{"id":8081,"date":"2023-08-13T14:16:44","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T14:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nfornerds.com\/?p=8081"},"modified":"2023-08-13T14:16:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T14:16:44","slug":"why-persona-5-royal-is-worth-the-asking-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nfornerds.com\/?p=8081","title":{"rendered":"Why Persona 5: Royal is worth the asking price"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Persona 5: Royal was first announced I was sceptical, don\u2019t get me wrong, I loved the idea of more Persona 5 and was only too happy to pry open my wallet and pay a little extra for additional content. But my hype train halted in its tracks when I found out that rather than paying an extra \u00a315 or \u00a320 for a DLC pack, I would have to shell out \u00a340 and re-purchase the game. To me it just seemed greedy; I mean why not just offer the extra content as DLC to the customers who bought it the first time around? Why make us buy it all over again? But then I played it.<\/p>\n

Like many of you I assumed that all Persona 5: Royal would be was a definitive edition or game of the year addition but nothing could be further from the truth. This isn\u2019t just some base game with all the DLC and a few new characters and costumes; it is so much more than that.<\/p>\n

Now I don\u2019t want to get into all the reasons why Persona 5: Royal surpasses the original, I\u2019ll leave that for my review, which is coming but I couldn\u2019t leave it any longer without expressing some thoughts on this great game. For now I just want to discuss the main reason I was happy I parted with my doubloons a 2nd<\/sup> time.<\/p>\n

\"Persona<\/a><\/p>\n

(I may have more…hurled my money than parted with it!)<\/address>\n

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Many of you who read my reviews regularly will be familiar with my review of Persona 5<\/a>, mainly because I started off hating it Don\u2019t get me wrong, I loved the game play and the world exploration, but a few of the characters were so fucking awful that to this day I speed right past the first quarter of that game.<\/p>\n

And the biggest arse parsnip in the group was Sojiro Sakura, the hateful old bastard who stuffs you in the attic and does little more than verbally abuse you. I remember thinking \u201cwho would put up with this level of shit?\u201d Clearly the devs agreed and the made some much needed changes, firstly Sojiro is far more accepting and understanding upon your first meeting, you know, like you\u2019d expect from a family friend who has agreed to foster you. We\u2019re also given a glimpse into his personal life much earlier in the game, which goes a long way towards contextualising his demeanour. And while he still maintains his grumpy old man Persona (sorry couldn\u2019t resist) it\u2019s far more charming now that he\u2019s not a giant dick.\"Sojiro<\/a><\/p>\n

(Bet he’s got one though!)<\/address>\n

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The development of characters isn\u2019t just limited to Sojiro; it extends to all the characters including the next on my shit list Makoto Niijima. While I didn\u2019t hate her character persay, I always felt more could\u2019ve been done with her. In the original game she\u2019s introduced to us as this over achiever who just wants to excel but in Royal we are given a glimpse into her life and we get to witness why she does what she does. She\u2019s not doing these things to succeed academically she does them to protect her class mates.\"Makoto_Persona-5<\/a><\/p>\n

(By force if necessary!)\u00a0<\/address>\n

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There are more examples of other characters but I wish to spoil as little as possible, but trust me, these changes are present throughout the game and they are what make Royal ascend beyond mere DLC. So I\u2019ll just say this, so far I\u2019m only at Futaba\u2019s palace, for those of you who haven\u2019t played the original Persona 5 that\u2019s only about a \u00bc of the way through, and if nothing else was changed from this point forward I would still suggest buying Persona 5: Royal.<\/p>\n

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Well, that’s why I think Persona 5: Royal is worth the asking price<\/em>, do you disagree? Let us know in the comments below, don\u2019t forget to follow us on Twitter<\/a>, Facebook <\/a>and subscribe to our YouTube channel<\/a> and if you’re feeling generous feel free to donate to our Patreon<\/a>, thanks for reading.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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