Persona 5 Royal

 PlayStation 4
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8.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 3676 Ratings

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  1. DevilSurvivor
    Nov 18, 2021
    5
    An obvious cashgrab that is reflected in my score. The original Persona 5 for me is at least a 9/10.

    Atlus seems to fund itself solely by milking their franchises, and for as much flak as companies like Ubisoft get, let's get real, even they didn't do dancing game spin-offs of their flagship titles. This is probably the most disgusting practice from Atlus, the constant release of    An obvious cashgrab that is reflected in my score. The original Persona 5 for me is at least a 9/10.

    Atlus seems to fund itself solely by milking their franchises, and for as much flak as companies like Ubisoft get, let's get real, even they didn't do dancing game spin-offs of their flagship titles. This is probably the most disgusting practice from Atlus, the constant release of braindead and cashgrab games that serve no purpose than to milk people for their love of series like SMT and Persona.

    In any case, this expansion brings a new social confidant, a few months of gameplay and a new palace, as well as new demons and a new party member.

    Is it worth the god damn full price release? Absolutely not. What a shameful practice.
    Is it even worth buying if you already did everything in Persona 5? Unless you're a huge Personadrone, absolutely not. By the time I got to the Sixth Palace in P5, I was already skipping dialogue (they went with quantity over quality for sure), especially the Text messages and the overused and ridiculous chit chat involving the "Oh no, the deadline is coming, do you think everything will work out? :OOO". It's repetitive, uninspired, and lacks a lot of care for it. So, why would I want three more months of that?
    Especially when the same problems still exist for the gameplay: you either grind to death in palaces before leaving them, or you waste your days in Mementos grinding lower leveled enemies. It's not as engaging as SMT's gameplay, nor does it have any fun mechanics like some of the SMT spin-offs.

    This is just Persona 5 with a little bit more content, but when the original is already a dragged out game that can last upwards of 80 hours just playing normally, are you really gonna manage 100 hours of repetitive dialogue, especially knowing that every palace that arrives, a new character joins you and the older cast members either become caricatures or are completely forgotten?

    If you' haven't played P5, buy this version as it's the most complete one out there. And yes, if you haven't played it, it's worth it even at 40 bucks. If you've played P5 already, this should be a 10 buck upgrade at most. Comparing this to let's say, TW3 Blood & Wine expansion... Oof, what a disappointment this was.    … Expand
  2. HexadecimalByte
    Jul 6, 2020
    9
    I really enjoyed playing this again as it was a fun game, there was alot to do andit felt satisfying earning back those stats again :)
  3. Arsene5
    Jul 6, 2020
    10
    As long as I play the game, this is the best story game I have ever played, this game feels real and relates to me why can it relate to me? Because in this game tells a friendship, struggle, trust, betrayal, lies that occur in the media, romance.
  4. Rey_waffle
    Jul 7, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. it's amazing, poetic. clearly his intention is to divide the player. get him to empathize with the villain and ignore the hero. an ending that has a dimension beyond the obvious.… Expand
  5. Paprika611
    Jul 8, 2020
    10
    I got the platinum trophy a couple of days ago. And to be honest, I wish I could erase the memories of my playthrough just so I can experience this masterpiece again for the first time. I loved every second of it. I'm looking forward to your next project, Atlus!
  6. 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
  7. Ebo1352
    Jul 17, 2020
    10
    Best game I’ve ever played
    That’s all I really wanna say but my review has to be 75 characters so ignore this
  8. Deluke101
    Jul 18, 2020
    10
    The last of us part one was an amazing game for a heartfelt driven story. The last of us part two takes you down a different path. You have to truly understand the story (and where it's going) to truly appreciate this game and I cannot wait for part 3. The signi
  9. DemonDracie
    Jul 26, 2020
    8
    fan of the original persona games played the original, the real game royal begins after old main story and till you beat main story it feels dumbed down, but picks up after you beaten the story of old 5, dynamic dungeons, new characters new stories allround and dam good game
  10. Johnnydrama
    Jul 19, 2020
    10
    One of the best JRPGs of all time gets better, it can get frustrating trying to juggle your time to get your confidant rank up, but the battle system, voice acting and graphics combine to make this one a legend and well worth the time investment required
  11. Lico51
    Jul 19, 2020
    10
    Well god damn Atlus, your staff clearly put a lot of love into this game, shame not everyone is into JRPGs but I am and this game made me laugh, cry and ragequit a lot of times, I connected with all of the cast, especially Goro Akechi, the OST is AMAZING I can’t stop listening to it every day, the quality of life changes are also noticeable and are for the better, the new palace is bothWell god damn Atlus, your staff clearly put a lot of love into this game, shame not everyone is into JRPGs but I am and this game made me laugh, cry and ragequit a lot of times, I connected with all of the cast, especially Goro Akechi, the OST is AMAZING I can’t stop listening to it every day, the quality of life changes are also noticeable and are for the better, the new palace is both challenging and fun to play, the new characters are very charismatic like Kasumi and Dr Maruki overall this game was the best one I’ve played this year, hope it wins game of the year, the only game I can see taking that award away from Persona 5 Royal FAIRLY and by that I meanwith the approval of the gaming community, that’sright no TLOU 2 since that game sucked, is Cuberpunk 2077right no TLOU… Expand
  12. Howlingwolfjoey
    Jul 20, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Here's what most people say: "Oh! Persona 5 is the best game in the series! This game is a must buy! You must play it. The characters are memorable and the story is amazing!"
    Here's me: "Persona 2, 3, and 4 is better."

