The '10/10' Persona 5 Royal Is Now Available On Xbox Game Pass

I hope everyone enjoys this masterpiece.

Gonna give it a try purely because it reviews so well. But not sure it's gonna be for me. Not the kinda game I go for usually. Might be one to try on the cloud, save me installing.

@RetroMan71 First hour or so might seem a bit slow (it does a lot of scene setting) but once you get into the first dungeon it really picks up.

Probably the best jrpg I have played.

Going to be trying this on xcloud via steam deck. I will never be able to finish a persona game in front of a TV but the portability of xcloud might be sufficient.

I never thought a 100hr+ game would fly by... but in Persona 5 Royal's case, it did. Now, it's one of my favourite games of all time! Really excited to play it again.

I get that it's not for everyone but well worth a play if you have even a passing interest in JRPGs or games with a strong narrative.

I'm struggling to finish Prodeus which I've played for about 3 hours and suppose to be only 6 hours long. I find that most games get repetitive and boring after the first 2-3 hours unless they have extremely fun Gameplay. I can't imagine playing a turn based game for a 100+ hours. I tried playing Yakuza Like A Dragon and after about 18 hours I gave up because it got boring.

I'm enjoying more long games than short games on Game Pass and I have completed them almost 100%, including optional parts and collectibles. This year, Octopath Traveller, Immortals Fenyx Rising and now Persona 5 Royal, probably after A Plague Tale Requiem, that seems to be short compared to what I've been playing.

My first time round on this title was 160 hours, but maybe only 80 to 100 was gameplay? The rest of it is watching cut scenes with minimal input, which is great cause you love the characters and are itching for the story to unfold, but there were places in the game where the balance felt a skewed.
I remember turning on one night when I had a couple of hours to play and watching story for 2 hours with no chance to actually play!
That said, its still a fantastic game that I'd urge you to try if you haven't already.
Its not my favourite RPG ever, that title still goes to FFVII, which completely floored me when it was first released and made me take two weeks off work to play it (sorry psygnosis), but this title is way up on that list and not to be missed for fans of the genre. In terms of coolness factor, its top of the pile by far!

Really wanted to enjoy this but gave up after about 30 hours (original game). Found it to be way too slow paced and restrictive. Hopefully it gains enough traction on Xbox to see games like Ys, Akiba's Trip and Tokyo Xanadu get released on XB.

Tried this on PS4 when it came out and found like most JRPG's it's just far too disrespectful of the player's time. For those who like it and have the time for it enjoy. Not for me.

@bobbypaycheque the original version did require some grinding at certain points. The Royal version supposedly smooths things out so that is not required.

I haven't played the Royal version so I am not sure how much time is actually saved because if that

I haven't completed a JRPG since Skies of Arcadia (twenty years ago!) so I'm looking forward to trying this.

For those for whom Persona 5 is too long or that can't stand turn based combat, I hope Game Pass gets P5 Strikers at some point. Same characters, but with a different combat style and its a much shorter story. I haven't been much into JRPGs since the PS2 days, but Persona 5 and Strikers both managed to grab and hook me for some reason.

@NotoriousWhiz
Same here. I know, graphically, it would be better to buy on steam, but I should save the money... For now.