Recording summary · October 2022
Why i HATE Persona 5 Royal - VERY DISAPPOINTING
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Overview
Daniel spent several hours playing Persona 5 Royal, concluding that it is tedious, bland, and dominated by unskippable dialogue and cutscenes instead of engaging gameplay.
The Tokyo environment, navigation, puzzles, and platforming are mundane and simplistic, with automated jumps, basic puzzle tasks, inaccessible buildings, and lifeless non-player characters, even though the street walking evoked personal nostalgia.
The turn-based combat is repetitive and easily beaten by repeatedly pressing the spacebar, leading Daniel to give the title a 2.6 out of 10 score and recommend using Xbox Game Pass or watching YouTube playthroughs instead of paying the £50 retail price.
Themes
Persona 5 Royal pacing, dialogue density, and cutscene skip limitations.
Tokyo setting representation, environmental interactivity, and puzzle design.
Turn-based combat mechanics, overall score, and purchasing recommendations.
Developments
Daniel played Persona 5 Royal for several hours.
Daniel assigned Persona 5 Royal a rating of 2.6 out of 10.