I was so interested in the Persona series as a whole that I went back and played Persona 4, Persona 3 FES and even the spin-off games (infamously spending 50-plus hours in Persona 4: Dancing All Night). Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out ThereĪfter sinking over 80 hours into the game, I was enamoured with the entire experience. Since music often entices me to try other forms of media I wouldn’t typically consume, I was happy to give Persona 5 a chance. However, while I never played any of the Persona games until 2017, I did experience the fantastic music through another Atlus game, Catherine, which I adore because it flips the narrative on how to approach a puzzle game.
The gameplay is also quite standard for an RPG as it revolves around a turn-based system. School counsellor Maruki is one of the new characters introduced in Persona 5 Royal.ĭuring the RPG aspects of a Persona game, you control a party and navigate through a labyrinth-like area (typical for a dungeon crawling game) until you reach your objective.