Persona 5 Royal added many new features to the base game. It featured a brand-new Palace, new confidants, a playable party member, and several cutscenes that expanded upon the relationship between the characters. Persona 5 Royal also came out with many gameplay and quality-of-life improvements.
While Persona 5 and Persona 5 Royal are massive games, not every idea or piece of content made it to the final release. One of the cut scenes was from the official release of Persona 5 was leaked earlier today. This comes from a user named Faz, who had previously leaked other scenes cut from Persona 5. It takes place late into the game, so players should be wary of spoilers. Some fans considered the final scene out of place, but the unedited version appears much worse.
This leaked scene from Persona 5 features an unused version of the scene after that takes place after players complete Shido’s palace. To give some background, The Phantom Thieves find it difficult to escape from Shido’s palace after defeating him. Ryuji takes a big risk to ensure their safety, but there is a big explosion before he can join them back in the real world. After returning to the real world, he is not with the team, letting the characters believe he had perished in the explosion. Ryuji returns a short while later and makes a joke about the incident before getting beaten up by a group of angry friends.
The whole scene is bizarre, but the unused draft is probably worse. It features several lines of voiced dialogue with the characters expressing their anger at Ryuji’s actions in Persona 5. As seen in the video, characters behave more extreme and out of character, especially the bit about picking up his bones. The full video then reveals some unused animations of the characters hitting Ryuji.
Even though the final version is still not great given that Ryuji saved everyone, it’s better than the unused version. This leak shows The Phantom Thieves acting out of character for a joke that probably wouldn’t have gone over well with the Persona audience. Faz has also added a link to a modded version of this scene where Ryuji does not get beat up.
Users interested in playing Persona 5 should note that it’s currently available for free to PS5 owners as a part of the PS Plus Collection. However, Persona 5 will leave the PS Plus Collection on May 11, so fans only have a week left to add it to their accounts.
Persona 5 Royal is now available on PS4.
Source: ComicBook