Persona 5 Royal: Standard Edition - PlayStation 5

One of the best RPGs ever made

An instant classic that any fan of Atlus or JRPG games that should be in your collection

This is my first venture into Persona and I love it, I love the dialogue, the style etc. and I am not a huge JRPG fan but its grown on me. The battle system, (for me) is a little overwhelming and the customization but I feel its because I am still new to these type of games.

I've been playing video games for over 40 years. This game easily makes the top of my list of all time games. I played Persona 5 when it first came out since I had played and enjoyed all the persona games before it. I liked it so much I purchased the Royal version when it came out. Then I purchased it again when it was remade for the PS5.It's an old game now and people have been waiting for Persona 6 for a LONG time now. I think one of the problems it that Persona 5 was so good they are worried the next one won't be able to live up to the expectations.This is a turn based strategy game, with time and relationship management aspects. You have to balance persona improvement with increasing your relationships. This makes each choice of what you do carry a weight you feel and end up considering.The characters you bond with come to life and feel as real as people you might know. The roster of phantom thieves grows as the story progresses and you are given the freedom to adventure with those that you feel the strongest connection with.The artistic style has probably won numerous awards, if not it should have. I don't usually consider this aspect of games much, but then again I've never seen it done so well an integrated. It's like a great sound that just flows, the aesthetic just flows in a way that feels natural and stylish.Oh I forgot to mention the persona crafting, trying to make the invincible world destroying incarnation of your alternate self. I spend way to much time doing that on each persona game, and I love getting lost in the process.I bought this from Amazon because the price was the cheapest I could find anywhere and I've used Amazon forever. Knowing I can count on quick reliable delivery with easy returns on the exceptionally rare case there is an issue.If you are reading this review wondering if you should get this game and haven't played it, the answer is yes. Right now! They did so much right that you'd think it would be easy to name the things they did wrong. Even after playing this game through multiple times I can't find any ways I would improve it.

Perfect game, a must play on this day and age.

Amazing art design. Engaging gameplay. Over a 100 hours to complete.

Loved it, thank you

I already own the vanilla version and Royal version for PS4, so I knew I what I was getting into. What I like is the 60 frames per second. What I dislike is this is a very very long jrpg. If you're going to do all the side quests etc, be prepared to spend at least 175-250 hours. Seriously, it's that time consuming.