem like they will be in Persona 5: Scramble, the upcoming sequel of Persona 5, this game may not be canon (but it is unknown right now).

    So the cons outweigh the pros, and that isn’t even talking about personal choice like if you like the new characters or not. While the game does have good aspects, playing the original is better.    … Expand
  10. Christopherpaul
    Jun 7, 2020
    4
    Take a great game and ruin it with an annoying new girl, gameplay so easy it stops being a game and is more of a button mash, filler cutscenes, and charge as much as you would for a brand new game even though there are expansion packs with more new content.

    If you are thinking about buying this, just don’t and get a copy of the original game. If you have the original, then ignore royal or    Take a great game and ruin it with an annoying new girl, gameplay so easy it stops being a game and is more of a button mash, filler cutscenes, and charge as much as you would for a brand new game even though there are expansion packs with more new content.

    If you are thinking about buying this, just don’t and get a copy of the original game. If you have the original, then ignore royal or maybe watch a let’s play.    … Expand
  11. Xecker
    Jun 20, 2020
    4
    Loved the original, but there was not nearly enough new content for a re-release. Even the new party member that is so heavily shown off on the cover of the game and on the advertising is barely there. The graphics are better, they aren’t that different and you won’t notice most of the time. And since they are both on the PS4 most of the people you are aiming at have already played this soLoved the original, but there was not nearly enough new content for a re-release. Even the new party member that is so heavily shown off on the cover of the game and on the advertising is barely there. The graphics are better, they aren’t that different and you won’t notice most of the time. And since they are both on the PS4 most of the people you are aiming at have already played this so you either need to put it on a different machine (like the golden getting onto steam) or it need a LOT of new content.… Expand
  12. Earlz
    Jul 13, 2020
    4
    If this had been a port of some kind I’d give it a higher rating, but as it it is really mostly the exact same game. As is, it has battle tweaks, graphic tweaks, a few new cutscenes and dungeons rooms spliced in, and a new bonus chapter after the main story in a new semester, but that’s mostly it. If you bought the original don’t buy royal or you are just buying the same game twice and ifIf this had been a port of some kind I’d give it a higher rating, but as it it is really mostly the exact same game. As is, it has battle tweaks, graphic tweaks, a few new cutscenes and dungeons rooms spliced in, and a new bonus chapter after the main story in a new semester, but that’s mostly it. If you bought the original don’t buy royal or you are just buying the same game twice and if you haven’t you are just asking yourself if you want the version with a bonus chapter and some tweaks or not.

    If it had simplified the graphics like a visual novel like Persona 3 portable or waited for the PS5’s release to take advantage of more powerful hardware and updated all the models to have better physics and animations or crisper cutscenes I’d be giving and 8 or a 9 out of 10, but it doesn’t. The new story part isn’t great and the new characters are pretty unlikeable once you find out their true personalities near the end but the in-battle tweaks are nice, just add that comment to any reviews of the original game and that’s royal for ya.    … Expand
  13. hachiman1154
    Oct 26, 2020
    4
    best experience ever from a video game, i love everything about it !! , there’s a lot of things added to this masterpiece that is worth playing again
  14. alexbrandon
    Feb 26, 2023
    4
    el sistema de combate y las mazmorras es muy aburrido, tiene mucho dialogo una conversación puede durar 20 clicks . la música esta bien
  15. mokinono45
    Jun 5, 2022
    3
    3 out of 10. I stopped played about 22 hours in, because there is nothing in this game. All the content is rehashed, I have no idea who the villian is, 2 dungeons in and there's no point in continuing on. There are many issues with the entire "logic" of the game, and the characters in the game itself even comment so, repeatedly.

    But what really gets me isn't the generic J-Rpg style    3 out of 10. I stopped played about 22 hours in, because there is nothing in this game. All the content is rehashed, I have no idea who the villian is, 2 dungeons in and there's no point in continuing on. There are many issues with the entire "logic" of the game, and the characters in the game itself even comment so, repeatedly.

