Press release (June 25, 2024) It is with a not particularly heavy heart that I announce the parting of ways between me and Persona 5 Royal. This is in accordance with the “It is Enough to Play A Little Bit of a Game” Policy that I adopted six years ago to preserve my sanity. I […]
Playing Picross S Namco because Persona 5 Royal is boring me
I would have been playing Picross (PICROSS S NAMCO LEGENDARY edition, to be precise) anyway because it’s one of my favorite game series and a must-buy whenever it comes out, but it didn’t help help that the extra dungeon in Persona 5 Royal is just so boring. I don’t care about any of the added […]
Beat the “final boss” in Persona 5 Royal! Okay not really, but yeah (endgame spoilers)
By that I’m referring to Yaldabaoth or whatever he calls himself. The god of control that gave us the chance to recite the obligatory “mankind needs no gods” spiel before shooting him in the face with a bigger, badder god of our own. If I’ve learned anything from JRPGs, it’s that anything and everything is […]
Persona 5 Royal, 74 hours in – Okay they’re dumb, but not THAT dumb (late game spoilers)
Since my last post, I’ve been steadily plugging away at Persona 5 Royal and really enjoying the whole “actual game with a beginning and an end” thing. Unless the ending is dreadful, I’ll be quite sorry to see it go. In fact I’ve already added Persona 5 Strikers to my Nintendo wishlist, just waiting for […]
Persona 5 Royal – 44 hours in, tons of fun! (mid-game spoilers)
I’d forgotten how much fun it can be to play a JRPG with an actual start and finish. Persona 5 Royal‘s story is still immature, bordering on the ridiculous, but I keep reminding myself that they’re just kids and then it becomes slightly bearable. For example even a toddler knows better than to get into […]