Persona 5 Royal

 PlayStation 4
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8.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 3676 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 147 out of 3676
  3. Negative: 455 out of 3676
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  1. Thelionbearali
    Apr 6, 2020
    10
    Japst game creators knows how to deliver and make a game filled with details and action and purpose.
    The game is rich in every aspects
  2. HollowSamurai
    Mar 31, 2020
    10
    Прекрасно как и всегда,новые персонажи,геймплейные нововведения.В общем красота...
  3. Ludalexmar
    Mar 31, 2020
    10
    An excellent ultimate version of this masterpiece that I recommend at all RPG lovers. 130h+ content
  4. Carny
    Mar 31, 2020
    10
    A JRPG masterpiece. Everyone in 1997 had FF7, in 2020, we have Persona 5 Royal.
  5. Darth_Chinius
    May 14, 2020
    10
    One of the most amazing game I have ever play. Every negative is about money or SJW crap....
  6. Nitja
    Apr 18, 2020
    10
    Original P5 was Great,this one is Incredible , I'm 80 hour in and cant get enough
  7. Gamelegend98
    Apr 9, 2020
    10
    Persona 5 Royal is a MUST PLAY! You get a 60 dollar waifu plus a lot of amazing content. This game stole my heart once again.
  8. Gofive
    Apr 8, 2020
    5
    The game was fun I was enjoying my self a lot of the game but I did not know that there is an order to get the good ending that was **** they really should have told us how to get the good ending and if you are wondering the order here it is you have to get reach councillor arcana on doctor maruki rank 9 before the 18 of November Ans next you have to reach Faith arcana on kasumi ****The game was fun I was enjoying my self a lot of the game but I did not know that there is an order to get the good ending that was **** they really should have told us how to get the good ending and if you are wondering the order here it is you have to get reach councillor arcana on doctor maruki rank 9 before the 18 of November Ans next you have to reach Faith arcana on kasumi **** rank 5 before the 18th of December And then reach justice arcana for goro akechi rank 8 before the 24th November and you have to refuse all offers presented by the big bad boss how was I meant to know that I got the bad ending By the way I did play the game not just writing this for no reason… Expand
  9. JPG127
    Apr 25, 2020
    10
    One of the best RPGs I have ever played and criminally underrated. This is about as close to perfect as a game can get. Graphics were perfect throughout, sounds great, story was interesting and combat was fun (not too easy/ difficult). I know slice of life is usually boring. But everything done between battles has a legit purpose that helps you in combat (items, perks, etc) and not justOne of the best RPGs I have ever played and criminally underrated. This is about as close to perfect as a game can get. Graphics were perfect throughout, sounds great, story was interesting and combat was fun (not too easy/ difficult). I know slice of life is usually boring. But everything done between battles has a legit purpose that helps you in combat (items, perks, etc) and not just padding. My first play thru was a little short of 100 hours. Plus, I legitimately want to go back for everything I missed.… Expand
  10. Frank7
    Apr 22, 2020
    10
    One of the coolest games i've ever played. Incredibly stylish, unreal music & brilliant characters. Highly recommend it. ^_^
  11. Cheesytime0
    Apr 1, 2020
    10
    Truly a masterpiece and cannot be taken for granted.
    SERIOUSLY What a great
    Do NOT port this or any Persona Base game on Switch, cuz they are ungrateful and are ill informed that the base games are PS exclusive
  12. Mcfreezy22
    Apr 7, 2020
    10
    If you played and enjoyed any type of JRPG. This is a must play. The crafting of making the perfect personas, to the social links, the music. Is all great.
  13. booman23
    May 15, 2020
    10
    Do not trust the user score. Persona 5 royal is one the best if not the best rpg's ever made.
  14. Yuna67876
    May 18, 2020
    10
    Stole my heart again, one of the best JRPGS on the PS4 and worth every money spent on it.
  15. Rayyan8910
    May 18, 2020
    10
    Best game ever played in my life. The story is incredible with a diverse range of characters all with their own unique personalities. It’s so addicting and makes you want to keep playing. The message is one which will always be remembered by the player too.
  16. TheAmazingArek
    Jun 5, 2020
    10
    Original P5 is already a 10/10 and Royal improves on it in every way and fixes almost every flaw with the original. Would give an 11 if it was possible
  17. SmokeDG
    Oct 29, 2020
    0
    How is this voted the best game, it's not even close to something nice at least.
  18. Throughawindow
    May 3, 2020
    1
    Most of the 10 out of 10 reviews talk about how this game has so many changes and fixes so much but there is literally almost no differences outside of the battles and some art changes until the very end ...and the stuff at the end has to be unlocked or you miss it. If you don’t believe me, go on YouTube and watch some of a random let’s play before you buy the game and see if it is worthMost of the 10 out of 10 reviews talk about how this game has so many changes and fixes so much but there is literally almost no differences outside of the battles and some art changes until the very end ...and the stuff at the end has to be unlocked or you miss it. If you don’t believe me, go on YouTube and watch some of a random let’s play before you buy the game and see if it is worth it yourself.… Expand
  19. Mossyrocks
    Apr 29, 2020
    1
    Save your money. The gameplay is just the old persona 5 but easier, the graphics are barely different, the new parts an characters (especially the new party member) are about as well written as twilight, and it is only one palace longer than the original.
  20. Nobodywantsmid
    Mar 31, 2020
    10
    The base game was already a masterpiece, but this is something different. Almost every change made the game better and Atlus did so smoothly, its like these new elements was always meant to be in the game. Even if you dont like the JRPG genre as a whole, this game makes you a fan, trust me. There are a very few games out there that can be a true gem and give an experience like neverThe base game was already a masterpiece, but this is something different. Almost every change made the game better and Atlus did so smoothly, its like these new elements was always meant to be in the game. Even if you dont like the JRPG genre as a whole, this game makes you a fan, trust me. There are a very few games out there that can be a true gem and give an experience like never before, but this is definitely one of them. Thank you Atlus for this beast. Now we just need a switch port.… Expand
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. Blurbs
    Apr 11, 2020
    10
    Better than the original by a wide margin. So much content has been added, and small quality of life changes really help make an already polished game even greater.
  24. 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
  25. Falseswipe
    Apr 27, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. More like “Persona 5: false advertising edition”. Seriously, almost everything said about this game is a lie or stretched truth or abusing misleading wording to trick people.

