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I didn't really need a new keyboard (although I've started noticing some double inputs on my Logitech one recently so I have a feeling I would have in the near future) but I've been wanting this one for a while and it was almost 100$ off on Amazon + I had 20 bucks of credit I could throw at it on top, so I said fuck it. I mostly wanted a white keyboard to go with the white everything else of my current setup since that was the theme I went for for but this one has the added benefit of being Corsair, so now all my RGBs can sync up nicely. Also, I can finally get Logitech's trash app off of my PC for good! I'm gonna miss the programmable macro keys on the left side but tbh I barely ever used them (I only ever bothered programming like 2 or 3 of them for FFXIV lol). I'll just have to make do with the MMO mouse I bought a while back and also barely used. It has 12 buttons on the side and I only programmed two of them for back and forward when browsing.

That's right! I spent all month working on finishing... Persona 5 Royal What? Were you thinking of something else? I figured I was better off trying to finish it this month because Friday is Street Fighter 6 day. And once that's out, there's no telling how long it'll be before I actually want to play anything else. Anyway, holy hell, this game is long. I mean, Persona games have always been on the longer side of things but even by the series's standards this game is insanely long. I had put like 70 hours into it when I got distracted/busy and stopped playing last Fall and I figured I had to be in the last stretch. Well, according to my final playtime on Steam, turns out I still had about 90 hours to go. Probably a bit less in reality since there were times when I'd leave the game idle for a while but that's still insane! At this point there isn't much I could say that hasn't already been said a thousand times over so I'll just go through my thoughts as fast as I can. I thoroughly loved it! Palaces were a huge improvement over the procedurally-generated dungeons but I'm glad they didn't throw away the idea entirely because I really enjoyed having Mementos as a side thing to do. Especially as the game progresses and Palaces get less and less dungeon-y. The cast was fun, the soundtrack slapped and basically every single aspect of the game felt incredibly more polished than in Persona 4. I know Catherine was originally a game Atlus made to get some HD game development practice but I was still kinda surprised to see how much of the presentation was lifted straight from it. It actually made me want to replay it. Oh and having SMT-style demon negotiation in there was a nice addition. It's kinda funny they put this in only after the series shed the SMT moniker completely, though. I think my biggest complaint would be the third semester. It just didn't feel as organically weaved into the game as the extra stuff from P4G. It felt like the game went through this big climax and then just kinda went "We're not done, this is happening now." It ultimately worked pretty well but the very beginning of it felt kinda jarring. Anyway, it feels good to have finally played it. It took over half a decade to come to PC but my patience finally paid off. Also thank fuck this version has a more sane achievements list because right now I don't even want to think about doing another playthrough. I thoroughly enjoyed my time with the game but, again, so long! I'd be lying if I said I'm not a little disappointed by how much easier it was but, on the other hand, I lucked out twice with the Hardcore Risette Fan achievement. I do NOT want to try my luck with Futaba's achievement. Oh and this isn't a purchases thread but whatever, it's relevant! While i was working on finishing the game I spotted a deal and couldn't resist... Anyway, now I'm finally up to date. Bring on Persona 6! Hopefully it'll actually launch multi-platform this time... Then again, I was reading up on what exactly was new in Royal and man, the original release sounds like it was kinda barebones. So much stuff that I assumed was just part of the game was new to P5R. Hell, Life Will Change doesn't even play after sending the first few calling cards in that version! I mean, what the hell?!? It's so good! So maybe skipping the initial vanilla release isn't the worst thing in the world...