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Persona 5 is too damn long

The Persona games are long as hell, but moreover, they’ve always done something with that run-time. It’s not just their tight, addictive nature and how these massive stories are broken into easily digestible but compulsively playable morsels. It’s the way they bury secrets and tells in their early moments that play out dozens of hours later, or the way relationships that began around hour 20 are tested around hour 60. The notion that Persona 5 would be 100 hours has been paraded around since long before its release as an unmitigated positive. If previous Persona games could pack such love and artistry into 75 or so hours, wouldn’t another 25 hours be even better? What might these writers and designers do with the extra leeway?

It turns out: Not a whole lot.

AspiringProGenji2522d ago (Edited 2522d ago )

That is one of its strengths. 127 hrs in in my first play and all worth it.

naruga2522d ago

agree ..@article if you dont like it, dont play play it , you wont be missed

IGiveHugs2NakedWomen2522d ago (Edited 2522d ago )

I just finished after putting 108 hours in and it was well worth it. If you have a short attention span, Persona 5 is not for you.

This game is godly among JRPGs!

indysurfn2521d ago (Edited 2521d ago )

Why would a person complain a game is too long? If a hundred hours is too long then who are you kidding? You DONT like this kind of game. Stop pretending. 100 hours is not such a big deal to a person that likes turn based jrpg's. 80-100 is expected. Try playing trails of cold steel II if you think 100 hours is too long. Then come back that game is 180 hours long on the first play through. And I'm on my third and last play through.

Oblivion was longer did this person trash it for that? What about Witcher? Fall out(s)....etc. Double standard I guess.

HollowKnight2522d ago (Edited 2522d ago )

It takes 100 hours to beat the game they said, +30 hours later It ended and the credits rolled. As I watched the credits the sadness began to sink In as If I have lost a child of my own flesh and blood, asking myself why does It have to end so soon!!, nonetheless what a journey It was. It's a game that I have never experienced anything like It before, a true masterpiece.

JackBNimble2522d ago

Now people are complaining that games are to long?
This is the most ridiculous thing I have heard in a while.

Flipgeneral2522d ago

Yup. Never felt like it dragged on either.
Excellent pacing and storytelling.

Ceaser98573612521d ago

"Persona 5 is too damn long"
Bubye felicia

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Erik73572522d ago

I agree but this is not only a weakness but also a strength.

Gardenia2522d ago

I'm 30 hours in and it feels like 20 of it is reading text. I try to get back into it but I don't think I can

Sunny_D2521d ago

What you don't read novels?

FallenAngel19842522d ago

Wah this game has too much content. Make it stahp!

DarXyde2522d ago

I blame the modern gamer's attention span.

The game is a great length. If anything, it's too short since you don't have access to the whole year. Could've easily had two extra dungeons.

chrisx2522d ago (Edited 2522d ago )

This is the exact reason I play games like this. How long it is. If u feel its 2 long then this game isn't for u

RAM0N 2522d ago

Even though I haven't played persona 5 I think this is a good thing.

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To commemorate the Persona 5 series exceeding 10 mln copies, messages have arrived from the creators

Since its release in 2016, the "Persona 5" series has won numerous game awards around the world and received enthusiastic support from everyone, with cumulative sales of over 10 million units worldwide.

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The Best Turn-Based RPGs if You Hate Turn-Based Combat

In the world of video games, there’s no genre quite as notoriously difficult to get into as the Turn-Based RPG. Lets review a few RPGs you can play if you’ve tried the biggest and best in turn-based combat and never found it appealing.

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shinoff2183122d ago

Sea of stars while seeming pretty good so far doesn't belong in the top rpg discussion. There's way better ones. I'd tell them to play star ocean 2. One of the best non turn based rpgs ever. It has everything.

raWfodog122d ago

And if the list is limited to just turn-based RPGs, I can think of better ones to add to this list. You have the Dragon Quest series, the Trails series…Persona 5 Royale is on the list but why limit it to just that one? P3 and P4 were great as well.

Zenzuu122d ago (Edited 122d ago )

The Legend of Dragoon, Legend of Legaia, or the Shadow Hearts games has decent enjoyable turn based combat system.

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The Persona 5 Series Has Sold Over 9 Million Units Worldwide

The Persona 5 sub-series has surpassed 9 million copies worldwide and now contributes to over 50% of the series' total sales.

shinoff2183301d ago

Would be plus+1 more if they'd settle the fk down and stop re releasing it. I'm waiting on the definitive one over here

BrainSyphoned301d ago

It's ok, I bought 4 to your zero, they don't need your pity purchase. Every version was definitive and has their own perks.