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MartinFF7 posted...

(1) Is the game independent from others in the series or is playing some previous entry/ies required?

(2) Would it really be worth it to wait for the P5 Royal release on PS4 or am I good to stick with the original base game? (and save $55 CDN in the process + play it sooner/strike while the iron is hot...)

(3) How long is the game (generally) and the platinum (specifically)? Would want to do a blind run without any guides, ideally.

1. Yeah, independent. There are the smallest of cameos here and there but they're throwaway and not significant.

2. This is up to you, IMO. I would wait in your position since we're pretty close to Royal but how the reduced cost and time factor in is up to you.

3. Normal playthrough is probably 80 hours maybe? I play games, particularly RPGs, super slow so it's much longer for me. Platinum can't be done on a first playthrough and even if it could doing it blind would be quite challenging, especially without prior series experience breaking you into knowing how to minmax time in-game via familiarity with the systems. So for the platinum you'd need to a second playthrough regardless, and while you can go through one much faster, how much faster may depend on how much you accomplished in the first one (like do you just need the one trophy that requires NG+ or do you have some other trophies you didn't get playing blind. That kind of thing.)

KommunistKoala posted...

Royal changes the battle theme actually so if Last Surprise was a big pull...>_>. Not sure if you can switch between them? I would assume so but I don't know

I think Last Surprise is the battle theme if you don't get a surprise/advantage attack (ironically.) This would mean you could control what plays at will, but to get Last Surprise over Take Over (the new battle theme in Royal) you'd have to pass over a surprise attack if you have one available. Not 100% sure on that though.

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