Persona 5

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8.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5569 Ratings

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  1. HarryFernandes
    Dec 8, 2020
    9
    Being someone who hasn't played a lot of jrpg's i only bought this game in promo not long ago mostly cause I've heard so much good stuff about it. And boy is it much better than i hoped. i got seriously hooked. there are flaws ofc. combat does get repetitive but the characters and story the world itself is amazing and i was never bored. always looking forward to play more. had hard timeBeing someone who hasn't played a lot of jrpg's i only bought this game in promo not long ago mostly cause I've heard so much good stuff about it. And boy is it much better than i hoped. i got seriously hooked. there are flaws ofc. combat does get repetitive but the characters and story the world itself is amazing and i was never bored. always looking forward to play more. had hard time putting it down. Id give it a 9.2 so a 9… Expand
  2. Skollie
    Dec 7, 2020
    10
    I've never played a turn based game before. I always thought that it's something I wouldn't like. But after all the tense games I've been playing recently, I wanted to try something a bit more relaxed and I gave it a go.

    What an amazing experience this game was! This was something I wasn't expecting at all. Persona 5 sucked me into its world instantly. The story is absolutely brilliant    I've never played a turn based game before. I always thought that it's something I wouldn't like. But after all the tense games I've been playing recently, I wanted to try something a bit more relaxed and I gave it a go.

    What an amazing experience this game was! This was something I wasn't expecting at all. Persona 5 sucked me into its world instantly. The story is absolutely brilliant and while the graphics do leave something to be desired, it can easily be overlooked and I found myself addicted to its rich and vibrant world and characters.

    It's easy to see how much effort was put into this game and I applaud the creators for creating such a masterpiece.    … Expand
  3. Aidilmuhaimin
    Dec 7, 2020
    10
    Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood Game masterrrrrrrrrrrrrrpiece
  4. 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
  5. AllNewSuperfake
    Dec 3, 2020
    5
    Great style and music, well fleshed out mechanics and gameplay +10
    Children's book level writing -1
    90 % of the game is pressing X to continue the neverending blabbering -1 Morgana -8 (Morgana is just the most obvious example for a great sandboxy game getting repeatedly stabbed in it's best parts by being streamlined to let the story shine, and while the story isn't terrible, the    Great style and music, well fleshed out mechanics and gameplay +10
    Children's book level writing -1
    90 % of the game is pressing X to continue the neverending blabbering -1

    Morgana -8

    (Morgana is just the most obvious example for a great sandboxy game getting repeatedly stabbed in it's best parts by being streamlined to let the story shine, and while the story isn't terrible, the way it's shoved in your face made me hate it and everything about it)
    readjusted the score because it's really not a 0, but I now understand the glorious vision that was the cat silencer in "postal 2" +5    … Expand
  6. TripleChampions
    Dec 3, 2020
    10
    Everything about this game surpassed everything about every RPG I've ever played. The music, the story, and the combat were amazing. The 100 hours I spent on my playthrough of this were the best 100 hours I've ever spent gaming.
  7. katieelizabeth
    Nov 29, 2020
    6
    I was excited to play this game, seeing as so many people say it's beloved and one of the best games last generation, but to be honest, I could not really get into it. If you're a fan of jrpgs, you may not necessarily enjoy this - it's not an automatic shoe-in like other classic jrpgs might be.

    For one, the time-based simulator did not jive with me. I found it difficult to know what all    I was excited to play this game, seeing as so many people say it's beloved and one of the best games last generation, but to be honest, I could not really get into it. If you're a fan of jrpgs, you may not necessarily enjoy this - it's not an automatic shoe-in like other classic jrpgs might be.

    For one, the time-based simulator did not jive with me. I found it difficult to know what all of my options were in given time period at times, and I was always stressed out in choosing how I spent my time because I really didn't know what the impact of my decisions would be, or what I needed to prepare for. This is the kind of game where beating it once probably gives you the necessary information to make better informed decisions in subsequent playthroughs, but with the game being well over 100 hours, that's a proposition I don't want to take the developers up on.

