The characters are eh, the story is just kinda ok, I don't have any interest in idol culture so none of that stuff really captured me, and this REALLY has no right to be an SMT-FE crossover, and should've really just been marketed as its own thing under the Tokyo Mirage Sessions name, and its a shame it wasn't because if it was it could've been picked up for sequels under its own IP, because GOOD GOD this game SOMEHOW may have the best gameplay of ANY SMT branch. The combat all flows together so nicely and is honestly the best execution of the SMT gameplay formula I've ever experience, granted as of this point I've only has the most basic SMT experience (persona 3 through 5, as well as SMT 3 and 5), but I'll be damned if I wasn't getting into encounters whenever possible just for the sake of doing the combat more.