    But what really gets me isn't the generic J-Rpg style gameplay, that I'm fine with, I enjoy the gameplay, but the story and characters and that your actions almost seem to not matter at all is what bothers me. Ryuji is a delinquent and a bad person, so he spends all his time avoiding his own issues and your character just goes along with him. IRL, this person you drop as fast as possible, but in this game he's your bestie...because the universe told you so. So much of this game is, because the universe told you so.

    The writing is so bad, that I doubt it could pass a highschool class. I know that you need a variety of characters, but they repeat and repeat the same lines, just to fill out time. Very one dimensional with forced choices in gameplay. It reminds me of why highschoolers in real life are terrible to be around, they have no personalities, say the same thing everyday, and can't help their own glaring personal issues. This game is torture. You can skip entire scenes and the plot will not progress at all.

    Who ever wrote this must have made a note to repeat everything 3-4 times just incase the player forgot there are ways to reread every part of the story. Yes, you can REREAD the repeats just incase you have the attention span of a goldfish.    … Expand
  16. MrMuppe
    Apr 29, 2020
    3
    Let me start with this, so you know where I come from. This should have been a dlc with easy access to the new semester. But instead it is a full priced game with a dlc amount of new content where you have to do the exact right thing to access the new content, unless you fell like waisting 80h on getting an ending you already have seen. This fact is a huge reduction in points.
    Then there    Let me start with this, so you know where I come from. This should have been a dlc with easy access to the new semester. But instead it is a full priced game with a dlc amount of new content where you have to do the exact right thing to access the new content, unless you fell like waisting 80h on getting an ending you already have seen. This fact is a huge reduction in points.
    Then there are the times of the game where you are not allowed to do a damn thing outside what the story want you to do, these parts could have been automated to speed those parts up.
    And that one boss that is all about you being lucky enough that the mobs does not run away to be replaced by new mobs that then run away, and over and over again.
    There are also some long boss fights at the end that get boring.
    Oh, and that part where IF your main character dies it is game over even though you have items and team members that can revive, does not happen often but the fact that this is in the game is simply bad design.
    Guess I will go watch the extra semester somewhere because I sure as hell can not be bothered to spend more time with this dlc.    … Expand
  17. Danielglencer
    May 8, 2020
    3
    Persona 5 Royal starts off with a blast, I genuinely thought I found a potential new favourite.
    But as soon as the intro sequence is over, the game stops being a game and starts being a book.
    you can basically put the controller down because you're in for hours of written dialogue, this is about 70% of the game, you're basically spending 100 hours reading a collective 500 page book, and    Persona 5 Royal starts off with a blast, I genuinely thought I found a potential new favourite.
    But as soon as the intro sequence is over, the game stops being a game and starts being a book.

    you can basically put the controller down because you're in for hours of written dialogue, this is about 70% of the game, you're basically spending 100 hours reading a collective 500 page book, and if thats not all, this book is poorly written on it's majority: the dialog is corny, some scenes are pointless and add no new information whatsoever, the characters usually explain in excruciating details every unimportant thing that's happening, and the same information gets repeated and churned over and over, the game is treating you as if you're stupid.

    When you do get to actually play, it's thrilling at first roaming through Tokyo and exploring the various activities, which are basically mere cut scenes that boost your social stats, but mid way through the game I had already maxed my stats and found myself in a sisyphic cycle passing the in-game time by sleeping, waking up and brewing the occasional coffee for a total of around 70 in-game days, that's a LOT of wasted real life time.

    Infiltrating palaces is over simplified and becomes a mundane task after a short while.
    The graphics are shamefully outdated and resemble Nintendo 3DS graphics, the animation is minimal and awkward, the characters basically look like lifeless puppets.

    The core story and battle system is where the game really shines:
    The battle system is intricate and lets you expose and take advantage of enemy weaknesses and is overall very polished.
    The core story is amazing despite it being littered by the above mentioned flaws, dealing with very mature themes, it has you take against the evildoers of the world, with climactic twists and epic boss fights
    The characters' voice acting is eccentric in a very anime-like way, making the cast of characters very likeable.

