If you were expecting Persona 5 Royal to be even longer than Persona 5 -- which is already an incredibly lengthy game sitting at around 80 to 100 hours -- then you may be happy (or unhappy) to know that Atlus has spoken out on the subject. According to the developer, Persona 5 Royal will be about as long as the original, despite the fact that it incorporates a load of new stuff like additional social scenes and expanded gameplay mechanics.
So how can it be the same length as Persona 5 (or, as Atlus estimates, "slightly" longer)? Well, the team says it's down to optimisation. Apparently, load times and the time it takes to complete battles have been shortened, while palaces have been "optimised". We're not entirely sure how this works out -- as far as we can remember, Persona 5 doesn't have very long loading times to begin with -- but again, this is what Atlus says.
Basically, it sounds like Royal's been streamlined in a number of ways, and this makes room for all the new bits and pieces. The game's out in Japan in just a few days, so we'll no doubt learn more once people get their hands on it.
[source ryokutya2089.com, via siliconera.com]
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That optimising palaces bit has me slightly worried. I hope it won't be too quick and easy to reach the end of palaces.
... I'd say Persona 5 was a bit too long in the first place and it's one of the reasons why Royal doesn't excite me
Unless they cut down the amount of repetition like the messages or plot points being drilled into your brain (Not to mention the hand holding for the first twenty hours) I don't see how it'll be anything but ridiculously long 😂
I’m ok with that. I loved the game already and more content with less annoying parts is great.
persona5 was a big disappointment the whole game become all about hipsters, urban city and weeaboo's. give me a persona4 based game that is more traditional japanese and the focus is more japanese village in the country side style. that i loved, this persona5 is just not for me.
i loved Perosna 5 but I don't know if I would buy this. I'm kind of interested but I hate the idea of paying more money for a game that basically has some new dlc installed.
Hopefully it's a shortening of the Morgan bus momentos and the awful music then it's a win for everyone.
Was hoping they had removed all the absolutely unnecessary reams of dialogue. I really enjoy the game when it actually lets you play it but everything inbetween is such a chore I had to quit after 40 hours or so.
I can see why trimming load times would balance out the time commitment.
For those of you who played Skyrim on PS3, then tried the PS4 version, you already know how trimming transition times can add up over the long run.
I'm not quite at "just shut up and take my money" at this point, but there's just enough added value here to get this a spot near the top of my list.
I mean, for one thing, did we ever officially find what happened to...(HEY, NO SPOILERS)...after the team escaped the cruise ship's engine room? There are lots of fan theories, and maybe there was something written in a different official telling that I haven't seen. But the game itself leaves it as an open question.
Now add in the extra locations, characters, and even side distractions, and this looks like more than just a cash grab to me. Just my $0.02.
Unless this comes in a different size case than normal, then yeah its gonna be the same size.
Tbh the game didn’t take me nearly the 100 hours that some people claim and I did a pretty complete play through. Plus cutting out crap like the rat puzzles will enhance the game.
@kiki3400 It's not DLC at all, did you not pay attention?
@RinTohsaka yes I did which is why I prefaced it with 'basically'. It's the same characters with the same dungeons with a new character or two and some new scenes. Nothing that couldn't have been done with dlc. But no, you need to buy it in its entirety again. Another 50 quid.. Im happy if you are excited for it but I'm not.
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