"This twisted, broken world sought to crush you. Yet you salvaged it, and with your ideals stitched it whole." - Lavenza

• The opening is fantastic as always, Colors Flying High is such a banger of a soudtrack and as always, I treated each boot of the game as the start of a next episode. (Although I still find the OG Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There opening to be better)
  
• The story is gripping the very first moment you start it, its packed with action with the central theme being standing up to corruption. It also deals heavily with the personal backgrounds of characters and there are quite many twists that I personally did not foresee, so pay attention to everything, you might catch some foreshadowing!
  
• The visuals are top notch, has to be the most detailed Persona to date. Walking around Tokyo and its various districts is really amazing, it's a lively place and the game shows that really well. It's lovely to look at. It also has immense pizzazz sprinkled on top, especially in the metaverse.
  
• The soundtrack is insanely good, even if you have to listen to most of them all the time you just won't get bored or annoyed by them they are that good. Royal added several new songs as well that are just as bangers as the other songs.
  
• There is an option to either have English or Japanese Dub, I've played through the game with the Japanese Dub for a more immersive experience and it was phenomenal. I find japanese to be much more expressive.
  
• The menu and the UI interfaces are gorgeously done, it's damn good looking and really enforces that "comic superhero" vibes the game has.
  
• The game is PACKED with content, it took me ~200 hours to beat the game, but I did take my time to take it all in and had done tons of side content. However, It's possible that I still missed some content even with this many hours spent.
  
• As you progress through the story, anime cutscenes will play that all have a really gorgeous contemporary artstyle and they set the tone for the various situations the characters go through.
  
• Just like any other Persona games, this will make you feel every human emotion there is. Feelings such as joy, compassion, distraught, frustration and even melancholy.
  
• During regular days/schooldays you have the option to do numerous side activities such as social links/confidants, that are basically meeting new people, getting to know them and create bonds that last. By creating everlasting bonds, it also helps you gain and unlock much more powerful personas in the Velvet Room. In Persona 5 however, they can also grant you new abilities that can aid you in your exploration as well as in combat.
  
• Persona 5 might have the best gameplay in the mainline series by far. Exploring dungeons in this game feels smooth, satisfying and much more interactive than in previous games.
  
• The dungeons, or in this case palaces are easily the best designed dungeons in the whole series. Every single one of them are unique and unveiling their secrets and mysteries is a joy.
  
• Mementos, the dungeon you can visit throughout the whole game acts as a really lengthy dungeon where you can level up your party members or easily earn some money or even complete Phantom Thieves requests.
  
• The fusing of Personas in the Velvet Room is really streamlined and intuitive. However, I did use the Fusion Calculator website from time to time to fuse certain personas.
  
• As always, there is a huge compendium of personas that you can obtain/fuse along with unique personas of characters with awesome designs. You also have a bit of background story of each persona!
  
• The cast of characters are really well written and I loved each and every one of them in their own ways, their dynamics were great and all of them were full of personality, it's really damn good.
  
• The Thieves Den, which acts as the game's gallery and where you can admire everything you have experienced up until that point let that be a cutscene, a photo, a location or a boss! You can also enjoy concept arts and official arts! These kind of put a smile on my face when I first looked at them.
  
• Several outfits for your party members to wear if you feel in need of a little change!
  
• Multiple Endings
  
• Steam Achievements, Trading Cards etc.

• People say that this game isn't quite challenging, but to be fair I had my fair share of challenges at first, but yes you can overcome that easily.

• I don't really like how easy it is to just summon end-game DLC personas right at the very beginning such as Izanagi-no-Okami for free as it would defeat every challenge the game actually can have. I took it up on myself to not summon them and rather only fuse them through grinding. (BY THE MYRIAD TRUTHS)
  
• The game ends, you don't want it to end.

• The protagonist's canon name is Ren Amamiya
  
• Spend your in-game days meaningfully (but also your real life days!)
  
• The game is so much better with a controller
  
• The game has several anime adaptations
  
• Pay attention to everything you can, so you wouldn't miss out on any content!

10/10 After finishing Persona 3 Reload, I just had to get into Persona 5 Royal as soon as I could and I was met with yet another masterpiece of a game that was intriguing and gripping the moment I launched it. The story was absolutely amazing with the central theme being standing up to corruption and letting your voice be heard. The game however still explores so many more concepts, both psychological and societal. I loved the characters so much since they are all unique with intriguing backstories and the way they interact with each other is lovely to see. The songs are just so good I could listen to them all day long.

Do yourself a favor and try out this game, it's good even if you are just starting to get into the Persona series. Believe me, after you finish this, you will want more of Persona.

Now that I finished Persona 5 Royal... off to Persona 5 Strikers!

My Reviews About Other Persona Games:
Persona 3 Reload
Persona 3 Reload: Expansion Pass
Persona 4 Golden

Can't bang akechi

0/10 unplayable

I truly don't even know where to begin with this game. This game is the single greatest experience I've had in the gaming world. The story of this game is masterfully crafted. Atlus really, really, really hit the nail on the head. Within the last year, I have played a lot of story games, this game absolutely takes the cake. I have never been through the emotional ringer harder with ANY form of media. Atlus proved with this title once again that they know how to world build better than almost any developer or publisher out there. This game makes you truly care for, invest in, and resonate with the characters that you will spend an immense amount of time with. This game is really long, I myself was able to get about 140 hours of it in just one play through. Whether or not you like RPG style games doesn't really matter. I myself don't love them, and that didn't stop me from becoming completely invested in this game. Now that I have finished the game, there is an emptiness because I simply don't know what to play that could give me the same high I felt when playing this game. When I said that this game threw me through the emotional ringer, I meant it. I felt angry with the protagonists about the antagonists, I felt happiness over accomplishments made by the characters, and I felt like every couple hours of playing this game I got chills. If you are turned away from the game because of the anime style, you simply HAVE to look past that. As if it wasn't obvious enough by this very lengthy review, I give this game 10/10, and I would recommend that anyone and everyone plays this game. It is a heart throb, and it will keep you invested the ENTIRE time. Money well spent.