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ViewtifulJoe posted...

None of the Persona 5 characters seem cool. Can't get a read on the weird gameplay which seems to do a bunch of different things.
I don't know what I think of the whole stealth aspect but I sort of want to give it the benefit of the doubt because the player character looks pretty agile.

Being shown cutscenes is making me hesitant, the video I'm watching hasn't mentioned how fast you can power through them/skip them. Also looks like there's a real split between walking around town interacting with people and actually getting to play a video game.
Someone I know has this and really likes it though. That's an overwhelming plus because I could probably just borrow it.

Persona 5 is a top 10 RPG for me, but I will warn you that outside of the dungeons, there's not much RPG to it compared to a typical entry in the genre -- it's basically half visual novel, but in a way that does provide a bit more gameplay.

A lot of days in the game are more or less on autopilot and you're just reading things, but there are also a lot of days where you get to choose how you spend your time. And that's largely how you improve your party and abilities -- by taking part in activities outside of the dungeons. Hanging out with a party member and experiencing their personal story will grant them new abilities and benefits in battle; there are also NPCs you can spend time with that offer party-wide benefits, such as improving everyone's ability with ranged weapons or expanding the inventory offered in shops (or bringing the prices down).

It's not an RPG for everyone, and can definitely feel slower paced, but I really got into it.

I also forgot to mention Digimon Survive earlier, which is a tactical RPG/visual novel hybrid. Unfortunately it doesn't get as deep into either aspect as I would have liked, but as somebody who grew up with the anime, I enjoyed it. It's absolutely written with an older audience in mind rather than kids, too. Only real knock is that there's no English voice option, so I unfortunately had to turn off the VA altogether after a bit.