    Overall Persona 5 Royal is mostly a mediocre and passive experience, if it was cut short leaving only the meat I'd say it's a worthwhile time investment but it certainly doesn't deserve the 130 hours it demands.    … Expand
  18. LieNIwakura
    Apr 6, 2020
    3
    well let's be honest here that this game isn't as great as it's hype,
    i can't deny that the facts gameplay improvements, graphic improvements, and the design that they do here is good, but persona 5 itself i can say is a fail game by story aspect and character aspect by my view as a connoisseurs of atlus game especially SMT Franchise and Persona Franchise (which mean i'm not new in the    well let's be honest here that this game isn't as great as it's hype,
    i can't deny that the facts gameplay improvements, graphic improvements, and the design that they do here is good, but persona 5 itself i can say is a fail game by story aspect and character aspect by my view as a connoisseurs of atlus game especially SMT Franchise and Persona Franchise (which mean i'm not new in the series).
    the pacing in the game is really bad especially which **** morganna limiting your action in early game, the character that appear here also almost not interesting for me it's just like all of my friends are **** with really bad character development especially morganna and ironically some of minor character in my social link are better than my main party social link even the silent protagonist which designed to not have actual personality is kinda **** now like he confused between supposed to have personality or not at this rate i can even say persona 1 is better in story and character aspect, the story ? **** man boring as **** i just play one route and after that decide to watch youtube about other ending and not have motivation to play NG+.

    conclusion is this game indeed by aesthethically aspect (Artstyle, Demon & Character Design, Graphic, Music, and Battle Mechanism) undeniable is The best the best in the franchise.

    but story aspect is ****ing big 0.    … Expand
  19. tenforten
    May 1, 2020
    3
    How I rate games:
    Game-play, Music/Sound, Graphics & Visuals, Story/World-building, and Characters each get 0-2 points adding up to a score /10. 0 is non-existent or bad, 1 is average or N/A, and 2 is better than average.
    Game-play: 1 The only changes from the original are exploit fixes and changes to make a game that wasn't really that had easier such as copying the simultaneous    How I rate games:
    Game-play, Music/Sound, Graphics & Visuals, Story/World-building, and Characters each get 0-2 points adding up to a score /10. 0 is non-existent or bad, 1 is average or N/A, and 2 is better than average.

    Game-play: 1
    The only changes from the original are exploit fixes and changes to make a game that wasn't really that had easier such as copying the simultaneous attacks from the Golden (now called 'showtimes'), adding more SP items to the palaces, and passing out bullets like candy. Newcomers may enjoy but returning players that don't enjoy playing an easier version of a game they have already played will not enjoy Royal.

    Music/Sound: 1
    The music is the same as the original, missing a great opportunity to add Lotus Juice back into persona. And honestly? I liked the old battle theme better.

    Graphics & Visuals: 1
    The same as the original but with minor tweaks like busts that can turn their heads and putting the busts in little boxes during phonecalls. I expected much more for the price.

    Story/World-building: 0
    Royal fails to fix the issues with the original story and adds new sections and events that are a grand waste of time and don't build on the story or characters in any meaningful way. I'm completely serious, Royal makes the story of P5 worse instead of better.

    Characters: 0
    The new characters, I'm sorry, royally suck. While Maruki is decent with a story that works but is pretty messy, the other two are straight-up fails. Jose is nothing but a cute face only there to add an unnecessary mechanic and Kasumi is pointless and could be used as a guide on how not to handle complex characters by having dozens of ideas attached to a single character but not fleshing any of them out and backtracking on her development by the end. While we will argue forever as to who P5's best girl is, at least we can now narrow down who worst girl is: Kasumi and/or her sister.

    TOTAL: 3/10    … Expand
  20. Idahopotato
    Jun 10, 2020
    3
    A game that takes all the issues of the previous games (including the original) and combines them. While the series has always straddled the line between too much text/cutscenes compared to gameplay and the original P5 was pushing it, Royal crosses that line by adding on more cutscenes, arcs, and characters that do nothing while only adding one new palace in a new semester that you onlyA game that takes all the issues of the previous games (including the original) and combines them. While the series has always straddled the line between too much text/cutscenes compared to gameplay and the original P5 was pushing it, Royal crosses that line by adding on more cutscenes, arcs, and characters that do nothing while only adding one new palace in a new semester that you only see if you do specific confidants before a specific part of the game and some cheap extensions to old palaces to pad them out.

