It's time to move on from Persona 5

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I will never forget the excitement I felt opening up Persona 5 for the very first time. Believe it or not there was a point in time where it felt like this game was never going to come out. I got into Persona back when P4 was the hot craze and I remember obsessing over the release of this game. I read every article I could, scouring for a release date, but made extra sure to avoid those PV trailers so I could go in as spoiler-free as possible. After years of delays and avoiding any Japanese leaks like the plague, the game was finally in my hands and yeah, it felt pretty cathartic. I still remember a friend and I cutting class to play this on launch day. That’s right, as my academics rose in the game, my real-life grades suffered a little bit. Not the best idea in hindsight but hey, we all do dumb stuff when we were young. Finishing Persona 5 for the first time left me feeling a lot of satisfaction. While I thought Persona 4 was still the better game, all things considered, P5 is a great game when all is said and done. But this isn’t what I want to focus on today.

I’ve talked about this game for literal hours over the course of this channel's life. I’ve said basically all that needs to be said about the game at this point so going into any more detail would be a little excessive. So for today, we’re going to shake things up a bit and focus on a different topic entirely. Instead of doing another critique of Persona 5 the game, I want to instead talk about Persona 5 the legacy, and how I feel as though over the years, I feel as though my relationship with this game has shifted. And not in the way that Atlus probably wanted it to. Yeah, this is going to be one of those videos. So strap in folks because today, we’re going to be reflecting on Persona 5’s spinoff era and discussing why it’s time to move on.

Persona 5. It's time to move on from Persona 5. In this Persona 5 Analysis, Persona 5 Review, Persona 5 Critique, I explain why Persona 5 has overstayed its welcome and how It's time to move on from Persona 5. Since Persona 5 Tactica and Persona 3 Reload are right around the corner, I thought it was no better time than now to revisit Persona 5 and explain why it's time to move on from Persona 5. Persona 5, much like Persona 4, received a lot of spin-offs like Persona 5 Strikers, Persona 5 Dancing, Persona Q2, and now Persona 5 Tactica. Nam's Compendium has made a Persona 5 Analysis, Persona 5 Review, and Persona 5 Critique in the past but this is not any of those. Rather it's a Persona 5 Retrospective. You should watch Nam's Compendium Persona 5 Analysis before this one to get some context. It's time to move on from Persona 5 is one of the best videos by Nam's Compendium.

[VincentEternal]

I can’t wait for Tactica to come out and have a story where the main characters form a bond with these quirky new characters made specifically for the game but none of it will matter because they’ll forget everything by the end so the status quo can be kept and anything that these characters possibly learned or felt is completely pointless.

[timmy]

My biggest worry for Persona 6 (If it even happens) is that a lot of fans will be expecting it to be like Persona 5. When I really want 6 to have it's own identity and stand out. 5 was many people's intro to Persona and that's great, but I'm worried that Atlus will feel pressured to make it like 5 and therefore we'll basically just have yet another Persona 5 game.

[edwardsimpson]

"Too many spinoffs watering down your brand? Wow, what a terrible problem to have."

-P1 and P2, probably

[Sharff]

The sad truth about Persona 5 is that you can’t ever replicated Persona 5. You can add onto it, but you can’t have the same characters or the same comfort without losing something. Persona 5 ends on a note that tells the audience that the characters are gonna grow, even without you seeing it. And while its nice to see what its like after the first story, I can’t help but feel its undone when these characters are constantly shifted back to their stereotypical selves. You can have sequels and spin offs, but you can’t have them be persona 5 but “different”. Atlus can’t have their cake and eat it too.

[XZOMBIEXSLAYERX]

History truly repeats itself everyone hated p4 for a while because of all the spin-offs and stuff now everyone loves it same shit is happening with p5 in a couple years people will love it again

[millasgameroom]

I agree. The P5 milking needs to stop. It's not hard to wonder what other classics ATLUS could have made if they weren't doing all these P5 spinoffs over the years. They have so many dormant IPs at this point that deserve a reboot (like trauma centre, snowboard kids and growlanser).

