Persona 5 Royal Snatched the RPG Crown…Again

*Some light spoilers near the ending of Persona 5 Royal* William: So check it, I tried to play Persona 5 once before. And it’s not like I didn’t love it, I did. I was just late. So I was only two palaces deep when Persona 5 Royal got announced and figured I’d wait. Man, listen, for a Persona weeb like me, this shit was amazing. And so very, very involved. I’ve never played a single player, linear game like this in my life. But like…I’m gonna play it again. Anissa, this was your second time through. 100-plus hours later, how you feelin? Anissa: *whispers 158 hours* I feel amazing to have gone through it a second time. It’s like seeing an old crush again and thinking “Wow, they were pretty good looking back then, they can’t possibly look any better, right? Right? Wrong! Persona 5 Royal exceeded my expectations. From seeing the old Phantom Thieves gang, Ryuji telling me “This is BS” every 5 seconds, battles that required skill and strategy while trying to resist the urge to sing “You’ll never see it coming!” and the multiple relationships with various characters, man it was so good to be back. In addition to that, Royal added more flavor to it, turning it up a notch. My body wasn’t ready! William: Yo, I missed YOU’LL NEVER SEE IT COMINNNNNNNNN…for like five battles. And then I was fully engrossed in Royal. It does so many things. So. Many. Things, Anissa. So you’re the vet. I had only gotten to the third palace my first playthrough, but I went all in and finished in an unhea…