Persona 5 Royal

 PlayStation 4
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8.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 3676 Ratings

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  1. THUnder222
    Apr 4, 2022
    0
    Universal Acclaim?!? Hahahahaha!!! HARDLY.

    This game does not have enough new content to justify a re-release with a new name. What's that? You added a scantily clad girl who wears a leotard into battle and happens to be as slutty as the rest of the female cast? ....WHO IS ONLY AVAIABLE DURING THE VERY FINAL PART OF THE GAME DESPITE BEING ADVERTISED HEAVILY??? Yaaay. Sign me up! (No,    Universal Acclaim?!? Hahahahaha!!! HARDLY.

    This game does not have enough new content to justify a re-release with a new name. What's that? You added a scantily clad girl who wears a leotard into battle and happens to be as slutty as the rest of the female cast? ....WHO IS ONLY AVAIABLE DURING THE VERY FINAL PART OF THE GAME DESPITE BEING ADVERTISED HEAVILY??? Yaaay. Sign me up! (No, seriously. Her story is tacked on)

    What's that? You wanna team up with Akechi again? That murderous, callous psychopath despite everything he has done? By all means! Japan LOVES psychopaths!

    As much as i love SMT series, i am giving this game a low score simply because Atlus's laziness, greed, questionable choice (like bringing back a serial killer as a companion and trying to make him likeable) and their shameless attempt to rip of its fanbase.    … Expand
  2. cion1840
    Apr 5, 2020
    0
    令人讨厌的结局，宣传的新女主角戏份过少。玩过原版的人还要花时间重头再来一遍令人厌烦。
  3. RwolfBonerush
    Apr 4, 2020
    0
    This game panders to the perverted and its gameplay consists of the x button, the story is a joke with every character having nearly the exact same story arc and then going brain dead after their arc is over. EA is better then Atlus, will never play anything by this company again.
  4. Tseppelin
    Feb 9, 2021
    0
    This game is **** programmed like a 2001 game. You can save only in certains zones with a lot of distance Between them, and if you die you have to do an hour of play all the time. The animations are cumbersome, there is a mountain of dialogue that a third could avoid being useless speeches, the palaces are almost all monotonous and certain monsters are incredibly strong and kill youThis game is **** programmed like a 2001 game. You can save only in certains zones with a lot of distance Between them, and if you die you have to do an hour of play all the time. The animations are cumbersome, there is a mountain of dialogue that a third could avoid being useless speeches, the palaces are almost all monotonous and certain monsters are incredibly strong and kill you immediately, if you do not get from behind it is always lost.… Expand
  5. Kingdomhear
    Nov 11, 2020
    0
    Non avessi letto alcuna recensione...avrei detto va be'...un giochino tutto sommato divertente...basso budget...quasi nessun filmato...tante chiacchiere come se i personaggi sono immobili
  6. OmegaAP
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    Persona 5 has way too much padding and not enough epic moments. It’s a far cry from other epic great rpgs such as Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest. Atlus really dropped the ball. The game drags on way too much and I was forced to drop it.
  7. sheppardbo
    Apr 9, 2020
    0
    Full price for some small additions to the original which was just another boring, dated, turn based JRPG with stale mechanics, grinding, and recycled mechanics. Generally dated gameplay and the music sucks a**.
  8. Trojanman23
    Mar 31, 2020
    0
    The original p5 was an amazing game for a $20 price tag, this is remake for basically $40 more but that’s not why I’m mad. This game was marked not as a remake or remaster, everything I saw was framed as a new game! I am mad beyond belief, I’m literally 14 and I just spend all my money on this game which I already basically played.
  9. Sakurax
    Apr 2, 2020
    0
    Same game with few add ons just cash grab. Not worth playing especially if you played 5
  10. PersonaFan1000
    Apr 2, 2020
    0
    Persona 5 is a great game, but buy the original for $20, not this $60 scam.
    I'd even rate this a 10/10 if I could upgrade my vanilla copy of P5 for like $20 or something, but nope.
    Let's add some extra perspective here... Capcom allows people with an original Street Fighter V disc to upgrade to Championship edition. Capcom, a company that produced a ton of Street Fighter 2 upgrades,    Persona 5 is a great game, but buy the original for $20, not this $60 scam.
    I'd even rate this a 10/10 if I could upgrade my vanilla copy of P5 for like $20 or something, but nope.

    Let's add some extra perspective here...
    Capcom allows people with an original Street Fighter V disc to upgrade to Championship edition.
    Capcom, a company that produced a ton of Street Fighter 2 upgrades, and charged money each time, has given users an upgrade path.

