The WhatsNext verdict
Persona 5 is essential for players who want a stylish, character-driven RPG with an absorbing calendar loop and music that defines the experience. It demands patience, but its presentation and cast make the long journey unusually easy to remember.
What it does best
A visual identity nobody else has
A soundtrack that practically becomes the game
A calendar loop that makes whole evenings disappear
A cast you genuinely want to spend a year with
What might put you off
Very long, heavily paced, and occasionally repetitive
Awkward handling of mature themes
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What you are walking into
Persona 5, a turn-based JRPG with visual novel elements, follows a high school student with a criminal record for a crime he didn't commit. Soon he meets several characters who share similar fates to him, and discovers a metaphysical realm which allows him and his friends to channel their pent-up frustrations into becoming a group of vigilantes reveling in aesthetics and rebellion while fighting corruption.
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