Persona 5 (PS4, PS3)

[Fatboi1]

At the art exhibit & I was actually getting into this. Knocked out the first palace ASAP & the game opened up. Now, I'm back to being told when to sleep and being funneled. I know the narrative has to proceed, but this shyt is getting dull. At what point am I remotely able to...you know, actually manage my time? I've seen it stated repeatedly that time management is of the essence in this one, and yet

"Let's not do that today!"


should be tag on this one. Why would I care about time management when its being managed for me 90% of the playtime?

You'll have time to do time management but you have to sleep first

 

[Killer Instinct]

Yeah Im about to toss this and eat the loss. After reading around, this game ain't it for me.

Peak of Morgana power so far? "You need to go straight to bed because you're having sushi tomorrow."

I'm in June and they still block you from doing jack shyt when it comes time for story moments, even when you don't go to a palace. The only open times seem to be when the palace opens, before the deadline is up.

Here it's like, you're meeting your friends tomorrow over summer, you don't have time to read a book. Oh yeah, and yet I do when I have school early the next morning?

Nobody minds that the story elements take precedence over game mechanics. What people are having a problem with is the illogical times it stops you from doing things.

Take exam week 1 for instance, each day you are force to go to sleep early, and each day you hear Ann and Ryuji say the studied all night (At least Ryuji tried) and all you did was Listen to your cat.

These kinds of railroading are nonsensical at best and really detract from the game. Not to mention they gave this job of stopping you from doing things to the cat that's suppose to be Loveable and cool but comes off more as this annoying nanny with repetitive responses.

Pretty much sums it up. Bought it on a whim because it was on sale so not much was lost. This just ain't the move. Glad for those who enjoyed it though but I'll just cut my loss and keep moving. Too many other games to play to force myself to keep pushing with one that isn't hitting.

 

[StatUS]

Ok

Yeah Im about to toss this and eat the loss. After reading around, this game ain't it for me.









Pretty much sums it up. Bought it on a whim because it was on sale so not much was lost. This just ain't the move. Glad for those who enjoyed it though but I'll just cut my loss and keep moving. Too many other games to play to force myself to keep pushing with one that isn't hitting.

You can pretty much knock out a palace then do what you want if you can get some strong Personas. Half of the game is fukking around with fusions and shyt. There's also a Confidant that you can get that allows more time to do things. But hopefully they work on the sleep mechanic for Royal cause it can still be annoying.

 

[Thanos]

I'd suggest playing Persona 4 Golden if possible first.

I don't know if I would consider Persona 5 a good entry point to the series. Persona 5 is really for the hardcore series fan. It's a excessively long game. It doesn't really do anything amazing with that length. This is the kinda game a casual series fan would pick up and play for less than half the full length of the game and probably end up putting it down and never returning to it. The game is easily 120+ hours on a normal playthrough. That's a huge investment for someone not sold on what they're getting into.

Of the modern games in the series 3, 4, and 5 I'd say 5 is my least favorite. It was one of those games that when I beat it I thought "ya know I really enjoyed my time with this overall but I don't know if I'll ever play this again."

Lastly and this is completely subjective but I didn't like the direction the plot went in. I especially disliked the direction it went in for the final dungeon. I feel like the game was way better when it wasn't trying so hard to be so provocative in terms of social commentary. When it was just the phantom thieves stealing hearts it was a better game but then it became about something more and suffered for it.

If I would recommend a Persona game, it would be definitely be this one. 3 has a better story, but those mechanics ain't helping no casual out. 4 improved on those mechanics a bit, but that game is snoozeville 7 hours in.

 

[Responsible Allen Iverson]

 

[Mr. Negative]

But hopefully they work on the sleep mechanic for Royal cause it can still be annoying.

go to class

take a test

get out of class

buy a soda out a vending machine next to the sauna.....

Morgana: "Aren't you tired? Lets call it a day and get some sleep. "

you:

 

[Thanos]

The series went from managing your time to having your time managed for you

 

[Take It In Blood]

this game is dirt cheap and i was thinking about copping

then i remembered I have Persona 3 and 4 and never spent more than 15 minutes playing both of em

 

[TobiOT]

Finally got the platinum trophy

 

[Responsible Allen Iverson]

 

[Phillyrider807]

Emulation wins again. P5 via emulator is now the definitive way to play the game. Beats ps4 version.

Obviously ps3 is not getting P5 Royal edition though

 

[Responsible Allen Iverson]

 

[winb83]

If I would recommend a Persona game, it would be definitely be this one. 3 has a better story, but those mechanics ain't helping no casual out. 4 improved on those mechanics a bit, but that game is snoozeville 7 hours in.

If you're just entering the series you have nothing to compare the mechanics to.

Persona 4's level of enjoyment relies on how well the cast clicks with you. It does start slow but it picks up.

 

[Professor K.]

2020

Almost broke down and started replaying it thinking it was gonna be 2021

 

[Neuromancer]

It's They'll do the Royal anime version next year like they did with Persona 4 Golden and it'll be budget only okay adaptions are the Persona 3 movies cause of the bigger budget, unless you wanna include the original Persona 4 anime for the comedic fukkery

Anime Yu> Anime Ren/Joker

P4 anime wasn't bad though.