Persona: Ray of Light

Persona: Ray of Light (known as Persona -Ray of Light- and in Japan as ペルソナ：光の光線 (Persona: Rays of Light) is a 2024 Japanese RPG video game developed by P-Studio and published by Atlus and is the 10th entry in the main Persona series and was released for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on July 21st, 2024 in Japan and July 25th, 2024 in North America. An iOS and Android version titled Persona: Ray of Light -zen- was released on August 23rd, 2024 exclusively in Japan.

Plot
Set in 2020, Persona: Ray of Light takes place in Kitsune High School in Mikage-cho. Hiroshi and his friends find out of the Snow Queen mask and while inspecting it, labels Hiroshi, Hinata, Keito and Sam unconscious and are transported into the Velvet Room and their personalities become a power known as Personas.

A short time later the students meet up with Makima, Keito's sister who has been ill and bedridden for quite some time. During their visit, the students realize that the world is changing and demons are roaming the streets. The party is told by Keito's father, a partner of Hiroshi's brother, Takeda, Vector is the culprit behind all the recent demon attacks.

Characters
-Hiroshi Hasashi (Voiced by Aleks Le): The main protagonist of the game. He is a second year student at Kitsune High School and is dating Hinata and is friends with Keito. His persona is Dagda.

-Hinata Hanamura (Voiced by Cristina Vee): A second year student at Kitsune High School and is dating Hiroshi. Her persona is Hades.

-Keito Shimada (Voiced by Christopher Daniel Barnes): A third year student at Kitsune High School and a member of the Shimada family. His persona is Helios.

-Sam Takahashi (Voiced by Jack Black): A first year student at Kitsune High School, he is a class clown and a rebellious teenager. His persona is Viper.

-Rose Trinity (Voiced by Karen Strassman): A member of the Trinity family and a third year student much like Keito. Her persona is Vishnuu-Flynn.

-Krystal Redgrave (Voiced by Ashly Burch): An American exchange student whose mother is a teacher at Kitsune High School. Her persona is Nyx.

-Maninda (Voiced by Laura Bailey): Igor's new Velvet Room assistant.

-Igor (Voiced by Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa): A member of the Velvet Room and a servant of Philemon.

-Vector (Voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz): The main antagonist of the game. He is a detective working for Hiroshi's brother, Takeda, but is also the culprit behind the recent demon attacks.

-Takeda Hasashi (Voiced by Patrick Seitz): Hiroshi's brother who is a detective working for the Mikage-cho Police. His persona is Orpheus.

-Maki Shimada (Voiced by Tara Platt): Keito's mother who gets killed by shadows.

-Makima Shimada (Voiced by Karen Strassman): Keito's sister who goes to his high school who is currently sick and hospitalized, she goes missing after an earthquake happens in the hospital, but she reappears and doesn't remember going missing and being hospitalized. Could she be a cognition or a miracle. Her persona is Artemis.

Gameplay
The game much like Persona fashion is an RPG which features open world exploration and non linear exploration in dungeons forcing Hiroshi to back track, dialogue choices which affect major plot points, and a social link which lets you level up your Personas, romance girls and much more. New to Persona is the Karma meter which goes from Good, Evil and Neutral, Dungeon Closets which let you customize characters with additional cosmetics, and Dungeon Creator, which let you create your own Dungeon.

Endings
The game features 6 endings which are listed as:

-Hero Ending (Full Good Karma): You helped the Police, arrested Vector and save Makima.

-Vigilante Ending (Medium Good Karma): You mostly helped the Police, arrested Vector and save Makima.

-Criminal Ending (Full Evil Karma): You did not help the Police, betrayed your team, killed Vector and kill Makima.

-Thug Ending (Medium Evil Karma): You mostly did not help the Police, stayed with your team, killed Vector but Makima is alive.

-Blank Slate Ending (Full Neutral Karma): You done your own thing but saved Makima and arrested Vector.

-Medium Blank (Medium Neutral Karma): You mostly done your own thing but saved Makima and arrested Vector.

Reception
Persona: Ray of Light received great reviews with a 95/100 on Metacritic and 9.0 on IGN with one reviewer saying "The game was perfect, perfect everything down to the last minute details."