ALREADY TYPED OUT MY REVIEW OF P5R BUT IDK WTF HAPPENED TO IT SO HERE'S THE midgetmikebloomberg-SHORTENED VERSION:
BARELY MISSED GOTY 2020 (FF7R WON GOLD BY ||) FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS:
* PAINFULLY FATIGUE-INDUCING EXCESSIVE MOUTH FLAPPING - I REMEMBER IT WAS MOST PAINFUL AFTER KANESHIRO PALACE OR EVEN MADARAME PALACE ALL THE WAY UP TO SHIDO PALACE- WITH A 10-15% REDUCTION OF 'DELETED SCENES (FOR EXCESSIVE MOUTH FLAPPING); WOULD HAVE EASILY TAKEN GOTY 2020
* THE 'ROYAL' CONTENT WAS ONLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT THE GAME, AND ONLY IN THE LAST ~5% OF THE GAME ALMOST IN DLC-EXTENSION FASHION, ADDED THE CONTENT WHICH WAS LEGENDARY, HOWEVER THE PALACE ASPECT FUN FACTOR WAS A WASH BECAUSE OF THAT PUZZLE AT THE END!
* THE FREE DLC (DIDN'T NOTICE THIS MYSELF UNTIL LATE IN THE GAME) PACKAGE COMES WITH 0-YEN FREE OVERPOWERED PERSONAS (EARLY TO EVEN MID-STAGE) AND THAT WAS THE FINAL STRAW THAT PUT IT DOWN TO SILVER FOR ME!
THAT ASIDE, A TRUE LEGENDARY GAME THAT HAS THE MOST STYLISH COMBAT AND GAMEPLAY EXPERIENCES WITH EVEN MORE MEMORABLE SOUNDTRACKS TO GO ALONG WITH IT! COULDN'T STOP GROOVING ALONG WITH THE BATTLE THEMES (EVEN WITH ALL-OUT ATTACKS) THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE GAME! IN TOTALITY, IT DOES FEEL THOUGH THAT THERE WERE MORE 'MOUTH FLAPPING EXTREME-DOWNTIME' MOMENTS THAN COMBAT!
9.3 OUT OF 10!