    What's Atlus' excuse here even?
    This isn't the PS2 era guys, this isn't Persona 3 FES.
    This is simply embarrassing, to both Persona fans, and fans of Atlus.    … Expand
  11. John2505
    Apr 6, 2020
    0
    Can't justify another $60 on a game. This should have been dlc or at least discounted digitally for people who bought the original.
  12. aozoranoyume
    Apr 15, 2020
    0
    I enjoyed the original Persona 5. While not a perfect game or even close to it, I played through it all and platinumed it. That being said, Royal is literally just Atlus cash-grabbing at desperate fans. Imagine slapping on some small amount of basic content at the end and then charging full price again for an almost 4 year old game. Brand new experience? Not even close.
  13. BanLeMn
    Apr 23, 2020
    0
    The game sucks, it’s 130 hours long as 110 of it is old content but it’s being rereleased for $60, it’s basically a scam. Not to mention the fact that the new content is awful, Kasumi is awfully written, Akechi is terrible, Maruki is good, Jose is pointless and the “quality of life” improvements are things that could’ve been added in a free update. There is no point to this game existingThe game sucks, it’s 130 hours long as 110 of it is old content but it’s being rereleased for $60, it’s basically a scam. Not to mention the fact that the new content is awful, Kasumi is awfully written, Akechi is terrible, Maruki is good, Jose is pointless and the “quality of life” improvements are things that could’ve been added in a free update. There is no point to this game existing and it honestly has ruined the persona 5 brand.… Expand
  14. Kkodss
    Apr 25, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Replayed through the whole game a second time just for an extra 12 hours of gameplay after the end. Riveting. The new party member isnt even available until the third semester either, making her a real waste. And the third semester itself is just one new month and palace that isnt even longer than prior ones. Sad.
    The new content was disapointing. Spoilers

    I know there are a few extra scenes and gameplay improvements here and there but at the end of the day this is like 20 dollar DLC being sold as a full price game. Pretty outrageous. It should have been DLC. I honestly feel as though Atlus sprinkled in this stuff into the main game just to have an excuse as to why this was a full release lol.    … Expand
  15. 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
  16. Hennal
    May 15, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. --- MAJOR SPOILERS FOR VANILLA PERSONA 5 --- MINOR SPOILERS FOR PERSONA 5 ROYAL ---

    I can safely say that if you aren't a diehard fan of the original, you WILL be disappointed by Royal.

    STORY AND CHARACTERS: Whilst the overall message and scenario of the third semester is better than the base game, it does nothing but muddy the original's, which is pretty bad considering that you still have to "play the original" (80 hours of the exact same thing) to even access that story. It doesn't fit in at all with the rest of the game. It also makes things incredibly confusing in regards to Mementos - none of which is really explained in-game. Half of the dialogue in the third semester is unvoiced, which is stupid because a lot of dialogue from the original was voiced in Royal. The new final boss is atrocious. The first phase of it is way too easy - and the only actual gameplay you will see throughout the entire finale. The second phase is near-scripted, and also pathetically easy. The third phase is completely scripted, over-the-top, retarded and predictable. The "fourth phase", if you wanna call it that, is another boring interactive cutscene, this time with animations that make you wonder how this game got a single positive review. How the **** did they **** it up so bad? Jose and Maruki are... whatever, but Kasumi is god awful. She is just shoe-horned into every bloody scene in the game and is played up to be a perfect person, just to be brought down with a boring plot twist meant to make you feel sorry for her (i.e. meant to make her the canon romance) . Akechi's new confidant is good, but for some reason all of the scenes where you would automatically rank up in vanilla are still there... why? They feel very out of place now. The "twist" is also now even more obvious than before. His role in the third semester is cool and funny, but just a fan-service thing. No substance beyond that. The new true ending is better than the original, but is still dead and emotionless. None of the game fixes any of the story or character (cough Haru cough) issues with the original, not even Morgana's stupid tantrum. It only serves to further convolute the already questionable story of the original.

    GAMEPLAY: The new gameplay additions are fine and all, but they don't mean anything, because both P5 versions are ridiculously easy. Had the game been actually retuned around the Will Seed accessories, Baton Pass changes and Technical changes, then they would have had some substance. Money and XP grinding is easier and more accessible now than ever, even though it didn't need to be. It is easier to max out all confidants and social stats on your first run of the game. None of the bosses are satisfying to beat or anything, because there is zero challenge. Almost all the palace layout changes are dumb, because every single one makes them shorter and easier than before. Shido's palace needed to be a little bit shorter though, so that one is fine. Almost every major boss change in Royal is a negative, like what the **** Kamoshida's now has Morgana shouting at you every turn. Madarame's makes the fight way too easy now. Kaneshiro's makes the Piggytron phase repetitive and tedious, and the new phase is just a check to see if you have Dormina or Lullaby in your party. Wakaba's fight now drags out for 10 years between ballistas, for some reason. Not gonna talk about Okumura's new fight. Sae's changes are meaningless. Shido's changes are the only good ones, because it makes the last part somewhat of an actual challenge. Cuphead is unchanged, for some inexplicable reason.

