Play Final Fantasy X if you want a classic, linear JRPG with a strong ending and turn-based battles that are easy to read. Play Persona 5 Royal if you want a very long game where school life, friendships and a calendar matter as much as the dungeons. They scratch different itches despite both being turn-based JRPGs.
Turn-based combat that rewards exploiting weaknesses, a young cast on a pilgrimage against a corrupt order, and a lot of cutscenes. Both are considered among the best in their series.
The journey is mostly a straight line, and the turn order is shown on screen so you can plan every move and swap party members mid-fight. The Sphere Grid lets you shape characters without drowning you in menus. The HD Remaster is the version to play today.
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Half the game is deciding how to spend each day — classes, part-time jobs, time with friends — and those choices power up your party. The other half is stylish dungeon-crawling in the Palaces. It is a very long game; go in expecting to spend a school year with it.
More like this: Persona 5 Royal.
Play Final Fantasy X if you want a classic, linear JRPG with a strong ending and turn-based battles that are easy to read. Play Persona 5 Royal if you want a very long game where school life, friendships and a calendar matter as much as the dungeons. They scratch different itches despite both being turn-based JRPGs.
Better is the wrong question for these two — they are close enough that the answer depends on what you want from the next twenty hours. Pick Final Fantasy X for a focused story. Pick Persona 5 Royal for the life-sim.
No. There are no scores anywhere on this page. This is a written opinion about what each game is for, so you can judge whether it matches what you are after.