Although Royal has a new scenario at the end that's about 10-15 hours long, as well as some new scenes scattered throughout the game, it also speeds up aspects of the main game so the end result is that the time to beat either game is about the same.
There's a lot of QoL in Royal. For example, there's a dungeon near the end of the game in the original that's long with sparse save points that was kind of frustrating. In Royal, the dungeon is faster to go through & save points are plentiful.
if there's one downside to P5R, it's that it's much easier to become really powerful so any gameplay balance goes out the window if you know what you're doing. That might not be a downside depending on your playstyle. And if you're new to the series, that's probably an advantage. And honestly, when you're talking about a 100 hour game, you probably don't want to get stuck because of the difficulty anyway. I played on Hard mode and had a lot of fun, but it is probably the easiest Hard mode of any Persona game.
If you do decide to grab P5R, make sure to max out the Confidant links of the new characters (the Counsellor link & the Faith link). If you don't max out the Counsellor link, you won't get access to the new Royal scenario at the end of the game.
There's a lot of QoL in Royal. For example, there's a dungeon near the end of the game in the original that's long with sparse save points that was kind of frustrating. In Royal, the dungeon is faster to go through & save points are plentiful.
if there's one downside to P5R, it's that it's much easier to become really powerful so any gameplay balance goes out the window if you know what you're doing. That might not be a downside depending on your playstyle. And if you're new to the series, that's probably an advantage. And honestly, when you're talking about a 100 hour game, you probably don't want to get stuck because of the difficulty anyway. I played on Hard mode and had a lot of fun, but it is probably the easiest Hard mode of any Persona game.
If you do decide to grab P5R, make sure to max out the Confidant links of the new characters (the Counsellor link & the Faith link). If you don't max out the Counsellor link, you won't get access to the new Royal scenario at the end of the game.
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