Still a favorite game, but I soured on the genre a lot over time; barely play them anymore. I loved Persona 5 (after many attempts to get into the series), but I don't think I'd ever play it again. Find them too long, and plots usually not engaging enough to keep me going. CRPGs though... - ThreadSky

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toucansuit.bsky.social • 26 days ago

Still a favorite game, but I soured on the genre a lot over time; barely play them anymore. I loved Persona 5 (after many attempts to get into the series), but I don't think I'd ever play it again.

Find them too long, and plots usually not engaging enough to keep me going. CRPGs though...

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phillonidier.bsky.social•26 days ago

My problem these days is not having enough time to get into games that take 80+ hours to finish Persona 5 was a really big one to get through.

toucansuit.bsky.social•26 days ago

P5 was the first JRPG I'd played since Paper Mario: TTYD and a replay of FF9 ~10 years prior. I'm no stranger to long winded runs of games, but a lot of them tend to be less strictly narrative.

CRPGs and their penchant for player agency is preferred, especially at those lengths; keeps me invested.

logoth.bsky.social•25 days ago

This is a serious pacing issue a lot of modern rpgs have. Persona 5 is like 30% characters explaining points that didnt need explanation, and useless flashbacks.

Fantasian is 40+ hours but it has a ton of formulaic filler too.

phillonidier.bsky.social•25 days ago

My biggest beef with Persona 5 was that the dungeons were so needlessly long. Many were interesting in their first halves but then they just kept going on and on.

Golden Sun was an offender when it came to overexplaining, with characters just repeating each other a lot. Loved the game but....

logoth.bsky.social•25 days ago

The intent for P5 was to do it in small chunks. SP items were supposed to be scarce and when you were out you get out and restock / heal... But nobody did that. Everyone bought SP patches and one days the dungeons because managing time is a mechanic in the game and you dont want to waste time.

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