Persona 5 doesn’t have any homosexual romances. Regardless of protagonist Joker’s relationships together with his male buddies and rival having what seems like some romantic stress within the eyes of its gamers, Persona 5 and its definitive Royal version by no means let the participant take that subsequent step. Persona 5 Tactica let gamers specific romantic curiosity in different males, however nonetheless, the sequence hasn’t had a homosexual romance since Persona 2. Nevertheless, a fan has been engaged on a mod that places full romances, dates, and different scenes for Joker and occasion members Ryuji, Yusuke, Akechi, and even supporting character Mishima into the PC model of Persona 5 Royal.
The Homosexual Joker mod by Alive_Neptuna is obtainable on GameBanana and has lastly been up to date to incorporate Akechi, whose relationship begins in Royal’s added third semester. To entry that romance, you’ll need to unlock the extra semester by finishing therapist Maruki’s social route earlier than November 17. Ryuji, Yusuke, and Mishima’s, nonetheless, might be accessed all through the sport after you full their route.
As of the newest replace, Alive_Neptuna has expressed they are going to be slower to replace the mod transferring ahead on account of faculty and work commitments and is searching for individuals locally who might help with additional updates. However what’s right here now continues to be fairly substantial. A lot of the brand new romance scenes lack voice performing, however that’s higher than a mod that makes use of AI to recreate voices with out compensating the actors. I performed Persona 5 and Royal on PlayStation, however when the Persona video games got here to PC, I used to be most excited concerning the prospect of a mod to let me romance Ryuji after headcanoning my model of Joker as in love with him. I don’t know that I’ve time for one more 100+ hour journey to the Metaverse, but when I do ever replay Royal down the road, I may obtain it on PC to put in this mod.
Persona’s relationship with queerness has been fraught, however latest video games have turned issues round a bit. Persona 3 Reload takes out an notorious transphobic scene within the remake, and it additionally retools different scenes to be explicitly queer. So possibly Atlus will go all the best way when Persona 6 exhibits up.
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