i am thou
I have just had a week off work, and I spent some of it tidying and cleaning, because I somehow felt like it, and it needed doing. I also took four bags' worth of stuff to the charity shop I used to volunteer in, and that felt like a weight off my mind - one of the bags had been sitting in the living room for literally six months, but every time I thought about taking it with me, I just didn't.
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Also, I finally beat Persona 5 Royal! \o/
It only took three months!
So, I have thoughts about the game. My main one is that Royal makes everything very easy. Especially if you have the Legacy DLC, which I do. I did not touch the gamebreaking Personae, but I did use some of the accessories (specifically one which gives +15% exp per fight), which meant I was overlevelled for the entirety of the base game.
But yeah, I feel it almost feels too easy. I was playing on Normal, but I kind of wish I'd shunted it up to Hard to see if it felt more like I thought it ought to. I think Persona 5 Royal is the easiest SMT game I've ever played.
This is imo, of course, and you are more than entitled to disagree with me.
I found Kasumi less irritating than on my previous attempt to play this game. As I think I mentioned when I started this time around, every time she turned up I was like, "Oh, okay, you are here again". I was more irritated by the writing around her - like how everyone talks about her so glowingly, and oh she's so special, and she gets a magical girl transformation, and bleeergggghhhh.
It makes sense in context of the third semester, but even with that, I'm still annoyed by it. And I don't think she made a good addition. But maybe I am old and grumpy.
The third semester felt very fanficcy to me and, for once in my life, I do mean that in a bad way. But again, I guess it makes sense in context, because Maruki wants everyone to be happy. (I spent so much time yelling at my TV about how wrong he was).
I don't feel that it added much to the story, if I'm honest. And it also makes me mad that the reveal about Kasumi actually being Sumire is in this section. While I think you really have to try hard to not access it, I do think it sucks that the reveal is there (although again, I guess it works in that way for story reasons, as you don't find out what Maruki's up to until then).
I just. I dunno. I think I preferred the original game. But also, as I mentioned to![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
lassarina at some point in the last three months, I think I am extremely burnt out on the P5 universe. I played the original twice in a row, then Strikers less than a year later, and now this only two and a half years after the original version. So that probably also accounts for why I'm feeling the way I am right now.
Maybe if I come back to it at some point in the future I might enjoy it better, but also my patience for long-ass games is thin enough as is (even FFXII tests my patience, and it's half the length of P5/R, AND it's my favourite game).
I dunno. Like I said, maybe I am just tired and grumpy. I am glad I've played both versions, though. It's the first time I've been able to do that with a Persona game, so it's nice to see what changed and how. But yeah. Sorry I don't feel more positive about it. If you enjoyed it, please don't let me being a grump rain on your feelings.
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I think that's all I have for now!
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Also, I finally beat Persona 5 Royal! \o/
It only took three months!
So, I have thoughts about the game. My main one is that Royal makes everything very easy. Especially if you have the Legacy DLC, which I do. I did not touch the gamebreaking Personae, but I did use some of the accessories (specifically one which gives +15% exp per fight), which meant I was overlevelled for the entirety of the base game.
But yeah, I feel it almost feels too easy. I was playing on Normal, but I kind of wish I'd shunted it up to Hard to see if it felt more like I thought it ought to. I think Persona 5 Royal is the easiest SMT game I've ever played.
This is imo, of course, and you are more than entitled to disagree with me.
I found Kasumi less irritating than on my previous attempt to play this game. As I think I mentioned when I started this time around, every time she turned up I was like, "Oh, okay, you are here again". I was more irritated by the writing around her - like how everyone talks about her so glowingly, and oh she's so special, and she gets a magical girl transformation, and bleeergggghhhh.
It makes sense in context of the third semester, but even with that, I'm still annoyed by it. And I don't think she made a good addition. But maybe I am old and grumpy.
The third semester felt very fanficcy to me and, for once in my life, I do mean that in a bad way. But again, I guess it makes sense in context, because Maruki wants everyone to be happy. (I spent so much time yelling at my TV about how wrong he was).
I don't feel that it added much to the story, if I'm honest. And it also makes me mad that the reveal about Kasumi actually being Sumire is in this section. While I think you really have to try hard to not access it, I do think it sucks that the reveal is there (although again, I guess it works in that way for story reasons, as you don't find out what Maruki's up to until then).
I just. I dunno. I think I preferred the original game. But also, as I mentioned to
lassarina at some point in the last three months, I think I am extremely burnt out on the P5 universe. I played the original twice in a row, then Strikers less than a year later, and now this only two and a half years after the original version. So that probably also accounts for why I'm feeling the way I am right now.Maybe if I come back to it at some point in the future I might enjoy it better, but also my patience for long-ass games is thin enough as is (even FFXII tests my patience, and it's half the length of P5/R, AND it's my favourite game).
I dunno. Like I said, maybe I am just tired and grumpy. I am glad I've played both versions, though. It's the first time I've been able to do that with a Persona game, so it's nice to see what changed and how. But yeah. Sorry I don't feel more positive about it. If you enjoyed it, please don't let me being a grump rain on your feelings.
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I think that's all I have for now!