![]() ![]() I crashed a few times after 1.5 hrs crawling through a dungeon. And good.Cons: Yes, there are a few.- While I loved the dungeons, their design sometimes felt lacking in both clarity and complexity if that makes sense.- For god's sake, implement an autosave feature. Here, a bad choice can lead you to a bad ending. Sometimes games offer choices, mostly they're just illusions (ain't that right, Horizon: Zero Dawn? Joking I still like you). For 70 hrs, I was back in high school.- Choices that matter. The s links are well-thought-out, advance naturally, you can get a part-time job, you have to actually remember your courses to ace your exams. Never skipped it once.- The slice of life aspect of the game is also perfectly mastered. The max s link music makes me shiver, the dungeon battle osts get my blood pumping, Never More makes me choke on my own tears.And how could I not mention the opening? Catchy, rhythmic, perfect. You definitely feel the late 2000s-early 2010s vibe, and that's awesome. I'm a sucker for games that have a good soundtrack, and this one blows a lot of other soundtracks out of the water. They allow for such flexibility of builds, for some very creative uses of their skills, and they're cool. They're the core of the dungeon side of gameplay, and they're a fantastic core. The dungeons are innovative in their art styles, the interface is also super stylized.- Personas. But even then, the updated Inaba does the job. Technical mastery is not something I expected. ![]() Mature, but not without their pinch of craziness because the game was made by people who know how to balance things out.The end of the game really felt like saying goodbye to a group of my own friends. ![]() The characters are high-schoolers but they could have easily been adults without changing much of the themes handled. For the love of god this is how you write a mystery, how you write plot twists, how you write characters, how you write chemistry and humor. I heard about Persona a bit here and there before, but since they were Playstation locked, and my PS4 is 2k miles away for me right now, I had to wait for its PC release.I stumbled upon P4G on a steam sale, and now I wish I could've paid full price to support Atlus even more, make them bring P5R to PC faster.But enough gushing, let's get down to business:Pros:- THE WRITING. Been a while since I've last sunken 70 hrs into a game in a single fortnight.I have a lot of feelings about this game, all of them strong. Been a while since I played a game this good. Been a while since I've last sunken 70 hrs into a game in a singleBeen a while, really.
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