    I'm sorry, but I can't stand people kissing the game's butt for being the Greatest Game of All Time. Because honestly, it's one of the most overhyped and overrated Persona game in the series. Not to say it's bad, it's an alright persona game, but not the best one in the series.

    Pros:
    Soundtrack:
    Let's start with the soundtrack. Every persona games has a theme in their series. Persona 3 was rap and Persona 4 was J-Pop. In Persona 5, the game's theme this time is Jazz. And I gotta say. Some of the soundtracks are very catchy, if not, better than Persona 3 and 4. Even the battle theme Last Surprise, which it has become a meme to death and you'll never get it out of your head.

    Gameplay:
    There's one thing that I will admit is that the gameplay has improved drastically, if not, the best in the series. No more you have to fight blob-like enemies in combat. This time, you get to fight and make a great return of battling traditional demons from the previous SMT games & Persona 1 & 2. This feels a big breath of fresh air to the series since they were absent from Persona 3 & 4. All I can say is that I'm glad they're back. And with 3 new elements: Psychic, Nuke, and Gun. These are great new additions to the game and they're welcomed.

    Art Style:
    This game has drastically got an improved art style starting from character sprites, to character portrats, to animation. These are visually impressive upgrade from the P3 & P4 era.

    Cons:
    Characters:
    Now that we got the positives out of the way, let's get to the negatives. Starting with the characters. I absolutely HATED these characters. All of them are unlikable comparing to characters from previous Persona games. Persona 3's characters made you feel sympathetic. Persona 4's characters made you feel light hearted and always give you a big smile. Persona 5's characters are terrible, so bad that it makes me want to grab them from the screen and punch them, mostly Ryuji because he won't shut up & keep on exposing themselves they're the Phantom Thieves.

    Story:
    I gotta say this up front. Persona 5's story has the WORST story in the series. At least for the main story. Because in the Royal's story, there was new content that wasn't in the original. And honestly, it should've focused on THAT STORY because it's at least original and had a better plot twist instead of the actual main story and Maruki is a better villain and an unexpected plot twist than Yaldabaoth. But nowhere near as iconic as Adachi nor Nyx. As for the main story, and I'm gonna say this without triggering you. The story of Persona 5 feels like a rehash of Persona 4. They reused the same idea as Persona 3 & 4: someone who works at school dies, a member of your group is the traitor, the final boss is a god it's the same. And it's tiring. At least Royal did something new. Also, the game has a number of plot holes. Like, the arc with Madarame. They've found legitimate proof that the art has been plargiarized & abused his students. Why didn't they use this proof to the police? I guess plot convenience?

