Let's start with a brief summary, what is Persona 5 Royal about?
Many players will have already seen first-hand the great adventures present in Persona 5, the original title of Atlus that, at the time, managed to shock players in the face of an unparalleled narrative. And this time the company resumes contact with Joker and his friends to bring back one of the most outstanding JRPGs with completely renovated elements.
The weight of this adventure falls on its protagonist, popularly known as Joker since, although the character's name is Akira, the player has the option to call it what they prefer. He faces a situation where his group of Phantom Thieves is in the center of the police attention before all his acts awakening hearts. Unfortunately, when Joker believes he has escaped, he is finally caught, which leads us to learn the story based on flashbacks.
What's interesting about this question? The weight in his narrative presents us with a story in which nothing seems to be as we expect and where the contact with each personEach decision made when acting has a greater weight in our abilities and, above all, in the way we are treated by our own allies. Of course, this is only the beginning of a much more complete story.
As it is a new version, what is new about the original?
Since the original title was already a success at the time, it is time to learn a little more about the new version. Although we can fully enjoy the original story, this new version has great surprises for gamers
One of the points that most interests you, especially the players who have played the original, are the new content. Although it may not seem like it, they are already visible from the beginning of the adventure. Many will know the first palace and how, for those who started in the game, It could be quite a torment when fighting against enemies. Since a couple of blows could already sentence the end.
The arrival of this new version bring the Joker hook. This allows you to avoid tense situations with many enemies. The reason? Seeing our lives on the edge and warning that we are one stroke away from reaching the end can be avoided thanks to the heights. With this we will not only avoid the most dangerous enemies at specific times, but it will also help us to access new areas, thus giving rise to much more complete dungeons, even those that we thought we already knew perfectly.
We also find new content that favors us when dealing with Confidants. A form of to have more confidence with these, which guarantees us to have greater effectiveness when fighting against the final enemies of each of the Palaces or within Mementos.
Is the new content relevant to the main story, and does it measure up?
One of the big questions, especially for those who have played the original title, may be the question of whether this new addition will really matter. The reality is that it has much more weight than it seems. In addition to including a new playable character, guarantees us to have new alternative endings that you can enjoy and that, in addition, comes with the arrival of new improved content.
What is striking about this version is that the colors become much more striking than in the original title, observing how the details have great care when introducing and improving them. But the best thing is to see how the final boss fights are even more spectacular, with new attacks and phases available.
By itself, the game already has many hours ahead to offer us, even when the players try to only look past the main story, the title has long hours. Something normal thinking about the narrative weight with which the game has been treated. But with this new edition of the game, its history goes one step further, thus giving about 30 more hours of play.
Not only will we have new places to visit, but we will also have one more semester of play, which guarantees that our time in game is a real non-stop. And is that Persona 5 Royal manages to convey the feeling of wanting to know everything in depth, even when you want to perform more than one task at a time.
It is the first game of the saga in Spanish, how is its translation?
One of the major concerns of the players came from the translation. This is the first game in the series that comes fully translated and certainly seems complex. The reason? There are many expressions used by the characters that can be a bit complex. But the reality is that the translation has been very careful, thus giving that approach in which the characters screw up a little when talking.
The element that squeaks may be found in the name of the thief group itself. Going from "Phantom Thieves of Hearts" to Phantom Thieves can be a bit shocking at first, although nothing that ends up causing us to not want to go ahead with the title.
What are your strengths?
In general, everything in the title continues to convey the great benefits that, at the time, we were able to see with the original title. Keep taking care of every detail in its playability And it cannot be denied that even the colors seem much more vivid with this edition.
On the other hand, it has been taken care of perfectly that the game transmits new emotions to us with the added content, not being able to avoid wanting to know a little more about those novelties in the playable character. In addition to that, inevitably, know that dungeons have new places To explore make time fly, thus giving way to the need to know and want to complete each of the corridors so as not to leave anything behind.
And what are its negative points?
The reality is that, if we stop to review the whole game in general, we do not find anything bad to say about this work. The only mistake that has come up, and it is not at all remarkable, is an error in the programming of the text where, instead of being the phrase in Spanish, it appears on the screen in English. But it is one of those errors that can be corrected in a simple update.
After a review of the novelties that the title includes, it is time to assess if, finally, the game is worth it, if for those who have enjoyed Persona 5 at the time it really deserves to test the ability in Persona 5 Royal . And, the reality is that yes. It is one of the titles that, although it seemed that it could no longer be improved, Atlus has decided to surprise us to give us an even better product than expected.
Therefore, before us a work has been presented that, without a doubt, has all the points to place itself in the best of the current generation of consoles. A safe purchase for those who have not tried it yet and a great recommendation to resume contact with adventure for those who once exceeded it.
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