    The other part of the game I did not enjoy was the combat. Mechanically, the combat is fine, but the rng is very brutal. If one of your party members misses an attack, or if your damage rolls much lower than it usually does, a fight that would have normally not wasted any HP or SP could spiral out of control and royally mess things up. For example, let's say a character misses an attack, and then that enemy that is on low health gets 3 crits in a row, and now 3 party members are below 25% hp despite being at max HP before the combat started - this can happen. It's very swingy like this. With SP being very limited in dungeons, using it to heal to recover from situations like this will really prevent you from finishing it in a smaller number of trips.

    RNG also plays a roll in deciding what enemies you will face. You could get unlucky and just face the hardest batch of enemies over and over - it can easily happen. The end-result is that you will have to spend more resources to heal up damage and/or prevent damage than if the encounters were more balanced.

    All this means is that grinding is actually fairly essential, even on normal difficulty, if you want to reduce your trips to do the dungeon to maximize your social time... which you probably want to do because you will end up with more abilities and stats compared to going in the dungeon multiple times.

    Beyond how much I did not like the swingy rng, the graphics are actually fairly terrible. Outside of the anime cutscenes and art (which do look great), the actual 3d engine looks similar to what you find in a PS2 game (only the resolution is higher). On top of this, camera rotation and movement is extremely clunky. It almost reminds me of Mario 64 - it's kind of that bad. Like if you tilt your analogy stick slowly to the half-way position, the camera does not move until after you pass that 50% tilt, and then moves suddenly by a lot, exactly like Mario 64 c-sticks did. I wish it was a lot smoother :/ Rotating the camera to see enemies behind corners and stuff feels awful - like it's really bad.

    There are some good things about the game. The voice acting is really good. The UI's and art style is neat. The music is quite good - some really nice tracks at times.

    Ultimately though, I did not enjoy the swinginess of the rng in combat or the stress of not knowing what the impact of my social decisions would be, which is basically the 2 largest parts of the actual gameplay. I think if the combat was less swingy and you were not as punished by the rng and if the game did a better job showing available options with consequences to make decisions more intelligently, I might have enjoyed the game. But I sort of think this game is overrated and I enjoyed other modern jrpgs like Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Atelier Ryza, Octopath Traveler, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, etc. a lot more than this. I don't get the hype - I think you need to be a certain kind of person to enjoy this as there is a risk you might just not get into it. I could not finish it after about 10 hours or so - I was done.    … Expand
  8. FilipWit
    Nov 27, 2020
    0
    Stupidly overrated. People only played the first arc and assumed the whole game is like that. The first arc is very good, yes, but the game never reaches anything close to that level later on. It's also way too long, the dungeons just drag on and on and on. It takes over 100 hours just to finish the MAIN STORY. The dialogues are crappy, lots of information is repeated for no reason, otherStupidly overrated. People only played the first arc and assumed the whole game is like that. The first arc is very good, yes, but the game never reaches anything close to that level later on. It's also way too long, the dungeons just drag on and on and on. It takes over 100 hours just to finish the MAIN STORY. The dialogues are crappy, lots of information is repeated for no reason, other dialogues state the obvious for no reason and there's also lots of fodder, text that adds nothing to anything, but the characters say it nonetheless. This game also has a randomly generated dungeon that has like 60 floors. The floors are about as generic and braindead as your typical randomly generated dungeon. But here's the kicker- in order to finish the game you have to go through all of those randomly generated crappy levels.

