The castle belongs to the Shadow of the gym teacher at school, who in the real world is abusing students. It doesn’t take long for a mysterious app to launch you and your classmate Ryuji into a nightmare castle full of monsters, and for your adventure to truly begin. Despite this you’ll soon start hanging out with some lovely misfits, who will become your closest allies when you’re thrown into the world of demons and Persona. Rumours of his crimes are exaggerated around school, and because of that nobody really wants anything to do with Joker. With a criminal record and a whole lot of trauma, Joker is forced to move to a new school in Shibuya and take residence above a coffee shop. After taking down the creep who’s trying to force himself on her, the guy threatens to prosecute him and unfortunately succeeds.

On a dark night he hears a woman being attacked on the streets, and rushes to see what’s going on.

To say our hero Joker is having a rough time at the start of the game would be an understatement. They won’t have to wait long, because the Switch and Steam launch of Persona 5 Royal is almost upon us. Persona 4 Golden’s release on the Vita ensured that thousands of people played through the entirety of that wonderful game, and Atlus fans have been desperate for its sequel to be released on a portable console too. Every one of them said it was a fantastic game, but playing a hundred hours of a narrative heavy JRPG on a home console is a big ask. I can’t think of a single game that fewer people I know finished than Persona 5.

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