The hidden rewards of Persona's confidants
With the announcement of the internet show DEATH BATTLE doing Joker VS Giorno as their second independent episode, I decided to finally try a Persona game, as the franchise had interested me for a while, and seeing as its protagonist was staring in the episode that had incited me starting the franchise to begging with, I decided to go with Persona 5. I ended up loving the game for exactly the reason I thought I would, the palace infiltration mixed with the slice of life moments made for a fun and entertaining balance that is designed to truly reach its potential on subsequent playthroughs. So first of all, the Persona gameplay loop is a mix between infiltrating a palace to steal your targets heart, and daily life activities that will either raise your social stats, or hang out with various characters in the world, otherwise known as confidants, which usually have a restriction placed on its progression that depends on the players specific social stats. This restriction is why I con...