    This game is good for like the first 10 or so hours, the rest is just a waste of time. So much pointless fodder in everything, don't bother.    … Expand
  9. markus312
    Nov 26, 2020
    10
    my first JRPG, and it was exceeded all expectations it had with a brilliant story, awesome characters and phenomenal gameplay.
  10. Bulletnot
    Nov 25, 2020
    7
    Pros: great story, role play mechanics where you can work at a job, go to school, socialise with friends, etc. Definitely a must buy if you don’t mind to read a lot of text.
    Cons: combat can get a bit grinding/repetitive when you fight a lot of the same enemies and, as it is turn based, you often just press a button and watch the same animation over and over.
  11. Deank1006
    Nov 23, 2020
    10
    I was bored and knew Persona 5 was a good game based off of reviews. I’m not a huge anime fan, or JRPG player. I decided to take a chance and Persona 5 because it had a good sale. I just wish I had spent more money and bought Royal instead. Persona 5 blew my expectations out of the water. I was very rarely bored in the game due to amazing characters and their development. I spent over 100I was bored and knew Persona 5 was a good game based off of reviews. I’m not a huge anime fan, or JRPG player. I decided to take a chance and Persona 5 because it had a good sale. I just wish I had spent more money and bought Royal instead. Persona 5 blew my expectations out of the water. I was very rarely bored in the game due to amazing characters and their development. I spent over 100 hours completing the game and I wish it was longer. If you are on the verge of buying it, do what I did and take a chance. You won’t regret it.… Expand
  12. ShinishiKudo
    Nov 22, 2020
    10
    Stole my heart
    This game took me by suprise and I enjoyed every second of it. From a great soundtrack to a great story and intersting gamrplay Persona 5 has everything.
  13. MulQuahDiiv
    Nov 21, 2020
    10
    My first JRPG ever, and a big surprise. I didn't expect having so much fun, but I got really engaged in the plot. I felt involved in the story and after about 80 hours, I established relationships with all the characters. I loved the graphics, drawings and music. For me the soundtrack is incredible. One of the most beautiful games ever made. The only disadvantage for me is quite a highMy first JRPG ever, and a big surprise. I didn't expect having so much fun, but I got really engaged in the plot. I felt involved in the story and after about 80 hours, I established relationships with all the characters. I loved the graphics, drawings and music. For me the soundtrack is incredible. One of the most beautiful games ever made. The only disadvantage for me is quite a high price, but for such a good game it is worth it.… Expand
  14. Pleh5645
    Nov 19, 2020
    0
    This game is stupid in every sense of the word. 40 hrs in and I still get killed by normal mobs. Even at level 30. I might as well play dark souls.
  15. soki98
    Nov 15, 2020
    10
    one of the best games ever made , this game will make you feel super invested in the world and characters
  16. Kingdomhear
    Nov 11, 2020
    0
    Dopo aver sentito parlare così bene di questo gioco lo ho provato...dura più di 100 ore !!! Bellissimo !!...
  17. Sherbert
    Nov 10, 2020
    9
    As someone who has played P5 multiple times to 100%, I think I am qualified to say, that this game is a amazing. The story isn't spectacular, but it perfectly fits with the gameplay. The battle system never gets old, the characters are wonderful, and the calendar mechanic has me reflecting on all my life decisions. For sure, a must play.
  18. ArturReview
    Nov 9, 2020
    10
    This is my favorite game of all time. Persona 5 has a interesting story right from the start, as it's told by flashbacks, the anticipation to discover the truth is high and it makes you want to go on. The characters, for the most part, are excellent, and the Confidant system is the best system I've ever seen that integrates optional content directly with the main content. As you meet newThis is my favorite game of all time. Persona 5 has a interesting story right from the start, as it's told by flashbacks, the anticipation to discover the truth is high and it makes you want to go on. The characters, for the most part, are excellent, and the Confidant system is the best system I've ever seen that integrates optional content directly with the main content. As you meet new people, you unlock special abilities for the action aspect of the game, something done so masterfully because the characters are interesting and their storylines are extremely rewarding. The palaces, which are the game's dungeons, are for the most part very fun and well built. I've never had any balancing issues and the game was challenging enough to be enjoyable. Everything about the game's visuals is AMAZING! The colors it uses, the character designs, even the UI is a wonder to look at! And the soundtrack is great as usual for Persona games, so much that I hear the tracks while doing many things at home. I definitely recommend this game because it's able to mix a interesting cast of characters with addicting gameplay and it only gets more expansive the more you play. 10/10… Expand
  19. kushal4you
    Oct 31, 2020
    9
    The gold star of Japanese RPGs.
    But be ready to put aside 100 hours of your life (at least).
  20. Baldingsan
    Oct 30, 2020
    9
    Quién diría que le acabaría echando más de 100 horas a un JRPG. Persona 5 ha tenido tal honor conmigo. Aparte de por su adictivo y cuidado sistema de combate, su variado y preciso diseño de mazmorras, su atractivo diseño visual y unos elementos sim bien integrados, encuentro unos personajes con los que quiero pasar tiempo, conocer de ellos y escuchar lo que tienen que decir (que es muchoQuién diría que le acabaría echando más de 100 horas a un JRPG. Persona 5 ha tenido tal honor conmigo. Aparte de por su adictivo y cuidado sistema de combate, su variado y preciso diseño de mazmorras, su atractivo diseño visual y unos elementos sim bien integrados, encuentro unos personajes con los que quiero pasar tiempo, conocer de ellos y escuchar lo que tienen que decir (que es mucho en la mayoría). Destaco el sistema de confidants y su fusión con lo demás, que me ha parecido sensacional.