    Overall:
    All I can say this: Persona 3 has better Story. Persona 4 has the best characters. And Persona 5 has the best gameplay. Persona 2 is the best of both worlds, but Persona 2 was a very outdated game that I can't count it. While it's not the worst in the series, I think it's not the best either. I enjoyed it, but not like other Persona games.    … Expand
  13. advalentyn
    Nov 11, 2021
    0
    аниме ..... бюджет скорее всего взят из неба игра не стоит не времени не денег
  14. superdude1
    Jul 25, 2020
    10
    probably GOTY for this year, everything is top notch in this game.
    amazing OST, beafiully written characters, amazing story, fun combat, overall ADDICTING GAME LOOP.
    100+ hours and i never wanted it to end.
  15. Kikeytz
    Aug 10, 2020
    10
    Muy buen JRPG de lo mejor que a sacado en este año y pronto estará en otras plataformas
  16. Gamer41896
    Aug 29, 2020
    10
    Persona 5 Royal is easily the best game I’ve ever played. I still have many games to play, but this game has succeeded everything else I’ve played. Everything down to the soundtrack, art style and gameplay is perfect. I am a huge fan of narrative driven games and I’m a sucker for great righting and boy does this game deliver on both. Weeks after finished it I am still thinking about thePersona 5 Royal is easily the best game I’ve ever played. I still have many games to play, but this game has succeeded everything else I’ve played. Everything down to the soundtrack, art style and gameplay is perfect. I am a huge fan of narrative driven games and I’m a sucker for great righting and boy does this game deliver on both. Weeks after finished it I am still thinking about the ending and the massive journey I had gone on during my 110 hour play through. It is seriously a perfect 10/10 game that I couldn’t recommend to anyone enough… Expand
  17. SkullAbdo
    Sep 6, 2020
    10
    Best game i have played in my life
    Greatest soundtracks and best anime .
  18. Jojon2
    Oct 17, 2020
    3
    The new content feels lacking compared to the price difference between this and the original
  19. nobugs
    Feb 16, 2021
    0
    Worst RPG ever made. SEGA ruins everything they touch. Persona 5 is overrated trash.
  20. Cleml
    Dec 3, 2020
    10
    Le meilleur jeu auquel j'ai joué depuis un baille.
    La BO est incroyable et arrive toujours au moment opportun (ex: pendant les boss fight).
    L'histoire est tellement plus originale que la chié de AAA sans saveurs qu'on nous vends partout, avec des plot twist et des personnages incroyables dès même le début du jeu. Les antagonistes sont tous des enflures (dans le bon sens du terme) et malgré    Le meilleur jeu auquel j'ai joué depuis un baille.
    La BO est incroyable et arrive toujours au moment opportun (ex: pendant les boss fight).
    L'histoire est tellement plus originale que la chié de AAA sans saveurs qu'on nous vends partout, avec des plot twist et des personnages incroyables dès même le début du jeu.
    Les antagonistes sont tous des enflures (dans le bon sens du terme) et malgré le fait qu'il soit nombreux il ont tous une personnalité et un background original et différents.
    Je vous conseille ce jeu si vous êtes intéressé par les jeux de niches qualitatifs.    … Expand
  21. Gkbasuzo
    Dec 14, 2020
    2
    It just isnt it the games soundtrack is a total bust and the charecters felt bland
  22. ErickSvieira
    Mar 2, 2021
    0
    cara,q jogo ridículo,só fanboy pra gostar. mds. só no grafico o cara ja percebe a (nao)qualidade do jogo
  23. eodnclfck
    Jan 12, 2021
    0
    개짜증나 진짜 어이없게 죽어가지고 ㅅㅂㅅㅂ 내돈내고 평가하는거니까 ㅅㅂ ㅈ같네 돈날려서 돈만 많았어도 cd 뿌셔서 만든새끼들 대가리에 찍었을텐데
  24. TomatoPrincess
    Feb 7, 2021
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great, great game. However a tad too stretched put for my liking, especially the last semester. As well as this, there are hiccups of balance, for example, im glad Akechi shot Okumura, screw that boss. As well as this, Sae's bossfight was dissapointingly easy.… Expand
  25. 2random
    Sep 29, 2021
    5
    The game is identical to the original Persona 5. They just added a few scenes and lowered the difficulty by a lot. It's still good, but don't waste your time if you've already played the og version. Oh, and new content is locked behind leveling up bonds with specific confidants. So, there is a huge chance you'll miss like 30% of the game.
  26. CheetoPhingers
    Aug 18, 2021
    8
    The game, for better or worse, is long. A tad on the easy side. It has a decent story and so much style!
  27. MickyEpic
    Aug 28, 2021
    0
    Play it. Best JRPG ever made and one of the best plottwists I've ever seen. You also don't have to play Persona 5 first. Just play Persona 5 Royal you won't regret it.
  28. Bradyjohnston
    Nov 16, 2021
    7
    The gameplay is charming and fun, but the characters and story are admittedly shallow and repetitive. The story takes a convoluted, poorly executed turn after the next to last palace, but all in all it is a flashy, light hearted JRPG that is worth a go. The extra content and characters were not particularly interesting to me, but the quality of life improvements are noticeable. I don'tThe gameplay is charming and fun, but the characters and story are admittedly shallow and repetitive. The story takes a convoluted, poorly executed turn after the next to last palace, but all in all it is a flashy, light hearted JRPG that is worth a go. The extra content and characters were not particularly interesting to me, but the quality of life improvements are noticeable. I don't quite think that justifies the difference between the two versions, though.… Expand
  29. jorge1102
    Feb 24, 2022
    6
    Not fun, but not worth this price

    Playing more than 50 hours, still don't feel fun
  30. Hoeseph
    Feb 19, 2022
    1
    For years I have struggled with a crippling disability. For years I have not been able to sleep at night. No matter what medication I have taken, it could not allow me a good night sleep. Any doctor visits I have taken resulted in another night of disappointment. No matter what I have tried, I had experienced crippling insomnia. Then one one fateful day, I discovered Persona 5 Royal. WhatFor years I have struggled with a crippling disability. For years I have not been able to sleep at night. No matter what medication I have taken, it could not allow me a good night sleep. Any doctor visits I have taken resulted in another night of disappointment. No matter what I have tried, I had experienced crippling insomnia. Then one one fateful day, I discovered Persona 5 Royal. What I expected to be a new JRPG turned out to be just what I needed. Any time I have trouble sleeping, I play this wonderful game for an hour or two so I can fall asleep. Without fail, the dialogue will give me a good night's rest. I am truly thankful to Atlus, Sega, and Naoya Maeda for curing me of my insomnia. I am truly thankful for this game.… 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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