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Persona 5

Atlus · Apr 4, 2017

PS4 · PS3

Mature

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You will assume the role of a second-year high school student who becomes a Persona-user through an unexpected incident. Having moved to Tokyo just before the start of the school year, he finds residence at a cafe run by his parents' friend, and is about to get his first taste of school life in the big city.

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Scores by platform

PlayStation 4

Critic 9.4 (55 critics) · Gamer 9.7

9.4

PlayStation 3

Critic 9.8 (4 critics) · Gamer 9.5

9.0

Critic reviews

  • Nintendo World Report

    Donald Theriault · Jun 28, 2022

    9.5
    While I can’t hold the choice of platform against Persona 5, I really wish I could have played this portably – for whatever reason, PlayStation Remote Play doesn’t work in my environment and it would have saved me a week of real time. But I asked for a PlayStation 4 for Christmas largely so I could play it under the best circumstances, and it definitely didn’t disappoint. Fingers crossed that Persona 5 takes after 3 and 4 and gets a portable version because by then I’ll be ready to return to Tokyo.
  • TechRaptor

    Don Parsons · Dec 24, 2017

    8.5
    What it all comes together to create is an absolutely wonderful experience and a game that will help define a generation. Persona 5 walks between the 7th and 8th generations of consoles but sets a path forward showing ideas and concepts to use for many. From the various world segments that are used, the rich cast of characters, and the general presentation, there are many things here that other games can learn from.

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Gamer reviews

  • AbsolutelyNotRavenous

    Sep 8, 2023 · PS3

    3.0

    Persona 5

    I refuse to believe that this is that "11/10 goty best jrpg of 2420". Too much obvious twists, too much black and white morality, too much "gosh, just show me her bloody superpower" (but actually those powers looks like I'm watching south park), too much "I'll give you everything just because you're a chosen one". Wake up Neo, you've just shat yourself, dr. Evil escaped. I rly-rly don't want to grind tons of one-faced monsters, at least not to watch another cheap childish drama. Oh, sure, voices... you know, this is a triple-A product. You know, like A, A and another damn A. Yeah, like something that costs $60+. But not all dialogues are voiced in this game. No, I mean, like less then a half. R u kidding me? Is this a joke, nice prank, atlus, very xd. Now, can you show me your real new game? Graphics/design/animations are okay (i'm still almost blind, fyi). Anime cutscenes are even great. Gameplay. I'm not a big fan of jrpgs or dungeon crawlers, but it sucks. Not because of bad battle system, mechanics and other things. This game is too long. The plot sucks too hard, it's too bad to ignore that monotonous and... honestly, fucking mundane gameplay. I just can't stop thinking about how trivial this plot is. Yeah, I rather like this atmosphere of big city, I like this music, I even like the idea of infiltration into a person's mind, but the final result, the game is disappointing.

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