So last night around 4am, I finished Persona 5. The game took me almost a year because Id take breaks to work on other games. I knew P5 would take me quite awhile to finish so I couldnt always dedicate time to it since I needed to finish 12 games. Over the last part of 2017 I actually got myself to final area of the game but never got around to fully finishing it. I kinda didnt want to, Ive enjoyed this game so much and while yes, I can do a New Game+ I just feel like the first run through is the most special one. Atleast for me it is. I took down the final boss and oooh boy did it give me a run for my money. I normally went to all the boss fights pretty well prepared and while I had trouble with the second big boss*Not leveled enough* I didnt have no where near a long fight. It felt long, there were moments I thought "Well fuck, Im dead" but lived luckily. I do wanna write up a review, might be a mini one summing up my feelings overall about the game and its themes. I still am working on my Ultra Moon review and after my depressed episode yesterday Im glad I didnt delete it. It needs work but it can be done, I just really started second guessing things. Regardless I should have Ultra Moon out before January ends for sure. Kinda hoping for today technically but I wont count my chickens before they hatch. P5 Ill start next and depending on how big or small it is depends when it will see the light of day. I now only have 10 games for 2018!
Im currently playing
Okami HD (PS4) Kirby Planet Robobot (3DS) Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Switch) Night of Azura 2 (Switch) Monster Hunter Stories (3DS)
Maybe I can get some of these knocked off the list!
Hope everyone is doing well!
Those are a lot of cool games! It took me forever to finish Persona 4 Golden on VITA and Persona 3 on PS2. My hands are tied up with Zelda at the moment and I'd want a long break before starting another big ass game.
How is Xeno2? Did you play X?
I loved Xenoblade Chronicles X. I actually am hoping it gets ported to Switch. Id buy it in a heartbeat. Xeno 2 is good so far, I've been on break from it to play some other stuff but I plan to return to it soon.
I never finished P4 Golden. I wish I could go back to it but no way to play it.
I loved Persona 5. Story really worked for me, since I'm a huge fan of heists and taking down people abusing their power was just the story we needed this year. Characters were hit or miss though, loved Ryuji, Futaba, and Yusuke, Ann and Makoto were fine, but needed more fleshing out, and Haru and Morgana felt kind of pointless when everything was over. Haru I probably need to do a NG+ to say for sure though since her requirements for the confidant are ridiculous.
I loved the characters best. Morgana is one of my favorites, the only character I didn't care much for was Haru. I feel the was the only pointless one, she just shows up so far in. Makoto is my second favorite and was the one I ended up having Joker date.
Morgana I felt they spent too much time building on his backstory and what they revealed wasn't worth the build up. I think the kids just could have done all that on their own and worked fine. Makoto had that best build up to her Persona awakening, but then just kind of meandered after. Yusuke, Ryuji, and Makoto all dealt with how they were wronged and how they would change their outlook on life because they want to stand up for themselves, while Makoto and Ann just kind of meandered around for their confidants. Which is a shame because I think those two had the most potential after Futaba.
I played about 8 hours of Persona 5 last year on a rental. I really liked it and want to own it so I can try and finish it sometime. I remember thinking it was funny the menus were on all the character's cell phones. In retrospec I think, "Of course they are. What a natural choice.".
I understand that, you would of had the game a long time rental wise. My first playthrough took like 130ish hours.
I did some math and if I spent 3 months with a rental, it would only then be the price of buying it. I probably could stay in P5 for 3 months though.
I'm getting to this, I swear to the JRPG gods!
You have a long but super fun journey to look forward to.