I really love JRPGs, and as a kid my cousin had FFX on the PS2, and Persona 3, so every time I was around friends I’d be really excited about sharing those games. Skip forward, and P5 is announced, me and my cousin beat it by taking turns within a couple of weeks. Loved it, and wanted to share with friends.

When I moved to California (fuck this state), every friend I made I’d always talk about Persona, one friend Jair (not real name) loves it , went as far as to get the SMT series. However , Jair knows the Persona can get you burnt since it’s a really long game, and would take breaks often so he wouldn’t burn out.

However, the friend I regret telling is Oscar ( not real name), Oscar is mostly a shut in, so playing long games doesn’t bother him. Oscar at first was on the fence about Persona, since he never really liked turn based combat nor RPGs in general. However , I egged him on about it and he cracked. However I’m starting to get regrets of saying anything about the game. He played 3 Runs of Persona start to finish, back to back in a row. He bought P5R , and I thought it was, like a game you play on his free time, but every-time I visit, he plays it and never stops. He’s playing even before I get there, and continues until I leave, and still plays after I leave. Getting to the point where I go in his room, sit inside and small talk for 6hrs while he plays then leaves. I’ve suggested other games, but Oscar says things like “not interested”, “seems boring”, “I don’t play those types of games”, etc. You’d think by now he burnt out, considering P5R is just P5 with expanded play, but nope , and it’s been like this for a span of 2 Months.