Is this game too long?

[Will Report Flying Cars]

Hi all - I realise that might sound stupid, but hear me out. I did play the original on PS4, non Royal. And I was about 80 hours in and felt a bit tired of all the reading and started skipping text. And that point I hadn't even unlocked all the characters yet so I eventually just felt burned out.
I sold my PS4 - but it always stuck with me - everyone loves this game. So it must be good.

Is Royal that much better than the base game? Maybe it flows better?

[RVRZERO]

Same formula of the original P5, If you couldn't keep up with the game because of the amount of the dialogue, this won't change here, Royal is longer too since it adds 15-20 hours to the game. It is a better version in my opinion but if this is what you didn't like about the original, Royal won't change your mind.

[Malthar]

I JUST completed my first playthru, it took me nearly a real world week of time, if you thought vanilla was too long, this will be the same.

[Kimarnic]

Yes, it took me 100 to play the original and Royal adds a new palace, so it's probably like 2 hours more

[Nike]

Originally posted by Kimarnic:

Yes, it took me 100 to play the original and Royal adds a new palace, so it's probably like 2 hours more

2 more hours? Crap was like a full 20 hours of additional content for me. i clocked around 125 hours on the ps4 version

[Will Report Flying Cars]

Ouch, okay, I'll get it again, eventually lol. But gonna give it a miss for now.

[Mistie]

120 hours for me.

[Icedfate]

i played persona 3 and 4 on console. One can feel misled, not realizing this series is basically visual novels with dungeon crawling on the side.
i nirmally don't go for visual novels. I liked dungeon crawling and fighting enemies and leveling up and collecting the different personas and combining them.


the visual novel, time management, what your character chooses to do during the day is the main focus of the game, while the dungeon crawling is a side project.

persona 3 limited the time you could spend in the dungeon and limited when you could go in and limitied how many persona you could carry back home with you and then you combine them to make new ones. your characters also would get tired and want to leave after a time, so you couldn't hustle stay in there forever. .without exploiting.

persona 4 , at least let you stay in the dungeon as long as you want, but were still limited when you could go in,

not saying these games in this series aren't real jrpgs, they have the combat and have character leveling, and have equipment and bosses and stuff, but these are visual novels first, jrpgs second.

that being said, i've been wanting to olay this forever. i come to this page whenever i see a sale, hoping to see the "denuvo" removed. .

i dunno. maybe i'm just stupid, believing all the bad stuff i read about denuvo and trying to hold to my convictions that i don't support unnecessary invasive anticonsumer kernel level third party software

[Basarab Laiota]

140 hours into my first playthrough.. i'm not even finished yet.. I DON'T WANT THIS GAME TO END!!! I wish I had more time with Kasumi, she should've joined the party waaaay earlier, man...

[Rabblevox]

"Is this game too long?" Is this piece of rope too long?

Answer me, and I'll answer you.

"Could" it have been trimmed? Sure. Should" it have been? IDK. Some of the self-indulgent, not really necessary beats have also been some of the best.

Plus, it's not big for the amount of content it delivers, and runs on a potato. I know "too long" and "too big" are different questions, but they tie together.

I think the only possible answer is that it's as long as Atlus wanted it to be, and if it keeps me entertained for a month? Well, that's money well spent.

[N1k$evr]

Originally posted by Will Report Flying Cars:

everyone loves this game. So it must be good.

are you stoopid?

[King Of Lolis]

All persona games are as each takes 1 year in the game which is over 100 hours
And given im old,i get bored of games after 30 hours

[Icedfate]

when i played P3 and P4, i simultaneously felt like the story was too long and not long enough.
because of that timeline, knowing that end date is approaching and the characters even talk about it, because they know that calendar day is coming up and I got so immersed in the story, I did not want it to end, but i knew it was going to end. the closer i got to the end, the less inclinned i became to want to finish, but then i wanted to see the end,

the characters themselves know that the day is coming and there is a bit of an air of ominouness about that final day.
P3 also had that depression and suicide theme to it. P4 went with a somewhat lighter theme. but we always know that timer is going to end.

I assume the games are meant to be played through multiple times on a NG+ as there's no way to max out all the character bonds on the first playthrough without a guide. . I used the guide from gamefaqs to max out all the bonds, it leaves no margin for error, you gotta do exactly what the guide says to do. .

if one plays the games organically and just spends the days the way one wants to, it probably would take a minimum of 2 playthroughs to see everything.

I'm more chiing in about that feeling i got, when i wanted the game to end, but i didn't want it to end, because ending it meant that i had to say goodbye to everyone.

I'm not even normally a visual novel player, but those were well written. I'll never trash these games. i just trash the inclusion of the third party software.

[Rabblevox]

Originally posted by King Of Lolis:

All persona games are as each takes 1 year in the game which is over 100 hours
And given im old,i get bored of games after 30 hours

And yet, as a fellow elder, I'd bet there's a book you've read at least four times. Even though you know exactly what's going to happen, and have memorized some passages.

I've played plenty of 30 hour games that felt too long. And while P5R "could" have been trimmed by a dozen hours, I'm glad it wasn't. Because the presentation is so jaw-droppingly good (especially with a 4K screen and Dolby sound), that it's worth every shameless self-indulgent minute.

[King Of Lolis]

Originally posted by Rabblevox:

Originally posted by King Of Lolis:

All persona games are as each takes 1 year in the game which is over 100 hours
And given im old,i get bored of games after 30 hours

And yet, as a fellow elder, I'd bet there's a book you've read at least four times. Even though you know exactly what's going to happen, and have memorized some passages.

I've played plenty of 30 hour games that felt too long. And while P5R "could" have been trimmed by a dozen hours, I'm glad it wasn't. Because the presentation is so jaw-droppingly good (especially with a 4K screen and Dolby sound), that it's worth every shameless self-indulgent minute.

Sorry but you lost that bet,i never ever read books and only read manga's BUT have a special rule for both mangas,animes and games- only twice il view them. First time experience and second time to see all puzzles fit. Third time makes me lose my mind so never
Tho,i am that old guy who watches same sitcoms every single day so i guess that counts? Seen two and a half men about 25 times by now( wish i was kidding)

as for persona games, i dunno, i get bored half way with them being on same loop story and still gaining allies. I have over 90+ hours in persona 5 but best part is i never finished it because pc crashed on it, stopped after forehead chick arc

But persona 5 has best music in all of gaming history
nothing beats beneath the mask

[Rabblevox]

And I might feel differently after 50 or 60 hours in, and still feeling like I'm in mid-game. But for now, I'm enjoying the ride. (and at 65, enjoying the ride is much more important than when I arrive). :)

And yes, this might be the best original music in gaming history. (Marvel's Guardians has it beat for best soundtrack, due to good taste and an insane budget to buy licensed songs)