    Es un juego que dice mucho sobre el Japón actual, pasando por distintos estratos de la sociedad en su elaborada tesis. A saber, la educación, la política, etc. Tengo poco que objetarle. Un problema del que adolecen muchos juegos de rol, y más aún los japoneses, es engordar el guión a base de kilos de texto, lo cual está presente aquí. Encuentro mucho diálogo redundante y completamente prescindible. También pienso que, debido a su duración masiva, ciertos sistemas pueden resentirse a la larga.

    No creo que sea un juego para cualquiera. Hay que tener algún interés o estar algo familiarizado con la cultura japonesa, además de hacer el compromiso de que es un juego al que le da igual tu tiempo, pero yo sí que lo considero un título brillante e imprescindible    … Expand
  21. AlexCapretta
    Oct 28, 2020
    10
    This is honestly the best video game I have ever played. It made all of the characters seem like real people and kept me interested until the end. It has so much content to be explored and the best final boss fight in all of the games that I have played.
  22. WVlab
    Oct 27, 2020
    10
    Best RPG, best plot, awesome art design, awesome characters, deep psychology, 110+ hours of a walkthrough. The best Playstation exclusive game
  23. DreamCore
    Oct 27, 2020
    6
    I have to start by saying that this is an extremely overrated game.

    There are many things that I liked with the game, but equally many I hated. The Good: * This being my first Persona game, it felt very unique compared to most copy pasted games nowadays which was really refreshing. * The art style and UI design is really cool. * The story with the Metaverse and Palaces was very    I have to start by saying that this is an extremely overrated game.

    There are many things that I liked with the game, but equally many I hated.

    The Good:

    * This being my first Persona game, it felt very unique compared to most copy pasted games nowadays which was really refreshing.
    * The art style and UI design is really cool.
    * The story with the Metaverse and Palaces was very cool.
    * Intersting combat system.

