Sacred Symbols+, Episode XLII: Persona 5 Royal Spoilercast and Review Discussion (Patreon)

While Persona 4 Golden was arguably Vita's most beloved games, the series didn't hit true mainstream, western success until Persona 5 came to PS3 and PS4 several years ago. Now, with Persona 5 Royal -- 2020's best-received PS4 title, exclusive or otherwise -- developer P Studio and publisher Atlus have followed up P5 with a revised and expanded version of the game titled Persona 5 Royal. Royal holds a stunning score of 95 on Metacritic, and it features fresh social links, a new palace, dozens of quality-of-life changes, and even an entirely new ending, so there's a quite a bit to go over. Because we felt it wasn't right for us to ignore such a monumental PlayStation release just because the core Sacred Symbols cast hasn't played it, we tapped Dustin Furman (gaming podcaster and CLS' editor) and MrMattyPlays (gaming podcaster, YouTuber, and Side Quester) for this week's SS+. We hope you enjoy it. (For those that are interested in overall impressions of the game, the first part of the show is spoiler free! Spoilers begin at 0:19:11, so consider yourself warned!)