Persona 5 Royal. The best 100-hour games of 2020
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- Date of premiere: 31 March 2020
- Studio: Atlus
- Genre: jRPG
What is Persona 5 Royal about?
Japanese RPGs are peculiar games for people who feel their atmosphere, and the Persona series is one of the most appreciated and popular cycles in this genre. Persona 5 Royal is an extended with a new content version of "Persona Five," released in 2016. In the game, we step into the shoes of a high school student, who discovers that he can use his smartphone to travel to other, surreal dimensions.
Bizarre worlds turn out to be a projection of the sins and ambitions of prominent people, like celebrities and politicians – and this is where our protagonist can face them, thus changing the events of the real world. In the Persona's 5 Royal version we receive new tasks, activities, interactions amidst the characters, a new team member, and a whole extra semester to pass at school.
What can you do for a hundred hours in Persona 5 Royal?
With the addition of new content, completing the main campaign stretches to a little over 100 hours, while a completionist approach will need approximately 150 hours. The creators added new characters and dialogues, New Year's and Valentine's Day events, hidden treasures, and optional villains to defeat. Persona 5 Royal is simply a huge game, but fortunately, interesting characters make it possible to actually get along with your schoolmates. That's is one of these productions where, after spending over a hundred hours, you may say: "Really, that's it?". Provided, of course, that we like jRPG.
WHY WORTH IT? PLAYER'S OPINION
Persona 5 Royal is an excellent introduction to this series, even for people who are not fans of anime (as was the case with my fiancée, for example), and the opportunity to discover the vast jRPG genre.
The strongest element of this title is graphic design style (do not confuse with graphics!), which puts style above everything and it works perfectly. The whole thing drips with uniqueness, with one of the best game soundtracks ever created – you could listen long after the game is over. In addition, an interesting plot and diverse gameplay create a great blend that doesn't get boring, even after those 100+ hours spent with this title.
Michael Ramz