    The bad:
    * The negotiation system for "catching" personas SUCKS. I had to use a guide because it simply didn't make sense.
    * Some enemies/bosses have abilities that one-shot you which can cause you to die with the blink of an eye. This is bad design and something I truly despise in games. It's unfair and pure trash design. It's particularly bad in this game because if Joker gets one shotted, it's over, and it's also random so you have no control. The only safe way is to make sure you always have the ability to negate instant death once, because you never know if a new enemy can randomly one shot you.
    * The game is very slow and drags out for too long. The real-world part gets old really quickly and leveling up your stats and confidants over and over, hour after hour gets really dull.
    * Mementos is garbage. With 50+ levels with the same repetitive enemies that you have to grind through is a perfect way of lazy design and how not to do things. Is only there to increase the playtime, pure and simple.    … Expand
  24. SirDuncanIV
    Oct 20, 2020
    10
    This game is a ridiculously good game, especially for the many anime-fans among ous. It's gameplay, soundtrack, visuals and world-building are over the top.
    I'll start with the gameplay, it's a really nice take on a jrpg, it feels amazing to play in two worlds and seeing the influence they have on each other. The battle system is more enjoyable than the typical jrpg system, this is not    This game is a ridiculously good game, especially for the many anime-fans among ous. It's gameplay, soundtrack, visuals and world-building are over the top.
    I'll start with the gameplay, it's a really nice take on a jrpg, it feels amazing to play in two worlds and seeing the influence they have on each other. The battle system is more enjoyable than the typical jrpg system, this is not only because of the many types of attacks you can use, but also because your gameplay just before the battle decides if someone gets a headstart, this makes it important not to drop your guard just because your stats and team synergy are good, if you start with a disadvantage your tactics will quite probably fail to be commenced. Then there's the puzzle-solving, which is probably the least enjoyable part of the gameplay, but it still is decent. Last but not least there is the gameplay outside of dangerous areas, while these parts look futile the first time you sea them, the seemingly useless minigames and backstory have great effects on your stats and you get items with the effects that buyable items have for a prize that sometimes is a bit too high for what it's worth.
    Then there is the ost, it's calming when it you're running around in the normal world being a normal person, but once you go to the other world the music will be epic and it represents the area you're in amazingly well.
    Another amazing part is visuals, they aren't too high definition, but they are smooth, the attacks look flashy, yet strong. The character and enemy design are both unique and very nice to look at.
    Then there is the amazing world, or more accurately two worlds (I know you can actually count all the palaces as different worlds, but they share the same gameplay and storyline), these worlds are amazingly well built, they're built in a way that you, without looking at the influence they have on each other through gameplay, can clearly see that they're very connected, which makes he game feel more in depth.
    A last part that I didn't message in the beginning is the various social and psychological topics that are in the amazing story of this game. The creators shared their views on problems inside our society through a game we all love.

    I would totally recommend this game to anyone who plays or played even a single turn based rpg or jrpg, and probably to most other people as well. This game is really worth it's money.    … Expand
  25. Luccio
    Oct 20, 2020
    10
    Persona 5 Is the JRPG I've always needed to scratch my itch for good turn based combat games, a genre the gaming community brushes aside as being lazy, P5 manages to execute a stylish return to form for the genre and Persona franchise, with an engaging episodic plot, incredible art direction, score, writing, UI and so much more. One of my favorite games of all time without a doubt andPersona 5 Is the JRPG I've always needed to scratch my itch for good turn based combat games, a genre the gaming community brushes aside as being lazy, P5 manages to execute a stylish return to form for the genre and Persona franchise, with an engaging episodic plot, incredible art direction, score, writing, UI and so much more. One of my favorite games of all time without a doubt and something I would recommend to anyone without a shadow of a doubt.… Expand
  26. Overprogi
    Oct 15, 2020
    10
    the work that let the charm of Japanese games sweep the world again. It's worth collecting, it's worth looking back, it's worth being remembered by the history of the game.
  27. enes_2314
    Oct 3, 2020
    10
    Just the best JRPG that Ive ever played. The best gaming experience that I had for a long time. Loved it thx for this amazing game guys.
  28. MGS_WayOfHonour
    Oct 1, 2020
    10
    Most stylish game I've ever played - and with so much heart (not sappy preachy stuff either, just genuine engaging character dynamics, the way narrative experiences are supposed to work).
  29. SZJX
    Sep 26, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. P5 is supposed to be a "rebel against the mainstream social conventions" story, but the irony is that the characters are so cartoonishly good-vs-evil it ended up being a really lame, safe and mainstream story without much thought-provoking depth or connection with the real world whatsoever. (Not to mention the various other issues such as the one-dimensionality and objectification of Ann and Ryuji, the dubious "hidden relationships" that the protagonist is able to develop with so many characters, etc.) I don't expect it to be a thorough and brutal examination on the subjectivity and reversibility of "justice" and "evil" like some 18+ novel e.g. Soukou Akki Muramasa (which is an absolute masterpiece), but then people should see P5 as what it is: A very shallow and mainstream teenage heroism power fantasy. People imagine themselves railing against the suffocating societal conventions or whatnot, but in reality they are just lapping up another mainstream commercial production and forking out their money for a power trip which has little real-world connotations. (If you actually try to "dish out justice" or "change the system" in real life, it's not such a black-and-white affair as depicted in some shallow super hero "good vs. evil" drama. There will be real sufferings and real deaths, and when you think you're the justice is with you, the other side might well think they're the just ones, instead of acting in a cartoonish villainy way, and there's just simply no "right answer" or "absolute justice" in the world.)