    This version of P5 is also the easiest of the mainline Persona games by a big margin to the point I’m wondering why they even made Royal a game and not an anime special. If you have played any SMT game, any previous Persona game (especially the original P5), Pokemon, Final Fantasy, or any other turn-based battle game, you’ll be bored outside of the flashy graphics.

    And then there is the story. It carries the beats from the original, having a strong start with strong messages and interesting characters but wearing out and gradually adding characters that don’t do anything and becoming unfocused as the story goes on, but now in Royal you get even more filler. My big hope for Royal was cleaning up Persona 5’s ending by giving focus to character who were added late and never got to be important, answering questions like what happened with Goro, or dealing with unresolved character issues like Morgana’s unresolved feeling towards Ann, addressing how Haru and Futaba felt toward what Goro did to their parents, Makoto’s relationship with her sister... but nahhh let us all focus on this new girl Kasumi even though she’s only on the team for one palace and then leaves!

    I will give it some points because the graphics are better and the soundtrack is expanded and such, but this is still a weak game and I still wouldn’t have given this a high score even if the original didn’t exist to compare with.    … Expand
  21. VicZat
    Jun 29, 2020
    3
    Not worth buying if you already have the original. While the battles have lots of good upgrades, the story is barely changed so if you are already familiar with it this game becomes a slog to get through again. The new semester is also much shorter than expected as well as there being a lot of dlc that really should have been part of the main game. And if you are getting this game becauseNot worth buying if you already have the original. While the battles have lots of good upgrades, the story is barely changed so if you are already familiar with it this game becomes a slog to get through again. The new semester is also much shorter than expected as well as there being a lot of dlc that really should have been part of the main game. And if you are getting this game because you were excited for the new party member don’t be - she is barely in the game, joins the team for one dungeon, and then leaves the country after things wrap up so she is unlikely to be a series mainstay.… Expand
  22. Jojon2
    Oct 17, 2020
    3
    The new content feels lacking compared to the price difference between this and the original
  23. ALonerGuy995
    Sep 18, 2022
    3
    Love Persona 5 Royal alot love the new changes from the Original to Royal well not almost everything except for Okumura Boss Fight in Persona 5 Royal. I attempted this boss fight 20 times & everytime I lose time & get a game over from it makes me feel like crap. Sometimes I ask have ATLUS test played this boss fight? I'm gonna feel bad for other people who get their hands on Royal on otherLove Persona 5 Royal alot love the new changes from the Original to Royal well not almost everything except for Okumura Boss Fight in Persona 5 Royal. I attempted this boss fight 20 times & everytime I lose time & get a game over from it makes me feel like crap. Sometimes I ask have ATLUS test played this boss fight? I'm gonna feel bad for other people who get their hands on Royal on other platforms until they get to Okumura Boss Fight wouldn't be surprised if they quit the game. Even if I some how beat the boss fight I might just never wanna replay Persona 5 Royal it ruined the replay experience for me. That's the real reason for the three Stars the game started out perfect but 5th Boss Fight for the palace is when I wanna put the game down IM DONE. On the 20th time playing this I grinded & even level up baton passes, however that didn't work. I'm not gonna buy other ATLUS game after this this is bad step towards your new comers getting into Persona with this move I even played the game on easy since I'm new to the series. Love Persona 5 Royal but don't love the company decisions on this Boss Fight. The only thing that can bring me back is patching this fight which I bet they won't do until everybody complain about it. Hopefully when others get their hands on the game that will happen & get ATLUS to patch this fight to make it fair.… Expand
  24. Zanorok
    Feb 22, 2022
    3
    10/10 game, shame I'm unable to play this game. Please Atlus, just port the game already,.
  25. colderheart
    Apr 8, 2020
    2
    I gave the original a 10 but this not even half that. I don't really write reveiws and would rather just leave a score but I felt like I had to explain. The original P5 was a game that tried new things and tried to have its own identity and style. Not everyone will like it, but it did things like different battle menus and focusing on the types of people most visual novels won't talkI gave the original a 10 but this not even half that. I don't really write reveiws and would rather just leave a score but I felt like I had to explain. The original P5 was a game that tried new things and tried to have its own identity and style. Not everyone will like it, but it did things like different battle menus and focusing on the types of people most visual novels won't talk about.

