Persona 4 Golden, the expanded and enhanced PS Vita version of Persona 4, is thought of by many fans as the best game in the entire Persona series. And now, Persona 5 finds itself in a similar position as its predecessor, with PS4 exclusive Persona 5: The Royal due to arrive later this year in Japan (and next year here in the West).
The good news is that The Royal seems to be in more than capable hands. Daiki Ito, the director of Persona 4 Golden, is returning to direct Persona 5: The Royal. This detail comes courtesy of Famitsu magazine, with the publication's next issue apparently featuring an interview with key staff as well as new information regarding The Royal. It's out later this week.
All we know about The Royal right now is that it has a brand new party member as well as new social links, social link scenes, and an expanded story. Smaller touches such as rare enemies and remixed dungeons have also been confirmed.
[source twitter.com]
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This game is sure to be a Golden Experience.
The game is in great hands then, this actually got me even more hyped.
What about those of us who have already played the original game, do we need to buy it again? Do I have to start the game again? It's an amazing game but it's not exactly a short one
I want persona 4 golden with persona 5 engine on ps4
@carlos82 I keep hoping it's announced as a DLC pack as well
@carlos82 as has always been the case yes you will have to replay the entire game. The additions aren't so minor that you can just slot them into an existing playthrough seemlessly, the fact that entire new areas, characters and a party member are being added won't just gel.
I was going to skip it, but now, I'll pre order it
@ZeroAbbadon you say that as if it's a common thing to happen, Persona 4 and Golden were on different consoles, whilst games such as FFXV have shown how new content can be integrated into existing games these days. We don't know for certain how much will be significantly changed beyond a new character and extra story after the main game currently finishes. If I had to start again I'd much rather it be a new game plus kind of deal so I can just focus on the story and any new relationships
@carlos82 someone's forgetting about persona 3 and persona 3 fes obviously.
@carlos82 Yeah, im hoping for new game plus too. Not sure i can commit to a full play through from scratch unfortunately. My first run took 120 hours....
He’s the clever guy who decided there should be some actual gameplay at some point in the first 3 hours of Persona 4 so I can’t wait to see what tricks he has up his sleeves on this one.
@ZeroAbbadon someone's clearly forgetting that was on a PS2, long before downloadable updates were actually possible
@carlos82 true, but retaining your save data for use between different games was not. So it's the same situation. Personally I don't mind buying the game again, I never have, nor do I mind losing my save data because I know the quality of the game is worth playing it through again.
Hopefully by "Remixed dungeons" they mean dungeons that are a little shorter this time. I swear some of the dungeons took like 5 hours.
@ZeroAbbadon we'll call that a draw, I have no issues with the quality of Persona 5, my problem is whether I would have the time to play it all again and do all of the extra activities
@Rob_230 I'm just going back to it after getting the Platinum on Horizon earlier today, I was saying somewhere else how I have so many unfinished games as I haven't had much playing time the last year or so but this is now next on my list. I'm currently in the Casino so I don't think I'm too far from the end and would love to blast through a new game plus but don't know whether to wait for the next version or how or if it'll integrate with this one
@Onion I know what you mean but I feel like if you shorten the dungeons the game might as well just be a visual novel.
They can seem really long if you complete them (up to sending a calling card) in just a couple of attempts, though. I guess they're meant to be played in parts.
@kyleforrester87 hahahah true
I hope they sell this as DLC, I won't spend 60€ on an expansion pack.
@ShogunRok
Yeah that might be it too, I did most of the dungeons in one run, so that may be why it seemed like it went on for an eternity, haha. Fixing the whole " go to bed, Joker" thing would be nice too. I mean, I don't see why I can't make a few lockpicks.
Small things like the constant "on-rails" nature of the story, dungeons that go on forever, and the cat controlling my bed time are the main reasons I haven't done a NG+ yet. I'm just not ready for all of that, yet. By the time I am, Royal may already be out.
@Onion new game plus carries over your equipment, player stats, persona collected you can't fuse higher lv persona but if you had a lv 99 you can summon him as your money also carries over. Social links hit 0 but if you maxed out social links(in first play through) you will receive a gift from them. You will save a chunk of time not having to worry about player stats especially if you maxed them out. Keep an eye on the earliest date your social links appear and you should max them all out. Try to work towards a God tier persona while making sure to finish your persona compendium.
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