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!
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Kasumi is... there, for me. I don't think I ever actually used her outside of when the plot forced me to, and as sad as her story is, she didn't really make that much of an impression on me. Having Akechi back though? As fanficcy was it was, I was so happy to have him back and embracing his lunatic self, even it was only for a short while. :D
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Same, same. I feel like they could have done so much more with her, and...yeah, she's very forgettable. I also didn't use her unless I had to.
I don't mind Akechi coming back, it's some of the other stuff that irritates me. I do like how unhinged he is (and his VA is clearly enjoying that), although sometimes I was sitting there like, "All right, calm down my dude!"
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I agree with you about Kasumi. She's clearly Pastede On Yey and they didn't take the effort to integrate her well.
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I'm glad it's not just me. I didn't want to dislike Kasumi just because she's new but yeah. They could've made a bit more effort with her.