A cafe in Tokyo, masks falling away, and a style that hits you on every single menu.

On gut feeling, on a single vote so take it lightly, Persona 5 Royal already sits ahead of 83% of games. And the detail paints a stunning portrait: the soundtrack ahead of 96% of titles, those tracks you keep in your playlist long after. Art style follows, ahead of 90%, a visual identity that sticks. Desert island and rediscovery rank it high too, ahead of 81% of titles. Only controller feel stays low, ahead of just 18%. There is the nuance: a game that dazzles eyes and ears, adored on instinct, but whose turn-based combat does not move crowds.

In the JRPG world, it is an art direction benchmark, one of those games you name for its style before anything else. The solid attachment, above average, rounds out the picture of a game you carry for a long time.

So, who is it for? You, if you love an atmosphere, a soundtrack, characters, a world styled to the last detail. Much less if you are mainly after sharp, twitchy controller feel.