    I can even see various points where the author probably initially envisioned how the story could get dark, e.g. the point where Okumura died felt like it could have been the phantom thieves that did it, whether accidentally or not. Instead they had to push every morally ambiguous or bad action to a fall guy (Goro) and dispense with him in the end as well, just like in every mainstream Japanese story (one who killed will also need to die in the end, while the protagonist is always clean). The "fake death" of Ryuji also felt like the author probably really thought about killing Ryuji instead. However, they decided to play it safe and make it a simple mainstream commercial success. Not to mention the student who committed suicide was miraculously healed at the end of the story… Yeah, sure, that's also one type of game/movie and I have nothing against it. But for it to receive such ridiculous level of praise and ratings is something I don't get. Well I guess this is how the mainstream game industry works nowadays and how its standards are. At least I'm glad that many people do share the same views.

    This is also why nowadays I tend to not play JRPG games and instead read visual novels. The music and the art style of P5 are great, sure, but those don't leave a lasting impact on me and I am not after those things. I can understand that maybe those aspects of the game instead of the story are what many gamers are after though.    … Expand
  30. aosan
    Sep 24, 2020
    4
    Just for me this is a very boring game. Yeah, this game has a good musics and cool character design. But..
    Stealth in this game is pure garbage, deadlines, tutorial is too long, Mona's sh*t-talking is so irritating. I don't like battle system in this game (I don't mind a turn-based combat system, but I think that in this game battle system is not good). Despite the fact that I took the    Just for me this is a very boring game. Yeah, this game has a good musics and cool character design. But..
    Stealth in this game is pure garbage, deadlines, tutorial is too long, Mona's sh*t-talking is so irritating. I don't like battle system in this game (I don't mind a turn-based combat system, but I think that in this game battle system is not good). Despite the fact that I took the game at a discount, I regret the money spent.    … Expand
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#1 Best PS4 Game of 2017
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#2 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2017

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Universal acclaim - based on 98 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 97 out of 98
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 98
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  1. Cubed3
    Jun 4, 2019
    90
    Persona 5 is an absolutely amazing game that convinces with its art style, music and story. It has anything one could ask for such a game and more. The turn-based battle system offers a wide array of opportunities. While it may not be everyone's cup of tea, it is definitely recommended to give it a go.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Feb 22, 2018
    90
    Persona 5 is a great example of quality jRPG game, with a good story, great battle system and fabulous artistic style, this is a must have for the fans of the series and the genre.
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  3. Power Unlimited
    Oct 19, 2017
    93
    Persona 5 beats every other turn-based RPG in terms of production values, combat, story, symbolics, character design, music, pace and variety. 2017 is a great year for gaming and Persona 5 confirms this with a load of unmatched swagger.
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