Sure, its aesthetic is amazingly inspired and its relationship to the overarching story is much tidier than, “We’re doing great, let’s target that random mobster next.” But the actual context of unlocking and progressing through Futaba’s Palace is subversive in an immensely fascinating way. While I know that a lot of people like Futaba and recognize her Palace as one of the better ones, I never see people talking about why it’s so good. There’s one Palace, however, that looms large above the rest: Futaba’s. Not bad, by any means, just much worse than the best ones. Play any of the other Palaces – even Shido’s weird one with the mice (stolen from Dragon Age: Origins, I reckon) – and it’s clear that these are bottom of the barrel.
I know some of you reckon the lock device in the former’s Palace is cool, and I’ve heard loads of people say Okumura’s space station is decent aside from the annoying portal things, but come on. Some of these are great – Sae, Mementos, Maruki – while others are complete rubbish, like Kaneshiro and Okumura. There are nine Palaces in Persona 5 Royal, including the penultimate Mementos Palace that leads to the base game’s denouement.
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