Persona 5 Royal PC review - Stole your heart, once again
The Persona titles in the Megami Tensei franchise are arguably the most popular entries in the iconic JRPG series. The latest installment, Persona 5, has singlehandedly managed to elevate the franchise to mainstream status since its debut on the PlayStation 4 in 2016.
With Persona 5 Royal, released later in 2019, developer ATLUS enriched the already hefty experience with more quality content for players.
The game is now finally headed to all major gaming systems very soon, which is also a first for the traditionally PlayStation-exclusive series. With that said, does Persona 5 Royal make this historical transition to new platforms intact?
Note that given the narrative-heavy nature of Persona 5 Royal, this review contains no story spoilers.
Persona 5 Royal takes place in modern-day Tokyo, where players control a high-school student dubbed the Joker. After falling victim to false accusations of assault, he was put on probation and transferred to a new school called Shujin Academy.
His reality is flipped upside down after he finds himself in a supernatural dimension called the Metaverse and awakens to an inherent power known as Persona, which is a manifestation of the individual's psyche in the form of mythological beings and deities.
Things further snowballed after the Joker realized that he could band together with other students possessing similar powers and fight the malicious intent of crooked adults. Cue the Phantom Thieves, a vigilante group that uses the power of Personas to infiltrate the Metaverse and take down corrupted creations of the subconscious known as Palaces.
This is where the core dungeon-crawling comes into play; players storm into these Palaces, beat up enemies known as Shadows, and alter the morality of the
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