    The Royal is the opposite of that. The Royal is 'safe'. Every new addition feels like it was it was decided by a room of directors based on what would be popular and not make anyone mad instead of making changes to make the game better. The new gameplay isn't better, it doesn't add something you may have to learn or takes practice or strategy to pull off, it just lowered the games difficulty like this version of the game was aimed at a younger audience by adding stuff like adding new buffs and making crafting items easier. Many of the game additions are just silly minigames and art improvements that are OK but nothing special and feel like they were added to pad things out. The new characters are safe having bland designs and not being very rebellious (except the antagonist, but even he would have been a good guy if he wasn't so forceful and asked before he used his powers on people) and the old characters all have the blandest reactions like the writers were scared people would call them OOC if they did anything new or unexpected. The new palace added at the end feels like it would have been a generic filler episode or arc in an anime instead of being the new finale of a game's remake. The Royal is just P5 with silly additions and an identity crisis and I am disappointed.    … Expand
  26. Gkbasuzo
    Dec 14, 2020
    2
    It just isnt it the games soundtrack is a total bust and the charecters felt bland
  27. Bull1112
    Sep 5, 2022
    2
    The gameplay and graphics were great but just like with vanilla P5, the story and characters are just not it. They feel like a group of kids who don't really care about each other. Not like in P4G where they actually like being with each other. The "plot twists" were so obvious in this game that is was painful. I don't understand why people think this game is so godlike but maybe they justThe gameplay and graphics were great but just like with vanilla P5, the story and characters are just not it. They feel like a group of kids who don't really care about each other. Not like in P4G where they actually like being with each other. The "plot twists" were so obvious in this game that is was painful. I don't understand why people think this game is so godlike but maybe they just need to play more things. All and all, just a very overhyped game in my opinion… Expand
  28. zasham
    Apr 14, 2020
    1
    Most overrated "game" of the year confirmed. Should have been in the main Persona 5 from the beginning.
  29. 2ez4Maki
    Apr 17, 2020
    1
    overprice for dlc, good new music music, and more new DLC overprices, all new content at the end, no russian subtitles
  30. caiobarcelos
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    Jogo sem tradução para nós brasileiros em pleno 2020 isso e um absurdo, não compro nenhum jogo q não venha com pelo menos legendas. Em pt br
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Universal acclaim - based on 71 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 70 out of 71
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 71
  3. Negative: 0 out of 71
  1. Gamer Escape
    Jun 10, 2020
    100
    Persona 5 Royal allows players to experience the story they already love in a new way without losing any of the beauty from the original game. New and old characters get their chance to shine through and steal your heart, even the ones you never expected to. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and maybe you’ll even feel a sense of justice for the infamous Phantom Thieves in the end. But one thing you won’t feel is regret in picking up Persona 5 Royal, as it’s truly the best Persona title, if not one of the best video games, I’ve ever experienced to date.
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  2. Games.cz
    May 20, 2020
    100
    This is not more of the same, this is not an optional add-on to the original game. This, my friends, is the perfect experience, down to the last letter, down to the last minute. Persona 5 Royal is a Japanese crown jewel.
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  3. GameCritics
    Apr 30, 2020
    85
    All of the new additions and content mean that Persona 5 Royal is a clear upgrade to the original. New players should seek this version without hesitation, although vets may find starting the game over from scratch to be too big an ask. Either way, there’s no doubt that Persona 5 Royal sits proudly on the throne of Peak Persona… or at least it will until Atlus decides they can do even more with it.
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