    You see the girl with the red ponytail (Kasumi is her name) that takes up more of the cover than the mascot? The girl who is the main focus in almost every piece of advertising? - Ha, she is barely in the game! She’s in the main storyline but doesn’t really interact with anybody other than the protagonist and Goro and only joins team only after the original story ends in a section that only has one palace and only happens if you to max a certain characters confidant before a certain date.

    The advertising also brags that the game was 30% bigger and too big to be DLC. That’s a laugh. Yeah, the file size of the game is about 30% bigger than the vanilla game, but the actual game is like 15-20 hours longer if you include the unlockable new palace. Most of what makes it bigger are just more images and higher quality images/textures, including things that nobody cares about like changing the hotel where you name the team which is a location you only see one or twice and isn’t important at all.

    This is supposedly the ‘polished’ version also fails to polish the game:
    -The story sections, other than cramped in additions, are untouched outside of slight wording choices instead of actually fixing issues with the plot or characters. The ‘polish’ outside of gameplay is almost exclusively minor graphical changes like more bloom and characters busts turning their heads more in portraits as if that is what gamers care about. The only aspect of the story the actually try to play with is Goro. They try to develop him but since the game’s main storyline requires him to wear a facade it most becomes fangirl fodder. Also, instead of tying up loose ends (without going into spoilers), they end up creating a new one by making what happens with Goro more ambiguous and creating new unanswered questions regarding what happened to him. -Gameplay ‘polish’ consists some changes that are mostly just padding the palaces with new parts (if you took out all the extensions, you could have made a new palace and had something else in the stupidly short new semester) and changes to how weapons/guns upgrade and refill as if they wanted players to be able to auto-rush most of the game instead of making the gameplay more engaging.
    -And despite this being a version of a game on the same console that is supposed to be enough to warrant buying the game again, they fail to let you carry over from the vanilla game. While you get a starting bonus from having a save from the vanilla Persona 5 , it is a small one. Prepare to mash the X button through confidants you have already done because you are going to have to do it all over again and refuse all of your old personas.

    This game gets a hot 0 from me because there is no reason to play or buy this game when the original is better and still available on the same system.    … Expand
  26. YarenZhao
    Mar 31, 2020
    10
    A huge improvement from original P5. The new content bring more depth and thoughts into the P5's topic rather than just use some social issues to show a "good vs. bad" or "evil vs. human"
  27. Yukiko
    May 4, 2020
    1
    A sad remaster that fails to fix issues with the original like the frustrating airlock puzzles, the lack of development with many cast members, and slog of an ending and instead adds a personality-less new girl, a sloppily written new palace and ending, and an ugly new opening number. Persona 4 golden did everything this game does, did it better, AND was a port to a portable system.
  28. Toriksta
    Mar 31, 2020
    10
    Persona 5 was already a masterpiece of a game that didn't need any kinds of improvements or enhancements, I actually thought might ruin it since the game is so amazing on its own, it doesn't need any kind of improvement added on but BOY! Was I wrong! I LOVE PERSONA 5 ROYAL! Everything they added in terms of the improvements was for the you to not feel the frustration of playing the game inPersona 5 was already a masterpiece of a game that didn't need any kinds of improvements or enhancements, I actually thought might ruin it since the game is so amazing on its own, it doesn't need any kind of improvement added on but BOY! Was I wrong! I LOVE PERSONA 5 ROYAL! Everything they added in terms of the improvements was for the you to not feel the frustration of playing the game in mind, they knew that so they had to make those amazing improvements. As. For. The new story, my God x atlus has surpassed themselves, with such a well written story and and an AMAZING ANTAGONIST,… Expand
  29. zasham
    Apr 14, 2020
    1
    Most overrated "game" of the year confirmed. Should have been in the main Persona 5 from the beginning.
  30. 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
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Metascore
95

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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