Get ready to fight the most annoying and boring random encounters 30 times during your walk from one side of a room to the other.
I genuinely think the localization's better to play just because of the reduced encounter rate and the better experience gain, it makes the game less repetitive and an overall better experience. The dialogue and miscellaneous changes that they did in the US version on the other hand as mentioned by many people is definitely some of the worst I've ever seen. One of the biggest things this affects is the skill/demon names and not knowing what the fuck anything is because of it, but the dialogue had a kind of "so bad it's good" quality to it to the point where it kept me entertained and wondering what absurd thing I was gonna hear out of a demons mouth next. Also the soundtrack slaps!
Tried to give this a shot after falling in love with Persona 4 and then 3. I think I've found that the more classic SMT gameplay really doesn't appeal to me in the way that other JRPGs do for whatever reason. I stuck with it for a while but started to lose interest well before the end
If you care for the atmosphere game is amazing. Battle system on the other hand is not amazing. I think its a great game but the major flaw is something so important. Other then the battling and constant encounters the game is something that no other game has achieved. I played the game for the atmosphere and i got what i wanted. Its so amazing and i recommended playing it just for that. Just speed up the battles cause that shit is not worth playing for.
Basically my synopsis
atmosphere = 5/5
Story 4/5
Characters 3/5
Dungeons 4/5
Battling 2/5
Basically my synopsis
atmosphere = 5/5
Story 4/5
Characters 3/5
Dungeons 4/5
Battling 2/5
meh. bad compared to latest entries, didn't really change the game