I think it’s all about pacing.
Persona 5’s blend of turn-based combat and life sim elements hardly moves at a breakneck speed.
There’s a lot of reading.
A lot of listening to your pals chat about their hopes and fears.
A lot of pressing one button to progress a line of dialogue onto the next.
Shoving that on your 65" 4K TV always seemed a bit overkill.
Basically, I never got into Persona 5 when it first launched on PS4.
I played about three hours of it and then binned it off in favour of something else.
At this point, I’d invested 100 into my “Do I like Persona 5?”
I was wrong.I was so very wrong.
Persona 5 feels like it was made for the Steam Deck.
It helps, of course, that the game runs brilliantly on the Deck.
With all graphics options set to their highest setting, the game works without a hitch at 30fps.
40 was fine for me.
Battery life is mercifully long.
With the configs mentioned above, the Deck lasts for around four hours before it needs a recharge.
You probably even have a bit of time left over to study, or work your part-time job.
Other than that, this is a superb way to play Persona 5 Royal.
Experiencing the game on the Steam Deck has completely stolen my heart (ha!)
and I couldn’t be more excited to dig in further.
Persona 5 liker Ed has also been playing the PC version, andreckons it’s still the JRPG king.
The game launches onSteamthis Friday.
