Persona 5 Review Scores - MC: 94, GR: 94.32%, OpenCritic: 94

[Nautilus]

Trunkin said:

JRPGfan said:

1. Story is fantastic. Theres depth to it often, highlighting issues within society.

2. Characters are well developed, good Dialogue & humor.

3.  Balanceing act, of developeing your social links /  status attributes / combat items (weapons,armor,accessories).

4. Soundtracks, usually these games last forever (100+hours) so you ll be listening to these songs alot, it sticks with you afterwards.

5. Good unlockables, farming is fun/rewarding, melding persona's can be fun too (theres days where you get extra traits/bonus's).

6. Love intrests, you can try and win over the girl you like most.

7. Gives a "fun" look into how things are in japan.

 

Theres a certain "feel" to the game, its own identity. The art style is great.

That's quite a list.  It's kind of weird to see a series that (to me)  looks somewhat unspectacular s consistently score so highly among players and reviewers. Just judging by how loved the games are,  they must absolutely excell at all those things. Happy to hear it has a good soundtrack too. The music can sometimes make all the difference,  especially in an RPG.

 I've been meaning to try the series for a while,  but I've never really had the chance. Are the games stories connected?  Can I just jump right into p5, or would i need to play p4 first? 

They are like FF in the story department.Each one is self contained, even though they exist in the same universe(same world, actually), and have little nods eher and there to past games, like easter eggs, but you can jump right into P5 if you want.

Having said that, if you have the time and patience, I really recommend by starting with P3 first.It was the first Persona game that trully stand out in my opinion and the one that defined what a Persona game is today.And it get progressivelly better, as in P4 is better than P3 and P5 is, hopefuly, better than P4.

If you like RPGs, this franchise is a must-play.