    I had another large section about other miscellaneous problems, like it not fixing the bad dubbing, but that exceeded the character limit. At the game's very core, it fails to deliver on any meaningful aspects like gameplay and story, whilst not even making an attempt to improve on what made the original so bad. And then ATLUS have the gall to charge $60 for it, with another $60 of DLC on top. What a joke.    … Expand
  17. joselypto
    May 31, 2020
    0
    Un juego que no respeta al jugador. 90% texto, 10% juego. Limitando incluso la posibilidad de guardar la partida para retirarte y descanzar de tanto dialogo absurdo. No les miento, estoy "acelerando los textos" desde hace 2 horas y no me ha dado la posibilidad de guardar la partida por que hablan, hablan y hablan. Y claro, no tiene autoguardado :)

    Esto empeora mucho en los meses del    Un juego que no respeta al jugador. 90% texto, 10% juego. Limitando incluso la posibilidad de guardar la partida para retirarte y descanzar de tanto dialogo absurdo. No les miento, estoy "acelerando los textos" desde hace 2 horas y no me ha dado la posibilidad de guardar la partida por que hablan, hablan y hablan. Y claro, no tiene autoguardado :)


    Esto empeora mucho en los meses del juego de agosto y septiembre, 100% texto 0% juego en esos interminables días. Se convirtió fácil en una experiencia de frustración mas que en algo disfrutable.
    No lo recomiendo en absoluto.    … Expand
  18. timadickson
    Jul 22, 2020
    0
    Говноооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооо!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  19. ph45fs
    Dec 6, 2020
    0
    Um completo pedaço de merda, essa merda estar classificada como jogo eh uma afronta para a sociedade eh uma porra de uma visual novel RUIM, a unica coisa q vc faz nessa merda eh pular dialogo, musica de jogo porno japones, koikatsu party tem um grafico melhor q essa merda. historia de anime ruim genérica e previsível. nao tente jogar essa merda. ate o anime eh mais bem feito o jogo inteiroUm completo pedaço de merda, essa merda estar classificada como jogo eh uma afronta para a sociedade eh uma porra de uma visual novel RUIM, a unica coisa q vc faz nessa merda eh pular dialogo, musica de jogo porno japones, koikatsu party tem um grafico melhor q essa merda. historia de anime ruim genérica e previsível. nao tente jogar essa merda. ate o anime eh mais bem feito o jogo inteiro parece q foi desenhado por uma criança, a qualidade dos desenhos no anime sao mto superiores a esse esterco. NAO perca seu tempo com essa merda.… Expand
  20. hhhhhhhhhhh
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    the animation stile is not what i thought it wold be , game play is average at best , music is kinda ok.
  21. Arseniy_62
    Jul 3, 2020
    0
    Игра не понравилась!Во первых зачем так тупо сливать Джоэла?Второе конец просто убил меня и мое потраченное время.Продолжим игра за Эбби которая длится больше 6 часов не интересная!Игра хочет показаться о какая она хорошая,а сучка Элли плохая.Знаете почему Элли плакала в конце потому что сюжет отстой.Игра не понравилась!Во первых зачем так тупо сливать Джоэла?Второе конец просто убил меня и мое потраченное время.Продолжим игра за Эбби которая длится больше 6 часов не интересная!Игра хочет показаться о какая она хорошая,а сучка Элли плохая.Знаете почему Элли плакала в конце потому что сюжет отстой.
  22. MaxJudo
    Jul 7, 2020
    0
    Imagine buying a game a few years ago and then buying it again for an extra month of gameplay that can be missed altogether if you don’t follow a guide, a new girl who rarely shows up and is only important in that month you might miss, and little changes like graphics tweaks that would have been added for free by modders if this had been a steam release. Shame on people bragging that thisImagine buying a game a few years ago and then buying it again for an extra month of gameplay that can be missed altogether if you don’t follow a guide, a new girl who rarely shows up and is only important in that month you might miss, and little changes like graphics tweaks that would have been added for free by modders if this had been a steam release. Shame on people bragging that this game so much new content and how ‘totally worth it’ it is! If you want to play persona 5, the original title is this game but with less bloating and better pacing.… Expand
  23. TheHand
    Jul 15, 2020
    0
    Very solid game that adds on to the base game, definitely worth for the new additions, The final semester of the game is brilliant and the final boss is even more so. The anime cutscenes still look like garbage unfortunately but the brilliant music, characters, voice acting, story and gameplay loop make up for it tenfold.
  24. Happyhughes2001
    Jul 19, 2020
    0
    Very very buggy. I would wait until this is patched.

    Very repetitive, Like I said wait until patches and for a good sale price.
  25. ecgbox
    Jul 20, 2020
    0
    Más malo y aburrido imposible, infantil y absurdo, es un anime más que un juego, sobre todo pesado y aburrido
  26. advalentyn
    Nov 11, 2021
    0
    аниме ..... бюджет скорее всего взят из неба игра не стоит не времени не денег
  27. Mintao
    Aug 7, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game have characters like Makoto and Sumire, that's why it isn't nearly as good as Persona 3 or 4.… Expand
  28. Grutes
    Aug 17, 2020
    0
    Игра не стоит своих денег, полное гавнище если честно. Хотите игру про школу, то играйте в булли
  29. vitu297
    Aug 26, 2020
    0
    É por causa de jogos assim que irei comprar o xbox na próxima geração. Jogo muito entediante, gráficos de ps2, jogabilidade travada e com combate extremamente ruim.
  30. nobugs
    Feb 16, 2021
    0
    Worst RPG ever made. SEGA ruins everything they touch. Persona 5 is overrated trash.
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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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