[jeezycreezy]

I think in the case of P5 Dancing and PQ2, they wanted to present those in a way that wouldn't spoil too much for people who hadn't played the main game for some reason. That's why the characters are reduced to simple caricatures of themselves, going too much deeper would reveal some of the deeper conflicts from the main game that are best discovered organicly.
We're also not in the longest gap between mainline Persona games yet. Yes, it's been 7 years since P5 launched, but it was 9 years between P4 and P5.

[ksxethan]

Persona 3 Reload is catapulting us into the "Next Generation" you could say of Persona, with them switching to Unreal Engine and Reload essentially being building blocks for the developers when it comes to making Persona on Unreal Engine, excited for the future and Persona 5 will ultimately go down as being a massive stepping stone for the franchise, and I think Persona 6 will do even more for it

[tomato]

And move on to The World Ends With You right :)

[theowagner]

i just want a persona 1/2 remake/remaster

[countryboyred]

Persona 5 strikers was incredibly underrated. It wasn’t just a cash grab spinoff. The game was a legit full fledged sequel in the form of an action JRPG.

[SSJ_EWGF]

I think I'm ready to move on as well, not just from Persona 5, but from the older titles of the Persona series to a new installment, one with a fresh coat of paint and ideas that can cement itself as not just a different vibe as the rest of the franchise, but a bold new direction that makes me fall in love with this series all over again.







Or.... We can just have another 2 Persona 5 spinoffs that are fun but ultimately don't add that much value beyond exhausting the already blooted overindulgence of this universe... But hey, at least we get Persona 3 Remake.

[triforcevaporeon]

I played Persona 5 Royal when it got a Switch port and loved it. I could never really get into the spin-offs with the “alternate universe story that somehow happens during the main story but they all forget” plot. Currently playing Strikers and I’m really enjoying it!

I think, for me, if they were going to do more Persona 5 games, I’d like to see more sequels like Strikers. It would be interesting to have a sequel with a bigger time skip, like to the present year. Given that P5 takes place in 2016/17, that would put the Phantom Thieves in their early 20s, which could make for a fresh story dynamic.

[Aigis]

The main issue is their unwillingness to do anything unique with the characters. If we got a spinoff where the characters were now all in college, or now all adults or something, and got to see how their lives are going in the future, it would at least be progress. But this is stagnation.

[true-planet]

I'll admit, I was mostly just watching this and fading out, but that message at the end was really powerful to me. I myself played P5 in 2019, shortly after Joker joined Smash Bros, so I would've been 16-17 too. And man, has it seriously been four years? This became my favourite game of all time, only outclassed by Royal when I played on Switch earlier this year. I played this game at the perfect time in my life, just like you. It's so hard to just put away, I've essentially grown up with the Thieves these past few years, so it's a little painful seeing them all so mistreated. I'd love a Persona 6 to help move on, or maybe Persona 3 Reload will help me unlock some things I missed when playing P3P and make *that* my new favourite game. I just love this franchise to death and want to see it grow and evolve into bigger and better things.

[Joker]

10:00 Game release gaps will only get longer and longer going forward that's not just a Persona thing, it's practically all games now

[Mathlink]

Just wait until P6 comes out in 2030 and after 5 to 6 years of Atlus milking it, you'll be seeing 5 hour long videos in YouTube titled "Persona 5 was UNDERRATED actually".
Also, Zenkichi was such a good character in P5S, I wish adults were real.

[thelaw_]

I remember when P5 was released back in 2017. I was still in college about to graduate. Now I have a wife and a 4 year old son. My son is 4. And he goes to school now. I was still in school when I played P5. That makes me feel super old man.

[catdude]

The phantom thieves already stole our hearts. The only thing they can steal now is our money

[popstarchamp]

Persona 5 is my favorite Persona game and I'm fully ready to move on. As much as like the game and its cast it can't stick around forever.